Thursday Next

The man talks a lot of sense. Plus, if it still has weapon durability, I'm not touching it.

Ooof, man, I'm sorry it didn't work for you. It's so good when it works.

Huh... Maybe NMS needs an update? I've been playing Call of the Mountain and it is amazing.

They are just so grabby, and Sekiro (to my recollection) doesn't really have a hard-counter for grabs (especially not that early in the game). As well as the grab being tough to dodge, and dealing a tonne of damage, and possibly tossing you off the side of a cliff, it also means fewer opportunities to do poise damage because you aren't blocking etc.

I love Sekiro, I think the first Ogre dude you fight in the stocks is a major skill-check that is a bit unbalanced. Once you get past that bottleneck things do open up a bit more.

This looks really good. Has a real sense of depth and perspective.

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God of War: Ragnarok Got the platinum on this one. Game did a great job of developing the characters further. I'm not massively fond of Atreus still, but tend to struggle with child actors generally. Looking forward to seeing how they continue to develop Kratos' character I think this game does pretty much everything right, except that you cannot skip cutscenes. I like the metroidvania-esque unlocking exploration tools, the combat feels good, the voice acting (young actors aside) is great, the post game content feels meaningful enough, and there are some challenging optional bosses. The only thing that I feel is a bit clunky sometimes is weapon switching and arrow switching. There are a couple of bosses/challenges that require swapping between types of arrow/weapon element and (for arrows in particular) cycling through them feels a bit hit-and-miss. I'd prefer a "hold button to switch" system like Horizon has.

It's also all over TikTok and if your game is meme-able on that platform you are probably going to be feeling pretty good about your chance for getting a lot of installs.

Where are the feathers?

Yeah, same same. Elden Ring and Ragnarok. Not sure which I prefer, but both are my top games of the year that I recall.

Bit late to this but... Lady B AI is easy to break. Attack - Side dodge repeat and she is toast.

Elden Ring Got the platinum. Looking forward to the DLC. Not my favourite FromSoft game (that title goes to Sekiro), but still deserving of its GOTY.

This has been my fave VR experience to date. While it is short there's still like 6 (iirc) missions, there's a huge amount of replayability as each mission has puzzles that can be solved in multiple ways, and there's a lot of bonus objectives to achieve. The first time you solve a puzzle in what feels like a hacky way (even though it is almost certainly intended) is great, like lighting a cigar, and using it to ignite a stick of dynamite to open a door, rather than doing it the "proper way" just makes you feel so smart.

I love everything about IEYTD. Really hoping it comes to PSVR2.

It's a tricky one, I don't love the in-between sections, but at the same time, I'm not sure what is a good alternative. Just selecting the next battle from a map/menu screen would fall a bit flat too.

Purchased a PSVR2. Now to wait till Feb!

I liked when they did it in Metal Gear Solid though. (I guess it wasn't a trope then). Especially given that the sneaky bastards slip a time bomb in your pack. *chef's kiss*

I "oof"ed, and then registered to pre-order. lol.

Dead Space 3 is to Dead Space what Aliens is to Alien (imo). Totally different experience, but an absolute blast to play.

The turn to camera at 30 seconds was hilarious.

I really enjoyed DS3. You could craft some absolutely nuts weapons that were really fun. I highly recommend playing it coop with a buddy.

It's extremely frustrating to me that the rule is not "New PM = immediate General Election". It feels deeply wrong that we will have had 3 Prime Ministerships (if not 3 different PMs) with no say from the general public.

The fact that we need a disambiguation is, in itself, telling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis

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