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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevrah View Post
    They're both cracking games that hold up nearly 30 years on, which can't be said for many things.
    They really are. When you put it like that, it's crazy to think the original is knocking on three decades in age at this point.

    Doom 2 seems to be, generally speaking, a fair bit harder than the first one based on what I've played so far.

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    I'm an absolute sucker for a good tycoon / business game and I've just found out about Planet Zoo. Is it as good as it looks?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    Have you played the multiplayer? it's good but trying a game for the first time surrounded by players who've been on it for three years can be tricky.
    I have not, precisely because I assumed that and have no patience for getting good at online multiplayers since I got respectably good at Overwatch and then everyone stopped playing.

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    Is Overwatch dead now? I thought it was still going strong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7om View Post
    I'm an absolute sucker for a good tycoon / business game and I've just found out about Planet Zoo. Is it as good as it looks?
    It looks pretty damn good, I've added it to my wish list in the hopes they put it on sale.

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    It's the same people who made the roller coaster one, that was more about designing and building fun things rather than having a particularly granular management side.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    It looks pretty damn good, I've added it to my wish list in the hopes they put it on sale.
    I'm going to wait for the next sale, yeah. Any idea when that might be?

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    There'll be a Steam summer sale. And to be honest at the moment there are a lot more random minisales so you're as well just trying to keep an eye on Green Man Gaming, GOG, gamesplanet, Steam, wherever's selling it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevrah View Post
    They're both cracking games that hold up nearly 30 years on, which can't be said for many things.
    This post has reminded me of that video about the Chasm speed runs. Off to watch it again right now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7om View Post
    I'm going to wait for the next sale, yeah. Any idea when that might be?
    They've put it down to £26.24.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    They've put it down to £26.24.
    Just came in here to tell you. I don't know whether to get the base game or add some of the DLC as well. What do you reckon?

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    How is Planet Coaster?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7om View Post
    Just came in here to tell you. I don't know whether to get the base game or add some of the DLC as well. What do you reckon?
    Buy it all, then review it for me.

    Cheers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    Buy it all, then review it for me.

    Cheers.
    I’ve gone for the base game. Hoping to grab the DLC in he summer sale.

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    That's DOOM 2 finished. If I'm honest, I didn't end up enjoying it anywhere near as much as the first one. The level design was needlessly complex and tedious in places, and there was a bit of an abundance of cheaply placed mass-mobs of enemies. Quick-saving after successfully navigating round a new corner became a reflex reaction towards the end.

    It got to the point where if I had worked out the way to the exit on a level I was just out of there, as a posed to exploring a bit, for fear of turning a corner and ending up falling afoul of some new bullshit. Which is a shame really. It was still a mostly worthwhile play though. It was just a longer, not as well designed version of the original game really.

    Onwards to DOOM 64 now which, if early indications are accurate, seems like a bit of a moodier, slower-paced affair. Which I welcome wholeheartedly at this point. It's got a very slightly updated look which I'm quite enjoying too, given that the first two basically looked identical.

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    Got PS Now a few months ago, it's fucking wicked and being a god send at the moment.

    Some fantastic games on it for, what £40 a year or something?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bam View Post
    Got PS Now a few months ago, it's fucking wicked and being a god send at the moment.

    Some fantastic games on it for, what £40 a year or something?
    Yeah it's great - I've got the entire Uncharted series for free over the last couple of months.

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    Finished up Tales From The Borderlands. If you like Telltale but also like things not being relentlessly grimdark then I can really recommend it, it's good fun and it FEELS like the choices have a bit more meaning than most of the other Telltale games.

    Onto the Mutant Year Zero DLC now and it's scratching the brief XCOM2 itch I had the other day very nicely. If Phoenix Point had been cheaper (or I was on Windows 10 and able to play it on game pass) I might have caved and bought that. Still, MYZ has given me a fire-spewing Moose called BIG KHAN so it's all good.

    I think Phoenix Point might've allowed me to do another TTH-themed run though....

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    I've got to replay Bus Simulator to open up some DLC for review. I'm not thrilled with that prospect but it's going fine. I'm trying to subvert the experience by seeing how many traffic liberties I can get away with. If you're in traffic at a bus stop, you're knackered. I've resorted to mounting the pavement gently so the game doesn't penalise me. Speeding only sets me back £200 which is nowt when you're the owner of a Bus monopoly in a fictional German town.

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    Played some Witcher 3 today after a long hiatus and I really fucking hate caves/other underground bits, it's so dark that I can barely see. Even on max gamma and TV brightness it's too dark in those areas.

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    I pirated NBA2k20 because fuck paying for it for the 6th year in a row.

    You can't play MyCareer offline 150GB worth of downloads, unrarring, installing, uninstalling half the other games on my Hard-Drive. Still didn't work.

    Fucking owned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    Played some Witcher 3 today after a long hiatus and I really fucking hate caves/other underground bits, it's so dark that I can barely see. Even on max gamma and TV brightness it's too dark in those areas.
    There's a potion you can make for that exact scenario. It being actually dark without without that is the point.

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    Ronnie > Phonics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    There's a potion you can make for that exact scenario. It being actually dark without without that is the point.
    Yes but that doesn't help when you completely forget about that sort of stuff.

