Kinda wish this was a trilogy.
Gaming PlayStation 5
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I mean, it has been delayed. It was supposed to come out last year.
Just used the disc for the first time. Didn’t realise I had bought a plane.
So given I wanted to play a PS5 game but not Returnal, GOTG or Demon Souls which I'm saving for later, I decided to give Ac Vallhala a go. It looks fantastic, and so far I'm liking it but as with all Ac games, something just feels off about so many things. The combat feels a tad flakey / non impactful. The characters are well rendered but their design and animation just seems a little clunky. The story wants to be taken seriously but comes but nothing quite lands properly well. Nothing seems effortless for this game. At the same time I'm playing Miles Mirales and that game is buttery smooth, everything is done classily as feck. It doesn't try a crazy amount but it does what it does really well.
Not saying I haven't liked the first few hours but this is why I can usually only play these games for 10 out of their 80 hours of playtime. They seem to tons of things alright but nothing particularly excellently. I think I'll play it till the flashy PS5 graphics keep me interested.
Not saying I haven't liked the first few hours but this is why I can usually only play these games for 10 out of their 80 hours of playtime. They seem to tons of things alright but nothing particularly excellently. I think I'll play it till the flashy PS5 graphics keep me interested.
That grinding sound is so horrible.
Bit annoyed.
A few months ago I was dead bored and nearly bought GT7. Even added it to my basket on the PS Store. Then I thought, no, don't be stupid, you won't play it. So I left it.
Two weeks ago my mate asks me for a game of FIFA. I'm in a rush trying to get myself online and realise I no longer have PS Plus. So I go onto the store as quickly as possible, select the option to buy one month and hit X.
What I didn't know was, GT7 was still in my basket. I accidentally bought GT7.
No 'Are you sure?', card details were all in there already, the press of one button and its done.
That was two weeks ago, I haven't played the game once yet. Only raging.
Surely they should like empty out your basket when you exit out of the store?
A few months ago I was dead bored and nearly bought GT7. Even added it to my basket on the PS Store. Then I thought, no, don't be stupid, you won't play it. So I left it.
Two weeks ago my mate asks me for a game of FIFA. I'm in a rush trying to get myself online and realise I no longer have PS Plus. So I go onto the store as quickly as possible, select the option to buy one month and hit X.
What I didn't know was, GT7 was still in my basket. I accidentally bought GT7.
No 'Are you sure?', card details were all in there already, the press of one button and its done.
That was two weeks ago, I haven't played the game once yet. Only raging.
Surely they should like empty out your basket when you exit out of the store?
Oh my god. It didn't occur to me for a second that that would be possible.
I'm starting to think, and do tell me if I'm being harsh on myself, that all of this is somehow my fault.
I've bought stuff before and changed my mind. It's usually pretty easy. I don't know whether you literally mean 2 weeks but worth a try if you haven't downloaded it yet.I hated Valhalla for the first 15 hours, hated the combat, wasn't engaged by the story or anything. Ended up completing it, it's quite amazing to storm around when you open more of the map up and are in England. Got some proper class locations you goto, an abbey on the eastern coast was
Thanks!
I’m on act 2 of GOT and am really enjoying it. The combat is absolutely superb.
yeah, you definitely should have requested a refund when it happened and the problem would have been solved. Might still be able to though, can't hurt to try!Brilliant game so far, I think Ill be finishing the story soon.
They can move to Egyptian or some other source material when they run out of Norse mythology to copy everything from, while re-skinning everything as usual.
On a bit of a surprise retro trip and found myself playing R-Type 2 off PS+. It's a bloody brilliant blast of old skool side scrolling shooting for someone my age who remembers all the great side scroller arcade machines, including the OG R-Type. Wonderful!
A nod and wink to simpler times.
A nod and wink to simpler times.
I had a few goes on Raiden which I stumbled across last week. Took me back!
I'd expect that more from SilksongThey can move to Egyptian or some other source material when they run out of Norse mythology to copy everything from, while re-skinning everything as usual.
I was also playing this last week. Its hard as nails. I managed to finish it on easy but it had me ready to break the controller
Did you mean in your post the original R-Type is also playable?
That's basically my reason for playing. Let's see how it goes. I got tired of Odyesse fast.I hated Valhalla for the first 15 hours, hated the combat, wasn't engaged by the story or anything. Ended up completing it, it's quite amazing to storm around when you open more of the map up and are in England. Got some proper class locations you goto, an abbey on the eastern coast was
the game selection for the new Ps+ is very impressive, except for me who has already purchased and played the vast majority of the big ones. Really am kicking myself now
I am going to be far more reluctant to purchase games going forward. Just requires patience and they should eventually arrvive on the sevice
Need to avoid TLOU remake for starters...
