Fierce_LiNk

It is time... I've put the disc into the console. It's time to play Hearts of Stone. My body is ready.

Add me to the never played Okami crew. I think we even have the game. Just never got around to it. Looks lovely, though.

We were much better in the second half. I quite enjoyed some of it, although I struggled to stay awake during the game as I'd been playing football after work. Was very tired. However, the match does highlight one thing: we're fucked without Martial. He's one of the only players we have that wants to run past players and take them on.

I've been busy lately looking back at my current PS4 collection and working my way through some of the smaller games that I've been neglecting. First up...Grim Fandango Remastered. The style, humour, presentation and story of this game are fantastic. That's essentially what got me hooked and what carried me through to the end. However, I have to say that I didn't enjoy the puzzle-solving mechanic an awful lot. Some of the sign-posting in this game isn't great and a lot of the solutions for the puzzles are a bit obscure. I would say that I enjoyed it and I'm glad that I played it. But, it definitely tells you how far videogames have come. Some would say that there's a bit too much hand-holding these days, but I'd argue that some of the design has improved tremendously. So, not so much games being easier now, but rather that the combination of visuals making it clear what's taking place and having mechanics that tend to fit in a bit more with their surroundings...makes a huge difference. An interesting argument for another time, maybe. Race The Sun This was another PS+ game, although this is from quite a while back. I played a bit of it then, then put it aside in favour of something else. It's a pretty great game. Simple, yet fucking hard. I love the sense of speed in this, the minimalistic visuals and the mechanics. I'm a big fan of this. Moar please. Games of 2016 Flower - Finished Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - Finished The Unfinished Swan - Finished Grim Fandango Remastered - Finished Race The Sun - Finished

I didn't necessarily mean just here. In general, it doesn't seem to be talked about that much. Maybe I've just not noticed it. Can't wait for it though, think it'll be great. In the mood for another fighter.

We tried Raider Camp yesterday and quite enjoyed it. We did a few games of Dropzone until it came up and thought it was a pretty good map for that type of mode. Can't wait to play on more maps. Looking forward to seeing some more content for this game, although I do think that there are a great range of modes. Walker Assault has become a bit of a favourite of ours now.

@Retro_Link, I actually made a thread about this before and you even thanked the first post! Linky I'm still excited for it. Think it'll be a great game.

I'm really surprised that there seems to be no hype around this. Is the interest in this series on the decline? What's the issue?

I bet Vardy does play, but it'll be out on the wing or something. Rooney will get chosen because he's an "experienced player" despite being in really poor form. Nah, it's Leicester or nothing for me. Can't see Spurs winning it. It'll be between Leicester, Arsenal and City. City have what it takes to get over the line, so I'd still be tempted to go with them. But, Arsenal are playing great football and Leicester are playing out of their skin. I'd love it if Leicester won it...although my brain says that they'll slip away at some point and leave Arsenal and City to slug it out. The next three games will tell us how serious Leicester's chances are. 4+ points from that and...who knows.

I'm not sure if I'll go back into it, at least not straight away. I've started Grim Fandango and so will probably persevere with that now. I remember you talking about Brothers. I'll look into it. I wonder if you'd like Hohokum. I love it. Thought it was extremely quirky.

I'm really, reeeeeally fucking confused by all this. So, this has gone from being a small PSN game to a huge release and one that is scoring extremely highly in reviews? What the fuck? Now I don't know what to do. Really tempted to get this, but don't know if it's worth waiting. Feels a bit lame waiting for it to drop in price when it seems like the people behind it have put tons of effort into this.

Sorry for your loss, @martinist.

Yeah, that's pretty awful. Shouldn't be looking at the linesman in a situation like that. A pretty amateurish thing to do for a player with his experience. Rooney isn't good enough to get into the team, but wishing him to break his metatarsal is a bit lame.

Just finished The Unfinished Swan. Woooow! What a lovely little game. Can't believe I hadn't played it til now.

Another game finished! I was going play Grim Fandango Remastered but realised that I hadn't downloaded it to my console yet. I thought I'd play a little something in between whilst that was downloading, so I had a browse before deciding on playing...The Unfinished Swan. I know nothing about this game. @Eenuh has played this, but I hadn't got around to it yet. I think @Retro_Link was telling us to play it as he's a fan? Anyway, what can I say? The game is absolutely wonderful. Beautiful music. Gorgeous, yet minimalistic visuals and a pretty good story behind it, too. A perfect Sunday afternoon game, to be honest. Highly recommended. Although, I imagine the majority of people have played this by now. Definitely enjoyed my time with this game. It's been a pretty cool start to 2016! Games of 2016 Flower - Finished Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - Finished The Unfinished Swan - Finished

Leicester have got Liverpool at home, then both Man City and Arsenal away. If they can survive those games and still remain at the top of the league...then I really think that they could do it. I can't honestly look at those games and say that they're certain to lose them. I could see them winning at least one of those, maybe drawing the other two. Fuck it. I'm all in. If United can't do it, then I'd love Leicester to do it. 15 games remaining...

I'm not 100% sure that there was contact. Taking off Giroud is a big move, too. I know somebody has to go off, but that's a big call.

I can now declare Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception as my second finished game of 2016. Wooooo. Here's what I said in the Uncharted thread: Finished the game yesterday! Blitzed through to the end. I'm definitely thinking that this is my favourite Uncharted game and one of my favourites ever.

Finished the game yesterday! Blitzed through to the end. I'm definitely thinking that this is my favourite Uncharted game and one of my favourites ever.

I'm about 2/3rds of the way through Uncharted 3 and it's absolutely fucking awesome.

Yeah, they ruined it all with that game. The boss battles were awfffuuuuuuuul! I remember booting it up for the first few times and thinking that the game was the shit...before changing my mind and thinking that the game was just shit. Sometimes you just want things done in a simple way. Why complicate it?

Super Monkey Ball is a fantastic example of unnecessarily complicating a game. The original was superb. The one on the Wii was fun at first, but it's a pain in the arse to truly master it due to the controls. You end up fighting the controls in the game rather than actually thinking about the game itself.

The next manager is going to have to change things anyway and/or start again because we're not really laying any foundations down at the moment. We are in need of another rebuild and, probably, need at least one player in defence, midfield and attack. As soon as top four becomes mathematically impossible, that's when Van Gaal will go. Although, the fans are not on his side anymore, so it really wouldn't surprise me if he goes before then.

Well, we don't really play anything. We tried possession football and made a mess of it. We can't attack, defend or keep the ball. The game was shit. But, that's not actually the worst I've seen us play this season. We were terrible, obviously, but the scary thing is that we've played worse. As far as things go, this was a typical performance. We'll start with the same lineup next game, except for maybe Darmian. It really is shite. I heard this was great. Looking forward to seeing it.