Ninja Gaiden 2 (warrior difficulty) on Xenia emulator (4k 60fps goodness). The game is all about turning it up to 11, so I'll give it 11/10. Aged like wine, combat is still among the very-very best out there. An all-time classic imo, and it's not nostalgia - I've never ever played it before.
The last game you completed, and rating.
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Witcher 3 - again!
3rd play through. For me, this is their better game vs Cyberpunk. The quests, characters, storyline - everything about it is superior. Cyberpunk is an incredible feat of graphical engineering and world building, but Witcher is the better game to play.
3rd play through. For me, this is their better game vs Cyberpunk. The quests, characters, storyline - everything about it is superior. Cyberpunk is an incredible feat of graphical engineering and world building, but Witcher is the better game to play.
Dead Island 2 - My son has nagged me to play this since he finished it. 6/10 from me.
Always fun smashing up zombies but the story was instantly forgettable IMO.
Completed then uninstalled within 2 mins. Lots of outstanding side missions but no incentive to make the effort and finish it off.
Always fun smashing up zombies but the story was instantly forgettable IMO.
Completed then uninstalled within 2 mins. Lots of outstanding side missions but no incentive to make the effort and finish it off.
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Hades - 10/10
Absolutely fantastic. Haven't been able to put it down for days. And just now I managed to get 100% completion on Steam. But I daresay I will keep playing to see how many more renovations I can unlock before I get bored.
Absolutely fantastic. Haven't been able to put it down for days. And just now I managed to get 100% completion on Steam. But I daresay I will keep playing to see how many more renovations I can unlock before I get bored.
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Just finally got to the end of GTA V. What a game.
I can't see me ever getting 100% completion though. Rockstar put so much love into their games, just hope GTA 6 isn't ruined and weighed down by the social nonsense we have in society these days.
I can't see me ever getting 100% completion though. Rockstar put so much love into their games, just hope GTA 6 isn't ruined and weighed down by the social nonsense we have in society these days.
Guessing you unlocked all weapons? And don't forget hades 2 is on early release!
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Yup to the weaponry. Hades II, I won't be getting until it hits version 1.0 though. Probably next year.
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Finally got round to finishing Horizon: Forbidden West
thoroughly enjoyed it, now I've got the first one to make a start on
thoroughly enjoyed it, now I've got the first one to make a start on
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Doom 2016. Brilliant game I really should have finished years ago, but better late than never.
Doom Eternal is good as well.
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Yeah I'll play this too. I just need a break between them tbh.
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Dying Light 1 - 9/10
I have always dismissed Dying Light as I thought it was a horror game and I really don't like playing those. It came up for sale for about £2.50 and it has tons of positive reviews so I gave it a chance and I am so glad I did.
The funny thing with Dying Light is that you can bypass nearly all of the scary horror sections of the game, bar a couple of missions, by simply sleeping through the night at a safe house. This was a really smart design choice by Techland to allow wimps like me to skip most of the scary stuff but still enjoy the really well made game.
The parkour is the star of the show here. It is implemented really well and makes it easy to jump from rooftop to rooftop away from zombies. The combat is kind of a mixed bag in my opinion. There is a heavy focus on melee combat which I didn't really enjoy much. However you do eventually gain access to guns and a bow as well as grenades and Molotov's. Once I had access to projectile weapons I didn't really bother with the melee stuff and enjoyed the game more.
The graphics are very good. I remember seeing the game running on an AMD 290X GPU when it first came out and now I can play the game with nearly maxed out settings at a near rock solid 60fps on a Steam Deck!
Really excellent game.
I have always dismissed Dying Light as I thought it was a horror game and I really don't like playing those. It came up for sale for about £2.50 and it has tons of positive reviews so I gave it a chance and I am so glad I did.
The funny thing with Dying Light is that you can bypass nearly all of the scary horror sections of the game, bar a couple of missions, by simply sleeping through the night at a safe house. This was a really smart design choice by Techland to allow wimps like me to skip most of the scary stuff but still enjoy the really well made game.
The parkour is the star of the show here. It is implemented really well and makes it easy to jump from rooftop to rooftop away from zombies. The combat is kind of a mixed bag in my opinion. There is a heavy focus on melee combat which I didn't really enjoy much. However you do eventually gain access to guns and a bow as well as grenades and Molotov's. Once I had access to projectile weapons I didn't really bother with the melee stuff and enjoyed the game more.
The graphics are very good. I remember seeing the game running on an AMD 290X GPU when it first came out and now I can play the game with nearly maxed out settings at a near rock solid 60fps on a Steam Deck!
Really excellent game.
What Remains of Edith Finch 8/10
Another experience that's unique, like senua and a few others, that kick you right in the feels and overlap it with ingenious game design. So many different micro genres of games all wrapped together.
