What are you Playing Now? Volume XIX: The New Beginning of the End of the Middle

[Wormerine]

ok, finished Silksong. 100% completion, all achievemnents unlocked, but 4 ones speedrun and ironman related.

I liked it very much. I have nitpicks, though a lot of it is related to optional content so I don't know how to feel about it. Some 100% requirements I thought were unreasonably tedious or obscure, but then again, it is completely optional to do so . I am sure someone figuring some things out, for me it was googling things out once I run out of ideas and went "how the heck was I supposed to find that?!".

Not as good of a metroidvania as Hollow Knight, but much better action-platformer. Loved movement, really liked combat. Most bosses are excellent, few are tedious. Ah, I wasn't too fond of act3. The bosses that become available there are great, but overall I am not sure of the new content available there required an entire new act3. Then again, I thought Castlevania's reverse castle was a bit lame as well. 

[Hawke64]

I have finished Atlas Fallen on the highest difficulty in NG+. The interesting part is that the tools available (the weapon upgrades, new armour sets, and the more powerful Essence Stones) effectively offset it - while the bosses could 1-shoot me, I also was almost instantly and constantly at high Momentum (which additionally meant higher damage to me) and able to use the Shatter attacks with a lot of i-frames repeatedly. The longer battles were somewhat challenging, especially as the screen was getting more "noise" (from the weapon particles to the number of opponents), but, overall, it was easier than the first playthrough. 

The only issue is one of the randomly appearing battles with various modifiers. The foes to be faced vary, but the reward progression is static and carries over between the NG cycles. The thing there is that it is not hard to get hit once and the battle despawns after that. I assume, if I reloaded, the same battle would have been accessible at the same spot, but I have not tried. The regular random battles have an auto-save nearby and the main story ones can be restarted from the start of the encounter which is incredibly convenient. 

I am satisfied with the experience and might try replaying it in a few years. 

On a random note, the NG+ armour sets look much better than the NG ones. They are more detailed and more fitting. 

[Malcador]

Arbiter build for my Paladin in D4 is fun, I enjoy just clicking a button and letting my wings melt everything. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Malcador

[majestic]

17 minutes ago, Malcador said:

Arbiter build for my Paladin in D4 is fun, I enjoy just clicking a button and letting my wings melt everything. 

In a similar vein I'm playing a Crackling Energy Sorceror. Basically just press one button and watch everything die. Fun, reminds me of Season 2.