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You both just want him to have nightmares, donāt you?
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Interesting read, much obliged 
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I did see some Grunt dialogue on Reddit a while back, they never disappoint!
The Brutes saying āDonāt worry fellas, he canāt aim!ā cracked me up.
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So Iāve also seen that the Brutes can throw Grunts. While that seems hilarious, Iāve yet to see it for myself.
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Got my first win with Leon in my first match already. Both Leon and Claire look great in the engine but bummed out they didnāt get alt costumes. Feels kinda less effort then the Chris and Jill collab.
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Bummed Jill didnt return, shes my favorite character.
How could you?! I didnāt reply earlier because I had to swiftly log out and watch Vader terrorise some innocents just to restore my sanity.
That video went on for far too long!
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Iāve just finished the main story and one of two DLCs. The last DLC (which I havenāt started yet) is directly linked to Alan Wake and apparently a couple of characters appear in it in some form.
Iāve really enjoyed Control. Itās paced well and had enough mystery to keep me hooked. Itās open-world in lower-case - the game universe is relatively small compared to the big game universes like Assassinās Creed or The Division. But most importantly there isnāt much flab in the game. The game is much shorter than those big Ubisoft games which can take 150+ hours to complete (including side missions etc) which left me feeling drained and exhausted by the end. Control is very close to being perfect in terms of length and doesnāt outstay itās welcome.
There are some reoccurring radiant side-missions like ākill 10 enemies in area Aā or ākill 3 of this-enemy-typeā, but theyāre optional and you donāt have to accept or activate them so they donāt even clutter up your mission menu. The actual non-radiant side missions are interesting and add more background information to fill out the lore, so it doesnāt feel like theyāre divorced from the main game. Basically everything you do in the side missions contribute to the telling of the main story, unlike some open world games and RPGās where side-missions often involve doing errands and chores for some work shy peasant.
The special abilities are fun and make the game interesting too. Whether itās combat using telekinesis-style powers or a sort of super-jump-and-glide ability for the platform-y sections.
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Sounds promising, I wish I got it originally when it came out. Iāll be getting it soon.
Thanks for this post. 
So uhm, how is Halo Infinite these days? Iāve seen it being like Operation 3 or something like that, so chances are itās becoming more enjoyable than when it launched? Is there any kind of PvE so that sweaty players are actually helping me? Lol.
Is the campaign really worth playing?
(And yes the answer is installing it and see for myself. However itās like a 80GB download. That translates to a 8-10 hour download around here >_>)
Aside from the campaign in coop, sadly not. Firefight hasnāt returned and the one from Halo 5 hasnāt either.
The campaign is reasonably good but not a patch on many older Halo titles. The story is decent enough.
The open-world nature of it suffers from the same issues as alot of open-world shooters nowadays - like alot of the Ubisoft games. Graphically itās lovely to look at but it suffers from samey repetitive landscapes and feels a bit empty. Itās the same green fields, mountains, and occasional Forerunner facilities.
In terms of multiplayer, I canāt comment too much on it as Iāve not played it very much. It seemed to play quite well but for whatever reason it just didnāt draw me in. I think Iāve just gone off Halo as a PVP experience (or maybe for me personally itās just a PVP thing altogether?)
I suppose the question is, what orher games would you be playing in place of Halo: Infinite? Iād say there are better games out there for sure, but itās not a bad choice either. Maybe set up the download so youāre doing something else for the period of time.
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Just finished playing Call of Cthulhu - a sort of 1st person detective game with survival horror-lite overtures. It doesnāt rely on jumpscares which is a nice change, and as with Cthulhian Mythos / Lovecraftian Horror itās pretty creepy and can be quite trippy.
Maybe itās just me, but the vast majority of stories (and I mean any media whether it be videogame, book or movie) which rely heavily on mystery, the final pay-off almost certainly feels like a bit of a let down compared to the actual journey and build up. But this probably is a āmeā thing.
As a game itās very short. The detective sections are disappointing and it basically holds your hand throughout. Once you know what to do, the chapters can be completed very quickly so I guess itās the sort of game which works well on your first go, but lacks depth for more than one. Itās also very linear as well so you canāt back track to previous locations or even replay previously completed chapters (which is a bit of a pain). A couple of chapters felt a bit like a walking simulator.
The insanity effects doesnāt seem to do anything in the actual game and merely affects what endings are available to you (there are 4 possible endings which are determined by your actions and choices).
Storywise I enjoyed it alot, although it does feel like it runs out of steam at the end. As a game, it doesnāt totally work and feels like it lacks alot of depth.
File under A for āaverageā. Luckily I didnāt pay full-price for it.
So I just dug around for info on the Burning Shores DLC for Horizon Forbidden West and it is only going to be available on the PS5(and presumably PC whenever it gets released on that platform, if at allā¦ Zero Dawn eventually was).
The only consolation I have is that if I do choose to get a PS5, I donāt think I need to buy the game again.
I forgot to say, I got a shot of it on Monday. You boys were right, it was amazing. The level of effort and detail is phenomenal! Loving the additions to combat with the knife too, certainly helps since theyāve CLEARLY added far more Ganados. Ganados who seemingly follow you absolutely Eve everywhere this time!
The ONLY thing I was annoyed about was it was played on relatively low volume during daytime. This sickened me to my core but didnāt have much of a choice. Iād rather 3am pitch black darkness with a headset on.
Anyway it was beautiful and Iām genuinely looking forward to seeing the rest of the game!
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Fortunately, or unfortunately, based on your perspective, I have never been a console or PC master race āfan boyā and do not waste my time with such unworthy, preconceived notions that one platform is superior over another and that you should never touch them because of that.
And my hand is somewhat tied here unless I want to wait an undetermined amount of time to play that DLC, and hope the internetās horrible tendency to spoil things without care doesnāt ruin any surprises it has for me(that arenāt obvious at first glance, and thus wouldnāt be a surprise, but you get the idea) in that time.
Not that it is my business or anything, but are you spending ā¬500 on a console just to play a DLC? 
Iām currently not contemplating it, no.
Much as I am tempted by it.
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