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I hear Dying Light 2 will be free to play this weekend on PC. Not sure about consoles?I've been struggling to find anything to play after Lies of P. Tough act to follow. I suppose I can hold out for June 21st.
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hemmelight
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Shit, I'm gonna have to buy Elden Ring again now that I've got a PS5. I never finished it on PC (even after like 60 hours or something) because my GPU was janked and kept crashing the game randomly. Also performance wasn't super great anyway. That trailer looks wicked!!
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If there's a free demo/ trial period on PS or XBox, I'll give it a go. I have a hard time dropping $50+ on video games these days, having been spoiled by Game Pass/ PS+. Especially since there are so few games I actually wind up enjoying.
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You can get it for $30 often.
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I reinstalled Elden Ring last night - partly because I'd just seen the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer; partly because I needed a few minutes of post-Lies of P Soulslike fix.
Anyway, the download screen for Elden Ring popped up, and in the bottom-right corner it said:"Game Progress: 100% - Time Played: 258 hours".
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I'd have no problem spending $30 - provided I'd already had a chance to try it, and knew I'd enjoy it. I'm pretty risk-averse when it comes to buying video games blind. I've been burned too many times LOL.
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Yeah, I haven't even downloaded Lies of P even though it's free haha.
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That's the thing: nothing that takes your time is really "free".
Having said that... if you're into the Soulslike thing, download Lies of P and at least "put up with it" until you've gotten past a couple of bosses. I thought it was crap at first, but once it got rolling, wow. One of the best in the genre IMO.
P.S. "Lies of P" is a terrible and unfortunate name, and my 12 year old kid has countless jokes with which to remind me.
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Hear you on the 12 year old! Haha, thankfully mine went through the teen stage already even though he is 12. Blessed to have mostly good kids haha.That's the thing: nothing that takes your time is really "free".
Having said that... if you're into the Soulslike thing, download Lies of P and at least "put up with it" until you've gotten past a couple of bosses. I thought it was crap at first, but once it got rolling, wow. One of the best in the genre IMO.
P.S. "Lies of P" is a terrible and unfortunate name, and my 12 year old kid has countless jokes with which to remind me.
Don't think I've played a souls game past 30 minutes. I'm sure we have them all in the house. Too many kids haha
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Speaking of souls games. Anyway ever play Sekiro Shadows Die Twice?
How does it compare?
How does it compare?
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Do a search for "sekiro" in this very thread. What you'll find is very much "YMMV".
People seem to adore the game. I despise it - and I'm a total FromSoft fanboy.
tl;dr - all parrying, all the time.
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Oddly enough that makes me more interested
Oddly enough that makes me more interested
If you've ever played Ghost of Tsushima, it's *sort of* like that but way more intense and fantasy driven
There's definitely a learning curve but it won Game of the Year for a reason
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Ghost of Tsushima is one of my favorite games. I want to use my steam deck more so I was dabbling getting Sekiro on it but I'll probably wait for a sale
@mbenigni is right, to really get the true Sekiro experience you gotta accept that deflecting attacks is the key to making progress in Sekiro.
It *is* possible to beat the game without deflecting at all but it will be wayyyy more tedious overall
Also there is no way to "grind for levels" to make the game easier. You can grind to unlock prosthetic tools and combat arts but no grinding for more attack power or health
A lot of people compare the combat to a "rhythm game" and there is definitely some truth to that. The good news is the deflect/parry window is quite generous and spammable
It *is* possible to beat the game without deflecting at all but it will be wayyyy more tedious overall
Also there is no way to "grind for levels" to make the game easier. You can grind to unlock prosthetic tools and combat arts but no grinding for more attack power or health
A lot of people compare the combat to a "rhythm game" and there is definitely some truth to that. The good news is the deflect/parry window is quite generous and spammable
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Ok, I bought Elden Ring and have started over on PS5.
Planning to "continue" my original character as a Spellsword-type build. Enchanting weapons and bonking guys with the Claymore / the occasional pew pew magic is just too much fun. Also I LOVE the Carian Knight armour set. It's genuinely one of my favourite character designs ever so I can't not use it again.
Planning to "continue" my original character as a Spellsword-type build. Enchanting weapons and bonking guys with the Claymore / the occasional pew pew magic is just too much fun. Also I LOVE the Carian Knight armour set. It's genuinely one of my favourite character designs ever so I can't not use it again.
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