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hylian_elf

The PS4 game is very different, less button mashey too. I’m not a fan of the earlier games at all but loved the PS4 game.

Moot_Geeza

I started with God of War III. Wasn't the deepest in terms of combat but it was an enjoyable romp with screen filling bosses.

I much preferred the PS4 entry though, it's a very well put together game.

yourfavouriteuncle

I hated any of the GoWs I tried before the PS4 one and even with that I had to persevere for a few hours before it felt less toxic to me. Then it became brilliant.

stonechalice

I found it overlong and the movement and combat clunky as hell.

davyK

Cupatay wrote:

Think I'm gonna jump into God of War properly. I've played it for a few hours but it's never gripped me, dunno why despite it being right up my street.

Probably because it is one of the most boring games I have ever had the misfortune to play. A button mashing bore-a-thon on PS2. Maybe it has improved - I bloody well hope so.

Never played any of them to be honest, I have heard the combat is far from a button mashing bore-a-thon though. This one's held in very high regard by all accounts Davy. I'm a sucker for a shiny cinematic action game, the one take thing is always impressive .

I LOVE the theme of GoW. I really, really wanted to like it. I even tolerated the QTE boss fights. But that running around mashing buttons made me feel totally disconnected from the outcome. The game looked gorgeous too. I put it away and gave it a couple of more tries after a break. I really gave it a go. Hated it. Such a disappointment.

So I hope that the new ones are good 'uns. It's a stunning IP.

Cupatay

I missed them all on ps2/3 as I was a proper full on og Xbox and 360 guy. I didn't get a ps2 or ps3 until the end of their cycles so God of War has always been abit of an unknown to me.

In what little I've played of the ps4 one it does have a sense of grandeur and wonder. Reminds me of how I felt when I first played fable and started discovering that world. Oh and slamming that axe down heavy or recalling it after throwing it feels brutal. I've got put some time in, I'm sure I'll love it.

b0r1s

Never played any of the OG games but loved GoW PS4. Yeah it starts off a bit button bashy but as you gain skills and equipment you can mix up lots of different styles of combat.

nick_md

hylian_elf wrote:

davyK wrote:

nick_md wrote:

Ah sounds pretty standard for modern arcades tbh. Las Vegas is the best in London that I've seen, reasonable selection of racers, gun games, fightmans and music games, with air hockey and grabbers thrown in.

There was an arcade in central London that was a shmup community meeting place. Think it was called Casino (Goodge St?). They used to swap PCBs out of cabinets regularly. Gone now. Was probably a dump but it sounded good fun.

Yeah, Casino was a regular for me in my teenage years alongsde Trocadero.

Talking of Triocadero... Fun fact (not): Picturehouse Central was converted from Trocadero Cineworld. I did not know that! Should've guessed. Used to go to that Cineworld all the time when I was a graduate bum with my all-you-can-cinema card.

Aye used to go Casino when I first came to London, they had a mushi cab regularly. Fightmans ranking battles took place there too. Gone now ofc.

There's a good arcade for music game fans by Angel station called Vega, has the only IIDX cab in London, maybe even the country. It's regularly a good 45 min wait for a go tho so fuck that. Told this story before but bumped in a former top player from the States there, he was the only non Japanese person to have their scores included in PS2 IIDX 11 iirc.

digi

nick_md wrote:

hylian_elf wrote:

davyK wrote:

nick_md wrote:

Ah sounds pretty standard for modern arcades tbh. Las Vegas is the best in London that I've seen, reasonable selection of racers, gun games, fightmans and music games, with air hockey and grabbers thrown in.

There was an arcade in central London that was a shmup community meeting place. Think it was called Casino (Goodge St?). They used to swap PCBs out of cabinets regularly. Gone now. Was probably a dump but it sounded good fun.

Yeah, Casino was a regular for me in my teenage years alongsde Trocadero.

Talking of Triocadero... Fun fact (not): Picturehouse Central was converted from Trocadero Cineworld. I did not know that! Should've guessed. Used to go to that Cineworld all the time when I was a graduate bum with my all-you-can-cinema card.

Aye used to go Casino when I first came to London, they had a mushi cab regularly. Fightmans ranking battles took place there too. Gone now ofc.

There's a good arcade for music game fans by Angel station called Vega, has the only IIDX cab in London, maybe even the country. It's regularly a good 45 min wait for a go tho so fuck that. Told this story before but bumped in a former top player from the States there, he was the only non Japanese person to have their scores included in PS2 IIDX 11 iirc.

There was a IIDX 11 machine at arcade club in Bury were I went last Friday (stag weekend start), couldn't figure out how to start it so after a few minutes trying I went and got a beer for me and a couple mates then went for a quick spliff outside.
Gone back to see what else I could play on the floor and there was a chap giving it fingers of death....was impressive....I ever did get to play on it.

Definitely going back there at some point, so much I didn't play that I wanted.

FranticPea

I spent about 2 hours playing drunken Track and Field when I went, then found Toobin and spent ages on that and left without even seeing one of the floors.

digi

FranticPea wrote:

I spent about 2 hours playing drunken Track and Field when I went, then found Toobin and spent ages on that and left without even seeing one of the floors.

