Posts made by bam541

@shoulderguy you can turn that animation effect off

The Spider-Verse suit has been revealed, and it is amazing. Between this and the cat backpack suit, it's gonna be so hard to choose.

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Day 29 - Final Boss
Ratchet and Clank 2: Going Commando

This is a unique situation, because I can't tell you much about this boss. It's not just because I haven't played this in a long time. It's also because I completely and utterly annihilated them in a matter of seconds with my RYNO 2 that I got after multiple hours of playtime to complete all the necessary side stuff to get it. In other words, I beat the boss so hard, I pretty much skipped them. It feels so good, man. I love hard-to-earn but overpowered shit like this.

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Cloudpunk

Damn, I really enjoyed this. I've always wanted a open world game with a rideable flying car, and this pretty much fits the bill, and some more. For starters, controlling the flying car feels very, very good. And you can upgrade them too! It's very fun to drive and weave around this city.

I think the best thing about this game is that it keeps getting bigger in small ways, and it always surprises me went it does so. Like when I found out that I can buy clothes and wear them. It's not much on it's own, but it's very appreciated.

The story is very scattered, and while it doesn't really have a big thing to tie it all together, it does lead to a variety of great moments with a bunch of characters, and it's this variety that makes the game so engaging for me. From talking with random people on the city (my favorite one has to be these android gang members that are terrorizing the corporate overlords by making kids playgrounds in unused land), to the characters in the main missions, it is all interesting and it keeps you on your toes. Having a great main character here is a big bonus, especially since her witty personality matches so well in dealing with strangers.

They also nailed the atmosphere and feel of this city. Now with the latest PS4 patch, there are no more graphical glitches in the rain effect, and boy the city looks so good. The music helps a lot as well, it's a bunch of really good synthwave tunes.

The things that annoyed me were the annoying repeated quest glitch, and the map that can be unhelpful at times. I definitely would revisit this game again, especially if the PS4 version gets the cockpit view update. For now, I'm just gonna call it off for the night, it's been a long one.

(8.5/10)

A patch for the PS4 version is up, and it pretty much fixes most of the technical problems I had. Xbox and Switch patch coming later.

Update: the quests are even more broken right now... It wont affect new quests, but it can repeat old quests. It's not gamebreaking, just annoying to see my quest list filled with old stuff. The performance and visuals is better though, it used to stutter a lot and had graphical glitches in the rain effect.

Syndicate (2012)

In case you guys don't remember, this is the FPS "reboot" of the Syndicate series by EA. After being disappointed with Stranglehold, I thought this one's also gonna be a bust, but it surprisingly held up pretty well. I still like how this game looks for the most part, really like the contrast in lighting and the bloom effects (although they can be too much at times) and the overall future aesthetic. The gunplay is pretty good, with a good variety of weapons and some standouts (the laser rifle and the homing bullets rifle). The encounters and level designs are pretty simplistic, but it's fun enough and it did have a decent amount enemy variety. The middle act of the game was a bit hard and annoying to get through because the weapons that you have werent enough to comfortably tackle each encounter, and it's only by the end that the game gave you the best weapons. The game also threw all the best encounters at the final act, and by the end I was satisfied with replaying this. (7.5/10)

New Demon's Souls gameplay!

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There's also a bunch more info in an interview article on GameSpot and Polygon... I took a peek and it's getting me even more hyped.

More detail about the world and characters has ben released! There's also a teaser website with a bunch of info and artworks.

@dmcmaster nice, short games are a godsent these days. Does the Switch ports have any big problems? Like the performance and stuff.

I almost bought an used copy of NMH2 like a week ago, so having NMH 1 & 2 for the Switch is awesome. Hopefully I can play both of these games before NMH3 comes out, all of these games looks super fun. There's too many cool games, man.

Bought Part Time UFO right after watching the allies' reaction to the Direct Mini, it's so wholesome.

I really want to try this raid but I still have PTSD over my Destiny raid attempts with strangers, so I'm kinda scared lol.

@jdincinerator no I'm definitely not, lol.

@jdincinerator I think the best thing about Vice City is that the vibes are so excellent and palpable. Even as someone who know nothing about Miami life and American culture in general, playing this always gives me the feeling of being in a past memory that I never had.

Day 28 - Game that makes you nostalgic
Katawa Shoujo

I already wrote a decently length post on how I feel about this game on the 2012 GOTYs thread in this forum, so I'll just focus on how I played this again for a bit kinda recently. It really took me back to a time when I was so obssesed with Visual Novels, I finished 2 other VNs that were also like 30+ hours in and tried a couple more that I didn't finish. Simpler times. I didn't even dip in school grades, it was all good. I'm gonna post the main menu theme again because it's fucking perfect.

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More bad news for Halo Infinite.

Apparently AMD is developing it's own supersampling technology, and it's gonna be cross platform.

Not really a surprise, but this game also gets a free PS5 upgrade for the PS4 digital copy.

Bugsnax being "free" is crazy! Well there's no excuse for me now. I really like this approach of getting brand new games for the Plus, with Fall Guys previously and Destruction All Stars coming in the future.

Also, Hollow Knight being in the selection is great news. More people need to play that wonderful game.

Reviews are out, it's currently 74 on Opencritic. It seems that the narrative suffers a bit because there's lots of small stories going on that didn't really mesh well together, and the missions can get repetitive. A lot of people liked the play anyone mechanic and the political tone of the game, which is nice. Looks like this'll be a "wait for sale" for me.

https://opencritic.com/game/7405/watch-dogs-legion