Played a bit of Postal 4, but I need to try out the new day they added. Thought it was cool that they added Civvie-11 in there.
A Plague Tale: Innocence - EXCELLENT
Don't read any spoilers about this game. Just play it.
It is a linear, story and character driven game that although starts slowly, ramps up to a fantastic game.
Available on Gamepass for Xbox and PC.
Finished Control (PC). This is a Remedy game through and through. The storytelling is not quite direct and you will need to read some of the notes you find to get a complete idea of the story. They managed to incorporated the live action stuff they cut their teeth on in Quantum Break into the narrative more seamlessly in Control, though I didn't mind Quantum Break's approach to live action.
The highlight of the game for me was combat especially after you get most of your powers and the total chaos you can inflict to the environment with respect to destruction. The destruction/physics in this game is absolutely what Crackdown 3 should have been. Remedy did a damn fine job with the game play and should be very proud. This kind of interactive destruction should be the norm going forward with the new generation of consoles TBH. And with RTX on, the look and atmosphere of the game is enhanced tremendously.
After playing the game, I can see why Control was nominated and won a few GOTY awards. There's really nothing like it out there. If it pops up on a sale, give it a shot on the enhanced consoles or PC. Games like Control make me wish MS was still in studio acquisition mode. It seems like Remedy takes what they learn from their previous games and build upon it with each new product. IMO, Remedy would have been a great purchase ( far better than Compulsion) and MS would have benefited greatly from the amount of new talent on board and the new IPs that could have been made franchises.
I've got a feeling that after their publishing deal with Epic ends or maybe even before that, Epic may make a play for Remedy as might Sony. MS may have missed the boat.
So I have an embarrassingly high number of PS4 exclusive AAA titles in my backlog that are half finished. Wife is going to be out of town this weekend though so looking for recommendations on what to play first. The list goes...
God of War
Horizon Zero Dawn
Detroit Become Human
Uncharted Lost Legacy
Walking Dead Saints and Sinners
Astrobot
Until Dawn
Moss
Days Gone
Infamous SS
Red Dead Redemption 2 - not exclusive but also half finished
Any recommendations on where to start?
So I have an embarrassingly high number of PS4 exclusive AAA titles in my backlog that are half finished. Wife is going to be out of town this weekend though so looking for recommendations on what to play first. The list goes...
God of War
Horizon Zero Dawn
Detroit Become Human
Uncharted Lost Legacy
Walking Dead Saints and Sinners
Astrobot
Until Dawn
Moss
Days Gone
Infamous SS
Red Dead Redemption 2 - not exclusive but also half finished
Any recommendations on where to start?
How far are you on God of War? Thats a lot of games!
Metro: Exodus
I started playing this when MS announced it was leaving Gamepass at the end of this month. Unlocked most of the Achievements and finished the campaign last night.
Not a bad game, certainly better than the first (I haven't played the second yet). The story was fairly compelling, and I liked how I could just avoid most of the combat using stealth and get rewarded in the story for doing so. The game combines an open world and linear progression, like God of War. It tries to mix things up by giving you different environments in each level, but it's hard not to see the repetition in each level.
Metro Exodus was such a mixed bag for me. At times, I was enjoying the hell out of it. It was inconsistent though. I disliked the semi-open world. Thought it felt best when it was more focused. Enjoyed it more when I used stealth. Not a fan of the last level. Incredible looking and immersive though.
Taking down that backlog one game at a time, finished up Uncharted Lost Legacy this weekend. Great game! I love tomb raider games, and this was very similar in style and very well done. Amazing graphics, great flow to the combat, and a really fun story. I can definitely see why people like it better than Uncharted 4, that’s kinda how I feel too
Is Lost legacy a spin off to the series? I'm keen to check it out sometime, don't know if I can do unchartered 1-3 plus the other two.
For me everything's taken a back seat for Nioh, I'm seriously loving this game. I'm stuck on a sub mission human boss he's almost depleted my stock of elixers because he's a cheap piece of sh*t but I'll get him one day.
It's given my gf something to laugh about, I don't really get angry at games except for this one haha.
I'm slowly progressing thorough Nier Automata when I have a chance to use my X, and on PC I just finished Planescape: Torment and started the follow-up, but with some side action in the new 4X game Old World. I also got Civ VI in the past month or so, and it sucks less than V.
Lol yeah, I managed to keep all alive except the ebony guy.Finished Until Dawn (PS4). What a cast of unlikable a******s. I almost went out of my way to try to get them all killed. Graphics was well done but Supermassive's 2nd outing in the genre, Man of Medan is superior in every way.