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hands on with RE Requiem

 

I’m a veilguard defender but reading this they 100% should’ve delayed indefinitely instead of doing a second reboot. All the worst parts of the game are due to the fact EA forced them to keep most of the assets and work from the live service development to hit an extremely tight deadline for release. The fact no major choices were even in the game until late 2022 is absolutely batshit insane

 

Kudos to the devs for their hard work and getting what is generally a good product out the door. Fuck EA for fucking them over. The favoritism for mass effect over DA from the suits is so disgustingly on display in that article. Maybe that means ME5 will be good, but at what cost

also fuck the grifters for making any honest assessment of veilguards shortcomings absolutely impossible and giving EA the ammo they needed to fire almost the entire team

 

Pragmata AND Onimusha AND RE9 next year would make me so happy

 

my first platinum ever

 

Good for you, king.

 

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onto the next one lol

 

or maybe not, idk. the pace is too much of a whiplash from nightreign. time to read a book?

 

Started the Cairn demo and somehow I’m digging it

 

had this thought, how far behind am i?
The Elder Scrolls: i've played og Oblivion and Skyrim. The first three are too old that i think i'll just skip them
Dragon Age: I've played Origins, 2, and Inquisition. Haven't gotten Veilguard
Mass Effect: I've played 1 and 2. started 3, haven't gotten Andromeda
Baldur's Gate: I haven't played any. The first two are too old that i think i'll just skip them. haven't gotten 3.
The Witcher: played half of 1 and all of Wild Hunt. 1 was too clunky and 2 didn't look any better so i think i'll just skip them
Fallout: I've played 3, New Vegas, and 4. The first two are too old that i think i'll just skip them
Neverwinter Nights: played 1 and 2. ...there haven't been more. Dragon Age is like its spiritual successor.
Final Fantasy: I've only played og 7, 8, and half of 13. i have 9 but haven't gotten to it yet
i'm not at all interested in mmos like Neverwinter, Fallout Shelter, TESO, and the online FF games

honestly, i've played most of these so long ago that i've forgotten much of the story, lore, and any of the choices i made. it's cool that a lot of these games let you upload your previous game save to change the world state but there's no point if i can't remember anything.
the only games i've ever paid full price for are HFW and TLOU1-2 (on Steam). a long time ago i thought rpgs were my favorite genre but obviously i haven't been prioritizing them/keeping up with most of the big franchises i've started. i'm excited for new Witcher and Outer Worlds, yeah, but i probably won't play those right away when they come out, either.
honestly idk what my next day one purchase is gonna be. i do know i've played a lot of metroidvanias, deckbuilders, and rogues in the last five years, most of them from smaller developers. a lot of them i got for free or on sale or played on gamepass... i'm not really the kind of gamer that's monetarily keeping the industry afloat haha...

tldr there's too many games to play (and too many movies/shows to watch, too many comics to read, too many albums to listen to), it's kinda pointless to try to keep up with it all, just go at your own pace and check out what interests you.

 

Had a blast with Veilguard. I get the criticism but like others said I feel for the devs. Mage combat was so fun

 

Braindead the best

 

also completely not really random but ea is 100% ruining the skate game right now lmao I don’t care if it’s an alpha it needs all the damn work

 

The glaring thing I see from this is you haven't played Final Fantasy 10. Totally worth the time when you find it on sale and are wanting to play something older that I think, stands up well. Play it with the original soundtrack and not the redone one.

Agreed on too many things to do, play, and see. I want to play Clair Obscura(and Doom). It's downloaded. But any spare time I've had to play or watch anything I've been choosing to ride my bike instead.

 

Soo, umm, how’s dune? I’m surprised to see the reviews are good

 

I really respect the splitgate ceo dooming his game from launch, then doubling down pretending to have no idea that maga is divisive lol

 

I have become addicted to The Division 2. Gameplay loop is so satisfying.

 

@oldjersey any thoughts yet?

 

Suikoden STAR LEAP adds PC version

Silent Hill remake by Bloober Team announced

POSTAL 2 Redux announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC

 

I trust Bloober implicitly with SH remakes

Also idk if the world needs postal 2 to be rereleased

 

We need Manhunt not Postal

 

Wild story. I’m reading Jason’s second book right now too - Honestly it’s a miracle any game gets made at a big studio it seems

 

I’m in awe of Death Stranding. I’m almost done with episode 3, but it might be in my top games list already. The visuals, creative story, characters, music, just everything. You start off with nothing, then get more equipment and things to make and the game opens up so much. I spend time just gathering resources to build roads and make everything connect. Riding bikes on roads you make changes the game. And the bots?! Missions feel relevant and gives you some new tool or blueprint that actually helps you. I also laughed so hard when Conan O’Brien made an appearance.
This is my last day of school, so I hope to finish it before part two. One hell of a game so far.

 

Tactics Orgre: Reborn is on sale right now. I’m thinking about waiting for FF Tactics in September. Is this one worth getting too? They seem similar.

Three Houses is my wife’s favorite game and these seem up her alley too.