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    #7292
    Jordan 199
    Registered Users Posts: 11,639 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


    Art of Rally is coming to Xbox, Game Pass (Xbox, PC, Cloud) and Switch next Thursday. I like the Dirt Rally games so I'm looking forward to giving it a go.



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    #7293
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,480 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Shyte list from Geoff. My games are Life is Strange: True Colors, Outer Wilds DLC and Dying Light 2.

    https://twitter.com/summergamefest/status/1423429531524763649?s=19




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    #7294
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,806 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    If I got my game recommendations from Geoff I'd be playing nothing but Call of Duty and Fifa and wearing a burberry baseball cap.

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    #7295
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,794 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Metroid is the only one coming this year that I plan on getting at/near release.



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    #7296
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117714928#Comment_117714928

    Pyschonauts 2 and Metroid here. Otherwise it's definitely leaning into the narrative of AAA as endless trash.



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    #7297
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,480 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Since i have nothing to play for the next month, i decided to get PS Now (7 day trial is active again and I'll get 1 month after that for a tenner).

    Sickened to learn Ace Combat 7 is no longer on it, that was the first i was gonna try. Gonna take the opportunity to try games i always wanted but never bought like WWZ and some games that sound interesting but would have never bought like Car Mechanic. I see there's a new one coming out next week and it actually looks great.

    World War Z - 6th sep

    Judgement - 4th Oct

    Car Mechanic 2018

    OlliOlli

    Spec ops: The Line

    WWE 2K19

    Xcom Enemy Unknown

    Deadlight

    Everybody's Golf/The Gulf Club 2019



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    #7298
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,806 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Just find a way to play ace combat 7.


    Just so I can finally say to you 'told you so'.

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    #7299
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    I really want to like Psychonauts 2 but that would require playing Psychonauts first, I think.

    Anyone got a one-liner that would sell Psychonauts to me? 😊



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    #7300
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,794 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    I still have to play the first Psychonauts as well. I did find the reference to it in Alice Madness Returns though.

    Might give it a go after Skyward Sword



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    #7301
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,806 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117715047#Comment_117715047

    It's poundland Mario 64 with good writing.

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    #7302
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,094 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Sable still top of my list for the rest of the year, and really hope JETT: The Far Shore makes an appearance as well. Been waiting a long time for Psychonauts 2 so hoping it'll be worth the wait.

    I reckon the pandemic helps explain the quiet first half of the year - really does feel that's when a lot of WFH complications etc... started being reflected with delays. Still miraculous as many games came out alongside the PS5 and XBX given the chaotic months that preceded the launches, mind you.



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    #7303
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117715104#Comment_117715104

    hmmmm interesting 🤔



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    #7304
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,094 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Played through The Forgotten City this week and had a good time.

    https://youtu.be/zftn-aON45k

    The latest in the burgeoning time loop / detective game genres. This originated as a Skyrim mod, which you can tell straight away by the zoom into dead-eye characters' faces every time you start a conversation! And it's janky for sure (tiny team made it). But the central story is actually pretty damn strong for this sort of thing, and the size of the world feels just right. Lots of fun to be had figuring out how to put all the pieces in the right places. Not quite as stylish as Paradise Killer or as sharp as Outer Wilds, but a satisfying afternoon's fun for sure. There's a native PS5 version too, thankfully, which runs pretty well (apart from a few indoor bits which felt stuttery).



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    #7305
    JimBurnley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭JimBurnley


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117715003#Comment_117715003

    Finished Judgment last week, loved it, almost worth the PSNow subscription for the year on its own.

    I thought everyone knew at this stage that AC7 is awful but we won't get into that again... 😉

    On games leaving PSNow, the link below is really useful

    https://www.countdownplusevents.com/users/playstationnow



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    #7306
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 7,991 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    Is this the closest we've ever been to November, with not a whisper of news about the annual Call of Duty game?



