What are you playing?

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Just finished FO:NV --- Lonesome Road
Who the f*ck is Ulysses and what the hell is he talking about ?
Also why was he so hard to kill ?

Hehe, I remember that I felt pretty much the same way. There are some clues in the game, but I couldn't figure it out either. Here's the wiki entry about him: https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Ulysses#Relationships

[gimbal]

Having an element of mystery in your game is good game design, IMO. It keeps the game alive even after you've completed it.

[Nobby_UK]

Well, reading the Wiki there was a lot of dialogue I did not get...
eg --- Re: Mr House
He thought him still alive

[Anubis]

PC - A Plague Tale: Requiem -if you think that dark game can't be more darker... well they prove it can. Just have to love use of music (cellos) to enhance experience. At the moment I am at chapter 11.

SMS - Super Smash T.V. - Still playing, but not enjoying (hence not much change in score)

Arcade - Asterix - Haven't played this in a while. Recently got 3 comic books from local book store.

[gimbal]

Stay away from the newer comic books, one of them even had an alien... Creative poverty.

[Anubis]

Nai, we (USA) are 50 years behind on Asterix, so we are OK for now. Those are re-runs of original material form back then. Sadly they don't have well printed Alen Ford.

Last night moved to Chapter 12 in A Plague Tale: Requiem. Design is really art...

[K1200RS21]

I don't play anymore for the moment I no longer spend my time looking for game boxes and game images for my icon creation
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[Anubis]

Last night I finished A Plague Tale: Requiem. What a story and even a post-credit chapter in game. Just like a real movie, one that you play.

Speaking of credits, it seems team got quite few babies while workin' on the game.

[gimbal]

Been putting some time into Might & Magic 6 again. As janky as the game is (half the time its a first person shooter really...), it does highlight things I miss in modern games. The game allows me to royally fail. The first party I created was useless, I put the skillpoints into completely the wrong places because I didn't read closely enough, so for example I had forgotten that particular magic is controlled by your personality stat, not your intellect (as weird as that sounds). I had to scrap and redo. That new party immediately started to kick a lot more ass. So satisfying that I could redeem myself.

But also the complete lack of handholding. And I do mean a complete lack, its an old style game which just tosses you into it and even kicks you down by putting you right in the middle of several groups of enemies. Good luck! I had to really think and plan to make progress. My butt is being kicked. Rather than finish this dungeon, maybe I need to travel to some cities and pickup some weapons, spells and new skills... etc. etc. I'm on an actual adventure rather than following an arrow. Wish the game itself was a little better

[TCD]

There's a new version of Tamriel Rebuilt that I'll give a try this weekend. It's impressive that they are still at it 20 years in.

Oh and Plutonian Sunrise for Doom.

[freesofia]

[Nobby_UK]

Well 'Honest Hearts' was a waste of time.

Something Something Failed
Something Else Failed
Get Map + leave = Yawn !

[Anubis]

How rusty I am, not even able to finish first level in Project X?!

Givin' up on Asterix - Arcade, those wind swirls are just killin' me (and fun in the game ).

[MrAnthony2021]

As I never played any of the Crash Bandicoot games before I've been playing the first game little by little the last few days.

[gimbal]

Fun game, but I always had trouble judging where the guy would land in the 3D sections on the original Playstation. Having to jump on moving platforms was something I'd always dread.

[Anubis]

I am ~ half of the first game on PS1 (Playing on MiSTeR). Fun little game, with some nice side scrolling levels. Took me multiple times to get perfect run when running away form boulder.

[Gzegzolka]

Got some fun with Ion Fury, personally I do not like those boomer shooters where You shoot so fast You even do not see at what You are shooting and move too fast. I like games that do not punish players for slower gameplay and allows for exploration.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Gzegzolka

Got some fun with Ion Fury, personally I do not like those boomer shooters where You shoot so fast You even do not see at what You are shooting and move too fast. I like games that do not punish players for slower gameplay and allows for exploration.

For me it was the opposite: Ion Fury made me enjoy faster reaction based FPSes again. I stopped playing the original Doom with new maps for some time because they force you to constantly move and assess situations all the time which can become quite overwhelming. In Ion Fury it felt pretty good to overcome those moments. Now I quite enjoy more challenging maps if they are not completely frustrating.

Playing Morrowind again is interesting. At the start of the game you are slow and fighting feels really annoying. It takes quite a bit of tedious grinding to get the speed and attack ratings up to a level that feels okay, but once you get there the game becomes much more fun to play. I understand why most of my friends stopped playing the game as it does take quite a long time to get to that point.

[gimbal]

Yeah slow. Like trying to drink molasses through a thin straw. I did not mourn the loss of the running skill in later games, I'll tell you that.

[Anubis]

Still playing Project X, trying to get to stage 2. (For RGL)

Last night tried bit new Lego Star Wars Game - Skywalker Saga on xBox. It is funny, I might actually play it more.