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#11
Game News Discussion / Re: The Alters OT: just me and...
Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 04:35 PM
Oh it's really just a base building game. I expected base building to be secondary.
#12
Game News Discussion / Re: The Alters OT: just me and...
Last post by nnodley - Yesterday at 01:45 PM
Bought this as I had a $5 reward on PS stars and it was on PS Plus discount.  Not sure when I'll find time to play, but add it to the list
#13
Game News Discussion / Stellar Blade is Sony's bigges...
Last post by Legend - Jun 12, 2025, 09:20 PM
Excluding multiplayer games.

https://steamdb.info/app/3489700/charts/
#14
Off-Topic News Discussion / Re: The ISS is leaking again, ...
Last post by Legend - Jun 12, 2025, 07:05 PM

Oh fudge it's really bad.
#15
Gaming Community / Re: MindsEye - Bet On Metacrit...
Last post by Legend - Jun 12, 2025, 07:02 PM
I have seen a lot of people like it, but the "it's broken trash" crowd has won.

Playstation is offering refunds.
#16
Gaming Community / Re: Say Anything About The Gam...
Last post by Legend - Jun 12, 2025, 06:49 PM
"I feel more excited about playing games again"

Yay!
#17
Gaming Community / Re: Say Anything About The Gam...
Last post by the-pi-guy - Jun 12, 2025, 06:07 PM
Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jun 09, 2025, 07:01 PMI've put something like 21 hours into Hollow Knight so far.  I'd wager I've explored like 75% of the game. 

I was stuck for like 4 hours with not a lot of progress, but got over the hump.

I think the game would be much better if you could just fast travel between any of the benches.

There's a lot of backtracking when you get new abilities. There's a lot of backtracking when you're trying to figure out where to go. 
I looked later and I was actually ~25 hours in.  

Hour 1-17 was pretty great.

Hour 17-22 was somewhat frustrating. Basically made no progress during that time. Mostly because I didn't know where to go. I would check different ends of the map, and didn't have the abilities to pass whatever barrier was there. 

Hour 22-28 is back to being pretty great.  Beat a few bosses I was stuck on.  


There was a long stretch in there (especially during that slump, where Hollow Knight felt way more like a platformer, and it is a fun platformer. But I also don't love platformers that much - they're fine, but they're not close to my favorite genre. ) 

I think I've explored like 85% of the map now. - (which might not actually be a good measure. Lots of different sections to the map, some are pretty small.) 


This is a lot of fun. 

I've tried playing Hollow Knight 3 times, and I kept getting stuck around the 6 hour point. Was definitely interested in the game, but it just didn't feel like it was clicking. 


I feel more excited about playing games again, and that's really awesome. The last time was Astro Bot, and I'm not sure what it was before that.  
#18
Game News Discussion / Re: The Alters OT: just me and...
Last post by nnodley - Jun 12, 2025, 05:55 PM
Quote from: Legend on Jun 12, 2025, 04:10 PM85 metacritic, I think I'll buy it.

Edt: oh, on gamepass! Out tomorrow.
Yeah i was interested in this.  Wanted to see reviews. So seems like it's pretty good
#19
Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread
Last post by the-pi-guy - Jun 12, 2025, 05:52 PM
"After 40 years, we asked what the fans want. Instead we're making this movie"

;D
#20
Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread
Last post by kitler53 - Jun 12, 2025, 05:45 PM
Pretty funny announcement trailer.  

Loved spaceballs.  Hope this is good.