What Games Are You Playing?

[DragoStark]

I completed Spider-Man: Miles Morales but gonna play through it again on New Game+ for that Plat trophy cos it's part of the main requirement this time (and also some other trophies don't trigger until you're in a New Game+ as well)

 

[DragoStark]

I got the Platinum trophy for Spider-Man: Miles Morales so that's another game compete.

Up next on the PS4 is the Re:Zero game. I'll probably watch s2 after I complete it, it's been on the backburner for a while.

 

[Dai]

XCOM: Enemy Within

Between the original Enemy Unknown and this expansion pack, I must have played through this 30-hour campaign at least eight times now. I think it's the best version of the Firaxis turn-based strategy series, since it adds much-needed extra maps and variety to the base game. I think it's also the best tuned in terms of combat pacing. These games can be brutal, especially on higher difficulties, so in Enemy Unknown it was normal to play defensively, due to it having permadeath. Enemy Within pushes you to be more aggressive by having valuable resources on the maps that expire if you don't collect them in a few turns. It's not mandatory, but you need it to unlock the new cybernetic weapons and genetic manipulation that let you turn your vulnerable soldiers into alien-slaying monsters.

XCOM 2 pushed everything too far: too much frantic rushing around, soldiers that are injured too easily and take too long to recover, etc. I found XCOM 2 an annoying experience the one time I played through the vanilla version. I don't normally mod games, but I modded the hell out of that one to make it play more like Enemy Within, and it's much improved as a result. Enemy Within needs no mods; it's one of my top five favourite games of all time.

 

[Ian Wolf]

Scarlet Nexus (Demo Version)

Yes, I caved to all the adverts on ANN. Having said that I did enjoy what I've been able to play so far and I think I will get the full game. I suspect that my autism somehow makes this "brain punk" element more attractive to me.

 

[Demelza]

I enjoyed the demo as well, so will be ultimately picking up in the coming weeks as well (provided it doesn't bomb in the reviews anyway).

 

[Ian Wolf]

I enjoyed the demo as well, so will be ultimately picking up in the coming weeks as well (provided it doesn't bomb in the reviews anyway).

@Demelza The first reviews are in and they appear to be mostly positive.

 

[awadama]

I got the platinum for Tekken 7 earlier. I'm not very good at fighting games, but I had fun with this - the trophies were pretty reasonable too!

I'm also most of the way through Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, which is awesome.

 

[Demelza]

@Demelza The first reviews are in and they appear to be mostly positive.

Yeah and most of the complaints are things that didn't personally bother me, so guess I'll be picking it up!

 

[awadama]

I got the Ratchet platinum, so now I'm going through Sakura Succubus 2 - it's a very simple visual novel (I really liked the first one), so it won't take long!

 

[HWR]

Having finished another play through of the PS4 edition of Final Fantasy VII, I’m now playing through Horizon Zero Dawn which has been fun so far.

 

[Winkuru]

Taking break from retro games and my main project currently is Hades. Currently i have made it once to start of tier 4. Managed to make it to boss of tier 3 without dying once but i was down to my last life afterwards.

 

[Howard]

Like JAKEMAN's "What music are you listening too?" but instead "What games are you playing?"...

I am currently playing Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords. Its really good and has got me playing on my Xbox again, cuz I haven't been playing on it for a while.

So what is everyone else playing?

Im on ps4 playing horizon zero dawn and spiderman

 

[WMD]

Re:Zero The Prophecy of the Throne

Done the first play through. I may or may not bother trying to get all the trophies I missed. But anyway, this was a really fun game. Yes certain elements of the story are pretty obvious but it was still fun to see how everything actually pieced together and there were still some surprises along the way.

The game is mostly visual novel with a few RTS style mini missions along the way that were fun little puzzles to solve. The games greatest strength is its large and varied cast that make all the scenes a lot of fun to see play out.

I may not be the biggest gamer but I did enjoy this and at only 21 hours for me do to a play through it's not a massive time sink either.

 

[NormanicGrav]

For June I went through at least 4 games from the backlog.

Completed Game #14 | Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory (PS4)

Released last year, Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory is a music rhythm spin-off (but still canon) to the ridiculously over-convoluted franchise. The game is basically all about hitting various enemies on-screen to the beat of the rhythm for a specific soundtrack or song from each Kingdom Hearts release, from the 2002 game all the way to Kingdom Hearts III. There are roughly 140-150 songs in total and each one lasts mostly around 2 mins.

