Written by Alex F on 27.08.2018 at 20:09


One of the few games I've been genuinely excited for in a while. Like you said, looks seriously good.

Same. I know I'm gonna get well annoyed at it at first because I'll try playing it like Bloodborne and get my ass handed to me, lel. I just hope it has a reasonably varied and interesing art style throughout, given the very specific setting.

Written by Mercurial on 27.08.2018 at 20:11

Same. I know I'm gonna get well annoyed at it at first because I'll try playing it like Bloodborne and get my ass handed to me, lel. I just hope it has a reasonably varied and interesing art style throughout, given the very specific setting.

I think I'll enjoy it even more if it forces me to get used to a new play style. As much as I love Bloodborne, any combat style runs the risk of getting boring to me if I start seeing it too much in other games. The combat differences between Dark Souls and Bloodborne were just enough that it genuinely felt like a new experience and took me a bit to adjust, but not so much to make it feel completely foreign. That's kind of what I'm expecting out of Sekiro.

I am hyped. I am so goddam fucking hyped.

Can't wait for CP2077... working through the Witcher 3 Game+ mode now... also chasing trophies in Diablo 3 (level 70 with 6 classes) and trying to get into DragonAge Spanish Inquisition.

also going to check out the clusterfuck that is Destiny 2... as a PS Plus member, was just offered for free. I figure at the only cost being hard drive space on the PS4 (adios for now, Skryim) it's worth a shot.

Cyberpunk 2077 does feel like it's going to be great indeed

I am interested in Skygrim.
Gonna try it later

I have been played Mafia 1 long long time ago, 2 it was 3 years since I did it. Now I re play it and actually bought Joes (No not MS old pal) adventures, I will buy Jimmy Vendetta and Betrayer of Jimmy.

Later this year mafia 3 will be on play list. Later Medal Of Honor Afga and Warfighter, Recon Ghosts, Need For Speed.

8 hours into Tales of Berseria, the first Tales game I've played and the first JRPG I've played in ages. A pretty standard revenge-themed story so far, with some inspiration (hero's and the villain's motivations, personalities, appearances, and actions) seemingly drawn from Berserk (even the name of the prosperous and seemingly safe Migdland is like Berserk's Midland). I like it well enough so far, though the combat can be confusing at times and the graphics are far from the best games of recent years have to offer. Waiting for some further exploration of characters and their motivations and for the story to really pick up the pace. So far so good(ish).

Written by Metren on 02.09.2018 at 20:14

8 hours into Tales of Berseria, the first Tales game I've played and the first JRPG I've played in ages. A pretty standard revenge-themed story so far, with some inspiration (hero's and the villain's motivations, personalities, appearances, and actions) seemingly drawn from Berserk (even the name of the prosperous and seemingly safe Migdland is like Berserk's Midland). I like it well enough so far, though the combat can be confusing at times and the graphics are far from the best games of recent years have to offer. Waiting for some further exploration of characters and their motivations and for the story to really pick up the pace. So far so good(ish).

In terms of characters and story it's probably the best since Symphonia (although I'm biased and played that when young; in modern terms it's probably worse than Berseria). The main issue with it is the lack of interesting environments. By the end of the game - and it's a pretty long game - I was sick of generic cave / field / castle etc. They're just so uninspired and bland and feel like they took 5 minutes to make. Shame because otherwise it's not bad for a JRPG. I think going full 3D to the Tales series did it no favours.

Written by Mercurial on 02.09.2018 at 21:09

In terms of characters and story it's probably the best since Symphonia (although I'm biased and played that when young; in modern terms it's probably worse than Berseria). The main issue with it is the lack of interesting environments. By the end of the game - and it's a pretty long game - I was sick of generic cave / field / castle etc. They're just so uninspired and bland and feel like they took 5 minutes to make. Shame because otherwise it's not bad for a JRPG. I think going full 3D to the Tales series did it no favours.

I am already pretty bored with the game's look tbh Though the opening village was pretty nice. Still, graphics don't mean as much to me as story and characters in an RPG, especially a JRPG, so it's not a big issue. I am really looking forward to seeing how Velvet develops and discovering what the main villain's (is he even really a villain) motives are. Overly dramatic JRPG plots and characters man, gotta love 'em

Written by Metren on 02.09.2018 at 21:57


I am already pretty bored with the game's look tbh Though the opening village was pretty nice. Still, graphics don't mean as much to me as story and characters in an RPG, especially a JRPG, so it's not a big issue. I am really looking forward to seeing how Velvet develops and discovering what the main villain's (is he even really a villain) motives are. Overly dramatic JRPG plots and characters man, gotta love 'em

Well you might feel different after slogging through the umpteenth super long bland dungeon, but the fact I made it nearly to the end based on the characters and story alone bodes well for you. I gave up on Tales of Zestiria and Xillia after about a few hours so definitely better than those

Destiny 2...



was a fun game for a bit, shooting stuff up, loved the Warlock's Flaming Justice Blade attack or whatever. But at nearly 80gb was taking up way too much space out of my 500gb hard drive. Had to delete Skyrim (and other games) just to DL it. A few days later, out comes the new season and ANOTHER 36gb of content. Just not worth the space requirement.

