What games are you playing now?

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Having a lot of fun with FH5 on PS5. Pre-ordering this game on the Xbox One was such a traumatic experience; I ended up selling the video game.

It is such a completely different experience on the PS5. I was kind of jaded after playing FH3 and FH4 back-to-back, and now, even though I still think they should have gone for something like Japan, the formula is still very entertaining and I can just race for fun and collect those barn finds. Much better than the crew.
 
Hooked on Skin Deep, love it. I just had a very fortunate pair of accidents involving wire grenades and a pirate incursion, I'd never used them before and set one up as a trap next to a piece of TNT I'd set down before I called the cat rescue pod, the pirates almost walked right past it but for some reason two of them turned around and triggered it. The resulting explosion destroyed basically the entire room, luckily I was watching from a vent and was somehow unharmed. I grabbed the skullsavers and went to dispose of them but on my way to the nearest available airlock I got a notification that one of them regenerated, so I must've missed one.

The info panel said he was standing right by the door I'd need to use to get back to where he was, so I waited a bit to see if he'd follow the bloody footprints I'd left after stepping on some of the glass left by the explosion, but he'd actually gotten stuck walking into the lost and found machine because he was too keen to check out a broken light instead of the blood, I was able to walk right by him. I could've taken the card for his ship off one of his vaporised colleagues to complete the level but instead I decided to win by killing him, so I set another wire grenade just in case, picked up the rifle I'd gotten from the cat rescue pod and dropped to carry skullsavers, stood right next to the wire grenade and shot the guy dead. As he fell he triggered the wire grenade and at the exact instant that it exploded, the game ended the level.

The level complete screen enables a free camera so I had a look to see what happened to Nina (the player character), and right next to the exploding wire grenade was a cloud of red mist and lots of indicators saying "giblet destroyed by explosion" right where I had been stood. Pretty fortunate timing!
 
Been playing Boltgun the last week. I have had it on my watch list for a while as I have been waiting for it to go cheap, so rather pleased it was on PS Plus this month. Quite an enjoyable blast so far, although I am nearing the end of Chapter 2 and starting to find it a little grindy at this point. I'll definitely complete it, but not sure I'll go back to it again any time soon.

Also got back into Assetto Corsa Competizione again. Takes a bit of time to get back up to speed after a few months away, but totally worth it: still one of the most rewarding racing games I have played.
 
The weather has been great in the UK lately so not a lot of gaming for me.

When i have been playing it's been a mixture of GT7, EA WRC, AC and ACC. All on the wheel of course.

I've just seen that Deliver at all costs is being released next week and is free on Epic so I'll be playing that on the Steam Deck as it looks like great fun and well who doesn't like a free brand new game 😎
 
Ridge Racer 2. In the pro tour level 21 is Ridge Racer, 22 is Ridge Racer Revolution, 23 is Rage Racer and 24 is Type 4. So the first four Ridge Racer games are all recreated in this game. After that is a bunch of two car races against boss cars.

This game is worth the asking price several times over. £7.99 you get a lot of first class arcade racing.

When Arcade Archives release the arcade version of Ridge Racer I'd be interested in how the PSP version stacks up. Do yourself a favour. Buy this game.
 
10 years ago, one of the best games I've played was released so I launched one of its DLC that I've not played yet. Of course, I'm talking about Gwent and now I'm prepping for the big Toussaint tournament. I might play some of its rather generous side quest later... something, something about blood and wine.
 
Assassins Creed Shadows

Loving it. At least as much appeal as Odyssey for me.

Playing as an Explorer Assassin in an easy mode, seeking out the seriously high level areas where a sideways glance from a guard is fatal. Started with guaranteed fatal hidden blade to polish up my stealth moves.

The world is very rich. Seasons and weather make for variations in stealth. “Shadows” is a good name. For a reason.

Finding ways to climb the rocks is a good puzzle, not as easy as the earlier recent games.

One day soon I might pursue the main quest. Maybe. Having too much fun simply opening the map up and strategizing the assassinations.
 
