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EvanBenner said:
I joined Game Pass too late to play Sable before it left the service, but it ended up being a PS Plus download for December, so I added it to my PS library and fired it up on New Years Day. Sable is the game that Japanese Breakfast scored.

There was a lot I liked about it and found myself drawn in to the laidback gameplay. It felt a lot like what I know of Breath of the Wild (minus combat) and a bit of Super Mario Odyssey for good measure. The art direction made it really feel at times like I was in one of my favorite Ghibli movies, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.

I ended up finishing it (98%) within 2 days, but the longer I played the buggier it seemed to get which led to a lot of frustration and a sour aftertaste. I'd have thought the game would have been more optimized after more than two years on the market, but no. And as my exploration deepened the more shallow and spares it all really felt. Rather unfortunate for a game that had the makings of something super impressionable.

The only thing keeping me from platinum is Sable's equivalent of Odyssey's collectible moons. I couldn't bear the thought of bouncing around an increasingly glitched out environment to find the last 50 chum eggs.
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I actually adored Sable but the glitches are very real. Still, I just loved the worldbuilding and the exploration and the way the overall narrative slowly came together. It requires a forgiving player to really fall in love with it.

I thought the lack of combat was refreshing. Loved being able to just point to something interesting on the horizon and then figure out how to get there, wondering who I would meet and what sights I might see.
 
Completed Lies of P this weekend. Got the "good" ending on my second playthrough. Hardest part was the final boss - you can't summon for it and it's a tough fight. Combined with the buffs/debuffs of New Game+ I spent a lot more time here than expected, but I got through it. Went in to the third playthrough to get the "bad" ending, with that achievement, Gepetto's story, and Eugenie's story being the only other achievements I needed to complete the set. Basically just sprinted to all the bosses, and went back to talk to Eugenie when appropriate. Also, *minor spoiler* I didn't have to fight the final boss, though it's pretty obvious that would be the case going down this path even on the first playthrough.

Curious to see where people rank the bosses in terms of difficulty. Found it to be different based on how I was playing:

Playthrough with no summons:
Green Monster of the Swamp
Luxasia
King of Puppets

Playthrough with Summons:
Nameless Puppet
Corrupted Parade Master
Simon Manus
 
Fillip J Phry said:
Completed Lies of P this weekend. Got the "good" ending on my second playthrough. Hardest part was the final boss - you can't summon for it and it's a tough fight. Combined with the buffs/debuffs of New Game+ I spent a lot more time here than expected, but I got through it. Went in to the third playthrough to get the "bad" ending, with that achievement, Gepetto's story, and Eugenie's story being the only other achievements I needed to complete the set. Basically just sprinted to all the bosses, and went back to talk to Eugenie when appropriate. Also, *minor spoiler* I didn't have to fight the final boss, though it's pretty obvious that would be the case going down this path even on the first playthrough.

Curious to see where people rank the bosses in terms of difficulty. Found it to be different based on how I was playing:

Playthrough with no summons:
Green Monster of the Swamp
Luxasia
King of Puppets

Playthrough with Summons:
Nameless Puppet
Corrupted Parade Master
Simon Manus
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Picked back up this past weekend and had much less trouble with the Corrupted Parade Master than when I left off. Made it to Brotherhood Part 2 and started getting tilted again. (So many close calls.) For some reason my wish stone didn't seem to be working as intended. The first few uses it very clearly worked, but then the enemies started ignoring the effect from the start.

I was using the "specter draws attention with defense boost" wish, and the first couple runs the brotherhood very clearly switched their attention to the specter, but after a couple attempts their AI got bored and said nvm lets just keep ganging up on the player anyways.
 
EvanBenner said:
Picked back up this past weekend and had much less trouble with the Corrupted Parade Master than when I left off. Made it to Brotherhood Part 2 and started getting tilted again. (So many close calls.) For some reason my wish stone didn't seem to be working as intended. The first few uses it very clearly worked, but then the enemies started ignoring the effect from the start.

I was using the "specter draws attention with defense boost" wish, and the first couple runs the brotherhood very clearly switched their attention to the specter, but after a couple attempts their AI got bored and said nvm lets just keep ganging up on the player anyways.
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Yeah, I'd say that wishstone didn't work properly. I normally carried the healing one myself. I did notice during that particular fight one or more of the brothers would just stand around and do nothing, even if you were wailing on them. My strategy was kill the middle brother first, because I struggled to get his block timing correct. Once he was dead I'd chip away at the other two and try to take them out at the same time, so that I could focus only on big bro at the end. He seemed to be the most aggressive directly at me, so I mostly focused on perfect blocks and staying alive while the specter did most of the damage.

I also found the perfect block grindstone was super helpful for any boss that attacks quickly. Easy stagger buildup, and super helpful for both the second phase of Luxasia and the final boss.
 
Dave the Diver update: the game keeps introducing mechanics and quests which leave me pining a bit for the initial dive-sushi-dive-sushi gameplay cycle.
 
Bull Shannon said:
Dave the Diver update: the game keeps introducing mechanics and quests which leave me pining a bit for the initial dive-sushi-dive-sushi gameplay cycle.
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Yeah, it gets kind of heavy after a while. Not to stereotype too much, but...Korean developers.
 
