Hooray!

Just started re4 (played only once before), the controls take a bit of getting used to

I'd say it's just about worth it for the visual design. And it's very short. But yeah, the gameplay is pretty poor.

I really liked Yoku. Had quite a few negatives in the Switch thread.

I have up on little nightmares a while back. Still got the intention of finishing it. I really ought to, out send it back to moot!

Resident evil 2 remake. Finished Claire's A scenario, then realised Leon's A scenario is basically the same thing. So stopped that and played Leon's B scenario instead. Got bored in the police station and decided to trade it in for Sekiro.

RE2 back in the day was one of my all time favourite games. What with being a dad now, I don't have enough gaming time so I have to be more selective about what i play.

The remake is nicely done, it just wasn't holding my attention.

Yeah, some of the bosses too sustained effort to beat. At least you can pause it.

Yeah fatherhood and gaming don’t combine well

GurtTractor wrote:

Yeah, massively wish it was possible to go into some kind of accelerated stasis for these sorts of games. Like I would play Total Warhammer 2 for 50 hours straight easy.

Don't get me started. So many games I'd love to sit down and play uninterrupted.

Feel like I post more in here than Just Completed lately but anyway...

Okami. It was my first time playing it and there were several key things that just didn't click with me. That started failry early as the opening hour(ish) was so ponderous and dialogue heavy that I just lacked any real engagement.

Thankfully it opens up a bit more after that but the combination of the volume of cuts, dialogue scenes and loading points continually just pulled me out of the game. The camera was also pretty poor at times, most notably in battles when you're inexplicably closed off from the rest of the world which restricts your view and camera movement.

I also wasn't overwhelmed with the HD-ness. The art style is gorgeous (regenerating an area was a real highlight) and it looked great in handheld mode but didn't think it held up as well on a big screen.

I'm not sure how much of this is due to aspects of the game being dated or being of a genre I have little experience with, but regardless there were some parts that were simply poorly executed.

Cosby wrote:

Okami... and it looked great in handheld mode but didn't think it held up as well on a big screen.

I gave up on the ps4 version because it gave me motion sickness (something to do with the motion blur in the upgraded version), am now wondering if playing it in handheld would feel better. Much smaller screen, so I might feel it less? I was kinda sad that I had to give up as I enjoyed it.

Technomancer. Even though it was free I still want the half an hour or so I spent playing this back. Possibly the dullest game I've ever experienced.

Transistor. Great looking game but somewhat light on substance for me. The combat mechanics are interesting and there's something fun there, maybe moreso if it evolves further into the game, but the muddle of new weapons/capabilities and the combinations was not very clear.

Couldn't tell if there was much of a story or if it just wasn't an interesting one but either way it wasn't enough to keep me engaged. Bit of an odd one then as it started quite brightly but my interest dipped fairly rapidly and I had no motivation to go back.

I haven't really clicked with a new game in quite a while, maybe since I played Broforce about 5-6 months ago so might just be in a bit of a funk. I should start some of the gamepass stuff I've got downloaded.

I lasted about half an hour on Broforce before getting a bit bored.