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Parazels

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P. S. Done! What a ♥️masterpiece♥️ has been collecting dust in my backlog for two years!
 
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Dynasty Warriors: Origins

I spent a few hours with it last night. I like it, but I just wish things unlocked faster. The staff that I want is the fifth or sixth weapon and I'm growing tired of the first two already (Sword and Spear). I play Sword in everything, so I'm looking forward to Staff in this. The Spear is cool until then but the Arts are limited for now in the early game, so I default back to Sword. Its Arts are more varied than Spear.

I wonder how more Arts are unlocked...

I also tried Marvel Rivals and it feels okay but I need people to play with. I'm done playing multiplayer with randoms. I've had nothing but bad experiences except for one game once upon a time. I have some coworkers who play but they're all super good at games while I'm average. That never ends well.
 
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Got Switch Online and have been playing Paper Mario while on holiday. Fantastic game. I remember playing this at a friend's as a kid and having to help him translate a bunch of stuff in order to progress in the game and it's so fun to return to it and see it to the end. I've just collected all the stars and on the way to face Bowser.
So much charm and the artsyle holds up incredibly well. Will definitely pick up TTYD to play at some point but will probably carry on playing some other N64 games such as Banjo Tooie as it was always too expensive to buy a copy of.

Paper Mario is the perfect holiday game, I did the same thing last winter. Charm is off the charts!
 

Hollywood Hitman

Gold Member
Well just wrapped up my Witcher 3 platinum and loved it, working the DLCs now but also hitting Nier Automata and HZD Remaster.

For change of pace match mode type gaming Marvel Rivals, major surprise for me given I am a pvp guy but never liked overwatch however Rivals is one of the best of it's kind I feel, absolutely love the art style, love how matches feel, also got the platinum and it was one of my favorites recently.
 
I am only lvl 6 and have about 5 hours of gameplay time, but I am losing interest in Dynasty Warriors: Origins. It's the same two weapons and the same 4 Arts and basic combos and it's getting boring.

I guess it's back to Dead Island 2 but that is boring in the early game, too.

What I would give for a traditional linear TPP action game, like we used to get.

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Wrapped up the Soul Reaver 1 Remaster yesterday.
Wasn’t a huge fan. Liked the heavy story focus of part 2 much more than the gameplay focus here. Used a walkthrough for large parts of it. The levels and riddles were a bit to confusing to me.

Now to wrap up the final dungeon of Mario & Luigj Brotherhood.
 
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Ok, there's some badass metal playing in the menu and I just unlocked the Gauntlets after saving that cocky sonuvabitch Dong Zhou's lame ass, so fuck it, I'm gonna rock them and see how strong my Kung Fu is!

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I keep thinking about Dynasty Warriors: Origins when I'm not playing it. That's a good sign lol. I'm gonna use this damn Spear until they give me the damn Staff which is several weapon unlocks away still. (I got the Gauntlets. They're cool.)

The basic attacks on it so are varied and efficient. The Arts are what's lacking for the Spear so far, in my opinion.

I believe the Padao and Wheels are next.

And does anyone else get tired of having to save the NPC's asses all of the time? lol
 

FeastYoEyes

Member
Bought Star Wars Outlaw when it launched on PC and didn't have much time for it. Picked it back up over the holiday and now I'm 40 hours in and half way through the DLC. The game is great -- feels more authentic to the Star Wars I love than the Jedi games have which I didn't really realize was a problem I had with Outcast last year.

The cutscenes are jarring since the graphics are incredible during gameplay. Being a scrappy thief in the universe works well and I like playing off the factions. The gunplay is passable but fun!

Soaking up the atmosphere is great and the exploration is doing something for me. I think this might be the first open world game I actually finish since Elden Ring.
 
