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Art of Rally is good fun to play.

Anyone play tunic? I'm a bit late to the party on it, but its pretty good, if not a fair bit tougher than I was expecting.

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Looking forward to your thoughts on MH. Been watching its progress for a while.

Just finished up 1,000G on this, about an hour before it's due to leave GP, but what a great little game! Full of emotions I am now!! 😊

Ok, so, I like it. The music is good, it looks pretty good, the movement is responsive, weapons so far are fun, and the story is thin but there is one there to keep you spurred along. The only problem I'm having is the timing. I set up the test but it's completely off in game and having them both set to 0 is nearly better, but still off. I spent an age trying to get it right, but as soon as the song/level changes with a different tempo, I feel like I'm back to square one.

Now, I don't know if it's just me and my aging timing, or is it the Xbox controller, because I really dislike the feel of the RT when playing this. Too much resistance maybe, not sure. I've only 4 levels left to beat (that I'm aware of), and I've done the challenges for each level complete so far, all on Lamb. I feel with my accuracy at the moment, whatever the cause, I won't get far in the higher difficulties.

Still, it's different, and when the on-screen madness matches right with the music, it has some amazing moments. I'd wager there will be some amazing videos of people nailing the levels with non-stop rhythm action. Not sure if I'll struggle on here, or wait for the PS+ inclusion.

I will do, I do find the timing at times getting in the way of a good ole fashioned murderathon, but I have to remind myself it's a rhythm game. Shame to hear it doesn't hold out, but I suppose it's limited. Will see how I get on.

Started it myself (but on PS5 and I can already "feel" the difference), and yeah, it's well made by the looks of it, and it's interesting enough, but the repetition of the areas may dull my progress, as it usually does with these loop type games. Thankfully, if you want to go all out, the affected area (so far) is limited so you can blast through a certain area and stealth away afterwards.

Right, loving Hardspace. I'm playing on the no time/oxygen mode because 15 min days seems excessively short and I read that even with full O2 upgrades you'll be renewing once a day. I wanted a more relaxed game anyway so suits me fine.

Still early days, learning new stuff. It's zen like at times, and is giving me Powerwash Sim levels of satisfaction. But it's not all plain sailing.

Inbetween the moments of serenity and dismantling, there are moments of panic and oops. I can still die, and mess up big time. At one point I found myself being pulled into the incinerator, prompting crazy flailing to grapple onto something in the opposite direction, and just about managed to pull myself out of it, danger music creshendoing. Only to elastic band myself towards the opposite processor and perform the same panic actions again. Coupled with slight mistakes causing explosions, it keeps you on your toes.

One upgrade I've avoided, and I'd recommend others to, is the Audio Resynth. It replaces the dull space sounds with fake versions as if there wasn't a vacuum. I reckon that could ruin it.

Anyway, recommend it!

Can't recommend Chivalry 2 enough, I'd never heard of it until a friend mentioned it's like a medieval Battlefield. The combat is amazing and hilarious at the same time - screaming all the way down a hill only to get shanked by the first person you run in to, one on one fighting a man missing an arm and leg (the gore is very nice 😂).

Chivalry is a great game, but it also suffers from the fact that you will go up against people who play it religiously and wipe the floor with you. But, it's an amazing feeling if you go on a long life kill streak. And full of random moments. Will never not be amazing when someone takes out the person you're fighting with a ballista.

It's all puzzle game. Not my cuppa either . Uninstalled and downloaded the Dyson sphere program

Been playing a good bit of Hitman recently, found myself spending so much time looking for the most elaborate ways to kill someone

It looks nice but I found the 30fps a bit off putting after getting used to playing solely 60fps as of late. Also the kids voice acting is just kind of annoying, not sure I want to spend an entire game listening to that.

Finished up the forgotten city today before it leaves gamepass. Really enjoyed it, probably took just over 5 hours in the end. Nice and contained and the city has a decent bit of depth to it.

If you can't tell count yourself lucky and keep it at 30fps. Being used to 144 or at the very least 60fps on PC, the 30fps looks like a sideshow to me. Some people are much more sensitive to it than others.

Yeah as others have said, once you know you know. Even 12 months ago I'd have said I don't care about framerate at all, but once you get used to 60fps and start noticing the difference it's very hard to go back to 30.