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SuperBowserWorld · 12-09-2025 08:22PM

Just finished the main game of Astrobot. Pushed though after being bored with the earlier levels. And it gets a lot better. What a great final boss battle and end credits. Hats off to Asobi for creating such a super polished and joyful game.

SuperBowserWorld · 13-09-2025 12:11PM

It's not as inventive as Super Mario Galaxy/Odyssey, and plagerises those game but it's a great experience in its own right.

Also it is more immediate, simpler and arcadey than those games - so it feels more like Super Mario 3D World.

The "over world" parts is like Pikmin at times where you control a load of bots. I wonder would they do a Pikmin like game with Astrobot. Could be really clever.

Royale with Cheese · 15-09-2025 09:05PM

Just finished the Indiana Jones dlc, fairly meh I thought.

Corvo · 16-09-2025 08:55AM

Tipping between three games at the moment, one of which I only started.

HellDivers 2 - brilliant game and I have hundreds of hours in it now, but my god is it in a state at the moment

Mafia Old Country - I like the look, I love the music, playing it in Sicilian is a joy. But it doesnt play that well. Stealth is terribly basic, shooting is awful but somehow it is all saved by the rest. I'll keep at it

Sword of the Sea - just wow. I love it. Pulled down the blackout blinds in the small gaming room I have, fired up the Govee lighting and switched this one and its just wonderful. Not my usual type of game but just a reminder to try games when they are available.

McFly85 · 16-09-2025 09:55AM

Finished Xenoblade chronicles 2 over my holidays, bounced off it before but it hooked me the second time. Felt like a proper epic JRPG. Battle system is good once you get into it and bigger battles are always far more rewarding. The side quests though are laborious!

Wanted something completely different before I jump into XC3, so started Gears Of War remastered last night.

It’s the most 2000s game ever. Everything is brown and green, the voice acting is painful at times and the friendly AI is useless most of the time. But the shooting is still enjoyable, mindless fun, which is what I’m there for!

Retr0gamer · 16-09-2025 10:07AM

Finished Xenoblade 2 myself recently. Brilliant game. Too many systems but that battle system is fantastic once you get the hang of it. The story was a bit too anime and I felt no where near as good as the first games story. I heard the dlc is absolutely amazing so might be worth checking out.

Zero-Cool · 16-09-2025 06:39PM

Details emerging about AC 4 Black Flag remake. Combat and inventory changing to fit the modern rpg mechanics. Edward levels up and loot levels like the rpg ones. Jesus they basically took a cracking game (bar the following missions) and added the stuff that put me off assassins creed.

Retr0gamer · 16-09-2025 08:23PM

Trails in the sky remake getting amazing reviews. I played the original and it's a slow burn but comes together wonderfully in the end and had a cliffhanger that left me in tears like a big softy.

Retr0gamer · 16-09-2025 08:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123822872#Comment_123822872

Also this game contain Estelle the Bestelle, videogamings best protagonist.

And Olivier, videogamings biggest horn dog.

blackwave · 17-09-2025 02:12AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123822872#Comment_123822872

Played the original and played the demo for the remake recently. Definitely, think this will be a hit bar a few die heads whinging about the translation changes. The combat feels much better and I like the quick change from overworld action based combat to turn based.

Jordan 199 · 17-09-2025 08:41AM

I got L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files. I didn't use my Sony PSVR headset in a while.

Penn · 17-09-2025 10:52AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123822586#Comment_123822586

Also rumoured they're removing the modern day stuff from Black Flag. If it was some of the earlier AC games, that would suck as I really think they added a lot to the overall experience. AC Black Flag though, that was where the modern day stuff took a huge nosedive. Wouldn't blame them for taking that side of things out of it, it barely added anything to the original (and detracted from the experience in a lot of ways, considering you were going from being a pirate assassin to a movie-studio grunt reading emails).

Exclamation Marc · 17-09-2025 02:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123824331#Comment_123824331

Yeah wasn't the modern day stuff in Black Flag the tedious first person office stuff where 90% was tedious and 10% drove the story? Don't think it'll be missed that much

Penn · 17-09-2025 03:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123825126#Comment_123825126

Yeah, after the cool modern day stuff in AC3 where you play as Desmond actually doing assassin stuff in the modern day, Black Flag had you as an Abstergo grunt who can use the Animus (despite no connection to an ancestor) to gain info from the past to help make movies. And it's all done in first-person where you read emails and try to unlock doors in the facility so you can read more emails. All to set up the next modern-day story thread since they had to bring Desmond's story to a close in the previous game and needed to continue to stretch out the franchise for as long as possible.

