Yakoob on 1/4/2020 at 09:23
I've been playing Forager lately. It's been kinda fun but at 4hrs im kinda getting sick of it. Stuff just costs too much and unlocks take forever, so it feels like grind grind grind. The world is sort of locked into a grid of islands and to unlock more of it, you have to purchase adjecent tiles, which is a cool idea, except, again, it gets really expensive really fast. And each new tile provides usually 1 new thing that isn't highly replayable.
So its lots of grinding to uncover new tiles you're gonna use up in a few minutes, and back to grinding
Also, dont get me started on the wonky build mechanics, it's almost impossible to build floors or dig holes because the game cant decide where it's trying to focus. Nope, it's not where you're standing! Is it in front of you? Above you? below you??? Who knows!
And if there is ANY intearctive object nearby, it will focus on it, so it will prevent you from placing floor or digging holes. So you have to go and destroy everything around to place floors, and even then, it's wobbly as fuck. This also means you cant build floors near your buildings because the game keeps focusing on them instead of empty floor next to it.
WHY you cant just place floor or dig on the tile you're standing on is beyond me. Overall, the whole UI is kinda shite in many places
EvaUnit02 on 2/4/2020 at 05:47
I'm currently playing
Tron: Evolution and it's actually pretty damn good. It's pretty much a classic Sands of Time era Prince of Persia game in the Tron universe. It's properly polished and fun. The game is a prequel to the TronL Legacy film (which is well worth a revisit. The film in retrospective was pretty damn good, made when Disney were briefly making decent blockbusters like John Carter and Prince of Persia.)
The game was de-listed from Steam last year because Disney was too cheap to renew the SecuROM authentication server license and they're too inept and/or lazy to strip out the DRM.
Feel free to pirate it, the game is abandonware.
Guides to run the game on modern PCs here.
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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=471762880)
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https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Tron:_Evolution)
SubJeff on 3/4/2020 at 13:30
Honestly - Tennis Clash on mobile.
Great mechanic it seems.
EvaUnit02 on 4/4/2020 at 08:55
I sidelined everything I was playing and have been replaying the games in
Halo MCC. Reach and Halo 1 are ridiculously good, they absolutely shine on PC. It is such a joy to cap enemies with high precision weapons, using high precision controls.
In hindsight I'm glad that they're only now coming, in the current market climate publishers are taking PC seriously now, putting care into their ports. I dance on the grave of the Xbone, it died so that the likes of Halo MCC on PC, Age of Empires 2 re-remastered, Game Pass PC, etc may live.
My next purchase will probably be (
https://us.shop.battle.net/en-gb/product/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-campaign-remastered) Modern Warfare 2 remastered when it drops on April 30th for PC. Just holding out to see if Green Man Gaming will stock it, because they sell heavily discounted keys.
Blue Jay on 4/4/2020 at 12:52
I have recently finished Thief 2 for the first time, and am replaying it.
I definitely like the game a LOT more on replaying, and my opinions on all of the missions have changed tremedously.
Thirith on 5/4/2020 at 16:55
I'm currently faffing about in Red Dead Redemption 2. I'm still in chapter 2 (I'm replaying it on PC), but I'm taking a lot of time to hunt and explore. I was a bit annoyed at first by how there's no in-game way of finding some of the collectibles other than stumbling upon them, and I still wish you could purchase maps that give you a rough location for them, but I'm now following an online map and it's taking me to places I've never been and showing me gorgeous sights, so in that respect it's actually not altogether bad. It feels a bit like Old West geocaching. :p
henke on 6/4/2020 at 07:39
Played a bit of the singleplayer campaigns of COD:WW2 and Battlefield V. WW2 was a very pretty, expensive-looking, linear shooting gallery, with pretty good shooty-feels. V opens with a gameplay-montage taking you between different scenarios, before putting you in an open-world North African map where you get to do 3 objectives at your own pace and playstyle. Neither game really captured my attention tho, and I gave up after 1-2 hours with both.
I started playing Days Gone on Saturday and ended up spending most of the weekend with it. It's exactly what you'd expect really. Entirely predictable open-world stealth-action game with crafting and zombies and skill-upgrades and yada yada. The story is going for a The Last Of Us mood but without any of the writing or acting-talent that made TLOU so compelling. At one point there's a flashback to when the protagonist (Deek) met his wife and he comes across as such an obnoxious dickwad that you wonder why she ever married him. Anyway, the gameplay is good and the leveling-up progression is satisfying. It has a very Mad Max feel to it. Perfectly enjoyable 7/10 game.
And, as you might know I'm a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to motorbikes in open-world games, and I gotta say the ones in Days Gone are pretty good! Good balance between arcade and simulation. They go quite slowly, but the suspension bounces pleasantly when you drive along dirt-roads, the character leans into turns in a satisfying way, and drifting around corners feels good. Of course it's not up there with GTA IV(the high watermark for bikes in open world action games), I'd say it's more along the lines of Ghost Recon Wildlands bikes, but slightly better. I also like that you regularly have to refuel and repair the bike.
Yakoob on 6/4/2020 at 07:47
I just bought Fable: Anniversary Edition on Steam, I'm only about an hour in and... I can't decide between "interesting" and "cringe."
Like, the game has an interesting promise, but it's wrapped in all the awful early-2000s tropes. Jerky animations, weird models, swaying camera, awkward tank controls, awful voice acting, weirdly enthusiastic UI - the whole package. It also kind of makes you appreciate how far we've come.
I'm trying to decide if I should refund or keep going.... thoughts?
Thirith on 6/4/2020 at 08:07
@henke
I also gave up on Battlefield V's campaign. In theory, I like what they're doing, but the environment, AI and stealth mechanics simply didn't come together to create an experience that felt enjoyable, especially considering that this is still pretty early in the game. Most likely I played it badly or the wrong way, but a game should do a better job of teaching me how to play it.
@icemann
Absolutely. I've done a printout of one of the respective maps, and because the markers are pretty big I only know roughly where the collectibles are, so there's still an element of searching the environment involved. In that respect, it's quite a bit better than Assassin's Creed, where you mark the feather/flag/whatever on the map and the HUD shows you exactly where to go.
Malf on 6/4/2020 at 08:25
I'm currently pouring countless hours into Mount & Blade: Bannerlord.
Despite various reports of it being buggy (it's early access), I've had a pretty bug-free time of it, and Taleworlds are patching it on a daily basis.
It's great fun, being pretty much identical to the first game, except with better graphics. There's some features that aren't fully implemented yet, and I think the levelling curve could do with some smoothing, but otherwise it's a great way to pass the hours in these interesting times. Charging in to battle with a couched lance and spearing some hapless goon never gets old.
Also, the starting menu screen music takes heavy cues from the original Conan movie theme, just to get you in the right frame of mind :D