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Post by obmit on Dec 9, 2023 14:03:15 GMT -6
Finished Alan Wake 2, and I gotta say it's one of the more unique experiences in gaming that I've had. I didn't realize that control and wake are a shared universe so that makes the aesthetic similarities make sense.
Great year for games.
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Post by Tweet on Dec 10, 2023 17:21:49 GMT -6
Thanks for posting this- gonna get something for myself after the holidays as I try to get back into this machine I paid too much goddamn money for lol |
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Post by claypoolfan on Dec 11, 2023 11:44:01 GMT -6
Chants of Sennarr looks so sick, I wish I didn’t have such a backlog right now I'm going to get into Steamworld Build this weekend though. The text in Steamworld was waaaaaay too small for me to play so I went back to Gamepass and landed on Jusant which I know has popped up on a lot of year end lists. It has a feature I love that more games need to do - you can essentially make it just easy mode through accessibility options. It's a game about climbing and the controls are pretty involved but there were times when I was [] and just wanted to enjoy the scenery and you can make it so you just have to push the direction you want to go and the dude will climb without falling. Because of that I spent way more time with the game than I would have and am looking forward to finishing it. Tunic is another recent game that I feel like had the same thing - you could make yourself invincible, have infinite stamina, whatever without penalty. Every single player game should do that. |
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Post by thebosma on Dec 11, 2023 12:08:28 GMT -6
Still some year left but these are the games I rolled credits on for the first time in 2023. I wanna hear yours!
Dark Souls
Dark Souls 2
Dark Souls 3
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Resident Evil HD
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Resident Evil 3 Remake
Bloodborne
Spider-man (2018)
Shadow of the Colossus
Super Mario Wonder
Started but didn’t beat or are multiplayer games:
Death Stranding (actively playing and should beat soon, probably 2/3 done)
Vampire Survivors (good and fun)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Starfield (fun at first but lost its charm quickly. Will probably beat?)
Big gamer year for me. Helps that I have two current gen systems and am only one system back for PlayStation.
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Post by Kamera on Dec 11, 2023 12:58:18 GMT -6
Looking at my Trello board of my gaming library of games I rolled credits on this year:
RDR2
Horizon: CotM
Supraland: Six Inches Under
Power Wash Simulator
GTA: Vice City
Disney Illusion Island
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Road 96
LEGO Builder's Journey
Stray
The Last of Us Part I
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Post by brainloading on Dec 11, 2023 14:34:11 GMT -6
Games I beat:
Sekiro
Dark Souls
Dark Souls 2
Dark Souls 3
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Spiderman 2
Games I played a lot of but haven't beaten (but will eventually):
Tears of the Kingdom
Metroid Prime
Baulders Gate 3
Super Mario Wonder
Super Marrio RPG
Games that I just play all the time and they rock:
Rimworld
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Monster Train
Warzone
NBA 2k
Games I played but will probably never finish:
Starfield
Lies of P
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Post by Kamera on Dec 13, 2023 10:31:07 GMT -6
Paid full price for the new Avatar game and honestly it’s a blast. You have to play it with a good sound system or a pair of headphones. The reviews don’t do it justice.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Dec 13, 2023 12:01:56 GMT -6
is this a review of avatar or the king of limbs
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Post by scoots on Dec 13, 2023 12:12:56 GMT -6
Games I beat this year:
Last of Us Part 1
Spiderman: Miles Morales
God of War
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves
Played a ton of Tears of the Kingdom and Last of Us Part 2 but I'm nowhere close to beating either game. Hoping for a price drop on Spiderman 2 eventually.
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Post by claypoolfan on Dec 14, 2023 8:06:39 GMT -6
A24 just announced they’re working with Kojima on a Death Stranding movie.
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Post by Kamera on Dec 14, 2023 9:35:20 GMT -6
I need to get back into DS. The last time I played, I got past the WWI trench level . |
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Post by thebosma on Dec 14, 2023 9:41:15 GMT -6
I’m really enjoying it so far
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Post by Kamera on Dec 14, 2023 10:49:53 GMT -6
The one thing I never understood was encountering BTs. MULES, I get the idea of stealth takedowns vs actually killing. BTs, I almost always fail the stealth. Skill issue, I know.
