Onimusha, really enjoying it. Just a really simple straightforward silly campaign without adding tons of stuff to flesh it out. Really enjoying the linear nature of it and mix of enemies.

Verecocha wrote:

Onimusha, really enjoying it. Just a really simple straightforward silly campaign without adding tons of stuff to flesh it out. Really enjoying the linear nature of it and mix of enemies.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Never heard of it.

You can't blame me for not being born in 2001.

It's the best game featuring shooting robo-dinosaurs with a bow 'n' arrow that there is. 

It's like Zoids, the videogame.  And yes, it is stunning looking in places.

Zelda: BotW

So this is good then. Early days, but the systems are clearly fantastic. Once you remember all the buttons it's all so simple and yet so flexible and intuitive. And I know some people didn't like the breakable weapons but I think it's a brilliant idea to make everything so disposable. Very clever.

The only problem so far is that I've not had much chance to really get into it. I've finally left the plateau but mostly I've been playing the odd hour here and there, which isn't ideal for it. Hopefully get more time at the weekend.

Ideally you wanna play something else

Because I'm not getting much time to really sit down in a room without distractions, and happen to have not much actiony going on, I keep adding to my currently playing pile with curios...

Slay The Spire continues to be epic. Perfect to play lying down with trackpad/mouse.

Have early going save of Orwell going, will see if it sticks.

Kingdom Two Crowns is very good, but I've found myself going elsewhere for zened out gaming, mostly.

Hexcells is excellent puzzling.

City of Brass is on backburner.

Bokida is still great, however, I've discovered there's a point where you need to have a fair chunk of the thingies you have to collect before you can get through a door.

Advice if you're trying it, do explore a bit and steadily collect as you go. I almost ignored them, so am having to wonder through areas I've already done a bit too much. 

Still, lovely, clever little game. (Even though little isn't actually the word, it's expansive, you just happen to be able to move quickly through it.)


https://youtu.be/9kxbxFeKSnM

Still have Talos going too, but man am I up to head scratchers.

Just started another little puzzler: Youropa. 

Very clever, but suprisingly intensive for laptop to run.

https://youtu.be/3fz-zzs2t2g

(You'd need a fucking rig to get it running like that, I'm saying.)

Youropa could be intriguing...

Saw a few people tip off ZeroRanger as one of the unsung games of 2018, so I refunded something else I’d bought on a whim and gave it a go.

It’s a shmup that’s been in development by a small team for a long time. The care and attention they’ve but in shows in evey facet, from its stripped down colour palette to the utterly superb music. It’s full of references to other shmups and a bunch of anime stuff too, and seemingly loaded with smart ideas and clever stuff.

It hands generous continue and life earning system, and a great stage select that I didn’t realise it had until I’d played it for three hours. It’s good it has it because the stage i’m on is longer than the rest of the game combined it seems, but like any good shmup you have tools and your learn fast.

I am really excited to see where it goes next because there are lots of weird hints and ideas that suggest it’s not going to be an obvious Congratulations screen, and i’ve seen rumblings online that there are hidden depths to it. So far though it’s just a superb little shmup that doesn’t punish you for being a little poor at them, and it oozes confidence.

One to watch for that inevitable Switch port.

A few more hours mucking about in the fields of Zelda this weekend.

It's absolutely the real deal. Worth every bit of praise/hype/whatever. And I've barely got anywhere yet. I never thought Nintendo still had something like this in them. It's been a long time since they've taken one of their big names and not only modernised it but taken it beyond everything else that's out there.

It also shows how much they'd been treading water with Zelda since the N64 days.

Wait I thought they were doomed?

Banner Saga 1. My first playthrough (died on chapter 3 with a gameover screen), i hated the game and combat. Been spoilt by the likes of x-com and mario v rabbids.

i thought I'd give it another shot. Its really grown on me. So many decisions to make, which branch off into their own avenues. You lose comrades, make temporary alliances, get stabbed in the back. face off in a battle to the death against your most trusted lieutenant because you disagree over a course of action.

Not finished it yet, but I'm really enjoying it. Thanks to moot, i have part 2 and 3 to play as well where my decisions from part 1 carry over and i see the consequences.

Have you played much of mutant year zero moot?

AndCallMeCharlie wrote:

Have you played much of mutant year zero moot?

None, it's just on the wishlist. Hopefully it'll still be on Gamepass when/if I get it.

I'm up for some Pikuniku. It's only a tenner even on Switch so I might grab it.