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    #7307
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,891 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117716129#Comment_117716129
    https://twitter.com/VGC_News/status/1422665402254077958?s=19

    Only thing I could find. Looks like still releasing this year. Maybe we hear something during Gamescom



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    #7308
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    What's a "premium Call of Duty" game that's particular from a non premium one? 🤔



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    #7309
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,651 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117714170#Comment_117714170

    Assuming they deliver, Deathloop, Dying Light 2, Sable, Kena (maybe), 12 Minutes.

    I saw a trailer for GOTG yesterday showing a dialogue-heavy cut scene, and thought it terrible.



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    #7310
    Varik
    Registered Users Posts: 12,483 ✭✭✭✭Varik



    The remasters with just SP without mp, or if the game just had MP only or battle royal only would make them the non premium.



    The current COD has a new mode called Double agent for this season which is basically the Counter strike / GM game mode Trouble in terrorist town, one or more of the players is a traitor and has to plant a bomb or kill the other who don't know they're the traitor. It's never really got copied before but is a huge steaming / youtube game. Might makes future appearances now in the new and future cods and maybe if successful other games will copy it.



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    #7311
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Psychonauts is excellent. I would recommend anyone to play it. It's Xbox gamepass and then you can pick it up for buttons on PC.



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    #7312
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117716274#Comment_117716274

    PC and console = premium

    Mobile phone = non premium

    I'm assuming anyway 😁



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    #7313
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,094 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    As an aside, I think the psychic beach ball thing in Psychonauts is one of the most satisfying movement abilities in any 3D platformer. Hope navigation and movement in the new one is even slicker.



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    #7314
    J. Marston
    Registered Users Posts: 23,104 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    I've given up Apex Legends until the new character, Seer, receives colossal nerfs. I have never seen such a bullshít character in my 10 years playing multiplayer videogames.

    How does a team of people decide that a character with almost non-stop wallhacks is fair and good addition to the game? Chimps would do a better job balancing that game.



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    #7315
    Varik
    Registered Users Posts: 12,483 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117716883#Comment_117716883

    The way they were talking about it like he was just the same as Bloodhound's tracking and it's just another tracker was BS.

    It's the same in a lot of f2p games, the new thing is OP so people focus on it and preferably use the paid currency to unlock them; 750 apex coins in this case. They'll nerf it after they've made some money before it negatively effects them too much.



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    #7316
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,794 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117716638#Comment_117716638

    Not go with

    PC = Premium

    Everything else = non premium?

    😏 (bring back pac!)



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    #7317
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,807 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117715047#Comment_117715047

    It's not just a fine game. It's a double fine game.


    *leaves



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    #7318
    SuperBowserWorld
    Registered Users Posts: 6,484 ✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    Playing Skyrim Special Edition 4K HDR 60FPS on Series X 😊. GamePass. Not sure if I love it or hate it! Was really flying along and have hit a couple of bugs. Googling the workarounds. Feels like my day job. 😫 Saving all the time in case I get a game blocking bug ...

    Also, I can quick save anytime, even during boss battles, and continually restore my health. Good for filthy casuals like me! 😊

    I can see how Nintendo take these PC proof of concepts and turn them into fully fledged video games 😂

    Joking aside, it's a pretty special game. And apart from the bugs, runs like a dream on the X. I like the simple dungeons too. ie go from a to b without getting lost. Loot and hack and slash.



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    #7319
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,891 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    https://twitter.com/eurogamer/status/1424060335166742532?s=19

    Saw the concept art yesterday, could have been cool



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    #7320
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,651 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    I probably felt that I was too old for Power Rangers when it started, but that does look like it could have been fun.

    Anyone familiar with Jeff Grubb and how reliable/unreliable he is when it comes to scoops and insider knowledge? He's saying that the as yet unannounced Marvel XCOM game won't actually feature established Marvel heroes, but rather you'll be designing your own characters.



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    #7321
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,891 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117725272#Comment_117725272

    I think Grubb is usually correct. Found a thread on reddit of somebody going through all his previous scoops, alot were correct

    https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/o1yk6t/analyzing_reliability_of_jeff_grubb/



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