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I always want to enjoy total war, but the ones I've played recently have missed the mark. Think I'll wait for another Medieval period one.
 
BristolEcho said:
I always want to enjoy total war, but the ones I've played recently have missed the mark. Think I'll wait for another Medieval period one.
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I always look forward to it, then I think "oh, this isn't as much fun as I remember" and thrn I've played 150 hours
 
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Trying out Horizon Zero Dawn.
I don't get it. It's a large, half-empty world where the non-empty bits are full of machines that are tedious to fight. Even on easy, some of them take dozens of hits to their "weak" points to take down. The story line is... okay, at best. Think I may give up on this one before it's done.
 
Chz said:
Trying out Horizon Zero Dawn.
I don't get it. It's a large, half-empty world where the non-empty bits are full of machines that are tedious to fight. Even on easy, some of them take dozens of hits to their "weak" points to take down. The story line is... okay, at best. Think I may give up on this one before it's done.
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I wouldnt the story gets really good and when you get the different bows and weapons , the combat it pretty good fun
 
Chz said:
Trying out Horizon Zero Dawn.
I don't get it. It's a large, half-empty world where the non-empty bits are full of machines that are tedious to fight. Even on easy, some of them take dozens of hits to their "weak" points to take down. The story line is... okay, at best. Think I may give up on this one before it's done.
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Does it look good? Was thinking of getting this when fc6 is finished.
 
Magnus McGinty said:
I played all Civs up to 5 then sort of lost interest. Didn't want to fork out a fuck tonne for the same game again. I still play 5 though occasionally even though the playthroughs are pretty much identical.
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Civ5 was the first one I played. I have gathering storm at the moment, but didn't bother with the frontier pass as I don't play it enough so extra Civs don't add much. Still got 200+ hours out of it.
 
Supine said:
Does it look good? Was thinking of getting this when fc6 is finished.
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I'm playing with the "improved" graphics, so better than PS4 but not the "murder your system for fun" level, and it's... much like I've felt the game to be - characterless. Don't get me wrong, in no way, shape, or form is it a bad looking game. It just doesn't have its own style and you can tell a lot of it was procedurally generated. I know most open world games are, to a certain degree, but some of them hide it really well.

I will continue to give it a fair chance though. But if I have to fight loads more of those bird things, I'm uninstalling. There's challenging, and then there's Not Fun At All.
 
I had a bash on Sifu, its very cinematic. I almost instinctively knew what I had to do from all the films- fight through the building full of men of varying degrees of henchness to get to your target, use the surroundings. Had to go to bed before getting deep in but I have a handle on the combat- a shaky one, but I get the core concepts. I'm going to try it with controller rather than k&m tonight. Having the credits screen as a training bit was inspired.

I expect to fight in a busy fishmarket with cleaver wielding workmen at some point. Also hoping to fight a blind and/or drunken master, throw someone through rice-paper walls or lacquered screens. All the good bits.
 
DotCommunist said:
I had a bash on Sifu, its very cinematic. I almost instinctively knew what I had to do from all the films- fight through the building full of men of varying degrees of henchness to get to your target, use the surroundings. Had to go to bed before getting deep in but I have a handle on the combat- a shaky one, but I get the core concepts. I'm going to try it with controller rather than k&m tonight. Having the credits screen as a training bit was inspired.

I expect to fight in a busy fishmarket with cleaver wielding workmen at some point. Also hoping to fight a blind and/or drunken master, throw someone through rice-paper walls or lacquered screens. All the good bits.
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I just beat the 2nd boss. He is an absolute motherfucker so I'm quite pleased with myself. I am very, very old now though. Must have tried him ten times, but it's actually pretty straightforward once you understand what you are supposed to do.

I think my favourite bits are the mass brawls - so in the hangar in the first level, or a few bits in the club. When you get it right so that you are hitting somebody in front of you with an iron bar and then you block the guy hitting you from behind, stun him and then do that "really quick punches to the belly" thing it's brilliant.

