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@theheadofabroom it’s a trap sequels always tend to fall into unfortunately, not everything that gets added is bad per se but while introducing new features it can’t help but strip out some of the purity the original had in the process. I guess you just have to take the later games as you find them - eventually when things get so bad, it’s reboot time!

This week I set out to slay hordes of demons and take down the Lord of Terror himself in Diablo….. 1?!

A bit of a bucket list game for me this, I grew up hearing talk of how good it was. I played the PS1 version on my RG35XX and I have to say it really holds up much better than I thought it would. I could hardly put it down once I started to play and got through it in 4 irresponsible sessions. Truly, at least half of that is down to the utterly phenomenal soundtrack.

It was also really cool coming face to face with characters like Lazarus that I have heard so much about from Diablo 3, and being properly introduced to the likes of Cain and Adria.

It’s tough, too - the final couple of levels (the game is essentially a 16 level dungeon) do not play nice.

Watch your eyes on the corners of these pixels…

I’ve moved back to Diablo 2 on PS5 now, with some new found enthusiasm and perspective, and I have also started Suikoden on the RG35XX… another bucket list game for me. So far so good. Soundtrack could use more electric guitar and crying babies, though.

@somnambulance I’ve been wanting this game for a long time, it looks like I might skip the launch myself now as it’s landing during a busy period for me so I might have to wait a week or so. Forget the FOMO, just get it when you are ready and play through it at an enjoyable pace. No reason to be burnt out on anything, these things are supposed to be fun.

Edit: also I meant pre-release build in my last comment, doh!

@somnambulance it’s not really anything like Cyberpunk, which was a disaster at launch. It’s been in open beta for ages and people have had a lot of hands on time with the pre release build already.

@Fight_Teza_Fight If you can get over the hump, I think you'll find OS fantastic. Although I loved that hump personally!

@DennisReynolds “ No offence but people don't really have real morals despite what we pretend, sex and violence is just what humans are and always have been.” Are you the real Dennis Reynolds?

@PlasmaticSnake

It’s a brave new world!

@PlasmaticSnake I got your back jack

@PlasmaticSnake not really, mostly just saying you’re wrong regarding your opinion on this matter

Although I reckon Tears of the Kingdom did the bestiality thing first this year.

@PlasmaticSnake “The fact that this kind of stuff is normalized while opinions like ours get sneered at is very concerning.”

It’s almost as if you’re the ones who are wrong, isn’t it?! 😂

So glad it’s (almost) finally here!

20, 50, 120gb.. whatever.

I’m playing Diablo 1 at the minute actually and haven’t seen ANY bloody treasure goblins. Although maybe they are there in amongst the mess of pixels.

@Cordyceps as @HonestHick said, the game wasn’t close to broken at launch. It’s a live service game, it will live or die through continued support and tweaking such as this. It won’t all be home runs, and naysayers like yourself will always be there on the sideline to scoff and say “I told you so” (btw everyone loves I told you so, so definitely do that a lot) every time it stumbles, but providing the general trajectory is upwards from launch reasonable people will be satisfied.

@Lumic Well done! I am just on the second mission, I actually haven't played it for a while purely because I didn't want to leave TOTK half finished (like I did with BOTW). Thinking about Aliens nearly every day though, just prioritising. Can't wait to get back to it.

If I had to give one negative I have found the human enemies in the second mission to be a bit meh.

I think there has been an update, I found the marines to be a bit too talky (a common complaint) - did they address that at all?

I finally saw the credits in TOTK this week. Best game ever? It’s easily in the runnings for sure. I still have plenty to mop up and I’m not tired of it so I’ll keep chipping away as I await Baldurs Gate 3.

Elsewhere, I’m playing The Minish Cap and Pokémon Saphire on the RG35XX.

I voted for Cloud but I should have voted for Zidane, what was I thinking 😩😩. He’s an utterly fantastic lead character. I’ll have to make 2 duplicate accounts now to cancel out my Cloud vote and give Zidane the one he deserves.

@LifeGirl I mean, you don't HAVE to see it.

@number1024 I.. guess this is a language barrier. Goodluck with that!

@number1024 "Name me a super car, except the old Ferraris and hyper one off cars or rare cars that HAVE gone up in value."

The one they are auctioning in the article? (I mean, that was my point, this is potentially worth it if you have the budget and view it as an investment)

@number1024 I reckon your non-messed with version is unlikely to go up in value though!

Imagine going from having a job where you have to deal with real problems to this.

I’d have thought the voice cast would have all been too young to be legally employed in the first place

Lol, oh really. I used to like Gex 3D a lot. To the extent I had a gecko when I was a kid called Gex. It’s not a very good game though, really!

@BeerIsAwesome yes I remember Concept on PS3 getting a real slating for its overall lack of content versus cost, beating Ground Zeroes to the punch there perhaps!

@BeerIsAwesome yeah I played a bit of Sport, so 7 is technically 8. Or is it 9 or 10 if we include the “Concept” games? Lol.

Looking at the titles now, I forget that GT3 had the subtitle “A-spec”. That’s pretty cool, to be fair.

@BeerIsAwesome ah whatever number they are up to now. I was playing Gran Turismo 1 earlier today, the world’s gone crazy.

@sanderson72 I tend to agree, although I don’t particularly dislike Jim but can’t say I have a lot of affinity for him either, and I am willing to put the last weird year from PlayStation down to them fighting this.

