Villan_of_oz Posted November 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 1, 2023 5 hours ago, HKP90 said: Are you struggling to get in the 'black' financially? I used similar tactics to CS1 and put loads of specialised industry, but with a small town I'm struggling to get there. I'm OK money wise cos of the bonuses on levelling up, but I always try to get sustainable asap. The costs for upkeep of any power generation except wind and coal seem very steep at the moment. Yes I'm struggling to get sustainable too, and it's something that normally was important to me. Just trying to learn the game slowly and not go too far and then have regrets my population just cracked 4k and I'm just dabbling in farms and mining 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Had about a month off COD MW2, logged back on this evening to a 54gb update and season 6 and its wiped my rank and weapons. I've never had this happen before and I've probably been playing this one since season 3 I think. Any ideas anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Fair few games on the Xmas list (Lies of P, Lords of the Fallen, Spiderman 2, Like a Dragon: Gaiden, Wo Long) so I'm playing Dark Souls 3 at the minute to fill the time. I've done DS1, Bloodborne, Sekiro & Elden Ring but never got round to DS2 or 3 for some reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 22 minutes ago, JoshVilla said: Fair few games on the Xmas list (Lies of P, Lords of the Fallen, Spiderman 2, Like a Dragon: Gaiden, Wo Long) so I'm playing Dark Souls 3 at the minute to fill the time. I've done DS1, Bloodborne, Sekiro & Elden Ring but never got round to DS2 or 3 for some reason. Good Luck Skeleton. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 18 minutes ago, Designer1 said: Good Luck Skeleton. Just finished the Catacombs of Carthus. Boss was a piece of cake but that level is an absolute pain in the arse! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleksnes Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 I just got platinum on Spiderman 2. I liked it a lot,but i think i am one of the few that enjoyed the 2018 Spiderman more. I liked having more gadgets like you did there,and not having only four to chose from like it is in Spiderman 2. The traversal,and "flying" across the city was an upgrade in this one,and i like the windtunnels,combined with the spiderwing. I think they could spread the bossfights more out. Many times if felt like huors of normal enemies,then three bossfights in a row,and with up to four phases. I didnt like the stealth MJ missions in the 2018 Spiderman,and now it was even more of them. And playing as that girl Miles is into felt meaningless,and something i just wanted done as quick as possible. I think it was a bit overkill to be playing as five different persons in the game. I am so old that i am not familliar with Miles Morales as Spiderman,of all the multivers-thing. I think that is why i liked the first one more. There were enemies like Kingpin,Vulture,Electro,Doc Ock,Shocker,and things i had a relation to when reading Spiderman as a kid. When Venom showed up in the Spiderman Universe i had stopped reading it,and fell off. And it has evolved so much,that many parts of this story went over my head,and i had to look it up on Youtube. The ending of the Spiderbot sidemission,and Miles`s mums new flame,and his daughter who i now understand is a kind of female spiderman. I guess people that are updated on the Spiderman universe will get a lot more out of it than i did,and have a different view on it,and i understand Insomniac arent making these games for 50 year old farts like me exclusively. Still looking forward to the DLC that seem to contain Chameleon as a villain. And Insomniac has now said they concider Miles Morales as the "main Spiderman",and the ending of this game gave strong pointers to Peter Parker letting Miles take over. So the next game will be Miles,and that Spidergirl i guess. Still will be playing that one to i guess If i should rate Spiderman2 i would give 8 out of 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted November 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2023 Finished Disco Elysium. Epic. Miss playing it already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted November 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2023 Mostly Robocop Rogue City on the PS5 at the moment. It's a very good game, and if you're a fan of the OG movies then it very quickly becomes a **** glorious game. They absolutely nail being Robocop. