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Hawkwing74 wrote:Finally started Tyranny. I don't think it's 40 hours the way I play. I am making sure to complete all quests, so it will take longer. I'm finding the story very intriguing. It's better than Torment: Numenera. It may be better than Pillars of Eternity.
I'm finding it very well written so far. Gives me a Baldur's Gate nostalgic vibe.
Vhalidictes wrote:
Hawkwing74, can you give us an update once you've finished it? Maybe I've been spoiled by years of Bethesda games, but 40 hours seems really short to me; I can't wrap my head around spending money on such a short game. Does it have a lot of narrative branches / replayable?
Hawkwing74 wrote:Got 12 hours in so far. It has a fair amount of talking and narrative but as far as I can tell, 3 main paths. You can side with one or the other faction, or try to just kill everyone.
The skill/fighting system is definitely different from DnD. Bit of a learning curve with that. There is an interesting crafting system I have recently unlocked.
Some people might like trying different teams. I have 7 characters so far but I use my favorite 4. One fight, got stuck on because the enemy had 2 tanks and I couldn't get to the spellcaster. My team is a bit melee heavy (3 melee, 1 ranged/heal) so had problems with this fight. My other 3 characters I don't use are a spellcaster, bard, and another melee.
I would not expect to replay it but I am really enjoying it. I'll update total hours played when I finish the campaign.
Vhalidictes wrote:Thanks for the info, Hawkwing.
At three main branch paths and ~40 hours, that's roughly 120 which is decent, I'll likely end up getting this when I can. Is there any DLC?
liquid_mage wrote:So I gave Dark Souls III another go, and I am having fun with it now. It still falls squarely into the "Not Recommended" category (because any recommendation would come with heavy qualifications), but I'll probably knock this out and then have some fun with Bloodborne on PS4.superjawes wrote:I felt the same way about Dark Souls 1, it took me 10 plus hours to have any idea what as going on. It is one of the only games where I can watch a video or two on how to beat a boss and still spend 12+ attempts trying to beat the boss. I put about 45 hours into that game to get 1/4 of the way through it and just kind of stopped playing because I am not naturally talented at timing and reaction games. I loved the feeling of beating a new boss but hated the frustration of 12+ attempts to do it.I picked up Dark Souls III on the Steam sale, and that game is really bad at retaining new players. I can see the appeal, but there's basically no way for a completely new player to get into it without being either naturally talented or getting outside assistance. I'm honestly surprised that no one has one-upped From by making "Dark Souls, but accessible".
derFunkenstein wrote:There have been twelve seasons of Diablo 3 RoS. For the second time ever, I completed enough of the season journey to get the extra stash tab, and for the first time ever I completely cleared the season journey. I got my HoTA/IK Barbarian to GR level 82 and amassed a total of 568 paragon levels. Played on PC this time, but next time I might go back to PS4.
Those results pushed my non-seasonal paragon level from 807 to 856. Pretty successful season by my standards. Most of that was done over Thanksgiving and winter breaks.
DancinJack wrote:My group of friends usually complete the season journies together. It's fun, plus you get cool rewards and XP. We haven't played at all in S12, but I'd like to get back into it at some point.
We've been playing OW a lot lately. They've made some good balance changes, and they have so many promo events there is cool stuff to do most the time. Plus it's just a fun game. Moira ftw.
DPete27 wrote:1 year late and one of the most popular games, but I started Battlefield 1 campaign last night. It's neat and unique how they tie everything in historically. Admittedly I don't know much about WW1, so some of the facts snippets were interesting. Also, the "memorial" that shows when you die it an interesting add. Gives a sense of mortality to the whole thing.....even though it's a video game and you just go back to the last checkpoint and start over.
I appreciated the sense of homage the game paid to the war and the people that served/died in it.
G8torbyte wrote:Battlefield-1 has been on my wishlist for over a year and I'll probably get it next time EA does a large discount.
Hawkwing74 wrote:My love of D3 faded but I did finally get my Blizz acount fixed so I can play again. Not sure I want to deal with another season. Do they have any plans for expansions?
superjawes wrote:I've been playing Bloodbrne, and it feels very, very strange...I like this one A LOT more than I did Dark Souls 3. It may be because I played most of DS3 and "get it" now, or it may be because I am only a few bosses in. Still, I find it ironic that I am somehow less frustrated by a From Software game that is generally considered harder than the rest.
superjawes wrote:Update: Beat it. Love it. Will be tapping my toes into NG+ and probably getting the DLC.