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Post by thebosma on Dec 14, 2023 10:51:36 GMT -6
I have done 0 successful stealth takedowns of the BTs. I’m sure it’s possible objectively but I’ve just been wasting them with the grenades
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Post by obmit on Dec 14, 2023 16:25:50 GMT -6
Giving Cyberpunk another shot and enjoying it much more. Still think the weakest part is the protagonist V but there's a lot to dig into so I'm content.
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Post by llamaoftime on Dec 23, 2023 15:06:11 GMT -6
In (Board) games games games, Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of The West comes out tomorrow. The reviews look great but debating spending $120 just to play through it once. So my partner really likes Ticket to Ride so I bought this for her for Christmas. We exchanged gifts today and it got her really excited so that was nice We're debating though whether we want to just play it together or get a group of 4. We definitely have friends who'd be down to play, but I feel like it'll take us months to get together enough times to finish it. Everywhere I'm reading is saying 3-4 players is ideal though, even if the 2 player experience is still fun |
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Post by doso on Dec 23, 2023 20:10:11 GMT -6
In (Board) games games games, Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of The West comes out tomorrow. The reviews look great but debating spending $120 just to play through it once. So my partner really likes Ticket to Ride so I bought this for her for Christmas. We exchanged gifts today and it got her really excited so that was nice We're debating though whether we want to just play it together or get a group of 4. We definitely have friends who'd be down to play, but I feel like it'll take us months to get together enough times to finish it. Everywhere I'm reading is saying 3-4 players is ideal though, even if the 2 player experience is still fun Maybe you could schedule a three day getaway weekend with the likeminded couple centered around the game. I bet that would be a good time. |
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Post by Kamera on Dec 24, 2023 10:16:42 GMT -6
In (Board) games games games, Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of The West comes out tomorrow. The reviews look great but debating spending $120 just to play through it once. So my partner really likes Ticket to Ride so I bought this for her for Christmas. We exchanged gifts today and it got her really excited so that was nice We're debating though whether we want to just play it together or get a group of 4. We definitely have friends who'd be down to play, but I feel like it'll take us months to get together enough times to finish it. Everywhere I'm reading is saying 3-4 players is ideal though, even if the 2 player experience is still fun So I’m almost done with the 2-player campaign with my wife and it’s a blast. You’re in for a treat, especially the surprise at the end of Game 1. It definitely would be more fun/chaotic with more players but the added mechanics as you expand the map adds more strategy other than just placing train pieces down. As you get further into the campaign, games take a bit longer at around 60-90mins. Initial setup can be a bit confusing so watch this video: I’m probably going to pickup another copy when stock is back to normal next year. |
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Post by llamaoftime on Dec 26, 2023 9:10:24 GMT -6
So my partner really likes Ticket to Ride so I bought this for her for Christmas. We exchanged gifts today and it got her really excited so that was nice We're debating though whether we want to just play it together or get a group of 4. We definitely have friends who'd be down to play, but I feel like it'll take us months to get together enough times to finish it. Everywhere I'm reading is saying 3-4 players is ideal though, even if the 2 player experience is still fun So I’m almost done with the 2-player campaign with my wife and it’s a blast. You’re in for a treat, especially the surprise at the end of Game 1. It definitely would be more fun/chaotic with more players but the added mechanics as you expand the map adds more strategy other than just placing train pieces down. As you get further into the campaign, games take a bit longer at around 60-90mins. Initial setup can be a bit confusing so watch this video: I’m probably going to pickup another copy when stock is back to normal next year. I appreciate the input! I think we're going to just do the two player, I know us and we'll not want to wait on other people to play every time. We're starting it tonight, I'm excited Does that video avoid spoilers? I've been pretty good so far on avoiding everything I can |
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Post by Kamera on Dec 26, 2023 13:42:09 GMT -6
So I’m almost done with the 2-player campaign with my wife and it’s a blast. You’re in for a treat, especially the surprise at the end of Game 1. It definitely would be more fun/chaotic with more players but the added mechanics as you expand the map adds more strategy other than just placing train pieces down. As you get further into the campaign, games take a bit longer at around 60-90mins. Initial setup can be a bit confusing so watch this video: I’m probably going to pickup another copy when stock is back to normal next year. I appreciate the input! I think we're going to just do the two player, I know us and we'll not want to wait on other people to play every time. We're starting it tonight, I'm excited Does that video avoid spoilers? I've been pretty good so far on avoiding everything I can Yes and most of the official reviews on YT have been instructed by the publisher to only talk about Game 1 minus the end of Game 1 spoiler. |
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Post by Javo on Dec 27, 2023 13:46:55 GMT -6
Went to Japan and I bought a PS5 for around $295.00 bucks. it works like a charm! Merry Xmas!
