hylian_elf wrote:

I haven’t tried VR yet but I know it’ll make me sick.

If you're worried about that I doubt you'd be wrong. When I started it the 'snap to' movement put me off, so I was glad to see you can change it to smoother motions, but in hindsight they're probably set like that for a reason so I'll change them back next time. I definitely couldn't play it for more than an hour at a time, the low level car sick feeling was creeping in (not that I've ever been car sick, but I bet that's what it feels like).

Bags of atmosphere though.

2 more chapters left in Fire Emblem Awakening and I'm having a lot of fun with it.

Enjoying the stories and animations. Missed a couple kids and don't think I'll give their side stories another try, but it's good to know there's still game left after I'm done with the main story. Haven't even looked at the DLC yet but there's even more in there.

Good stuff, was my first FE and am really looking forward to the Switch version.

I was doing that until I got hold of PSVR and lost all interest, for now. It's still a bit fussy even as a straight story run, but there's a hell of a lot to like.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

hylian_elf wrote:

I haven’t tried VR yet but I know it’ll make me sick.

If you're worried about that I doubt you'd be wrong. When I started it the 'snap to' movement put me off, so I was glad to see you can change it to smoother motions, but in hindsight they're probably set like that for a reason so I'll change them back next time. I definitely couldn't play it for more than an hour at a time, the low level car sick feeling was creeping in (not that I've ever been car sick, but I bet that's what it feels like). Bags of atmosphere though.

You can get used to extreme nausea stuff, it's just a matter of practice. Even some of my friends have got their VR legs just by playing on mine.

Nina wrote:

I need to do that with Horizon Zero Dawn. Got Persona 5 last night (B is playing it) and I'm kinda annoyed that I didn't finish Horizon first and I feel like I need to. Think I will do that as my "big game" after FE. Woke up this morning thinking about that, why is it that when I start something as HZD I immediately start poking everywhere in the world (I think I cleared all of the right side of the map, no icons apart from a bandit camp with a high recommended level) and I just give up about halfway through, or get distracted. I had no problem grinding all my characters in Bravely Default, put a stupid amount in any MH (but those are mp), try and pay off my loan in Animal Crossing, repeat (in some way) the same thing over and over in roguelikes, but apparently following a story is too hard? Couldn't figure out why I feel like it's harder to go back to Horizon (I enjoyed the story) but I'll happily play another round of Isaac. No one will care if I grab all the idols or relics in Horizon, so why should I?

I think because exploring and seeing what you find without being prompted is fun. I spent about 50 hours on HZD in total and much of that was just out in the wilderness, scaling the environment and dealing with whatever came my way. It's where you work out all the intricacies of the combat and experiment with weapons and strategies.

I'm the same with BotW at the moment. I can't see a mountain in the distance with a shrine on it and not want to climb it, even when I'm on my way somewhere else. I've just got to my second divine beast and have played about 30 hours. And again, most of that is just seeing something potentially interesting in the distance or on the map and having to go and have a look. Or getting caught up taking down an enemy encampment even though I could easily leave it alone.

For me it's what these games are built for, and I love it. But at the same time, if I've got an hour or less to play a game, I won't bother. I need a decent chunk of time to get anywhere, so a lot of days I'll hgave a quick go on something else instead.

SpaceGazelle wrote:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

hylian_elf wrote:

I haven’t tried VR yet but I know it’ll make me sick.

If you're worried about that I doubt you'd be wrong. When I started it the 'snap to' movement put me off, so I was glad to see you can change it to smoother motions, but in hindsight they're probably set like that for a reason so I'll change them back next time. I definitely couldn't play it for more than an hour at a time, the low level car sick feeling was creeping in (not that I've ever been car sick, but I bet that's what it feels like). Bags of atmosphere though.

You can get used to extreme nausea stuff, it's just a matter of practice. Even some of my friends have got their VR legs just by playing on mine.

I found an article online that mentioned something similar, and listed Resi as one of the games you should expect problems with if you're new or relatively new to VR. That and one of the VR Worlds games are the only ones to bother me so far, good to know it's probably teething problems.

