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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 5, 2021 13:12:39 GMT -5
I have not been playing many video games lately. My progress in HZD has come to a crawl -- I seem to be reluctant to play the final battle.
I did play some XCOM Long War over the last weekend.
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Post by mln59 on Mar 6, 2021 20:53:20 GMT -5
been grinding all day on hollow knight. lots of time spent replaying sections
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 8, 2021 0:48:21 GMT -5
It's actually worse than that. It would be one thing if they just had you play from the perspective of the antagonist for a while. But it's incredibly obvious how much they're putting their thumb on the scale in favor of this character. For example, Ellie (the protagonist) kills attack dogs who are trying to kill her. But Abby (the antagonist) pets and plays catch with these very friendly-looking dogs. Therefore, Ellie is a "bad" person, while Abby is a "good" person (this requires ignoring a bunch of stuff about both characters). It's legitimately insulting to anyone with half a brain. Also, Neil Druckmann in his infinite wisdom decided that it would be a good idea to tell most of Ellie's story first, right up until a major cliffhanger that is left unresolved, only to then play through the same timeline with Abby. This has the effect of bringing the plot to a screeching halt, and it takes 10+ hours to get back to the cliffhanger. Yeah, when I switched roles at the climatic point I was very disappointed. At first I thought it was another flashback to the past, but then when I started in Seattle Day 1 again as Abby I was disappointed at the notion I have to play those days over again. Lets see how it plays out. How's the progress coming?
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Post by XAsstCoach on Mar 8, 2021 3:34:03 GMT -5
Yeah, when I switched roles at the climatic point I was very disappointed. At first I thought it was another flashback to the past, but then when I started in Seattle Day 1 again as Abby I was disappointed at the notion I have to play those days over again. Lets see how it plays out. How's the progress coming? Slow....due to the wifey factor. She hates it whenever I start playing the PS4. Finishing up Day 1 as Abby in Seattle. The flashbacks are kind of a pain in the butt. I understand the need for it to tell the whole story, but just as the action is getting good I go through yet another slow flashback scene.
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 8, 2021 4:51:02 GMT -5
How's the progress coming? Slow....due to the wifey factor. She hates it whenever I start playing the PS4. Finishing up Day 1 as Abby in Seattle. The flashbacks are kind of a pain in the butt. I understand the need for it to tell the whole story, but just as the action is getting good I go through yet another slow flashback scene. Haha, yeah. Abby's story is itself a flashback, so there are flashbacks within flashbacks.
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Post by mln59 on Mar 12, 2021 8:38:53 GMT -5
i've spent nearly 70 hours playing hollow knight and i'm still not done. i do highly recommend this game. it's a bunch of fun, even when i hit sections that are frustrating
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Post by XAsstCoach on Mar 13, 2021 9:48:05 GMT -5
The Last of Us 2
Just fought a boss beast in the basement of the hospital. Don’t ever recall fighting a boss beast in the first one, just the main bad guy...I forget his name. Took several tries but I finally took it down, and the demon that spawned from it. Sheesh!
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 13, 2021 13:53:02 GMT -5
The Last of Us 2 Just fought a boss beast in the basement of the hospital. Don’t ever recall fighting a boss beast in the first one, just the main bad guy...I forget his name. Took several tries but I finally took it down, and the demon that spawned from it. Sheesh! Sounds like you're making some progress. I think that's near the end of Abby's Day 2. Yeah, in the first game, there was that stealthy boss fight with David, the cannibal guy. This boss (the Rat King) was more of a run-and-shoot kind of deal. I used my explosives, incendiary rounds, and the like.
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Post by mln59 on Mar 13, 2021 18:10:11 GMT -5
just beat hollow knight. i'll drop it in the mail monday. next game in the queue is days gone
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Post by XAsstCoach on Mar 13, 2021 19:51:32 GMT -5
The Last of Us 2 Just fought a boss beast in the basement of the hospital. Don’t ever recall fighting a boss beast in the first one, just the main bad guy...I forget his name. Took several tries but I finally took it down, and the demon that spawned from it. Sheesh! Sounds like you're making some progress. I think that's near the end of Abby's Day 2. Yeah, in the first game, there was that stealthy boss fight with David, the cannibal guy. This boss (the Rat King) was more of a run-and-shoot kind of deal. I used my explosives, incendiary rounds, and the like. Incendiary rounds? I’ve got to pay more attention to the training pamphlets I find in this game. Flame thrower, shotgun, semi-automatic rifle, pistol and a rubber band did the trick for me. Left me with nothing to fight that thing that spawned from it afterwards. 😅
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 13, 2021 19:56:55 GMT -5
Sounds like you're making some progress. I think that's near the end of Abby's Day 2. Yeah, in the first game, there was that stealthy boss fight with David, the cannibal guy. This boss (the Rat King) was more of a run-and-shoot kind of deal. I used my explosives, incendiary rounds, and the like. Incendiary rounds? I’ve got to pay more attention to the training pamphlets I find in this game. Flame thrower, shotgun, semi-automatic rifle, pistol and a rubber band did the trick for me. Left me with nothing to fight that thing that spawned from it afterwards. 😅 Yeah, you can craft them for the shotgun. I found them very useful for the harder fights. I forgot about the flamethrower. That's good too.
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Post by XAsstCoach on Mar 15, 2021 22:44:38 GMT -5
The Last of Us 2
Moving along on Day 3 now. Ran into Tommy on my way to the island, and now trying to get leave the island. Getting closer to where I left as Ellie.
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 16, 2021 0:17:05 GMT -5
The Last of Us 2 Moving along on Day 3 now. Ran into Tommy on my way to the island, and now trying to get leave the island. Getting closer to where I left as Ellie. This (specifically what happens with Manny, who I despised) was one of my favorite parts of the game.
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Post by XAsstCoach on Mar 16, 2021 1:15:30 GMT -5
The Last of Us 2 Moving along on Day 3 now. Ran into Tommy on my way to the island, and now trying to get leave the island. Getting closer to where I left as Ellie. This (specifically what happens with Manny, who I despised) was one of my favorite parts of the game. This was a very fast pace part of the game, and add to it the infected coming at you made it a lot of fun. Used up a lot of health packs in this segment...or I should say wasted a lot of health packs by making stupid moves.
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Post by mln59 on Mar 16, 2021 10:39:08 GMT -5
once i finished hollow knight, i started watching some youtube videos just for fun. i missed a great deal of content and that was after 70+ hours of playing.
highly recommend the game
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