Aneres11 Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 I’ve reached the Astray Maze and I have died about twenty times. Really starting to piss me off and make me hate the game. 😡
Aneres11 Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 Aaaand that's Control done. I enjoyed it overall, but there were some definite frustrations that really hampered my time with it. Mainly what I've already whinged about on here. It's a great game to play. The more abilities you get the better it becomes. Story wise, I still have no idea what happened even after the credits rolled. It was very weird and wonderful. I see there's DLC on sale in the Xbox store which ends today. Don't think I will bother yet though. There's side missions aplenty it seems so they would keep me busy but right now I feel like something else. Call of the Sea or Yooka Laylee me thinks!
Kaepora_Gaebora Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 Completed Call of the Sea this morning. Terrific game, and been so long since I've played a game where the fall back hasn't been "let's put some combat in to lengthen this". It's a story a puzzle driven game that's beautifully realised and cleverly put together, with a compelling mystery to keep you interested. Chuck in replayabilty as well (won't say too much but amongst other things I'm tempted to go achievement hunting I've enjoyed it so much) and anyone with game pass I'd really recommend downloading it and having a go ☺️ As well as working through SoT still, tempted to either go back to Control or I might start Yooka Laylee now as I'm in a "lighter" mood!
Aneres11 Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Kaepora_Gaebora said: Completed Call of the Sea this morning. Terrific game, and been so long since I've played a game where the fall back hasn't been "let's put some combat in to lengthen this". It's a story a puzzle driven game that's beautifully realised and cleverly put together, with a compelling mystery to keep you interested. Chuck in replayabilty as well (won't say too much but amongst other things I'm tempted to go achievement hunting I've enjoyed it so much) and anyone with game pass I'd really recommend downloading it and having a go ☺️ As well as working through SoT still, tempted to either go back to Control or I might start Yooka Laylee now as I'm in a "lighter" mood! I started this on Saturday night. I'm enjoying it so far. I like the relaxed nature, as you say. Coming from Control which was very intense and annoying in parts it's a welcome break! I downloaded Yooka also which I will dive into once I’ve boxed off Call of the Sea. I do intend to go back to Control to do the side missions but want a little break first! 1
Ike Posted December 15, 2020 Posted December 15, 2020 Got the seize ability in Control - that one's a fun one. Up to the Astray Maze and still missing 1 ability (shield?), should I have that one by now?
Aneres11 Posted December 15, 2020 Posted December 15, 2020 58 minutes ago, Ike said: Got the seize ability in Control - that one's a fun one. Up to the Astray Maze and still missing 1 ability (shield?), should I have that one by now? Hmm I had that much earlier. And I never used it, not even once. You can’t even use your weapon or any other ability whilst using a shield (or I couldn’t, anyway) so found it pointless.
Cube Posted December 16, 2020 Author Posted December 16, 2020 16 hours ago, Aneres11 said: Hmm I had that much earlier. And I never used it, not even once. You can’t even use your weapon or any other ability whilst using a shield (or I couldn’t, anyway) so found it pointless. The upgrades make it more useful, as you can hurl the shield at enemies or it explodes when used up. 17 hours ago, Ike said: Got the seize ability in Control - that one's a fun one. Up to the Astray Maze and still missing 1 ability (shield?), should I have that one by now? It's one that's not a "required" ability, so you have to explore to find it. 1
Dufniall Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 EA Play for the PC Game Pass has been postponed to 2021: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/12/15/update-on-ea-play-xbox-game-pass-for-pc-2021/?ocid=XGP_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Text_lrn_12.15.1
Cube Posted December 17, 2020 Author Posted December 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Ike said: Just done the Ashtray Maze and it was amazing. One of my favourite moments in a game (also, check out Poets of the Fall)
Ike Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 Saw the credits for Control yesterday, expected a boss fight or something but the game sorta ended suddenly. The whole lead up was good (including a funny scene with the music video) so not really that upset. Started the DLC mission by accident so will continue with that, although I got a got an out of memory error, probably due to their being a room with a lot of glass and using RTX and raytracing must have filled the memory of the graphics card. Will probably finish of the rest of the side missions as well. I liked the game enough to want a physical copy so I've stuck a preorder down for the PS5 version.
Aneres11 Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 I finished Call of the Sea at the weekend. It was a nice change of pace after the last couple of games I’ve played. I did find the puzzles to be really difficult at times though, and I am not ashamed to say that I did YouTube a few of them! Very interesting story. Now I need to decide what to play next! I am tempted to play through Gears 5 again, as I co-op’d that game earlier this year on my Xbox One and I don’t think I have ever encountered a more buggy game. It was really a chore to play. So may give that a go as I’d like to play the new DLC too.
Cube Posted December 22, 2020 Author Posted December 22, 2020 On 21/12/2020 at 2:30 PM, Ike said: The whole lead up was good (including a funny scene with the music video) so not really that upset. Spoiler 70s British rock was definitely not something I was expecting to hear.