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

Biggest Trails Stan
Fantasian Neo Dimension (Switch)

66 Hours into the game

Characters are around Levels 52 to 53

I beated Vam The Destroyer, which is the suped up version of the last boss i had to fight at the end of part one. I had to grind a little but he was still tough. My party consisted of Tan, Valrika and Cheryl to fight him. I would swap Cheryl out with Ez or Kina whenever my HP got low and I wanted to quickly buff my characters. With Tam I used him as my main attacker since using Desperation and two other strength buffs I would deal around 12000 to 23000 per turn. Valrika I couldn't swap out so I just use Arrow Rain but mostly put her on healing duty/ether duty. Whenever he summoned the seven swords, before he could use them. I made sure Valrika using Arrow Rain, Tam using one of his non elemental skills that can hit multiple swords and Cheryl lance attack could hit all seven swords. So by the time his attack came he wouldn't attack since i destroyed all the swords. Those swords gave me lot of issues. Each one caused around 1000 to 2000 to a single character and than he follows it up with a supernova attack. Whenever I used Tan Tension Skill, it would hit around 25000 to 35000. The boss himself was tough but I was able to beat him

I got through the Blue Grotto trial that Cheryl has to go through to become queen. The boss was annoying and also you can't swap out Kina and Cheryl for better members. The boss had two phases. The first phase is the boss is this giant knight. He summons three sets of two knight each with different elemental weakness. I had to get it to a point where I had to get all the Knights at low HP than attack all of them before the Boss Knight turn came up. He tended to revive whoever I killed and I had to do the whole process again

Than I did the second phase. It's just him and he summons two Knights. This was annoying too. Since I had to destroy all three at the same time since both the knights and boss knights would revive each other. Not to mention changing thier elemental weaknesses. It's only when the boss is in regular mode when him and the knights would have the same weakness which is physical. So I used some people who would deal massive physical damage to them. Thankfully when the knights would revive each other it wasn't to full health. They did alot of damage to my party but I was able to keep up. I eventually beat all three Knights. It was hard in a different way and kind of annoying
 

Mr. Steve

Neo Member
in totk I got to hyrule castle, beat
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, went to forgotten temple and then cleared the dragon tears main quest probably going to do the investigating depths main quest next
Could you please be more sensitive with regard to spoilers and but the location of Hyrule Castle in a Spoiler Tag. Thank you.
  • Currently Playing:
    • PS5 Pro: Jedi Survivor - 12 hours in - while PSSR is still noisy, it is finally playable for me. Has not had the highs of Fallen Order yet, but still very good.
    • Xbox Series X: Indiana Jones - 8 hours in - absolutely amazing, just debating whether to stop and wait for the PS5 release this Spring.
    • Rog Ally X: Metaphor - 18 hours in - finally a Persona-style time management game that has drawn me in. Really enjoying this.



 

Davesky

Member
I started up Uncharted: Drakes Fortune recently after a period of replaying some older PS2 classics. It still looks good on my 4K TV. I'm pretty impressed how the well the game still holds up by todays standards. It's also really hard for me to comprehend (as someone that grew up in the 90s) that it is really over 17 years old, and also the jump from PS2 gameplay wise is very evident. I seem to be appreciating that much more now I'm older and feeling less spoiled.
 
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Roberts

Member
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is leaving GP so I decided to give it a go, especially now when I have shit-ton of work to do and have no brain juice left to commit to something more interesting. Just like the main game, this is pure janky garbage and I was kind of on the edge of dropping it after two levels, but the third one opens up and that is my favourite kind of Serious Sam - just walk vast empty landscapes and lay waste to thousands of silly monsters. A ridiculous but kind of fun time waster that won't take more than 5 hours of your life. 6.5/10 and I don't mean it in a bad way.
 

rotorfire

Member
Just finished Stellar Blade (PS5 Pro) with every trophy except the one alternate ending. Really enjoyed it.

Now I'm in a bit of limbo and just waiting until MH Wilds releases - I'll play through it with the same friends that I completed Rise and World/Iceborne with. Good times ahead (y)
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Going through my annual Deadly Premonition run, I think I'll try to draft up something bigger for a new topic on the weekend. Goddamn do I absolutely love this fucking game.

Probably the most ambitious game by any developer ever considering the budget and the fact that it launched as a $19.99 title.

What a game.
 

intbal

Member
Finished Halo: Spartan Assault.

Achievement tracker says only 2.94% completed this game.
That doesn't surprise me. It has a very high frustration factor for very little payoff. It's essentially a fancy time-waster.
I like the idea. It has potential. But they would need to greatly expand upon the mission areas and gameplay features while also providing checkpoints or saves. Having to start a mission over from the beginning, even though you completed every objective and a stray bullet catches you on your way out the exit door is the aforementioned frustration factor. And it happens a lot.
 

NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

Biggest Trails Stan
Fantasian Neo Dimension (Switch)

69 Hours into the game

I did the Trail of Fire and Trail of Water. The bosses were just suped up versions of previous bosses I fought earlier. I'm gonna to try to do the last four tommrow. I have Earth, Lightning, Holy and Dark to go through

I'm almost near the end. But I'm gonna to be doing all the sidequest too. So I can see myself finishing the game around one to two weeks
 
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hemo memo

You can't die before your death
I recently finished the Ace Attorney Trilogy and started The Great Ace Attorney. I’m still at the beginning of Episode 1, which is essentially the tutorial trial. The visual upgrade is impressive, and the atmosphere immediately feels different with its unique style.
 

EerieArcade

Gold Member
Dynasty Warriors Origins
I've played for around ten hours and absolutely love it. Got my hands on more weapon types, have unlocked some more world map stuff, and I've been doing a lot of the optional battles to level and play around with those weapons I unlocked. To be honest, I'm a little bit vanilla; I always like to use swords in most games and tend to shy away from some of the more fanciful weapons, but I might start playing around with the wheel weapon. The art design is amazing, too. The only thing I wish the game had is different costumes. Perhaps those are further on in the game.

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TintoConCasera

I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Beat Binary Domain last night.

Fun videogame. Enjoyed the story and how crazy it gets near the end. Gameplay is good, love how you can tear the robot's appart while shooting at them. The music is also great, very reminiscent of the Yakuza games.

Some parts of the campaign were kinda boring tho, and the game's pretty easy even when playing on hard. It can also get a bit jank at times.

Overall, I'd say 7'5/10. Fun videogame but nothing extraordinary.
 
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Playing the GoG ersion of the original Resident Evil.

Boy, this one feels like a speedrun without even being one. Enabling you to skip the door sequences speeds this game up like 10 times... or at least it feels like that. Insane... This'll be my go to version for replay from now on. Great port. Super clean too with the additional options.
 

RAIDEN1

Member
I was trying to revisit some more point and click games, after recently completing the reforged edition of Broken Sword recently....thought I would give the (apparently underrated) The Dig a go for the first time ever, but that game proved to be absolutely frustrating early on, especially the part when you have to put the pieces of broken shards together to form a diamond in order to be transported to the planet....it was an absolute joke first all the pieces wouldn't fit in, or if you did them in the wrong order there is no way to reset the puzzle, then when I tried to reload from a previous save prior to the puzzle, you only get 1 piece of the broken shard appearing and not the other 3!!! Literally a game breaking "bug" .....for a triple "A" title from LucasArts when they were at their peak in 1995...yet this dumb puzzle completely halts progress....so now I've resorted to watching it as movie on Youtube...
 
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TintoConCasera

I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Started Marlow Briggs. Think I got this for a buck in a Steam sale. Game's low budget, but it plays good enough. Lots of explosions just because, which is always nice, and some funny characters too.
 

Darkmakaimura

Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Diablo III is going swimmingly. I'm kinda addicted. Yes, yes, I'm Super Late to the Party, I know.

But I'm into Act 2 and my Crusader is just thrashing mobs and it's fun! I'm only lvl 22 or so. I can't choose between the Blessed Hammer with the lightning arcs, or the Blessed Shield like I'm some Holy Captain America.

I want to get the first Skill Rune for the Shield, called Staggering Shield. I hope that unlocks soon.

I'm not really following a build guide. I'm just going with it. I have a lot of gear with bonuses to Life so I rarely take more than a quarter bar of damage for very long. I'm also trying to add Wrath while reducing cost and also cooldowns. I'm focusing on the Lightning damage and abilities when I can. Thanks for reading!
I never got the hate for this game. I really enjoyed it.
 

NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

Biggest Trails Stan
Fantasian Neo Dimension (Switch)

73 Hours into the game

Leo - Level 54
Kina - Level 53
Cheryl - Level 54
Prickle - Level 53
Tan - Level 55
Zinikr - Level 54
Valrika - Level 54
Ez - Level 53

I was able to get through Trial of Earth, Thunder, Holy and Darkness. The hardest one was Trial of Earth. The easiest was the Holy, Darkness and Thunder bosses

After I got that done, I'm currently stuck at Shangri-La. I think I'm at the midpoint. I was able to beat the fire miniboss that was blocking a treasure. Now I'm stuck with this lighting minibosses that have its elemental attack buffed up. Not to mention at the start of the fight, one of them cast Quick on all their allies and so far it's been a PAIN. So I might just finish up some sidequests before I come back to this miniboss section
 
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od-chan

Gold Member
I finished Metro Awakening on PCVR just now. Honestly, I was ready to trash the game here (i somewhat already did a while ago) because a lot of times it irritated the shit out of me. Like I was genuinely about to rage quit just 2 hours ago, before I noticed that I reached a checkpoint, which luckily soothed my rage. But they really stuck the landing, so I just can't bring myself to being too harsh now.

Like the good parts were really good, like 9/10 good. The music is amazing, and while the writing is kinda a bit im14andthisisdeep, a lot of it is also really charming. And I really appreciate how while I didn't give two shits about the story for 99% of the game, in the last few minutes it actually made me kinda emotional. Some of that you can probably attribute to VR in general. I think VR can be a game changer for story telling, it's really something else when you have these characters up close and you're like standing right next to them. Of course it still needs to be executed well, and Vertigo Games really did a great job in that regard.

I'm pretty glad I forced myself to finish this, but I hope even more that for their next game I can just enjoy it without having to force myself to continue. Since VR is still a relatively new venture, especially in regards to titles like this one, I think it's warranted to show a bit of leniency though, if possible.

A couple of things I wanna mention though:
- The game isn't scary, like at all. I'm not really complaining, since I'm a huge pansy and that would've made things harder on me, I was just kinda surprised because I saw a lot of people mentioning it. And yes, I played with spiders on, which brings me to my next point

- FUCKING SPIDERS. FUCKING FUCKING SPIDERS. I haven't played HL1/2 in ages and can't remember, but the headcrabs were done withe one shot, right? Or at least they recoiled or flinched a bit after getting hit, right? These fucks survive like 3 or 4 rifle bullets (normal difficulty) and aren't bothered AT ALL by you shooting at them. And aiming in VR is fucking difficult to begin with, now try aiming at like 3 tiny spiders that jump across the room and try to launch at your face. This gets really fucking frustrating since I think I wasted more bullets on spiders than any other enemy. That was actually the part that made me almost rage quit earlier.

- Some weapons just suck, especially the blowdarts. Like the idea might be fun in theory, but it's just not in gameplay. And reloading the crossbow is such a pain for some reason? Luckily I could avoid using them for most of the overall 12 hours of my playthrough.

Now I'm finally starting up The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. Had this on my backlog for like a decade at this point. Maybe it's good I waited, I don't know if this japanese voice patch was available the last time around already.
 

NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

Biggest Trails Stan
Now I'm finally starting up The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. Had this on my backlog for like a decade at this point. Maybe it's good I waited, I don't know if this japanese voice patch was available the last time around already.

The TITS (Trails In The Sky) Trilogy is still my favorite Story Arc in The Legend of Heroes

Hope you love it
 
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DirtInUrEye

Member
Hogwarts Legacy and I don't like Harry Potter. I wasn't expecting anything and I really just wanted to see how it ran on my GPU, I picked up a really cheap Steam key for the game.

I'm 48 and it's fucking magical. I can't believe how stunningly detailed the world is and how polished the movement and combat feels. My missus was sat beside me the other night reading and I felt a bit embarrassed, flying around on the broomstick with a big grin on my face.
 

NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

Biggest Trails Stan
Hogwarts Legacy and I don't like Harry Potter. I wasn't expecting anything and I really just wanted to see how it ran on my GPU, I picked up a really cheap Steam key for the game.

I'm 48 and it's fucking magical. I can't believe how stunningly detailed the world is and how polished the movement and combat feels. My missus was sat beside me the other night reading and I felt a bit embarrassed, flying around on the broomstick with a big grin on my face.

As someone who grew up reading the books that makes me extremely happy to hear that
 

od-chan

Gold Member
still my favorite Story Arc

Actually, thanks for mentioning that. I'm only vaguely familiar (and that's still overselling it tbh) with the series, from when /jrpgg/ was still a thing, and I didn't know there were "arcs", only that it's a somewhat(?) continuous story. Obvl makes much more sense to have it structured like that.

