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Grrr, put some more effort into your classics on premium tier :mad:

Loving the idea of getting Stray for free though :drool:
 
Can't wait to play Stray. Change of pace from most games.

All those Assassins Creed games can feck right off though.
 
Any of those assassins creed games any good? I'd never played one before until i had a stab at Assassins Creed Valhalla, which is so far pretty mediocre.
 
Any of those assassins creed games any good? I'd never played one before until i had a stab at Assassins Creed Valhalla, which is so far pretty mediocre.
You gotta play the Ezio collection. That was Prime AC. Black flag is very good if you don't mind the 20+ tailing missions. The boat battles are addictive. If you haven't played the very 1st AC game as Altair, just watch a video on YT to give you a quick rundown otherwise you are going to be confused.
 
Any of those assassins creed games any good? I'd never played one before until i had a stab at Assassins Creed Valhalla, which is so far pretty mediocre.
AC 2 is my favourite and one of the first games I really 100%'ed and I'm looking forward to replaying it. I have generally found the rest of them to be either pretty average or worse.
 
Any of those assassins creed games any good? I'd never played one before until i had a stab at Assassins Creed Valhalla, which is so far pretty mediocre.
For me as a long time AC fan. The first is worth playing even today. The Ezio Trilogy is brilliant and he’s one of the best video game characters ever for me. In particular AC 2 and Brotherhood are great. Revelations is average though. I actually really enjoyed AC3 it just has a very slow start. Has some of the best combat in the series though and a brilliant world once it opens up. Personally I think black flag is really overrated and was a big step back for the series.

In terms of the modern games, Origins is decent but unspectacular. Odessey is good but way too long and far too big but for me has better combat compared to Valhalla, which makes it slightly superior.
 
Really need some advice from Returnal. Beat the 1st boss, made it to the 2nd boss but couldn't take him. Since then I've been unable to get a proper run going. Coop doesnt seem to make things easier.
 
AC2 is the best game in the series. Probably replayed it about 20 times. Should definitely start with that one first.
 
I think I will bin Returnal. Not even reached the first boss yet in Returnal. Just not a game for me, I guess

Really need some advice from Returnal. Beat the 1st boss, made it to the 2nd boss but couldn't take him. Since then I've been unable to get a proper run going. Coop doesnt seem to make things easier.
You're both pretty much at the hardest part of the game. Think of it as the last boss and biggest challenge of the game because it basically is. Its funny how much easier it is once you've finished act 2. Difficulty level is backwards and dumb but it does level out to a much more reasonable level.
I dont really have any advice. Eventually you'll get a decent run in terms of drops. Just have to bang your head against it for a few hours
 
You're both pretty much at the hardest part of the game. Think of it as the last boss and biggest challenge of the game because it basically is. Its funny how much easier it is once you've finished act 2. Difficulty level is backwards and dumb but it does level out to a much more reasonable level.
I dont really have any advice. Eventually you'll get a decent run in terms of drops. Just have to bang your head against it for a few hours

I read you could heal infinitely by sleeping in the ship but they removed with the patches I now installed. Could have used that. I feel coop just makes the game harder. It turns enemies into bullet sponges. For some reason I had 17 ether after I joined someone else game. Is that a reward?
 
I read you could heal infinitely by sleeping in the ship but they removed with the patches I now installed. Could have used that. I feel coop just makes the game harder. It turns enemies into bullet sponges. For some reason I had 17 ether after I joined someone else game. Is that a reward?
Dont know about co op. Never used it much. Ether carries from one run to the next so might have been left over from previous run. Yes a lot of advice i read was outdated basically.
One piece of advice actually is to turn sprint to always on in the options - that helps a lot. I turned the auto aim up to full too.
 
What's extra tier? Sorry, I've been out of it for a while. Is this included with my standard PS+ membership or is it additional?
Standard PS+ membership is Essential which is the three monthly games at the start of the month. Extra is a tier above where you have access to play hundreds of games including first party like Returnal, Demon's Souls, Spider-Man, Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima etc.
 
Standard PS+ membership is Essential which is the three monthly games at the start of the month. Extra is a tier above where you have access to play hundreds of games including first party like Returnal, Demon's Souls, Spider-Man, Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima etc.
Brilliant, thank you mate. The Extra seems a great deal considering it's only a few quid more a month.
 
I think I will bin Returnal. Not even reached the first boss yet in Returnal. Just not a game for me, I guess

Yeah I just stopped. I had a good run where I got a great weapon and charged deep into the level. Then died and had 4 more runs where I was just popping beasts endlessly with the pea shooter. So I looked on Reddit to see how long it took people to get through the first biome, and there were loads of posts along the lines of "I just kept playing til I got good RNG" and that just didn't appeal to me whatsoever.

