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I was having a go at that Tiny Tina Borderlands thing that's free with PS plus this month. I dunno, I don't think the sequels are anywhere near as good as the first Borderlands, which seemed more grounded and gritty. Also hard to figure out the tactics of how to play it well... Maybe it would be more fun playing it with other people?

Tried the free UFC thing - not keen on fighting games where there's a million different combos to learn. Still to try the theme park game.
 
Runs ok an xb 1, first game I've had for ages and happily blown a few hours so far, looks like a Saints Row crossed with Mass Effect and fed Blade Runner as a kid
 
Gonna get Sifu. Sounds like exactly what I wanted Ghost of Tsushima to be:

I wish I had recorded my first blundering advance through the opening stage so that I could see just how far I've come. It's hard to remember being a novice at something after you've trained so much that you can no longer say exactly how you do it: At this point, I just dodge when it's time to dodge and attack when it's time to attack. That's a lot more complicated to do in the physical world, but 30 hours with Sifu's simplified videogame version can at least get you a heady whiff of kung fu mastery.
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Sifu review

Mastering videogame kung fu in a half-remembered dream.
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It's good. It's really hard, I need to practice and I'm not great at these games anyway but it's super stylish. I can see myself getting properly sucked into it (for example, I played an hour at lunchtime and can't stop thinking about what I need to do when I play it next). It's a really nicely done martial arts movie and if anybody picks up a weapon then you're screwed. I got to the first boss. He killed me.
 
Johnny Vodka said:
Arrived today. Played ~20 mins or so of it and am getting good vibes so far. This is playing the PS4 version on a PS5. Don't really want to get too far into it before the PS5 update.
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Is that likely to be different to how it would be on a PS4?
 
8ball said:
Is that likely to be different to how it would be on a PS4?
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There's a big difference in how last gen console versions (played on a last gen console) and PC version are rated. Remember it was meant to play shockingly bad on a standard PS4, so much so that the developers eventually advised not to buy it to play on a standard PS4...

Obviously how well it plays on a PC depends on how powerful your PC is. Hopefully the PS5 upgrade will make it play like on a high end PC.
 
On Skyrim.... its good craic for a while but gameplay gets.... repetitive, after a a bit. Feeling like I'm just going through the motions now. Slightly addictive all the same, I just want to keep finishing quests and the storyline.

One thing that annoys me about the combat is that it's either far too easy or you're getting mauled.

I'm wondering if Oblivion was actually better in terms of gameplay or not? Maybe I've rose-tinted glasses.
 
splonkydoo said:
On Skyrim.... its good craic for a while but gameplay gets.... repetitive, after a a bit. Feeling like I'm just going through the motions now. Slightly addictive all the same, I just want to keep finishing quests and the storyline.

One thing that annoys me about the combat is that it's either far too easy or you're getting mauled.

I'm wondering if Oblivion was actually better in terms of gameplay or not? Maybe I've rose-tinted glasses.
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Pretty sure oblivion had a graded difficulty which meant it got harder as you levelled up. It wasn't that popular though.
 
splonkydoo said:
On Skyrim.... its good craic for a while but gameplay gets.... repetitive, after a a bit. Feeling like I'm just going through the motions now. Slightly addictive all the same, I just want to keep finishing quests and the storyline.

One thing that annoys me about the combat is that it's either far too easy or you're getting mauled.

I'm wondering if Oblivion was actually better in terms of gameplay or not? Maybe I've rose-tinted glasses.
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I’m playing Oblivion again at the moment. Quest lines can get difficult so you have to retreat for a bit and do other stuff. They never fixed the bugs either. Just remembered the Thieves Guild quest line fucked up on me years ago as it is now.
 
I'm loving Cyberpunk, and in about 40 hours play it has only crashed once, no other game breaking glitches. The map is very good, the story is very good, voice acting is excellent, the overall atmosphere is very good. Only downside, and it is minor is that the ui is a little clunky and all the stuff that you have to read for full immersion is poorly displayed, why not have an option to let the game read it out to the player so I can still be involved whilst cooking and eating supper.
 
Pokémon Snap on the Switch. I'm isolating with Miss Rona in the front room so I'm giving some Switch games a go. Played it for 10 hours straight yesterday. It's utterly charming
 
Spent today playing Total War and Sifu.

Total War is.. Total War. It always takes so long to play it and the battles are never the beautiful tactical masterclass that I see in my head. It always degenerates into a muddle and then five armies attack at once and you're screwed. I played the prologue, which was pretty good, and then started as "Cathay" who are basically China and who feel a bit racist frankly. Like we'll look at it in ten years and be like "what the fuck were they thinking?". Anyway, that aside, there are some nice factions in there and it's basically free.

Sifu is amazing. Beautiful, elegant, really satisfying when it goes well (which is rare) but you seem to progress further each time, or get past people smoothly who fucked you up before. Easily one of the best beat em ups I've played for a while, and probably one of my favourite games in the last five years. It's hard though, it makes you repeat stuff until you do it perfectly - you're constantly honing and practising. It's great. Love it.
 
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