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[Detective Beauregard]

Got the System Shock 2 remaster and am quite excited to dive into it this weekend. Played the remake of the original last year and loved it.

@JudasMyGuide

Doom Eternal’s DLC is hard, even on the easiest difficulty level. Having to kill those booster demons with the plasma rifle’s microwave beam is a pain in the ass!

 

[JudasMyGuide]

Doom Eternal’s DLC is hard, even on the easiest difficulty level. Having to kill those booster demons with the plasma rifle’s microwave beam is a pain in the ass!

I'm currently stuck in that first "challenge" of Blood Swamps (with the green circle to start it), where it's first totem-buffed Revenants and Prowlers, then two Hell Knights and various Carcasses, then another totem and two Cyberdemons Tyrants appear and once you slay either of those, two Hell Barons appear (i. e. two for each Tyrant slain), with the last wave having one Baron with that boost by the Spirit that you mention. All the while there's tons of various shit spitting fodder demons.

On Nightmare it's absolutely insane, the crowd control is pretty much RNG, even utilising the slow down rune and the sort-of bullet time when you switch weapons it's so brutal and overwhelming I just don't know how to beat that. On PC maybe (I'm pretty proud of my FPS proficience with keyboard and mouse, besides, all the fan-made wads were pretty difficult, maybe more difficult than this), but on console it's just ... insane. I refuse to be beat and to lower down the difficulty, but I don't see how I'm going to do this, lol.

 

[Detective Beauregard]

Lol, there’s so many obnoxious demons in that game, with carcasses probably being at the top of the list (saying nothing of the damn arch viles).

That first DLC has some outstanding level design, though. The feel of each level is so unique.

Best of luck. You have far more patience than I do!

 

[Onhell]

You need to have gathered at least 1800 essence to get the awoken dream nail, with which you can do the white palace to get the required item (to get the next required item). You're not locked out and can still do it, but depending on how much essence you have it could be quite a grind.

I actually got 2400 essence, got the void heart and all that jazz.... so I'm sure I have to go BACK to the white palace? Anyway, like I said, I'm done with that game for now, maybe in a year or so I'll revisit it.

Finished South of Midnight, highly recommend it, it's heart wrenching and the Soundtrack has been on my Now Playing for about a week.

Started playing Space Marine: Master Crafted Edition. My friends and I have been playing the second one and the original wasn't on the xbox store even though it was a 360 title. It was on Steam, but I don't particularly like gaming on my PC unless it's an RTS. At any rate, it's definitely designed to barrel through it with no chapter breaks aside from a title card when entering a room. You get a cinematic cut scene and right back to it. It's good mindless fun like Gears of War.

 

[Onhell]

OMIGAD OMIGAD OMIGAD OMIGAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S HAPPENIIIIIIIING!!! AAAAAAAAH!

 

[Vaenyr]

OMIGAD OMIGAD OMIGAD OMIGAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S HAPPENIIIIIIIING!!! AAAAAAAAH!

Fucking finally! The cliffhanger of DS1 is still one of the most hype moments in gaming.

 

[Onhell]

Fucking finally! The cliffhanger of DS1 is still one of the most hype moments in gaming.

My only complaint is Strife didn't get his own stand alone game like the other horsemen. Genesis was fun, but he got done dirty in that regard. But definitely happy they're finally wrapping it up.

 

[Detective Beauregard]

Anyone here ever played System Shock 2? Picked up the remaster and I’m loving it. I do wish that Nightdive had done a full remake like they did with the original System Shock, but that’s a minor gripe. Definitely a game for anyone who likes the immersive BioShock-type exploration-based RPG/shooters.

 

[Onhell]

Anyone here ever played System Shock 2? Picked up the remaster and I’m loving it. I do wish that Nightdive had done a full remake like they did with the original System Shock, but that’s a minor gripe. Definitely a game for anyone who likes the immersive BioShock-type exploration-based RPG/shooters.

I have both System Shock games, the originals and the remasters, but they're in my back catalogue. played through the tutorial of the second one, because the friends I game with wanted to play on our next session, but that's it. I actually haven't been gaming for a while due to life, but I'll get to them at some point.

 

[Batman]

Anyone here ever played System Shock 2? Picked up the remaster and I’m loving it. I do wish that Nightdive had done a full remake like they did with the original System Shock, but that’s a minor gripe. Definitely a game for anyone who likes the immersive BioShock-type exploration-based RPG/shooters.

I loved original one. Still have OST on hard drive.

 

[chaosapiant]

I am playing Diablo 4 as of this moment in time.

Are the DarkSiders Games Worth Playing? I have 1 and 2 in my library but never played them beyond the beginning of 1 where I'm bunny hopping around buses or something.

 

[Vaenyr]

I am playing Diablo 4 as of this moment in time.

Are the DarkSiders Games Worth Playing? I have 1 and 2 in my library but never played them beyond the beginning of 1 where I'm bunny hopping around buses or something.

DS1 is basically an old school Zelda-like. DS2 went more into a "collect tons of loot" direction. Great soundtrack though.

 

[Batman]

Started Path of Exile. Wow. Just wow. So much fun for free. I like it a little bit more than Diablo 4. Also - waiting for another open beta of battlefield 6, ive tested it during weekend and it was so much fun.

 

[Onhell]

I am playing Diablo 4 as of this moment in time.

Are the DarkSiders Games Worth Playing? I have 1 and 2 in my library but never played them beyond the beginning of 1 where I'm bunny hopping around buses or something.

Definitely worth playing. One of my favorite franchises, even if 3 is a little different. 1 & 2 though are incredible

 

[Abas]

I am playing Diablo 4 as of this moment in time.

