The 'What Are You Playing' 2016 Thread
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Today I came late to work and my boss asked why, I knocked his hat off because he's bald and likes to hide it then I walked away
Today I came late to work and my boss asked why, I knocked his hat off because he's bald and likes to hide it then I walked away
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Superstar
I took full advantage of the black friday and PSN anniversary sales and I've been back and forth through a few titles lately. Darkstalkers 2 remastered, Disgaea 5, Xenoverse 2 and Enter the Gungeon have all been getting burn with the Digimon RPG that dropped to big reviews on deck and I'll probably scoop the new Final Fantasy at some point; I'll never have enough RPG's.
Mini Reviews:
Darksiders - I still think God of War is better; but this is a clone that was worthwhile. It's nice remastered but it was a bit glitchy in the biggest cut scenes I've reached so far...and I'm only at the second world.
Disgaea - It's like the rest...if you like SRPG's or get crazy on customizables, it's great. I can come back and just rock item world runs for fun any time I'm bored.
Xenoverse 2 - It's got some real improvements pacing and overworld wise but gameplay is still VERY similar to the first imo. At 25 bones, it was worth my money but at full price I'd probably be disappointed.
Gungeon - I love games like this (style wise think Binding of Isaac). Simple gameplay with an old school feel but it's challenging and has a lot to discover/unlock. This is the joint I put on when I want to turn my brain off and bump a new album or peep an interesting podcast.
Mini Reviews:
Darksiders - I still think God of War is better; but this is a clone that was worthwhile. It's nice remastered but it was a bit glitchy in the biggest cut scenes I've reached so far...and I'm only at the second world.
Disgaea - It's like the rest...if you like SRPG's or get crazy on customizables, it's great. I can come back and just rock item world runs for fun any time I'm bored.
Xenoverse 2 - It's got some real improvements pacing and overworld wise but gameplay is still VERY similar to the first imo. At 25 bones, it was worth my money but at full price I'd probably be disappointed.
Gungeon - I love games like this (style wise think Binding of Isaac). Simple gameplay with an old school feel but it's challenging and has a lot to discover/unlock. This is the joint I put on when I want to turn my brain off and bump a new album or peep an interesting podcast.
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It's Dark SIDERS breh
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Superstar
#41
So,I finished this a few hours ago. And to be frank I had to really just sit here and think about the experience I had with this game.
After a while I decided to look around this forum see what other brehs thought. I guess I shouldn't have been shocked at how closed minded some people were about the story but I think there was legitimate criticism as well.
This wasn't a game that was in my radar at all. I didn't even realize it was this old. I never read about it before and never had any thoughts one way or the other. Never read a single review or anything.
I'll be honest. I really love this experience. I hesitate to even call this a game as most walking simulators barely qualify.
I really turned over every corner in this. I picked up every object I could find, read any notes and listened intently to every journal entry.
The house itself is very creepy and filled with atmosphere. Walking around you are filled with this weird feeling of something isn't right. The whole time I felt something was going to happen A ghost or ghoul would pop out. You'd hear strange noises. The pounding of thunder and rain.
As you come across notes about the "psycho house"and find everything turned astray it just re-enforced how much atmosphere the game dripped with.
But as you uncover more and the journal entries are read to you by a very understated yet incredible voice acting performance by the sister you realize this isn't what you think it is.
You are suddenly engaged in a love story and feel at ease but eager to uncover just what is happening.
As you keep listening you are again struck with an emotion of distress. You find blood in a bath tub. Doors are locked. the sound of TV warning channels echo.
And as I kept listening and discovering I kept feeling a sense of dread. The blood. The increasingly somber journals. Notes left about asking for forgiveness.
Then,again,you discover ouija boards and pentagrams and a locked attic that seems ominous and nefarious.
I can feel it in my stomach that this is going to end in tragedy.
....and then you enter the attic
Now. I won't ruin this for anyone but I will say this.
This is the type of experience that will give you what you take from it. You can't go into this wanting to hate.
I have mixed feelings about the ending. When it first happened I rolled my eyes. But as I sat there an thought about it the more I loved it.
Maybe I'm pretentious.
But,to me,this game accomplished so much with so little. I felt invested. I felt a range of emotions. And at every single corner the game subvered my expectations and turned its narrative on its head.
I don't expect many people on this forum would enjoy this. I did.
I loved it because I gave myself up to the story and let it take me down its path. And every corner it took me down was surprising and sometimes even profound.
I have to relate this to watching a horror film. Some people will play on their phone,have conversations,watch with the lights on and not let a horror film do its job. I like to watch in pure darkness with headphones on and live in the moment. Stack the deck and let me be in that moment. If you aren't willing to let yourself be soaked into an experience then why bother?
But I digress.
Some will be turned off by the story but I liked it for what it did,because I did not expect it. And that's a rare thing.
There are no tropes here,no generic plot and zero predictibility.
9/10
So,I finished this a few hours ago. And to be frank I had to really just sit here and think about the experience I had with this game.
After a while I decided to look around this forum see what other brehs thought. I guess I shouldn't have been shocked at how closed minded some people were about the story but I think there was legitimate criticism as well.
This wasn't a game that was in my radar at all. I didn't even realize it was this old. I never read about it before and never had any thoughts one way or the other. Never read a single review or anything.
I'll be honest. I really love this experience. I hesitate to even call this a game as most walking simulators barely qualify.
I really turned over every corner in this. I picked up every object I could find, read any notes and listened intently to every journal entry.
The house itself is very creepy and filled with atmosphere. Walking around you are filled with this weird feeling of something isn't right. The whole time I felt something was going to happen A ghost or ghoul would pop out. You'd hear strange noises. The pounding of thunder and rain.