World Tour is where you will want to spend time unlocking songs as you go along and once you reach the end, you unlock new story segments that continue after the events of Kingdom Hearts III ReMIND. The content is small but acts as a crucial element to where the next story saga is heading (and what they revealed is literally taking notes from Star Ocean: Til the End of Time and it's insane). The journey is actually pretty well-paced if you are mainly going through a song on one difficulty at a time, but I decided to spend additional time earning all of the challenges to help complete the trophy list since it requires finishing each song on all difficulties.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1400506231085801478

I played through the whole of World Tour on Beginner mode but did go through roughly 40% of the songs on Standard & Proud mode along the way. The gameplay is split into three parts; the main core element is your trio (Sora, Donald & Goofy, or the characters from Birth by Sleep, 358/2 Days and Riku & his Dream Eaters from Dream Drop Distance) hitting enemies using L1, R1 or X (you can use any of the three to hit a single enemy - so don't worry if an enemy is on the left lane as you can hit it with X or R1 for example), jumping to avoid obstacles or hitting flying enemies (using Circle followed by attack), or gliding to grab the green notes (holding Circle). This is roughly a majority of what the gameplay is like.

The second part is called a Memory Dive where you are automatically gliding, but you need to use the analog sticks for specific notes. There are also some notes where you have to hold the button and let it go at the end of its path. Other than that, the rest is very similar by using L1, R1 & X. The third is the disappointing part where the game doesn't provide enough songs dedicated to it and that's the Boss Battles where it's very similar to Memory Dive but the lanes are side-ways and there are segments where you have to hit the notes successfully otherwise you'll get damage from the enemy. It's pretty fun but only very few songs use this feature.

Outside of World Tour, you also have a Versus mode against the AI and the option to play all of the unlocked tracks you earned from the main campaign. You will also need to synthesis to unlock more songs in a similar fashion to the mainline games using gems, crystals etc. There's also no punishment for using additional items like HP items, EXP Boost and King Mickey assisting you along the way.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1400962169617977347

World Tour will take roughly 15 hours playtime if you are aiming to unlock all of the challenges and songs for the game. There's also an additional 15 hours playtime if you plan to finish all of the trophies including the 100,000 enemies defeated which is a grind-fest and unless you're very good at Dark Domination and Wave of Darkness on Proud mode, you will be spending a very long time on that trophy. Other than that, the game is fairly easy to Platinum since you only need to full chain (hit all notes without missing) about 50 of 150 songs on each difficulty which is easier than you think as there's tons of variety for the difficulty.

Overall Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory is a very enjoyable game and especially if you are a fan of the franchise. I do think that the game is worth owning at a discount price which is what I did as I waited until it was £19.99 before picking it up. The game is available to own physically and digitally on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, as well as digitally on Xbox One and Epic Games Store.

Completed Game #15-17 | Time Crisis: Razing Storm, Time Crisis 4 Arcade Ver., Deadstorm Pirates (PS3)

Not long ago I recently acquired Time Crisis: Razing Storm, a collection of light gun games which were packaged together in one PS3 release. These games each have different mechanics and concepts but the general gameplay are similar.

Razing Storm is a spin-off of Time Crisis which you control a soldier who can also use a shield and a whole bunch of assault weapons. The game is split into two modes; the Arcade mode which has four stages with the last one only unlockable if you can beat the missions that are in the third stage - which were very hard if you are using the controller by the way. You can progress through the arcade with unlimited continues which is useful at least. Other than that the story is basically non-existent in that mode which is why you have the other mode called Story mode which is actually a first-person shooter.

The FPS gameplay is not great to be honest, without the ability to be able to aim more accurately it feels very rough and the difficulty is surprisingly tough so I had failed numerous times progressing through the story. Also you can't jump which is a weird experience and it uses motion controls for cover which doesn't work very well. Overall length for this campaign was about 4 hours which is alright at least.

Time Crisis 4 Arcade version is basically the arcade mode for Time Crisis 4. Time Crisis 4 was released for the PlayStation 3 back in 2007/2008 era but this re-release offers support for the PlayStation Move controller. While I have been using the DualShock controller (as I don't own either the Move or Camera devices), it actually plays really well and you can progress through the whole game without thinking to yourself "I wish I had that Move controller". Obviously the Move controller would be a much better experience, the DualShock controller does the job very well.