Season 9 is super fun! I've had seasons where I leveled two characters to 60+ but this is the first season I've had three of them.

 

[Batman]

Just finished Guardians of Galaxy. What a fun game to play with amazing soundtrack. Starlord - Zero to Hero is on almost constant replay on my spotify now :-D

 

[Tom Frezzo]

I'm currently stuck in that first "challenge" of Blood Swamps (with the green circle to start it), where it's first totem-buffed Revenants and Prowlers, then two Hell Knights and various Carcasses, then another totem and two Cyberdemons Tyrants appear and once you slay either of those, two Hell Barons appear (i. e. two for each Tyrant slain), with the last wave having one Baron with that boost by the Spirit that you mention. All the while there's tons of various shit spitting fodder demons.

On Nightmare it's absolutely insane, the crowd control is pretty much RNG, even utilising the slow down rune and the sort-of bullet time when you switch weapons it's so brutal and overwhelming I just don't know how to beat that. On PC maybe (I'm pretty proud of my FPS proficience with keyboard and mouse, besides, all the fan-made wads were pretty difficult, maybe more difficult than this), but on console it's just ... insane. I refuse to be beat and to lower down the difficulty, but I don't see how I'm going to do this, lol. Το gaming με κρυπτονομίσματα είναι ένα τεντωμένο σκοινί, η υπευθυνότητα σε κρατάει από το να πέσεις. Βάλε στοίχημα όχι παραπάνω από το 2% του μηνιαίου σου προϋπολογισμού για να παραμείνεις σταθερός. Τσέκαρε το casinonet.gr για sites που ρυθμίζονται από την ΕΕΕΠ με ελεγμένα RTPs 95%+. Περιόρισε τις συνεδρίες σε 90 λεπτά. Τα δεδομένα δείχνουν ότι το πιο μακροχρόνιο παιχνίδι ανεβάζει τους ριψοκίνδυνους στοιχήματα κατά 20%. Χρησιμοποίησε τα εργαλεία αυτοαποκλεισμού, διαθέσιμα στο 90% των νόμιμων πλατφορμών, αν ο έλεγχος σου ξεφύγει. Κατανόησε τις αποδόσεις—το πλεονέκτημα του καζίνο στη ρουλέτα είναι 2.7%. Κάνε διαλείμματα 10 λεπτών κάθε ώρα για να καθαρίσεις το μυαλό σου. Αν το παιχνίδι σου φαίνεται σαν αγγαρεία, κάλεσε το ΚΕΘΕΑ στο 2109237777. Περπάτα τη γραμμή με πειθαρχία και η συγκίνηση θα παραμείνει καθαρή, χωρίς πτώσεις.

That challenge is absolutely brutal on Nightmare, you're definitely not alone in struggling with it! The crowd control really does feel like RNG sometimes, especially when you've got all that fodder constantly spawning while you're trying to deal with the heavy hitters. One thing that helped me was prioritizing the totems first since they buff everything else, even if it means taking some hits to get there quickly. For the Tyrants/Cyberdemons, try to use the environment to your advantage and keep moving in big circles while focusing on one at a time. The weapon switching slow-mo is clutch but you really have to spam it constantly to stay alive. Console definitely makes it way harder than PC, so don't feel bad about how tough it is, the controller just doesn't give you the same precision for quick target switching.

 

[Batman]

Playing silksong - damn, game is great in almost every aspect but I forgot that my reflex is a little bit off. Great art style and sound design, was worth the price. I'm still figuring things out, so I don't expect to reach end any time soon.

 

[Detective Beauregard]

For the survival horror crowd, has anyone played Cronos: The New Dawn? Having fun with it so far. Think Dead Space meets Resident Evil with more paranormal elements. The game is hard if you’re not used to this style, though. Enemies are unforgiving and resources are quite limited, and there’s no difficulty select. Thankfully there’s a lot of save rooms.

Playing silksong - damn, game is great in almost every aspect but I forgot that my reflex is a little bit off. Great art style and sound design, was worth the price. I'm still figuring things out, so I don't expect to reach end any time soon.

I played it for about an hour and it kicked my ass. I loved Hollow Knight, but I’m more of a reactionary 1st or 3rd person gamer so the readjust to side scrolling has been difficult. Was shocked that it was only $20 though!

A few years ago I played Hollow Knight for the second time (and actually beat it!), and I’m thinking I may revisit it before I tackle Silksong. Not looking forward to that spider boss at the bottom of the map, though!

 

[Shmoolikipod]

I still have the first Hollow Knight sitting on my computer waiting for me to play it lol. Though I did my part in helping crash the Steam store that first day

I was hungry for more "decipher the meaning" games after I finished Lingo 2 some months ago. So of course I went with Chants of Sennaar instead of Lingo 1!

It was fantastic. The main concept is you go around the maps talking to people, looking at objects, and you have a dictionary where you write down the symbols and what you believe them to mean, which is also necessary to complete the puzzles and progress in the game.

Very beautiful clean aesthetic and camera angles, nice story with a message, and overall nothing felt like I need to open a guide for, at least nothing I couldn't have figured out myself if I thought about things a bit more... This says more about Lingo, but it was nice having a clear sense of direction instead of going insane trying to understand where I am and what I'm doing and whether I'm supposed be where I am and whether what I'm doing unlocked something on the other side of the map and whether the developer actually thought a single soul is going to understand The Revitalized. I love it to bits but fucking fuck Lingo.

Don't fuck Chants of Sennaar though, great game if you like puzzle games or language.

Spoiler: Ending spoilers

Can we not explicitly introduce "what if it's a dream?" in games that clearly aren't meant to explore that concept? Especially not when the final challenge is escaping the dream-state?! Yes it's my pet peeve, deal with it.