I don't know how I didn't mention Maneater in DeS. The boss itself isn't so hard but that damn environment. Even experienced players can die on that damn bridge.
After I'm done with Sea of Stars I might give it a try then.. assuming I have a save file. I'll have to remember all the mechanics too.
How tough was it compared to other Soulsborne games? Trophy guides have it at a higher difficulty than any of the other Soulsbornes
Honestly by the time I got to the end I was hate-playing it because of how tough it got and I didn't want the game to beat me. The game really leans in to factoring in parrying into the difficulty of some enemies and the wind ups are close to unreactable so sometimes you're just screwed. I think the game's actually a nice length though and the parry BS is really only bad in a couple of spots and I would say the game is close to the quality of a Fromsoft Souls game with the main difference being in the level design (Lies of P is much less complex level design than Souls games) and the plot itself is fantastic. As long as you're confident in your Souls abilities I think you'll manage
This has been a pet peeve of mine for as long as I can remember. Games wanting to emulate others, but not understanding the important basics like patterning and telegraphing. Bonus points if there are particle effects and bloom and colorful explosions everywhere so even when they get it right, you still can't see shit!
An update on Mega Man: I've finished all 6 games now. Even though the gameplay improved marginally after the first few, each game was more excruciating to complete. The ending sections against Wiley and his predecessor seemed to get longer in each game.
I had no idea the anniversary collection had those optional challenges. I own and completed the collection on the Gamecube, and it was pretty bare-bones. I picked this one up too for the Switch, but haven't found a reason yet to play it given how big my backlog is. The challenges sound interesting though. I completed all of the in-game achievements in Mega Man 9, 10, and 11, so I wonder how these challenges compare.
The X Legacy Collection (1) has a new feature as well: Throwing two bosses, often from different games, at you simultaneously. It's... not great, honestly? Like there wasn't a ton of thought put into it, no care (I didn't notice any of the bosses acting differently than normal) and some of the combinations are just straight awful and not fun in the least.
I hated this feature in the X collection almost as much as I hated X8. Nothing about it felt right.
I was worried my "Wut" would be misinterpreted hahaha. My "wut" wasn't in reaction to you, but in reaction to the game design.@Smacktard what do you mean Wut? SoulCalibur V is so bad! Sooo bad. Make the pain stop, it's been months and I still seethe.
Could've gone either way with the hot take of dropping the whole genre, but yeah!
I honestly have never even heard of it. I was watching some recent videos that cover the games that come to PS Plus each month and it jumped out at me as something I might like. I was not wrong. I haven't even got beyond the first character yet though.
@Smacktard what do you mean Wut? SoulCalibur V is so bad! Sooo bad. Make the pain stop, it's been months and I still seethe.
This, specifically, is the embodiment of absolute fucking suffering. (I didn't watch the video but it's about the game type in question and says "rage" in the title so I figure scrolling through should provide plenty of examples.)
Quick Battle
Quick Battle is a single player mode in Soulcalibur V in which the player fights numerous opponents with different stats, ranks, and titles. The player's main objective is to fight any of these opponents (whomever the player chooses), and, by defeating them, to earn experience points for their...soulcalibur.fandom.com
Haha, actually, yes and no. SoulCalibur is super cool about all of its customization options, so creative types can make homages/cosplays for tons upon tons of things in a very unofficial capacity.
How long ago did you play UC1? I played 1-3 back-to-back-to-back, and I found UC1 to be noticeably worse than the others. It's very same-y throughout, and signposting is worse than the other games. Movement isn't as fun, is glitchier, and the gun fighting is pretty weak too. Set pieces aren't as awe-inspiring either.
One correction -- you die after two hits. One hit puts you in the danger zone, another hit kills you if you don't recover. Brutal difficulty on these games is awful. I did it legit on all of them, too. It can be annoying at times, but the worst parts are definitely the car chases. You have to be pretty much perfect, and even then it's basically RNG if you get killed or not.
At the risk of sounding very dumb 1-2 weeks from now, it hasn't been too bad so far. I'm at chapter 11 or 12, and there have definitely been a few really frustrating sections, but I'm surprised how much progress I'm making. The hardest parts were some of the earlier combat sections, while I got re-adjusted to how absurd brutal difficulty is, but I don't know if I've spent more than an hour on any given checkpoint, which is probably better than I can say for UC1 or 3.
I'm still plugging away at this. I thought I was near the end, so I opened a walkthrough to check and it turns out that I'm not even halfway done. It's not that this game is excessively long, but the gameplay loop isn't all that exciting. It doesn't help that I only pick it up every couple of weeks and forget where I am and what I'm doing each time.
How are you playing? PC? I want to play this because I played Control and saw good things about Alan Wake 2, but I was so confused during the Control DLC because it was able Alan Wake stuff and I never played 1.
Played on PS5. I did play a bit of Control on PC a while before restarting on PS5 and the controls were fine. You're prob good to go with either
I am also playing Fallout 4. Is this your first time, or jumping back in?
I wanna say it's my 3rd playthrough
Nice. I'd say this has got to be around my 15th since 2015. I had over 2,500 hours on PS4 before I got the 0kb save glitch. Now I play on PC and pretty much just build massive settlements.
Oh thats a good one
Last Exit to Nowhere. They do awesome movie tie-in clothing and it’s good quality.