The game has 3 big stages and through Free-Play mode, it starts off with a limited amount of continues and everytime you get a game over, you unlock an additional continue slot which if you rinse and repeat you'll eventually unlock 9 continues and 9 health bars which will make the experience much better. You can also choose between the two main characters which play the game route but have slightly different angles which changes the experience a bit.

Then we have Deadstorm Pirates, another Namco light gun game that actually has some really cool ideas presented. In addition to your usual shooting gameplay, you also have scenes where you need to rotate the wheel on the screen using your Analog stick to avoid obstacles or control a boat which was pretty cool. The Arcade mode has five stages with four of them you can choose at any order.

The setting feels more similar to SEGA's House of the Dead than it does to Namco's Time Crisis, as you will have moments where you need to hit an enemy at a certain weak point within a short time window. Unfortunately playing this game with the DualShock controller is not that great compared to Razing Storm and Time Crisis 4. You will get a much better experience if you had access to a Move controller or GunCon.

Overall the Time Crisis: Razing Storm collection is worth picking up if you find one for cheap as it's going up in value in the US it seems. I don't believe the collection is available on the PlayStation Store so you'll have to make do with the physical version which is exclusive to PlayStation 3. If you have a Move controller, you will love this.​

My backlog so far:

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#​	Nintendo 3DS Backlog - Game Name:​	Genre:
1​	Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson	Action
2​	Tales of the Abyss	Action RPG

#​	PC/Steam Backlog - Game Name:​	Genre:
1​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky	Turn-Based RPG
2​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC	Turn-Based RPG

#​	PlayStation 3 Backlog - Game Name:​	Genre:
1​	3D Dot Game Heroes	Action RPG
2​	Castlevania: Lords of Shadow	Action, Hack n Slash
3​	Catherine	Puzzle
4​	Drakengard 3	Action RPG
5​	Eternal Sonata	Turn-Based RPG
6​	Folklore	Action RPG
7​	God of War: Chains of Olympus HD	Action, Hack n Slash
8​	God of War: Ghosts of Sparta HD	Action, Hack n Slash
9​	inFAMOUS	Action
10​	inFAMOUS 2	Action
11​	Katamari Forever	Puzzle
12​	Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch	Turn-Based RPG
13​	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time HD	Action, Hack n Slash
14​	Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones HD	Action, Hack n Slash
15​	Prince of Persia: Warrior Within HD	Action, Hack n Slash
16​	Puppeteer	Platformer
17​	Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One	Action, Platformer
18​	Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time	Action, Platformer
19​	Ratchet & Clank: Nexus	Action, Platformer
20​	Ratchet & Clank: QForce	Action, Platformer
21​	Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty	Action, Platformer
22​	Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction	Action, Platformer
23​	Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles HD	On-Rails Shooter
24​	Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles HD	On-Rails Shooter
25​	Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes	Action, Musou
26​	Siren Blood Curse	Action, Horror
27​	Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus	Action, Platformer
28​	Sly 2: Band of Thieves	Action, Platformer
29​	Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves	Action, Platformer
30​	Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time	Action, Platformer
31​	Soul Calibur V	Fighting
32​	Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord	Tactical RPG, Visual Novel
33​	Way of the Samurai 4	Action
34​	White Knight Chronicles	Turn-Based RPG
35​	White Knight Chronicles II	Turn-Based RPG