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Probably 75% of the way through RE4 Remake and I'm loving it so far. It's certainly more challenging that I remember the original being, but everything looks and feels perfect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 I'm switching between the Re2 remake and Ff16 on the portal* Question for those who played it - does Mr x make the remake better or worse? I'm torn on him, he obviously gets the adrenaline racing like few other enemies in games but at the same time he takes away the leisurely exploration of the excellently designed police station, I've played it before so kind of know my way around but I messed up this leon playthrough and activated him before I'd done everything, he speeds the game up, I did it in 5 hours which isn't that fast but at the same time probably at least 30 mins to maybe an hour quicker than I would have done without him * in the last 2 weeks the wife has started watching more TV downstairs when the kids are in bed so I've starting using the portal more, it doesn't work in bed as my Internet isn't good enough but downstairs it's bear perfect, it's a brilliant piece of kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2023 Mr X is great, he adds loads of tension to the game and can put you in scenarios that make you need to think on your feet quickly. Plus once you learn the game to a great enough degree you can actually 'game' him iirc, knowing where he appears when etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Yeah he is actually easy enough to avoid if you walk rather than run It's all memory coming back to me as I play it again, Leon you do everything apart from the library before you go to the courtyard, the main thing is you have to kill the 2 lickers in front of the armory and I didn't I also thought that round 2 played a lot more on what you did in round 1 but I'm doing the same things, for some reason I thought the game was cleverer than that and had you doing different puzzles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Like a Dragon Gaiden It's a nice little spinoff to plug the gap between 7 & 8. It's relatively short, and as such the story is a lot more "to the point". If you like the Yakuza games but don't fancy jumping into a full one (the main titles are quite lengthy), I recommend this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Wife brought me COD MW3 for Christmas so I'll give the zombies a go at some point today. No point going for online multiplayer because my reactions are significantly slower than the pre-teens who generally fill the lobbies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 26, 2023 Alan Wake 2. Its awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 minute ago, Chindie said: Alan Wake 2. Its awesome. It's digital only isn't it? One day I'll get it but it I can't trade it I won't be paying more than £20 for it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 5 hours ago, dubbs said: Wife brought me COD MW3 for Christmas so I'll give the zombies a go at some point today. No point going for online multiplayer because my reactions are significantly slower than the pre-teens who generally fill the lobbies! Play the various game modes, stay away from death match and the tags game whatever it's called but play domination and do the objectives, you'll get enough points to make it interesting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: It's digital only isn't it? One day I'll get it but it I can't trade it I won't be paying more than £20 for it Yeah digital only sadly. I only picked it up because I had some PlayStation credit and it's on the January sale at a very slight discount and I fancied a new high end action game. It is very good, if very... beholden to its conceits in a way that isn't as revelatory as it thinks it is. For example you have a sequence where they take the concept of a writer trapped in a nightmare of their own creation and use it to solve puzzles that the game clearly thinks is really clever but it's actually a bit meh. And that appears to be the entire plot really, creepy Twin Peaks Pacific Northwest town is taken over by unexplained phenomenon that is related to the writing of a missing horror writer and there's other weird shit going on too. Then chuck in classic Remedy nonsense - loads of odd references to Finnish culture and people, loads of video sequences, loads of meshing video over scenes in creepy or interesting ways, loads of weird humour, loads of original music. Fundamentally it's very good though. The graphics are really exceptional, the gameplay is solid, the sound is great, the atmosphere is thick and creepy and weird and 'off' in all the best ways, the presentation is excellent, the performances are great (or extremely knowingly bad...) in all the best ways. Its also got a bunch of callbacks to Control, which is a nice touch and seems to only cement the concept of a Remedy Game Universe, which is fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Didn't play control, played maybe 2 hours of quantum break, loved the 1st AW though which means they've got enough in the bank to make me want to play this, loved MP too but that's almost a given - and I'd love to know what the future of that series is, sure I heard somewhere AW2 hasn't sold well despite the reviews which because I'm old I'd blame on the digital only factor, wouldn't mind if the financial hit plays their hand in to making a new MP game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 26, 2023 Remedy announced last year that they'd agreed a deal with Rockstar to do a Max Payne remake collection of the first 2 games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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