Sometimes I feel like there's a self-imposed pressure to get through a game and move on to the next. There might be something else waiting and I get impatient. But these big games only work without that pressure, if I go in thinking that I'll play it for the next 3 months if that's what it takes. 

The best open world games in recent years - MGS V, HZD and now Zelda - have all been ones I've been happy to take my time with. So I don't care if I play for hours and don't advance the story at all, as long as I've had fun.

Stranger’s Wrath on PC.

Finally took the plunge after being put off by lots of comments about it not running well. This is the 4th platform I’ve bought it for.

Runs great. Doesn’t launch from Steam! But does if I run the executable directly.

Going to look for a mod to see if can restore the original Grubb Leader’s voice instead of the annoying new version - never understood why they changed that.

Game is just as fantastic as it’s always been. A game I’ll play through every 2 or 3 years for ever.

WRC 6

Free with gold this month, and I'll give any driving game a try.

And here, it's not that bad at all. But it's not in any way spectacular. Good enough of a challenge with the way it drives, and there's a couple of moments when the visuals combine with you in the "flow state" of following the co-driver instructions and it all clicks really well and becomes really enjoyable. Everything else is just standard. Acceptable.

Some of the stages though are really long, demand a fair bit of mettle to get to the end without utterly binning it.

But I guess hardly anyone done the career mode because even the achievement for winning the first race is classed as a rare one.

I'll probably chip away at this though. A very good 6/10.

Tetris Effect demo, VR headset on (it's the full game afaik, demo locks up after this weekend though). It's the most I've ever enjoyed Tetris, which isn't saying a whole lot really as I've never really liked it (or block puzzlers in general other than Bust a Move 2, Mr. Driller and maybe one or two others over the years), but it's a pretty nifty package. I feel like a bit of a party pooper, but VR isn't adding much for me, you're still playing 2D Tetris on one part of the screen but with some added oooh/aaah visuals. It's good but as expected I won't be buying it.

For Honor (w10)
Been delving into this. Gorgeous visceral medievil brawler with just the right amount of depth to lure you in. Deserves more attention.

The Witcher3 (w10)
Caved in this steam sale and finally bought the goty ed. My crappy notebook can actually run this in 720p@25fps! Good enough for me. I really need to finish Witcher 2 first before even attempting this. Level of detail in this game is simply stupendous.

mrsmr2 wrote:

Stranger’s Wrath on PC. Finally took the plunge after being put off by lots of comments about it not running well. This is the 4th platform I’ve bought it for. Runs great. Doesn’t launch from Steam! But does if I run the executable directly. Going to look for a mod to see if can restore the original Grubb Leader’s voice instead of the annoying new version - never understood why they changed that. Game is just as fantastic as it’s always been. A game I’ll play through every 2 or 3 years for ever.

It ran terribly when I tried it a few years ago. Might take another look.

Ninja Gaiden Black is a classic.
Dificulty is a tad harsh (think dark souls meets super streetfighter2X) but combat is very satisfying once mastered. I'd rebuy it if Tecmo rereleased it on pc. Common Tecmo!

PoP:SoT was good back in the day and evolved into the assasins creed series.
Not sure how well it has aged though and never finished the 2 sequels as the combat was kind of ropey.

hunk wrote:

Ninja Gaiden Black is a classic.
Dificulty is a tad harsh (think dark souls meets super streetfighter2X) but combat is very satisfying once mastered. I'd rebuy it if Tecmo rereleased it on pc. Common Tecmo!

PoP:SoT was good back in the day and evolved into the assasins creed series.
Not sure how well it has aged though and never finished the 2 sequels as the combat was kind of ropey.

I loved and completed them both back in the day.

The thing I really enjoyed about PoP was the idea of the space itself being a puzzle to be solved by the movement options you were given, I understand the sequels scaled back on that.

Plus the narrative was actually pretty clever as far as video games go.

Third pop is great. Don't know if it's really held up, but it was really freakin good at the time.