[Mystic Mock]

I've started Watch Dogs 2 yesterday, I have only done a handful of missions so far, so my review won't be the most in depth in the world.

I am probably one of about 5 people that actually liked the first Watch Dogs Game as it brought something a bit different to the table (that was also interesting to me) and I would say that so far this Game looks like it's doing the same interesting ideas, but with a more whacky and zany cast.

It looks like it's a Game that's going to be fun, even if it isn't the most realistic or gritty Game in the world, and tbh I kinda miss that in modern AAA Video Games.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I've started Watch Dogs 2 yesterday, I have only done a handful of missions so far, so my review won't be the most in depth in the world.

I am probably one of about 5 people that actually liked the first Watch Dogs Game as it brought something a bit different to the table (that was also interesting to me) and I would say that so far this Game looks like it's doing the same interesting ideas, but with a more whacky and zany cast.

It looks like it's a Game that's going to be fun, even if it isn't the most realistic or gritty Game in the world, and tbh I kinda miss that in modern AAA Video Games.

I've finally beat the Game.

It's definitely harder than the first Game imo, it did create some iconic levels from the difficulty curb though, in particular Alcatraz Island and the Boat mission towards the end of the Game were really fun to try and master.

And tbh whilst I did like Watch Dogs 1 & Aiden Pearce personally, I do think that Marcus and the other DeadSec members in Watch Dogs 2 are just a really fun unit to play around with and explore. The villain was really fun in a demented kinda way too.

I've heard that Watch Dogs: Legion is very experimental which has lead to controversy, but I am looking forward to playing it once I've come down from the Watch Dogs 2 high, if you didn't like Watch Dogs 1 because you found it to be a bit bland, then I recommend that you give Watch Dogs 2 a try as it's a lot more wild imo.

The only real flaws that I had with the Game were there needed to be more Operation Intels/side missions in the Game, especially compared to Mafia III which came out in the same year with a similar budget to Watch Dogs 2 and it had way more side content. And I personally would've liked the checkpoints to sometimes have been better placed when I was getting killed, like the mission where I'm having to go up to one of the enemy buildings on a Crane over and over again every time that I'm getting killed can be extremely annoying.

But tbf I suppose the flaws do add a charm to a Game rather than it feeling too mechanical in it's presentation.

[Nicky91]

Fallout 4 still

am stuck with the Fort Hagen mission, am avoiding that one for now on, i first also need to resupply myself properly with enough fusion cell ammo against the synths, and i need plenty of missiles too for Kellogg considering that one got a **** load of health and xp

i sent Nick Valentine off to Far Harbor, at Longfellow's Cabin for the time being, more also because Longfellow needed some backup against the monsters tbh and i only need Nick when i am past fort hagen apparently to continue main storyline


am currently investigating through police stations terminals, being sent from east to south boston police stations now for something important maybe?


am avoiding super mutants like the plague too because their firepower is a little too much for me and those bloodhounds

[Barry.]

I need to start getting back into Disney Deadlight Valley.

[Mystic Mock]

I've started playing Umineko: When They Cry - Questions Arc.

So far I'm feeling mixed on the Game.

Tbf I'm only a few Hours into Episode 1 (so it's really early impressions of a 60 hour Game) and so far I'd say that I'm liking the atmosphere of the Game, and some of the characters are interesting (in particular I am fascinated by George) because I have my own theories on that character that I like if it's the case.

My main issue I'm having with the Game so far is the pacing is horrendously slow, I get that it's a Visual Novel, but ffs I have never seen a Visual Novel take so long just to get the first big event to happen (in this Game's case it would be the first murder) at the moment it's basically a Family Drama with a faint/feint hint of Supernatural Horror/Fantasy going on.

I get that it's not gonna have the pacing of an Uncharted or Assassin's Creed Game (and I wouldn't want that for this Game) but a little bit faster paced would be nice.

On a shallow note (excluding Maria and Shannon tbf) the girls are very hot in this Game.

And don't worry I have checked, by UK law Jessica is of legal age, thank God.

Seriously though the Game has potential for me to like it, and I did like it's Cousin in Higurashi in the Anime world, so I'm holding out hope for this Game.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I've started playing Umineko: When They Cry - Questions Arc.

So far I'm feeling mixed on the Game.

Tbf I'm only a few Hours into Episode 1 (so it's really early impressions of a 60 hour Game) and so far I'd say that I'm liking the atmosphere of the Game, and some of the characters are interesting (in particular I am fascinated by George) because I have my own theories on that character that I like if it's the case.

