Benny

Some spoilery thoughts:

Oh and initial thoughts on where I would place it compared to Ueda's other games, though bearing in mind I'm still glowing from it:

Shadow of the Colossus: 10

The Last Guardian: 9.5

Ico: 9

I finished this tonight after playing it for two nights non-stop. I have so many things I want to talk about regarding the story and lore but that will have to wait until everyone's played it I think. For those wondering if they should take the plunge on the standard pauper PS4: put technical concerns out of your mind and just get it. Yes, it does have issues, but if I was going to review this right now I would not mark the game down for them in any way as the whole experience is incredible. It gave me a similar feeling to what I get when I watch my favourite Studio Ghibli films - just magic.

5 hours ago, Ork1927 said:

 

Doh - now fixed.

 

Apologies in general for any spelling and grammar mistakes and also skipping past some films without a lot of comment. As much as I've enjoyed writing it all up - its a potentially never ending time sink.

It puts my efforts in the 2015 top 100 Rllmuk games thread to shame, as you've included so much detail of the films released each year. After spending months doing that thread I can attest to how time consuming it is!

7 minutes ago, Gizamaluke said:

Benny's not been to Brixton since 1979.

And long may it continue to be the case.

Let us know if you make it back.

4 minutes ago, Varsity said:

Or you could carry on talking about VR. Great. Someone tag me when we get back to talking about the actual game. 

 

Cheers. 

I earlier read a feature by PC Gamer on why they loved this game so much, and all these reasons echo how I feel about the game:

http://www.pcgamer.com/why-dooms-campaign-is-great/

I walked past them filming some of that. It was a sunny day and they had to clear all the people off the busy seafront as otherwise it would have looked too normal, touristy and populated a town for the show. Then they just added grey filters to make it look desolate and loathsomely grim. Which to be fair it does on a stormy day, it's just they filmed it in blazing sunshine.

Wasn't much of a battle in the end though eh? Amirite?

I had it a tad, but only once it was in its closing moments. I would buy the shit out of a full game though.

So I effectively paid £10 for Battlefront so I could play the X-Wing VR Mission... Worth. Every. Penny.

I want a full game of this STAT.

Jesus that thumnail just gave me a jump scare when I clicked on this, you cunt.

And that's supposed to prove what exactly?

I think someone should probably edit the thread title a bit to say MASSIVE SPOILERS for the first game just in case, as it would be a shame to spoil it for those yet to experience it, even though you would assume anyone in this thread already has.

Perfect art style for PSVR too. Though if Ace Combat looks halfway near what it looks like in that trailer...

I'll probably end up having to get a PSPro :/

On your third point: there is a moment where he acknowledges a pin up poster, which seems like just a kind of throwaway character moment at first, but later on in the film he ends up in the same location, and he places his hand on the poster as if to reassure himself, as it's a permanent thing in his constantly changing environment. This also has the effect of reminding the audience that they are in a familiar place, and that John is still "safe" as a character and hasn't entirely lost his marbles. It's a perfect framing device. I may have to watch this again now....

It's on Netflix for any of you mentalists that have never seen it.

Is there a direct feed trailer now then? Going to have to wait for that if not.

4 minutes ago, footle said:

Doom, at least the demo, felt much more just a return to what made the previous games rather than the inventiveness of a bulletstorm. Perhaps it improves?

The demo is kind of like a little playroom in comparison to later levels. They make Bulletstorm's seem pedestrian.

3 minutes ago, Harsin said:

Did the International Commission for Comparing Games to Movies have an exceptional meeting and decide that The Godfather is now the the universal hardwave for 'This game is good' so that Citizen Kane could have a much deserved break.

Doom is the Seven Samurai of videogames.

When I finally played The Last of Us I went into it expecting to be very disappointed after all the hype, as I'd never really got the love for Naughty Dog, despite liking Uncharted 2. However, here's what I thought of it back then:

Doom is so so good. It starts off kind of like a demon punched you in the guts and screamed liquid joy all over your face, then when it ramps up it's like having your head torn off by hellspawn that then shat all down your neck with little chocolate cacodemon babies.

Something like that.

Revenge Has Changed.

Phwoah look at that.