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Doctor Nick · 11-01-2020 10:38PM

TitianGerm wrote: »

Unfortunately there'll be no Finchy this time

(Wolf) Finchy returns. Great first episode. Anyone see it?

J. Marston · 11-01-2020 11:02PM

I watched it. I enjoy RKG a lot. Gav's story about the girl he took to the cinema when he was younger is one of the few things to actually make me laugh out loud on the internet.

In a sea of "ITSYABOY.....LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE!" etc on gaming Youtube, they seem like 3 genuine lads having a laugh while playing games.

Jammy bastards are making 30k a month on Patreon! Piss-take.

Doctor Nick · 11-01-2020 11:09PM

J. Marston wrote: »

I watched it. I enjoy RKG a lot. Gav's story about the girl he took to the cinema when he was younger is one of the few things to actually make me laugh out loud on the internet.

In a sea of "ITSYABOY.....LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE!" etc on gaming Youtube, they seem like 3 genuine lads having a laugh while playing games.

Jammy bastards are making 30k a month on Patreon! Piss-take.

They are great. Blokes I could easily chill with and have a laugh. Don't recall the cinema story. Park bench is one that comes to mind.

Just watched first episode of Dark Souls 1 PTT. Rory has come a long way. Their patron increased by 5K on their first anniversary. Insane cash.

TitianGerm · 11-01-2020 11:22PM

Doctor Nick wrote: »

(Wolf) Finchy returns. Great first episode. Anyone see it?

Saw it earlier but put it on my watch list for the morning

I loved Sekiro. Was my GOTY last year.

J. Marston · 11-01-2020 11:28PM

Doctor Nick wrote: »

They are great. Blokes I could easily chill with and have a laugh. Don't recall the cinema story. Park bench is one that comes to mind.

Just watched first episode of Dark Souls 1 PTT. Rory has come a long way. Their patron increased by 5K on their first anniversary. Insane cash.

Same story. Starts off with the cinema, the "incident" takes place at a park bench later.

Doctor Nick · 11-01-2020 11:31PM

TitianGerm wrote: »

Saw it earlier but put it on my watch list for the morning

I loved Sekiro. Was my GOTY last year.

Sekiro is probably my favourite game of all time. I fcuking love From Software games. Every release from Demons Souls to Sekiro are my favourite games. Ever. I may be a bit obsessed with them. Enjoy the series. I look forward to Guardian Ape, Seven Spears, Sword Saint etc frustration.

Doctor Nick · 11-01-2020 11:33PM

J. Marston wrote: »

Same story. Starts off with the cinema, the "incident" takes place at a park bench later.

Would you happen to remember the episode/series? I've been trying to find it for ages now.

TitianGerm · 11-01-2020 11:40PM

Doctor Nick wrote: »

Sekiro is probably my favourite game of all time. I fcuking love From Software games. Every release from Demons Souls to Sekiro are my favourite games. Ever. I may be a bit obsessed with them. Enjoy the series. I look forward to Guardian Ape, Seven Spears, Sword Saint etc frustration.

Guardian Ape gave me a serious WTF moment :pac:

Loved all the boss fights though but the game was great from start to finish. I played on PC and I found the parry system very consistent and once it clicked I never lost it.

Lady Butterfly was a serious turning point for me. Took me hours but came away from that fight a better player.

Edit: Bloodbourne is my favorite but that is because I just loved the setting and atmosphere of it.

J. Marston · 12-01-2020 12:03AM

Doctor Nick wrote: »

Would you happen to remember the episode/series? I've been trying to find it for ages now.

It's an early one, that's all I know. PTT season 1 or 2?

Edit: One google finds it fairly easy actually...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz1vuOX3Pro&feature=youtu.be&t=2215

Doctor Nick · 12-01-2020 12:16AM

J. Marston wrote: »

It's an early one, that's all I know. PTT season 1 or 2?

Edit: One google finds it fairly easy actually...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz1vuOX3Pro&feature=youtu.be&t=2215

Nice one man, thanks. Been searching for that for years.

Doctor Nick · 12-01-2020 12:21AM

TitianGerm wrote: »

Guardian Ape gave me a serious WTF moment :pac:

Loved all the boss fights though but the game was great from start to finish. I played on PC and I found the parry system very consistent and once it clicked I never lost it.

Lady Butterfly was a serious turning point for me. Took me hours but came away from that fight a better player.

Edit: Bloodbourne is my favorite but that is because I just loved the setting and atmosphere of it.

