catalyst

catalyst, 7 godzin temu

Easily my game of the year.

catalyst, 2 dni temu

Ooh, will be fun to see you work through these. The remake series is polarizing to be sure, but I quite like them despite their flaws. The combat system in particular to me feels like such a fun blend of action and ATB-gauge style inputs.

catalyst, 2 dni temu

Man… this looks rough. I’m not sure what to even think. I really want to be excited for Prime 4 but none of the trailers have done it for me. Now we have this weird bike that looks awful.

I’m happy to be wrong and will wait and see how things turn out but the faith is being tested.

catalyst, 4 dni temu

Silksong coming out actually motivated me to do what I’d been putting off, which was getting platinum in Expedition 33. The Simon fight was tough but fun and satisfying, then picked up any lingering journals, music disks, and Monoco skills.

Amusingly my final trophy was the mime you can encounter during the prologue, which I had completely missed on my first time through. So I fired up NG+ mode, knocked that out for my plat trophy, and decided to watch the Gommage cutscene one more time. It still hit me just as emotionally the second time around. This game really was beautiful and it’s going to stick with me for a long time.

With that out of the way I’m now a few hours into Silksong and enjoying it so far. The bosses I’ve encountered have been tough but not “throw the controller and rage quit” tough. But I’m sure that is coming soon, haha.

catalyst, 25 dni temu

This is my answer as well!

catalyst, 26 dni temu (edited 26 dni temu)

I replayed Galaxy sometime around 2020 and had a lot of fun doing so. I remember liking this one quite a lot. It was also fun to let my kid who was around 5 at the time hold a remote to help collect stars.

I’m… reasonably sure I played Galaxy 2 as well but my memory of that iteration is almost completely blank.

catalyst, 26 dni temu

Good point about the music, it really was quite memorable!

catalyst, 26 dni temu

That sounds about right. I feel like it played more like an expansion than an outright new game. I do remember banging my head against some of those tougher levels now.

catalyst, miesiąc temu

It’s worth it! I am still chipping away at Expedition 33 as well. I’m in the endgame portion now but just don’t have a lot of time to game at the moment. I’d like to eventually do NG+ and 100% everything.

catalyst, miesiąc temu

Was going to comment this as well! I enjoyed the story quite a bit too. Despite nothing really “happening” per se I remember the ending feeling emotional regardless.

catalyst, miesiąc temu

Stanley walked through the red. door.

catalyst, miesiąc temu

I’ve started this game twice. Once recently and once back when it came out. Still have not managed to finish. I always lose interest about half way.

When I think about why that is, I think it’s what you pointed out - the sailing gets monotonous fast.

Which is too bad cause I do think the game is otherwise very charming and fun.

catalyst, miesiąc temu

Even with the warp ability it feels like you still have to do a fair amount of sailing because the warp locations are fairly spread out. I can see double speed helping considerably, though.

Thinking on in some more and I guess another problem with the sailing for me is how often I had to stop and play the wind requiem. It really makes navigation a chore. I could see a mod that lets you change the wind direction much more quickly would help tremendously (maybe there is one, I have not looked).

catalyst, miesiąc temu

I loved pvz back in the day, before it got junked up by EA. I have no idea what the state of the game is anymore. Curious if this would be worth playing for a bit of nostalgia.

catalyst, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

Man I friggin loved Descent II. Game was so fun and immersive. I watched that opening cinematic over and over. The soundtrack was fantastic as well.

I later went and played Descent 1 as well but 2 was the one I played the most.

2 also has the thief bot which while infuriating also lead to some of the most memorable gameplay for me. Just chasing that little piece of shit to the ends of the earth and then feeling so triumphant when I finally nabbed it and got my stuff back.

catalyst, miesiąc temu

Adding this to my wish list!

catalyst, miesiąc temu

It really was incredible. Especially back then when I hadn’t had much exposure yet to that style of music. The fact that it was CD quality instead of midi really helped.

I vividly remember discovering how you could just put the game disk in a regular CD player and it’d work. Kinda blew my mind lol.

catalyst, miesiąc temu

Wow! I somehow never knew this bug existed. I guess it’s been a long time since I played this one. 😅

Now, how about fixing game-breaking bugs on the Switch version of Portal 2?

catalyst, miesiąc temu

There is indeed! My kid played it on the switch and loved it. Well, right up to the point where they couldn’t proceed due to a level being completely broken. They ended up having to finish the last few stages on my PC instead.

catalyst, miesiąc temu

Man, I should revisit this one sometime.

catalyst, miesiąc temu

Congrats on making it a year! And Halo 3 is a great game for the occasion too.

catalyst, miesiąc temu

Agreed, this shit sucks. The credit card companies hold far too much power over what is considered viable commerce.

catalyst, 2 miesiące temu

My thoughts exactly. Some of these ads are just plain weird in a way that they would never dare today.

catalyst, 2 miesiące temu

Man I thought the well was so dang creepy when I originally played it.

catalyst, 2 miesiące temu

I played so much SoT back around 2019/2020! Was such a blast just hanging out on the seas.

