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I've been trying to start Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 because it's turn based and everyone's raving about it.

Now admittedly I'm full of flu and feeling pretty crappy, so that's probably not the best time, and I've only really played the opening hour, maybe a little more. But... I think I hate it???

The big issue for me is that it's sooo parry/dodge timing based. I was hopeful because people were talking about it as like a old school turn based JRPG but as someone with mild dyspraxia I really struggle with the kind of arhythmic, flourishy timing stuff in all these Soulslikes and modern action-adventure games, so the fact that it's such a big part of this turn-based game is a massive disappointment.

But there's also a lot about it that bothers me in ways I can't fully articulate. It all just feels a bit... uncanny. The acceleration of movements is way too high, animations feel odd and jittery, characters have uncanny proportions, and the graphics have an odd mix of diorama-like craftiness and almost AI-art like debris & detail smear. It's the same with the dialogue too. The writing feels melodramatic to cover how expositional it is, but the performances are weirdly flat. Tonally it seems to take itself incredibly seriously but then does kind of fourth-wall breaking winks about videogames to skip over things that wouldn't work gameplay-wise. I dunno, maybe this stuff is partly the result of being a bit feverish but I find the the sum total of it a bit disorientating and unpleasant.

I realise these are probably pretty specific complaints to me for the most part though. I'm not saying it's an objectively bad game or anything. I'm just pretty

hades II -- definitely a game I would have loved to play when I was younger; all the little witchy motifs and things they added resonate with me, it's very amusing. I've only unlocked the staff so far, looking forward to getting the sister blades.

Fields of mistria -- it lets me choose they/he pronouns, not perfect but definitely better than a certain developer who refuses to even acknowledge that aspect of his player base. I think the player sprites are kinda bad looking 😭 but that's fine, I like the elements that make it feel like an old jrpg. The map is a reskinned link to the past type of deal.

I did "A Servant No Longer" in CK2, taking a young eunuch duke under the Abbasids and ruling an empire of a certain size before he died. I just took over the Abbasids because that was easiest. After I became caliph I became a satanist and grew my dick and balls back but died in battle before I could sire an heir. Still a good time

Now I'm trying to do a bunch of achievements in one run:

• "Never Start a Land War in Asia": Starting in Western Europe, control the eastern steppe
• "Norse-East": As a Norse character, become king of Mongolia
• "Legacy of the Indo-Norse": As a Norse character, have a kingdom in India as your primary title and a capital in India with Norse culture
• "Viking Ummah": Have a capital with Norse culture and Sunni religion

My start of choice is the classic Haesteinn in 867. On my current run I've got my kingdom in India set up but having second thoughts about the routing because it's more toward the south of India, so it'll take longer to get to Mongolia. I also only lumped Viking Ummah into this because islam would get me out of gavelkind succession and I don't want to spend tech on increasing legalism until I get my capital settled

Might restart with a slightly more optimized route and defensive pacts off so I can carve a path north easier. Only gotta hope the Western protectorate doesn't blob like it did in my Aladdin game

I won the crab game.

Blue Prince is pretty good ngl

Mostly Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate lately. I got Pretendo set up so I can do online lobbies at some point but I’m not sure when that will actually happen. I also started Metroid Prime a week ago but haven’t played it since… I keep thinking about it but then losing motivation.

been getting back into rhythm games for a while now. this week's been mostly noisz st∆rlivht and sound voltex. also played a bit of vivid/stasis

Playing through bloodborne finally and honestly while i love it its honestly not in my top 3 fromsoft games

I would put it on par with ds3 but below sekiro and elden ring

played some MW3 (2011) survival mode, forgot how good the MP9 is earlier rounds and managed to down both AH-6s with one airstrike on a helicopter round which was pretty cool

the setup on Underground where you put two grenade launcher sentries in the bus stop at the top of the map and they just demolish anyone coming up the stairs of the station across the street is really fun lol, enemies just flying around ragdolling everywhere with a ton of explosions going off, you can pretty much coast until the mid 20s that way

Picked up the new DLC and started a new Tropico6 sandbox island. So far so good.

New V rising free expansion just came out. There's some cool new cosmetic sets too, but I can't be buyin shit rn

Give more Mario party like games. I think most of my game related posts are rts related. But all I desire is a smash ultimate/mario kart 8 deluxe Mario party game. Give me 20 boards with 200+ minigames

Marvel Rivals - Started playing with some of my wow guild mates, v fun. I don’t get super into hero shooters but it’s a fun thing to do with friends.

Dredge - Finally got around to pirating it, nice game to play while my spouse and I listen to a podcast

Baldur’s Gate 3 - Slow progress, don’t have that much time I can really sit down with headphones on and focus on something but it’s so good.

The eternal grind continues in Warframe. Got Grendel, and his Prime, Xaku Prime, Hildryn, and Gyre all cooking/done. Done the bulk of the 1999 content, though still need Temple and a bunch of the Coda weapons. Fuck Kuva Liches, and double fuck Sisters of Parvos, I hate the Granum Void. Probably pick up Qorvex next, only missing one of his parts, then Sevagoth, and slowly continue the 1/wk missions for Styanax (which suck). Might also just grind out Vox Solaris to get Baruuk by running Exploiter Orb while the thermia fissures event is active.

Soon, though, I'll be into The Bad Times because all the frames I need will only drop from a single super-repetitive mission. Koumei, Citrine, Jade, Temple, and Protea are all miserable farms. Voruna didn't feel as bad because at least her mission can double as an Omnia Fissure.

Playing Pokemon Silver because it dawned on me that I never ran Sudowoodo for more than one gym, despite it being a major player for a large chunk of your quest. Also tired af after a long work week and plenty of exercise.

Currently seeing if I can make Ledyba work, but even Sunkern has been more reliable on story modes. Why is Ledian's evolution so far away? It's not like it evolves into a good Poke? Great visual design, so I soldier on.

Taking a break from Baldur's Gate 3 on the urge to play War for the Overworld DLC. I beat the main campaign years ago, so this was an effort to finish up the rest of the game.

i just got off work and made dinner but then I played a game of Super Mega Baseball 3 and listened to "Type 56: The Story of China's Army" youtube channel

I'm almost through Chrono Trigger for the first time in 25ish years.

Oblivion is as good as it was when I was in high school.

Started Playing Baldur's Gate 3 and I'm enjoying it

My kids talked me in to playing minecrap. I'm 46 and I've never played it once before this weekend. Im mining, then I'm crafting.

Also playing the usual, GTA:SA multiplayer. I've been playing it since it released in 2006 or 2007 i think. And i suck at it still.

Im not a g#mer, let alone a G*mer. Ever see people who cannot pass training levels/skill building levels? Where every single jump is a trial by fire for the person holding the controller?

That's me. I grew up w a single button and an 8way joystick. Then i got a Nintendo, which has two buttons. Thats 100% more buttons. I never got past this level of skill. I bought both Zelda TOTK and BOTW because of how cool they looked and how much fun i might have. And Im so bad at those games. I can't remember moves to save my life. Im all thumbs, or all left feet or something. So i just fuck around in SAMP.

thanks for coming to Boomer Talk.

I've been meaning to play some old Japanese games to test my language learning, so I booted up a PC Engine dungeon crawler called Brandish and ended up fistfighting dinosaurs that look suspiciously like a sitting US president

It's been pretty fun so far and I enjoyed some of the ridiculous mechanics that screw you over, like how there is an "HP poison" item that looks completely identical to "HP potion" in your inventory and if you try to stack it onto your normal potions it ruins them lol

Just installed STALKER Gamma the other day, doing a one life play through as my first