What Game Are You Playing At The Moment ?

[Finnegan]

Ugh. More Control.

 

Sam Lake is to writing games what Joey Barton was to writing tweets ten years ago. Or Russell Brand. 

 

Oh he's so deep, he's so philosophical, oh he's so clever.

 

Yeah, he copied and pasted a first year philosophy textbook. Great. 

 

 

[Zear0]

7 hours ago, Finnegan said:

Ugh. More Control.

 

Sam Lake is to writing games what Joey Barton was to writing tweets ten years ago. Or Russell Brand. 

 

Oh he's so deep, he's so philosophical, oh he's so clever.

 

Yeah, he copied and pasted a first year philosophy textbook. Great. 

 

 

I didn't mind Control, was one of his less wanky projects. 

[Legend_in_blue]

On 14/12/2025 at 23:42, Thefox81 said:

Easier to dodge (bigger window of mistake allowed.) But i do try to parry as much as i can just for the counter attack damage. I have just finished act 1 this evening.

Just finished act 1 myself.  Never saw that one coming from a turned based rpg, and I've played many, wow.

 

Great game though.

 

I've just met Clive... again.  

Edited 17 December 2025 by Legend_in_blue

[don_danbury]

sleeping dogs. proper underrated gem.


shame there was never a second

[Thefox81]

1 hour ago, Legend_in_blue said:

Just finished act 1 myself.  Never saw that one coming from a turned based rpg, and I've played many, wow.

 

Great game though.

 

I've just met Clive... again.  

Lots of exploring for you now then 👍

[kingcarr21]

Arc Raiders is getting boring now whilst waiting for the Expedition so i have tried out some other games. Played Still Wakes The Deep. Quite enjoyable for something that can be finished in just a few hours. Ive been wanting to play an RPG so ive downloaded Granblue Fantasy Relink. Never played a Granblue game. Only a couple of hours into it and enjoying it so far. Just hope the story keeps me interested

[TheGoldenGod]

Managed to complete my first run on Hades now! I used the Aegis shield with the aspect that turns the throw into a sawblade thing. Think that was the missing piece.

 

I didn't realise Hades 2 isn't on console which is a bit gutting as was going to try that too!

[Legend_in_blue]

Dualliste, Expedition 33.  Hugely satisfying to pull off an 8 step dodge combo followed by a perfectly timed gradient attack to finish him off for good when just about wiped out on his next move.

 

Great stuff.  

[Thefox81]

17 hours ago, Legend_in_blue said:

Dualliste, Expedition 33.  Hugely satisfying to pull off an 8 step dodge combo followed by a perfectly timed gradient attack to finish him off for good when just about wiped out on his next move.

 

Great stuff.  

Good stuff. Due to work being crazy ive just finished Monnaco Station so not played as much as id hoped. Spent far to long exploring areas after act 1. Some of them clearly for end/post game as a 1 hit/missed combo/parry will wipe my party out. Im at level 34 with Verso and Yune. Great game and cant wait to put the hours in post xmas and new year

[Legend_in_blue]

I've hit a brick wall in the form of Renoir outside his mansion.  Tried this 5 times now and getting pasted each and every time.  His disappearing move is killing me and then those damn petals reset his health just when I'm getting somewhere.  I'll keep trying... All my characters are sub level 30 which is probably making this harder than it should be.  

Edited 25 December 2025 by Legend_in_blue

[Thefox81]

6 hours ago, Legend_in_blue said:

I've hit a brick wall in the form of Renoir outside his mansion.  Tried this 5 times now and getting pasted each and every time.  His disappearing move is killing me and then those damn petals reset his health just when I'm getting somewhere.  I'll keep trying... All my characters are sub level 30 which is probably making this harder than it should be.  

Ive done no end of exploring since being able to swim and break through the sea corel. Some good outcomes some very bad. About to start the two axons. My characters are all mid 40s lol.

[Legend_in_blue]

2 hours ago, Thefox81 said:

Ive done no end of exploring since being able to swim and break through the sea corel. Some good outcomes some very bad. About to start the two axons. My characters are all mid 40s lol.

I've done a bit of exploring but am probably under-levelled at this point in the game.  I'll have another look at my lumina setup and explore Old Lumiere some more and hopefully get past him.  Failed another 5 times with him although I can time his mask attack and normal 5 hit combo no problem.  His vanishing move is doing me as is his health pick up move.  I can't down those in time with my current setup.

[Thefox81]

44 minutes ago, Legend_in_blue said:

I've done a bit of exploring but am probably under-levelled at this point in the game.  I'll have another look at my lumina setup and explore Old Lumiere some more and hopefully get past him.  Failed another 5 times with him although I can time his mask attack and normal 5 hit combo no problem.  His vanishing move is doing me as is his health pick up move.  I can't down those in time with my current setup.

