Wormerine
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Once again it is GamePass time. With Outer Worlds2 coming in October, and games I want to play piling up in gamepass I figured it's a good time to resubscribe and tick few of those off. So here is a list so far: 1) FTC: Firebreak - Remedy's Left4Dead-like. Ehhhh. It's not terrible, but also not particularly interesting. Gameplay is very basic, missions get old very quickly, and matches are either fairly dull (if everyone know what they are doing) or frustrating (if one or two people don't fulfill their roles). It's an ok time waster with a friend, but I think I had enough of it in a solo que. I might jump back again later after few updates, but I wouldn't recommend paying money for it. Sorry, Remedy. 2) I gave new Commandos: Origins game a go. Eh, didn't play much so far, but my impression isn't much different than from a demo - it seems like a clunkier, far less polished version of Mimimi's take on the genre. They just haven't presented any interesting challenges so far, and character kits seem basic. 3) South of Midnight - again not very deep so far. Look beautiful, and I like the vibe. Initial impression of gameplay is that it will likely not amount to much. Feels like a very basic action platformer thing 3) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - that's been my main thing for the last two weeks. It's great! Fairly contained jRPG, with all that I like about genre but none of the tedium. Combat is straightforward but engaging. Vibe and story is the highlight - great soundtrack, compelling character writing, I am yet to decide on plot - it is shaping to be a bit more straightforward than I was hoping for, but we will see - I am confident a big twist is just ahead of me. Perhaps not a groundbreaking game, but with a lot of heart and passion. [edit. Ok, I like the plot now. Twist was good, in a thematically meaty kind of way.] 4) The Rogue Prince of Persia - it's really good. Sharp artstyle, and really enjoyable gameplay. They are also doing some smart story thing - not quite copying Supergiant's work in Hades, but still managing to naturally weave story into it's rogue-lite structure.
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Yeah, I have seen it, but thanks for thinking of me anyway. I've been considering it, but frankly, there is no way I will play it anytime soon, so I will pass for now. I generally try not to buy games now, which I am unlikely to play right away, as I end up with endless backlog, that I never get around to actually playing. Speaking of fighting games:Yeah, I have seen it from Mort's video. If they make it playable from a get go, it's a bit win for the game (which reminds me I STILL need to play it. I got close recently, as I installed it and modded on GOG, but didn't get to around playing the game). It seems D&D projects get some love in post BG3 era. Is it to much to hope for Neverwinter Nights3 to become a thing? Comeone Microsoft, you passed on the BG3, now let Obsidian have some fun with the IP.Balance in SF6 is pretty good as well. Jinrai is just this annoying move with good pressure, mixup and little effective counter play. With its multitude of defensive options CotW probably won’t find it too oppressive. All I am hearing of CotW is good. It will be the game I will be looking into if I ever get bored of SF6.Oh your know, she might have changes studios for personal reasons, or got a better offer, or whatever. First of all, I am pretty sure Grounded was a tiny project (under 20 people?) at least initially. From what I played of it, it is a very focused title, which might make it simply cheaper to produce than an RPG. 2ndly - Avowed is a pretty good actually. It is just not very RPGy - it's an open world action combat thingy - RPG elements are very light. It seems it was done by choice, rather than financial constrain - as they were working on Avowed combat was turning out pretty well so they leaned on it. I would say it doesn't quite find full identity - but it's normal for what is essentially new IP that went through birthing pains. I am sure that if they were ever to make a sequel, they would make it better. It's not a sprawling RPG, but I don't think it was ever meant to be - it was a coop game, which switched gears and turned into singleplayer actionRPG. It turned out ok. I actually think Obsidian has been on a roll in recent years - Avowed had more mixed reception, but Pentiment, Outer Worlds and Grounded seemed to all find their audiences. My disappointment is very selfish and personal - I used to be Obsidian's target audience, and it doesn't seem to be the case anymore - at the very least I am not the only or main target audience.Very little experience. I tried Resident Evil2 remake for a bit, I found it very effective. Perhaps too effective. I enjoyed what I played a lot on systemic level, gore was a bit too much for my taste.I would say Outer Worlds1 was a deeper and richer RPG experience than Avowed. I am not 100% but Outer Worlds2 is currently the biggest recent Obsidian project. Also OW1 was a success, and it is a sequel, so they can build on what they done in the first game. It also probably wasn't originally designed to be a coop game, and haven't (as far as I known) been rebooted in development, so that probably helps as well. I struggle to muster excitement for Outer Worlds2 - I enjoyed the original just fine, and I expect the same will be for the sequel. That said, all they have said and shown looks good - I would be delighted to be surprised. I still expect it to be a very "mainstream" RPG.
