Phaseknox

You’re right, just four more months to go.

Yeah, that game is great. Bloodstone is a really good third person James Bond game as well. There’s actually been some pretty good James Bond games over the years. I’m not the biggest James Bond fan in general, but I find a lot of the games to be fun. I agree, I really like that game.

The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima are the most memorable games that I played last year. All of the music in the game is fantastic, and the game itself is a lot of fun. I’m looking forward to Ys IX: Monstrum Nox.

I’ve been waiting for this as long as Cyberpunk 2077 it seems, I’m glad that it finally has a release date. It looks really fun, I hope that it delivers.

I’ve heard good things about The Legend of Heroes series, and I plan on getting Trails of Cold Steel 1-4 when they’re on sale. By the way, you might want to check out Tokyo Xanadu eX+ and Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana if you haven’t already as they’re a couple of good JRPGs made by the same developer (Nihon Falcom).

It looks a lot like Dragon’s Dogma which is one of my favorite open world action RPGs, but it’s a shame that you can’t create your character which I like to do in these types of games.

Nice. I own a physical copy of the Xbox version, and play it via backwards compatibility on Xbox 360. Nope, I’m not part of the PC Master Race. I’m a console peasant that plays games on Xbox 360 and PS4.

I know that you really like it, I was just being snarky.

Of course it’s a matter of opinion, it just failed to really click with me and I’m a big fan of the first game and open world games in general. It’s definitely a quality game and I enjoyed it for the most part primarily for its story and characters, however it’s far from being the best game of the generation for me personally. But different strokes for different folks.

This is the best Indiana Jones game IMO: I still often go back and play it since it’s one of my favorite action adventure platformers in general. If you haven’t played it and you’re a fan of Indiana Jones and action adventure games then I would suggest doing so as it still holds up rather well today.

Yeah, due to illness I was already living like a hermit/shut-in before the pandemic so nothing has really changed for me. Did you just call Red Dead Redemption II the best game this generation?

What’s a typical Phaseknox post, not sharing the popular opinion on things? Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don’t. All I know is that I really like Hitman Absolution, it’s one of my favorite action stealth games. It’s more of an action adventure than an assassin simulator like the previous Hitman games, and I get why longtime fans of the series don’t like its change in direction. I just happen to be a bigger fan of that design structure in games. With that said, the newest games in the series look good and I plan on checking them out when all three are released together as a package deal.

I played and finished it on my PS4 Slim, and while the numerous bugs, glitches and performance issues were definitely annoying I still really enjoyed it. But YMMV as I have a high tolerance for Eurojank games.

Absolution is my favorite Hitman game. I know that a lot of fans of the series don’t like its more story driven linear level based design, but that’s why I like it. The previous open-ended mini-sandbox Hitman games failed to really engage me for some reason which is why I’ve stayed away from the latest games since they go back to that formula, but I’ll check them out when they release the trilogy for cheap.

I finished Cyberpunk 2077 and started playing Undertale which is a charming, comedic, comical and cute 2D 8-bit pixel art style RPG where you play as a kid who fell into a monster underworld and you’re trying to get back home. It has a lot of humorous character interaction, a unique turn-based battle system and simple puzzles to solve along the way.

I finished It. It took me roughly 70 hours to do most of the side stuff, and complete the main story. The majority of my time playing was spent doing side stuff as the main story isn’t very long. While it wasn’t as good as I was expecting it to be, I still enjoyed my time with it and will play it again in the future when more of its technical issues are resolved and there’s DLC.

I finished Cyberpunk 2077. It took me roughly 70 hours to do most of the side stuff, and complete the main story. The majority of my time playing was spent doing side stuff as the main story isn’t very long. It had a lot of bugs, glitches and jank more so than probably any game that I’ve played before. It also wasn’t quite the game that I was expecting it to be, and it failed to meet my expectations. But despite all of that, I still really enjoyed it. I liked its story, characters, world, gameplay and music.

I would be playing it if it was available for the PS4.