Written by BitterCOld on 05.09.2018 at 01:04

Destiny 2...

was a fun game for a bit, shooting stuff up, loved the Warlock's Flaming Justice Blade attack or whatever. But at nearly 80gb was taking up way too much space out of my 500gb hard drive. Had to delete Skyrim (and other games) just to DL it. A few days later, out comes the new season and ANOTHER 36gb of content. Just not worth the space requirement.

I honestly have no clue how much space games usually take up, but that seems like a ridiculous amount. And, judging by what I have heard and read about the Destiny series, it doesn't sound like it justifies it in (worthwhile) content.

Then again, I have never played Destiny, so it might as well be the biggest bestest thing ever made.

Written by Zap on 05.09.2018 at 01:13


I honestly have no clue how much space games usually take up, but that seems like a ridiculous amount. And, judging by what I have heard and read about the Destiny series, it doesn't sound like it justifies it in (worthwhile) content.

Then again, I have never played Destiny, so it might as well be the biggest bestest thing ever made.

It is beyond massive. Not sure how much of what is what on my PS4 as I have disks for both Fallout 4 and Witcher III, but downloaded all their various DLC's and they are at 48gb and 68gb, respectively. Dragon Age Spanish Inquisition is 56gb and FIFA18 is 46gb.

Star Wars Battlefront II also clocks in at like 100gb for everything. So big, huge pretty games that include online gameplay seem to take a bunch more. Even if it's the same shit over and again.

Guess the rising desire for 4K has ramped up the texture sizes for modern AAA games now. It's funny that Two Point Hospital is only 5gb to install on PC.

Been replaying Bloodborne from scratch to finally do the DLC (properly this time.) I honestly like it even more than the first time around and that time I was pretty convinced it would become one of my favorite games of all time. Now I think it just is my favorite game of all time. Very little to complain about. It's much easier than I remember though, or maybe I finally got gud. On the final boss now and haven't had any trouble with any of the other bosses. I only now realized I never actually completed the main game though I wanted to do the DLC before facing Gherman (Gehrman? Gerhman?) and stopped before the final boss of the DLC. Two uncompleted final bosses...

Written by Zap on 05.09.2018 at 17:31

Been replaying Bloodborne from scratch to finally do the DLC (properly this time.) I honestly like it even more than the first time around and that time I was pretty convinced it would become one of my favorite games of all time. Now I think it just is my favorite game of all time. Very little to complain about. It's much easier than I remember though, or maybe I finally got gud. On the final boss now and haven't had any trouble with any of the other bosses. I only now realized I never actually completed the main game though I wanted to do the DLC before facing Gherman (Gehrman? Gerhman?) and stopped before the final boss of the DLC. Two uncompleted final bosses...

I'd say it's the easiest tbh. You just have so much agency to move around and hit quickly. The only bits that gave me trouble on my second playthrough were Micolash with him spamming A Call Beyond, and the pretty hefty difficulty spike in the castle bit of Nightmare of Mensis.

Best game ever? Yeah, it probably is.

Written by Mercurial on 05.09.2018 at 22:55

I'd say it's the easiest tbh. You just have so much agency to move around and hit quickly. The only bits that gave me trouble on my second playthrough were Micolash with him spamming A Call Beyond, and the pretty hefty difficulty spike in the castle bit of Nightmare of Mensis.

Best game ever? Yeah, it probably is.

Don't know. I think --comparing first playthroughs only-- I think it was Dark Souls 1 that was the easiest for me. I think after this I'm going to replay DS2 (which was hardest in my memory) and then see how cheap I can find DS3.
As far as Micolash goes... I guess I must have gotten lucky since he never used A Call Beyond once and I beat him on the first try both playthroughs. I was actually about to mention him as the easiest boss.
And what do you mean by the castle bit? The part with those giant-headed eye-y fuckers on the bridge that can grab you and cause frenzy?

