kerzain
5560
Alright, scratch this one off the list. This game is fucking junk. I’ve tried three separate times to get into this one since picking it up in the middle of 2019 some time, but I could never get past the first couple hours. I can’t stand the info dumps, I can’t stand how petty and stupid all my contemporaries are, and I can not stand what a cluttered, jumbled mess combat is. The mechanics of the combat are perfectly fine, but visually it’s a mish-mash of lines and poorly-distinguished character models that just blob together and make discerning information from the action on screen a tedious chore.
I’m actually upset I spent money on this stupid game.
After spending a couple more hours with the game this week, I’ve realized there’s just no saving it. The deeper I get the more I want to nuke the stupid world and its people from orbit, so I did the next best thing. I uninstalled.
Brakara
5561
While being sick, I’ve finally started to get into Football Manager 2020, playing a lower league team, and it’s absolute crack. Other than that, I’ll be playing PUBG with friends when I’m not feeling too bad.
How does Blade Runner hold up?
I am continuing my journey through The Outer Worlds. My save tells me I’m about 36 hours into it right now, but I still feel like I have a fair bit left to do (I’ve just arrived at Fallbrook), but seeing as I’m having an absolute riot with it, I’m not complaining.
Also back to Chaos Reborn! It’s like slipping back into a comfy chair. At least until my wizard gets killed.
Oh, and Darksiders Genesis too, which is also great. Dabbling in a few other things too. Let Them Come looked like fun. But it isn’t. Glass Menagerie 2 is pretty good, although disappointing that every single puzzle is the same shape unlike the first game.
As I’ll be heading off to the wilds of no internet again soon, I will have to shelve Outer Worlds again (won’t load saves if it’s offline) so I may well switch to Starcom: Nexus.
The graphics look a bit dated, of course, but the game absolutely nails the Blade Runner atmosphere. I’m really digging it. Highly recommended if you’re a Blade Runner fan and you’re looking for a classic adventure game to play. And it runs well on Windows 10, no crashes yet.
And I’ve been playing a metric F-ton of Bomber Crew (mostly the RAF campaign). Got it back when Twitch Prime giveaway games were actually worth something.
I tried the B-17 American campaign but it has a crazy difficulty spike after the very first critical mission. Suddenly on “low risk” missions you’re getting swamped with 9 -12 fighters at a time, well before your radio person is qualified to auto-tag them, and before you’ve earned nearly enough coin to armor your bomber at all. It’s kinda BS and not fun.
You like it mate? What’s the hook?
schurem
5567
Mechwarrior 5? Yeah Lovin’ it! The hook… umm… Well everytime you blew up things gud, you get paid, cash you use to buy bigger stompier robots. That bit of the game is finely tuned. It’s fun, dumb and slightly addictive.
LockerK
5568
Most of my Secret of Mana time became Sky Force Reloaded time - I picked it up in the Steam sale thanks to some recommendations from here a while back and managed to lose most of my weekend to it, grinding up through Insane difficulty on the first two stages and making it up to stage 8 on Normal. This game does a great job of slowly ratcheting up the difficulty.
rei
5569
What happened to the weekend???
Yeah, Sky Force Reloaded is super. Sadly, that’s around the place where I eventually got stuck. I never could finish the final boss in that game. I should try it again. I’ve gone back a few times now, thinking maybe I’ll magically gain some mad skillz in the interim.
This is a fantastic game. Looks an awful lot like Doorkickers (and Hotline Miami before it), but Doorkickers akin to Rainbow 6 and Police Stories is more SWAT 3/4. I am impressed how much of the SWAT tension translates into a 2D low-res game.
Of course it is bittersweet as it just makes me want a proper SWAT 5. It’s nice that Swat 4 and its expansion are on Gog…
kerzain
5572
My big issue right now is that I’m having a hard time giving commands fast and accurate enough to keep situations from escalating. Everything turns into a blood bath.
Yeah Doorkickers-esque (or even Jagged Alliance Back in Action-esque!!!) pause and order system would be an interesting change. The planning mode is Doorkickers’ biggest nod to Rainbow 6, and the lack of it is Police Stories’ greatest nod to SWAT 4. But, while SWAT 4 had no pause-and-go, it did have somewhat intricate ways to chain commands in advance.
It truly, truly is.
I had dabbled with the iOS version of Horizon Chaze years ago, but couldn’t stand its controls. Gamepadding changes everything.
Probably CoH 2, and Victor Van Helsing:Final Cut.
It looks like Dominions will be on hold for a bit longer.
Oh, and Age of Wonders 3 if my turn comes around.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne most of the time, I suppose. But also Control and perhaps Trials of Fire if I find the time.
Probably play some Control and of course more Apex Legends. What I need to play most is cleanup the damn house after Christmas and get my retro setup for Twitch going. We’ll see…
