What are you playing?

[Corporal]

MP2 had its moments. I really liked the oppressive atmosphere, and the slight Zombie/RE vibe was nice.

Of course, the game also gave us Zero Suit Samus if I remember correctly. And a really horrible version of it, if memory serves.

Give it a try, eventually. If you can stomach some design issues, it's a unique and delightful Metroid Prime game deserving of its name.

[Great Rumbler]

MP2 was good, but the constant switching between the light world and dark world just wasn't all that interesting or fun.

[tiesto]

Almost to the end of Cold Steel... it's been a long ride, but it's been fun. Not my favorite Trails game but I hear the second one is a big improvement.

Also up to the final boss in Metroid: Samus Returns. Damn, this game is tough, even with a 100% item completion rate. I get so close but the 3DS cramps my hands way too much. After the Vita and Switch, going back to the 3DS is so hard, graphics are so muddy and the ergonomics are terrible.

[Corporal]

It's kinda bizarre, considering the history of these kinda games.

"Oh shit, figuring out how to compute THAC0 requires three years of intensive study and a degree in astrophysics, and that's only after you finally understand what it stands for. We better outsource the numbercrunching to devices designed to handle large amounts of maths."

"Hm, now that I have created my spreadsheet of underlying formulas after decompiling the binary and getting one of the devs dead drunk, I can manually iterate through the various options to figure out the most effective way to deal damage. Yay for good oldfashioned pen and paper number crunching!"

Up next: Creating an AI to play these games for us, with tacked on voice controls and Machine Learning and a bunch of other buzzwords.
"Alexa, slay that troll and romance my party members."

[Great Rumbler]

I ended up buying Jade Empire on Xbox this weekend and then playing it for about 3 hours. Even though I already have it on PC.

[seagrams hotsauce]

I got Momodora in a Humble Bundle a while back and gave it a shot since I hadn't played a platformer in a while, and it's pretty fun. It feels like a throwback to GBA titles of the genre, though it's considerably more simple than Fusion or CotM/HoD/AoS. It's got some issues with item distribution and the difficulty curve though. There are vitality increases, but they're often hidden and most of the rooms they're hidden in don't have any visual clues that they're even there - eventually I found an item that chimes when you're in a room with a secret, Zelda-style, and started finding them a lot more often, but by that point I'd gotten some attack buff items and the boss fights had gotten a lot easier. Also, you can unlock the ability to warp between save points, but doing so requires you to backtrack the entire map to find an item that's tied to unlocking the final area of the game. The backtracking is one of the least fun parts of the game, so I can't understand the decision to tie it to a quest item you don't know exists until you're 75% done with the game.

That's more of a passive complaint though, since it's something that's a mostly a minor annoyance and it didn't really dawn on me how silly I think it is until I made it that far anyway. The rest of the game is charming and fun enough to overlook it. In one of the boss fights you punch a giant anime witch in her tiddies so who can really complain y'know

[kingv]

I bought Ni-Oh yesterday and did the whole London tutorial. Seems easier than any Soulsborne game.

In general, I think that is true, but there are some pretty tough bosses. There are also a few enemies that pretty much stay challenging for most of the game.

[chronovore]

Imagine you are playing Excel because in the end you are always playing with numbers. Your numbers vs enemy numbers.

Nerdy games for nerds *shrugs*

Yeah, this is my shortcoming on RPGs in general. Always feels like spreadsheets fighting.

[etiolate]

A Hat in Time  Hi this is a good game. Tight feel to everything and feels like a lot of content early on.

[HardcoreRetro]

Playing Dishonored 2 doing a no-kill, no-magic run. Choking people out and throwing em in a garbage bin will never not be funny to me.

[Crash Dummy]

finished watch dogs 2, idk how i feel about this. i generally like open world games but now that i've finished the main story in this i can't be fucked to go back and finish up some side quests and just explore and i don't know why

[ILikePizza]

Playing Dishonored 2 doing a no-kill, no-magic run. Choking people out and throwing em in a garbage bin will never not be funny to me.

