What are you playing at the moment?

[Steel Icarus]

Has anyone played Deathloop? It’s on sale at the moment on the PS store. I think it might be PS5 only but thought I’d ask anyway

It's PC as well, and on offer on Epic.
I really fancied it until reviews came out - not bad but could have been much better is the general consensus. Enemies both bullet spongey yet stupid

 

[spitfire]

It's PC as well, and on offer on Epic.
I really fancied it until reviews came out - not bad but could have been much better is the general consensus. Enemies both bullet spongey yet stupid

Thanks. I’ll probably go for CoD Vanguard then. Better the devil etc.

I’m so rubbish at trying new games lol.

 

[ruffneck23]

Has anyone played Deathloop? It’s on sale at the moment on the PS store. I think it might be PS5 only but thought I’d ask anyway

Yep, loved it, I loved the dishonoured games and this has some similarities ( but not loads, it's hard to explain).

Looked great and makes you think about what you're doing.

Def 9/10

 

[spitfire]

Yep, loved it, I loved the dishonoured games and this has some similarities ( but not loads, it's hard to explain).

Looked great and makes you think about what you're doing.

Def 9/10

Dammit, now I don't know what to do.

I'm trying to wean myself off the CoD BF merry go round. I bought Watchdogs and enjoyed but still only about 1/4 way through. Same with RDR. Worried I'll do the same with DL but I know that I will finish the story mode of CoD.

What to do, what to do.

I know I'll wait till I'm pissed and then just order whatever feels right.

 

[spitfire]

Yep, loved it, I loved the dishonoured games and this has some similarities ( but not loads, it's hard to explain).

Looked great and makes you think about what you're doing.

Def 9/10

is it a grind type game, redoing things over and over again until you find the little trick that makes you progress?

 

[Steel Icarus]

Keep going with RDR2, if that's what you have. Honestly, an astonishing game...once it starts to click.

 

[spitfire]

Keep going with RDR2, if that's what you have. Honestly, an astonishing game...once it starts to click.

Yeah it is really good, I did get past the "click" but then left it for too long and have to relearn everything. I have some memory expansion coming for the PS5 so will be able to get it reloaded and get back on my hoss.

I reckon that's a good shout instead of dropping £30 on something that will be a tenner in about 4 weeks.

 

[ruffneck23]

is it a grind type game, redoing things over and over again until you find the little trick that makes you progress?

Not really, it's kinda a fps mystery game,, you have to figure things out, each location changes depending on what time of day it is, yes you do repeat things but you learn each time... It's quite unique and good fun.

At the beginning of each loop, you can change what time of day and area to go to and objectives get marked up as you learn.

It's not like Returnal which isnt fun imo

 

[spitfire]

Not really, it's kinda a fps mystery game,, you have to figure things out, each location changes deepening on what time of day it is, yes you do repeat things but you learn each time... It's quite unique and good fun.

It's not like Returnal which isnt fun imo

Thanks, just saw it got 3rd in the Grauns games of the year FWIW. * continues pondering *

 

[Steel Icarus]

Yeah it is really good, I did get past the "click" but then left it for too long and have to relearn everything. I have some memory expansion coming for the PS5 so will be able to get it reloaded and get back on my hoss.

I reckon that's a good shout instead of dropping £30 on something that will be a tenner in about 4 weeks.

Yeah, I've got a tenner voucher off any Epic game but daren't use it in case that game gets given away over Christmas

 

[ohmyliver]

Thanks for this. I tested this with a cable on the PS4 pad, certainly works well, so I've ordered a Bluetooth adapter to go wireless. So much nicer to be able switch between the two. Obviously the driving in Cyberpunk is never going to be a selling point, but it now makes just going for a drive around Night City something I want to.

if you're playing through steam disable dswindows tho.... Steam natively supports the ps4 controller, and if it's available you'll get the correct button prompts in game.

 

[spitfire]

Thanks, just saw it got 3rd in the Grauns games of the year FWIW. * continues pondering *

Pondered. Still went for Vanguard. It is very good, (for its genre). You get to kill lots and lots of Nazis.

Also resurrected RDR2 and loads of other stuff with my new super dooper internal memory expansion.

Not mine obvs. My PS5. Would be great if i could do mine as easily.

 

[BristolEcho]

Coming to the end of a season on FM21 with Braga just won my 3rd Premier title in a row. Semi finals of the champions League again but failed to beat Liverpool at home despite them having 9 men. Losing two of my top players this summer soon so this could be our only chance.

Due another play of XCOM2 soon.

Got Mario Odyssey second hand on eBay on the way.

Just picked up Disco Elysium too which looks great.

 

[Mattym]

After being without consoles for 3 or 4 years, I was pissed off with the shortage of new consoles, so went for an XBox 1, knowing that I could get a secondhand one and a brand new Series X/ PS5 for much cheaper than the extortionate prices that the latter have been going for on eBay. So, I'd had the Xbox 1 for about a week, when I finally got lucky on a PS5, so have a lot of games on the go at the moment.
Xbox 1- reliving Far Cry 5
PS5- Vanguard, Spiderman (MM) and my fave- Danger Zone 2- I used to love the crash mode in Burnout on the PS2, where you cause as many crashes and as much damage as you can. Was delighted to find an updated version.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

if you're playing through steam disable dswindows tho.... Steam natively supports the ps4 controller, and if it's available you'll get the correct button prompts in game.