My main issue I'm having with the Game so far is the pacing is horrendously slow, I get that it's a Visual Novel, but ffs I have never seen a Visual Novel take so long just to get the first big event to happen (in this Game's case it would be the first murder) at the moment it's basically a Family Drama with a faint/feint hint of Supernatural Horror/Fantasy going on.

I get that it's not gonna have the pacing of an Uncharted or Assassin's Creed Game (and I wouldn't want that for this Game) but a little bit faster paced would be nice.

On a shallow note (excluding Maria and Shannon tbf) the girls are very hot in this Game.

And don't worry I have checked, by UK law Jessica is of legal age, thank God.

Seriously though the Game has potential for me to like it, and I did like it's Cousin in Higurashi in the Anime world, so I'm holding out hope for this Game.

10 Hours into the Game and I finally got to the first crime.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

10 Hours into the Game and I finally got to the first crime.

To update on Umineko.

I've got to episode 4, and while I do appreciate that the basic ideas and the characters are good, I do hate how I feel the Game is artificially dragging what is at it's core is a Murder Mystery out for so many hours.

And look I'm not saying that every Game has to be a fast paced Game like Doom or most Resident Evil titles, but I shouldn't feel like I'm facing padding or adding new characters just for the sake of adding new characters in the story, it's quite annoying when stories do this imo.

I think I'm going to play Spark The Electric Jester 3 over the next few days.

[Nicky91]

whew Bundesliga title won with Hamburger SV


105 million prize money here it comes


now having DFB Pokal final vs Bayern, and Europa League final vs Chelsea left of this first season

[Nicky91]

in terms of Fallout 4

am stuck regarding Fort Hagen, too difficult for my liking in terms of the synths, they keep killing me because i'm not fast enough


i am a general now though, i got local leader perk, so am setting up supply lines between some of my settlements, having Sanctuary as my main base with most of my possible companions stored in there (Piper, Preston Garvey, MacReady, Codsworth, Dogmeat) i have Nick Valentine over at Longfellow's Cabin because i need Nick more for any Far Harbor related quests

i currently am travelling with Old Longfellow through the commonwealth, he's a good marksman with his shotgun


am doing side-quests for Railroad, Brotherhood, not really choosing a side for now but if i have to, i think i prefer more firepower of brotherhood

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by iragrubbs@gmail.com

Oh, this is my favorite game.

Welcome to the Forum.

I've started playing Dragon Ball Fusions, and as someone that's never had anything to do with Dragon Ball before, I'm really enjoying the Game.

My pros & cons for the Game.

Pros:
1. I like the fact that it's an original story that I can get into, and not some rush job on an arc established in the Anime or Manga.

2. I like some of the characters that I've met so far.

3. I like the battle system for the most part.

Cons:
1. I don't think it's good Game design to gain experience for losing fights, it takes away the incentive of trying to win a fight to earn experience.

But having said that I believe that most players would enjoy this Game, as long as you keep your expectations reasonable and don't go around expecting it to be the next Persona or Final Fantasy.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Welcome to the Forum.

I've started playing Dragon Ball Fusions, and as someone that's never had anything to do with Dragon Ball before, I'm really enjoying the Game.

My pros & cons for the Game.

Pros:
1. I like the fact that it's an original story that I can get into, and not some rush job on an arc established in the Anime or Manga.

2. I like some of the characters that I've met so far.

3. I like the battle system for the most part.

Cons:
1. I don't think it's good Game design to gain experience for losing fights, it takes away the incentive of trying to win a fight to earn experience.

But having said that I believe that most players would enjoy this Game, as long as you keep your expectations reasonable and don't go around expecting it to be the next Persona or Final Fantasy.

I've finally beat the Game.

I really enjoyed it, easily a 9/10 at least, maybe even a 9.5/10, as I've said before the only negative about the Game for me is the gaining experience when you lose fights component, but even that isn't game destroying imo.

[Mystic Mock]

I've completed Spark The Electric Jester 3.

I really enjoyed the second Game, but I've got to say that I think that the third Game might be even better.

There's more variety in the objectives of the levels, and I do think that the biggest improvement has definitely come in the combat, it was clunky in the second Game imo, but I felt like the boss fights were a lot more intense in the third Game.

And a compliment to both Spark Games that I think they may even surpass their inspiration (Sonic) on and that's how well written the story is, don't get me wrong it's not as well detailed as certain AAA Games out there, but I definitely feel like Spark brings more to the table in this area than most might think before playing the Game.

The only flaw I would say that I really had with the Game was on the final area, I won't spoil exactly what my issue was, but despite being one of the best designed levels in the Game, the developer did add an element to it that was more frustrating than fun in my view.

Overall though a very good Game, I really miss those early 00's Sonic Games, and Spark 2 & 3 really deliver on the nostalgia.

