rgraves Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, shirubagan said: That bit was tough, but it only took me a few tries. Are you going down the stairs on the left? Yes, and that was the main issue - the aiming system goes completely to pot when running enemies are on a different elevation. First 5 were easy, but then it throws some very close together and you have a tiny window to actually hit them (with no time to reload before they are on you). All this while dealing with those archers that can happily shoot through the cart if you position yourself incorrectly. In the end, I cheesed it - took out the first 7 and let #8 reach me but killed him with one of the potions. Was not proud, but just happy to be able to get going again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirubagan Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 It was an irritating difficulty spike, but glad you got through. I really enjoyed the game and finished it earlier this year. I used Cloud Gaming to get the Game Pass quest and an achievement I missed near the start and it felt kind of good being back in the world (apart from having to relive that incident at the start). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushtopher Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 I had the same issues as @rgraves - the aiming system messing up with the different elevations. If it had felt like the constant dying was due to me messing up it would have been fine, but it wasn’t. I also didn’t like the fact that for most of the game you could generally avoid fast reaction combat, yet they put this one bit in where you had no choice but to do it in that manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgraves Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Yeah, it was a shame as I really loved the rest of it - and once past it the rest was OK (the final boss took a few tries, but nothing even close to the damn cart bit). I am really looking forward to the new one though, that one bit aside I loved it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeveen Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Chalk me up as another one who found that section unbelievably stupid. I suspect if you have upgraded your sling enough, it might become easier, but I had upgraded most other things, because, up until that point, the sling had seemed like a perfectly capable weapon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveH Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 For anyone that's played Myst before, how much note taking do you have to do? I'm worried I might start playing and find it really annoying if I'm always reaching for a pen and paper. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 58 minutes ago, SteveH said: For anyone that's played Myst before, how much note taking do you have to do? I'm worried I might start playing and find it really annoying if I'm always reaching for a pen and paper. Cheers I’ve tried to play it loads and it’s dead hard, I never get anywhere with it, dunno if this new version is more friendly but yeah note probably an advantage I would say, necessary even. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laine Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 1 hour ago, SteveH said: For anyone that's played Myst before, how much note taking do you have to do? I'm worried I might start playing and find it really annoying if I'm always reaching for a pen and paper. Cheers I’ve been taking photos with my phone! But then deleted it after about 30 minutes as I just knew I wouldn’t have the patience for it. Felt the same when I tried years ago! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveH Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 That's one game off the backlog then Thanks @Stanleyand @Laine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esar Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 I think they’ve fixed Omno on the Series X, the frame rate seems a lot smoother. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex3d Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Why isn't Alan Wake on GP anymore? It's a Microsoft game...?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sir stiff_one Posted August 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 17/08/2021 at 15:47, rafaqat said: I'll go complain to the Forza developers because someone ran my dog over once and he talked a bit like that chad in Forza 4. Woe is me. etc. Don’t be that prick. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitcher Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 41 minutes ago, alex3d said: Why isn't Alan Wake on GP anymore? It's a Microsoft game...?! They're only the publisher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gerbik Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 43 minutes ago, alex3d said: Why isn't Alan Wake on GP anymore? It's a Microsoft game...?! No, Remedy bought the publishing rights from Microsoft a few years back. Other than that, the game and ip were always owned by Remedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouserInExile Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 28/08/2021 at 10:23, SteveH said: For anyone that's played Myst before, how much note taking do you have to do? I'm worried I might start playing and find it really annoying if I'm always reaching for a pen and paper. Cheers It's like knitting fog, in my experience. I tested the PS1 version and had to start with a guide and work backwards, testing the wrong solutions to stuff. Even with a guide that didn't just tell me what to do, it explained the puzzles and how you were meant to solve them, there were a number of times I thought "how the fuck was I supposed to know that?" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafaqat Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 10 hours ago, sir stiff_one said: Don’t be that prick. Don’t be that prick. