Old_Man_Harper

A pretty strong month with something for everyone. Case of the Golden Idol was my favourite, I really enjoyed solving the scenarios and the story is terrific. I ended up buying both the DLC levels too, which are also great and are a prequel to the main game.

7 Days to Die 1.0 on Series X. Addicted to the gameplay loop now and have acquired a bicycle which makes getting round the map a lot easier. This gives me more time to make some steps towards self-sufficiency in food and water.

Having picked up a bit of a buzz about the 1.0 version, I bought 7 Days to Die. Really enjoying it! I can see myself sinking hours into this one. I did my usual thing for this sort of game - played until I knew what I was doing and then restarted for a proper run. Great fun if you enjoyed things like Grounded or The Long Dark.

I finished Tchia on Game Pass. I enjoyed playing it, but I thought the ending was a bit abrupt and I was expecting more story. I’d say it was worth a look if you want a Zelda-ish game.

There’s always a new game drought over summer, it’s nothing new. It gives you a chance to clear some of the previous winter’s backlog!

176GB! It’ll probably take longer to download it than it will to play the campaign.

Having really enjoyed Case of the Golden Idol last weekend, I’m playing the two dlc’s this weekend, ‘Spider of Lanka’ and ‘Lemurian Vampire’. They each have three scenarios, set at the more challenging end of those in the main game, again with an interesting and clever overarching story. Very pleased to hear that a sequel is coming out this year.

I’m also chilling out with a bit of ‘Humanity’ when my brain starts to hurt too much.

I downloaded it, but I notice that it doesn’t appear to have any achievements. 🤷‍♂️

I’ve got it on PS5, I just haven’t got around to playing it. I think the prospect of getting some achievements might motivate me to do so on Xbox.

Back in the 360 days I can remember a copy of Avatar: Burning Earth going around my friend group so we could all get the 1,000 points. It took about 2 minutes and if anything, made the resale value of the game hold up!

@adderblack39 Not as hard as Obra Dinn, but there are some challenging scenarios. In a couple of cases I simply couldn’t understand how they could be solved with the limited amount of clues provided, but everything needed is there and I did! In some cases the clues you need are contained in earlier scenarios and you have to revisit them. Also, like Obra Dinn, the overarching story is a good one.

Today, I’ll be finishing off the Case of the Golden Idol, which I started yesterday. Really enjoying this one, the same sort of deductive, thinky game as Return of the Obra Dinn or Botany Manor. I’ve seen some criticism of the visual style, but it has grown on me. I’m down to the last few chapters, but I think I’ll buy the dlc as well.

I downloaded Golden Idol, which looks like an engrossing game for my upcoming day off. I might try the cricket one (let’s see if we get a summer at some point!) but it’s quite a tricky sport to make a decent game of.

Golden Idol looks good - I like games like Paradise Killer and Return of the Obra Dinn and this looks like it will be similar.

Plenty to look forward to, but the new Life is Strange game was a big surprise, I very much enjoy the series and wasn’t aware a new one was imminent.

More Fallout 4. Having a great time - funny, I don’t remember enjoying it half as much when I first played it about seven years ago. The improved graphics help. As I’ve got Monday off, I’m certainly going to give Still Wakes the Deep a go.

I’ll also try to make the most of the sunshine, since we had to wait six and a half months for it!

It’d be a toss-up between Lair of the Shadow Broker or Citadel. Actually, I’d probably go for the latter. It was entertaining to play but also funny and full of fanservice.

Might have a look at Skull & Bones at half price.

I confess to complete indifference. If I’d wanted to play niche Japanese stuff I probably wouldn’t have bought an Xbox in the first place. 🤷‍♂️

Looks good to me! I’m hoping for something tighter than DA:O, more like DA2, although I’d quite like my pirate girlfriend back.

This looked weird and interesting. The big fish reminded me of ‘The Singing Ringing Tree’! 😄

New Life is Strange game! And a release date! Excited by that!

More Fallout 4 on Series X. I noticed that the last time I got an achievement on it was March 2017! This means I’ve forgotten enough about it to get a different play through. The new visual upgrade is good, don’t get me wrong it isn’t suddenly Hellblade 2, but it looks much nicer than it once did.

They missed a trick by not combining the two into a single game called ‘Sexdecapath Traveller’.

Excited for this one, the previews I’ve read make it sound just my sort of game.

I played Elden Ring for a few hours, but lost interest - there didn’t seem to be any story as such. Is there more to it than wandering around fighting things? So many people love it that I feel I must have missed something!

I’m not greedy. Some release dates for games in the pipeline and a new announcement or two and I’ll be happy.

I’m not sure that I’d even know where to go to buy a physical copy of a new game any more.

Still Wakes the Deep sounds good to me, looking forward to that one.

@The-Grezzly-Bear Congratulations! 🙂

I enjoyed Open Roads - don’t expect a challenge, but I liked the story. Botany Manor is also very good.

I made a start on Chants of Sennaar but I have to say I’m struggling to get anywhere with it, so mostly just messing about in Fallout 4.

Has anyone mentioned the wonderful music yet? I ought to add that to all the other things I loved about it.

@themightyant I’ve never taken so many screenshots and captures in a game. At times it was getting in my way of actually playing it!

I’ve finished it now, but I’m going to have another playthrough after a couple of indie palate cleansers. It’s a flipping masterpiece if you ask me.

Humanity is well worth a go - I played through it on PS and will do so again on Xbox. As well as being pretty to look at, it has a hypnotic minimalist soundtrack.

@Trmn8r it does me too. Kind of a sweet and positive concept for a game.

Apparently Hellblade 2 is only 7-8 hours long, but it’ll probably take me about 30 because I keep stopping to take pictures! 😂 Total eye candy.

Off to Iceland with a madwoman! Really enjoying it so far, like a very grim, visceral (literally) art house movie.

Think I’ll give Rogue Trader a look, it sounds interesting.

I’m playing Rise of the Tomb Raider on Series X. I’d never played any of them before Shadow of the Tomb Raider appeared on Game Pass a few weeks ago. I’ve really enjoyed all three.

I might also have a look at either Immortals of Aveum, Chants of Senaar, Crow Country or I might finally get round to trying Dave the Diver on PS5. We’ll see. Have a good weekend. 🙂

I do like a good photo mode! Grounded has a great one, as does Shadow of the Tomb Raider and the Uncharted games on PS.

Aargh. I bought Chants of Senaar, but haven’t got round to playing it yet.

Well quite right too! Mutually Assured Destruction is a meaningless concept if you don’t retaliate.

Xbox Live Arcade… aahh nostalgia! Remember the Summer of Live events? I think this was part of one of those.

As I mentioned over on PS, they’ll still complain they don’t sell enough. I can only assume their directors and shareholders think that every game they release should sell like GTA V.

I really liked the first game and was impressed by the sheer ambition of it. I also think Senua is a very compelling character. I’m looking forward to the new one and am surprised at the negativity that some people have decided to express about it. 🤷‍♂️

Maybe it’s just me, but I think that’s a bit mean. ☹️

To be honest, I’d sooner not have CoD on Game Pass than pay more. It’s not a game I like anyway.

Arkane Austin were always in the shadow of Arkane Lyon, so fair enough. Tango is a bit sad though, since they just had a hit game. ☹️

I didn’t play it when it came out - I was busy with BG3, but also the developers then said they were going to add various bits and improvements so I held off. It’ll be a first play through for me. I might save it for the usual ‘summer game drought’.