General Gaming thread

strtdv

I'm on a break from gaming, mostly lack of interest. I enjoyed Doom Eternal but found some of the combat a bit samey and the platforming bits weren't great.
I gave up on Borderlands 3 after about 6 hours, the humour was wide of the mark most of the time and it just feels a bit slow and grindy.
There's nothing out on the Switch that particularly interests me at the moment since completing Hades, I dug out Blasphemous for the first time in ages to complete a couple of bits I'd missed the first time, but that was short-lived.

I'm looking forward to Hollow Knight Silksong, but no release date yet so I won't hold my breath.

I'd been considering a PS5 but an upcoming house build and move means I can't really justify spending £500 on it

stickyfiddle

I'm still plodding through Doom Eternal but not really enjoying it like I did the first one. 

I did enjoy What Remains of Edith Finch, if that's the right word. I seem to have a knack for finding melancholia atm

monquixote

joneve said:

stickyfiddle said:

joneve said:

Am I the only one who is STILL waiting for a PS4/5 gen Splinter Cell game? 

I LIVED on the series on PS2. Would give my right arm for a next gen re-make. 

Yeah, noone's doing that sort of linear stealth sort of thing these days - it's all battle royales and massive open world single player games. 

aye. I mean, don't get me wrong, Uncharted and The Last of Us both, to a point, have some stealthy elements in them; but I bloody loved those games. 

Don't get me wrong, I have a (bordering on unhealthy) obsession with Fortnite at the minute - find it good fun and good to catch up with a few of my closest mates whilst forgetting about the world for a while - but give me a Stealth Puzzle game any day of the week (MSG 5 I was massively disappointed with) 

Might be worth having a look at a "non lethal" run of one of the Deus Ex games?

ThePrettyDamned

Resident evil 2 is not bad, not as good as I hoped but fun anyway. Mechanically it's fine, but the puzzles seem very easy. Good atmosphere in it though, which is the main thing. 

Doom 64 is actually amazing - I can't believe it's not more popular. It's everything that was great about the original doom, with some stuff added and a lot more atmosphere and lighting tricks. Sadly it's missing some stuff from doom 2, I presume because cartridges didn't have a lot of space... 

guitargeek62

Yeah Doom 64 was superb - though I've not played it in a looooooong time! Have you tried Doom III too?

LuttiS

Currently working my way through borderlands 3 which is ...ok I guess..

Also enjoying Star Wars battlefront 2.. it's silly fun

And very much excited for Mass Effect trilogy remake.. it looks very pretty. Ofc there is not a chance in hell I'm dropping £55 on it. I'll give it a couple of years to drop down to a price I can justify  

ThePrettyDamned

guitargeek62 said:

Yeah Doom 64 was superb - though I've not played it in a looooooong time! Have you tried Doom III too?

I did play doom 3, it was an xbox 360 port. Wasn't bad, didn't get the terrible reviews! It was a bit dark/hard to see in places, but the port had a flashlight at least. 

Doom 64 is very dark, I had to sort some in-game brightness to make it playable. Its fun though! I just wish it had more of doom 2s enemies. 

strtdv

Doom 3 was almost more in the vein of Dead Space than Doom, which I think is why reviews were less than favourable. I preferred Doom 2016 to Doom Eternal.

I think I need something casual that I can just pick up and play for 20-30 minutes, as that's all the time I get these days

stickyfiddle

Doom 3 was a decent game. It was just nothing like Doom of old. All slow creeping around with a flashlight rather than going in guns blazing. 

mattdavis

Any recommendations for the Switch? We’ve got Zelda, Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart but cannot get my son off bloody Fortnite. We’re waiting to get a PS5 (god knows when) but in the meantime any good adventure style games suitable for a 12 y\o. fighter plane games

strumjoughlamps

mattdavis said:

Any recommendations for the Switch? We’ve got Zelda, Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart but cannot get my son off bloody Fortnite. We’re waiting to get a PS5 (god knows when) but in the meantime any good adventure style games suitable for a 12 y\o. fighter plane games

New Mario out on Friday

FarleyUK

mattdavis said:

Any recommendations for the Switch? We’ve got Zelda, Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart but cannot get my son off bloody Fortnite. We’re waiting to get a PS5 (god knows when) but in the meantime any good adventure style games suitable for a 12 y\o. fighter plane games

The new Super Mario 3D World game is out on Friday - that looks pretty good.

mattdavis

strumjoughlamps said:

mattdavis said:

Any recommendations for the Switch? We’ve got Zelda, Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart but cannot get my son off bloody Fortnite. We’re waiting to get a PS5 (god knows when) but in the meantime any good adventure style games suitable for a 12 y\o. fighter plane games

New Mario out on Friday

Do you think it looks any good? Looks a bit pants to me compared to Odyssey...

punchesjudy

I played Super Mario 3d World on Wii U and absolutely loved it. It's brilliant. I personally prefer it to Odyssey by a long shot. 

strumjoughlamps

mattdavis said:

strumjoughlamps said:

mattdavis said:

Any recommendations for the Switch? We’ve got Zelda, Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart but cannot get my son off bloody Fortnite. We’re waiting to get a PS5 (god knows when) but in the meantime any good adventure style games suitable for a 12 y\o. fighter plane games

New Mario out on Friday

Do you think it looks any good? Looks a bit pants to me compared to Odyssey...

Polished and updated Wii U title which I loved, new challenges and Bowsers Fury, looks like a winner to me.

stickyfiddle

I also played 3D World on Wii U. Miles better and tighter than the endless moon-chasing of Odyssey imo. 

Luigi’s Mansion 3 is also excellent

mattdavis

Cool. Cheers guys. 

Kittyfrisk

Looks like you now have some heavyweight competition chaps.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56023720

Simonh

Kittyfrisk said:

Looks like you now have some heavyweight competition chaps.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56023720

now I know who has been no-scoping me on warzone...

stickyfiddle

V glad to see Mario 3D World finally getting some credit. It seems the are 2 camps in Mario fans - those who prefer the open world stuff like 64 and Odyssey, and those who prefer the more linear approach of Galaxy and 3D Land/World. I’m firmly in the latter and adore both the “3D” games