What games are you playing now?

[RYAN]

I'm also playing a bit of Carx Street. EA FC 25 (particularly Manager Mode and Friendlies with friends). EA WRC, BeamNG.

 

[Brett]

• Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

I’ve been looking forward to this one since its announcement, partly because the series’ namesake is finally the protagonist for once. I’m pleased to report that she isn’t just Link in a new cloak, which hooked me even more after getting my hands on it.

Rather than swinging the sword, her gameplay revolves around spawning objects and even enemies at will, and that is seamlessly incorporated both in combat and solving puzzles. It’s important to think about how enemies interact with each other and the environment, and sometimes that requires out-of-the-box thinking. It’s an approach that I think works both as enticing to relative newcomers (like myself) and a welcome change of pace for Zelda veterans. I definitely recommend this one to the Switch owners here.

I have watched a bit of gameplay and it looks fun. It has a very similar vibe to TotK, but 2D.

 

[SPhilli911]

• Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

I’ve been looking forward to this one since its announcement, partly because the series’ namesake is finally the protagonist for once. I’m pleased to report that she isn’t just Link in a new cloak, which hooked me even more after getting my hands on it.

Rather than swinging the sword, her gameplay revolves around spawning objects and even enemies at will, and that is seamlessly incorporated both in combat and solving puzzles. It’s important to think about how enemies interact with each other and the environment, and sometimes that requires out-of-the-box thinking. It’s an approach that I think works both as enticing to relative newcomers (like myself) and a welcome change of pace for Zelda veterans. I definitely recommend this one to the Switch owners here.

I got this game yesterday on a whim, I haven't been following it whatsoever and I didn't watch reviews or anything like that so I had no idea what the game would be like. I was initially a bit let down it wasn't just playing as Zelda with a sword, but then quickly got hooked to the new mechanics of spawning items and enemies. It's a bit of a puzzle game mixed into a Zelda world and it's very addicting to see which items/enemies work best in any scenario.

I suppose one minor complaint is that once you start collecting more and more echoes the selection screen becomes a little tedious to browse through. Maybe a grid layout would work better there.

 

[FerrariF1GT]

I have watched a bit of gameplay and it looks fun. It has a very similar vibe to TotK, but 2D.

The comparisons to TOTK are very apt IMO. While Echoes has a linear main quest to follow, the game otherwise lets you loose with exploring and the tools at your disposal. I haven’t felt this excited discovering new places and items in a game in quite some time.

 

[NLxAROSA]

Let’s cook.

 

[wheelhp]

carx street is cool and all. But ill be waiting for it to come to console. I have fun on car x drift on my ps4.

Been playing walltap. On roblox. It has "realistic tyre thermals"

 

[GTboyz]

Just acquired one of the most annoying Fallout 4 Nuka World achievements (redeem 100.000 Nuka-cade tickets). Now onto the last 5 trophies until I'm done with this and move on to finishing AC6.

 

[m355y]

TOCA Race Driver 3, dug out my original Xbox and wanted to try out the code generator things I saw mentioned on here to unlock all the various classes I never got round to. Fully licenced Aussie V8 Supercars, DTM, British F3, Castle Combe, Mondello Park, Indycar….I’d forgotten just how big this game is. Somehow on the Xbox it looks more solid than I remember and that slightly grainy, muted look on my CRT kinda fits with the broadcasts of mid 2000s races, so…..it’s fine. It’s 20 years old and genuinely looks fine. The rally physics are poor but aside from that, it’s fun and I’d forgotten that it even has a track inspired by the Scottish loch bonus track from TOCA 2. This was making a very good stab at Project CARS ten years before that even saw the light of day. It’s a shame it never got an Xbox360 version with HD visuals because it was released after the next gen was introduced I think.

 

[sesselpupser]

Continuing my streak of getting distracted, I accidentally shelved Blade Runner in favour of Gran Turismo 4 Spec II v1.5 which is awesome. Playing it on a Deck is a real "what a time to be alive" kind of game. It still looks insanely good for its age, too.

 

[Pepperoncini]

Let’s cook.
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How do you like the ROG ALLY? Been debating between ROG ally x and steam deck

 

[Nacho Libre]

Star Wars Outlaws, now with update 1.2. One day history will be kinder to this game, I hope.

 

[MrCrynox]

TOCA Race Driver 3, dug out my original Xbox and wanted to try out the code generator things I saw mentioned on here to unlock all the various classes I never got round to. Fully licenced Aussie V8 Supercars, DTM, British F3, Castle Combe, Mondello Park, Indycar….I’d forgotten just how big this game is. Somehow on the Xbox it looks more solid than I remember and that slightly grainy, muted look on my CRT kinda fits with the broadcasts of mid 2000s races, so…..it’s fine. It’s 20 years old and genuinely looks fine. The rally physics are poor but aside from that, it’s fun and I’d forgotten that it even has a track inspired by the Scottish loch bonus track from TOCA 2. This was making a very good stab at Project CARS ten years before that even saw the light of day. It’s a shame it never got an Xbox360 version with HD visuals because it was released after the next gen was introduced I think.

