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Little bit of Far Cry 5.
Finish Rise of the Tomb Raider
Some gaming time with my 12yo daughter on Cats Quest 3
So a real mixed bag!!

@Quintumply thanks mate. A very useful and detailed answer. Reckon I will be giving it a crack

@quintumply average gamer that wanted to enjoy Returnal but found it too challenging. If Returnal was 9/10 difficulty for me, where does Saros rate. Because the overall approach and style of game is one I like if I feel like I can progress steadily

Reanimal 20% off deserves a mention too 👍

Glad I started and finished Control just recently then! Has made me pretty excited for the "sequel". Get on to it if you haven't!

I thought we had a July 9 release date (at least unofficially)?

@get2sammyb how do you determine what gets reviewed and what doesn't? understanding that you can't review everything.

100% will play this. But I never worry or rush to play games at launch. More than happy to wait 18 months for sale or PS Plus and best bug-free and/or enhanced experience

Good on PA for taking on board user experience which seems beyond bugs

Going old school and started Control - for the 1st time.

I have to be honest I am a bit lost when it comes to the narrative but I am having lots of fun game play-wise.

seems like i am the only Ubisoft fan. i have no issue if they 'ubisoft' it up. ha! but right now it is looking promising as is.

@EfYI i am the same. Still don't understand the Plus bashing. I have about 20 other Plus Premium games at least to get through. And even a "bad" essential / premium month adds at least 1 to the list

A few more hours on Persona 5. 24 down only 80+ to go.

Also very much enjoying Division 2, despite it being another Ubisoft game that is trendy to bash

Lots of fun and keen to find some other cover based looters and shooters.

Putting aside Naughty Dog titles any recommendations?

@rusty82 yeah there is no combat in Gris but i completed it in nearly half the time that it took me to complete Neva so it is a tighter, more focused experience that depending on how much time you have you can potentially binge in 1 sitting (took me somewhere between 3 and 4 hours). probably would have more impact if you had gone Gris then Neva but i still recommend giving it a go.

@rusty82 i loved Neva too. Knew i would after Gris. Really good stuff

Never played a JRPG before as I thought they definitely wouldn't be my thing. But giving Persona 5 Royale a cracker and am a little bit addicted.

Stealing a lot of my time! Only 20 hours in so barely scratched the surface but what other similar games should I try next of a similar ilk?

Plan to finish Banishers Ghost of New Eden. Then finally fire up Persona Royal 5.

I will not be playing CD. But it will happen 1 day 😉

@Time4Tiddy agreed! A lot of people are getting upset aren't they. Given the hype and expectations 78 IS disappointing. Nowhere has Push Square said the game is bad. But 80% of reviews have highlighted boring 1st 8 hours with poor side quests, fiddly controls, inconsistent bosses, uneven story, clunky inventory system.
It's a good game but it isn't a 2026 RDR2 which i had hoped for

But again still sounds good and I will play it. It just isn't the masterpiece we had hoped for (expected?)

Definitely still want to play it. Definitely won't be getting it day 1 or pay full-price.

Because I am a 4/10 gamer at best - i love them but i pretty much suck at them - I prefer narrative-heavy games and this one sounds like it doesn't really have a story at all, which is a shame.

The great thing about loving gaming but not being a gaming nerd is that I can't see any difference 🤣

CD is the interesting one, score depending. But given my huge backlog I am in no hurry for it

Discovered Banishers Ghost of New Eden and loving it. The game play definitely isn't perfect (repetitive enemies, tricky to turn and face them quickly, health booster takes too long to activate) but it's still super fun and the story is pretty cool made really cool by great performances by the actors of the main protagonists.

Definitely recommend giving it a go if you haven't and like story-driven experiences

Really good month for me as I am interested in giving all of those a crack but would never have bought any of them individually. It is why Premium works perfectly for me.

@SBBuds Gaming Bolt gave LOTR 4/10 🤷‍♂️ anyway I am keen for Space Marine (played the demo), Persona, Metal Eden, Madden and there are usually a couple of extra Indies that are interesting. So for me a good month already. I will have LOTR as back up!!

Glad I was late to the ps5 party and missed the 5/10 review. Finished Unity 3 weeks back and loved it. Now working through the additional side missions and collectibles on the 60fps version

I heard that DD2 and FF16 were April anyway??

Great list for March though!!

@GirlVersusGame i don't have enough patience 🤣 there were a few flowers after go 19 I gave up on. Should have tried a 20th time 🤪 the final boss took me at least 19 goes too!

Mixing it up.

Finishing Neva. Loved Gris and loving this equally.

A third through Somerville. It's no Inside or Limbo but still enjoying it.

Few more hours on AC Odyssey.

And then I will look at one of the recent demo's I downloaded. Depending on mood either Darwins Paradox, Pragmata or Anno Pax Romana.