Written by Zap on 06.09.2018 at 00:55

Don't know. I think --comparing first playthroughs only-- I think it was Dark Souls 1 that was the easiest for me. I think after this I'm going to replay DS2 (which was hardest in my memory) and then see how cheap I can find DS3.
As far as Micolash goes... I guess I must have gotten lucky since he never used A Call Beyond once and I beat him on the first try both playthroughs. I was actually about to mention him as the easiest boss.
And what do you mean by the castle bit? The part with those giant-headed eye-y fuckers on the bridge that can grab you and cause frenzy?

The bit where all the spiders drop from the ceiling, just after the Brain of Mensis part that causes frenzy and you have to hide behind stuff. Just felt like at that point enemies began hitting ultra hard, like 2 hit kill hard (and I always put a bunch into HP). The frenzy chaps are a nuisance too. After that area it becomes easy again. Oh yeah, the snowy bit right at the start of Cainhurst Castle was challenging too. The Bloodlicker's are a pain.

Yeah, Micolash could either be the hardest or easiest boss really, depending on how he plays out.

I find DS1 hard still mainly owing to the less refined controls and no omni-directional rolling.

Written by Mercurial on 06.09.2018 at 01:06

The bit where all the spiders drop from the ceiling, just after the Brain of Mensis part that causes frenzy and you have to hide behind stuff. Just felt like at that point enemies began hitting ultra hard, like 2 hit kill hard (and I always put a bunch into HP). The frenzy chaps are a nuisance too. After that area it becomes easy again. Oh yeah, the snowy bit right at the start of Cainhurst Castle was challenging too. The Bloodlicker's are a pain.

Yeah, Micolash could either be the hardest or easiest boss really, depending on how he plays out.

I find DS1 hard still mainly owing to the less refined controls and no omni-directional rolling.

Ah yes, I remember the start of Cainhurst being quite hard the first time around. From my first playthrough I recall the hunter encounters to be the most challenging, usually more so than the bosses. And Ludwig. Fuck that guy.

Written by Zap on 06.09.2018 at 01:12

Ah yes, I remember the start of Cainhurst being quite hard the first time around. From my first playthrough I recall the hunter encounters to be the most challenging, usually more so than the bosses. And Ludwig. Fuck that guy.

Yeah, the hunters acted like really good online players. Bloody Crow of Cainhurst would easily be the game's toughest fight, as long as you don't cheese him with the Beast Cutter, which apparently his AI wasn't cut out to deal with.

Ludwig I managed to beat despite basically every single one of this attacks hitting me. Most unsatisfying victory ever. That being said Laurence took me two goes so he gets the coveted hardest DLC boss prize.

Written by Mercurial on 06.09.2018 at 01:16

Yeah, the hunters acted like really good online players. Bloody Crow of Cainhurst would easily be the game's toughest fight, as long as you don't cheese him with the Beast Cutter, which apparently his AI wasn't cut out to deal with.

Gonna have to disagree here. I wish they acted as really good online players, but their infinite ammo and insane health pool really turned the battles in their favor in a negative way if you ask me. As someone on the internet said, if they had had access to the same (amount of) resources as the player it would have been a fun battle with a cool back-and-forth (because of them being able to heal more than once.) They are probably my least favourite aspect of the main game (not counting the chalice dungeons lol)

Written by Zap on 06.09.2018 at 01:25

Gonna have to disagree here. I wish they acted as really good online players, but their infinite ammo and insane health pool really turned the battles in their favor in a negative way if you ask me. As someone on the internet said, if they had had access to the same (amount of) resources as the player it would have been a fun battle with a cool back-and-forth (because of them being able to heal more than once.) They are probably my least favourite aspect of the main game (not counting the chalice dungeons lol)

Can't really disagree with that, I just meant more the way they play, which seems faily lifelike. The unlimited bullets and mega-vitality is kinda bullshit. I didn't seem to have too much trouble second time through though.

Written by Mercurial on 06.09.2018 at 01:31

Can't really disagree with that, I just meant more the way they play, which seems faily lifelike. The unlimited bullets and mega-vitality is kinda bullshit. I didn't seem to have too much trouble second time through though.

Well yeah, the way they fight and move around and stuff is indeed very lifelike, which is cool. Their stats are just a bit fucked.
And I didn't have too much trouble the second time around either, but the first playthrough I got annihilated by them at times haha.

Written by Zap on 06.09.2018 at 01:36

Well yeah, the way they fight and move around and stuff is indeed very lifelike, which is cool. Their stats are just a bit fucked.
And I didn't have too much trouble the second time around either, but the first playthrough I got annihilated by them at times haha.

