That daily game progress thread...

[Silent-Runner]

played a bit more of Black Skylands. Not bad, it has this "just one more round"-feeling to it.

[Drexion]

Completed Resident Evil 8 (Village), and it felt pretty much exactly like the last few (modern) RE titles. If you liked those, then you will like Village. Nothing more needs to be said, it's the exact same gameplay/formula.

You should complete RE 7 before playing it though, as the stories are connected.

I think they realized a lot of people don't like the "invincible bad guy chasing you around the level for hours" shtick, seeing how popular the mods to get rid of those in the recent games were, so while this game did feature that in some sections it was much less prevalent.

[Mangler]

Finished Terminator Resistance, it has plenty of flaws but it managed to be an enjoyable game.

7/10.

[KAC]

Finished Call of the Sea. 7/10.

[KAC]

Halo Reach is so good. On to mission 6.

[Silent-Runner]

still playing Black Skylands, it's kinda addictive i have to say.

[Mangler]

Played some Gears 5, got to get rid of linear and fairly short games from the backlog.

[KAC]

MCC worth playing?

Absolutely. I have started with Halo Reach and will jump into the forerunner storyline after that - Halo 4 and Halo 5.

[twonha]

Halo 5.

Not available on PC, so I assume you'll switch to an Xbox for that? I really wish MS would bring 5 into the MCC fold.

[KAC]

Yes I have it on XSX.

[Jaillum Malord]

Finished Control: AWE expansion which I found very enjoyable and fun.

[KAC]

Finished Halo Reach. Best Halo 10/10.

[Silent-Runner]

Played some Omno, for a 1 dev game very impressive, sadly it's a very short game (around 3-4 hours) but still a neat, visual attractive platformer. Liked it a lot.

Played "through" Kingdom Builders, well, through what there's currently to play. It has potential, i do like the art style, but there's honestly not much to do right now.

Back to Black Skylands.

[Mangler]

Finished Streets of Rage 4, the music sucked.

[twonha]

Continuing to play Valheim as a relaxing game in-between tense sessions of action games or racing games. I've built multiple large bases and buildings, in several different biomes. Currently on a quest to get a boatload of iron back to my main base. The swamp is located right next to plains, so it's dangerous, and the sunken crypts are pretty far inland, so it's far from a boat. Got the thing loaded up though, so now it's just a matter of sailing it all the way back!

[Silent-Runner]

played a bit of Cat Quest 2, it's a fun lil timewaster.

[KAC]

Finished The Ascent. 8.5/10.

[KAC]

Started playing Halo 4 on the PC for the first time. Game like dope.

[Silent-Runner]

played Rustler for a bit, it's hilarious. Really. A bit buggy on the edges, but i've had more than one good laugh with it

[theshadowcult]

thats the gta medieval style game right? Looks really goode. Is it still in beta?

[Silent-Runner]

thats the gta medieval style game right? Looks really goode. Is it still in beta?

yep, still in ea, but you can try the demo

[Mangler]

Played some Axiom Verge 2 and uninstalled destiny 2.

Turns out that putting Destiny 2 in the backlog was not a good idea, the OG campaign isn't even in the game anymore, so no need to keep this mofo on my ssd.

[KAC]

Pushing some forerunner dumbasses in Halo 4 and 5. It is fun to play both games in parallel as I can remember wtf is going on lol.

Also COD CW SP5 is here. Damn.

[theshadowcult]

Played some Axiom Verge 2 and uninstalled destiny 2.

Turns out that putting Destiny 2 in the backlog was not a good idea, the OG campaign isn't even in the game anymore, so no need to keep this mofo on my ssd.

Was the issue i had. Was waiting on my housemate to upgrade their laptop so we could play through the campaigns together, and then when they did, they removed the campaigns... no longer had any reason to play it :/

[KAC]

Finished Halo 4. 9/10.

[KAC]

Finished Halo 5. 8.5/10.

[Mangler]

Finished Axiom Verge 2, it was pretty neat.

[Meteor_of_War]

Finished Axiom Verge 2, it was pretty neat.

Cool. I am actually playing the first Axiom Verge at the moment. Its scratching that old school Metroid itch for sure. I assume the second game is more of the same?

[Mangler]

Cool. I am actually playing the first Axiom Verge at the moment. Its scratching that old school Metroid itch for sure. I assume the second game is more of the same?