RedShell Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) Having completed Cyberpunk 2077 (and now also reached the max level in it) I’m back on Game Pass. Luckily that £1 for 3 months offer was still available too. Started playing Doom Eternal... imtoooldforthisshit.gif What a rush that game is! Absolutely relentless. You stop moving for even a second and you’re as good as dead, even on the easiest difficultly setting! It feels like playing a bullet hell SHMUP in first-person! Also downloaded and had a quick go on Tetris Effect: Connected. So nice! Really relaxing. The perfect companion game to Doom Eternal actually. Game Pass is awesome. Edited January 2, 2021 by RedShell 2 1 1
Dcubed Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 Yup. Doom Eternal and Tetris Effect are the good shit
RedShell Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 Hey N-E, help me decide what to play next on Game Pass, please! Below is a list of everything currently available on Game Pass for PC, excluding the stuff that I’ve already played: Spoiler A Plague Tale: Innocence Age of Empires Definitive Edition Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition Alan Wake Alvastia Chronicles Among Us ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition Astrologaster ASTRONEER Battle Chasers: Nightwar Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 BATTLETECH Blair Witch Bleeding Edge Bridge Constructor Portal Call of the Sea Carto Celeste Children of Morta Cities: Skylines Clustertruck Comanche Company of Heroes 2: Complete Collection Crackdown 3 CrossCode Crossing Souls Crusader Kings III Darksiders Genesis Day of the Tentacle Remastered Dead Cells Death's Gambit Deep Rock Galactic Deliver Us The Moon. Descenders Disgaea 4 Complete+ Disneyland Adventures Don't Starve: Giant Edition Double Kick Heroes DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition Drake Hollow Eastshade Endless Legend Endless Space 2: Deluxe Edition Europa Universalis IV F1® 2019 Fallout 76 FINAL FANTASY IX FINAL FANTASY VII FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered FINAL FANTASY XV Fishing Sim World®: Pro Tour Five Nights at Freddy's Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Five Nights at Freddy's 3 Five Nights at Freddy's 4 For The King Frostpunk FTL: Faster Than Light Dungeon of the Endless™ Forza Motorsport 7 Standard Edition Full Throttle Remastered Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition Gears of War 4 Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Gears Tactics GONNER2 GreedFall Gris Hearts of Iron IV: Cadet Edition Heave Ho Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Hello Neighbor Hollow Knight HyperDot Hypnospace Outlaw Ikenfell Injustice™ 2 - Standard Edition It Lurks Below Kathy Rain Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition Knights and Bikes Levelhead Machinarium MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Haven Indivisible Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ MISTOVER Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight Monster Sanctuary Moonlighter Morkredd MotoGP™20 Mount & Blade: Warband Moving Out My Time At Portia Neon Abyss Nowhere Prophet Observation Out of the Park Baseball 21 Monster Train Night Call Overcooked! 2 Oxenfree Pandemic: The Board Game Phoenix Point Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition Plebby Quest: The Crusades Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid RAGE 2 Reigns: Game of Thrones Rise of Nations: Extended Edition River City Girls Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure ScourgeBringer Sea Salt Shadow Warrior 2 Slay The Spire Spiritfarer® Star Renegades Starbound Stellaris State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition Stranger Things 3: The Game Streets of Rogue Subnautica Surviving Mars Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3 The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut The Bard's Tale Trilogy The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan The Gardens Between The Long Dark The Surge 2 The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse Torment: Tides of Numenera Trailmakers Train Sim World® 2020 Two Point Hospital™ Unruly Heroes VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action Vambrace: Cold Soul Void Bastards Wasteland 2: Director's Cut Wasteland 3 West of Dead Wilmot's Warehouse WORLD OF HORROR Unto The End World War Z Worms W.M.D Yes, Your Grace Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection Yeah, there’s probably some serious duds in there not to mention genres that I’m not a fan of, but I feel like taking this opportunity to step out of my gaming comfort zone a bit, so if anyone has some recommendations from that list I’d love to hear them.
Hero-of-Time Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 Either Dragon Quest XI, Alan Wake or A Plague Tale. 1 1
Julius Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 Going to third that Dragon Quest XI recommendation by @Hero-of-Time and @drahkon, that game is nothing but an absolute delight 1 1
Ike Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, drahkon said: Dragon Quest XI or ban I like this one. 2
Emerald Emblem Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Definitely Dragon Quest XI S and Tales of Vesperia, if you like streets of Rage style games, River City Girls is a solid choice. Edited January 12, 2021 by Emerald Emblem 1
RedShell Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, drahkon said: Dragon Quest XI or ban I was going to play Slay the Spire, but I definitely don't want to be banned, so... Anyway, cheers for the recommendations everyone, looks like Dragon Quest it is! 1
drahkon Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 1 minute ago, RedShell said: I was going to play Slay the Spire, but I definitely don't want to be banned, so... 1
Emerald Emblem Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 20 minutes ago, RedShell said: I was going to play Slay the Spire, but I definitely don't want to be banned, so... Anyway, cheers for the recommendations everyone, looks like Dragon Quest it is! Brace yourself, I invested 40 hours so far and my Little brother who played it on Switch told me I'm only near the end of the first act.
Hero-of-Time Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 10 hours ago, Emerald Emblem said: Brace yourself, I invested 40 hours so far and my Little brother who played it on Switch told me I'm only near the end of the first act. Yeah, it's a lengthy adventure but it's one of the best this generation has to offer. Hope you enjoy it, @RedShell. 1
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