#21

You can’t hear or interact with other players outside of your squad / friends so there’s not a lot of judgment. The most disrespect you’ll get is people dancing after they’ve killed you (once someone eliminates you you can watch their game until you quit out)

#22

I’m currently playing Shadow Of The Colossus, and it’s incredible, beautiful, rewarding and relaxing all at the same time. It’s given me another 5 years of giving games the benefit of the doubt.

That and Mario Odyssey.

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#23

Easily in my top five of all time that game. Packs so much emotion and drama into such a sparse framework of a plot, creates a real sense of scope and freedom where really there is none. Absolute masterpiece.

Still never going to buy another videogame again, probably.

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#24

Last Guardian?

#25

Yeah not too hot on newspapers anymore either.

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#26

I’m playing it remastered on PS4. Lovely, lovely stuff.

And yeah The Last Guardian is also brilliant.

#27

I got one go on fortnite last week but the kids didn’t explain the controls properly and I died and then I didn’t get another go.

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#28

Classic dad move.

#29

my 14 year old son is well into Fortnite and so are his friends - seems to be hugely popular (and much more so than PUBG cos Fortnite seems to be free and available on more platforms)

His PS4 is at his mum’s - when he’s at mine he seems to spend a fair amount of time watching youtube videos of people playing it

#30

stick to car games Dave

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#31

Played fortnite once but didn’t know what was going on. Bashed a load of cars with an ax and tried to run to the centre. I reckon I’d prefer battlegrounds but I’ve not played it. I liked skydiving at the start.

There you go.

#32

All the kids in my class are obsessed with fortnite atm (they’re 9-11) can’t see myself ever playing it

#33

thought you were older than that tbh tbf

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#34

Sounds familiar.

Then I get called a noob and the controller taken back. Kids and classmates very into it at the moment.

Stick to Stardew valley tbh.

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#35

Not quite a clone - it was developed as a very different game. But it was struggling to get traction until Battlegrounds got popular and they brazenly nicked the Battle Royale idea from them wholesale and promptly became the most played game in the world.

Remember kids: it pays to be unashamedly cynical.

#36

I quite like PUBG as a team game - it’s quick and most of it is spent skulking around strategising so it works better as a social experience than the constant action of a more deathmatch focussed FPS. It’s incredible how big it’s got though - it grew from a mod and is still janky as all hell despite its claim to be ‘esports ready.’ And I can never be arsed to play solo.

Fortnight overtook it by having some decent systems (particularly the building aspect) that happened to suit the battle royale format well and also having a degree of polish PUBG lacks. It’s one of those ‘so obvious I can’t believe it hasn’t been done before’ ideas that every big/medium sized developer currently trying to get a piece of.

#37

Fortnite is great craic all round, absolutely great craic to watch your mates play. I’m shite at it though, only ever kill two or maybe three people in a game, but it’s intense when you get it!

#38

just for alt-right people isn’t it?

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#39

I’m the opposite, terrified of playing with a team and having to interact with people

#40

Heard people talking about them but have no desire to learn what they are