I never played the first one, did AV1 have bad combat/bossfights and really neat exploration/puzzles?

There is one major difference that I know of though, AV2=melee, AV1=pew pew.

[Meteor_of_War]

I never played the first one, did AV1 have bad combat/bossfights and really neat exploration/puzzles?

There is one major difference that I know of though, AV2=melee, AV1=pew pew.

That's right, I did hear something about melee being more of a thing with AV2.

As for AV1, the general combat is your standard 2D Metroid stuff, but its true with the boss fights. So far at 5 bosses in they are a bit underwhelming. Most of the time its more about finding an exploit than tense edge of your seat action. The exploration and puzzle element of finding the next way forward is what keeps my attention.

[Mangler]

Played some Axiom Verge 1, it is really, really neat.

[Meteor_of_War]

Played some Axiom Verge 1, it is really, really neat.

Nice. Let me know what you think of it compared to AV2.

You might have a skewed perspective though since you played the second one first. Although I don't know, I haven't tried the second yet.

[KAC]

Finished Raji: An Indian Bitch tale. 6/10.

[Silent-Runner]

Finished Road 96. Awesome game, highly recommended!

[KAC]

Finished Halo 3. 8/10.

[ugly]

Played through Blaster Master Zero. It's an Inti Creates remaster of Blaster Master from the NES.

While the overall gameplay and levels feel familiar, they really changed quite a bit. The NES game just had you go through a level in your jumping tank as a side-scroller, find these little dungeons where you'd fight these boss in a top-down view, and get a new item sort of Metroidvania style to give you access to the next area. If you knew where the boss was, there was no reason to go into the other dungeons.

The remake adds a map with markers and a whole bunch of optional bosses to give you a ton of powerups. If you collect the powerups you get an extra level with a true ending that the NES didn't have.

The big issue, is the game is just way too easy. The NES game was hard as hell. In this version you gain so many powerups and your weapon in the top-down view can be so overpowered that every boss is a joke.

And there is no punishment for dying. You just go back to your last save point with full life. They add a ton of dialog, of which the NES version had none.

They also changed most of the boss fights. In fact, the boss that is on the box art from the NES game isn't even in this version.

It's still decently fun, but beating the game just had no real challenge.

After you beat the game, there is an ultra-hard destroyer mode. But, it is difficult in an annoying way. Enemies fire off a bullet on death, which is a pain at first but gets easy to dodge. And in the top-down view most enemies can only be hurt by one weapon type and it's usually the shitty basic gun you start with. Since they have a lot more health, boss battles take a long time and are quite difficult.

But, again, there is no penalty for dying. So you can just keep banging your head against the wall until you beat it. In some places it's easier just to kill yourself when you hit a savepoint so you have full health again.

[KAC]

Finished Halo 3 ODST. 8/10.

[twonha]

Got myself a Quest 2 for my birthday. Started on Beat Saber, The Climb, considering Gorn, and tinkering with Air Link to see if I can play Alyx again!

[Drexion]

Completed The Forgotten City (the standalone game, not the skyrim mod). Went in completely blind and enjoyed it from start to finish. Like most dialogue based games, knowledge is your weapon and gameplay focuses on using your knowledge to manipulate characters into doing the things you want them to, such as divulging information, giving you items, completing quests and unraveling the primary mystery of the game.

It very elegantly solves one of the problems facing time-loop games, by putting a procedure in place so you don't have to repeat the same actions/dialogue/quests over and over. This was much appreciated in light of other recent time-loop games such as the recently released '12-minutes' which suffered from not having a similar solution in place.

Even though the game was relatively short there was still enough character development per character that getting the 'good ending' was very satisfying. Really glad I didn't play the skyrim mod, as going in blind is the best way to enjoy this kind of game, and my time with it was quite fulfilling.

[twonha]

Got myself a Quest 2 for my birthday. Started on Beat Saber, The Climb, considering Gorn, and tinkering with Air Link to see if I can play Alyx again!

Almost done with Gorn, but I also started Control for when I want to game without a small gaming console strapped directly to my face. First impressions: this game doesn't hide that it's weird. The reviews and previews I read at the time didn't manage to bring across just how weird things would be from the offset.

Meanwhile, my wife videotaped me playing games on the Quest 2.