General gaming discussion

It really is the law of diminishing returns with the reboot games. Shadow was an extraordinarily dull game.

i wouldnt say it was 'much' better, the main improvement was it put more of an emphasis on exploring and had actual tombs to raid. Its definitley better than the first one, but ultimately, more of the same, so if you didnt like the first one, this isn't going to turn you around on them.

Yes, yes it is! Now buy the Echoes of the Eye dlc to keep the party going :)

I never liked any FPS to be honest. And I didn't know who Master Chief / chef / whatever was until I got an Xbox last year... ! 😝And I've tried a few over the years. Next up Halo Infinite, which I'll give a good spin, since it's on GamePass and it's a Series console tent pole game.

I think Xboxes have a built in software for randomly generating FPS games.

I liked the first 2 of those recent Tomb Raider games, not least as I got them cheap on the MS store, but have forgotten completely about them. Definitely a distraction. The resolution and/or frame rates improve as the series progresses. So, the last one, shadow, is 4k 60 FPS, But I don't have the time or inclination to play it.

Started the Outer Wilds, but my brain and patience was too dumbed down after the above games. And it also left GamePass. Will definitely get it some time on sale, and give it a decent go.

All this talk of Tomb Raider and Uncharted has reminded me that there's an Indiana Jones game on the way. I'm really curious to see what direction MachineGames go with. Sure, I don't particularly expect innovation from Bethesda but if it's as much of a passion project for Todd as they'd have us believe, then hopefully it won't be a mere copy/paste of Lara's recent outings.

Played the first few hours of Guardians of the Galaxy last night. It's.... fine. It's okay. Some good ideas that work, lot of bad ones that don't. The RPG-type element of talking to the others, picking sides etc, seems utterly inconsequential. The control system is a mess because there are way the f*ck too many commands by the time you unlock further abilities for each Guardian (Hold L1 to choose Guardian commands, then face button for each Guardian, then face button again for each of that Guardian's attacks, not to mention holding in the left stick and then pressing a face button for Peter's four abilities, and then D-pad for different gun element ammo).

The story and characters are well presented though. Familiar to the movie versions, but different enough to be their own thing. I'm enjoying the level design too, exploring the occasional small side path. Characters can talk way too much though, and because they came up with words to use instead of actual swear words, you hear the same words being used all the flarking time.

It's fine though. Nothing is egregious enough to stop playing, but doubt it'll be anything more than a one-and-done playthrough.

Found the Tomb Raider reboot excellent but its two sequels became mind-numbingly boring a few hours in to the point that I was skipping cut scenes just to get through it.

Also , is this game as good as that other flight combat game that's mentioned on here a lot. 😝

I wonder

Same on Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/TombRaider25

Ace Combat skies unknown?

Although you completely that one so you would have remembered it, can't think of any other arcade air combat games that are like it.

Oh it's non-stop. Even when you go down a small side path without them to find/search for upgrade materials, they're still yelling at you from a distance about how you're going the wrong way or wasting time, or arguing amongst themselves.

It hasn't gotten to the point of annoyance yet, but it very well may do.

At least with Hades in the middle of a tough fight, Dionysus isn't shouting at you that his skills aren't being used effectively.