General gaming discussion

Fired it up on PC last night having never played a MGS game in my life. 30-40 minutes in and it's a nope from me, feels very much like a 20 year old game with a coat of polish on it.

I played the Resident Evil 4 remake when it came out in the same circumstances (never played a RE game) and that felt old from a plot/dialogue/voice acting perspective but everything else was updated, this just feels old everywhere. As soon as I saw Snake move (after sitting through God knows how many cutscenes) I thought this probably wasn't going to be my thing given there's zero nostalgia in it for me

Gave Lost Soul Aside a good few hours, but it needs more time in the oven. For what it is, its quite well made for a solo to team of 50 amateurs. There's nothing broken with it, just that each bit doesnt fit well together. Its missing direction. All actions outside of combat are stitched together. I didn't experience any open world, more like large levels, but the vast majority of them are empty, just to channel you a prearranged route towards a boss battle.

The English VA was atrocious, so I changed to Japanese, which may also be terrible but it doesnt sound it to me, no worse than an anime anyway. Story is meh, a reason to keep going and it just about services that. Graphics range from really good to grand. Usual guff really, overly complicated simple story. Collectibles for the sake of it, but mostly seems to be money to upgrade.

The combat was always meant to be the meat, and you can tell thats where most the effort went. I only got to the second type of weapon, but I know it'll start to really come into itself the more you unlock. Combat is not hard, quite button mashy if you're that way inclined, but there is a rhythm to it, and like I read ages back, anyone will be able to play it, but not many will make it look fluid. They want you to win, even going so far as to give you charms to make combat easier the more you die (50% less damage, deal 30% more). They want you using all the moves and making it flashy, which there is massive scope for. I assume Souls fans won't like it, too easy and something something bad boss battles, I try not to listen to them...

Its an action game, but it needs more time. I'll put it down for now but will definitely pick it up again down the line once they've polished it up a little.

Now, back to Coral Island, I only have 60 hours put in over the last 2 weeks......

I'm loving the xbox deals lately, got the OG Far Cry, Deus ex mankind - Humanity divided and The outer worlds for 15 euro!

Silksong supposed to be available on PC Game Pass as of half an hour ago, but it is not coming up in search results and the web page shows an error. Wonder if it is caused by a very large number of people trying to download it, though I imagine that would be mitigated by its relatively small file size, and it is hardly the first eagerly anticipated game they have published.

https://www.xbox.com/en-ie/games/store/hollow-knight-silksong/9n116v0599hb

Steam crashing and other stores can't handle demand according to techradar.

Can't believe you suckers actually thought Silksong was coming out today….

I am going to have to return to Hollow Knight. Maybe with a guide to get me past the lumpy bits.

Is it pretty much the same on Switch as PS4/5 ? Is there a 120 FPS version available ?