Haven't posted an Isaac update in a long time, I figured this insane run I had yesterday was a good one to talk about. Still chasing down a Delirium win with Tainted Jacob, been close many times but the chaos of that fight plus Esau chasing you makes it very difficult. Anyways, I usually see my runs through for better or worse, and yesterday was mostly the latter. I didn't get a single direct damage upgrade the entire run, my boss and item upgrades were all health, tears, and speed. What I did get fairly early on was a Planetarium with the Venus item. If you've never seen this, it's description is "HP up, and you feel pretty." Isaac gets long golden locks, and any enemies that get near are charmed. By the later floors, the charmed enemies attacking each other were dealing way more damage than I was. The Isaac fight was the worst, no one to charm and base damage is a bad time, went in with full health, left with 2 hearts. I did get an indirect damage upgrade on the last floor through the Seraphim transformation, but it was still super low compared to what's average at that point. Since the charmed enemies were the MVP of the run, I dubbed it the "getting by on my looks" run.
 
Jake! said:
Hell yes! No game has a bigger place in my heart. Take your time with it and enjoy :)
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I've been having more fun just wandering around and getting into all sorts of mischief (aka dying).

I bought the stealth garb from Kakariko Village and I feel like it unlocked a cheat code for sneak strikes. Something about sitting on a hill waiting for the sun to go down and the goblins to fall asleep has me feeling like I'm in some old samurai movie.
 
folsom_lives said:
I've been having more fun just wandering around and getting into all sorts of mischief (aka dying).

I bought the stealth garb from Kakariko Village and I feel like it unlocked a cheat code for sneak strikes. Something about sitting on a hill waiting for the sun to go down and the goblins to fall asleep has me feeling like I'm in some old samurai movie.
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That was my go-to gear for like 90% of the game, to be honest.
 
Hot Take: Red Dead Redemption is far and away the better IP from Rockstar than Grand Theft Auto is. If there wasn't another GTA game and they only focused on creating more RDR titles I wouldn't be upset at all. Story, Characters, Gameplay, Environment are all better in RDR than GTA. I also like that you can be a good character in RDR whereas in GTA you mostly need to be bad and do bad things to progress in the story. You kind of do bad things in RDR but your character(s) have mostly good intentions and are much more likable.
 
folsom_lives said:
I've been having more fun just wandering around and getting into all sorts of mischief (aka dying).

I bought the stealth garb from Kakariko Village and I feel like it unlocked a cheat code for sneak strikes. Something about sitting on a hill waiting for the sun to go down and the goblins to fall asleep has me feeling like I'm in some old samurai movie.
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Was woefully underprepared for a battle with a Lynel and died maybe 20 times before I mastered the dodge and flurry attack. With only 4 hearts it was essentially a one hit kill.
 
wokeupnew said:
Hot Take: Red Dead Redemption is far and away the better IP from Rockstar than Grand Theft Auto is. If there wasn't another GTA game and they only focused on creating more RDR titles I wouldn't be upset at all. Story, Characters, Gameplay, Environment are all better in RDR than GTA. I also like that you can be a good character in RDR whereas in GTA you mostly need to be bad and do bad things to progress in the story. You kind of do bad things in RDR but your character(s) have mostly good intentions and are much more likable.
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I just got an Xbox and made RDR2 a top priority to get ..it’s amazing
 
Crabbers said:
I just got an Xbox and made RDR2 a top priority to get ..it’s amazing
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I’m replaying RDR2 right now which made me say this. It’s such a fun game with so many things to do. Hunting, Fishing, just riding around on your horse. Also I didn’t realize that I could use the cinematic camera to auto navigate to places on the map. When I previously played I just manually traveled everywhere even if it took an age to get there down all the paths. It’s a great way to take a beat while playing. Also barely any music in the game is nice.
 
wokeupnew said:
I’m replaying RDR2 right now which made me say this. It’s such a fun game with so many things to do. Hunting, Fishing, just riding around on your horse. Also I didn’t realize that I could use the cinematic camera to auto navigate to places on the map. When I previously played I just manually traveled everywhere even if it took an age to get there down all the paths. It’s a great way to take a beat while playing. Also barely any music in the game is nice.
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I've been playing this off and on for the last couple months and the cinematic camera looks so good I love just getting lost in watching it.
 
wokeupnew said:
Hot Take: Red Dead Redemption is far and away the better IP from Rockstar than Grand Theft Auto is. If there wasn't another GTA game and they only focused on creating more RDR titles I wouldn't be upset at all. Story, Characters, Gameplay, Environment are all better in RDR than GTA. I also like that you can be a good character in RDR whereas in GTA you mostly need to be bad and do bad things to progress in the story. You kind of do bad things in RDR but your character(s) have mostly good intentions and are much more likable.
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Except there’s no privacy when you pick up a lady on horseback.
 
wokeupnew said:
I’m replaying RDR2 right now which made me say this. It’s such a fun game with so many things to do. Hunting, Fishing, just riding around on your horse. Also I didn’t realize that I could use the cinematic camera to auto navigate to places on the map. When I previously played I just manually traveled everywhere even if it took an age to get there down all the paths. It’s a great way to take a beat while playing. Also barely any music in the game is nice.
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I tried getting into RDR2 but maybe I was just too overwhelmed by the controls and mechanics of being able to control ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.

I think I made it to through the prologue and to the camp and just dropped it. Not sure if I'll ever pick it back up now that BOTW has bewitched me. Seems to scratch the same itch but seems way more approachable compared to RDR2 in my opinion.
 
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