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Hoping to finish off BG3 so I can get to Phantom Liberty DLC but obviously don’t want to rush through. Next Friday will be more about Mario for me than Spidey. While Spiderman 2 looks great the original and Miles addition were recent enough games for me that I think I may wait on it since it looks like more of the same with some improvements.

@Mikey856 I believe you can change difficulty at any time in a playthrough

@Mikey856 I know some people are opposed but I’ve just been playing on Explorer mode and really enjoying it. First time with a game like this and wanted to enjoy playing it and appreciate the story instead of getting constantly frustrated.

Finished up Act I of BG3 after about 30 hours so mostly continuing that journey but also want to spend a little time with the Cyberpunk update before the dlc. Would love to start a new playthrough but just don’t have the time. Have a great weekend everyone.

Was back to work this week and barely scratched the surface on BG3 so with crap weather here looking forward to really having a go with it. Have a great weekend everyone!

@KC_from_Bruges People thinking that hating on popular things is an adequate replacement for actually having a personality

Recently finished TotK so now I’m polishing off some indies like Rollerdrome and Trek to Yomi both of each have been really enjoyable. I’ll check out Alan Wake on + but beyond that not sure. Considering a Shenmue 1/2 playthrough. Anyone else play those recently, how did you find it? Enjoy the weekend everyone!

Combat was kind of disappointing. Could give a toss about it not being turn based but even the bigger enemies just felt like punching bags. I’m not some FromSoft fanboy who needs everything to be insanely difficult but found myself just simply bored during the morbol fight. In a demo meant to make me want to purchase the game it’s concerning that combat of all things was that dull. Still not decided on purchase might just wait for reviews to see how combat progresses later on in the game.

@shonenjump86 I don’t know how dlc will work when it comes to jumping back into your old playthrough but the game is 100% worth playing right now. I waited for a long time and really enjoyed it.

On the fence about the game so will certainly dl and play later today. Thought TotK would get me through summer but the lack of a progression/exp points system makes it hard for me to want to do much more other than main story missions at this point and I’ve got only 1 of the 4 phenomena left.

I thought that was really bad.
FF 16 and VII Part 2 not for me so I’m left with nothing but MK 1 to be excited about for the next 6+ months. Oh well, glad I seem to be one of the few giving it the lowest rating.

RE8 DLC and Zelda.
Want to really take my time with TotK so it’s good that there’s nothing releasing in the next month I’m eagerly anticipating. If FF16 demo doesn’t do it for me I’ll be in Hyrule all summer long.

@Welsh_Will My plan exactly

Replaying RE Village in 3rd person before starting the Rose DLC that I recently grabbed on sale. While enjoyable, everything in terms of gameplay in RE 4 Remake is just better so hard to not just want to boot that up yet again.

Gamers are one entitled lot in so many ways. Titles can’t cost $60 forever. I’ve been gaming almost 40 years, why would I expect to pay the same price I did as a kid in 1992? $60 in 1992 would be about $125 today adjusted for inflation. For comparison the average movie ticket in 1992 was about $4. Years go by, prices go up. If you don’t want to pay $70 for a game why would I care but some of you need to live in the real world a bit on this and many other issues.

Will want to play the demo before deciding on FF16 other than that I’ll mostly be playing Zelda in May/June.

Bought unlimited rocket launcher at end of playthrough two of Re4 so time for my revenge lol, have a great weekend everybody.

@Marquez agreed, after seeing positive reviews i was left quite disappointed.

Hopefully finishing RE4 between football and wrestlemania. Loving this remake, on chapter 11 now and nothing major to complain about it.

Finishing Hogwarts which has been … fine. More 7/10 than 9/10 territory for me. Everything outside main quests offers nothing imo. Grabbed Terminator on sale not expecting anything amazing but love that universe. All eyes on Resi4 next week.

@Samholy 50% off right now. DLC also on sale.

Bit odd this coming after the one year anniversary.
Have to feel this is Q1 2024 at the earliest and that perhaps they felt pressured into announcing now after disappointment from fans expecting DLC news days prior.

@RudeAnimat0r My thoughts exactly, will likely be half off during a summer sale when I’m a lot less busy.

@Daleaf Sending some <3 your way.

Hope to check out the Mercenary mode on Hitman in between FA Cup and NFL playoffs.

How is Returnal now with all the patches? The difficulty turned me off when it was first released.

I think 2023 will be an amazing gaming year.
With many of these sequels and remakes I think we know what we’re getting, don’t mean this in negative way. Not the one I’m most looking forward to but probably one I’m most curious about is Pragmata. Most looking forward to I selected were Spidey, Hogwarts, FF16, Cyberpunk dlc, and RE4.

@Olmaz Like many others I just found the final third or so of the game much less enjoyable than the wonder and spectacle of the first two thirds. By no means “bad” just not as amazing as what came before.
In terms of respecing a character some of us don’t want to do that which is another annoying thing about Elden Ring, especially for a newcomer to Souls games it basically forces you to respec. Certain build types just simply aren’t viable against some of the end game bosses. I don’t see that as a good thing.

