klargon

Last Stop is decent. From a general storytelling perspective it’s fine. It feels very familiar, taking lots from similar games - essentially short walks between narrative sections and some QTE/interactive bits. There’s even an peculiar rhythm mini game thing. Towards the end it feels quite like a few games from the late 90’s/early 2000’s. It’s a bit cheap at times (wheels not rotating on moving cars, spelling and pronunciation errors), but generally plays well and looks fine. Some of the voice casting feels way off, though - it’s quite jarring hearing certain voices coming from certain character models. 5ish hours to play through. Doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. Check it out.

I still don’t understand what possesses someone to carry on playing a game they hate. I fire up Bloodborne, die about 5 times on the first guy I see, then uninstall it. It’s clear it’s not for me. It was clear from the start you didn’t like it, so it feels a lot like you feed on disliking it. Really odd.

Sounds like you aren't enjoying it, so why carry on? Setting the audio to French helps a bit with him whining, but everything else you have issue with is basically the core of the game.

I never even saw anything before I just quit it though. It could have been a fucking jigglypuff and I wouldn’t have known. The mere threat was enough for me not to want to play it.

I thought that just stopped you from being killed. Presumably the tension remains the same

Wargasm came free with my Voodoo Banshee. With hindsight, I should not have trusted the guy building my PC to recommend a card. Apparently the Banshee was the future. I remember it being pretty shit. Wargasm never left much of an impression.

A bit of stealthy stuff, but not a lot of combat. You’re only a kid so you’re a bit too vulnerable for hands on combat with a bunch of soldiers. There are some encounters, but you’re mainly trying to avoid being hit and using ranged attacks. I’d summarise the game as a modern narrative action adventure - linear exploration with some puzzles, stealth and action.

Wasn’t it black ops 3 we’ve had in the past?

Plague Tale is excellent. Surprisingly AAA for a non-AAA title. Play with french audio for that extra authenticity. I wouldn’t say it was a scary game, unless you have a problem with rats. Maybe a couple of minor jumpy moments I suppose, but it’s not really that sort of game.

I had to look that up. I don’t understand why it doesn’t explain the options. I tried it on quality and then switched to performance, as I feared how terrible ‘maximum’ would be based on the quality mode frame rate.

When I think of 90's PC games, for some reason the first thing that springs to mind is Dark Earth. I don't think it's necessarily obscure, but I don't think I ever see anyone mention it. I first had it on a dodgy CD with multiple games, and it had all the cut-scenes stripped, so you had to try to figure out what the hell was going on. Still got the (proper) CD version somewhere. At the time, it felt like a pretty engaging story. I remember you could kill certain people too soon and it would basically leave you completely stuck (like killing Ratpouch at the start of Lure of the Temptress!)

Looking into it, I think there’s a chance of a ban that could impact future FIFA’s. Guess I’d better not risk it.

You’ll need a player with a very high price ceiling

Does anyone want my coins? Don’t mind selling my tradeables then buying whatever you can list at a ludicrous price. Not willing to put too much effort into it, mind… I guess it might be a couple of mill.

In fact. I’ll not bother. Straw that broke the camel’s back. I’ll probably be back next year when it’s made available on game pass again.