Currently Playing in 2020...

So I thought I’d get FF3 finished last night... nope. Did all the busy work to make the end boss beatable and I still lost. Best part of three hours down the drain. Before I play this again I fell some serious grinding is in order.

Just finished off Xenoblade Chronicles Future Connected, which means up next will be the Pokémon DLC which I might get round to starting tonight, more likely tomorrow after a brief spell on Animal Crossing New Horizons up next, again

Then once Pokémon is all done it’ll be back to focusing on The Witcher 3 alongside F1 2020, got a week off work (finally) in August and not got anything planned so I might be playing a good chunk of The Witcher 3 then if I haven’t got plenty done beforehand.

DMC5 on the Xbox. Edge lord cutscenes AHOY.

DMC5 is incredible. And Nero is cooler than Dante. Dead weight, he ain't.

Zilnad wrote:DMC5 is incredible. And Nero is cooler than Dante. Dead weight, he ain't.

It hasn't fully grabbed me yet. But it's playable enough that I want to see it to the end. I'm not really a huge fan of the series, although I do like many of the games Platinum has put out that have obviously been heavily influenced by it.

After completing The Witcher 3 and both expansions in June, I felt a little lost as to what to get into next. It consumed me during all of lockdown. Every spare moment it was on, and it captivated me. When it was all finished I couldn’t see another game getting its claws into me anywhere near as much; it was a bit depressing.
Luckily, I decided to give Control a go and I’m utterly enjoying it. I look forward to each evening’s opportunity to explore/unlock a bit more of the map. The combat is ace too.

Squinty wrote:

Zilnad wrote:DMC5 is incredible. And Nero is cooler than Dante. Dead weight, he ain't.

It hasn't fully grabbed me yet. But it's playable enough that I want to see it to the end. I'm not really a huge fan of the series, although I do like many of the games Platinum has put out that have obviously been heavily influenced by it.

How far into it are you? I find with DMC games that the first playthrough is really just training for the harder difficulty and then, when you've gotten to grips with the mechanics, it really opens up.

Zilnad wrote:

Squinty wrote:

Zilnad wrote:DMC5 is incredible. And Nero is cooler than Dante. Dead weight, he ain't.

It hasn't fully grabbed me yet. But it's playable enough that I want to see it to the end. I'm not really a huge fan of the series, although I do like many of the games Platinum has put out that have obviously been heavily influenced by it.

How far into it are you? I find with DMC games that the first playthrough is really just training for the harder difficulty and then, when you've gotten to grips with the mechanics, it really opens up.

I just fought Urizen for the second time. They've been reading too much William Blake, what with these character names.

I'm a few hours into Far Cry 5 now and I'm having a lot of fun. The explosions feel amazing. Particularly when a truck of cultists comes speeding towards you and you roll a perfectly timed grenade beneath them. The feel of the guns is also really satisfying.

Zilnad wrote:I'm a few hours into Far Cry 5 now and I'm having a lot of fun. The explosions feel amazing. Particularly when a truck of cultists comes speeding towards you and you roll a perfectly timed grenade beneath them. The feel of the guns is also really satisfying.

Wait till you see a truck of cultists speeding towards you every 5mins...

Photek wrote:

Zilnad wrote:I'm a few hours into Far Cry 5 now and I'm having a lot of fun. The explosions feel amazing. Particularly when a truck of cultists comes speeding towards you and you roll a perfectly timed grenade beneath them. The feel of the guns is also really satisfying.

Wait till you see a truck of cultists speeding towards you every 5mins...

I fully expect to get bored of it before finishing the "story" but so far it's definitely worth £6 for the fun I'm having.

Yes I had to buy a stylus but you know what, TWEWY on Switch is still a pretty strawberry floating great videogame. There are actually parts of the combat I prefer on the Switch version compared to the DS. On the DS I just used to put whatever the easiest to trigger pins on Neku so I could concentrate on the button presses for the fusion attack. Now that's been condensed, I can actually use a greater variety of pins on him. It's different and maybe has lost a layer of complexity but I think it still works. But, you have to play in handheld and you really need a stylus.

Photek wrote:

Zilnad wrote:I'm a few hours into Far Cry 5 now and I'm having a lot of fun. The explosions feel amazing. Particularly when a truck of cultists comes speeding towards you and you roll a perfectly timed grenade beneath them. The feel of the guns is also really satisfying.

Wait till you see a truck of cultists speeding towards you every 5mins...

The combat is definitely punchy and fun, but it does get annoying when you're just trying to drive somewhere and trucks just won't stop coming straight at you.

I'm currently playing through the 1st The Last of Us and was wondering how much I had left based on where I'm up to.

That's not a growth wrote:I'm currently playing through the 1st The Last of Us and was wondering how much I had left based on where I'm up to.

In the college, just did the section without Ellie where there's a load of clickers and a boomer in a spore area - while she's waiting for you to hook up a generator on the other side of a gate.

Checking a guide you're at chapter 8 of 12

Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Royal Edition.

I'm in love with this game. I think it the most perfect historically-set game ever made. It has everything I could ever desire of a history-based game.

Oh, I know that the combat has a steep learning curve, character faces and voices are limited in a Bethesda-esque way, the map isn't quite 1:1, and I know some of the town recreations aren't quite accurate due to being based on larger, wealthier towns... But strawberry float, it's got me in its sway.

Though I shall long for a sequel, a next gen remake with full VR capabilities would be great to have as well.

OrangeRKN wrote:

That's not a growth wrote:I'm currently playing through the 1st The Last of Us and was wondering how much I had left based on where I'm up to.

In the college, just did the section without Ellie where there's a load of clickers and a boomer in a spore area - while she's waiting for you to hook up a generator on the other side of a gate.

Checking a guide you're at chapter 8 of 12

Nice one, cheers OR

Alvin Flummux wrote:Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Royal Edition.

I'm in love with this game. I think it the most perfect historically-set game ever made. It has everything I could ever desire of a history-based game.

Oh, I know that the combat has a steep learning curve, character faces and voices are limited in a Bethesda-esque way, the map isn't quite 1:1, and I know some of the town recreations aren't quite accurate due to being based on larger, wealthier towns... But strawberry float, it's got me in its sway.

Though I shall long for a sequel, a next gen remake with full VR capabilities would be great to have as well.

I keep thinking about trying this one on Game Pass. What other RPG's would you say it is comparable to? You mentioned Bethesda, does it share a lot with the work they have done?

Controversial opinion, but so far, I've enjoyed DmC more than DMC5. I think I'm over halfway through DMC5, but it just hasn't grabbed me at all.

Squinty wrote:Controversial opinion, but so far, I've enjoyed DmC more than DMC5. I think I'm over halfway through DMC5, but it just hasn't grabbed me at all.

I think that was about the point i dropped DMC5. I just did not feel like my ability was having any impact on the progression of the game whatsoever. I played it around the time i was playing Astral Chain, and one of them felt like i was mastering spacing / combos etc, and the other one was mashing buttons and called DMC5.