Vermintide is a lot of fun. The total war Warhammer games are pretty good.
My personal favorite (as an RPG fan) is Rogue Trader (40k) by Owlcat Games. Game is superbly written and the combat and world is pretty fun too. If you hate CRPGs, stay away though. This game really showed me the secret sauce Warhammer 40k has going for it.
I'm excited as hell for space marine 2. We'll see how that goes.
Personally, I felt like he was a more "normally" designed souls boss fight in a game that feels FAR better fighting human enemies. Once you get parry mechanics down you can kinda cruise through most of sekiro, but with demon of hatred he involves WAY more dodging and jumping in a game where those just don't feel as good. Combine that with a huge healthbar, 3 phases essentially, and it was kind of exhausting to play compared to other bosses. It turned into a lot more trial and error like a normal souls boss, where you kinda just bash your head against them until you learn all the moves.
Did I hate it? No. But I have no desire to fight it again. It was fun as a 1 off fight, whereas I would happily fight most of the major bosses in sekiro again no problem. It's a fun change of pace (and I like how powerful some of your gadgets like the umbrella can be in that fight) but it's not something I'd want to do again.
Anything above basic content in 14 (which is lowest common denominator content) can honestly be quite challenging, and savage and ultimate content is very very difficult content overall. It's all about how much time and effort you're willing to invest, the first 70 levels of content is pretty braindead so anyone can beat it.
Curious if elder scrolls online is similar because I honestly don't know, haven't played it in a decade.
I hope this doesn't feel as "required" as tenderizing did in iceborne. It always felt like a chore to tenderize where I was going to hit just to get good hitzones. Hopefully this is the reverse where you naturally generate weak points then have the option to exploit them, making it less a thing you HAVE to do just to play the game normally, and more an additional bonus thing skilled hunters can exploit.
Thank you so much for the detailed guide. Did this expedition on a whim (got a steam deck and was trying games) and I think I'm at dropzone 3 or so. I haven't touched underwater since NMS release, since I actually have Thalassophobia (fear of underwater stuff).
How spooky would you say NMS underwater is, and how deep is it? Because I've been avoiding it out of fear that I'll just nope out immediately.
For reference I can't go beyond the shallows in subnautica without panicking. Luckily, in NMS you can just shoot shit and its overall pretty easy so I'm less worried but trying to get a gauge on it so I don't have a panic attack.
It's a pretty fun story focused game. The visual quality can be quite astounding, especially really nice facial animations. The combat is nothing terribly special, but it's serviceable to get you to the next cutscene which are, on a whole, really good and well written.
It's also got a myriad of points where the game essentially tests you to choose the right dialogue and choices to get better outcomes. Its actually a pretty fun "choice" based game where there is just enough reactivity in the game to your dialogue that you think about what you are saying before you pick it.
On the whole, I have only fond memories of the game. It's worth this sale price at 11.99 IMO.
Have to agree, a lot more meaningful weapon skill expression. The difference between a decent Nioh 2 player and an incredible one is night and day. Whereas most competent sekiro players at least have the parry timings down. Sekiro is a lot of fun too, though. Just a very parry focused game.
Counterpoint: I will immediately skip the rock on the first body of water I find, losing it instantly. Stick I will treasure forever.
I took some time off work and powered through it for old times' sake.
I enjoyed it! It definitely dragged at points, and there were more than few questionable story decisions, but the combat content (especially in the latter half) was much stronger than previous expansions. The high-level dungeons are a lot of fun and will keep many players on their toes.
The new classes are...okay. viper seems overly confusing for what is a relatively easy class, and picto is mostly fine, if not a bit too easy.
Thank you for the link! Always had only a vague understand of NFC communication.
Agreed. Still waiting on a Black and White 2 spiritual sucessor, that game is still unmatched in its weird little genre. It definitely scratches a unique itch.
It definitely got better, but can still be buggy. You can also pretty much guarantee there will be some bigass bugs when the new DLC comes out, it's the Owlcat way.
I'd say the actual quality doesn't take a nosedive anymore, the game is pretty consistently fun from start to finish. The beginning definitely has more going on though.