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Post by scoots on Jan 3, 2024 10:02:28 GMT -6
My wife got my Spiderman 2 for Christmas. Just got through the Coney Island scene and really loving the game so far. Also picked up Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and the Batman Arkham games for cheap over the holiday. Looking forward to nothing but video games for the next 3 months.
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Post by Kamera on Jan 3, 2024 14:51:50 GMT -6
My wife got my Spiderman 2 for Christmas. Just got through the Coney Island scene and really loving the game so far. Also picked up Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and the Batman Arkham games for cheap over the holiday. Looking forward to nothing but video games for the next 3 months. Avoid the internet hate of Jedi Survivor and enjoy the story. It’s a fantastic sequel. |
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Post by Kamera on Jan 5, 2024 9:53:35 GMT -6
If you have Game Pass or a PS5, you need to play this.
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Post by Kamera on Jan 12, 2024 11:10:55 GMT -6
another doc to log on Letterboxd, sweet.
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Post by krentist on Jan 12, 2024 11:20:41 GMT -6
After 8 months of TotK, I decided I had played long enough and it was time to finish the main story and move on to other things.
I have had Alan Wake Remastered sitting on my PS5 for ages from when it was the PS+ free game. Enjoying it so far. Gameplay might be a bit repetitive? Just getting jumped in the forest constantly. I am appreciative of the little set pieces the throw in to mix things up. Atmosphere and narrative are all top notch and I say that as someone who thinks the story for nearly every game is stupid. I'll almost certainly pick up the sequel once I'm done.
Edit: the story in RDR2 is good.
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Post by Kamera on Jan 17, 2024 10:04:16 GMT -6
After enjoying Ticket To Ride Legacy I picked up Pandemic Legacy since it's designed by the godfather of legacy games himself, Rob Daviau. After making it to May, I have to say that is one of the most stressful gaming experiences from a cooperative tabletop perspective. Nothing beats the dopamine of finishing up the story beats and opening the packages and dossier doors to equip new characters and upgrades.
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Post by llamaoftime on Jan 17, 2024 10:19:53 GMT -6
Oh yeah, speaking of that we finished Ticket to Ride Legacy last week and had an absolute blast with it. Just did 2 players which I think was the right move because it would have taken way too long to do that with a group, by the end we were doing just one game a night. Thinking back I could definitely think of a couple ways to modify a two player game. I think the two player version would benefit from replaying some of the earlier games, so that more cards get punched and so you get to see more of the newer cards in the later games. I know that's less "fun" in that you'd be replaying without the new mechanics each round introduced, but we would have been plenty happy doing that and extending overall play time
I thought this while playing but I didn't want to mess up the flow of how the creators intended it to play, but now having played it I don't think it would have messed up anything
I think there was enough we didn't complete that I've been thinking about running one more modified session, play it out over 3-5 games, pick a new company, and each game do one mechanic we didn't finish. Like the treasure hunting one game, maybe do the rest of the circus tickets one game, stuff like that. Still lots of post cards and stuff we haven't touched and we have a lot of train routes that still don't have stickers so I think it'd be fun to go through all that before we transition into the "Ticket to Ride 1901" version thats meant for post game We've actually been looking into doing Pandemic Legacy next, we play the regular game sometimes. I might get that soon |
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Post by krentist on Jan 17, 2024 10:35:42 GMT -6
After 8 months of TotK, I decided I had played long enough and it was time to finish the main story and move on to other things. I have had Alan Wake Remastered sitting on my PS5 for ages from when it was the PS+ free game. Enjoying it so far. Gameplay might be a bit repetitive? Just getting jumped in the forest constantly. I am appreciative of the little set pieces the throw in to mix things up. Atmosphere and narrative are all top notch and I say that as someone who thinks the story for nearly every game is stupid. I'll almost certainly pick up the sequel once I'm done. Edit: the story in RDR2 is good. I beat this last night. I will play the bonus episodes but the story is actually pretty goofy. pacing and atmosphere are good. Still buying AW2. |
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Post by Kamera on Jan 18, 2024 15:26:05 GMT -6
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