Very short but appropriately so, couple of hours and you're done. Add a few Friday night drinks to really help the game tickle your softer side
Loses points only because
Another experience that's unique, like senua and a few others, that kick you right in the feels and overlap it with ingenious game design. So many different micro genres of games all wrapped together.
Very short but appropriately so, couple of hours and you're done. Add a few Friday night drinks to really help the game tickle your softer side
Loses points only because
a couple of times it felt like you were on rails but had missed an optional route, when in the end you actually hadn't. Plus the fam tree not getting resolved at the same rate you progressed through the house. Seems to have missed a trick there.
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Callisto Protocol
0/10
I bought it on release and refunded it because it was a stutter fest.
Thought I’d try again as it’s £5 on keys sites, but now keeps black screening and freezes my PC no matter the settings.
Utter garbage and zero chance of being able to complete it.
0/10
I bought it on release and refunded it because it was a stutter fest.
Thought I’d try again as it’s £5 on keys sites, but now keeps black screening and freezes my PC no matter the settings.
Utter garbage and zero chance of being able to complete it.
Thanks to the good folks at Reddit I managed to get a little further by turning off Vsync and changing the FPS to unlimited, but..
some parts of the game require it to be turned on and the FPS to be at 60 so certain objects can be moved or certain things can be moved passed
When did it become the norm to have to search out the solutions to rectify the devs crappy coding?
It never used to be like this
some parts of the game require it to be turned on and the FPS to be at 60 so certain objects can be moved or certain things can be moved passed
When did it become the norm to have to search out the solutions to rectify the devs crappy coding?
It never used to be like this
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Yakuza Kiwami
I played through Yakuza 0 a couple of years ago and kind of liked it. It was a bit too long for my liking but I enjoyed it enough to give Kiwami a go.
So I just finished Yakuza Kiwami. Great graphics, great sound, really good world design. The story was bad. Really bad. It just drags on and on and is sub EastEnders level soap opera writing. It is just embarrassing. Yakuza 0's story leans on the over dramatic but Kiwami takes it to the next level and ruins it.
The combat is pretty lame as well. You just get mobbed by enemies and it is just not fun to fight them with the control scheme.
Kiwami's Kamuroco is a great world. If only it had a less cheesy over the top story and perhaps Arkham Knight style fighting controls it would be more fun to play.
5/10
I played through Yakuza 0 a couple of years ago and kind of liked it. It was a bit too long for my liking but I enjoyed it enough to give Kiwami a go.
So I just finished Yakuza Kiwami. Great graphics, great sound, really good world design. The story was bad. Really bad. It just drags on and on and is sub EastEnders level soap opera writing. It is just embarrassing. Yakuza 0's story leans on the over dramatic but Kiwami takes it to the next level and ruins it.
The combat is pretty lame as well. You just get mobbed by enemies and it is just not fun to fight them with the control scheme.
Kiwami's Kamuroco is a great world. If only it had a less cheesy over the top story and perhaps Arkham Knight style fighting controls it would be more fun to play.
5/10
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Little Kitty, Big City - 7/10
A very chill game that is not really challenging at all but is quite fun all the same. A collectathon where you need to very lightly level up your cat to be able to climb back up to the high rise apartment that you fell from whilst sleeping. Lots of little missions you can do in the process.
I feel the Steam price is quite high considering that you could probably 100% the game in about 5 hours but you can also play it on Game pass if you subscribe to that.
I think young kids might really enjoy this game.
A very chill game that is not really challenging at all but is quite fun all the same. A collectathon where you need to very lightly level up your cat to be able to climb back up to the high rise apartment that you fell from whilst sleeping. Lots of little missions you can do in the process.
I feel the Steam price is quite high considering that you could probably 100% the game in about 5 hours but you can also play it on Game pass if you subscribe to that.
I think young kids might really enjoy this game.
Our adventures guild - 8.5/10
A nice indie game. Mix of of building up your guild and management. Alongside turn based battles. Nice upgrade path and decent main story and bunch of side quests. Ability yo play at your own pace is nice. Can become grindy if you want to level up a number of adventurers so will find you have a main strike team and then secondary ones to deal with side adventures. But still great fun.
A nice indie game. Mix of of building up your guild and management. Alongside turn based battles. Nice upgrade path and decent main story and bunch of side quests. Ability yo play at your own pace is nice. Can become grindy if you want to level up a number of adventurers so will find you have a main strike team and then secondary ones to deal with side adventures. But still great fun.
Far Cry 6 - whilst it was a lot of fun it was too easy and dragged on a bit in the middle.
Bizarrely you cannot change difficulty to hard mode once you’ve started so after a while I only used a pistol or bow.
You have to recruit three factions to help you, I think two would have done it.
Bizarrely you cannot change difficulty to hard mode once you’ve started so after a while I only used a pistol or bow.
You have to recruit three factions to help you, I think two would have done it.