I am going to be far more reluctant to purchase games going forward. Just requires patience and they should eventually arrvive on the sevice
Need to avoid TLOU remake for starters...
Bought a year of premium, so I downloaded Guardians of The Galaxy and am streaming Until Dawn, enjoying the latter so far although it's your typical American jumpscare horror.
It can have 40 less boss battles as compared to HK and it will still be more than the number of boss battles we will get in 'cut-scenes of war'I'd expect that more from Silksong
You are comparing apples and oranges mate.
A hoonter gotta hoont! Not watch.
Yes because gaming = boss battles and no cut scenes
Try out some of the indies. There's some really good stuff.
I think i might agree with that
A hoonter too needs a coffee break from time to timeA hoonter gotta hoont! Not watch.
Well, gaming = playing and not watching, yeah.
Good thing last time I had to take a break I had you to take on that massive cthulhu bastard and I just stood away in a distanceA hoonter too needs a coffee break from time to time
thats exactly what I ve been doing. Just played Matterfall and now onto Dead Cells
But I have played most popular indies from last few years so even that list is not too long for me
Fair enough. I like all kinds of games though. Cinematic games like MGS3, God of War etc have their place among the gaming greats.I think i might agree with that
The medium has progressed beyond that simplicity. But everyone has their preference which is fine.
Dead Cells is on my list. But I'm putting it off due to it being Rogue lite and really hard
For someone who didn’t like GOW that much I’ve never seen anyone speak more about it haha. Guessing you just take issue with the fact most people love it?
Yeah so do I. I'm happy enough pottering around a walking simulator. Something about boss battles feels like a very pure, distilled version of gaming to me though. I really cant imagine playing God of War or Metal Gear again without skipping all the cutscenes. If a game resorts to cutscenes I'm going to roll my eyes a bit in general. I feel like Metal Gear 4 in particular should have killed cutscenes as a story telling method. I just think games like dark souls, shadow of the collosus and so on have kind of shown theres much better ways of delivering a story and a world than endless cutscenes. I felt like the contrast between Metal Gear 4 and Shadow of the Collosus which came out a similar time was so stark, so clear that it should have been obvious that ... I dont know, sitting through a movie isn't as engaging as playing a game. You have lots of games which kind of cheat a bit and limit your movement down a few corridors while you talk to someone and they explain the world to you. Last of Us for instance but i feel its a step towards something closer to From Software. Which dont get me wrong, they have and use cutscenes and aren't perfect by any means but they tell you the story via the world and the environment and the architecture. And their bosses!
You learn more about most of the characters in the game via the boss fights and the items they drop than anything someone spells out to you in a cutscene. Rykard harping on about how he's going to eat you in Elden Ring during the fight kind of felt like a perfect encapsulation of who he is.
I loved Metal Gear and I think the 4th might be my favourite of them despite the cutscenes. But i think its a relic, a part of gaming's simplistic past where they tried to copy movies and lost something on the way.
As a dev I'd really love you as a user, saves me so much effort that I'd have to otherwise put.
Not sure who told you that, I platinumed it and have likely spent more time playing it than most of you guys, doesn't mean we are not allowed to talk about what would have made it a lot better.
I spent a load of time fighting the valks which some of it's biggest fans here like the bloke above didn't even bother with but take the optional content out and the main story is utterly meh with one of the most underwhelming endings for a game rated so highly. So yeah, I take a lot of issue with the devs who didn't build on the promise that the game initially showed.
As someone who came into GOW having never played the previous games, knowing nothing about the lore or world and basically nothing about the gameplay, I was genuinely shocked how much I enjoyed it. That to me was almost its biggest selling point. I pick up so many games and drop them quickly. GOW just had a way of keeping me hooked. To be fair I don’t remember the ending much so I guess that’s a fair criticism but I think at the end of the day they just combined exceptional cinematography and gameplay in a way very few games can match even now. I reckon that’s why it’s so highly rated. I’ve done everything I can to get into the souls games (including Elden Ring) and I just cannot get them to work for me. Not enough story, not enough structure. I wouldn’t want them to sacrifice the cinematic elements of GOW just to put in more challenging bosses.As a dev I'd really love you as a user, saves me so much effort that I'd have to otherwise put.
Not sure who told you that, I platinumed it and have likely spent more time playing it than most of you guys, doesn't mean we are not allowed to talk about what would have made it a lot better.
I spent a load of time fighting the valks which some of it's biggest fans here like the bloke above didn't even bother with but take the optional content out and the main story is utterly meh with one of the most underwhelming endings for a game rated so highly. So yeah, I take a lot of issue with the devs who didn't build on the promise that the game initially showed.
Agree with this, never played GOW but fell in love with it quickly.