I agree with your comment about the water, it really is beautiful.

I know folks have mentioned disliking the pvp aspect and believe me I get it - I was never particularly good at it especially in close encounters. But I will say some of the most genuinely exciting memories I have are of those times when we had a boatload of loot with some pirates hot on our tail and managed to get away with it.

The crew I played with eventually moved on to other things but I still miss it now and then.

catalyst, 2 miesiące temu

Hype!! The new music is fire. 🔥

catalyst, 3 miesiące temu

Guess that’s me too. I loved Fallout 3 and wasn’t really aware of a lot of hate for it.

catalyst, 3 miesiące temu

The original Portal game does a good job of this. The first several puzzles are essentially tutorials that still manage to feel fun and interesting.

catalyst, 3 miesiące temu

I wasn’t aware they tried to make it a live service game, but that’s also incredibly unsurprising. It explains so much.

catalyst, 3 miesiące temu

I am still working my way through Expedition 33. I’m in Act 2 and I’d estimate about half way into that. I’m still absolutely loving it.

catalyst, 3 miesiące temu

The game has effectively been in maintenance mode for some time. That being said I’m glad it still exists. I unsubbed a little over a year ago, but the idea that it’s still there waiting for me makes me happy.

I actually logged in just this week - there’s a free login campaign right now for those who are inactive, so it’s a good chance to scope things out.

catalyst, 3 miesiące temu

In many ways the jankiness is part of the charm and why so many of us love it. :)

catalyst, 3 miesiące temu

I do both PC and console gaming, and I’ve personally never gotten the Epic hate. As a store it’s not amazing but it’s fine. I will generally go to Steam first but I’m also not going to boycott a game just because it’s Epic exclusive.

catalyst, 4 miesiące temu

Yeaaaah, I’m with you. What a wild comment to make. I was ready to give them the benefit of the doubt that the whole review bombing drama was just a case of having a bad day but this is something else.

catalyst, 4 miesiące temu

I’d love an XI remake but it’s also scary to think about because of how I know it’d completely take over my life lol.

catalyst, 5 miesięcy temu

I played Goldeneye at an arcade recently that had an N64 set up and actually had a great time. But people who hadn’t grown up with it and tried to join in found it pretty frustrating. So I can see that going either way tbh.

catalyst, 5 miesięcy temu

For me games from the NES era can tough to enjoy for more than a short period of time. They just tend to feel punitively difficult in a way that is not very fun. I’d much prefer a Mario from SNES onward any day for example.

catalyst, 5 miesięcy temu

This for sure. There are other great examples, like Yoshi’s Island or Mario 64, but World is the one I grew up with and have the most nostalgia for.

catalyst, 6 miesięcy temu

Looking forward to playing this later tonight!!

catalyst, 7 miesięcy temu

Kind of only tangentially related but if you bought FF7 Remake originally on PS4 there is a way to claim a free upgrade to the PS5 / Intergrade version. But it was so well hidden in the online store I had to watch a youtube video to figure out where to find it.

catalyst, 8 miesięcy temu

Getting to the top of the mountain in Celeste. It may not be the hardest challenge in the game (screw you Farewell), but just arriving there with the soundtrack swelling felt so good.

Completing the golden path in Tunic.

Any number of silly things in FFXI that at the time probably felt immensely important.

catalyst, 8 miesięcy temu

I played it and Blue Shift way back when. I don’t have a lot of specific memories of the levels or story. At the time I was just happy to have more Half-Life to play, and I enjoyed it.

catalyst, 9 miesięcy temu

Oh wow. I played the hell out of this game as a kid. Knew it from the thumbnail immediately.

catalyst, 9 miesięcy temu

The last game I recall breaking out pen and paper for was Tunic. You can definitely beat the story without, but the later puzzles call for it.

catalyst, 9 miesięcy temu

Heyyyy, high five! I’m not sure what my XI playtime is at offhand but I know it could be measured in years.

catalyst, 9 miesięcy temu

I still use Left 4 Dead’s “pills here!” any time I’m dealing with medication. It’s an involuntary reflex at this point.

Also not really a line but the intonation of Chadley calling out “Cloud!” when he starts a conversation is seared into my psyche. Kind of like a modern version Navi’s “hey!”

catalyst, 9 miesięcy temu

Yes, I almost posted this same line!

catalyst, 10 miesięcy temu

Was curious what combat 2.0 meant.

Sticky Combo Points: The gist of it here is that Combo Points now remain after battle, giving combo moves a lot more use overall

This feels like a good change. I always felt like combos didn’t get much use outside of boss fights due to them resetting every battle. I’m not sure this entirely fixes the other problem wherein I almost exclusively used Mending Light, however.