Did you completely avoid spoilers so weren't aware of G.A trick? From memory, you played Sekiro much later due to exams. Guardian Ape frightened the life out of me. Second try and thought I was a God until...... Nope. Que at 20 least more goes.

johnny_ultimate · 13-01-2020 09:24PM

Well folks, I've played the first six or seven missions of Ace Combat 7 now, and it brings me no pleasure to report that it is not the second coming of Christ.

I mean, as far as games about planes shooting down other planes go, it's pretty good and the campaign has a nice, arcadey energy to it with good production values. It plays about as well as this kinda thing can (said as someone who has no interest in the more simulator aspects of flying games). But I mean it is what it is, and while there are some cool missions it's little more than a fun, solid slice of blockbuster silliness (and silly it is - the story is basically incomprehensible ****e).

TitianGerm · 13-01-2020 09:28PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Well folks, I've played the first six or seven missions of Ace Combat 7 now, and it brings me no pleasure to report that it is not the second coming of Christ.

I mean, as far as games about planes shooting down other planes go, it's pretty good and the campaign has a nice, arcadey energy to it with good production values. It plays about as well as this kinda thing can (said as someone who has no interest in the more simulator aspects of flying games). But I mean it is what it is, and while there are some cool missions it's little more than a fun, solid slice of blockbuster silliness (and silly it is - the story is basically incomprehensible ****e).

Uh oh your going to be in trouble with a certain poster :pac:

RobertFoster · 13-01-2020 09:54PM

TitianGerm wrote: »

Uh oh your going to be in trouble with a certain poster :pac:

Retr0gamer · 13-01-2020 10:56PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Well folks, I've played the first six or seven missions of Ace Combat 7 now, and it brings me no pleasure to report that it is not the second coming of Christ.

I mean, as far as games about planes shooting down other planes go, it's pretty good and the campaign has a nice, arcadey energy to it with good production values. It plays about as well as this kinda thing can (said as someone who has no interest in the more simulator aspects of flying games). But I mean it is what it is, and while there are some cool missions it's little more than a fun, solid slice of blockbuster silliness (and silly it is - the story is basically incomprehensible ****e).

Well I never said it was the second coming of Christ. Just think that what it does it does really well. Just had a total blast playing it. There's games this year with better narrative. Games with more innovative ideas. But from a pure exhilarating gameplay perspective, I just had way more fun with Ace Combat 7 than any other game this year (other than Sayonara Wild Hearts which I only played recently).

Now if you are going to tell me that Outer Wilds is a better and more deserving game... well not going to argue with you because I can't. I think all the publications saying it was a very weak year for games were playing the wrong games.

CastorTroy · 13-01-2020 11:13PM

I'm sure a thread will be created for it here or the PlayStation forum but Sony have said they're skipping E3 this year again

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-01-11-playstation-will-not-participate-in-e3-2020

Corholio · 13-01-2020 11:32PM

Ace Combat 7 in VR is absolutely brilliant, shame it's quite short. I enjoyed the flat game but it's sensational in VR.

Greyfox · 13-01-2020 11:58PM

CastorTroy wrote: »

I'm sure a thread will be created for it here or the PlayStation forum but Sony have said they're skipping E3 this year again

A really stupid and baffling decision

CastorTroy · 14-01-2020 12:30AM

Other reports saying they've had a falling out with the organisers.
At the same time it's not like they'll be completely under the radar. E3 was grand before the times of instant news.
Sure so far they've just been mostly giving information to single outlets rather than announcements yet the information spreads quickly. Just have to look at how the PS5 logo reveal was received.
True, they give Microsoft a clear path that weekend but Sony also get an entire event to themselves when they decide and that event will hopefully be on before 2am our time.

Retr0gamer · 14-01-2020 12:35AM

Nothing surprising there. E3 is becoming increasingly meaningless and Nintendo showed you can do great pr without E3. Sony's last E3 conference was an expensive pile of garbage and copying Nintendo this year hasvworked a lot better for them. No surprise they are skipping it again.

Penn · 14-01-2020 09:03AM

Yeah I wouldn't have expected Sony at this year's E3 anyway, given that skipping it last year had zero impact on them. With the PS5 this year, they can have their own shows and maybe show something at some of the other smaller shows and get a bigger share of the headlines/press coverage.

Retr0gamer · 14-01-2020 10:10AM

Been playing Metal Gear Peace Walker off and on while at the parents house and thoroughly enjoying it. I finished the main game recently and while I really enjoyed it I'm now on to the post game and it really reminds me of the VR mission pack for MGS on the PS1. Little bitesized missions exploring the mechanics of the game in weird and wonderful games.