Happy gaming

I literally finished the main story 2 weeks ago. Looks like it is time to jump back in and platinum. Really great AC game. 👍

Awesome. Now we need some release dates

Just to be different Assassin's Creed Odyssey is my current time suck.

Hoping Ubisoft sort themselves out and we get Hexe sooner rather than later, as well as the Black Flag "remake".

Semi interested in all of them but with my backlog can see myself playing none of them

Completed AC Unity last week and now playing Odyssey and loving it. I am hoping that the BF Remake/Resynced gets up sooner rather than later or I will load up the original. I don't really care about the general hate for Ubisoft, I really enjoy the AC series.

Hey Liam

2 main questions as I am keen to play with my 12yo as we loved LN 1 and 2
1. Did you playthrough just in single or did you do local co-op too. Was the experience any different?
2. Obviously an MA15+ rating. What are your thoughts on "scariness" compared with LN.

Cheers

Keen and excited for Spidey 2. But equally keen and excited for Neva. Gris was an amazing experience.

Great month for me irrespective of the other games.

Stacked week. Really hoping that Reanimal is good. Me and my daughter love Little Nightmares 1 and 2 and really wanted 3 to be local co-op. Hoping this one scratches that itch. And Romeo looks absolutely batshit crazy and at an ok price. As long as it hits a 7/10 i am definitely keen to look at that one.

@Zuljaras gotcha! And yup finding it annoying 🤪🤣

@Zuljaras spooky! i posted before i read the thread!!

having completed AC Origins, I am now tackling AC Unity.

the biggest challenge I am facing is the different button mapping as I keep throwing smoke bombs when i am trying to light attack!

for a 2014 game the graphics are pretty cool and Paris feels very alive. the protoganist Arno also brings a smile to my face.

the combat is satisfying though actually more simplistic and i do like the stealthier emphasis. but it is leading me to fail far more often than in Origins despite taking a stealthy approach in that game too.

i think overall Origins is more my cup of tea, despite going into that game not the biggest RPG fan. however only 4 hours into Unity so still need to give it more time.

now that Black Flag remake seems to have bitten the dust - at least temporarily - i may tackle that after Unity but given I liked the RPG nature of Origins I may go Odyssey or Valhalla (despite the length criticisms).

any thoughts?

i literally poo'd my pants when i played the original. not sure i will make it through this!

@Zuljaras interesting. Got that instant ability asap on Origins with the day/night specific quests but sure i will live. The setting and time period of Unity greatly interests me so looking forward to it. Had considered doing in tandem but I think 1 AC on the go at a time is a better option 👍

@Zuljaras nice AC Unity is my next AC once i finish Origins. 29 hours in. With probably the same to go so I better crack out some hours this weekend.

Having a go at Erica too, which is a weird little interactive movie game. I like how they try to be different to Supermassive but the controls are a little weird in some sequences.

For light relief I have Mickey Rebrushed going, which is a nice change of pace.

Plus can you believe I have never played GTA5. It keeps staring at me so I should probably play it before GTA6 finally drops!

@Fizza cheers mate. 100% will give it a crack and see how we go!

How will i get on with Infinite Wealth if I struggled with The Man Who Erased His Name guys?

Most of these look more interesting than the "big" games scheduled for release this year. I have whacked quite a few on my Wishlist.

I usually have 3 or 4 games on the go at any one time and 99.9% of the time one of them is an indie/leftfield title.

Because they are judged less on sales numbers I feel they take more risks across the board from gameplay to art style.

Pretty excited for the year.

@KawakiisaFraud i hear you re the Classics. But I have PS+ for the game trials - bought a few unknowns and full priced games this way - and for UbiSoft catalogue - yeah I love AC so sue me 🤪
So been good value for me

We must have had ReVillage before because I completed it and didn't buy it I am sure 🤣🤔 Great game!

Keen to try Infinite Wealth. Couldn't get into Man Who Erased His Name, so will I struggle with it?

Not really into sims or racers but Quiet Place sounds interesting. Cool movie

Heading back to 2016/17. First off to assassinate "Crocodile" in AC Origins before tackling the next puzzle in Inside.

Loving both games.

Mickey! My daughter is very keen to try out this one. (OK, so am I)

Finished AC Mirage and on recommendation here have started AC Origins.

Preferring the combat and quite like the levelling up system but not liking the stealth. More action and less assassination. Much harder - for me at least - to plan, creep and assassinate as enemies seem to see everything?

But definitely having fun in my 1st 2 hours.

Also picked up Limbo and Inside on sale. And have worked my way through about 50% of Limbo which is a terrific little puzzler with great art style

007, Tomb Raider, Requiem, Reanimal and Wolverine are the big ones for me.
Left off GTA just in case we get delayed again!!
Romeo is the intriguing one.
And the one not on the list is AC Black Flag Remake.