December 2024 General Game Discussion Thread

[red_5ive]

I wouldn't mind replaying Last of Us, this time with keyboard and mouse

Exactly why I grabbed it! I've played through it 3 times, all on Playstation. I have a PS5, but I'd rather play it again with the updated visuals with kb/mouse.

I've never played either of those Uncharted games. Or maybe I played the 4th one. Not sure.

I've only played the first 3 and been waiting for this one to go on sale.

But I think I'm finished this sale. I've already bought a ton of games.

I hear ya! I have to stop spending anymore money. I set aside some coin for this time of year, and I've reached my limit.

I don't even know what I've bought unless I go to the Help section and check my purchases haha

I actually just had to do that already. And I bought the games this morning lol

I'm gonna have a busy gaming first half of 2025 if not longer, as everything I got are my must-play/re-play titles.

 

[Pifanjr]

Played some Slime Rancher today. I guess you would consider it a sandbox since it doesn't tell you what to do. I've just been changing regular slimes into giant slimes. Like the tabby slimes are now giant rock slimes, and the regular slimes are now giant tabby slimes.

Not sure if there is a storyline or not. I'll just keep doing things until I get bored. I think I have all the slime types from the area I can get to, so I guess my next move is to expand into a new area.

As far as I know there is no story, you just keep unlocking new areas to get new slimes to get more money to unlock new items that get you more money and let you unlock new areas.

 

[ZedClampet]

As far as I know there is no story, you just keep unlocking new areas to get new slimes to get more money to unlock new items that get you more money and let you unlock new areas.

It was kind of humorous, but i googled whether there was a story, and Google's AI said, "Yes, there is a story. The story is that Beatrix moves to a new planet and attempts to become a successful rancher."

I'm not sure that qualifies as having a story. Stories usually have a beginning, a middle, an end and some sort of conflict. This qualifies more as a setting for you to create your own story as you play. I thought maybe the messages left by the previous owner, or perhaps the emails, led to something, but apparently not.

 

[Frindis]

52 hours in STALKER 2, so I am taking a little break. I don't want to rush anything. *Cough* I guess I am not exactly rushing when I have not yet finished the game yet

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous (one sale) has surprised me a lot. The combat is decent enough, but it is the storywriting that has been really, really good. It is mature and so far has shown a lot of depth. The writing seems sincere if that makes sense. Let me show you guys what I mean with a few examples:

Here is a companion called Lann talking about aging, which for his race goes very fast:

 

[Johnway]

A bit more POE news, if you have a twitch account theres some swanky cosmetics drops to unlock watching select people playing POE2. Me? I'm going to just have it running in the background whilst playing another game and have the video at low quality and muted.

As for other POE news, i've decided to bite the bullet and invest in some more gear so i can get some 6 linked gear going. I compromise by have a 5 link because frankly no one is going ot have 1000+ fuse links spare (plus each stack is just 20...) Will it make my game better? probably not. i really don't want to play POE anymore, but... i don't know feel like i'm onto something and i want to just elevate my game to get the challenges sorted. But... it feels completely senseless to invest this much time for admittedly tat.