What I wasn't impressed by was the quite frankly pedophilic date paz mission.... How that managed to make it to the final game is baffling.

SomeSayKos · 14-01-2020 10:28AM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Take for instance Easy Allies hyperbole filled God of War review

Easy allies have a policy of letting whoever is the biggest fan of a particular franchise review the newest game, which personally I think is a bit silly. I watch a lot of their content ( i'm a patron ) but I only tend to watch reviews written by Ben, Bloodworth or Damiani as I think they're best critical writers there.

Retr0gamer · 14-01-2020 10:32AM

I agree. Think it's a really dumb way of doing reviews as you don't end up with objective criticism of the game especially with the Easy Allies crew who just get caught up in the hype too much. I don't think they are mature enough or cynical enough to give an objective review over a game they are salivating and fanboying over.

The Phantom Pain · 14-01-2020 11:09AM

one armed dwarf wrote: »

Yeah but when I started up Brotherhood it felt like I was just filling in parts of the map all over again like in ACII. It did not feel new or fresh at all, just a different location with Rome.

It's a series that just never moved forward in an interesting direction past that one game imo. At least until they re-invented it with Origins, which I haven't played I'll admit.

The borgia towers? The staff recruitment system? Multiplayer? None of that felt new?

Potential-Monke wrote: »

And of course, it led to Odyssey, which is utterly amazing. Some people are giving out it's not Assassins Creed, and I can appreciate that, but Assassins weren't around until Origins, and Odyssey is set ~360 years before Origins, so of course it would be less Assassiney. It's a game set in the AC world, where they're exploring the origins of the Pieces of Eden. And I think they've done a brilliant job, connecting the Pieces of Eden to mythological events throughout time. And I think that's where people are going wrong, expecting a typical AC game from a game set before Assassins were a thing!

I absolutely adore Odyssey, have nearing 500 hours in it but just to play devil's advocate: I don't think the issue is that some fans are expecting a traditional AC game set prior to the Brotherhood forming. I think the complaints stem from, knowing that is the case, whether Odyssey should have been made in the first place. If the writers established the creation of the Brotherhood with Origins then why make a game that predates it unless you're trying not make an Assassin's Creed game? I think that's the logic of those who have taken against it.

Anyway, Odyssey was definitely the breath of fresh air the series needed (and Origins), and I'm still playing it today. I recently went back to complete the DLC and have spent the last 5-10 hours just cleaning up the map instead. I reckon I still have another 25+ hours left in this, and that's still without clearing out everything (is that even possible?!). I am truly stoked for Ragnarok, especially as they will be visiting the Emerald Isles!

I'm pumped for Ragnarok as well, have a feeling it's going to be epic. Currently trying to get the plat for Black Flag in preparation as I always replay old AC games when a new one is about to be released

one armed dwarf · 14-01-2020 11:46AM

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

The borgia towers? The staff recruitment system? Multiplayer? None of that felt new?

Other than multiplayer, which I only spent a little bit of time on, none of these features felt very meaningful.

The recruitment stuff is a lot like how in an MMO you send off some squad to gather resources. Just another system to build up bigger numbers.

They could also assassinate for you but this kind of stuff and the Borgia towers are very incremental updates kind of like how in Tomb Raider each game would add a few new moves to lara's skillset.

When a new game comes out in a series I just need more than a small bulletlist of new features. That's where these games feel more like MMO expansions to me, just built on top of the old stuff with a few new bits and bobs here and there

Evade · 14-01-2020 01:36PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Been playing Metal Gear Peace Walker off and on while at the parents house and thoroughly enjoying it. I finished the main game recently and while I really enjoyed it I'm now on to the post game and it really reminds me of the VR mission pack for MGS on the PS1. Little bitesized missions exploring the mechanics of the game in weird and wonderful games.

What I wasn't impressed by was the quite frankly pedophilic date paz mission.... How that managed to make it to the final game is baffling.

Paz is

in her mid 20s

Retr0gamer · 14-01-2020 02:11PM

Evade wrote: »

Paz is
in her mid 20s

That's some anime magical girl Loli **** going on there!

Penn · 14-01-2020 02:14PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

That's some anime magical girl Loli **** going on there!

It's very much of the "Quiet wears revealing clothes because she breathes through her skin" line of thinking.

Evade · 14-01-2020 02:14PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

That's some anime magical girl Loli **** going on there!

Or the spy pretending to be a teenager looks like a teenager.

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