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@bam541 Recently, my friends and I get some hours in early on Halo MCC and it just clears up our day afterwards. We call it Saturday Morning Cartoons.

@dipset said in The First Year of PS5 and Xbox Series: @sheria I hear everything you're saying and agree for the most part, but when I played PS5 for the first time, I felt like the next-gen factor was a bit undersold. Between Astro's Playroom, Demon's Souls, and playing BFV on PS5, I couldn't believe how smooth and buttery the experience was. On top of that Demon's Souls has such an amazing presentation with an additional layer of atmosphere brought with a lot of love and attention to the audio design. So all this to say, I actually felt the leap from PS4 Pro to PS5 much more than I felt the leap from PS3 to PS4. I agree that PS4 Pro was a waste of $500 and I should've just waited 2 years for the PS5. But even from the Pro >> 5, I feel so much more satisfied with PS5. But I hear you, it is an iteration of a pre-existing device so the leap feels less impactful, but it's still a satisfying improvement in my opinion. For me a smoother experience is not enough for a next gen jump. It's more like what the PS4 Pro should have been. I do think the jump from PS3 and PS4 was also not that big at first. I'm sure after some years things will get better for ps5 and Xbox series X.

I started playing Nocturne HD some time ago. Didn't get so far in but was really liking it. Unfortunately some personal stuff interupted my playthrough but I really want to come back to it.

Nier replicant would be the current topical answer for me

@bam541 thanks it is :3

i've enjoyed replaying Xenoblade chronicles. part of why i love the game is because each time i played it again i would discover unique enemies in locations i missed the first time playing through. i think i've pretty much 100%'d the game now except for the superbosses at the end but i can easily look up for appropriate team members, weapons and armor to use against those

I must've missed this at the Xbox gameplay showcase but check out the Horizon 5 gameplay if you haven't: Youtube Video Having played FH4, some features like the Battle Royale and the open world with friends connectivity was already in FH4, but I'm okay with an iterative sequel instead of a game that rewrites the book. I loved the seasons feature in FH4 but that might've been a crutch to make the UK climate feel more diverse whereas I can already see here in Forza Horizon 5 that the world is going to be extremely diverse on it's own. LEVEL BUILDER / EDITOR! If FH5 gets the developer and community support of a game like Halo, then I'd imagine that we'll be seeing so much community content and game modes curated and featured for endless fun. In theory, you could probably make Rocket League or a CTF mode within FH5. I'll post my XBL closer to the date if somebody wants to play online with me. Also, if PC upgrades are still hard to come by at the end of 2021, I might consider just getting an XBSX which is completely fucking insane for me to say cause I've kinda generally hated Xbox consoles but XBSX might be the most reliable way for me to play next-gen exclusives in their full glory. We'll see.

I'm glad both are still around. During the ps2 generation 2D games became more niche on consoles but this is not the case anymore. 2D games have a lot of advantages. In general they are much more tightly designed. Controls are simpler, no camera issues, enemies can not be avoided so easily, the level design is more clear,... But 2D design is of course much more limited. Thankfully there is room for both in the world.

I don't think that there are/will be very influential games, because we are now much more focused on diversifying gaming experiences. Sure, some games will keep taking pages from some previous games, but I doubt we will see everyone copying something. Battle Royale became the biggest new thing a few years ago and numerous competitive games are still released without this mode.

Companion stream for episode 6: Youtube Video

Rather easy for me as it's pretty close to my 5 favourite overall. Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9 and the Shenmue remaster are still all on my PS4 and I have Broken Sword downloaded on my Phone here.

@el-shmiablo @bam541 Yeah mine isn't quite that bad, but it sucks. I get it in some 3rd person games, too. Something to do with the camera movement, but idk what it is.

Blood, Jones, Damiani and Huber also shared their wrapup on the latest EZA podcast, it's pretty fun. Youtube Video

The Good Life got some great tunes. "Room 703" Youtube Video "Evans for Sale" Youtube Video "Naomi's Theme" Youtube Video

@dipset I care about the gameplay and I think Codies succeeds where many racing games have faltered. Looking at it I see that it makes a great effort to be memorable, but also I like how gritty the races feel. The video does make a good point about drifting because it's more awkward than it used to be in prior games, but I found plenty about the game I enjoyed generally. I get it's not a game-changer but it has satisfied me plentifully and I've been waiting for a racing game like this for a while-and this is so much better than DiRT 4 imo.

Fucking hell... Another example of a studio being dragged down by a few fucked up individuals.

First thing that came to my mind is using shock gloves rarely in my replays of Batman: Arkham Origins because they make fights so easy and just button spammers.

Obvious one but Dark Souls II I actually sorta liked it, wounds and all, back in 2014, but I hit a point where I realized I just like the mechanics of Dark Souls but that can only carry me for so long. Some levels had no thought. And I mean no thought whatsoever. I'm not trying to be snarky video game fan #348745 here. I really mean it—some levels were slapped together like words on paper the night before the essay is due. We're talking doorways to nowhere, aimless empty buildings, just pure grouty ugly eye hurting textures. Look at this caca poo poo: I've heard the PS4 version is better and I recently got it on sale so I'm going to give it a try, but it'll take a lot of tweaking to fix the bad levels in this game. I at least hope the disgusting textures and bad lighting are fixed. Ultimately, I'm in no rush to try it, but at least they tried to redeem themselves with the PS4 Scholar of the First Sin release.

2018 wins for me because of God of War alone. Detroit, Spiderman, Red Dead Redemption 2, AC Odyssey, Celeste, Destiny 2 Forsaken, Dragonball Fighter Z, Smash Ultimate, Tetris Effect, Hitman 2, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Spyro Reignited, and a bunch of other stuff was a nice bonus.