It was absolutely awful. As little as the modern-day stuff really mattered in the games, in previous games there was something of a coherent and interesting story, with small enough bits of content that really added to the experience and story without feeling like an annoyance.

The ones in Black Flag, felt like an annoyance. Included for the sake of including something, not mattering too much so they could drag it out as long as they needed, not interesting in terms of gameplay, and really detracted from the whole experience of the game.

Exclamation Marc · 17-09-2025 03:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123825161#Comment_123825161

Yeah it was so awful. Very wink wink nod nod as well to the Ubisoft studios. It was so disappointing that they completely fumbled the modern day stuff so badly. Really enjoyed the modern day stuff in the Collosseum and the Brazil stadium.

CatInABox · 17-09-2025 03:52PM

I think people are looking at some of the old AC games with rose tinted glasses, the modern day stuff has never been good. Never.

It's a series that would be significantly better if they just altered the story a little to remove that crap.

Penn · 17-09-2025 05:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123825293#Comment_123825293

It wasn't great in AC1 because you could do f*ck all in it. AC2 and Brotherhood I really enjoyed the modern day stuff. It wasn't overdone, had little bits of interesting gameplay and did an incredible job of enhancing the overall lore of the universe. Revelations was awful because it was this weird coma-verse with first person platforming things, the first sign of them stretching out the story. AC3 was pretty well done, where you could do decent small platforming, stealth and combat bits. But they had to bring that chapter of the modern day story to an end because it was literally 2012, so it tied in with the story.

They were never the best bits of the game or anything, but when it was good I always thought it really added to the experience of the game, served as a good break between chapters of the main game, and were generally like decent side missions.

But yeah, after the Desmond story concluded, they would have been better just getting rid of the modern day stuff at that stage.

SuperBowserWorld · 20-09-2025 03:43PM

I've started into the recent RoboCop game and recent Klonoa collection. Both are enjoyable and easy games to jump into and between with no huge time investment required.

Mr.Saturn · 21-09-2025 07:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123834655#Comment_123834655

Spoken like a dude that’s not gotten caught by a 5 minute long Klonoa cutscene of a plot you haven’t been following. Finished 2 there recently and hadn’t a **** clue who the boss was or why it suddenly got so operatic.

SuperBowserWorld · 21-09-2025 08:44AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123836367#Comment_123836367

I just skip the cutscenes. I think they're bad **** crazy. Just there for the platforming.

Mr.Saturn · 21-09-2025 09:03AM

Can confirm, absolutely mental.

Retr0gamer · 21-09-2025 09:44AM

The Klonoa 1 story is actually really good. 2 gets a bit too melodramatic. It does make sense if you don't skip the cutscenes.

Retr0gamer · 22-09-2025 08:10AM

Silent Hill f reviews coming in. 80-90 scores.

Jordan 199 · 22-09-2025 10:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123839192#Comment_123839192

I have been thinking about getting this, but I don't know if I will be able to handle the horror.

SuperBowserWorld · 22-09-2025 10:54AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123839550#Comment_123839550

Silent Hill f ... Hmmm

Super Bell Hill for you so

recyclops · 22-09-2025 08:15PM

Psyched for silent hill now after 2 was a disappointment

Mentalina · 23-09-2025 05:46AM

What's the best part of Resident Evil? :3

Zero-Cool · 23-09-2025 07:20AM

New trailer for Kojima's OD, looks incredible! Xbox game studios but at the end it says it's 'For and players and screamers'. Has it been mentioned if it's xbox exclusive?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHCqxLtwy5g

RobbingBandit · 23-09-2025 07:29AM

Thinking of starting Final Fantasy 12 Zodiac Age on Switch as Final Fantasy Tactics is out next Tuesday.

Retr0gamer · 23-09-2025 08:02AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123842299#Comment_123842299

Good luck finishing it by Tuesday, it's a looking game and the best part is all the optional stuff and super bosses.

The ivalice games take place hundreds of thousands of years apart with ff12 being first then FF tactics followed by vagrant story. You don't need to play them in order.

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