Love when my pictos and lumina set up works after tweaking them after a defeat. Very rewarding.

[wallin1704]

On 17/12/2025 at 18:15, don_danbury said:

sleeping dogs. proper underrated gem.


shame there was never a second

I've not long played through this and really enjoyed it.

[wallin1704]

Got the Terminator 2D: No Fate on PS5 as a gift and it's a really good (if short) 16-Bit era love letter to the film.

 

Worth picking up when it goes down in price.

[Libertine]

My wife got me Sleeping Dogs for Xmas yesterday. Not familiar with it but good to hear it’s well regarded in here. 

[Finnegan]

9 hours ago, Libertine said:

My wife got me Sleeping Dogs for Xmas yesterday. Not familiar with it but good to hear it’s well regarded in here. 

 

Probably the best GTA-like I can remember playing.

 

Tip: if you have a complete edition with all the DLC, see if you can start your save without it. I'm sure IIRC it ended up just adding shit loads of weird, wacky, overpowered shit in to the game and ruining it a bit?

 

But it's been years, I might be misremembering.

 

[Legend_in_blue]

On 25/12/2025 at 11:06, Thefox81 said:

Love when my pictos and lumina set up works after tweaking them after a defeat. Very rewarding.

Got him.

 

Ended up almost messing it up having missed a QTE on the petals to finish the remaining one off.  Then he maxed out health and vanished one of my characters.  Luckily, he didn't use the petals again as a move and I finished him with the reserve party 

 

I used auto rush and shell on all characters from the start which seems to have made the difference.  We continue!

 

That double burn picto in Visages is a very useful addition.  Lune now packs a serious punch 

Edited 28 December 2025 by Legend_in_blue

[Legend_in_blue]

Expedition 33: now at the monolith and doing quite well with all the party members.  Unless I'm using him incorrectly, I find Verso the weakest of the bunch and use him the least.  Lune and Maelle in combination with fire attacks seem to be the way to go.  I have Monoco farming skills as the third guy.  Sciel is also pretty strong but the fortune setup is a little confusing to apply correctly.  Parries are getting a little easier to pull off, I reckon it's roughly a 50 50 success rate on those.

 

Edited 1 January by Legend_in_blue

[MC Prussian]

Dragon Quest III HD-2D.

[Finnegan]

16 hours ago, Legend_in_blue said:

Expedition 33: now at the monolith and doing quite well with all the party members.  Unless I'm using him incorrectly, I find Verso the weakest of the bunch and use him the least.  Lune and Maelle in combination with fire attacks seem to be the way to go.  I have Monoco farming skills as the third guy.  Sciel is also pretty strong but the fortune setup is a little confusing to apply correctly.  Parries are getting a little easier to pull off, I reckon it's roughly a 50 50 success rate on those.

 

 

You should have gotten a weapon almost straight away with Verso that makes a basic attack essentially a free action with 50% damage increase. 

 

Around about the same time you should also get a picto that makes basic attack hit twice. 

 

Combine that with lumina that boost his basic attacks with other effects makes him extremely versatile and useful and throw out a lot of damage. 

 

Edited 1 January by Finnegan

[Legend_in_blue]

5 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

You should have gotten a weapon almost straight away with Verso that makes a basic attack essentially a free action with 50% damage increase. 

 

Around about the same time you should also get a picto that makes basic attack hit twice. 

 

Combine that with lumina that boost his basic attacks with other effects makes him extremely versatile and useful and throw out a lot of damage. 

 

Cheers for the advice.  I'll check it out later after the second half of this shocking game of football.  

[Thefox81]

On 27/12/2025 at 01:01, Legend_in_blue said:

Got him.

 

Ended up almost messing it up having missed a QTE on the petals to finish the remaining one off.  Then he maxed out health and vanished one of my characters.  Luckily, he didn't use the petals again as a move and I finished him with the reserve party 

 

I used auto rush and shell on all characters from the start which seems to have made the difference.  We continue!

 

That double burn picto in Visages is a very useful addition.  Lune now packs a serious punch 

I have rush and shell on all chacters. Roulette on Lune. Plus i have dodge on all characters

[Libertine]

On 26/12/2025 at 14:02, Libertine said:

My wife got me Sleeping Dogs for Xmas yesterday. Not familiar with it but good to hear it’s well regarded in here. 

Started this today. Liking it but the bloody camera is annoying at times.

[Adster]

Started playing Arc Raiders. Oh my, this game is bloody brilliant. I am hooked.