Lies of P I'm definitely waiting on, but the reviews have been pretty convincing, basically saying it's one of the few Soulslikes that gets it right but also makes the right changes.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 17 September 2023 18:51 (eight months ago) link
I never played Dragon's Dogma but I'm intrigued now seeing some footage from the upcoming sequel. Kinda seems like a blend of Souls-like combat x more straightforward D&D/Baldur's Gate type story & quests? So many giant fantasy games these days.
The first game is only $5 on PS rn, just grabbed that because why not.
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Monday, 25 September 2023 17:21 (eight months ago) link
dragons dogma is more like a character action game meets open-world fantasy rpg, not 'souls-like'. its by the same designers as the devil may cry series
― ciderpress, Monday, 25 September 2023 17:34 (eight months ago) link
Ha I guess I haven't actually played any 3D third person action-rpgs besides From games. So that always reads as Souls to me, but I guess Devil May Cry/Monster Hunter/God of War/The Witcher/etc must feel quite different.
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Monday, 25 September 2023 17:39 (eight months ago) link
the fundamental gameplay concept of the souls games is "you can't cancel your attacks"the fundamental gameplay concept of character action games is "you can cancel your attacks"
so they're fundamentally opposed
― ciderpress, Monday, 25 September 2023 17:56 (eight months ago) link
(cancel in action game parlance meaning interrupt the attack with a new one before its animation finishes)
― ciderpress, Monday, 25 September 2023 17:57 (eight months ago) link
Interesting, I don't think I've ever heard it put like that before but it makes a lot of sense.
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Monday, 25 September 2023 20:14 (eight months ago) link
Hmm. If this is turn-based or tower defense or real time strategy or whatever I'll probably skip, but if this is, as implied, more adventure/story-based, I'm intrigued.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY5r0nEd2ag
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 13 October 2023 12:53 (seven months ago) link
Replaced, gorgeously animated pixel art cyberpunk side scroller:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWkOcpZEk4I
― Iguodalai Lama (Leee), Monday, 30 October 2023 17:52 (seven months ago) link
Looks cool!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 October 2023 19:04 (seven months ago) link
Patient though I may be, my fomo flares up when they start announcing DLC for games I haven't gotten yet because I'm waiting for lower prices. Remnant 2, Ragnarok, Lies of P ...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 November 2023 00:47 (seven months ago) link
Yeah, two DLC packs are planned.Night Springs – 2024Night Springs will allow players to control several familiar characters from the Alan Wake setting. They’ll experience mysterious and unexplainable events inside multiple, self-contained episodes of a fictional TV show called Night Springs. If you thought Alan Wake 2 got very meta a couple of times, it sounds like you’ll get more of that with this expansion, which should launch some time in 2024.The Lake House – 2024A secret government organization, a lonely research facility, and ambitious scientists – naturally, something goes wrong with that combination of factors being involved. Players will explore the Lake House in this expansion in two separate adventures as the realities of Alan Wake and Saga Anderson once again collide.
― circa1916, Monday, 13 November 2023 01:56 (six months ago) link
Oops wrong thread
This looks fun, but also looks less than ideal for consoles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SflsUI2-Qm0
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 19:04 (six months ago) link
I saw a preview stream of it yesterday and it looks like it's actually part sandbox, part puzzle/strategy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RKqn05cbSw
― Rimbaud: First Blood (Leee), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 20:16 (six months ago) link
Teardown was famous for setting some GPUs on fire in the early days. It's really neat though
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 20:33 (six months ago) link
OK, so he's playing a PS5 and seems to be doing ok!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 21:00 (six months ago) link
I'll wait for this (Dark Forces Remaster)https://store.steampowered.com/app/2292260/?snr=1_5_9__205
Nothing major changing, just adapting to modern hardware etc.
― Ste, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 21:02 (six months ago) link
Not sure I actually want to get this but lol:
Are you ready to duke it out to “discover who the one true top is in a world of bottoms?” Drag Her is a 2D fighting game featuring real-world drag performers that the developers describe as a “less gay” Mortal Kombat. In addition to traditional fighting gameplay there’s also auto-combos, campy cinematic specials, and assist characters.
https://kotaku.com/day-devs-game-awards-2023-indie-showcase-1851081586/slides/15
― Rimbaud: First Blood (Leee), Thursday, 7 December 2023 23:19 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZAVznVPMh8
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 3 January 2024 12:55 (five months ago) link
Saw a couple of intriguing games coming up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MGO2kW3xns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYFUXf-kk9w
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 January 2024 14:57 (four months ago) link
Venba recipe DLC! https://kotaku.com/venba-dlc-adding-food-recipes-1851220303
― Temple of Selune Gomez (Leee), Friday, 2 February 2024 17:41 (four months ago) link
Any of the Silent Hill games that make their way to Xbox X/S (f, SH2 remake, etc.). Ascension, the CYOA-type game, seems best watched on YT playthroughs, but The Short Message is getting a few positive reviews. Enough of a stan, hoping the full games are better and not permanently on PS.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Saturday, 3 February 2024 00:18 (four months ago) link
I doubt this will/can come to PS5, but this looks fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvezgDni8z4
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 13:58 (three months ago) link
Brew Barons out tomorrow, but will wait for reviews obv
― Ste, Thursday, 29 February 2024 19:55 (three months ago) link
Indika, AKA weird/psycho Orthodox nun game:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR5yBSiUwQ4
Hauntiihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj2WcfUJOT4
Death of a Wishhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOr-pX4zFDw
― Astarion Is Born (Leee), Monday, 25 March 2024 20:43 (two months ago) link
oh wow, Indika looks bananas and that's great
― Ste, Monday, 25 March 2024 22:00 (two months ago) link
is dragons dogma 2 good ? it looks good
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Monday, 25 March 2024 22:25 (two months ago) link
Slay The Spire 2 hell yeh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krDFltgjLtE
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 19:24 (one month ago) link
hype
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 20:12 (one month ago) link
Oh God not again
― H.P, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 23:06 (one month ago) link
Vampire Survivors is getting Contra DLC -- which means Konami is on board but they didn't do Castlevania. Pretty funny troll if that's what was intended.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Y9-IntWLM
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 11 April 2024 06:28 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AJBiX-N3Sg
― Ste, Thursday, 11 April 2024 16:37 (one month ago) link
Style for days, at $15 so maybe I'll get it straight away? https://kotaku.com/children-of-the-sun-devolver-sniper-sim-steam-pc-1851403350
― Andrew Marvell Cinematic Universe (Leee), Thursday, 11 April 2024 17:12 (one month ago) link
FINALLY a game (albeit upcoming) for dog-lovers: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1626620/Koira/
(Last Guardian and TLOU2 don't count.)
― Scott Baculum (Leee), Friday, 7 June 2024 23:22 (yesterday) link