#3103

Returnal is mighty addictive and I’m finding it very satisfyingly difficult. Scratching the soulsbourne itch.

#3104

Sorry dingers not sure why I replied to you.

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#3105

Oh shit!!

#3106

Been playing The Last of Us II the past couple of weeks. It’s obviously an impressive game presentationwise, but, a bit like with RedDead, i’m not actually sure if i’m enjoying it all that much. I find the combat system a bit annoying and weirdly unsatisfying and the constant collecting shit is getting a bit tedious.

Probably my favourite part so far was the open feel when you first get to Seattle and get to use the map. I was sad to find it becomes far more linear after that and generally falls into a general pattern of lush green narrow streets or dark corridoor.

I feel like Abby’s backstory section, which i hope to god i’m getting to the end of now, has gone on for wayy longer than necessary and i’ve partially forgotten what i was doing before.

Other than that it’s great :smile:

#3107

No I did the same thing, didn’t take a single Typhon skill trait either (which gets you some extra dialogue). The decision whether or not to remote detonate the shuttle that left twelve minutes after outbreak was the one I really struggled with.

#3108

Yeah that was a tough decision -
blew it up though. I had picked up Alex’s shuttle keycard so had the option at the end to blow Talos up and escape… deliberated that for a few minutes. In the end I sat in the captain’s chair and went down with the ship. The only Typhon trait I took was mimic, wish I hadn’t.
The choices in Prey genuinely weighed on me in a way that other games have tried but not quite managed.

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#3109

I did enjoy Sound of Play from time to time, though am I alone in experiencing this thing where people will gush about a particular piece of game music sometimes, and then you listen to it, and it’s like the most horrible thing you’ve ever heard

I feel like this happens to me a lot with out of context Persona music

#3110

My Game Pass subscription ends tomorrow… gonna do the 3 year Gold to Game Pass conversion. 120 quid for 3 years is ludicrous. For those that have done it… buy 3 12 month Gold cards and then convert it to Game Pass for £1 on the Microsoft website??

#3111

Oh god yeah, all the time. Different strokes, different folks… equally that show has made me give a game a go based on how cool the music is

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#3112

Or it’s like “oh right we’ve got the epic sounding tribal drums again, have we? Oh and an orchestra with a bass synth doing a womp underneath it” oh good

#3113

That’s what I did, yes. Although I only did 2 years for some reason which I regret now.

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#3114

Not just game music dude, try the HAGTR threads !!!?!?

#3115

Ooft this is a bit of a mess isn’t it

Very happy I’m holding off

#3116

I’ve had no problems with it at all, no crashes or anything

Would’ve been absolutely fuming if i’d have played it last night and got hit with that save corruption though.

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#3117

I’m devastated too tbh. I don’t use GiantBomb as much as I used to, but even going back to the old Gamespot days I used to consume pretty much everything they did, and still keep up with the podcasts. It’s weird to have been following the same group of journalists for more than half my life, see them do exactly what they wanted as GB for so long, and now it’s finally ending. It’s been great that the core GB staff has been so unchanged over the years, which is quite special and I treasure a lot of the memories that came out of it. A lot of people online have spoken about it being a community/group that has helped people through loneliness (as strange as it feels to have that parasocial bond with people you’ve never met) and I totally get that. These guys were a godsend when I was not in a good place.

I hate speculating but it’s hard not to, because the amount of people leaving (especially if you include Ben and Abby) is quite alarming. Have you seen anything that seems concrete? Seems like they’ll consolidate and GB East will go.

#3118

No one on the East Coast is employed other than Jeff Bakalar who has been moved to head of Video Games (gamespot and giantbomb) so East is done. No ones left. It sounds like Jeff wants or needs to change the site drastically and I reckon it’s going to become more international in focus and scope and less about ex critics game journos who live in San Francisco and New York.

Tbh Jeff has seemed openly frustrated. Especially since covid. About something and often sounded bored on streams and podcasts. Have to wonder if he has wanted to change the fundamental site and the types of content it produces and the take over has enabled it. Either that or the capitalist group decided GB needs younger staff from more backgrounds to produce more content… who knows. Jeff made a statement making it seem like he’s in it for the long haul but how much of that is him being professional before he can finally bow out who knows. They’ve retained Jan, Jason and Rorie

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#3119

That’s a take away worth of points! Pizza and mass effect ahoy

#3120

Ave already got 1000 reward points in my xbox and haven’t even bought a game on it yet xD

#3121

I am playing Rise of the Tomb Raider.

It’s very pretty. Definitely the best looking game I’ve played on PS4 to date (still have GOW, FF7, MGSV, HZD, TLOU2 to come).

Like the setting too. There is tons to do though. Like, stuff literally everywhere, and every area has loads of reasons to go back to it - well, in terms of tasks to mop off it seems, rather than much of substance to actually do. There still doesn’t seem to be a lot of tombs though.

Bloody brilliant opening hour to this gameh, which you can download as a demo and blast through.

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#3122

What the

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