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Downloaded the free 5 hour trial of Death Stranding 2 on PS Plus. Oh yes, I'm already hooked here. For anyone who hasn't played the first one or this one, it's just stunningly beautifully and well done.

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DS is a game that completely surprised me. Tried it because it was free (PS+), stayed because it was awesome. The story is bonkers, but once you sorta start to understand it, it makes the long walks even better.

One of the side quests I did involved backpaking a girl to her long lost love (was a pretty long hike). I'm not one to read everything, but I happened to read emails from them... they got married... they broke up... regret... back together. LOL... crazy game.

I think / hope I'm just about done with FFXVI. They story is solid all around, and the game has more than enough epic moments to keep you invested. But 35 hours in and the standard swordplay making your way through combat zones has gotten stale. Time to stop getting distracted by side-quests and finish it.


Would I enjoy the FF VII remakes if I enjoyed this one?

jr15aggie said:

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YouBet said:

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Downloaded the free 5 hour trial of Death Stranding 2 on PS Plus. Oh yes, I'm already hooked here. For anyone who hasn't played the first one or this one, it's just stunningly beautifully and well done.

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DS is a game that completely surprised me. Tried it because it was free (PS+), stayed because it was awesome. The story is bonkers, but once you sorta start to understand it, it makes the long walks even better.

One of the side quests I did involved backpaking a girl to her long lost love (was a pretty long hike). I'm not one to read everything, but I happened to read emails from them... they got married... they broke up... regret... back together. LOL... crazy game.

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Ditto. I remember that quest. So funny. They were madly in love and wanted to be reunited and then a few days later they are sick of each other and break up. Ha.

For a game that is essentially one big fetch quest simulation, it's incredible. The bonkers story sucked me in and I spent an inordinate amount of time rebuilding roads well beyond the point that I really needed to.

If you think that was bonkers, just wait. DS 2 gets weird.

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If you think that was bonkers, just wait. DS 2 gets weird.

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Because making grenades out of Norman Reedus's poop & pee wasn't weird enough!?!

zip04 said:

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If you think that was bonkers, just wait. DS 2 gets weird.

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The teaser videos look strange to say the least. I just started it yesterday and only made it to the first bandit camp near home. Very sad to leave Lou behind though. I assume that's not permanent.

I'll just say that I have never had a "what the heck is going on?" moment quite like I did towards the end of this game. Not a spoiler, but once you get to that point, you will know.

Been playing Blue Prince. This game is awesome. I'm going to have to find more games like this when i'm done.

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I'll just say that I have never had a "what the heck is going on?" moment quite like I did towards the end of this game. Not a spoiler, but once you get to that point, you will know.

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What's funny is that I never knew what BT stood for until I started DS2 and watched the recap of DS1 on the DS2 start screen. I don't think that was every actually defined in the first game. You just kind of moved along not ever really knowing what was really happening.

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I'll just say that I have never had a "what the heck is going on?" moment quite like I did towards the end of this game. Not a spoiler, but once you get to that point, you will know.

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If you want a similar game to play with a friend, this series is a blast: https://store.steampowered.com/app/582500/We_Were_Here/

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Back to living on the rim in Rimworld. FFXIV and WoW still, otherwise.

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Love idea of this game but it looks overwhelming.

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Does take a fair bit of patience. It's not that the interface is difficult to understand or that it is overly punishing (several options for difficulty), but more that you must get comfortable with starting fresh. I have hundreds of hours in it and I'm still learning new and better ways to do things.

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Been playing Blue Prince. This game is awesome. I'm going to have to find more games like this when i'm done.

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Blue Prince is a very unique one. Outer Wilds is a good puzzle game if you havent played it.

Been playing the new DLC for Grim Dawn.

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boy09 said:

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Been playing Blue Prince. This game is awesome. I'm going to have to find more games like this when i'm done.

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Blue Prince is a very unique one. Outer Wilds is a good puzzle game if you havent played it.

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I tried Outer Wilds for about 20 minutes and the spaceship controls pissed me off so much i gace up. I'm probably going to come back to it after i finish Blue Prince though. Just power through and figure it out lol.

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Been playing the new DLC for Grim Dawn.

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I talked myself into doing the same. I dumped enough kickstarter money into it way back when they were crowdfunding it to get my name in the credits haha. I've got just under 700 hours in it but I haven't touched it since I got my fill of the Forgotten Gods expansion, so it's been pre-covid since I played. Haven't gotten to any of the new expansion content yet since I rolled a new character, but having a great time with the game again.

Played through Grounded with a buddy. Pretty fantastic game. Can't wait for grounded 2 on the ps5

Grounded is awesome and super underrated. I had a really fun play through with my son last summer and we played quite a bit before it left Early Access and hit 1.0

Everything about it. The story, the art style, the voice acting, the general late 80's/early 90's aesthetic, the music, the gameplay, the kitschy "Minotaurs & Myrmadons" and Yolked Girth type toys that you find scattered in the yard.

We dabbled in Grounded 2 when it first came to Early Access, but ran into a content wall pretty quickly. I think we are going to start fresh when the Into The Abyss update comes out in mid-August. It will have opened up quite a bit more of the map since we last played.

Still playing deadlock, might be the retirement home game for me.