As you come across notes about the "psycho house"and find everything turned astray it just re-enforced how much atmosphere the game dripped with.
But as you uncover more and the journal entries are read to you by a very understated yet incredible voice acting performance by the sister you realize this isn't what you think it is.
You are suddenly engaged in a love story and feel at ease but eager to uncover just what is happening.
As you keep listening you are again struck with an emotion of distress. You find blood in a bath tub. Doors are locked. the sound of TV warning channels echo.
And as I kept listening and discovering I kept feeling a sense of dread. The blood. The increasingly somber journals. Notes left about asking for forgiveness.
Then,again,you discover ouija boards and pentagrams and a locked attic that seems ominous and nefarious.
I can feel it in my stomach that this is going to end in tragedy.
....and then you enter the attic
Now. I won't ruin this for anyone but I will say this.
This is the type of experience that will give you what you take from it. You can't go into this wanting to hate.
I have mixed feelings about the ending. When it first happened I rolled my eyes. But as I sat there an thought about it the more I loved it.
Maybe I'm pretentious.
But,to me,this game accomplished so much with so little. I felt invested. I felt a range of emotions. And at every single corner the game subvered my expectations and turned its narrative on its head.
I don't expect many people on this forum would enjoy this. I did.
I loved it because I gave myself up to the story and let it take me down its path. And every corner it took me down was surprising and sometimes even profound.
I have to relate this to watching a horror film. Some people will play on their phone,have conversations,watch with the lights on and not let a horror film do its job. I like to watch in pure darkness with headphones on and live in the moment. Stack the deck and let me be in that moment. If you aren't willing to let yourself be soaked into an experience then why bother?
But I digress.
Some will be turned off by the story but I liked it for what it did,because I did not expect it. And that's a rare thing.
There are no tropes here,no generic plot and zero predictibility.
9/10
#41
So,I finished this a few hours ago. And to be frank I had to really just sit here and think about the experience I had with this game.
After a while I decided to look around this forum see what other brehs thought. I guess I shouldn't have been shocked at how closed minded some people were about the story but I think there was legitimate criticism as well.
This wasn't a game that was in my radar at all. I didn't even realize it was this old. I never read about it before and never had any thoughts one way or the other. Never read a single review or anything.
I'll be honest. I really love this experience. I hesitate to even call this a game as most walking simulators barely qualify.
I really turned over every corner in this. I picked up every object I could find, read any notes and listened intently to every journal entry.
The house itself is very creepy and filled with atmosphere. Walking around you are filled with this weird feeling of something isn't right. The whole time I felt something was going to happen A ghost or ghoul would pop out. You'd hear strange noises. The pounding of thunder and rain.
As you come across notes about the "psycho house"and find everything turned astray it just re-enforced how much atmosphere the game dripped with.
But as you uncover more and the journal entries are read to you by a very understated yet incredible voice acting performance by the sister you realize this isn't what you think it is.
You are suddenly engaged in a love story and feel at ease but eager to uncover just what is happening.
As you keep listening you are again struck with an emotion of distress. You find blood in a bath tub. Doors are locked. the sound of TV warning channels echo.
And as I kept listening and discovering I kept feeling a sense of dread. The blood. The increasingly somber journals. Notes left about asking for forgiveness.
Then,again,you discover ouija boards and pentagrams and a locked attic that seems ominous and nefarious.
I can feel it in my stomach that this is going to end in tragedy.
....and then you enter the attic
Now. I won't ruin this for anyone but I will say this.
This is the type of experience that will give you what you take from it. You can't go into this wanting to hate.
I have mixed feelings about the ending. When it first happened I rolled my eyes. But as I sat there an thought about it the more I loved it.
Maybe I'm pretentious.
But,to me,this game accomplished so much with so little. I felt invested. I felt a range of emotions. And at every single corner the game subvered my expectations and turned its narrative on its head.
I don't expect many people on this forum would enjoy this. I did.
I loved it because I gave myself up to the story and let it take me down its path. And every corner it took me down was surprising and sometimes even profound.
I have to relate this to watching a horror film. Some people will play on their phone,have conversations,watch with the lights on and not let a horror film do its job. I like to watch in pure darkness with headphones on and live in the moment. Stack the deck and let me be in that moment. If you aren't willing to let yourself be soaked into an experience then why bother?
But I digress.
Some will be turned off by the story but I liked it for what it did,because I did not expect it. And that's a rare thing.
There are no tropes here,no generic plot and zero predictibility.
9/10
I'll just leave this here
So this "Gone Home" game...[Free on PS+ right now] *Spoilers*
I'm aware of your heathenry.
Art isn't for everyone
It just wasn't for me.I'm aware of your heathenry.
Art isn't for everyone
The game was incredibly corny to me, not necessarily the message itself.
It's not going to connect with everyone.
Some people didn't care for journey. It's one of my greatest games of all time though.
It's that type of one time experience that you either resonate with it or don't.
I like Journey a lot. I just felt like Gone Home was trying to piggy back on a movement to sell a mediocre game while hiding behind the veil of art.
Again. It just wasn't for me.
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I just recently started playing Dying Light again on XB1. I never finished it the first go round, but randomly got the itch to start playing it again two weeks ago & have been putting in work. The game is one of the most slept on of all time IMO. Graphics & gameplay are still 
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I bought the following edition and can't wait to get back into it
I just recently started playing Dying Light again on XB1. I never finished it the first go round, but randomly got the itch to start playing it again two weeks ago & have been putting in work. The game is one of the most slept on of all time IMO. Graphics & gameplay are still
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