#​	PlayStation 4 Backlog - Game Name:	Genre:
1​	13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim	Tactical RPG, Visual Novel
2​	AI: The Somnium Files	Adventure, Visual Novel
3​	Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle	Musou
4​	The Caligula Effect: Overdose	Turn-Based RPG
5​	Chaos;Child	Visual Novel
6​	Code Vein	Action RPG
7​	Cyberdimension Neptunia: Four Goddesses Online	Action RPG
8​	Danganronpa 1 Reload	Visual Novel
9​	Danganronpa 2 Reload	Visual Novel
10​	Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony	Visual Novel
11​	Date A Live: Rio-Reincarnation - 1: Rinne Utopia	Visual Novel, Dating Sim
12​	Date A Live: Rio-Reincarnation - 2: Ars Install	Visual Novel, Dating Sim
13​	Date A Live: Rio-Reincarnation - 3: Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation	Visual Novel, Dating Sim
14​	Dragon's Crown Pro	Action RPG
15​	Fate/Extella Link	Musou
16​	Final Fantasy VIII Remastered	Turn-Based RPG
17​	Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise	Action
18​	Gal*Gun 2	On-Rails Shooter
19​	Gravity Rush 2	Action, Platformer
20​	Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite Combate	Action RPG
21​	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven	Fighting
22​	Judgment	Action
23​	Langrisser	Tactical RPG
24​	Langrisser II	Tactical RPG
25​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel	Turn-Based RPG
26​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II	Turn-Based RPG
27​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III	Turn-Based RPG
28​	Megadimension Neptunia VII	Turn-Based RPG
29​	Megadimension Neptunia VIIR	Turn-Based RPG
30​	Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom	Action RPG
31​	Nights of Azure	Action RPG
32​	Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon	Action RPG
33​	One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3	Musou
34​	Onechanbara Z2: Chaos	Action
35​	Our World Is Ended	Visual Novel
36​	Persona 5 Royal	Turn-Based RPG
37​	Punch Line	Visual Novel
38​	Raging Loop	Visual Novel
39​	Robotics;Notes DaSH	Visual Novel
40​	Robotics;Notes ELITE	Visual Novel
41​	Saint Seiya: Soldier's Soul	Fighting
42​	Sakura Wars	Action RPG, Dating Sim
43​	Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi	Musou
44​	Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal	Action
45​	Shining Resonance: Refrain	Action RPG
46​	Steins;Gate Elite	Visual Novel
47​	Steins;Gate: Linear Bound Phenogram	Visual Novel
48​	Super Robot Wars V	Tactical RPG
49​	Super Robot Wars X	Tactical RPG
50​	Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet	Action RPG
51​	Tales of Berseria	Action RPG
52​	Tales of Vesperia	Action RPG
53​	Tales of Zestiria	Action RPG
54​	Tokyo Xanadu eX+	Action RPG
55​	Toukiden 2	Action RPG
56​	Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception	Tactical RPG, Visual Novel
57​	Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth	Tactical RPG, Visual Novel
58​	Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen	Tactical RPG, Visual Novel
59​	Utawarerumono: Zan	Action, Musou
60​	Valkyria Chronicles Remastered	Tactical RPG
61​	Valkyria Chronicles 4	Tactical RPG
62​	The Witch and the Hundred Knight Revival Edition	Action RPG
63​	WORLDEND SYNDROME	Visual Novel
64​	YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World	Visual Novel
65​	Ys IX: Monstrum Nox	Action RPG

#​	PlayStation Vita Backlog - Game Name:	Genre:
1​	Bullet Girls	Action, Shooter
2​	Demon Gaze	Dungeon RPG
3​	Freedom Wars	Action
4​	Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart	Tactical RPG
5​	Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1	Turn-Based RPG
6​	Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sister's Generation	Turn-Based RPG
7​	Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Generation	Turn-Based RPG
8​	Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed	Turn-Based RPG
9​	MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies	Action, Musou
10​	Muv-Luv	Visual Novel, Dating Sim
11​	Muv-Luv Alternative	Visual Novel
12​	Superdimension Neptune vs SEGA Hard Girls	Turn-Based RPG
13​	Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni	Action

Completed Games Collection of 2021:

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#	Game Name	Platform	Genre	Month
1​	Yakuza 6: The Song of Life	PS4​	Action	January
2​	GOD EATER Resurrection	PS4​	Action RPG	January
3​	GOD EATER 2: Rage Burst	PS4​	Action RPG	February
4​	Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star	PS4​	Musou	March
5​	Gal*Gun Double Peace	PS4​	On-Rails Shooter	March
6​	Odin Sphere Leifthrasir	PS4​	Action RPG	March
7​	Kandagawa Jet Girls	PS4​	Racing	April
8​	Touch My Katamari	Vita​	Puzzle	April
9​	The 25th Ward: The Silver Case	PS4​	Adventure Visual Novel	April
10​	Everybody's Golf	PS4​	Sports	April
11​	428 Shibuya Scramble	PS4​	Visual Novel	April
12​	Blue Reflection	PS4​	Turn-Based RPG	May
13​	Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Fortune	PS4​	Simulation, Sports	May
14​	Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory	PS4​	Music Rhythm	June
15​	Time Crisis: Razing Storm	PS3​	On Rails Shooter	June
16​	Time Crisis 4 Arcade Ver.	PS3​	On Rails Shooter	June
17​	Deadstorm Pirates	PS3​	On Rails Shooter	June

