Just given up on... - The Bear and Badger

Chief

Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends

Wow. The handling model falls apart extremely quickly once you hit the Grand Prix races in the Golden Era, with almost no turning from moving the analog stick, no matter how high I set the steering sensitivity.
The number of starting cars/tracks for Quick Race is laughably tiny, too. Only unlocked by forcing yourself through the awful Career mode - something I will never do.

Uninstall imminent.

Dubs

RedDave2 wrote:

Dark Souls.

You idiot.

Almost in tears from dying on the final enemy (the trident demon) in 8-1 of God Hand, Hard mode, no powers. The worst thing about it is that that's the easy part, should just slip into the routine but was trying not to have a heart attack at the time.

[Deleted User]

You can do that shizzle dubs, I managed the trident dude - maybe not 8-1 (on normal mind) sans God Hand. I was comletely in the zone though, not managed to replicate it since.

Dubs

Oh yeah, just given up on for today

Took a while to get to that point as I'm taking the sword in with me, which means doing the first bit in a weird way.
Key thing with that demon is getting Tiger Joe in a corner before you kill him, which I didn't do, because when the demon backdashes he often goes straight into the really fast and massively damaging grab. Which he did. Pressure got to me, tried to chase him down straight away, right into his hands.
Should put the rest of Stage 4 up actually.

JonB

I've definitely given up on the single player of GTAV now. 20% in. I kept going because the heists and Trevor were supposed to be highlights, but neither were. Like most missions, the first heist involves following tedious instructions - go here, press this - apart from the escape at the end. And then the writing, which was already bad, just gets worse with Trevor. Just cringe inducing stuff.

Still playing the MP though.

Vela

Hitman Absolution. 17GB worth of PSN+ freebie which really doesnt click with me. AI seems a little too stubborn at times, and its obviously an acquired taste.

Chief

Nah, Absolution just isn't very good.

Bollockoff

It's a shoddy sequel. Goes hand in hand with Max Payne 3.

bibidybobbidyboo

Bioshock infinite. Seems like bioshock only much less interesting story and even more dumbed down gameplay. Got three hours in before realising I was wasting my time. Why did Edge give it a 9?

hylian_elf

The shooting is way better than the previous games. Nowhere near as floaty. And the setting and story are good, if not as much of an impact as the first game with its "look at me, I'm different" kinda attitude. Overall, a better game. I'd certainly replay it over the original.

stonechalice

I thought it was the biggest load of shit released this year. Totally overrated. A below average FPS dressed up in fancy graphics. Nothing made any sense. The whole premise was ridiculous.

Dark Soldier

Do you like anything chalice?

stonechalice

Dark Souls, Trials, Halo, CoD and GTA for about a week. Yes. All the usual quality games I like . I'm even rather partial to the new Assassins Creed game. I don't like Bioshock Infinite because I think it is shit, and I stand by that. It was overhyped and incredibly average. The reviews it got were bewildering. Don't niggle me for being critical DS, it's what keeps forums like this alive mate.

bibidybobbidyboo

stonechalice wrote:

I thought it was the biggest load of shit released this year. Totally overrated. A below average FPS dressed up in fancy graphics. Nothing made any sense. The whole premise was ridiculous.

Totally agree!

Dark Soldier

stonechalice wrote:

Dark Souls, Trials, Halo, CoD and GTA for about a week. Yes. All the usual quality games I like . I'm even rather partial to the new Assassins Creed game. I don't like Bioshock Infinite because I think it is shit, and I stand by that. It was overhyped and incredibly average. The reviews it got were bewildering. Don't niggle me for being critical DS, it's what keeps forums like this alive mate.

TRIALS LOVE MAH MAN

Chief

Lost Planet 3

It had so much potential, but it's all wasted on poorly-designed boss battles (honestly, one of them was quite possibly the worst boss fight I've ever encountered), boring and drawn-out shooting galleries and it's all wrapped up in a mess of glitches, juddering framerates and poor aiming controls.

AJ

Super Hexagon
I really can't understand why everyone was going on about it.

fullspectrum

Because it's amazing.

AJ

But it's not, the controls are over sensitive and the music gets repetitive really quickly.

acemuzzy

What are you playing it on? I imagine it's a better toilet game than e.g. on PC.

AJ

Middle ground: a 7" tablet.

Cos

XCOM. I love the game and it was a hard decision to give up but I've got to a point where I'm replaying missions numerous times because of problems with saving - mostly that I forget to do it, why is there no autosave?! But also a couple of difficulty spikes have wiped out almost my entire team and starting afresh is brutal.

I might go back to it at some point but I've got a massive pile of games I'm trying to get through before going next gen and this one is holding me back at the moment.

hylian_elf

AJ wrote:

But it's not, the controls are over sensitive and the music gets repetitive really quickly.

The controls are sensitive, but you can program your muscles/fingers to compensate. It's all about your reaction speed and getting through the different patterns, recognising one from another. Gets you in the zone once you get going. Simple but amazing.

Dubs

Sensitive? You touch the screen and the triangle moves immediately, digital innit.
I do find it much easier on a 360 controller though.

AJ

Perhaps sensitive was the wrong word for it. No matter how much I play, the bloody arrow keeps overshooting where I want it to go.

fullspectrum

It's bastard hard but very finely tuned. And I somewhat agree on the music, although the way it's made is to reward you with new bars of the tune the longer you survive, although that's obviously nails.

The reasons critics like it and I agree, is the tightness and purity of design. There's one mechanic only that is deep, rewards mastery and is available form the second you start playing, for me that's refreshing in a world of padding and fetch quests.

AJ

Ah, fair enough. I don't (often?) like games that use difficulty as a core thing from the off, so I guess it's not for me.

fullspectrum

There's no shallow end, which I think is too its credit, but I can fully understand it not clicking with a lot of folk.

For me it's all about seeing that the tube is two minutes away and seeing if I can have one mega-spin before it comes.

acemuzzy

Contrast

What an underwhelming intro to the "next gen". Current gen in its ambition, and worse than that in its achievement, the worst thing is its brokenness. A physics engine that gets you caught on things you can't see. Shadows, its key gameplay element, flickering and inconsistent. Textures with amateurish seams. Voice acting that I could better.

But it's an indie game, so maybe I should forgive. But then I dropped a crucial crate into the ether, and it never reappeared. And the most recent save was a whileiback. And I just have no desire to repeat what I'd done or see what came after (despite being right at the end).

Thank god it was short and free.

The only positives were some of the art and characterisation, occasional bits of music, and an inventive mechsnic. But overall, a [meh] out of ten.

JonB

The problem is it's not a next gen game. It's a current gen game (which is presumably identical on 360/PS3) rushed out to meet the PS4 launch, perhaps just so they could have some indie presence. It probably would've been a better game if it had been kept to the current gen and given more time.

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