Is your Xbox softmodded ? You can sharpen the visuals massively but turning off the soften and, blur I think settings. Works wonders on a CRT.

 

[m355y]

I got it from a mate years ago when he was planning to bin it. An Evo X logo comes when it boots, so it's modded in some way. That's all I know! I have no idea how it's modded or how to actually use any of it. But it's been looked after, so that's a bonus. Was capable of some brilliant graphics, the Xbox, not to mention the ability to save music to the HDD, Xbox Live....just feels more advanced all round than a PS2.

I've moved on tonight to Rallisport Challenge 2, which is a brilliant game. I think it's up there with the OG Sega Rally in that it just handles so well and feels like a dream to drive. The career mode is such a grind though and the cheat codes published to unlock the cars and tracks don't actually work.

 

[wheelhp]

I got it from a mate years ago when he was planning to bin it. An Evo X logo comes when it boots, so it's modded in some way. That's all I know! I have no idea how it's modded or how to actually use any of it. But it's been looked after, so that's a bonus. Was capable of some brilliant graphics, the Xbox, not to mention the ability to save music to the HDD, Xbox Live....just feels more advanced all round than a PS2.

I've moved on tonight to Rallisport Challenge 2, which is a brilliant game. I think it's up there with the OG Sega Rally in that it just handles so well and feels like a dream to drive. The career mode is such a grind though and the cheat codes published to unlock the cars and tracks don't actually work.

So modded xbox really is that good... I feel less envy when you mentioned the grind in rallisport challenge! That game's been on my list for a while

 

[GTboyz]

Continuing my streak of getting distracted, I accidentally shelved Blade Runner in favour of Gran Turismo 4 Spec II v1.5 which is awesome. Playing it on a Deck is a real "what a time to be alive" kind of game. It still looks insanely good for its age, too.

There's a Blade Runner game?

 

[NLxAROSA]

How do you like the ROG ALLY? Been debating between ROG ally x and steam deck

I have the original Ally, so the upgrade to an Ally X would be a bit expensive for the added value, but I’d pick an Ally X over a Steam Deck any day of the week. Not because the Steam Deck is bad mind you. Just that it’s more future proof in terms of hardware. On the Ally X you will be able to run any game out there, and it runs UE5 games just fine as well. The Steam Deck is great, but I don’t think it will run upcoming games very well due to the age of the hardware. AMD Z1E or 7840U/8840U with LPDDR5X at 7500 MT/s is a beast. And Valve is testing SteamOS for the Ally already…

 

[sesselpupser]

There's a Blade Runner game?

Yeah, it's a point and click game developed by Westwood and released in 1997, it's been on GOG for a while and Nightdive "remastered" it recently, seems like no one likes the remaster because it doesn't look good and is buggy but it comes bundled with the original and a version of the original featuring restored cut content (which is the version I was playing).

 

[MrCrynox]

I got it from a mate years ago when he was planning to bin it. An Evo X logo comes when it boots, so it's modded in some way. That's all I know! I have no idea how it's modded or how to actually use any of it. But it's been looked after, so that's a bonus. Was capable of some brilliant graphics, the Xbox, not to mention the ability to save music to the HDD, Xbox Live....just feels more advanced all round than a PS2.

I've moved on tonight to Rallisport Challenge 2, which is a brilliant game. I think it's up there with the OG Sega Rally in that it just handles so well and feels like a dream to drive. The career mode is such a grind though and the cheat codes published to unlock the cars and tracks don't actually work.

Ok if that's the case then you would probably have XBMC on it ? For playing movies etc. If so launch your games from there, first go into settings and turn off flicker, default is 5, 0 or 1 is good, turn off soften. Then okay the game and marvel of how much better it looks. This is a global setting so will work with all your games. I take it you are connecting via RGB, right ?

 

[Meythia]

There's a Blade Runner game?

There even is a X-Files game with the size of 7 CDs most people dont know about 😵

Blade Runner later found a different use: as a tech vector for Command & Conquer 3 and its "destructible terrain", which supposeldy required the same voxel stuff that was used to make Blade Runner look the way it does.

 

[NLxAROSA]

Yeah, it's a point and click game developed by Westwood and released in 1997, it's been on GOG for a while and Nightdive "remastered" it recently, seems like no one likes the remaster because it doesn't look good and is buggy but it comes bundled with the original and a version of the original featuring restored cut content (which is the version I was playing).