Exactly. Well to be fair I only played a very small bit of the game as male V just to check out his VA which I felt was ok if not a bit generic, female V’s VA appealed to me more and is part of why I decided to play as her although I had already planned to as I usually prefer playing as female characters in games. I plan on playing as male V on my next play through to see how the experience is with him. Female V is a hardcore merc as well, but doesn’t overdo the tough chick attitude to come across like a generic badass female character in the process. She sounds natural and real with uncertainty and vulnerability at times which I appreciate. Perhaps it’s the same for male V as well, but his tough guy attitude seemed a bit more forced to me based on what I heard of it. I’ll be able to compare the two better after I finish the game as female V, and play it again as male V. Who knows, I might end up liking him. We’ll see.

I don’t think that the gameplay is amazing, but it does have fairly solid shooting mechanics and decent hacking/stealth elements. I was also hoping for more unique gun types, but there’s still some pretty good ones on offer. A lot of them feel weighty, and pack a punch. It might not be the best FPS combat out there, but it’s still fun and satisfying IMO. I didn’t really have a huge problem with it either, but I found it to be more serviceable than good. Everything worked decently enough, but that was about the extent of it. I still had some fun shooting and horseback riding in it, but the gameplay wasn’t the main draw of the game for me. I think that a lot of people (myself included) were expecting it to be more like the first game, but it was more of an outlaw gang sim than an ongoing action adventure like the original which made it a slow burn. I definitely didn’t hate it, I quite enjoyed it in fact, but it was disappointing compared to the first game in terms of overall appeal and pacing IMO. I just didn’t find its gameplay to be all that engaging, I played it more for its story and characters. I agree. While I don’t love the gameplay in RDR2, I also don’t think that it’s as bad as some people make it out to be. And while I like the gameplay in CP2077 more, I don’t think that it’s amazing or stands out. It’s just solid and fun IMO, but the stealth could be better like you said. I personally think that the story is pretty good, it might not be extremely engaging but it’s entertaining. I like most of the characters too, they all have distinct personalities. Perhaps it didn’t appeal to you as much because you played as male V. Female V is great, and I almost know for a fact that I wouldn’t be enjoying the game nearly as much if I was playing as male V. And I think that maybe some others who don’t seem to be enjoying it as much might not be because they’re playing as male V as well. It’s hard to like a game if you don’t like the character that you’re playing as.

That video points out things that Red Dead Redemption II does better than Cyberpunk 2077 showcasing that it’s a more detailed and realistic game overall, but RDR2 relies on those aspects more to help carry it since its actual gameplay isn’t very good. While it’s disappointing that CP2077 falls short in many of those same areas, it’s the more entertaining game to actually play IMO. But they’re two fairly different games despite both taking place in open worlds. RDR2 is essentially a third person outlaw gang sim while CP2077 is essentially an action FPS. The faults that CP2077 has that they point out in that video could be (and have been) pointed out without comparing it to RDR2. We all know the areas where CP2077 falls short, and we’re all disappointed by them. But it still delivers where it matters most for a video game which is gameplay and fun factor which I can’t really say the same for RDR2.

I feel that a score lower than a 7 is a bit unfair, while the game might not be amazing it’s still really good despite its technical issues. I personally was hyped for it, and while it didn’t live up to the hype for me it still delivered in a lot of ways. The story, characters, world, gameplay, mission variety, music, etc. are all topnotch IMO. It’s more of an action game than an RPG which is a bit disappointing, but it’s never dull. I’m always having a good time while playing. Of course I would have liked a deeper, more engrossing and involved experience than what it actually delivers, but there’s also no denying that what it does offer is entertaining. I agree, some of the side content especially the character specific stuff seems like it should be mandatory main story content. It shouldn’t be optional, it’s too important to the main story arc. There’s not enough main story content in the game, it feels much too brief and rushed.

Pretty cool, reminds me of the band Krewella which I like.

I’ve been playing Cyberpunk 2077 since it came out, and I’m 60 hours into it now. I’m on the final act of the story, but I still have a lot of side stuff to do. As much as I’ve been enjoying it, I kind of want to wrap it up soon so that I can move onto something else.

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