I found Nioh kinder in the way that levelling up is more noticeable, better placed checkpoints and most importantly, good tutorials. It teaches you everything and made it easier to digest for me.

I think I do need to put in more time and just grind a bit to level up. I did find that music box already which I’ve used but it’s not enough to offset how bad I am at the game. :D

Thanks. The Ki-refresh by pressing R1 itself is a bit tedious. The real genius of the system comes when you can unlock the skills where dodging functions the same as the dedicated button, so you can attack and then dodge at the right moment for a Ki-pulse. That way, the combat flows much better. It made such a…

I know there’s tons of lore and worldbuilding but it never seemed necessary to experience it chronologically. You’re the first person to make that comment.
The DS1 remaster was also an option I considered but I went with my friends recommendation in the end.
Good to know about the DS2 roll stat. I found the beginning…

Because:
- They’re not story-heavy games where a single maincharacter goes through several arcs and storylines.
- The third one the fastest one is in the trilogy and the one time I tried Dark Souls 2, it felt really slow and tedious.
- It was recommended to me by a friend who played all three, Nioh and Bloodborne and…

Last time I checked on, I mentioned having started Nioh and actually progressing in it. And I continued to do that, until I beat the game! Definitely one of the more satisfying ends to a game I’ve had. Not in terms of story and arc (cause let’s face it, that part was pretty bland) but having conquered all the bosses,…

Best wishes to all the writers and commentators here. I hope 2020 is a year you can look back on fondly this time next year.

I bought Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, my first CoD ever, and have been enjoying the multi-player a lot. There’s so many different modes that change the goal and style up, it’s a lot different from when I played Unreal Tournament and the like. I was also really excited for the co-op but those missions feel like…

Yeah, I assumed Bian was the clone of Lady Trieu’s mother as well. Time-line wise it makes more sense if she was a child during the war than Trieu (who would need to be plus 50-60).

The lack of changing doesn’t bother me that much.
I wish we’d see more daemons in the background but that’s a fan’s wish and I can admit isn’t crucial to the story.

Yeah, the few who’d played it before were quick on remembering the rules and flow. The art and visuals are top tier though. I love those Encounter cards of which you’ll only use 11 max but they still made like 50, all with their own beautiful drawing.

Cheers on Dishonored. I feel that game doesn’t get enough credit and is about as perfectly balanced as it can be. 

I just came back from a regular round of Scythe. Two first timers so it was a bit slow but we all got way into it. Such a good game. After three hours though, Im well tired. 

Doing this from memory as I don’t have my list to consult but that it makes more “authentic”, what really resonated and stayed with me. 

Return of the Obra Dinn is a fantastic puzzle game, on par with The Witness for me, that so fully explores the potential of its set-up that sometimes you feel the game’s limitations bumping up against your player experience. It’s a game that demands your full attention and willingness to commit which I did with…

I really don’t want to sound like a prick but that is a wildly reductive thing to say.
Have you read any poetry or watched Japanese cinema? The whole genre of haiku functions as a flowery way to express metaphors.
And satire? Admittedly, I’m not well-versed in theatre but there’s plenty satire in literature, a famous…

But the reviews seem to say that Kojima absolutely knows he’s being heavy handed as evidenced in some late-game exchanges/names. That’s part of the whole premise. That obvious stuff can be real, it’s right in front of you. The hidden truth of the world isn’t some mystical, ungraspable ethereal bull and so on...

But the reviews seem to say that Kojima absolutely knows he’s being heavy handed as evidenced in some late-game exchanges/names. That’s part of the whole premise. That obvious stuff can be real, it’s right in front of you. The hidden truth of the world isn’t some mystical, ungraspable ethereal bull and so on... 

I went full-on with the game, it didn’t release its hold on me until I solved everyone. I had some tricky spots but I managed to solve 53 of 60 identities by myself. I made a wrong assumption about Sierra Leone guy that had me looking in the wrong area. So in the end I looked up that one guy after which the rest came…

Okay, guess I found a turning point, for a while at least. Found 9 more identities in about 15 min. Now I’m slowly putting together stuff again.