It's the one blemish on Nightdives track record I think. In similar fashion you can get better performance and visuals out of the original Crysis + a handful of well-established mods vs the offical remasters (which were remasters of the original console versions, and thus lacking in many areas compared to the PC version).

Not that the Nightdive remaster is unplayable (neither are the official Crysis remasters).

 

[m355y]

Ok if that's the case then you would probably have XBMC on it ? For playing movies etc. If so launch your games from there, first go into settings and turn off flicker, default is 5, 0 or 1 is good, turn off soften. Then okay the game and marvel of how much better it looks. This is a global setting so will work with all your games. I take it you are connecting via RGB, right ?

Thanks, I might actually investigate how my Xbox is modded because I never have. I have no idea about any of that stuff, I even had to Google XBMC. I'll look for an online guide or something. Aside from maybe enabling it to play NSTC games I never really considered what it might mean, my brain just doesn't work that way. I'm genuinely clueless.

 

[Pepperoncini]

I have the original Ally, so the upgrade to an Ally X would be a bit expensive for the added value, but I’d pick an Ally X over a Steam Deck any day of the week. Not because the Steam Deck is bad mind you. Just that it’s more future proof in terms of hardware. On the Ally X you will be able to run any game out there, and it runs UE5 games just fine as well. The Steam Deck is great, but I don’t think it will run upcoming games very well due to the age of the hardware. AMD Z1E or 7840U/8840U with LPDDR5X at 7500 MT/s is a beast. And Valve is testing SteamOS for the Ally already…

Yeah I feel like it might be worth the price. It's quite a bummer it's not an OLED screen though... and it's windows operated, not saying it's a bad thing but steamOS seems to be fantastic. I guess it's good they are developing steamOS for the Ally too so that helps if you want a console-like experience. However, I do like how in Windows, you can try have multiple stormfronts pretty easily.

Decisions, decisions... lol

 

[sirjim73]

Yeah, it's a point and click game developed by Westwood and released in 1997, it's been on GOG for a while and Nightdive "remastered" it recently, seems like no one likes the remaster because it doesn't look good and is buggy but it comes bundled with the original and a version of the original featuring restored cut content (which is the version I was playing).

Somewhere, in a drawer, I have the original PC discs (can't remember if I kept the original box or not), not that I have a working PC to play it on

 

[SPhilli911]

There are rumors floating around that they may be remastering The Last Revelation and Chronicles, which would be great because I've never completed The Last Revelation and I've never even played Chronicles.

Well, here is a very nice surprise. They are remastering the 6th game, Angel of Darkness along with 4 (The Last Revelation) and 5 (Chronicles) in another trilogy remaster.

 

[zaxs]

Started with Silent Hill 2.
It's more scary now than when I was kid...

 

[PletdeKoe]

Silent Hill 2 for me as well. Man this game is such a great game. Very scary but so intruiging.

 

[GTboyz]

Finally finished.

Got the 100 happiness from Longfellow Cabin that's only occupied with Longfellow himself, enough food, drink, defense, 1 toilet on the edge of the cliff, 1 bench press, 1 pommel horse and 5 cats.

 

[TypeRDC5]

Started with Silent Hill 2.
It's more scary now than when I was kid...

Silent Hill 2 for me as well. Man this game is such a great game. Very scary but so intruiging.

I'm also playing through Silent Hill 2.

I am a horror game veteran but I have to say this game has me on edge lol

I play exclusively with headset on and lights off, the apartment section especially so far was very tense, the sound design is excellent and has tricked me a couple of times when the game hints something is lurking around one corner only to be jumped by a mannequin from the other side 😅

Great remake so far, hopefully the rest of the game is just as good, will be going onto Alan Wake 2 after I'm done with SH2.

 

[FuriousDemon]

As others, I’m playing SH2 remake. Haven’t played any single player games in a good while and this one hit the spot. I always wanted to play the original SH2 back in the day, but never had the opportunity, so I’m glad they decided to remake it. In any case, I’m really enjoying the game. I’m not finding it too scary to be honest, but it does have good and creepy atmosphere and I enjoy the typical gameplay loop of a survival horror game.

 

[VFOURMAX1]

I had pre ordered Balders Gate 3 when it was first offered for sale to support Larian making the game as I was a big fan of BG1 and BG2 from years ago.

Between life and other reasons as I usually wait a while before I play a new release to let them fix all the quirks and bugs along with getting any gameplay and balance issues sorted out through updates before I do my initial playthrough.

Well finally just getting going, did my character creation as a Evocation Wizard based on a Githyanki race build as the attributes of the race add armor and weapons proficiencies to the wizard build.

Been a long time since I played a game such as this but as an older gamer I enjoy the ability to go at a slower pace and really spend time exploring the world and even planning out the turn based combat.
I am in no hurry to finish the game and expect I will do a number of different playthroughs with different character builds and party composition.