[Nicky91]

F1 2021 again, continuing with my Benetton-Lamborghini career mode as Fisichella


Monaco, Azerbaijan i DNF'd, street circuits aren't my cup of tea


currently into Canada, am liking this same amount still as back with Grand Prix 3 game on PC

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am HUGELY looking forward to whenever star trek resurgence is available to buy in my nation for PS4, looking FAB-U-LOUS and everything i have been wishing for like 10 years now, multi dialogue telltale style star trek game + apparently also a new voice actor for Spock, whom gets great reviews too, great impersonation of Leonard Nimoy's that is

[Nicky91]

i began with Canada quali's and race


my teammate Giuliano Alesi is one big pile of ****, he qualified in last place


i was on course for a fast time in Q2 until i got pushed of the track by Verstappen and i qualified in 16th


began the race, doing so well, getting into the points + fastest lap, around 9th 10th positions, i get pushed of the track by Vettel and then Verstappen while he lapped me, and i got put on 2 laps because i kept spinning, sooo hopeless case, currently at 21/35 so basically i just have to finish this one up tomorrow, but i already know it is pointless now, and again no points for me


so far street or half street circuits aren't my specialty at all, 2 DNF's (Monaco, Azerbaijan) 1 likely last place (Canada)

my wins are at normal tracks (Bahrain, Spain)


and once again some electrical issue with my car, 3th time in a row now, need to get that fixed of my car ahead for next race


but tbh, 52 points in my debut season ain't bad, currently 6th place, will likely drop after this current canada race but still not bad, my teammate however needs replacing

[Mystic Mock]

Over the past couple of days I've started playing an old Game Gear Game that I bought from the 3DS e-Shop (before it shut down) called Tails Adventure.

It's a spin-off Game in the Sonic franchise with a bigger emphasis on exploration rather than speed.

My opinion on the Game is overall a bit mixed, I like some of the terrain and enemies that you face in the Game, but the one thing that I can't stand is how unbalanced the difficulty can be on the Game.

What I mean is that I don't want to keep backtracking to find items that I need when I've already beat what has already been a really challenging level for me, it's just being challenging in an irritating way rather than a fun way.

I get tbf that it was a Game that came out in 1995 tbf, so it's probably dated in certain areas.

As I've already said, the Game does have it's good points, so if you're up for a Tails Game with an exploration theme, then give it a go, if you're in it for a more linear experience or solid Platforming, then probably avoid as it's Platforming can be annoying and a bit unfair tbh, and it does expect you to explore levels in-depth so it's not a straight forward get from A to B approach.

[Mystic Mock]

Final Fantasy XVI - It's a well made Game tbf, time will tell on which way I swing with it personally though (and no it's nothing stupid like it's got Fantasy in it) like one review attacked the Game for, or because a Game based on Medieval Europe culture dares to not have black people in the Game, because that would be silly and encouraging badly written characters to be in the Game just to tick a box is not a good thing (especially considering the Game does fall into this box ticking trap in a different way) which I will get to further down the post.

First though here are my pro's for the Game.

Pro's:
1. I love the blended styles of Berserk, GOT, Dragon Age, and even sprinkles of Resident Evil jokes on top of the Final Fantasy tropes, for the most part they execute this blend really well (especially the GOT & Dragon Age stuff) so imo all is good on that front.

2. Cid

3. Benedikta

4. Strong boss fights

Cons:
1.

Spoiler:

Killing off imo the two characters with the most charisma is not a move that I personally would've made, I at least would've had one of Cid or Benedikta get to the 5 year time jump period.

2. Jill is a very underwritten character imo, it strikes me as if the developers were forced to make Jill a party member to please the crowd that didn't like FF15's all-male party.

Don't get me wrong where I'm at currently she does get one period of the Game where the focus is on her (which is fine) but it is a brief period of the Game, and since then she's just gone back into her shell again.

And Clive is an okay lead, but he doesn't really hook me into the Game, his not that kind of character for me personally, but he is well written and well voice acted tbf to everyone involved in the development of the Game.

[user104658]

Also playing FFXVI Mock. I'm loving the style and the combat (though it's a TOUCH too easy) and tbh I quite like the return to a more linear style, FFXV was a fun experiment with an open world but it didn't really work.

My main criticism unfortunately is that they've pushed the engine too hard or - at least - they seem hesitant to tone down the graphics enough for performance mode. Have the glitzy "fidelity mode" at 30fps, sure... but this is a fast paced action game. The performance mode needs to hit a solid 60fps, and there's no reason for it not to, they just need to turn off a few more bells and whistles to get that framerate up consistently.