Get to Hallownest and beat Hornet - that's the "BB - Gascoigne" point of no return. It's basically a souls game ffs.

Speaking of games I didn't get into... This sounded right up my street since I adore both SOTN & Souls games, but it never really seemed to get its hooks in me. Also, it absolutely is not a Souls game.
 
Speaking of games I didn't get into... This sounded right up my street since I adore both SOTN & Souls games, but it never really seemed to get its hooks in me. Also, it absolutely is not a Souls game.
How far did you go? Like a lot of souls games the initial phases are a grind. You have to get to a point where you have enough items to not worry about farming and have good comfort in combat.
 
How far did you go? Like a lot of souls games the initial phases are a grind. You have to get to a point where you have enough items to not worry about farming and have good comfort in combat.

Quite a bit past Hornet, would have to look up a boss list to remind myself exactly since it's been a while.
 
Quite a bit past Hornet, would have to look up a boss list to remind myself exactly since it's been a while.
I quit my first playthrough at Soul Sanctum so probably around the same time. Although I was already obsessed but kept having my ass kicked at that fecking cnut of an area. Came back a couple of months later when it just clicked and... 700 hours later here we are. :lol:
 
I quit my first playthrough at Soul Sanctum so probably around the same time. Although I was already obsessed but kept having my ass kicked at that fecking cnut of an area. Came back a couple of months later when it just clicked and... 700 hours later here we are. :lol:

My problem is I've tried it twice already, so starting a new game would mean shlepping through bits I’ve already done twice, which is always a bit of a pain. Sometimes happens with books that, makes it even harder to pick up again.
 
My problem is I've tried it twice already, so starting a new game would mean shlepping through bits I’ve already done twice, which is always a bit of a pain. Sometimes happens with books that, makes it even harder to pick up again.
Just tell yourself your life will be incomplete without beating The Radiance. The rest will follow.
 
You're both pretty much at the hardest part of the game. Think of it as the last boss and biggest challenge of the game because it basically is. Its funny how much easier it is once you've finished act 2. Difficulty level is backwards and dumb but it does level out to a much more reasonable level.
I dont really have any advice. Eventually you'll get a decent run in terms of drops. Just have to bang your head against it for a few hours

A guy helped me beat the 2nd boss(he carried me). I got the grappling hook, I now I booted up the game and all that progress is lost. I rarely give up on games, but think I might with this one. genre is not really me, too much of a noob. I'm not going to beat the 2nd boss again.
 
I'm up for carrying a few people in Returnal this evening.... Just sayin.
 
A guy helped me beat the 2nd boss(he carried me). I got the grappling hook, I now I booted up the game and all that progress is lost. I rarely give up on games, but think I might with this one. genre is not really me, too much of a noob. I'm not going to beat the 2nd boss again.
I think pretty much everyone feels the same way about the game at some point. It just keeps getting easier. Grappling hook opens up access to a lot of extra items.
 
I think pretty much everyone feels the same way about the game at some point. It just keeps getting easier. Grappling hook opens up access to a lot of extra items.

I lost grappling hook though. Progress didn't save. Have to beat 2nd boss again which I can't.
 
I lost grappling hook though. Progress didn't save. Have to beat 2nd boss again which I can't.
I mean most people give up without beating him and i struggled with him too, so feel free to do the same, you've seen most of what the game has to offer it doesn't change fundamentally the more you play it.
My experience playing the game was being killed about 12 times by the first boss, 4 or 5 times by 2nd, beat 3rd on first go, 4th took a couple of attempts mostly because i went into the fight with a couple of malfunctions and a tiny sliver of health, died once on the fifth level and beat 6th level on first attempt (with mostly terrible rng for that last level).
The difficulty level is genuinely stupid and bad and deserves criticism but you'd have just moved on if the game itself wasn't pretty fun and strong.
Losing the grappling hook sucks, it opens up a lot of extra areas and makes a pretty big difference. I guess suspend your run before turning the game off to avoid save game shenanigans?
 
A guy helped me beat the 2nd boss(he carried me). I got the grappling hook, I now I booted up the game and all that progress is lost. I rarely give up on games, but think I might with this one. genre is not really me, too much of a noob. I'm not going to beat the 2nd boss again.
I got carried to beat the second boss too :lol: sorry to hear you lost your grappling hook weird that happened!
 
Yeah..... So I'm a Souls fan. I'm enjoying what I've played of Demons Souls so far.
 
Really need some advice from Returnal. Beat the 1st boss, made it to the 2nd boss but couldn't take him. Since then I've been unable to get a proper run going. Coop doesnt seem to make things easier.

Have you found the shortcut to the boss?