hunk wrote:

Slay the Spire:
Never knew a card deck building game could be this deep and involving. Not to mention addictive. Timeless classic. Up there with the Mario's, Metroid's and Streetfighters of the videgaming world.

MCC- Halo Combat evolved.
Playing through all the Halo episodes on legendary and what a treat it is. The stupid anti cheat still locks up from time to time for no apparent reason but otherwise, 343 did a fantastic job. The enhanced visuals look nice, the audio's been patched and the classic game play is intact. There's something pure about the gameplay where the skill ceiling isn't determined by leveling up but rather by  player's skill and reflexes? The gameplay and weapon balance are tuned to perfection; a definite reminder as to why Bungie got an Edge10 for this. Still holds up well except for the buggy anti cheat. Fix it 343!

Just started halo myself and while I disagree about the graphics it’s fun to revisit - weirdest of all is not having any waypoint you follow - can’t remember whether that changes as the game or series goes on but I look forward to playing more

Playing some Genshin Impact and early impressions are very good indeed. It's a new free-to-play anime as fuck action RPG (borrowing massively from BotW) for PS4, PC, and mobile that looks beautiful and plays like a dream. I'm particularly fond of the enemy and creature designs, and the ability to insta-switch characters at will to combo different elemental attacks. 



Monetization does take the form of a gacha (basically lootbox) system to get the chance to add statistically better characters and weapons to your loadout, but there's absolutely no need to get involved in this. What the game gives you is stupidly generous and will see you through the dozens of hours of content available at the moment. 

And yeah, it's an evolving live service title. So expect new regions of the map, quests, dungeons, enemies, characters, and weapons to be added in content drops over time. 

I'm not far into the main campaign but it's properly won me over, and I can see this becoming a long term thing. Which is just what I needed as a Destiny 2 and Warframe player.

What the fuck am I doing?

That pic up there looks beautiful. Will check it out!

This is for @g.man

https://twitter.com/mymanlonte/status/1312846279328882690?s=19

With the current promotion in which any gamerscore earned through achievements are translated into rewards points I'm currently blasting through any old shite that has easy to earn achievements with the help of a guide.
I played Tacoma today and in just under two hours I finished it with 950g points having missed only one 50g achievement.
Next up is Untitled Goose Game.

Okay no it's pretty good. It's all a bit GOTCHA with the creeps but being in control of the movement really does add a layer of um fear to the proceedings. A well made VR horror game could be just about the most bone chilling horror experience around. Two actual "Fuckinell!" exclamations on the tally chart so far.

I enjoyed what I played of Observer (90mins-ish) but I'll have to start it again at some point. My save got wiped on PS4.

Yeah I think they all ramp up as they go along. They aren't long games but I think you kinda have to complete them to fully form an opinion.

I'm just a Sweet Soul Brother really.

Hyper Dot - It's nice
Ape Out - it's cool
Spiritfarer - it's pretty
Thumper - it's intense

Nice little selection of games there.  I think I got up to level 50 in Hyperdot, should go back.  Shame it's not on Switch, it'd be a better fit for handheld play imo.

That's probably why I stopped playing.

YES.

Thumper is cool but i think i was expecting it to be musical like some cool trance music to put me in the zone. It's a real intense experience though, VR must be insane!

(im playing these games because xbox is being repaired so cant play the addictive COD)

Huntdown

This is on Moots recommendation and it's just amazing, level structure, bosses, nicely done retro graphics, sound etc plus it's funny
Serously looking like my GOTY so far, about 50% through.