Old_Man_Harper

That is a surprise, I would have thought they would want to build on its success. Maybe there’s an issue with the D&D license holders because that all seems very final.

I pre-ordered, so glad to read this - I’m just in the mood for a big RPG, especially with a week off work coming up.

I bought it on release - good fun although the characters sometimes look like they are eating gobstoppers. I might give it another go, but there is Dragon’s Dogma 2 on the horizon. I did pretty well on my playthrough right up until the very end where I dithered and got two of my characters killed. ☹️

On Series X I tried the Unicorn Overlord demo for a bit, but I can’t say I liked the combat system, although I can see how it would provide tactical depth. Instead I got the Separate Ways dlc for Resident Evil IV, which I’ve just started. I might also give Inkulinati a go.

That’s barely long enough to download it - it has a ridiculously large file size for what it is, about 160GB!

I’m still playing Dead Island 2 and still having fun with it. Should get to the end of the story at some point over the weekend.

I enjoyed it too, it is what is often called a ‘walking simulator’, there’s no jeopardy or much gameplay, but the story is interesting and the voice acting is really good.

@Pac_Bot every time I open a door there seems to be a zombie behind it, I don’t know why I’m still surprised!

I thought I’d give it a try, but have played it for nearly 24 hours now, it’s much more fun than I expected. I’m playing the Irish lass so there’s a lot of ‘feck’ and ‘shoite’…

Has anybody tried it?

I bought it but there was no sound (on series x). The suggested ‘workaround’ didn’t work so I got a refund.

I fancy something un-stressful, so I’m going to give Return to Grace a try, in between watching the rugby. I’m also making my way through Demon’s Souls remake on PS5, which looks great and is really quite colourful for a souls game, I guess they wanted it to look pretty as it was a launch title.

One does have to wonder if the people who are upset have played the game. It’s been available on Xbox since 2022 and they are unhappy now? 🤷‍♂️☹️

@taternuggets to be fair, I’ve never sunk a non-skelly ship when soloing, but I have left a couple on the rocks and on fire and sailed off chuckling…

@taternuggets I’ve always had a fun time fighting galleons with a solo sloop - you can outrun them by sailing directly into the wind (not something you could do in real life, obviously!) and try and lead them onto rocks. I always find the real danger is sloops with 2 crew members, so I give other sloops a wide berth.

It’s good fun. Also, very handy for getting the daily achievement towards the 1,000 point reward - just a few minutes play in the morning is usually enough - there are over 80 achievements!

Hellblade 2 for me, I really liked the first one and I think Senua is a compelling character.

Nothing so far. I downloaded Persona 3 Reload from Game Pass and then thought I’d also download the demo for the new Final Fantasy game on PS5 as well. Of course, this ended up slowing both downloads to the point where it took all morning, and now, to be honest, I don’t really fancy playing either!

Think I’ll just watch the rugby instead…

Gears of War is my most wanted game on Xbox, never mind bloody PlayStation. I wish they’d at least announce something, even if it’s just a few more Horde maps for Gears 5!

Rewards app and nothing much else!

Incidentally, did anyone notice that the 1,000 point Game Pass reward seems easier than last month? Maybe because February lasts 28 days whereas January lasts about 60? Brotato is pretty good for daily achievements, basically Vampire Survivors with a spud.🥔

I find the Train Sim games oddly engrossing. I liked driving the miles-long American train over the Tehachapi Pass in the last one even though I was barely going faster than walking pace.

I enjoyed Grounded and Pentiment, so I’ll keep an eye on this, but not including romance options in a choice-based RPG seems a bit poor.

If the games still appear first on Xbox and I can still play them on game pass then it is no loss to me. 🤷‍♂️

I got all the things I needed to do out of the way this morning, so this afternoon I’m going to try Resident Evil 2 on Xbox. I also did the ten-quid-upgrade thing with Last of Us 2 on PlayStation, so I might have a look at the new mode on that, although I don’t fancy another story play-through just yet. Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

I suppose Harrison Ford’s voice is too ‘old’ nowadays. I remember when they got Sean Connery to voice a James Bond game when he was about 80, it just didn’t work.

I am looking forward to this - I enjoyed Hellblade and I think Senua is a really compelling character. How much of this is all just happening in her crazy head?

That looks very nice, although if you haven’t played it before, including an instruction booklet would spoil what is one of the most fun mechanics of the game.

If anyone is about to start it after holding on for this fix, here’s a tip - every few level-ups you get the opportunity to pick a ‘feat’. Although there’s a long list to choose from, the first one you pick should always be ‘Alert’. This raises your initiative score, so you’ll always go first in any combat. Without it, in bigger fights your team might be hit several times by higher-initiative enemies before you can even fight back.

Forgive me if I’m missing something here, but to me that doesn’t sound as though he is saying anything other than he is pleased the ABK deal is done and restating what they’ve said about it all along. 🤷‍♂️

I would guess that the ultimate aim (once it becomes practical) is to divorce ‘Xbox’ entirely from physical hardware and make it something that you can just subscribe to through your telly, like Netflix.

It wasn’t ever a real ‘exclusive’ we just got it first. Likewise, nobody expected Tunic to never launch on anything else even though we got that first too.

I’ve got around 150 hours apiece on both the PS5 and Series X versions and despite two complete play throughs I know for sure that there are still quite a few things I haven’t done.

The last weekend of a very pleasant fortnight off work and after 100-odd hours I’m on the final battle in Baldur’s Gate 3. Once I’ve finished I’ll play either Chants of Sennaar or Little Goody Two Shoes, both of which I bought in the countdown sale.

“Fixed companions not being able to jump when following the player character.”

Oh I do hope this works! It can be so annoying to realise that one of your crew hasn’t followed you, especially if you end up in a fight.

I have all the consoles and I picked BG3 to play before it and I’m still playing. I’ll start on Starfield at some point - they keep adding to it!

I’ve bought quite a few indies and oldies. Of new games, I bought Hogwarts Legacy, Company of Heroes 3 (still unplayed, awaiting a ‘play a WW2 game mood’) and Baldur’s Gate 3. All digital.

I have played the game for plenty of hours on both PS5 and Series X so I feel confident in saying that there is no noticeable difference in performance between the two.

Don’t we get to vote for Jusant? Not my number 1, but up there! Four points from me.

Are people doing the ‘belt and braces’ approach that I suggested the other day? Save before you finish playing, fully quit the game, don’t quick resume - just start the game and reload your save. It worked for me with the corrupted save issue on PS5 and I’ve used the same method on Xbox with no problems at all.

Totally surprised by my top 3 - Geometry Wars Retro Evolved (which I rediscovered this year) - 408 hours, XCOM 2 - 115 hours and Sudden Strike 4 - 96 hours.

If you’d asked me which games I’d played the most this year I wouldn’t have thought of any of them.

It happens, it’s a big complex game. After I started playing it on PS5 I got into the habit of leaving the console on standby because there were so many patches and hotfixes coming in! Hopefully everything will stabilise now, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find more updates down the line.

I had a similar issue with corrupted saves on PS5 and ended up having to go back several hours. After that, I made sure to a) save the game before I finished playing, b) quit the game fully after playing, and c) load the save when I restarted rather than pressing ‘continue’. I’ve done exactly the same on Xbox and have had no problems, so maybe worth a try - possibly (I’m no expert) it may be something to do with it not being happy with quick resume after the player signs out from the game.