Platinum Trophy Collection:

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#	Game Name	Platform	Genre	Year
1​	Saints Row: The Third	PS3​	Action	2014
2​	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle	PS3​	Fighting	2015
3​	Hyperdimension Neptunia	PS3​	Turn-Based RPG	2015
4​	Dekamori Senran Kagura	Vita​	Music Rhythm	2015
5​	Steins;Gate	PS3​	Visual Novel	2015
6​	NieR	PS3​	Action RPG	2015
7​	No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise	PS3​	Action	2015
8​	Asura's Wrath	PS3​	Action	2015
9​	Saints Row IV	PS3​	Action	2015
10​	The Darkness II	PS3​	First Person Shooter	2015
11​	Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2	PS3​	Turn-Based RPG	2016
12​	Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater HD	PS3​	Action	2016
13​	Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus	Vita​	Action	2016
14​	Gravity Rush	Vita​	Platformer	2016
15​	Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory	PS3​	Turn-Based RPG	2016
16​	Resogun	PS4​	Arcade Shooter	2016
17​	Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls	Vita​	Third Person Shooter	2016
18​	Game of Thrones: A Telltale Game	PS4​	Adventure	2016
19​	Miracle Girls Festival	Vita​	Music Rhythm	2017
20​	Senran Kagura Estival Versus	PS4​	Action	2017
21​	The Wolf Among Us	PS4​	Adventure	2017
22​	Final Fantasy XV	PS4​	Action RPG	2017
23​	Amplitude	PS4​	Music Rhythm	2017
24​	Root Letter	PS4​	Visual Novel	2017
25​	IA/VT -Colorful-	Vita​	Music Rhythm	2017
26​	Persona 4: Dancing All Night	Vita​	Music Rhythm	2017
27​	Gravity Rush Remastered	PS4​	Platformer	2017
28​	NieR: Automata	PS4​	Action RPG	2017
29​	The Silver Case	PS4​	Visual Novel	2017
30​	Steins;Gate 0	PS4​	Visual Novel	2017
31​	Under Defeat HD	PS3​	Arcade Shooter	2017
32​	Tales from the Borderlands	PS4​	Adventure	2017
33​	Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection	PS3​	Fighting	2017
34​	Life is Strange	PS4​	Adventure	2017
35​	Sword Art Online: Lost Song	PS4​	Action RPG	2017
36​	Crash Bandicoot Remastered	PS4​	Platformer	2017
37​	Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Remastered	PS4​	Platformer	2017
38​	Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped Remastered	PS4​	Platformer	2017
39​	Final Fantasy Type-0 HD	PS4​	Action RPG	2017
40​	Corpse Party: Blood Drive	Vita​	Horror	2018
41​	Persona 5	PS4​	Turn-Based RPG	2018
42​	Zero Escape: The Nonary Games	PS4​	Visual Novel	2018
43​	Persona 4: Dancing All Night [Japanese Version]	PS4​	Music Rhythm	2018
44​	Marvel's Spider-Man	PS4​	Action	2018
45​	Akiba's Trip 2: Undead & Undressed	PS4​	Action RPG	2019
46​	Spyro the Dragon Remastered	PS4​	Platformer	2019
47​	Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage Remastered	PS4​	Platfomer	2019
48​	Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon Remastered	PS4​	Platformer	2019
49​	Tekken Tag Tournament HD	PS3​	Fighting	2019
50​	Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy HD	PS3​	Platformer	2019
51​	Taiko no Tatsujin V Version	Vita​	Music Rhythm	2019
52​	Utakumi 575	Vita​	Music Rhythm	2019
53​	Jak II: Renegade HD	PS3​	Platformer	2019
54​	Jak 3 HD	PS3​	Platformer	2019
55​	Ratchet & Clank HD	PS3​	Platformer	2019
56​	Ratchet & Clank 2: Going Commando HD	PS3​	Platformer	2019
57​	Ratchet & Clank 3: Up Your Arsenal HD	PS3​	Platformer	2019
58​	Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash	PS4​	Third Person Shooter	2019
59​	Kingdom Hearts III	PS4​	Action RPG	2020
60​	Zero Escape 3: Zero Time Dilemma	PS4​	Adventure Visual Novel	2020
61​	Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut	PS3​	Action Horror	2020
62​	Gal*Gun Double Peace	PS4​	On-Rails Shooter	2021
63​	Odin Sphere Leifthrasir	PS4​	Action RPG	2021
64​	Kandagawa Jet Girls	PS4​	Racing	2021
65​	The 25th Ward: The Silver Case	PS4​	Adventure Visual Novel	2021
66​	428 Shibuya Scramble	PS4​	Visual Novel	2021
67​	Blue Reflection	PS4​	Turn-Based RPG	2021
68​	Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory	PS4​	Music Rhythm	2021

