Bioshock boys: lettuce prepare ourselves for the 2023 GOTY

[Meat Popsicle]

Cities Skylines 2 coming this year

 

[Sphygmo]

@Sphygmo I agree that it is time to prepare for Tears of the Kingdom

You know what



I hope it's great

 

[Keksim]

Real talk, my most anticipated game is still FF XVI. The recent previews make it sound insane

 

[Meat Popsicle]

Closed beta for The Finals is going on. New game from Embark Studios (ex-DICE devs). It's free to play but the gameplay doesn't seem that bad actually. The destruction looks good.

 

[preston]

Closed beta for The Finals is going on. New game from Embark Studios (ex-DICE devs). It's free to play but the gameplay doesn't seem that bad actually. The destruction looks good.

Looks fun, will check out Open beta whenever that happens

 

[Sphygmo]

Real talk, my most anticipated game is still FF XVI. The recent previews make it sound insane

I wouldn't mind trying that recent remake

VII right?

 

[Keksim]

I wouldn't mind trying that recent remake

VII right?

Yea VII. It was pretty fun

 

[Sphygmo]

Yea VII. It was pretty fun

Ain't played one since that game was new lol

 

[Keksim]

Ain't played one since that game was new lol

Tbh you haven't missed out on much other than maybe a couple good ones like FFX. They haven't really known what to do with the series

 

[preston]

Tbh you haven't missed out on much other than maybe a couple good ones like FFX. They haven't really known what to do with the series

People have high hopes for this new one, and i'm just kinda like - really?

Franchise has been trash for a minute, imho

FFVII remake was solid, but otherwise? woof

 

[codenhead]

Just picked up a dual sense edge. Anyone have? Thoughts or reviews?

 

[Keksim]

People have high hopes for this new one, and i'm just kinda like - really?

Franchise has been trash for a minute, imho

FFVII remake was solid, but otherwise? woof

True but the direction that they're going in for this one is really interesting and previews have been positive. It has a darker tone and plays like a character action game

When asked about side quests, the producer straight up said that they're influenced by GoW

 

[Keksim]

It sounds like they're finally breaking away from a lot of the stale bs that has plagued the series

 

[Boudreaux]

Cities Skylines 2 coming this year

Played the shit out of the first one.


Games aggrevate me hardcore after a while though.

 

[silkforcalde]

Every time I start a game of Dark Souls I feel like I must complete it before moving on to anything else, so that's what I've been doing (Switch version this time... I wonder how many times I have bought this game).

I'm at Sen's, which I still find to be pretty damn obnoxious. Although I have a working strategy for getting through this place that I use every time, there's one spot where you have to run up a bunch of stairs and make a hard right to get into that room where that big boulder that rolls down the stairs spawns from and you have to turn the crank. I still fuck up that timing to this day because the window to get up there without being pancaked by that god damned boulder is incredibly tiny and the trek back does become grating.

Every time I play this game I either get it on the first try, or it takes like 10 fucking tries, no in between.

of all the things to complain about in Sen's i didn't expect the boulder. if the timing is that tight for you then you're probably not doing that part the way i do. the part that always gets me is the titanite demons in the basement, fuck that part. also the swinging pendulums where you have to kill the one manserpent.

 

[silkforcalde]

Tbh you haven't missed out on much other than maybe a couple good ones like FFX. They haven't really known what to do with the series

i didn't like X that much. Tidus was so annoying, Blitzball was too easy to break, too many random battles, i hated having to swap people in elongating already long battles to evenly level everyone, that lightning strike minigame can burn in hell. i loved XII at the time though but all that ended up being was a gateway drug for MMOs.

 

[silkforcalde]

Real talk, my most anticipated game is still FF XVI. The recent previews make it sound insane

RE4 remake right now for me because it's coming out so soon. also Risk of Rain Returns, full release on Endless Dungeon, Diablo 4, Redfall, We <3 Katamari remaster, shit is gonna be a loaded set of months starting in a few weeks.

 

[NULL_bits]

of all the things to complain about in Sen's i didn't expect the boulder. if the timing is that tight for you then you're probably not doing that part the way i do. the part that always gets me is the titanite demons in the basement, fuck that part. also the swinging pendulums where you have to kill the one manserpent.

The beginning area with the manserpent is one of the only places in the game where I bow cheese, hah. As soon as I get into the fortress I take it out with a handful of arrows. Not dignified, but idgaf, trying to go head-on is just way too damn annoying.

It's entirely possible I have missed something all these years because for me the timing for the boulder run is crazy tight. I watched a walkthrough just to see what other people do and it looks like some just face-tank the boulder and keep going, except in my case my vitality is only level 10 so it's always insta-death for me.

This is the spot I'm talking about. One I get past this stupid boulder it's smooth sailing, but like I said, I either do it the first time, or it takes 10+ tries, hah.

 

[Keksim]

i didn't like X that much. Tidus was so annoying, Blitzball was too easy to break, too many random battles, i hated having to swap people in elongating already long battles to evenly level everyone, that lightning strike minigame can burn in hell. i loved XII at the time though but all that ended up being was a gateway drug for MMOs.

Oh yeah XII was cool

 

[silkforcalde]

The beginning area with the manserpent is one of the only places in the game where I bow cheese, hah. As soon as I get into the fortress I take it out with a handful of arrows. Not dignified, but idgaf, trying to go head-on is just way too damn annoying.

It's entirely possible I have missed something all these years because for me the timing for the boulder run is crazy tight. I watched a walkthrough just to see what other people do and it looks like some just face-tank the boulder and keep going, except in my case my vitality is only level 10 so it's always insta-death for me.

This is the spot I'm talking about. One I get past this stupid boulder it's smooth sailing, but like I said, I either do it the first time, or it takes 10+ tries, hah.

that dude is way too heavy wtf why is he wearing so much armor, Souls 1 run speed is based on equip load. you want to be 50% or lower in that game at all times. if i want to be really fast and do platforming, i'll take shit off to hit 25%. that's why the timing is so tight for him there, i'm literally moving faster.

 

[obscure/renegade]

that dude is way too heavy wtf why is he wearing so much armor, Souls 1 run speed is based on equip load. you want to be 50% or lower in that game at all times. if i want to be really fast and do platforming, i'll take shit off to hit 25%. that's why the timing is so tight for him there, i'm literally moving faster.

 

[NULL_bits]

that dude is way too heavy wtf why is he wearing so much armor, Souls 1 run speed is based on equip load. you want to be 50% or lower in that game at all times. if i want to be really fast and do platforming, i'll take shit off to hit 25%. that's why the timing is so tight for him there, i'm literally moving faster.

My equip load is well below 25% and it's still super tight for me. It feels like it's almost luck based, but I know it's probably just me being slow off the draw.

 

[rcm]

Alright, what do you Wo Long boys think now that you're further in? Good?

 

[GRattu]

People have high hopes for this new one, and i'm just kinda like - really?

Franchise has been trash for a minute, imho

FFVII remake was solid, but otherwise? woof

The main reason 16 is getting so much hype is because it's the same director as 14, which is the big MMO one people love.

 

[ostinato]

Bit late to the party on this one, but the Leviathan boss battle in the Dead Space remake was the tits. Zero G implementation was absolutely perfect for this.