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[FormerlyJamesW]

I found it better than AC too. I loved the setting, duels that felt quite authentic and the quieter moments like the Haiku. By that stage I was well and truly over AC though.

It was revolutionary in the least glorious way possible.

The grass.

I won't bore with the details, but one of the major issues you have, as a developer, is how much shit you can put into a level. More stuff = more draw calls on your GPU, More draw calls on your GPU = more work for the GPU and less available processing power for all the other stuff.

The grass in that game can be rendered to pretty much an infinite amount and is incrediably optimised.

It's crazy and it looks insanely good.

 

[defensivebomb]

I’ve just finished (PS5) Disco Elysium and the Last of us 1&2.

Looking for some inspo in this shitty weather

Any other must-play titles? Given family commitments, would prefer something that can be done in bite-sized playing times (like 30mins to an hour). None of this roguelike or open world crap. I am a simple man

 

[Kaos A.D.]

I love starting games but I never ever finish them, Dark souls3, blood borne, elden ring, witcher, ACreed, i get through about 3 quarters then give up, probably starts getting to hard, get frustrated then give up.... just picked up a game after year off gaming and I'm loving it, Hollow Knight one of my all time favorites im about 3 quaters in and im getting sad it will end

 

[Kaos A.D.]

I’ve just finished (PS5) Disco Elysium and the Last of us 1&2.

Looking for some inspo in this shitty weather

Any other must-play titles? Given family commitments, would prefer something that can be done in bite-sized playing times (like 30mins to an hour). None of this roguelike or open world crap. I am a simple man

Hollow Knight it starts of slow but its a classic, I play a little every day or two

 

[Kestrel84]

I love starting games but I never ever finish them, Dark souls3, blood borne, elden ring, witcher, ACreed, i get through about 3 quarters then give up, probably starts getting to hard, get frustrated then give up.... just picked up a game after year off gaming and I'm loving it, Hollow Knight one of my all time favorites im about 3 quaters in and im getting sad it will end

Lucky you.. Hollow Knight: Silk Song is supposed to be out this year after 5+ years of "it'll be out anytime now...".

Both me and my son can't wait.

 

[Matiunz]

I found it better than AC too. I loved the setting, duels that felt quite authentic and the quieter moments like the Haiku. By that stage I was well and truly over AC though.

I have never spent so little time on games (I'm 45 now). I find there is just not that much coming out that I connect with, and they are really expensive. A good game is worth the money, but it is a real issue when it isn't.

Having said that I stumbled onto a JRPG that took me back to the good old days called Octopath Traveller 2. Oldschool random encounters etc. but I had fun with the storylines. It made me crave less focus on graphics and more focus on gameplay, story and regular releases of top games.

The last AAA game I played that I really enjoyed was probably Elden Ring/Horizon Zero Dawn, which is going back a while.

I’m a similar age and found it harder to get into games than I used to. Think a lot of it is the big games are like 5 years between installments whereas they used to be yearly, also a lot require either online play or microtransaction which I loathe