Water temple isš
What are y'all playing? ver 2.0
archnemesis
#1294
I completed my first campaign in Total War: Warhammer. Playing as the Dwarfs was tough in the beginning when I was surrounded by enemies and I had no resources. Once I got the hang of things it went a lot smoother. Halfway throughout the game I had a near limitless amount of gold and I could outspend any foe.
Now Iām trying my luck as The Empire. I enabled the realistic battle setting (disable radar, limit view distance, canāt issue commands when paused) that make combat more exciting. Humans are faster, have shock cavalry, and the starting province has more complex terrain. This makes combat much more hectic and demanding.
I bought Mini Metro (iOS) on sale a few months ago. This weekend it finally clicked with me and Iāve been having a lot of fun unlocking new cities and challenges.
archnemesis
#1296
I went back to Warhammer Quest (iOS). Itās incredibly well made although a bit grindy. It will probably be my go-to game when listening to podcasts for the next few weeks.
MidnightTrain
#1297
Did I mention I picked up a PS4 recently? Been playing Bloodborne all weekend and itās absolutely amazing. Probably my new #1 FROM game. Just killed Father Gascione, so Iām kinda getting into the main meat of the game now.
The trick weapon mechanic is my favorite part. Being able to equip one weapon, switch between axe and halberd, truly an inspired decision. Not to mention upgrading your weapon feels like upgrading two weapons. Will I ever need to change my weapon even? Feel like I can just upgrade this till the end and be happy.
RpgN
#1300
Currently Playing
Forza Motorsport 3 (4th year)
Box Boy (8/22 worlds)
Zelda OOT 3D (doing side quests, last castle left)
Iāve been taking a break playing Forza for a few days. Season Mode can feel like a slog whenever you advance further. Every year is longer with more races, and every race takes more laps. Iāve had 14 laps at one point. I think itās a shame they felt the need to extend the length of the game that way, as it doesnāt need it. Reducing the amount of laps would have been a big improvement. Iām still planning on playing the game and at least try to finish Season Mode. There are 6 years in all and Iām halfway past the fourth year.
Surprisingly, my progress with Box Boy has been slower. I figured this game would have been completed by now, but my attention has been going to other games instead. It has nothing to do with the quality of Box Boy as it succeeds at what it has set out to do, offering a high quality bite sized game. The visual presentation along with the soundtrack are minimal but very pleasant and fitting. The puzzle stages have been simple and quick to finish, Iām guessing that the difficulty will ramp up soon. Despite that, the puzzles are very enjoyable due to the unusual gameplay. Itās hard to explain, it has to do with controlling a moving box where you can create boxes from this box and then you can use them to reach places. Such as moving through dangerous obstacles, hanging on walls and pull yourself towards them and defending yourself from lasers. It works! Every world introduces a new gimmick which keeps the game fresh.
Most of my attention went to Zelda OOT. Last time I mentioned needing more time before playing more Zelda. It happened big time. Iāve really gotten into OOT by not only advancing with the story but also doing almost all the side quests: collecting all golden skultulas, almost all upgrades, almost all hearts, sell all masks, all bottles etc. I never got to do that with the gamecube version. Granted 20% of it I had to look up on guides but I still put more effort this time 
Doing the side quests has made me appreciate OOT greatly. All items have a purpose, most areas are worth exploring and there is some lore hidden with the statues scattered around Hyrule (which you can interact with after having the Mask of Truth). Iām almost close to completing the game, just need to collect 3 more heart pieces and do the last dungeon.
Does it feel different en fresh enough compared to the normal version?
John
#1302
I think it does, the dungeons are definitely more complex and the water temple is no different. They feel denser and I think the difficulty is more rewarding. Really I donāt think Iād choose to play vanilla OoT again if I could do MQ.
archnemesis
#1303
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4) is gorgeous and the new protagonistsā banter is entertaining. Combat has been bland in the first four chapters, but maybe it will pick up later.
John
#1305
Finished Dead Space and began Dead Space 2ā¦ all i can say so far is that itās been an unpleasant change. Everything about the game is so different. thereās no map, heal hotkey, the movement is quicker and weightless, you can only get enemy loot if you smash them with melee after they die, they even added crosshairs instead of using the gunās lasers to point. That was all so bleh. The whole situation that the game presents also feels completely uninspired and almost ashamed of the first game. Thereās no subtlety to anything now, everything seems to have a deep backstory and ultimately nothing seems able to stand on the merit of its sci fi or horror fantasies. Two hours in and iāve yet to feel like iām moving through an urban sprawl, only that iāve crossed so many indistinguishable corridors on a pathway that i suppose could go through the whole of the ship and never see any place that takes more than five minutes to cross. And there are so many monsters everywhere, the game lacks any kind of long term considerations in how it puts you in combat with new kinds of enemies, or even enemies in general. The game almost immediately gives up on any desire to introduce its enemies and enemy classes with anything but the sheer inconvenience of watching some weird fleshy thing move in your direction and being fast enough to find the yellow bits or wherever is easier to point at because, really, itās not like ammo is a concern.
Justā¦ utter dissatisfaction so far.
I did buy Ys Seven today sooooo really looking forward to that.
chapel
#1307
What is that?
Iāve been playing Destiny 2 (big shock I know) mostly with a little Rainbow Six Siege mixed in since that also got a big update this week.