Me and my son were on Bishi bashi drunk for about 2 hours.
Sure I spent longer playing all the outruns though,
(Sp, c2c, etc) and got clears on all routes on c2c and sp.

nick_md

digi wrote:

nick_md wrote:

hylian_elf wrote:

davyK wrote:

nick_md wrote:

Ah sounds pretty standard for modern arcades tbh. Las Vegas is the best in London that I've seen, reasonable selection of racers, gun games, fightmans and music games, with air hockey and grabbers thrown in.

There was an arcade in central London that was a shmup community meeting place. Think it was called Casino (Goodge St?). They used to swap PCBs out of cabinets regularly. Gone now. Was probably a dump but it sounded good fun.

Yeah, Casino was a regular for me in my teenage years alongsde Trocadero.

Talking of Triocadero... Fun fact (not): Picturehouse Central was converted from Trocadero Cineworld. I did not know that! Should've guessed. Used to go to that Cineworld all the time when I was a graduate bum with my all-you-can-cinema card.

Aye used to go Casino when I first came to London, they had a mushi cab regularly. Fightmans ranking battles took place there too. Gone now ofc.

There's a good arcade for music game fans by Angel station called Vega, has the only IIDX cab in London, maybe even the country. It's regularly a good 45 min wait for a go tho so fuck that. Told this story before but bumped in a former top player from the States there, he was the only non Japanese person to have their scores included in PS2 IIDX 11 iirc.

There was a IIDX 11 machine at arcade club in Bury were I went last Friday (stag weekend start), couldn't figure out how to start it so after a few minutes trying I went and got a beer for me and a couple mates then went for a quick spliff outside.
Gone back to see what else I could play on the floor and there was a chap giving it fingers of death....was impressive....I ever did get to play on it.

Definitely going back there at some point, so much I didn't play that I wanted.

Nice! I think the cab at Vega is old style too, around 13 or so, but it's got a pc in it that runs the latest release.

Bob

Halo Infinite: Campaign

Haven't played a Halo since Reach but this is really really good. Got that classic Halo art style but looks amazing on Series X and the guns and buttons all bring back the old muscle memory but it's got a nice pleasing physicality to it now with the climbing and grapple and the first couple of levels are very exciting.

Just landed on what ever planet I'm supposed to be on and that's brillaint too. Not sure about the upgrading thing though... I always liked with the old Halos that the toolset was the same and you had to work your own stratergies out for getting good with it. Anyway so far so good.

hylian_elf

Wow. That looks and reads like a proper post, not a funky poem. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH OUR BOB?!

Moot_Geeza

Day off today, trying to rush through Control. I'm finding a few things mildly irritating but the slightly throwback gunplay is ticking boxes for me, feels a bit like a late gen Xbox game in a last gen world. Much like Quantum Break, which was goodfun.

Moot_Geeza

Control sure likes to fully crash though. That's three since I started the game.

davyK

A kind soul from here sent me the Steam key for Heave Ho.

Returned to that last night. I had only dipped into it before. Quite a game.

Must be a hoot in MP. Might get it for Switch.

Moot_Geeza

It's an outstanding local co-op/mp game, my favourite for years, if not ever.

superflyninja

After finishing Guardians of the Galaxy Im back on Ghost of Tshushima. The PS5 version plays silky smooth. Stunning game.

acemuzzy

Started Celeste afresh in Xbox and oof if it isn't still sublime. Gina soon for all the strawberries and cassettes this time I reckon. Pray for me.

hylian_elf

Nice! I’d love to play it again.

Moot_Geeza

I started again last week too. Only did the first section but I'm on the way. Super game. Towerfall Ascension offers top tier couch mp too, the devs have a similar hitrate to Jonathan Blow.

stonechalice

I love Celeste

acemuzzy

Oof even the first b-side is pretty solid, but that's me all fine on world one at least. Onwards...

regmcfly

Banjo Kazooie - I love this game, and have 100%Ed everything so far and am on Gobi Desert (World 6). It remains a delight but was the camera that fucking shit?

Also

Mario 3 - the Mario I never cleared (and I got through Lost Levels). The levels remain too bitty and short, with no exploration the way SMW gave it, but hey, I'm on world 8.

Bollockoff

The Wonderful 101 (PC)

So I generally really like Platinum games but there's some coarseness in this I'm really not enjoying. I'm frequently swearing at the camera which is often zoomed in way too much.

Moot_Geeza

I still dip in and out of that one on and off. Not because I like it (I fucking hate it tbf) but because a) I paid for it and b) I've read many good things. It's ridiculiusly long too, last time I checked if I was near the end I wasn't even halfway through.

Unlikely

Thought I could distract E after she came back from riding with SoT to give the in-laws a break. Instead they sat transfixed as E and I sailed to the far western reaches of the map only to be wiped out by a volcano. Then we tried again and got wiped out by a Kraken. I have never seen a Kraken before. That was quite a thing.

Mother in Law announced "we need to get one of these games for us".

hylian_elf

@Moot_Geeza I'm sure I've offered before and can't remember what your answer was, but I'll be happy to buy it off you if/when you do decide you've had enough and want to get rid.

regmcfly

Bollockoff wrote:

The Wonderful 101 (PC)

So I generally really like Platinum games but there's some coarseness in this I'm really not enjoying. I'm frequently swearing at the camera which is often zoomed in way too much.

I'm a big fan of this one but it is one you just need to do in a session because as soon as you step away your brain is mince.

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