Man, I can't imagine playing through the campaign without using far reach/blink.  They're among my favorite movement mechanics in games.

[winik]

I've been playing some ps2 survival horror I never got to when they came out, namely silent hill 4, rule of rose, and fatal frame ii. Only gotten really deep into silent hill 4 so far and I've gotten really into it, except I thought I was nearing the end but instead the second half escort mission started and that's kind of killed my progress. Rule of rose was not quite what I expected but the atmosphere is cool.

[Crash Dummy]

played about 5 hours straight of doom, fuck me this is so good. i can't even remember the last fps i played so i'm dying a fair bit and my aim sucks but man the gunplay feels great, i'm loving the pace and the glory kills are so damn satisfying

[kingv]

I beat doom in like 2 days.

Game was incredibly lit.

[demi]

I've been playing some ps2 survival horror I never got to when they came out, namely silent hill 4, rule of rose, and fatal frame ii. Only gotten really deep into silent hill 4 so far and I've gotten really into it, except I thought I was nearing the end but instead the second half escort mission started and that's kind of killed my progress. Rule of rose was not quite what I expected but the atmosphere is cool.

Rule of Rose is the shining example of "High Price != Good Game"

Its so terrible

[Crash Dummy]

I beat doom in like 2 days.

Game was incredibly lit.

the super shotgun 
desperately chainsawing motherfuckers when you need ammo 
the bfg 

i think i'm getting close to the end, was there ever any single player dlc for this?

[kingv]

No, unfortunately. I’d play another mini-campaign for sure with minimal additions other than 1-2 new enemy types and a new weapon.

[tiesto]

Trails of Cold Steel, STILL. I'm like 93 hours in and finally set foot in the final dungeon. Should hopefully wrap it up tomorrow. Probably my least favorite game of the Trails titles I've played so far, but the way they're building things up for the rest of the story arc sounds interesting.

Also beat Metroid: Samus Returns. I liked it but thought the graphics looked way too muddy and ugly, and there was a slight over-reliance on the counter. But some of the boss fights were pretty good (albeit repetitive). Would have been better if it was a Switch game, fo' sho'.

Next on the agenda is CHUCHEL, a goofy-looking puzzle/point and click from the makers of Botanicula and Machinarium. Then maybe seeing what dat Doki Doki Literature Club is all about. And the lady is wanting me to play through KH1 with her. I need to play through some short(er) games since the last 2 big games I played were Xenoblade 2 and Cold Steel, ~100+ hours long

Here's a video of CHUCHEL

[Great Rumbler]

You're really playing it slow if you're just starting Act III and you've played for 48 hours! That, and you're probably doing some of the DLC stuff that was added after I played it. Only took me about 20 hours to get that far and I wasn't exactly rushing through the content [except for some of the stuff with your base, which I didn't mess with too much]. Act III is pretty short, though, so you're over 80% complete, I'd say.

[winik]

Rule of Rose is the shining example of "High Price != Good Game"

Its so terrible

I didn't pay for it, 500 dollars for a single game, fucking collectors market I didn't want to collect it I wanted to play it. But is the story good at least? I can deal with shit tier game play if there are other things good about it. I played the first persona and actually had some fun with it although I would never replay it.

[Vit-Symty]

re:Rule of Rose

Both atmosphere and music are great. Story is a bit hit and miss, sometimes off-putting. Gameplay/combat system? A frustrating mess. Collision detection is bad.

[Bebpo]

Trails of Cold Steel, STILL. I'm like 93 hours in and finally set foot in the final dungeon. Should hopefully wrap it up tomorrow. Probably my least favorite game of the Trails titles I've played so far, but the way they're building things up for the rest of the story arc sounds interesting.

Also beat Metroid: Samus Returns. I liked it but thought the graphics looked way too muddy and ugly, and there was a slight over-reliance on the counter. But some of the boss fights were pretty good (albeit repetitive). Would have been better if it was a Switch game, fo' sho'.

