I've alwats loved love point and clicks but it's so much more bearable these days with instant access to walkthroughs. Even then there was a puzzle last night that even the walkthroughs weren't helping with. Got there evenentually but if it was the old days I probably would have given up and put the 14 floppy discs in the bin.

You did well getting near the end for an 11 year old!

Scout wrote:

I've alwats loved love point and clicks but it's so much more bearable these days with instant access to walkthroughs. Even then there was a puzzle last night that even the walkthroughs weren't helping with. Got there evenentually but if it was the old days I probably would have given up and put the 14 floppy discs in the bin.

This can be a good site for the old P&Cers:

http://www.game-hints.com/

Doesn’t just give you the answer but provides escalating hints that nudge you more forcefully towards the solution.

I believe the guides are all user-generated, so the quality may vary.

Yossarian wrote:

Scout wrote:

I've alwats loved love point and clicks but it's so much more bearable these days with instant access to walkthroughs. Even then there was a puzzle last night that even the walkthroughs weren't helping with. Got there evenentually but if it was the old days I probably would have given up and put the 14 floppy discs in the bin.

This can be a good site for the old P&Cers: http://www.game-hints.com/ Doesn’t just give you the answer but provides escalating hints that nudge you more forcefully towards the solution. I believe the guides are all user-generated, so the quality may vary.

Thanks for that. Good shout. I've bought a few more point and clicks for Steam Deck so this will come in handy.

Grounded

Me and the boy Sparky started from scratch again several weeks ago as it'd been a while, and we weren't happy with our ill chosen main base position. We've found a much better place now, and have a second base on the go and several camps about the map.

This game is frankly staggering. The amount of content continues to blow my mind as we're constantly finding new insects and materials we've never seen before and therefore new weapon and item recipes to work towards.

We ventured up into a new area last night and the place is absolutely enormous (and not where we should be yet it seems, its tough) but man was it a blast to explore.

The exploration is just so much fun, and always rewarding as you find new things. We've managed to progress pretty quickly as we've done alot of this a bunch of times before, but for a new player coming in (especially when version 1.0 hits) I'd say there's easily over 100 hours of content. And this is content that's always feeling fresh as you explore, learn new recipes, upgrade equipment and fight new bugs.

Speaking of fighting, the combat is really good too. Each bug has different attack patterns and abilities, poison etc. Spiders are genuinely scary to fight, and you'll lose track of the amount of times you have to just turn and run for your life when things get too much.

Its just such a genius setting for a survival/crafting/exploration game. Each biome is interesting and there's so many things they could add even after 1.0 hits.

Honestly, I think this might be my favourite game in years. There's always new stuff to do, it's fun as hell to play and charming as all fuck. Every time we finish for a night we reel off a list of things we need to do next session. And more often than not it's things we've not done before, or at least prepping towards doing things we haven't done before.

Shit like Valheim, Icarus, Minecraft etc are my favourite types of games. Survive, base build, learn new recipes. Grounded is up there with the best of the best imo.

Absolutely superb stuff, I can't wait to see what else they do as it already felt like a complete game several updates ago.

We need to sort bridges there.

Hmm. What's format is that price on? Always fancied giving it a try

FranticPea wrote:

Hmm. What's format is that price on? Always fancied giving it a try

It was on the Microsoft store, £6.99 for the royal edition. The story and setting is what's grabbed me the most, seems to be completely historically accurate. Combat system is interesting, not sure I like it yet but can see Paul's point about it being clunky.

FranticPea wrote:

Grounded

Me and the boy Sparky started from scratch again several weeks ago as it'd been a while, and we weren't happy with our ill chosen main base position. We've found a much better place now, and have a second base on the go and several camps about the map.

This game is frankly staggering. The amount of content continues to blow my mind as we're constantly finding new insects and materials we've never seen before and therefore new weapon and item recipes to work towards.

We ventured up into a new area last night and the place is absolutely enormous (and not where we should be yet it seems, its tough) but man was it a blast to explore.

The exploration is just so much fun, and always rewarding as you find new things. We've managed to progress pretty quickly as we've done alot of this a bunch of times before, but for a new player coming in (especially when version 1.0 hits) I'd say there's easily over 100 hours of content. And this is content that's always feeling fresh as you explore, learn new recipes, upgrade equipment and fight new bugs.

Speaking of fighting, the combat is really good too. Each bug has different attack patterns and abilities, poison etc. Spiders are genuinely scary to fight, and you'll lose track of the amount of times you have to just turn and run for your life when things get too much.

Its just such a genius setting for a survival/crafting/exploration game. Each biome is interesting and there's so many things they could add even after 1.0 hits.

Honestly, I think this might be my favourite game in years. There's always new stuff to do, it's fun as hell to play and charming as all fuck. Every time we finish for a night we reel off a list of things we need to do next session. And more often than not it's things we've not done before, or at least prepping towards doing things we haven't done before.

Shit like Valheim, Icarus, Minecraft etc are my favourite types of games. Survive, base build, learn new recipes. Grounded is up there with the best of the best imo.

Absolutely superb stuff, I can't wait to see what else they do as it already felt like a complete game several updates ago.

I love the premise of this game but what kind of a time sink is it? I’m worried it’ll need commitment I can’t provide.

I don't think it's too much of a time sink to get some enjoyment out if it. If you enjoy atmosphere and exploration it's here in abundance. You do have to be ok with the survival side of things, me and the boy Frantic love having to plan for problems like that (or forgetting to plan/fucking up and trying to pull ourselves out of the shit). Dunno if there's a creative type of setting to ignore that or not, if not it could be a deal breaker.

Worth a go to find out how you take to it, you don't have to go crazy with the building or owt, a ramshackle camp is fine and probably more fitting

1.0 adds a story mode though, I think. Might be a good fit if you fancy a quick dip.

This might be a case of 'ignore me' as I may not have been paying attention to the trailer properly.

Resident Evil Village.

I don't know why I still try to convince myself I don't hate these games. They're even worse with a first person view.

ZMM wrote:

Hmm. What's format is that price on? Always fancied giving it a try

It was on the Microsoft store, £6.99 for the royal edition. The story and setting is what's grabbed me the most, seems to be completely historically accurate. Combat system is interesting, not sure I like it yet but can see Paul's point about it being clunky.

Make sure you learn all the advanced combat skills from the trainer guy out the back of the castle. Otherwise you can end up struggling through half the game not being able to do the same parries and combos the AI can.

Also there's stealth skills you have to get from the miller guy, otherwise you can't pickpocket and maybe lockpick IIRC.

Started Kena Bridge of Spirits today and it put a massive smile on my face throughout. The graphics are sumptuous, the cut scenes are exceptional and the music has really impressed. Gameplay is okay so far, it feels like a zelda lite from years ago and I don't mean that in a bad way. A great start.

Also started As Dusk Falls and after the initial reaction of 'urgh' to the art style the story did it's job and hooked me in massively. I can see why it has received so much praise.