But they need to start to up their game now somehow, I don’t know the answer but the Sony Brand bread and butter exclusives just don’t do it for me anymore. Last one really worth a damn in my view was Bloodborne and that was a third party dev. (Although, I am yet to pick up Gran Turismo 6.)

@get2sammyb 10 years is plenty of time for Sony to sink or swim

To be fair, Sony could do with a good boot up the arse, so let’s see how they respond over the next few years.

@Olmaz Not withstanding the fact the game is pure fantasy, two sentient beings, one of which happens to be able to shapeshift, consenting to engage in some mutual hanky panky is not the same as tricking the cat into the bath with a pack of Dreamies and a tub of Vaseline and I would advise anyone unable to make that distinction to avoid this game.

You speak of promoting behaviour considered illegal/immoral.. how on earth is a depiction of consensual sex between two adults illegal or immoral. And if illegal and immoral behaviour is really a problem for you, refer to the many posts above that point out the hypocrisy of your position when you can play games like GTA. Bottom line is, it makes you squirm, and you want the problem to be something other than yourself.

Terrible opinions like yours do make for fascinating scrolling, though.

Hilarious that people could find this offensive. What, so we’re supposed to believe in the magic of Druids in the context of the game, but that they don’t have a sex drive.

I’m back focusing on Tears of the Kingdom, I am near the end of the story. I am really, really loving it. What a great game.

I also impulse bought a Miyoo Mini Plus+, looking forward to that coming through. Anyone else have one..?

I also dug up my Gameboy Micro the other day - last charged in 2008, somehow it was still holding battery?! One of the buttons doesn’t work, going to clean up the contacts and if it is ok I will try to buy a new case and buttons for it to freshen it up. It’s a neat little machine.

I really want it but I’m still on Zelda, and if it wasn’t Zelda it would be Diablo so, what you gunna do?!

@rawzeku PSN still is, there are just more higher quality games to drown it all out. Don’t get me wrong Switch has some absolute bangers but it’s no secret they can be a bit few and far between.

@ApostateMage Diablo 4 not a Diablo 3 beater then?

@Lumic I’m sure Diablo would be on my list, I’m just waiting for a suitably empty schedule to get into that, since I’m also wrestling with Zelda over on the Switch. Octopath is really nice, much better than the first one.

That’s quite funny, actually. The eshop really is a mess, though. But hey, at least Nintendo have that third party support these days.

Powpowpow, I went for Aliens, Dead Space and Octopath Traveler 2.

All great games!

Turned based combat in Final Fantasy games is nothing special, the vast majority of the time it’s press X until you win, then heal in the menus. It’s not awful, I enjoy it - it’s pretty therapeutic, actually, and nice to see those numbers going up. Bravely Default, Octopath, all very good, but boy those “speed boost”, “auto combat” commands and “disable encounter” options certainly do not go unused!

Not suggesting pure action is the solution, it’s just I am not sure what fans of the “old ways” are really pining after with that one. Personally I really do prefer turn based, but I know when I am beat.

One things for sure, classic turn based combat doesn’t have mass appeal and it’s getting less appealing with time and as technology improves. They will never give a sizeable budget to a FF with a classic combat system, because it’s an awful investment, and would probably end the series.

@Jaz007 I generally agree but having not played many of these games on PC for years now, I thought I would give it the benefit of the doubt as my memory is hazy.

For Pillars of Eternity on console, if the combat scenario was even remotely complex, I’d be slowing the combat speed right down so “real time with pause” is actually a misnomer.. “1/4 speed with pause” is more accurate.

@PoochieTamzarian real time with pause easily just becomes a bit of a mess on console. I don’t mind it, and preferred it in POE2 versus the “afterthought” turn-based combat option, but when a game is designed with turn-based in mind it blows real time with pause out the water IMO.

RL1 was my introduction to the rouge genre, it wasn’t bad but ultimately was confirmation the genre wasn’t for me. Nonetheless I persisted with several others, wasting time and money in the process. Funny, as I have a strong desire to try even this!

Nice write up, I am enjoying the game - if you like the franchise, get on it!

Aliens Dark Descent - really enjoying this one, finished the first mission, quite a tough experience and really quite stressful. Highly recommended!

Mega Drive Mini - playing some Master System roms, including Chase HQ

Zelda TOTK

@nessisonett Prices have gone up in USA, and still epic operate globally including subsidiaries.. I would think inevitably they are covering higher costs - rents, suppliers, utilities, wages across the board. Vbucks directly generate income for Epic which of course has purchasing power.

The question of course is are these increased prices legitimately needed to keep the business going through a difficult period or are they profiteering.. of course it looks like the latter. It’s a shame and does not help anyone in the long run but the only solution to the higher price is to not buy them.

@nessisonett But isn't it "the same amount of money"? Epic's business are linked to Vbucks so of course it's subject to the "real economy". I mean, I got a pay rise this year but am substantially less well off than 2 years ago due to spending power.

Of course Vbucks are subject to price increases, along with everything else, if Epic are looking to maintain current profits. In theory it could be a good thing for inflation if the result is people stop spending money on them. Doubt that will happen though so Epic should do the decent thing and keep the prices down instead of stoking the fires, since it's not like they are really hurting. And the funny thing is, are these prices really going to all drop back down again in a year once inflation is under control? Doubt it.

Also, as much as I love it, Lord of the Rings is 90% describing the shape of fields and trees. You can go chapters without dialogue 😂