I'm glad you mentioned it, since I actually felt it was a bit overwhelming to have this thing just going straight for like 13 or so games. It's nice to know that I'll have at least an arc finished after playing 3 60 hour games :D
 

NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

Biggest Trails Stan
Actually, thanks for mentioning that. I'm only vaguely familiar (and that's still overselling it tbh) with the series, from when /jrpgg/ was still a thing, and I didn't know there were "arcs", only that it's a somewhat(?) continuous story. Obvl makes much more sense to have it structured like that.

I'm glad you mentioned it, since I actually felt it was a bit overwhelming to have this thing just going straight for like 13 or so games. It's nice to know that I'll have at least an arc finished after playing 3 60 hour games :D

My biggest advice is to play shorter games in-between every Trails Game. That's what I did for TITS
 

Mr Hyde

Member
Finally back in Indiana Jones after a lengthy break. Still in Giza exploring and have just opened the door inside the Sphinx in pursuit of Stelaes that I need to deliver to Nawal. The game is excellent. It´s more of an immersive sim that focuses on stealth than it is action. Ivé only used a firearm once, and when I did the Nazis ganged up on me and killed me so it´s not really worth it. The game wants you to take it easy. To be careful and explore every nook and cranny. The gameplay is slow and methodical and I like that very much. It builds up tension and excitement, even more so when the game does switch gear to more frantic action. I get that it´s not for everyone, but I enjoy this approach very much. Feels like a breath of fresh air in the current AAA climate.
 
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Hogwarts Legacy and I don't like Harry Potter. I wasn't expecting anything and I really just wanted to see how it ran on my GPU, I picked up a really cheap Steam key for the game.

I'm 48 and it's fucking magical. I can't believe how stunningly detailed the world is and how polished the movement and combat feels. My missus was sat beside me the other night reading and I felt a bit embarrassed, flying around on the broomstick with a big grin on my face.
Not the best game but the level of detail they put into making this games world was a sight to behold. One of the few games where I was often only walking around and checking things out.
 
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Playing the GoG ersion of the original Resident Evil.

Boy, this one feels like a speedrun without even being one. Enabling you to skip the door sequences speeds this game up like 10 times... or at least it feels like that. Insane... This'll be my go to version for replay from now on. Great port. Super clean too with the additional options.
The remaster mod for it makes it the definitive edition for me.
 
The remaster mod for it makes it the definitive edition for me.

Wish I’d have the patience to play around with these mods. Sadly I don’t. I usually only play for an hour at a time and can’t stand it when things don’t work right away. Like, even now the GoG had problems. At first it didn’t even want to launch for some reason. Luckily I only had to reboot my rig and then it worked. I do love PC gaming in principle but stuff like this will always keep me away from the platform.
 

swaffles23

Member
working on the platinum trophy in Resident Evil Remake. Just finished collecting all items in the game and got the speedrun trophy. It wasn't that bad but now i gotta finish up a Real Survivor and Invincible enemy playthroughs. Such a great game and fun platinum to get.

I wanna jump into Trails in the Sky afterwards. This is a series i've never played and have heard nothing but praise for it. I bought the physicals of Trails of Cold Steel 1 and 2 from VGP the other day. Gonna hold off on those to start from the beginning.
 
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

Biggest Trails Stan
Fantasian Neo Dimension (Switch)

77 Hours into the game

Leo - Level 55
Kina - Level 55
Cheryl - Level 55
Prickle - Level 56
Tan - Level 56
Zinikr - Level 55
Valrika - Level 55
Ez - Level 55

I got to the boss in Shangri-La. He's tough so I decided to do some sidequests. I'm currently fighting the boss in the Omega Sidequest. He's hard too. But not as bad as the boss in Shangri-La. And I also finished the two sidequests that let's you add Dogs and Cats to your ship. Also Tan being a softy towards animals is cute and wholesome to see. I finished the Merging Power Sidequest which net me a good weapon for Ez. I finished the Cinderella Tri Star Sidequest too. Their final challenge was TOUGH but I was able to beat it and I got three awesome armor/accessories from it.
 
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