What are the 30 year old plus gamers playing?
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I've seen a few people on here talking about this game recently. On the surface it looks like the kind of thing I would like, but I was put off by it not reviewing well.
Seeing a few people here who seem to have quite similar taste in games to me enjoying it carries more weight than website reviews, though. Might have to give it a try later in the month.
Think it can be picked up quite cheap these days. I also really like a good campaign game with an atmospheric world to explore.
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Last game I finished was XCOM 2 on Ironman.
Now replaying the Witcher 1 and enjoying it.
Now replaying the Witcher 1 and enjoying it.
A 'youngish' 51 years of age here 
Still dipping in and out of Ghost Recon : Breakpoint, despite some of the criticism aimed at it I think its hugely enjoyable to play. Also still occasionally returning to Division 2 now and again.
I am also playing Cyberpunk 2077 on the PC for the first time and finding it massively easier to aim with the keyboard and mouse compared to it on my XBox Series X, much prefer playing it on my big 4k TV but finding it tricky to use with the controller as I am a KB/Mouse gamer at heart.
I have Watchdogs: Legion installed at the moment too but the puzzle parts are incredibly annoying and put me off every time I try and get back into it.
Lastly, I completed the main story campaign of Days Gone a month or so ago, haven't really went back to it to finish all the little side quests.........not sure I will bother.
Still dipping in and out of Ghost Recon : Breakpoint, despite some of the criticism aimed at it I think its hugely enjoyable to play. Also still occasionally returning to Division 2 now and again.
I am also playing Cyberpunk 2077 on the PC for the first time and finding it massively easier to aim with the keyboard and mouse compared to it on my XBox Series X, much prefer playing it on my big 4k TV but finding it tricky to use with the controller as I am a KB/Mouse gamer at heart.
I have Watchdogs: Legion installed at the moment too but the puzzle parts are incredibly annoying and put me off every time I try and get back into it.
Lastly, I completed the main story campaign of Days Gone a month or so ago, haven't really went back to it to finish all the little side quests.........not sure I will bother.
I had no issues with the Source engine's motion, actually preferred it to many others in the day. I recall Soldier of Fortune games giving my brain the feeling of motion sickness by comparison!
For me online gaming faded away once the regular mates I used to game with on TF2, CS, MoH, L4D etc played less and less online. That and the amount of cheaters and griefers etc was off putting. Campaign games are like books, you can engross yourself in a new world all to yourself which is kinda nice.
I never paid attention to the game when ti released on PC but I do recall there being issues etc leading to a bad set of reviews? In its current state, there are a few glitches I have experienced but nothing major, and the game more than makes up for it as the storyline is really good and characters interesting too as you progress. Like you are playing a TV series and you get invested in the character's life and the people they meet along the way.
The gameplay mechanics and how the world feels alive is really nice too. I didn't feel that with Horizon Zero Dawn, but do with days Gone. It's under £15 on key sites so def worth a go.
Now that winter is drawing in I need to work on my gaming. After Cyberpunk I haven't really played anything aside from starting Stray. I've got gamepass as well...
I miss saving up to buy big box PC games and playing them to death, it's all too easy now
I miss saving up to buy big box PC games and playing them to death, it's all too easy now
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PUBG and Tarkov.
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Gamepass somewhat spoils me I think. I try loads of game and barely play them before uninstalling. I think if I had bought them I might give them more of a chance.
That said I have recently been playing Assassins Creed Odyssey on gamepass quite a lot (although its on Series X and not PC, sofa/LG Oled playing has its appeals)
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I got a year of GP free with my broadband deal, and it's ending in a month.
In that time I've played 31 games, only 19 of which I've either completed (or intend to complete). Which is great considering I got 19 games that were basically free (and some really good ones too), but yeah - almost 40% were just cast aside quite quickly. They were all ones that were on my Steam wishlist too, which shows I must have thought I'd want to play them at some point.
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This is a very big problem imo, the loss of appreciation for the game (generally a wider issue in society too). Older games that had poorer graphics required an imagination to further engross the player into the game too, something i feel is lost now. Same would apply to reading subtitles in a game as opposed to voice acted. Though i don't think better graphics is a bad thing, just highlighting a differing view to it.
I'm yet to play anything this year still. Hoping to buy a new card soon as long nights are closing in fast.
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The survival mode in that game is great, its entirely isolated from the main game as you start with nothing and must survive long enough to escape both hostiles and a 100 year snow storm. If I say its BR it will put people off but its the best instance of nothing to fully kitted out survivor type game I've played; like division main game itself its quite unique.
Yet nobody knows about it, it was sold seperately as dlc. I have it as I only got div many years after launch so it was bundled, division itself was awesome just the character and story + the rest
Survival
Survival is the second downloadable expansion for Tom Clancy's The Division, added into the game with Patch 1.5 on November 22, 2016. Taking place in a modified version of the base game's Manhattan, Survival strips agents of their existing gear and challenges them to improvise, adapt, and...
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I need to get my sim rig back into action. Haven't touched any driving games since start of 2017. Though I've been grinding a lot of MotoGP which is real fun hot lapping and understanding trying to get the feel of bike setups for your own style of riding.
Not mine... but you get the idea. Stupid amounts of hours can pass in this. Reminds me of the days burning stupid amounts of hours into rFactor hot laps in 2009/10/11.