Same, first time round I couldn't believe the fight with the two hunters, one of which has the Tonitrus. I just couldn't see how they could be ever beaten. Debilitating and disheartening times.

Written by Mercurial on 06.09.2018 at 01:40

Same, first time round I couldn't believe the fight with the two hunters, one of which has the Tonitrus. I just couldn't see how they could be ever beaten. Debilitating and disheartening times.

I guess we've just become madly skilled hunters then.

Written by Zap on 06.09.2018 at 01:42

I guess we've just become madly skilled hunters then.

It feels good to be a badass now.

All this just makes me sad I don't own a console (except my dusty PS2 which I just watch DVDs with). Bloodborne and Persona 5 are the only reason to get one, but they're a damn alluring reason. :/

In other news, D:OS2 is so much fun. I started with classic difficulty, and by the end of Act I it's becoming fairly easy though. But I also read that Tactician means whittling down enemy Armor and Magic Armor for a few extra rounds, which doesn't sound fun. I just wish the encounters were a bit more challenging (more, better positioned enemies) and the AI better. Or more CC specific immunities, maybe.

I am not following any guide or shit like that, but I did read quite a bit about build and gameplay theory, so I think my party is fairly optimized. My main is maxing Hydro or Aero and planning to get 3-5 Geo and 5 Poly (main Lohse), to get access to enough spells but still do top damage with one school. Also have a melee Pyro for great AoE damage (Red Prince), Warfare/Geo sword&board (Fane) to deal phys damage and CC and also apply Geo CC when Prince breaks their MArmor, and finally a dedicated archer (Ifan) to dish single-target damage. I am not yet sure if I'll turn him hybrid after I max Warfare (Scoundrel and weapon swapping, or Summoner?) or if I just raise Ranged instead. It's a bit of a hassle juggling both damage types until I get better mobility - buuut it seems very efficient to have both damage types in both melee and ranged, especially since usually you want to break MArmor from enemy tanks (Prince) and focus physical on their mages and archers (Ifan).

Persona 5 is good, but like all of them I'm probably not gonna complete it. I burned out at about the 85 hour mark (roughly the same as with Persona 3 actually). This time round they nailed combat, and the dungeons were pretty good, but the story moves far too slowly, and in my opinion doesn't expand into newer terrorities enough for me, so you end up getting characters endlessly reiterating the same things and conforming to a very predictable narrative structure, and although it's well written, just becomes difficult to keep an interest in.

You must be damn good at D:OS2 then, unless they made classic a bit easier in the definitive edition. I struggled until midway through Act 2 where I respec'd all my characters to only deal armour damage.

Written by Mercurial on 06.09.2018 at 12:46

Persona 5 is good, but like all of them I'm probably not gonna complete it.

I actually started P4 in the week waiting for the DOS2 update, and I suspect that will be its fate. It seems fun - although the first dungeon at least is boring even by JRPG standards and the combat is just passable - but I've really grown to lose interest in games that don't respect your time. I am a busy man, and if I could read 5-10 books in the time it takes me to complete a game, it needs to be pretty good. It seems to be especially a flaw with RPGs. It's silly, because some of the best RPGs (PS:T, Fallout, Mask of the Betrayer, VTM: Bloodlines) are quite short and the better for it. I want to play more Wizardry, Legends of Grimrock, Lords of Xulima, basically all Spiderweb Software games - but fuck if I have a thousand hours to spare.

Age of Decadence was a wonderful recent exception: under 15 hours for my first playthrough. Only, there are several possible, completely different ways to finish the story that make it worth replaying. I need to get back to it one of these days. If you like old-school RPGs where choice matters (and don't mind that combat doesn't play a big part), I really recommend it. Along with (the sadly overlong) Underrail, it's the best indie RPG in recent years.

As for being good at DOS2, I guess it remains to be seen if the difficulty ramps up. It's not super easy or anything, but I've never actually come close to party wipe or had to resort to consumables like elemental arrows. And I haven't really mastered environment effect combos yet (not once used steam clouds for tactical cover, for instance, which I guess would be pretty useful). In games like these, I love tinkering with the builds almost more than actually playing them, so it's just a bit of a shame that I don't have to push them to their limit.

Written by IronAngel on 06.09.2018 at 10:50

All this just makes me sad I don't own a console (except my dusty PS2 which I just watch DVDs with).

conversely i am sad i no longer have DARK HELMET, my old Frankenstein pc built into a big, black server shell (hence the name) ... PS4 is my gaming console and youtube/netflix/spotify on tv box to entertain me while I live abroad. easily replaceable when time to move, easy to pick up a new one upon arriving wherever i end up next.