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wotzgoingon · 15-05-2022 03:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119060178#Comment_119060178

That was some great value game The Orange box. I had never played Half Life when I got it and to get a few games of it and then the amazing Portal game too and then also TF2. Amazing value right there.

Mr Crispy · 16-05-2022 12:03PM

No, games won't look like this any time soon. But it's still a pretty cool demo for UE5 and Quixel. The environments shown apparently only took days to create.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca2ME4Wy0eM

EoinMcLovin · 16-05-2022 02:19PM

https://youtu.be/jZ9-F5varVM

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SuperBowserWorld · 16-05-2022 02:29PM

Using this to manage the games I've to finish, never mind my backlog.

https://www.grouvee.com/

Seems quite nice

Mr Crispy · 16-05-2022 03:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119071067#Comment_119071067

Steam only?

SuperBowserWorld · 16-05-2022 05:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119071262#Comment_119071262

Not at all. Just search and add your games. I think maybe you can import from Steam.

Mr Crispy · 16-05-2022 06:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119071845#Comment_119071845

Cheers, will check it out. 👍

Jordan 199 · 17-05-2022 12:14PM

I'm going to play the first Forza Horizon game again on my Xbox 360. A great game on a great console.

Howok · 17-05-2022 01:00PM

Recently bought 3080, I think this is not a mistake

wotzgoingon · 17-05-2022 01:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119075097#Comment_119075097

That was a good game but they encouraged bad driving like crashing into things to gain points. From 2 onwards you got points for clean driving.

EoinMcLovin · 17-05-2022 11:04PM

Cyberpunk 2077 sizzle reel created using unreal engine 5

https://youtu.be/jOwNE60bbfU

Zero-Cool · 18-05-2022 02:10PM

I hit a lull after Elden Ring, wasn't enjoying any of the games I had been playing, downloaded old ones, sold Dying Light 2 and Gran Turismo 7 for 90 psn credit and bought a few indies but 1 game managed to yank me out of the slump, Dysmantle. 20 quid on PSN (and I assume other platforms) and it's amazing. GOTY candidate for me along with Elden Ring and Sifu.

recyclops · 18-05-2022 04:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119081000#Comment_119081000

I am the same, currently trying to slog my way through horizon forgettable west and I just cant be arsed turning it on. I may pick up dysmantle as its like 3 quid on xbox or it was at least

EoinMcLovin · 18-05-2022 04:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119081644#Comment_119081644

you can get Dysmantle for around a fiver via Eneba

johnny_ultimate · 18-05-2022 05:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119081765#Comment_119081765

And grey market sites such as that have a long history of screwing over indie developers in particular.

Indie games aren’t expensive - at least wait for a sale when you know the developer is going to get a proper share.

Zero-Cool · 18-05-2022 05:24PM

I got it for 16 on psn sale and actually feel i underpaid with the amount of content and enjoyment I'm getting out of it. A lot of Indies on psn are 20, most are shyte but this is a steal at the asking price.

Grumpypants · 18-05-2022 09:40PM

The slump is real. After a great few months I'm in the inbetween phase where I Just can't get "into" anything new.

Played an hour of Elden Ring, I've tried starting cyberpunk 3 separate times, dying light 2 I've played the opening 2 hours. I know All of them should be good but Im too tired these last few weeks to deal with games that need a big investment.

Most likely I'll come back and finish them in a few years and kick myself for waiting so long 😂

18-05-2022 09:54PM

I usually play a short indie game as a pallette cleanser between bigger games.

Zero-Cool · 18-05-2022 10:04PM

Dying Light 2 was just a bit shyte, not a patch on the first game. If i can ever pry myself away from Dysmantle or when i finish it, I have Virginia and Xcom 2 dlc to try. Have Mafia 1 downloaded for another playthrough with the recent rumours of a prequel. Anyway, new PS Plus out next month and hoping to play some right classic games but not holding my breath for it.

SuperBowserWorld · 18-05-2022 10:12PM

Managed to get Fenyx Rising for 12 stg on Amazon delivered. Don't know how. CEX have it for that second hand, but I'm not near a CEX shop.

Anyway, looking forward to some BOTW like fun in high res 60 FPS on my XBox SX that I can dip in and out of.

Just need an AAA fix. BOTW2 is out sometime next year, and Starfield likewise, and everything else seems so grim or hard or expensive or on PlayStation. 🙂

18-05-2022 10:15PM

I'm a bit worried about Starfield now. Definitely tempering my expectations.

Markitron · 18-05-2022 10:20PM

I have just played through Elden Ring and Cyberpunk, and am now deep into Horizon. Think I'll need a shorter non-openworld game as a pallet cleanser. Have Metro Exodus lined up but I think that one has openworld elements so not sure if it will be suitable.

johnny_ultimate · 18-05-2022 10:22PM

I personally recommend AAA games as a palette cleanser between indie and AA games as opposed to vice versa!

SuperBowserWorld · 18-05-2022 10:34PM

There is that cat game that's coming out on PlayStation and Windows. Why not Xbox ? Other games by the publisher are also on XBox and even GamePass.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_%28video_game%29

recyclops · 19-05-2022 06:57AM

I was interested in stray and the wife really wants it. Will pick it up but it looks a bit paint by numbers the more I see of it.

Annapurna games are very hit and miss, stray may eventually come out on xbox

Grumpypants · 19-05-2022 10:11AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119083275#Comment_119083275

I liked it, it is pretty funny. I did play on switch so maybe it felt more at home there.

Cordell · 19-05-2022 10:43AM

Fenyx Rising is like a ... Breath of fresh air if you allow me :) It's probably the best open world Ubisoft made in years.

Penn · 19-05-2022 11:53AM

I really did enjoy the vast majority of Fenyx Rising. It was a lot of fun, the puzzles and challenges were great, and the classic Ubisoftisms didn't bother me too much (even the usual "collect various types of resources to level up different stats, but some resources are shared between multiple upgrades so you need twice as many, or you could just buy some from our shop...")

But, there's a late game area that once I got to, my interest in the game plummeted. One of the worst game design decisions I've encountered in years. At that point it became a real struggle to even finish the game, never mind going for the platinum (which I was intending on doing while I was enjoying the game).

So yeah, its a great game, but expect to be kicked in the nads towards the end.

Mr.Saturn · 19-05-2022 01:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119084822#Comment_119084822

Could you tell what the decision is in spoiler tags by any chance? Mad curious as to what it could be.

Penn · 19-05-2022 04:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119085517#Comment_119085517

You spend the entirety of the game upgrading your stamina meter, because you use stamina for everything. Gliding, sprinting, climbing, swimming... all methods of traversal require stamina. So the easiest way to get somewhere is fast travel to a point near it and glide/climb/sprint to it, and throughout the game you're given pretty much complete freedom to do so. It's hugely convenient when it comes to going back and doing puzzles and challenges. But in the last area of the game you get to (Kings Peak), if you step outside of the delineated pathways, your stamina meter completely drains. So if you want to get to anywhere in the final area, you pretty much have to follow exact paths. Want to glide over to something you see in the distance? Can't. Want to fast travel to a point where you can just climb up the mountain to a new thing above you? Can't. See a puzzle on the map and know you need the reward material for your next upgrade, well you're going to have to find and follow the exact (and boring) paths around the mountain until you get to it. It completely took away the freedom, methods of traversal and the stamina meter you've been upgrading for the entire game, to absolutely no benefit. Even in terms of story, there was a reason for it, but it didn't matter and didn't add anything. My enthusiasm for the game became like the stamina meter... just completely drained instantly.

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