General gaming discussion

I had forgotten about the DLC for Dysmantle, so that's ticking all the suggested boxes. Games like Pentiment don't interest me at all unfortunately, KRZ, Firewatch, etc. Not for me. And had tried out Arcade Paradise, which was fun for a while. But really enforcing my new belief of not buying smaller games as they'll eventually be on some streaming service at some stage and I won't feel bad about not playing them after a few hours when I get bored!

Nearly bought Tunic, but I've a feeling it'll be on PS+ soon. Loved the bit I played on the Xbox but want to use the DualSense so waiting for that. That and Deaths Door.

So tell us, when can we expect Ace Combat: Retr0gamer to be released?

Playing this at the moment. Was going to get Legion and was dithering about whether to get the gold edition which comes with the complete edition of the first game. I remembered I already had and never played more than an hour or two so I said I'd give it another go. The story is hokum for sure but the gameplay is good fun - I'm just going straight through the campaign so not burning myself out on repetitive side quests. Having a supposedly brooding main character means I don't have to listen to a load of unfunny quips while playing which is a bonus. Driving is scutter but in the main I'm having fun with the game and I think it's much better than it's generally thought of.

Going to pick up Alan Wake next in the January sale

Both WD2 and Legion are significantly better than the original, so if you are enjoying it be sure to get to them eventually.

Played WD2 before and enjoyed it. Will play Legion at some point - when I was reading about it over Christmas and I wasn't really feeling it but it will get an airing in the future

I think Legion was judged a bit harshly at release, the randomness of the playable characters is great if you end up with some that you like.

Those first two Watch Dogs games have been updated to 60 FPS on XBox Series X consoles by MS (turn on FPS boost), and the last one, Legion, got a free next gen upgrade on PS5 and XBox Series consoles.

So, there have been improvements.

I haven't played any of them, might grab the 2nd or 3rd one if I see them cheap somewhere. But I've a million other open world games on the list before then.

I just ordered WD 2 (2nd hand) and Legion (new) from Amazon for less than 20 euro for both (physical). I'm a glutton for punishment. I'll probably get to them at some stage.🤣

Have started to really get into Neon White on PS5. Ace'd the first 10 levels including all gifts.

The gameplay is a lot of fun once you recognise the paths through the levels. Requires a lot of focus to get all the timings right but levels are mercifully short (so far anyway, longest was about a minute) so never feels that bad to have to restart the level. Had to remap some of the controls though. I can see why the mapped everything to the shoulder buttons, but I just couldn't get used to it at all, particularly jumping with L1 then throwing the weapon to jump higher with L2. Trying to do it repeatedly and quickly just didn't feel right.

There's almost no point me looking at the global leadboards. Some of the times posted are insane. I'm around the 2000 mark for most levels with my best times so far. Either way, looking forward to belting on with the more complex levels.

For anyone that was played Need for speed Underground . How the hell do i keep my wanted level up for level 2 heat to do level 2 events . Keeps dropping after i lose the cops ?

I lasted about 3 hours in WD1 before getting bored. After the first few times using the hacking mechanics it just felt bland and boring. I played a good bit more of WD2 even though the story and characters were awful, but the gameplay just started to feel a lot more repetitive, constantly having to switch between the player, then the RC car, then reposition the player, then use the drone, then hack a different camera, then the drone, then the RC car.... I didn't feel like any of it was good enough to sustain having to do that over and over.

Haven't tried WD Legion but can't imagine I will either.