Next on the agenda is CHUCHEL, a goofy-looking puzzle/point and click from the makers of Botanicula and Machinarium. Then maybe seeing what dat Doki Doki Literature Club is all about. And the lady is wanting me to play through KH1 with her. I need to play through some short(er) games since the last 2 big games I played were Xenoblade 2 and Cold Steel, ~100+ hours long

Here's a video of CHUCHEL

CHUCHEL!!!!

Good stuff. Trails of CS1 is the worst game in the 9 game Trails series, Sky FC is 2nd worst. CS2 is a lot better (and about 10 hours shorter), you'll probably like it even if it's flawed as well. CS3 is better than CS2 but still got bad repetition flaws. Hopefully CS4 brings it home.

[Corporal]

I don't feel like playing something involving braincells or motor skills right now, so I've been playing some Android crap during my daily commute like (apparently) the rest of the populace. Man, is there ever a humongous heap of shit on the play/app store. Fuck me. I weep for this generation. So much shit to wade through. 

Dungeon Cards however ain't bad. You have a 3x3 grid with one of the spaces occupied by a hero card (different heroes have different abilities like an improved healthpool or immunity to certain traps etc). The rest are either monsters, traps or treasure. You move the hero onto another tile to collect the treasure or otherwise resolve its effects.

Pretty nice diversion, and apparently based on a card game. Nothing overly deep, but I could really do with a hint as to which way the tiles will be entering/sliding around as the hero moves around.

Free, no IAP, pixel graphics, dungeon crawler. That's my kinda jam.

---

I still need to play more payday 2 on my Switch. So miserable. Could be that I'm missing some status limitations (like crouching/wounded or whatever), but there's been way too many times where I just cannot for the life of me throw away something I'm carrying, like a bagged corpse or loot. Kinda shitty if you stand in front of a heli with half the map shooting at you and cannot throw the bag of cash you are carrying into the fucking heli to end the mission. YES I KNOW I HAVE TO PRESS L TO THROW I'M FUCKING SMASHING AND HOLDING AND HUMPING THAT TRIGGER BUT IT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING GRRRRAAAAAAAAH.

And then, once in a while it works and I watch as the item in question flops down right in front of me as if my arms were noodles and the item a 5 ton piece of machinery. Seriously. Calling that "Throwing" is being exceedingly generous.

[toku]

Battletech is the mech management game i didn't know i wanted

[Bebpo]

I still gotta load my copy. Been too busy. But I loved the shit out of Mechwarrior growing up (probably what first got me into mecha), so I'm sure I'll dig it.

I heard it's incredibly slow with unskippable animations though? Sounds like it'll be better after a couple patches aka Shadowrun Returns -> Dragonfall -> Shadowrun Returns Dragonfall Edition.

[Great Rumbler]

It really feels like their budget ran out in Act III, so they just had to wrap it up as much as they could.

[Bebpo]

Act III's fine, and actually I think the way all your choices come together in the final trial is excellently done (the one part of Tyranny outside maybe the visuals I prefer to PoE; the ending of Pillars 1 your overall choices barely mean anything, it's almost closer to a narrative driven jrpg for the main story; otoh Tyranny feels like New Vegas in how all your choices make the main story).

The thing is Tyranny is clearly meant to be a small scale 15-20 hour replayable rpg on a tight budget and it works as that. If it sold well enough they could make a large fleshed out game with the lore that's presented (dunno how it sold).

As I've mentioned before, I liked Tyranny but it needs a little more meat and I didn't care for any of the cast compared to Pillars 1. It's a fun little game and I hope they get a chance to make a sequel.


Borys, you know that Tyranny is a re-imagining of Obsidian's huge budget Xbox One launch rpg that MS killed, right? So if that had actually seen the light of day it'd probably be the big epic fleshed out version of Tyranny with battling Kyros and everything. This was just like taking the concepts of the Xbox One game and scaling it down to a small budget infinity engine game.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Defeated Vicar Amelia and the Bloodstarved Beast in Bloodborne
Now in a place with a bunch of snakes.
Still really enjoying it. But I gotta be in a certain mood to play it.

