Moot_Geeza wrote:

Anything you find intriguing, but only at arm's length. 

I doubt I'll ever bother playing Hunt: Showdown (I think Halo 2 was the last online mp game I played regularly), but whenever I read about it the whole thing sounds superb.  Absolutely not for me in practice, but I could easily see this eating into the entirety of someone's free time. 

As soon as I read the title I thought yeah Hunt Showdown, funny thats the game you mention. I bought it on the ps4 ages ago for £20 after watching a 30 minute piece on it by skill up. Just recently I was asked to play it by some people on an over 30s discord group so I may yet try it. Its supposed to have some of the best use of sound design in video games and that's what realy grabbed my interest.

There's a time extend of sorts in this month's PC Gamer and the top tier sound design was mentioned. Had me Googling whether it can be played solo. It can't, not properly anyway.

I think i watched that same vid cupatay. Same feelings about the game, interesting premise but pretty sure i wouldn't enjoy it (mainly through being too shit to be competitive and not patient/determined enough to git gud).

Other games that generally fall into this category are stuff like rimworld and those kind of survival/emerging narrative type things. The stories of people that played the game always sounds amazing, but the reality of the grind and the system management of playing these games invariably bores me so i often don't even bother trying them.
even Valheim which I've enjoyed I kind of hit a limit on sooner rather than later. Hearing about Sparky and Franny's adventures is cool but i don't really have a lot of motivation to go through it myself (I might make an exception for Valheim as i did enjoy it but it's a good recent example).

I love reading Davys technical analysis of scroller shooters. Want to dip my toes in because of his passion but I know I’ll be bobbins. I do wonder what’s the best place for me to start though.

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

I love reading Davys technical analysis of scroller shooters. Want to dip my toes in because of his passion but I know I’ll be bobbins. I do wonder what’s the best place for me to start though.

Honestly? Ikaruga. May as well start at the bible.

@Drew give Chained Echoes a go for me, it's an old school JRPG without all the bollocks

And I love ikaruga.

Hellfire.

Sophstar. Cheap, surprised a lot of shmupheads and has plenty of difficulty options. It's not a beauty but it's a quality game.

Fairs, Nick. Just maybe, if you can handle it on its easiest setting, it'll put you in good stead elsewhere, is all.

Failing that I shout 1945 II, or Guwange if you wanna go mental.

Minnesänger wrote:

I believe Tempy was well into Hunt: Showdown, iirc.

It is the GOAT. Best multiplayer shooter ever. I was bad at it, used to play with a guy who could recognise every gun in the game by shot and reload audio. 

Warhammer is also great. Everyone get into Warhammer so I get a better bonus. Thanks.

There are countless TTRPGs that I'll probably never play, but find fascinating whenever I read about them. Lancer, Blood on the Clock Tower, Spire - just have to accept I'm mid 30s and mates are in short supply.

I really want to play an r-type tbh.

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

I really want to play an r-type tbh.

R-Type Dimensions is 1 & 2 with accessibility options for scrubs and noobs. I ran through them both with infinite lives but there’s a few different options.