Think that's it for RE2 remake and me.  Played through with Leon and started with Claire. was enjoying it greatly (again) until I heard Mr X footsteps.  Really poor design decision imo, breaks the tempo of the game.  Game is much better before and after him.
Overall it's great fun though, a really intelligent remake which keeps in some of the clunkyness (e.g. the inventory) but that's part of the charm ala MGS.

Psyvariar Delta.

I have these "don't really want to play games" phases from time to time (perfect time to join a gaming forum, I know) and it seems to have unfortunately coincided with this game being released on steam.

My "sort of" internet friend was bigging it up so much, and I was really looking forward to playing it, hoping it'd shake me out of my stupor, but, well, it seems really boring, I like to play aggressively, I like shmups with mechanics that reward you getting up close and personal and taking risks, and while I suppose "bullet grazing" is the epitome of "risk taking", and I did learn to love it in games like exceed 3rd where it's coupled with aggressive play, this is just uugh, you're just hanging around the bottom of the screen like in danmaku unlimited 3, hoarding and grazing, hoarding and grazing.

I'll make sure I go back to it and give it another chance, but, blimey, after so much hype, it just seems like such a let down. So boring.

I'm definitely putting it down to my gaming-fatigue more than anything else.

I will give it another chance. I played it for 3 hours the day it came out and got my 1cc but didn't feel any urge to go back. It's right at the front of the shelf though for when I get my mojo back.

I don't know if anyone else gets these phases, they seem to come to me every few years, gaming is my hobby, but I can only muster a quick blast on spelunky while listening to athletico mince or frank skinner for an hour at the minute, just no passion for gaming at all.

It's not so bad since I'm doing more creative stuff with my free time, but it's a pain in the arse, I love gaming as a brainless escape and I just can't seem to give in to it at the minute.

Welcome to the forum clippa. Make yourself at home.

Yeah, i often go read some books for a while to recharge

AndCallMeCharlie wrote:

Yeah, i often go read some books for a while to recharge

Nerd.

hylian_elf wrote:

I’m currently just watching Netflix on commute rather than playing switch. As well as at home.

What you watching?

Sex Education earlier in year.

At current time. Somewhere in Wales. With an American educational institute setup or something.

I loved it. But maybe we can discuss in TV thread instead.

Pool Panic. I really enjoyed it to begin with, love the art style and music. I particularly like the creepy/cheery aesthetic throughout. Everything has a weird gurning face and probably has its own little goofy sound effect.

I had a few laughs as the different balls were introduced with their various personalities, and then the variety of the levels themselves. However, once they started to introduce more complex puzzle elements, it became clear that there just wasn’t enough signposting for me.

At this point, the mildly annoying controls became much more frustrating. The combination of stick and buttons needed to make a shot was quite uncomfortable, particularly if you were making a tight shot. I found the direction would occasionally slip slightly as I was trying to press the trigger too. All in all just too fiddly.

It’s a shame it wasn’t better managed as there were some clever puzzles. The level where you had to hit the flag pole to ring the bell and bring the balls out of their tents. Or the one where you can pick up a hat and basically herd all the balls into the holes without any shots. Or the level with a lake where the balls were underwater - the underwater effect was also cool.

But it seemed for every well designed level, there were several that were poor. I have no idea how it’d be possible to complete within the shot limit for quite a few. I assume there was a key thing I was missing but that comes back to my point about signposting.

Ultimately, the wackier and more obtuse it got, the less I wanted to play. It was an exercise in frustration partly because there’s definitely something great in there. Cool ideas let down by poor implementation, unclear solutions and some awful controls.

dead cells

Don't get me wrong, the gameplay in terms of general mechanics are fun but a lack of progress over a long period of time had just killed this for me. Boss patterns are there to be learned but only managing to get to the boss every fourth or fifth run means I'm breaking that learning pattern.
I keep going back to it again and again but it's not fun for me. Just a slog.

That's the whole thing, spending the hours playing and just getting nowhere. Learning that collecting all the weapons is pointless because it then serious raises the rnd for your runs.
Think it would have worked better with a weapon choice tbh. But for now, it's staying on the naughty step.

The lake is definitely a lull but if I can entice you back it ramps way the fuck up after that

Ok, fishface dealth with and Chunk from The Goonies.

The atmosphere back in the village just after getting Ashely is excellent.

Might stick with it....