 

[Geriatric hedgehog]

Re:Zero The Prophecy of the Throne

Done the first play through. I may or may not bother trying to get all the trophies I missed. But anyway, this was a really fun game. Yes certain elements of the story are pretty obvious but it was still fun to see how everything actually pieced together and there were still some surprises along the way.

The game is mostly visual novel with a few RTS style mini missions along the way that were fun little puzzles to solve. The games greatest strength is its large and varied cast that make all the scenes a lot of fun to see play out.

I may not be the biggest gamer but I did enjoy this and at only 21 hours for me do to a play through it's not a massive time sink either.

I struggle to fit in video games these days but as a fan of the series I've been wondering if it's worth the time & money. Would you recommend this as a must have for fans, or would you say it's not essential to following the story overall?

 

[WMD]

I struggle to fit in video games these days but as a fan of the series I've been wondering if it's worth the time & money. Would you recommend this as a must have for fans, or would you say it's not essential to following the story overall?

So I've only seen season 1 so cant be sure. But the impression I got is that it's a one and done storyline. It's written in a way that it is important but as the story is resolved by the end, missing it probably isnt the worst thing. They've also left it in a way that they could bring back some ideas and characters in future if they wanted to.

Although like I said it is a relatively short game and if you enjoy the characters and their world I'm sure you'd enjoy it.

 

[Geriatric hedgehog]

Although like I said it is a relatively short game and if you enjoy the characters and their world I'm sure you'd enjoy it.

Good to know, thanks dude. I do think I will try and get it on switch, which is by far the easiest to play on nowadays, but my FOMO is somewhat quelled for now at least (though not helped by @Dai's earlier post on games also going oop fairly quickly heh).

 

[ayase]

Frostpunk

I did finally get around to giving this a go. I love the concept but it has a bloody steep learning curve, doesn’t it? I’ve been exiled to certain death twice, I’m not used to ruler sims where I can’t assassinate people. Gonna have to do a bit of reading up on tactics before I try again.

Also got Cooking Simulator in the Steam sales, I’m actually really quite good at this. Started a second game just to see how far I could push things and found people will accept nothing but 100% liquidised tomatoes as tomato soup and still rate it at four stars. Also you can deep fry pretty much anything that needs cooking in a fraction of the time and still get a decent rating.

I did at one point get very fed up of people ordering the same boring dish and in a (futile) attempt to try and discourage anyone from ever ordering it again served them a bowl of cold, raw, liquidised onion and trout. Zero stars, but taste: “perfect”.

 

[Dai]

I did finally get around to giving this a go. I love the concept but it has a bloody steep learning curve, doesn’t it? I’ve been exiled to certain death twice, I’m not used to ruler sims where I can’t assassinate people. Gonna have to do a bit of reading up on tactics before I try again.

That's interesting; what did you do to get exiled? The game certainly throws you in at the deep end more than other city management games, but I never found the discontent meter getting out of control on my playthrough. The game does give you enough rope to hang yourself with though, presenting you with laws and overtime options that will go down like a lead balloon in the long-run, even if they solve short-term problems. I went the faith route and tried to keep things in moderation, only resorting to public floggings when the Londoners started getting out of hand.

 

[ayase]

That's interesting; what did you do to get exiled?

Well on my first try, I kept running out of resources pretty much every day and didn’t realise I had to research and build particular buildings in order to get more. With that in mind, on the second try (which did go better) I instituted longer working days and discovered you can shut the furnace down during daylight hours more-or-less safely. Unfortunately the illness and mortality rate then went through the roof and while I had resources, what I didn’t have was enough people to treat the sick or even to build more medical facilities, so I had to institute child labour to keep anyone alive at all. Which no-one was particularly happy with, but sometimes you need to take the hard decisions. So sure, send me to my death, best of luck you ingrates.