Very fair points about Elden Ring, the final bits became a bit of a slog. Ragnarok my #1 as well. Like you I wasn’t really looking forward to it. I didn’t have PS4 so I was late to 2018 GOW and it was hard for it to match the hype when I finally got around to it. Ragnarok though far exceeded expectations a true 10/10.

My first Souls game and I absolutely loved it. I’ll knock it slightly though for fact that some of the important side quests would’ve been essentially impossible for me without YouTube guidance. I don’t want a game to hold my hand but things like Ranni’s Questline went too far the other way.

Shocked about absence of GT7 which I also loved. My first GT game as well and as someone who doesn’t even drive it totally got its hooks in me. Hard to justify placing things like Sonic and HoriZZZon in the Top 10 above it.

Had all intentions of playing a lot of Witcher 3 for first time but after couple hours really just wasn’t feeling it. I don’t know if going to that combat system right from Ragnarok was the smartest move, what a step down.

Just played through Forspoken demo which was fine now back to Ragnarok for some dragon fights and other odds & ends.

Hopefully finish Leon’s story in RE2.
Also probably spend time with Forspoken demo and Ollie which I also picked up on sale.

@Finozzi1696 because its a black female its “woke?” piss off.

Hopefully wrap up Ragnarok main story in between watching World Cup knockout round matches. Certainly enjoying the game as like others said it takes everything from 2018 and makes it a bit better but disappointed nothing in it has given me that WOW factor moment.
Probably a little eFootball as well since watching the matches will give me that itch. While far from perfect it’s nice having a free alternative to FIFA for the few times I really want to play some ps5 football.
Have a great weekend everyone.

Still have RE2 Remake to play so that’ll scratch this itch until Witcher 3 update and I’ll maybe pick this up 50% in the summer. Next big new release I’m eager for is Forspoken which I feel like might do opposite and be a pleasant surprise since overall people seem kind of skeptical on it.

Purposely held off playing this for the first time in order to wait for this update so I’m excited. Don’t know anything about story or gameplay going in, hopefully gameplay doesn’t feel too dated by this point. Will also have to tamper expectations as I’ll likely have just finished GOWR before starting this.

Finished the really fun MW2 campaign so will mess about getting slaughtered online and also a bit of NBA 2k. With Ragnarok coming I don’t want to start any type of lengthy single player story based game. Already got it preordered and downloaded, very excited.

Two world class players and … Pogba 🤡
Not something I’d pay for but cool tie-in

Would probably pass this time around but it’ll be on Black Friday sale right as the World Cup is starting and surely I don’t have quite that much restraint.

@SpaceDonkey Same honestly although I’m only on playthrough 2. Went Mage first go so now I’m running a sword and shield based build.

Want to start Yakuza Like a Dragon but probably too many good football derbies for me to get around to it.

@Lavalera I would STRONGLY disagree with that advice about beginner builds. Almost done Elden Ring, my first souls game, and I went with a magic build. Can’t imagine attempting this with a melee build, I’d be so screwed.

@Fuzzymonkeyfunk I waited on the ps5 version and must say I absolutely loved Cyberpunk! Excited for when the DLC launches so I have reason to jump back in. Enjoy if that’s your next choice.

About 80 hours into my first playthrough of Elden Ring and my Level 120 Mage is getting close to the end game areas. Will try to get to and clear a certain large elemental enemy I’ve not heard too many nice things about.

With football back odds are I’ll get the urge for a bit of FIFA as well. Dortmund v Leverkusen should be a fun goalfest later and despite an underwhelming window so far for United (there’s only one 😉) hopefully ten Hag can bring some much needed joy to my weekends. Take care everyone!

Don’t know a thing about the franchise but this is looking fantastic. Very excited.

Probably because trying to make your way through it is impossible without YouTube. This is my first FromSoft game and I’m enjoying it but the idea of attempting some of the side quests without guidance is about as laughable as the “lore.”

Most excited for Rollerdrome. Should be finished my first play through of Elden Ring by the time it’s released so will be a nice change of pace.
FIFA will be a Black Friday pickup.
Haven’t bought Madden in over a decade so might actually go for that if reviews are half decent, the new changes to Franchise mode seem solid.

@Flurpsel Start by turning Game Speed to slow then tweak the detailed settings for more of a realistic football match and less of an arcadey FUT basketball style back & forth. I’d recommend looking up Broma18 sliders on YouTube or Google “operation sports sliders fifa 22.” Enjoy!

Black Friday sale will coincide with start of the men’s World Cup so that’ll be perfect. FIFA 22 with sliders adjusted for realism has been really fun. Friendly reminder that you aren’t obligated to spend a penny on micro transactions to enjoy the game. Hopefully EA Football 24 has some of the great looking career mode improvements that Madden will have this year.

This whole “controversy” is so stupid. These are huge companies that exist to make a profit literally everything they do is a “cash grab.” Play the game or don’t, end of.

Never played so actually quite looking forward to this. Hopefully out sooner rather than later as a few other big releases coming Nov/Dec.

@Relygon Can understand that. Overall I enjoyed the game a lot but the start and finish were both a bit of a slog.