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I've played a bit of this and although cutting up enemies with the sword is great and the platforming is fluid and rhythmic I'm finding it to be more frustrating than anything else. Yes it could be that I'm not accustomed to tough games, but I don't think breaking shields just to cut down enemies who can already shoot at you makes it enjoyable. I don't care for the game's world and its story either, but indeed Ghostrunner doesn't seem to be that kind of game. Brad says "you'll feel like a badass in no time", but it's taking time to feel like that. In Hotline Miami you can waltz into a building and feel like a badass immediately because you know where to go , have the knowhow to kick ass, and the design is simple and engaging and doesn't anything particularly uninviting while making you feel like you always have a chance. Ghostrunner doesn't feel like you have a chance unless you know how to use the skills available to you, which stalls the immediacy of satisfaction as you wait to learn and probably grow impatient with the game's systems. This tetris-style upgrade tree is a nuisance too, just fiddling about trying to set the skills you want to use. I guess I'm in the minority here but Ghostrunner is a pain to enjoy.

I'm keeping track of mine but forget to update it here, had to make a few changes to my list since my heart was broken not once but twice with Psychonauts 2 and Persona 5 Strikers not coming out this year (seriously Atlus what the fuck), I'll copy paste my last post from reddit below, the formatting probably won't translate well... Finished This Month: AI The Somnium Files 9/10 I really liked this game, I don't think it hits the highs of Zero Escape, but it does a lot of great and fun things throught. Not a game for everyone considering how little 'gameplay' there is but the characters and story make for a great experience and the gameplay evolution from the Zero Escape games make it more palletable. Easy recommendation for anyone interested in the concept and heavily narrative focused games. Metro Exodus 6.5/10 This one was a dissapointment, I liked the two previous games a lot when I played them, and I just feel the approach this one takes is not focused on the strong areas of the franchise and the game suffers for it, it still has some great moments, but they are diluted by a pseudo open world that doesn't really work, and the rough edges it has make it suffer more. Also Artyom in this game is the worst silent protagonist ever, and the caracther interaction in the game is also very poor, it really doesn't make a good job of presenting itself and the game is the worse for it. SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom 7/10 I added this game to my list, as replacemente for the two games not coming out this year, and to throw myself a bone with an easy one. Pretty much what I expected, and it was a pretty fun version of that, not much to say aside from that, clearly not the best or most complex game, but playing a collectaton like this every once in a while. My List Finished A Hat in Time 8/10 The Banner Saga 3 8.5/10 Dusk Diver 7.5/10 Katamari Damacy Reroll 8.5/10 Utawarerumo Mask of Deception 9/10 Bloodborne 9.5/10 Persona 5 Royal 10/10 GOAT!!! Bloodstained Ritual of the Night 8.5/10 Forgotton Anne 7.5/10 Killer 7 8.5/10 No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again 8.5/10 Sakura Wars 7.5/10 Katana Zero 10/10 The World Ends with You 6.5/10 AI The Somnium Files 9/10 Metro Exodus 6.5/10 SpongeBob Battle For Bikini Bottom 7/10 Started Digital Devil Survivor Not Started Cyberpunk 2077 Donut County (Replacing P5 Strickers because Atlus sucks) 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim Trails of Cold Steel4 River City Girls Control Taken of the list Gravity Rush 2 - DNF 5/10 Persona Q2 DNF 6.5/10 Trauma Team Second Opinion 6.5/10 Psychonauts 2 (Guess I'll have to wait) Persona 5 Strickers (Atlus pleaseeeee)

@sheria its currently being processed for by amazon got the email the other day

Finished the game yesterday. Great game, great visuals and excellent lead character: smart, resourceful, but vulnerable. The only problem is optional exploration: you want to do it, but it doesn't fit immediate nature of the story and you get a bit too powerful by the end. P.S. Played it on Origin Premiere. Great deal especially if you also interested in trying Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and some other games (The Invisible Hours!).

@scotty Did Not Finish I did not finish anymore games so my backlog progress is lackluster overall. Probably won't get any better this year, lol.