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    It's hardly the game's fault that you're a bit of a fanny, then.

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    Swimming missions, particularly in first-person games.

    Just fuck off.

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    I've won one of these in a competition:
    https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/shield-tv-pro/

    Seemingly pretty decent and I don't have anything that does owt like that but it seems to go for a decent amount on eBay and I need to upgrade my PC so I'll probably be flogging it.

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    Or give it to me?

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    In return for a small wedge of money?

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    What does it do exactly?

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    It's a streaming-to-you-TV thing, both for apps (Youtube, Netflix, prime, etc. but has the app store on it too so I assume others too) and also lets you use Steam Link to stream PC gaming to your TV as well.

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    I might pick up The Witcher just to complete the set. God knows when I'll get round to playing it, mind.

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    If you ever do feel free to ask for tips on how to get through the frankly boring first act.

    I bounced off it twice and that's more than enough to justify saying "I don't like this" but if you streamline the way you go about certain things early it really massively improves as it goes along.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    It's a streaming-to-you-TV thing, both for apps (Youtube, Netflix, prime, etc. but has the app store on it too so I assume others too) and also lets you use Steam Link to stream PC gaming to your TV as well.
    Seems expensive for that. Isn't the Amazon thing like $15?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pepe View Post
    Seems expensive for that. Isn't the Amazon thing like $15?
    *shrug*

    I assume it's more the gaming stuff and there is presumably other stuff it does too.

    https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews...-shield-tv-pro

    I dunno. I'll almost certainly sell it for the sort of prices it's knocking about on on eBay. There are some that look higher than the RRP suggested there but I'd need to look into it more to understand why.

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    It seems to be sold out everywhere for some reason which is why it's going for higher on eBay.

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    Awesome. That's a win for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    If you ever do feel free to ask for tips on how to get through the frankly boring first act.

    I bounced off it twice and that's more than enough to justify saying "I don't like this" but if you streamline the way you go about certain things early it really massively improves as it goes along.
    Yeah, I'm watching a critique at the minute and it's definitely flawed in terms of how areas are designed. Also, sex cards. Glad CDPR didn't keep those going for the whole series.

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    CDPR have basically become a less backwards company as time has gone on.They're not quite there as some of their trans stuff has made clear but they're much improved over where they were.

    But yeah, they've probably brought this up in that critique but there's a particular bit when you're constantly going between two areas (a city and a swampy bit) and you really need to make sure you clear out everything new every time you're in either because getting back and forth is more of a slog than it needs to be.

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    @Danny You said in t'other thread you're after one of this nVidia Shield TV things. What is it that makes them worth the money over getting a Firestick for TV and Steam Link for the PC gaming on TV aspect?

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    Giggles might know more than me as I think he had the old one but I am looking at it because I want to get a new streaming device for my game room. The fact I can game on it too would be a bonus as the missus has been looking at random games and would likely use it off and on.

    I don’t think they are that special but a 2 for 1 device for not a lot more is tempting.

    I have a few fire TVs but unless they really improved the stick I was never massively impressed by them (loading Kodi may have been the real problem....). The box they used to sell is awesome though. I hadn’t thought of the steam link as I thought they discontinued it. Prices on those are looking at like $100+ on a quick google. I am getting back close to that $200 number to get a fire cube (assuming it’s better than the stick) and a steam link.

    It’s probably a needless purchase but one I am very tempted by.

    Man, that’s a ramble but I think it’s makes sense

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    That's DOOM 64 done. Fantastic game, I enjoyed it quite a bit more than DOOM 2 and maybe even more than the original. I suppose I'll give DOOM 3 a shot next, although I understand that's a bit of a different proposition in terms of it coming quite a few years down the line and obviously being a massive jump forward graphically. Apparently it's a lot more survival-horror-y too? It effectively looks like a bit of a re-imagining of the series from the few gameplay videos I've seen. But it does interest me.

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    I think Doom 3 would have gone down better if it wasn't called Doom.

    And if you didn't soon learn to start backpedalling away from any cupboard you walk past because that's where a lot of the monsters hide.

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    Would anyone be into some Streets of Rage coop once it comes out? Surely some of you old bastahds are into beat em ups.

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    If it gets cheap enough I'll give almost anything a bash.

    How does co-op work?

    Also I am terrible at beat em ups.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pepe View Post
    Would anyone be into some Streets of Rage coop once it comes out? Surely some of you old bastahds are into beat em ups.
    Which platform are you buying it on? I think I'll get it on the Switch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    If it gets cheap enough I'll give almost anything a bash.

    How does co-op work?

    Also I am terrible at beat em ups.

    It's got multiple modes - 1v1 Street Fighter-style but the main game is a side-scrolling, beat-up waves of enemies kinda thing.

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    Ooooh.

    That reminds me that I'm sure we're meant to be getting Streets of Rage 4 this year.

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    April 30th. Hence my post.

    I am thinking either Switch or PC. I don't pay for the online on the Switch, so currently leaning PC for online coop purposes.

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    So something I've noticed about the MotoGP games since they've switched to Unreal Engine is that they ... really don't want to through your rider off. They lose to unsettle the rider but I'm finding it hard to highside.

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