Recent content by Johnway

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    Side scrolling beat em up/shooter games, often 2D, can you suggest some great ones, or ones in the style ive suggested?

    So we're looking for 2d brawlers eh? Apart from the River City series (river city girls 1, 2 and 0 there are a whole load to enjoy there.). On a more left field but just as good, try guacamelee series. not quite brawler but the combat is tacticle all the same...
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    Happy New Year! General Game Discussion--January 2026

    Still playing Wildlands, so far we're 2 and half regions complete. So far resistance is light, but playing on hard its no push over as the enemies can overwhelm players quickly. I'm playing the game as single player and with AI. Mixed feelings about the AI, on the one hand they are quite...
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    January 2026 PCG Article Discussion

    yeah at this point ubisoft is just a car crash in slow motion. Its gutting studios and theres always projects that seem to die by the way side. Presumably they're making money releasing the usual ubisoft experience but i can't help but feel that its days are numbered. They seem content to rest...
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    The book discussion thread

    Another book finished this time its the first book in the Old man's war series by John Scalzi. The story revolves around John perry, a 75 yr old widower who decides to join the Colonial Defence Force (CDF). like most recruits, he joins the CDF for a new life in the stars but more importantly...
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    Do you play good guy bad guy

    Good guy. Always the good guy. i can't find it in my heart to play evil if i was given the choice.
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    The Free Time Limited Games List

    Smart factory tycoon is free atm: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1755300/Smart_Factory_Tycoon/
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    Steam Detective Fest--Now Through 19 January 2026

    therer are one or 2 games i have on my wish list, but nothing that i want to buy atm. i can wait....
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    Movies you're watching

    i actually did watch 2 movies over christmas and recently that i forgot to mention. the first move was Spiderman across the spiderverse where we continue mile morales, like as the new spiderman whilst balancing his personal life. i enjoyed the first movie and the second one was damn good...
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    The last game you completed

    Congrats! Hollow knight is indeed a fantastic game and yeah the challenge content of the pantheon is harrowing stuff. I managed to beat it and get the good ending but i got my money's worth. i hear that Silksong is good, but i also hear that additional content is coming.... So i wait...
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    Happy New Year! General Game Discussion--January 2026

    So i've gotten around to sinking a good amount of time playing Ghost recon wildlands. I've completed the first area (eliminated the HVTs, collected all the upgrades and done some of the side content) and i'm moving onto my next area. So initlal thoughts? its very meh. The problem is that its...
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    The last game you completed

    A little late but i finally completed yakuza 5 on monday and only gotten around to writing the post. i do have a lot to say but i'll condense it. But TLDR as a fan of the Yakuza series, i recommend it. At 106 hrs, its the most played Yakuza game to date and i had a lot of fun with it. Once...
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    What type of matchmaking stereotype are you?

    i won't lie, Rage quiter is probably one of my traits. if i'm not winning or it looks like a pub stomp, i cut my losses and run. The problem with multiplayer is that every game you join typically means you're on the losing side. i've not seen a multiplayer that balances out properly these days...
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    Happy New Year! General Game Discussion--January 2026

    Well, its a wrap. yakuza 5 is done. Story completed and although the game says only 50% of the content is complete, i argue the core gameplay is done and i've unlocked 80% of the achievements. i could play a bit more to grind out maybe the last few but its busy work for a game i've completed...
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    Your most played games of all time EOY 2025 edition.

    A bit late to the party, but in the grand scheme of things nothing has changed. Path of exile still holds the top spot and so have the other top entries. The only change maybe is yakuza 5, which i have clocked more then 103 hours beating even Yakuza kiwami 2 which was 97 hours. its unlikely y5...
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    The book discussion thread

    Another book finished. This time its John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society . Set during Covid, our protagonist Jamie Gray gets fired from his top job at startup füdmüd, a food delivery company similar to door dash. To add insult to injury he is forced to work as a driver for füdmüd to...