@el-shmiablo said in Censorship topic (out of the news thread): @sheria Certainly. This is fromthe film study Men Talk and Women Show Skin "female characters were more likely to wear sexy, provocative clothing than males (26% vs. 5%) or to appear partially naked (24% vs. 8%). 29% of teen girls were called attractive by another person in the movie vs. 18% of women ages 21 to 39 and 8% of women 40 to 64. The study also found that 29% of teen girls were called attractive by another person in the movie vs. 18% of women ages 21 to 39 and 8% of women 40 to 64. Marc Choueiti, the project administrator, commented that this sends a message to teen girls that they are "eye candy": "the data speaks to an overemphasis on beauty, thinness and sexualization of women at younger and younger ages." This is further compounded by the fact that there is a gross deficit of females in prominent roles in general. My apologies, I shouldn't have said "out of whack", because it wasn't your point I wanted proof on. I'm happy to concede that there's an imbalance when it comes to that sort of thing because there's a genuine, biological difference in the genders when it comes to desiring that sort of content. Porn magazines for women never took off because there's just not a viable market for making money there. I was interested in proof that all of this censored content had a direct correlation to the inappropriate treatment of women. There's a large difference in natural urges when it comes to men and women, it's seen in just about everything. The material that gets made is simply catering for that difference, it's not a chicken and egg situation here.

@hazz3r I think deck building is a mess right now, mostly because the interface in the deck editor is just not clear, deck building in itself is already a kinda complex subject and heavily dependent on strategy so I too hope we see some changes to that. I also agree with your second point and I think it is one of the main problems with making the game more automatted and requiring less clicks, in the old platform you'd be able to set stops after every single step and it would only keep going until you said it was ok, this is definitively less flashy and can make games drag a bit but it allows for more direct control from the player as well as introducing a bluffing and posturing factors in similar ways to what you have when playing with paper, so it is an aspect that I enjoy and that may not be completely compatible with the direction they have with Magic Arena

I'm actually leaving for Japan in about a week, gonna be staying mostly in Tokyo but going to Kyoto as well. I really don't have any solid plans, only going to be there for about a week so its not a ton of time. Mostly I want to check out those big gaming stores and maybe pick up a super famicom.

Welp it's time to see what the fuss is about. Aegis Rim should be on sale now but I don't know if Americans get the same sales as us Brits.

@bard91 Nah, I meant written language, but that's what I figured. Mega bummer, but oh well.

Photo Mode has been released! This is pretty hype, I'm still early in the game so I have lots of time to play around with it. The official twitter page of KP has been sharing a lot of cool stuff, like this.

@Sieghardt I'm curious about Berseria, but I'll have to wait until I see how it is received, and even then I might wait until a price drop. I'm not gonna say that I'm not interested in anything else coming out soon, but not in even close to the level of anticipation of P5, and I tend not to buy games at launch, so I'll probably just try to clear some stuff from my backlog

If my start location has barbarian problems, (Spawn frequently), I'll almost always go Slinger -> Warrior -> Slinger -> Scout. Giving me 2 Warriors, 2 Slingers-Archers, and one scout. If I'm playing on a large map I'll probably go with a second scout. If I can easily defend my start location then I'll do Slinger -> Scout -> Worker. Higher difficulties the AI will declare war on you 20 or so turns in with a whole horde of enemies. Overall I'm pretty happy with Civilization 6. The major complaints of the game come down to balance issues, and the higher in difficulty you play, the more complaints you'll have. I've often found half the AI in the game will expand 2-cities, and then no more. One issue here I think is that the move from Renaissance -> Industrial -> Modern is far too quick for the human player. Because most of the AI has some sort of bug with expanding, their science gain falters heavily and you'll quicky outpace them. They also don't use ranged units, and never use modern ones. As soon as modders have access to the SDK, all of this issues and many more will be solved. Civilization VI provides a much better platform to build upon than any of the previous Civilizations, but for now, I'd recommend waiting to get the game if you play above Prince difficulty. Especially @alexwhiteplays, because it often feels like you are taking advantage of the AI in a very ungratifying way. It's basically the feeling of finding out someone let you win. Oh, they weren't even trying... - that type of feeling. But there's already quite a few mods, and I highly recommend going to www.forums.civfanatics.com - as they are the go-to place for the current non-SDK mods. (These mods are often just simple text files until the tools are out)

@bard91 Yup, my recommendation was based on the 3 Fates games only, but I agree with the others, if you just want any Fire Emblem game to dive into the series, Awakening is the best choice!