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percy Filth Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, ScouserInExile said: It's like knitting fog, in my experience. I tested the PS1 version and had to start with a guide and work backwards, testing the wrong solutions to stuff. Even with a guide that didn't just tell me what to do, it explained the puzzles and how you were meant to solve them, there were a number of times I thought "how the fuck was I supposed to know that?" I don't really want to extend the conversation about Myst, I think it's probably best left to the ages of cd-rom experiments, but this 'new' version has some sort of alternative puzzle mode. Has anyone persevered with this? I feel like I'm still missing the point of it 30 years later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafaqat Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Percy Filth said: I don't really want to extend the conversation about Myst, I think it's probably best left to the ages of cd-rom experiments, but this 'new' version has some sort of alternative puzzle mode. Has anyone persevered with this? I feel like I'm still missing the point of it 30 years later. Yeah I'd like to hear a bit more about it. Myst was a game I'd read about but couldn't afford a PC at the time. And Edge magazine retro a few years ago made it sound well worth playing but opinions above about it being rock hard (I guess a thing of it's time) put me off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouserInExile Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Other than the frankly excellent Injustice and Mortal Kombat games, are there any good, kinda casual fighting games on GP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortis Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Killer instinct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Myst is excellent but baffling so far. You definitely need a guide. I love the eerie atmosphere. Even the rumble is eerie! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosegrinder Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 38 minutes ago, ScouserInExile said: Other than the frankly excellent Injustice and Mortal Kombat games, are there any good, kinda casual fighting games on GP? 30 minutes ago, Mortis said: Killer instinct? Yeah Killer Instinct is criminally overlooked. It's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waggo Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 21 minutes ago, moosegrinder said: Yeah Killer Instinct is criminally overlooked. It's great. Plus excellent for daily achievements if you are interested in boosting your MS Reward points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouserInExile Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 52 minutes ago, Mortis said: Killer instinct? Yeah, have played this quite a bit already. I originally grabbed it as a way of getting the daily Achieve More Earn More 50 points, then have really got into it. Great game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveH Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 19 hours ago, ScouserInExile said: It's like knitting fog, in my experience. I tested the PS1 version and had to start with a guide and work backwards, testing the wrong solutions to stuff. Even with a guide that didn't just tell me what to do, it explained the puzzles and how you were meant to solve them, there were a number of times I thought "how the fuck was I supposed to know that?" It's a real shame because it looks like quite a pretty game world. Wasn't it originally static screens or something? I'm sure that's what put me off the original, so I was quite surprised to see it all in 3D. But it would definitely do my nut in after reading comments like yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 For anyone who’s interested, this is a fascinating blog article on Myst that covers the making of the game, what it’s like to play, and its cultural impact: https://www.filfre.net/2020/02/myst-or-the-drawbacks-to-success/ 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 10 hours ago, ScouserInExile said: Other than the frankly excellent Injustice and Mortal Kombat games, are there any good, kinda casual fighting games on GP? It’s not on GP but it is free: Dead Or Alive 6 Core Fighters. In this free version you don’t have access to story mode or most characters for vs matches, but you do get the full Quest Mode with all characters, which is brilliant all by itself. I do a quest a day, it’s really good. And you get all the tutorials, challenge modes etc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshimax Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 11 hours ago, ScouserInExile said: Other than the frankly excellent Injustice and Mortal Kombat games, are there any good, kinda casual fighting games on GP? Garou mark of the wolves last month, samurai showdown 2 this month, killer instinct, Fight Night Champion, Injustice2. There is a catalogue go use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlospie Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 22 minutes ago, Darren said: It’s not on GP but it is free: Dead Or Alive 6 Core Fighters. In this free version you don’t have access to story mode or most characters for vs matches, but you do get the full Quest Mode with all characters, which is brilliant all by itself. I do a quest a day, it’s really good. And you get all the tutorials, challenge modes etc. Turn it off if your partner walks in though.....dose jiggly tittehs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafaqat Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 hour ago, carlospie said: Turn it off if your partner walks in though.....dose jiggly tittehs. we talking made of jelly physics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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