I can't imagine playing it with k&m.
 
Anyone playing Hunt: Showdown? Just got it via the 4th anniversary sale. I loved the look of it when it came out but forgot all about it until this push.
 
tommers said:
I just beat the 2nd boss. He is an absolute motherfucker so I'm quite pleased with myself. I am very, very old now though.
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Have you seen this New Scientist article? It's about a survey of over a million people and it says that the brain doesn't actually slow down until we are over 60. I think the main point is that we slow down due to taking fewer risks as we age and so the brain slows too but the ability doesn't actually change, the mental capacity, until we pass into our 60s. I find it fascinating that societal perceptions change our mental abilities.
 
souljacker said:
I've got so many launchers now it's getting silly. Out of all them I'd say the XBox app is the worse. Steam is a hundred times better than all of them.
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Right?! I have a Ubisoft one, an Epic one (Mutant Year Zero is fucking awesome btw), Xbox Game Pass one, Steam and Good Old Games. Honestly, wtf?!
 
bmd said:
Have you seen this New Scientist article? It's about a survey of over a million people and it says that the brain doesn't actually slow down until we are over 60. I think the main point is that we slow down due to taking fewer risks as we age and so the brain slows too but the ability doesn't actually change, the mental capacity, until we pass into our 60s. I find it fascinating that societal perceptions change our mental abilities.
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Yeah, I meant in the game. :D You get older every time you die. That's good to hear though.

Incidentally, I'm doing the museum now and it's fucking lovely. If I can figure out how to share a video without going through my twitter account then I'll post some here. It really is a great looking game. I'm also getting a bit better at it, so it's a joy to move through it with (at least some) precision as opposed to the bumbling mess I have been so far. 😍
 
tommers said:
Yeah, I meant in the game. :D You get older every time you die. That's good to hear though.

Incidentally, I'm doing the museum now and it's fucking lovely. If I can figure out how to share a video without going through my twitter account then I'll post some here. It really is a great looking game. I'm also getting a bit better at it, so it's a joy to move through it with (at least some) precision as opposed to the bumbling mess I have been so far. 😍
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Ohhhhh! In the game? LOL! Stroll on. That is me to a T mate.
 
Chz said:
I'm playing with the "improved" graphics, so better than PS4 but not the "murder your system for fun" level, and it's... much like I've felt the game to be - characterless. Don't get me wrong, in no way, shape, or form is it a bad looking game. It just doesn't have its own style and you can tell a lot of it was procedurally generated. I know most open world games are, to a certain degree, but some of them hide it really well.

I will continue to give it a fair chance though. But if I have to fight loads more of those bird things, I'm uninstalling. There's challenging, and then there's Not Fun At All.
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I am really trying to give it a go, but the PC port is a crash-happy POS. And I don't mean like the original God of War release that had a benign memory leak that would crash you after a few hours. HZD could crash in 10 minutes, or 3 hours. You never know what you'll get when you launch it. (yes, I have googled the suggestions - HAGS made a difference, but not enough)
 
Still working my way through a full season of F1 2021, tweaking the difficulty as I get better at it. At the moment I can fight for a podium place if the weather is good, but as soon as it rains I'm right at the back. :(
 
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Has anyone played Inside? We got it for about £1.80 in a Nintendo sale.
Such a strange little game, really tense too and the ending is truly bonkers.
Most games start with a big intro and setting the story up but this just lands you in a wood or something and you work out what’s going on.

We loved it.
 
bmd said:
Have you seen this New Scientist article? It's about a survey of over a million people and it says that the brain doesn't actually slow down until we are over 60. I think the main point is that we slow down due to taking fewer risks as we age and so the brain slows too but the ability doesn't actually change, the mental capacity, until we pass into our 60s. I find it fascinating that societal perceptions change our mental abilities.
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Have you heard of self-fulfilling prophecies? Seems like one if them, your final sentence
 
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