I'm mostly on mouse and keyboard, it's just for driving, but it's useful to know for future.

Thing is on Geforce Now it just launches the game after you've given it your Steam password, but assuming it's possible.

 

[yield]

Steam tabletop games mainly. Scythe, Northgard, Terraforming Mars.

 

[fucthest8]

Ghost of Tsushima

Christmas present from my son. Only put in a couple of hours so far, but I love it. Looks beautiful, soundtrack is lovely, good story with really nice pacing, combat is really good fun and - for me - just enough of a challenge. Can't get too cocky, but don't have to spend aaages getting sequences just so.


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[tommers]

Steam tabletop games mainly. Scythe, Northgard, Terraforming Mars.

Played a lot of scythe and terraforming mars. Both really good.

 

[tommers]

Ghost of Tsushima

Christmas present from my son. Only put in a couple of hours so far, but I love it. Looks beautiful, soundtrack is lovely, good story with really nice pacing, combat is really good fun and - for me - just enough of a challenge. Can't get too cocky, but don't have to spend aaages getting sequences just so.


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Really liked this, especially "Kurosawa mode" but really wish they'd avoided doing the whole "fill the map full of icons" thing. So many different things to collect, does my head in. Combat is great, looks amazing, like the "follow the wind" thing but just ruined by your tunic vibrating every ten seconds to tell you to follow a fucking bird or collect a banner.

 

[yield]

Played a lot of scythe and terraforming mars. Both really good.

Picked up Scythe in the winter steam sale. Bargain. Easy pick up & play game. Shame we couldn't get an urban game together?

 

[tommers]

Picked up Scythe in the winter steam sale. Bargain. Easy pick up & play game. Shame we couldn't get an urban game together?

I played it with a couple of mates but they preferred boardgamearena.com, which is pretty good (and mostly free). I dunno if other people have a copy and are up for playing?

I've been playing Trials of Fire, which is great. Deck building but with classes and equipment, kind of Slay the Spire meets Gloomhaven meets Kingdom Death Monster (I've never even played KDM but it reminds me). Oh, and a roguelike somehow. Early access, but you wouldn't notice. Properly good.

And I'm on the beta for Weird West, which is also really good. Always really like the setting and it seems like it will give plenty of ways to play. Satisfying to snipe bad guys or chuck some dynamite into the middle of them.

Struggling to find the time atm, tbh. Gloomhaven is still sat there, staring, too - along with Fights in Tight Spaces. That is also really good. So many good games.

 

[8ball]

I played it with a couple of mates but they preferred boardgamearena.com, which is pretty good (and mostly free).

Yeah, it's very good for playing a wide array of board games online.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Kena: Bridge of Spirits. Just started. Not sure how involving it's going to be but by 'eck it looks fantastic.

 

[ruffneck23]

Kena: Bridge of Spirits. Just started. Not sure how involving it's going to be but by 'eck it looks fantastic.

I started it a while back, absolutely gorgeous, but it didnt grab me, but really want to get back into it.

Got control for a 10-er or near enough yesterday on steam, you have to have it on there for it to work on Geforce new, looks really quite stunning with loads of effects I didnt see when trying to play on playstation.

Also Ride 4, looks pretty much photorealistic at some points but it is really difficult for me (probably as I've never ridden a motorbike before and its quite sim like, but im learning and just doing time trials in the rain, at night, on some UK street courses.)

 

[Steel Icarus]

I started it a while back, absolutely gorgeous, but it didnt grab me, but really want to get back into it.

Got control for a 10-er or near enough yesterday on steam, you have to have it on there for it to work on Geforce new, looks really quite stunning with loads of effects I didnt see when trying to play on playstation.

Also Ride 4, looks pretty much photorealistic at some points but it is really difficult for me (probably as I've never ridden a motorbike before and its quite sim like, but im learning and just doing time trials in the rain, at night, on some UK street courses.)

Control is superb - must give it another go, I couldn't get past the first boss

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Bought myself F1 2021 yesterday, since I'm stuck in my room isolating with Covid (and it's 60% off on Steam). Only just realised that I can use a PlayStation controller with Steam - much easier than trying to drive with a keyboard.

 

[golightly]

Control is superb - must give it another go, I couldn't get past the first boss

Mr Tommasi? He is a bit of a challenge because you don't have many powers at this point. Make sure you keep moving to make it harder to get a target on you, and shoot the other guards to get health. Definitely worth plugging away.

 

[bemused]

I'm pounded out the Mafia trilogy.

 

[butcher]

Skyrim Anniversary edition, new toys, new dungeons, new houses, new quests, new armours and fishing!

NB about my 8th play through, Khajit Sneak Thief again

 

[Orang Utan]

I checked out the three free PS Plus games and yet again none of them are worth playing. Wish they’d cater for the likes of me more.

What is it with console games with deliberately shoddy/cartoon/manga graphics?
Technology has moved on!
They’re still making 2D platform games ffs!