July 2025 General Game Discussion Thread

[Johnway]

After completing a whole load of indie games in quick succession, i'm starting to overheat and not feeling satisfied with the games I'm playing/completing. I need something more substantial, so i'll currently going through blasphemous. With what I've played I'm finding it jolly entertaining.

We'll see how long it takes to finish and perhaps it will reset my motivation to finish more of my indie backlog.

 

[Pifanjr]

I opened a post about Bethesda on Reddit and it made me glad I have this place to talk about video games, because there were some absolutely terrible takes in there. So many people who think they know exactly how a company should be ran.

 

[Zed Clampet]

there were some absolutely terrible takes in there. So many people who think they know exactly how a company should be ran.

Know nothing know-it-alls are my people.

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Barely escaped a charging sandworm. Got an achievement for it. I had nothing on me anyway. I had nothing but my underwear on and was carrying one tool that helps you mine sand and spice. Next time I'll take the cheapest water bottle with me, too, because by the time I got back to my base (on foot), I was almost dead from dehydration. Probably could have done it at night, but there's a patrol ship that hovers around it pretty regularly, and that would kill underwear Zed just as surely as the worm would.

 

[Zloth]

Barely escaped a charging sandworm. Got an achievement for it. I had nothing on me anyway. I had nothing but my underwear on and was carrying one tool that helps you mine sand and spice. Next time I'll take the cheapest water bottle with me, too, because by the time I got back to my base (on foot), I was almost dead from dehydration. Probably could have done it at night, but there's a patrol ship that hovers around it pretty regularly, and that would kill underwear Zed just as surely as the worm would.

In the DAYTIME?? Skip the water, get some sunscreen! Some VERY GOOD sunscreen. Actually, maybe just wrap yourself up in aluminum foil. They'll call you baked potato Zed, but that's better than red Zed.

 

[Zed Clampet]

In the DAYTIME?? Skip the water, get some sunscreen! Some VERY GOOD sunscreen. Actually, maybe just wrap yourself up in aluminum foil. They'll call you baked potato Zed, but that's better than red Zed.

Well, on the bright side, someone will get to collect the blood from your body, so your death won't be a complete waste.

 

[neogunhero]

My wife and I started playing Beyond: Two Souls last night. It's a very strange game, and although I never played it before, I figured it may be a good game for the two of us to play together. I just found out after we were done that it does have co-op, but it's kind of weird if you know how the game works. One player controls the main character Jodie, and the other controls the spirit Aiden whenever it's each others turn to do something. However, I figured with it being a story heavy game where choices matter, it might be something she would be into.

So far we have somewhat mixed feelings. It's not terrible, but the disjointed story is a bit confusing so far. Of course I assume it will all come together later on, and you do piece together the general picture as you go through each little chapter or vignette, but we're not at the point where it all makes full sense yet. My wife has pretty high standards for video games since the first AAA game she really invested time into and beat was Red Dead Redemption 2, so that kind of ruins a lot of lower budget games for her, so I'm surprised that she is tolerating this game as much as she is. The voice acting is a bit wonky as with a lot of Quantic Dream games, the graphics are dated in some areas, and the gameplay is very unconventional, yet she seems to be invested enough into the story to ignore these things.

We'll have to check out co-op later, since right now we're just taking turns on the controller between each chapter.

 

[Zed Clampet]

My wife and I started playing Beyond: Two Souls last night. It's a very strange game, and although I never played it before, I figured it may be a good game for the two of us to play together. I just found out after we were done that it does have co-op, but it's kind of weird if you know how the game works. One player controls the main character Jodie, and the other controls the spirit Aiden whenever it's each others turn to do something. However, I figured with it being a story heavy game where choices matter, it might be something she would be into.

So far we have somewhat mixed feelings. It's not terrible, but the disjointed story is a bit confusing so far. Of course I assume it will all come together later on, and you do piece together the general picture as you go through each little chapter or vignette, but we're not at the point where it all makes full sense yet. My wife has pretty high standards for video games since the first AAA game she really invested time into and beat was Red Dead Redemption 2, so that kind of ruins a lot of lower budget games for her, so I'm surprised that she is tolerating this game as much as she is. The voice acting is a bit wonky as with a lot of Quantic Dream games, the graphics are dated in some areas, and the gameplay is very unconventional, yet she seems to be invested enough into the story to ignore these things.

We'll have to check out co-op later, since right now we're just taking turns on the controller between each chapter.

I played this many years ago on PSNow, and I enjoyed it well enough. But what the hell do these people do with their time? The last game they put out was Detroit Become Human in 2018, and they describe their next game, a Star Wars game, as being in early development. I get that they ported their games to PC, so they spent a little time doing that, but Detroit Become Human hit Steam 5 years ago. This just seems like a ridiculous waste of time when you are paying 500 people. MAKE A DAMN GAME! They'll probably announce that they had to lay off people because they don't need as many people playing Flash games at their desks anymore.

 

[neogunhero]

I played this many years ago on PSNow, and I enjoyed it well enough. But what the hell do these people do with their time? The last game they put out was Detroit Become Human in 2018, and they describe their next game, a Star Wars game, as being in early development. I get that they ported their games to PC, so they spent a little time doing that, but Detroit Become Human hit Steam 5 years ago. This just seems like a ridiculous waste of time when you are paying 500 people. MAKE A DAMN GAME! They'll probably announce that they had to lay off people because they don't need as many people playing Flash games at their desks anymore.

5 games in ~26 years is quite impressive really. Who keeps giving them money to only see the results every 5 years? Quantic Dream has always had great ideas, but the execution isn't always the best. Heavy Rain was incredibly influential when it first came out, but playing it now 15 years later, it has not aged very well. The innovative ideas and influence can be easily seen, but the game itself does not hold up. It was one of the first games I believe that was seen more as an interactive movie than a video game, and that spawned a huge demand for those kinds of games.

Beyond Two Souls so far is definitely a step up, and I've heard almost nothing but great things about Detroit: Become Human. We'll have to check that one out next if we end up beating this one.

EDIT: Looking at the website for Star Wars Eclipse is making me want Quantic Dream to hit a homerun with this one. I'm not a huge Star Wars fan, but a game with many different branching paths and different endings would be awesome to play. The concept art screenshots also look amazing.