It's a shame. Much as with FFXV (which also had frame rate problems on its core platforms) I just feel like this is going to be an overall better game on high-spec gaming PC, and when they release an inevitable PS6 upgrade patch in 5+ years.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Also playing FFXVI Mock. I'm loving the style and the combat (though it's a TOUCH too easy) and tbh I quite like the return to a more linear style, FFXV was a fun experiment with an open world but it didn't really work.

My main criticism unfortunately is that they've pushed the engine too hard or - at least - they seem hesitant to tone down the graphics enough for performance mode. Have the glitzy "fidelity mode" at 30fps, sure... but this is a fast paced action game. The performance mode needs to hit a solid 60fps, and there's no reason for it not to, they just need to turn off a few more bells and whistles to get that framerate up consistently.

It's a shame. Much as with FFXV (which also had frame rate problems on its core platforms) I just feel like this is going to be an overall better game on high-spec gaming PC, and when they release an inevitable PS6 upgrade patch in 5+ years.

The problem with Final Fantasy is that Square Enix tends to make the Games feel like they're a generation ahead of where they actually are, that's why I think they'll always struggle to hit 60fps on Consoles, because the Consoles aren't powerful enough for the Game imo.

Fair enough if you found the Game easy, I'm terrible at Souls-like and DMC mechanics, so as you can tell I didn't have a great time of it in terms of technical skill.

I'm glad that you enjoyed the Game though, I really enjoyed it.

I'm in a bit of an RPG mood at the moment though as I've started playing Shin Megami Tensei V, which was made by the company that makes the Persona Games.

My warning to anyone though is don't expect Shin Megami Tensei V to be like Persona on a few things.

1. It's tone is darker.

2. The combat is more difficult than Persona's combat to master.

3. The story in SMT V is similar to SMT: Lucifer's Call/Nocturne in being more subtle storytelling in an Apocalyptic world.

I've beat the Drake Hydra boss before I was done for the night.

Tbh I am liking the Game so far, I feel like the combat is just as good as Lucifer's Call imo, and I do like the story so far, the only niggle that I have with the Game is the larger scale environment is a bit plain I feel.

But besides that I think it's been a good start.

[user104658]

That's fair I guess - I wouldn't say the combat is soulslike but it does have DMC elements and I played DMC5 to death. Interestingly, Clives main look is (quite clearly) Dante-inspired IMO. The colour scheme, the leather trousers... .

The dodge/counter window is huge though compared to games like that which is why I think it can be considered a bit easier.

I did play SMT Nocturne on the PS2 many years back, I can't say I got into the franchise much after that. Funnily enough, speaking of Dante, I think he made a cameo/crossover in Nocturne?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

That's fair I guess - I wouldn't say the combat is soulslike but it does have DMC elements and I played DMC5 to death. Interestingly, Clives main look is (quite clearly) Dante-inspired IMO. The colour scheme, the leather trousers... .

The dodge/counter window is huge though compared to games like that which is why I think it can be considered a bit easier.

I did play SMT Nocturne on the PS2 many years back, I can't say I got into the franchise much after that. Funnily enough, speaking of Dante, I think he made a cameo/crossover in Nocturne?

Oh I could definitely see the inspiration of Dante in Clive's look.

And tbf SMT isn't for everyone, I get that.

And yes Dante is a boss fight in Nocturne, although I think that the Remastered version on the Switch doesn't have the cameo in the base Game, and instead you have to buy it as DLC.

[Zizu]

Does anyone know if people play UnReal Tournament or Quake 3 multiplayer online ??


I keep getting flashbacks of the dats I spenr hours blasting strangers online - fabulous games !!

I’ve got a PC running windows 10 ..

Any ideas ??


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[user104658]

I would imagine they do on private servers Zizu but these would be very niche games at this point. By which I mean, the people still playing them will be RIDICULOUSLY good at them.

If you think you can compete though, why not? My *guess* would be that they're probably run as virtual LAN parties on host servers, and Reddit is the most likely place to find the communities for them (and they probably organise on Discord).

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

I would imagine they do on private servers Zizu but these would be very niche games at this point. By which I mean, the people still playing them will be RIDICULOUSLY good at them.

If you think you can compete though, why not? My *guess* would be that they're probably run as virtual LAN parties on host servers, and Reddit is the most likely place to find the communities for them (and they probably organise on Discord).

Thank you !


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[James]

Quake 3 still has an active category on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game...ena/videos/all

I read that Epic Games shutdown the official Unreal Tournament servers recently.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by James

Quake 3 still has an active category on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game...ena/videos/all

I read that Epic Games shutdown the official Unreal Tournament servers recently.

Thank you !


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