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City_Sean
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Has anyone played Hollow Knight? I've just seen the new one is our bur haven't played the original. Is it worth it? Need something to sink my time into before BF6 comes out. Have mostly been working through the battle pass on BF2042 but this week's missions are such an unenjoyable grind.
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In a roguelike mood at the minute, just finished up risk or rain 2 which was quite short but enjoyable and i'm now well into the rogue prince of persia which is from the dead cells guys. Nowhere near the same standard as dead cells but it definitely scratches that itch well and you can tell its the same devs.
Hollow knight is a fantastic game. Not played it since its original release so can't comment on how well it stands up to today's scrutiny. What I will say is there have been numerous very good titles in the same mould since then so there might be a chance it doesnt feel special by todays standards but It is undoubtedly worth a play if you like metroidvanias.
Can't say I had that issue myself. Perhaps just restart the game? You're literally at the start if you're unable to build your first crafting bench. I ended up getting the beefy platinum trophy for it i enjoyed it that much, don't play a lot of those kind of games but it sucked me in and I loved it even if I was kind of playing it wrong by not playing in co-op.
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Abiotic Factor is ace. Played it on PC though. Think we're towards the end, so no spoilers.
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Where are you up to? I can tell you if you're at the end without spoiling anything. Out of interest, where did you decide to set up camp?
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Residential Sector, and we're on the opposite side of the first tram stop. Four of us playing so it's ended up being a little cramped but it's good place to defend from, as there's only one way in.
Yeah, turned out I was being stupid by not putting the bench in the inventory wheel.
I can tell this game is going to take a, lot of my time. Three months of the ps plus pass, probably should have bought it!
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Playing Sword of the Sea with my littlest one over the weekend, very similar to the likes of flower, journey and abzu and only the last level has any kind of danger so really child friendly. Nice and relaxing in the main.
Been a really good year for games for me, have probably played less but enjoyed a bit more. Clair Obscure is just wonderful, Thank Goodness You're Here is hilarious, and I even enjoyed a FPS in High on Life for the first time in well over a decade. Haven't even got around to Atomfall or KCD II yet, but now the summer holidays are over I may stand a chance.
With FM26 on the horizon and new match engine footage released, which actually looks like an advance, I'm quite content with things so far. Although that hasn't stopped me from diving into a new save on FM24 trying to being Gibraltan football to a higher standard!
Also hugely looking forward to Aces of Thunder, just hope it sticks to a more realistic experience that going all action and arcade-like.
Been a really good year for games for me, have probably played less but enjoyed a bit more. Clair Obscure is just wonderful, Thank Goodness You're Here is hilarious, and I even enjoyed a FPS in High on Life for the first time in well over a decade. Haven't even got around to Atomfall or KCD II yet, but now the summer holidays are over I may stand a chance.
With FM26 on the horizon and new match engine footage released, which actually looks like an advance, I'm quite content with things so far. Although that hasn't stopped me from diving into a new save on FM24 trying to being Gibraltan football to a higher standard!
Also hugely looking forward to Aces of Thunder, just hope it sticks to a more realistic experience that going all action and arcade-like.
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Yeah you're on the home stretch. Reactors was where I saw a massive difficulty spike, once I got over that I was good for the rest of the game.
My base was where the aquarium is in the labs for a large part of the game then I pretty much abandoned it and set up camp right on top of the cart recall button once I really started to utilise the carts and personal teleporters and I could start hoarding pretty much everything. Too good of a perk to set up anywhere else.
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Honestly I just spent most of yesterday farming mats for an armor set (Protip for newcomers: Exhaust dialogue with every NPC, til they start repeating themselves, usually four times. You get blueprints from them.) for late game.
This is a worldie of a game though, I think Clair Obscura or Silksong are going to win game of the year, but this should be up there too. It's really good, and what a setting, legally distinct but it's still basically Black Mesa.
This is a worldie of a game though, I think Clair Obscura or Silksong are going to win game of the year, but this should be up there too. It's really good, and what a setting, legally distinct but it's still basically Black Mesa.
You know how you know a YouTube channel is brilliant?
I know absolutely fuck all about the subject matter but was gripped all the way through. Superb
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Cheers mate. Very kind.
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Simon Miller is turning up everywhere lately. Only recently spotted that he's now a regular on the overlap as the nominal arsenal fan. I used to watch him years ago when he worked for videogamer, their content was brilliant. No interest in wrestling so he fell off my radar when he moved into pro wrestling but now i'm seeing him everywhere.
Haven't watched wrestling in years. Will still watch his content on YouTube. Seems a decent bloke, had no idea he was a fucking Tarquin though.
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I saw a clipped bit of the overlap last season and could have sworn I saw him in the background but made no sense so assumed it was just a lookalike then I saw another clip where he was speaking and i think carragher mentioned he eas a pro wrestler which confirmed it was actually him. No idea how he transitioned into that gig, never really expressed any opinions on football from when i watched him. He seems to have taken over from that deluded fuckwit TY on there, shame he is a gooner as he always came across as a really decent bloke.
Im subscribed to him purely because of videogamer channel, the stuff him, burns, Jim and others made was genuinely brilliant, nothing like that out there anymore to my knowledge.
Here is one of my favourites from that era of videogamer, Geordie fallout.
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Do you like metroidvanias/platformers? With souls-inspired combat? If yes, then it’s a must-play masterpiece. I love it. Playing the new game at the moment and tbh it’s much more difficult than the first (and the first was extremely difficult in places!). But despite that, yes - play it. One of my all-time favourite games.