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The Midnight Walk (PSVR2) - I don't play VR often but this game looked really interesting and so far I love it. It's an adventure/puzzle game set in a creepy world with a "hand-made", clay style to it. Reminds me a bit of The Nightmare Before Christmas or Little Nightmares.

Also got Doom: The Dark Ages (Xbox SX) and will give that a go later.
 
Still playing and being staggered at the sheer scale and scope of RDR2, it’s just mind blowing the amount of things you can do without even touching the main story and it looks simply stunning on my pc, why I waited this long to experience it I’ll never fathom and it’s getting dangerously close to both of the Last Of Us games which, in my humble opinion are the greatest games ever made, it’s astonishing and I’m nowhere near completion yet..
 
Still playing and being staggered at the sheer scale and scope of RDR2, it’s just mind blowing the amount of things you can do without even touching the main story and it looks simply stunning on my pc, why I waited this long to experience it I’ll never fathom and it’s getting dangerously close to both of the Last Of Us games which, in my humble opinion are the greatest games ever made, it’s astonishing and I’m nowhere near completion yet..
I couldn‘t agree more. I took a hiatus from gaming between 2014 and 2019 when I bought my PS4 Pro. RDR2 was one of the first games I played on it and I remember thinking that this felt truly next gen, like a new era of gaming. Rockstar‘s attention to detail is unmatched when it comes to open world games.
 
It should be even better soon for PS5 and Xbox. There are very strong rumours it will be getting a current-gen update/release in the near future, to coincide with a Switch 2 port.
 
Picked up MGS 2 and 3 in an off-Steam sale to complete the Master Collection and started MGS 2 last night, it's been years but I played the tanker so many times back in the day that I remember it like the back of my hand. I've just gotten into the hold so we'll see how much more I remember.

Other than that, Yakuza Kiwami 2 is good but isn't holding my attention quite as effectively as 0 and Kiwami, hence MGS 2, and I've been dipping into a bunch of other games like Swordship (6/10), Roto Force (6/10), Tomb Raider I Remastered (6/10 but I might keep going with it), NFS Hot Pursuit Remastered (6/10, uninstalled to make space for MGS 2), Buckshot Roulette (8/10) and Breathedge (6/10).

Right now I intend to finish MGS 2 then play some more YK2 and RoboCop: Rogue City and some other stuff I've picked up recently, then on to MGS 3 and Yakuza 3. Knowing my track record I absolutely won't stick to this.
 
Battlefront 2. There’s been a surge of interest recently so it’s much easier to find full lobbies now. Still great fun, the only shooter I’ve ever really enjoyed and put time into. Mostly play as a heavy.
 
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  • Clair Obsucur, which is imo a masterpiece. Some zone are a bit annoying to navigate but other than that I really love the game.
  • Forza Motorsports mp and it's suprinsingly clean and fun. I got near maximum rating (at least I think) S4996 and I really have some nice clean races.
  • Balatro, still trying to unlock the last deck. Have been to the last boss a few times so far but no luck yet, either by my fault or a bad match.
  • Street Fighter Collection 1. Enjoying Street Fighter Zero 3' and Rival School 2, havent really dive into Capcom VS SNK 2 yet.
 
Doom the Dark Ages (fun and straightforward, like the original). My hit list in Assassin's Creed Shadows is almost done but side missions/quests will surely add more hours (and of course, decorating the HQ).

I paused Clair Obscure because I feel that game will need my full attention to get all the details.
 
Even though I remember MGS 2 well, I had forgotten how good the music is and how pumped you feel when stuff goes wrong, it's amazing how much of a difference music can make to a situation. Also, when I last tried MGS 2 in the PS3 HD collection I felt like the controls were way too sensitive with no way to turn it down so I was continually missing shots and stuff, I haven't had that issue with the Master Collection version so it has been much more fun to play, except I'm going for dog tags and making lots of mistakes so in almost 2 hours of play I only got as far as Fatman. And he was much easier than I remember.
 
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