Posts made by bam541

Since my two picks are out already and we're nearing the end of September, I feel like I can talk about how I did this quarter.

My pop tart is Kena, which is receiving good reviews, and people seem to be enjoying it. The game being compared to PS2 era platformers speaks to my soul, and it seems that they did a good job with incorporating cultural influences.

As for my toaster strudel, I have seen very mixed opinions on 12 Minutes, ranging from Hideo Kojima being quite excited on his Twitter to people being very frustrated with the game's main mechanic and story. Personally, the more I hear about this game, the less I want to play it.

Overall I think did pretty well. I almost picked Sable for this quarter's pop tart since I'm quite enamoured by it, but I know many people won't vibe with the game so I picked Kena instead, and that turned out to be a good call.

They announced a physical release with goodies coming in November so I'll probably just wait until then to play this. So excited for it tho, it seems to be very much like I expected.

Putting Deathloop early here because I'm already very impressed by the game's OST so far.

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@el-shmiablo I completely agree. The transitions between the in-combat tracks and regular tracks are handled so well too. It happens so often for me (lol) and I don't mind it at all.

The braindead AI is a disappointment for sure, especially after Dishonored 2's spectacular AI, but honestly it's just way more fun to go gung ho here, and since Colt's so easy to kill, I don't think the AI will impact my enjoyment in the long run since doing dumb shit will still get me in harm's way. So far I'm loving the game, it feels like a playground that keeps getting more fun to play in as you understand more of it and it's sublime.

The review embargo is here, and it's getting great reviews, as expected from Arkane. I preordered the game seconds ago so I got the PS plus discount and able to pre-load it. Really excited for it!

Honestly it's still Far Cry 2 for me, despite it not holding up as well as I thought it would when I replayed it like a few months ago. It is way ahead of it's time. I feel like if they made a sequel that built on the realistic feel of it, but also streamline and iron out a few things, it could be a far more welcoming, yet still unique game.

I also like Far Cry 4 a lot, the overall story turned out to be pretty neat at the end and I can't get enough of the setting of this one.

Sony showcase was great. Along with the E3 Xbox presscon and the June Day of the Devs, it's the three best showcases of this year so far. If The Game Awards have some banger surprises, this would be a decent year for showcases.

@jdincinerator that seems like a good length for me. Excited to pick this up later in the year, things are just too stacked for me rn

@jdincinerator nice. How long did it take you to finish?

Louisiana game devs organizing a charity bundle foe Hurricane Ida

https://www.polygon.com/22663221/louisiana-game-developers-mutual-aid-charity-bundle-hurricane-ida

Nothing like a "new" Radiohead track outta nowhere. Unreleased stuff from the Kid A - Amnesiac era coming soon.

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Uncharted 3, Resistance 3, and Max Payne 3.

@dipset Yeah, I've seen a couple of studios already cutting ties with them. I have no regrets of buying Chivalry 2 basically day one, that game is awesome and the devs deserve my money, but man, it just sucks to also unknowingly support horrible people.

Hopefully this turns out to be official. Fuck the Bethesda launcher, lol.

in other news:

Definitely not feeling too good now about my Chivalry 2 purchase, lol.

Sony now gives free cross gen upgrade to Horizon Forbidden West. The way they worded this makes it seem like they forgot that they promised the free upgrade before, which is just very silly. Also, Jim said all future next gen first party games will have 10$ priced cross gen upgrades now. I'm truly baffled with how messy Sony has been this gen, this shouldn't happen in the first place.

I swear, it seems like they do these weird stuff just to get extra publicity from critics, only to backtrack later.

@dipset i think they will have some new stuff, the PS5 branded showcases so far have always something new to show. CoD already had a long showing at Gamescom so they might have a smaller presence here. Personally I'm hoping to see more of FF16, GT7 and Little Devil Inside.

Like Shoulderguy said there's a lot of cool games this month, but I will probably only try out at least one of these three games:

Deathloop - September 14th
After seeing the recent previews I'm even more confident that this will be a great game. It'll be fun to try to figure out for myself how the timeloop thing works.
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Kena: Bridge of Spirits - 21st
The game just looks and sounds beautiful. It has a lot of charm to it, and I think the gameplay wouldn't be too far off from it, judging from the bits and pieces I've seen.
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Life is Strange: True Colors - 10th
This seems to be more technically solid and expansive than previous LiS games, and I hope it helps makes the experience more engaging.
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The soundtrack for Behind The Frame: The Finest Scenery is sublime. Super relaxing jazz tunes. Unfortunately it's not on YouTube rn (I think they privated the video), so check it out on streaming services.

https://open.spotify.com/album/2rImYRdkZBK0sq1z5vrXp5?si=VG6AuE0RSKqvesEFxyXMag&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

Sayonara Wild Hearts

On it's own, the songs here would make a very good concept album, but the game goes into great lengths to make them feel as tangible, meaningful and stimulative as they can be. The art style is striking and decisive, and it is presented in a very sleek and eye-catching manner. Combined with very well made animations and transitions, it results in a collection of visual entities that are as alive and full of personality as the songs they accompany. Gameplay-wise, it is not to be beaten by its audiovisual compatriots in terms of variety and excitement, and the controls are more than good enough to let you be fully immersed in the experience. As a whole, this is a very charming game that will easily pull you back in after you finish it, waiting to hear your Sayonara again and again.

(9/10)