[kingv]

Damn, almost no fantasy tropes in tyranny. Very interesting.

I’ve wanted to play one for a while but... so little time, so many games.

One of the things I expect hurts games like this is all the bundles. For PC games, I avoid buying them until the last possible second because I have literally hundreds of steam games I’ve never even installed. And one thing that I know is always true is that indie games will eventually get bundled.

[archie4208]

I tried playing Dead Rising 4 but the game kept on crashing.  I played some Warframe instead. 

[Great Rumbler]

Also to those who played it how would you position Numenera?

PoE vs Tyranny vs Numenera?

That's tough, since I think all three have their own unique strengths and weaknesses. If I just had to rank them, though, I'd probably go: Numenera - PoE - Tyranny, but it's really close. The main thing that puts Numenera on top is the really strange, unique world and heavy emphasis on lots and lots of words.

[Rufus]

Finished Metal Arms - Glitch in the System a couple days ago. Decent 3rd person robo-shooter with some bullshit difficulty spikes, but it was a fun romp overall. Save for the mindcontrol device and the slingshot, none of the weapons are really worth mentioning. The former is a portable version of the remote control consoles that show up earlier in the game as well. The consoles allow you to hijack a predifined robot, whereas the mindcontrol device allows you to possess any robot you see, provided you access the port on their backs. The slingshot is a largely pointless range extender for your grenades which I imagine few people use. Unfortunatley it's your only weapon in a late game gauntlet. Not only that, you have to ration the ammo and medpacks scattered about the stage.

Additional scattered memories:
- The quirky robot characters are funny, I suppose, but the charm wears off really quick.
- Rage inducing Simon Says section very late in the game. I failed this more often than any of the combat encounters. Loose controls and drifting sticks are not a good combination.
- Last boss needs to be hijacked. Unfortunately you first need to find four (or five?) chips scattered about in random crates around the arena. Have fun memorizing their locations in this samey looking environment as a several screen tall titan bears down on you with homing rockets.
- Once hijacked, you get to squish of the strongest enemies in the game like insects. Drags on a bit, but it is cathartic. 
- Warthog controls for vehicles. I know some people like this control scheme, but it is in fact an abomination.
- Now race down this bumpy half-pipe with said shit controls. And now do it with a tight time limit at the very end of the game. Hm.

Its 10th anniversary had me taking another look at GTA: San Andreas. Never got on well with these games before. The only one I've finished is IV, but I couldn't really take GTAIII, Vice City or San Andreas for more than a couple hours. I'm pretty sure I've hit a frustrating mission in all three and just uninstalled. We'll see how far I get this time.

So far I've spent more time modding the thing then playing it. Sticking to bug fixes mostly. The only cosmetic change is a mod which recreates various PS2 post-process effects. Dunno if I'll stick with it. Usually I prefer crips and unfiltered graphics, but neither the models nor the geometry in this game are all too appealing, so might as well put some lipstick on this pig.

[Spieler1]

Pac-Man 256 - I didn't know about this game until the recent EU PSN sale. It's a pretty addictive version of Pacman, in which you need to go forward constantly and level up attacks.

[Bebpo]

Borys, you know that Tyranny is a re-imagining of Obsidian's huge budget Xbox One launch rpg that MS killed, right? So if that had actually seen the light of day it'd probably be the big epic fleshed out version of Tyranny with battling Kyros and everything. This was just like taking the concepts of the Xbox One game and scaling it down to a small budget infinity engine game.

What? Where did you get this from? I do not recall this rumour at all.

Not a rumor in the slightest. It's been confirmed many times over the last few years (Blood, Sweat and Pixels even talks about it iirc)

https://kotaku.com/tyranny-emerged-from-the-game-that-nearly-sank-obsidian-1767592617

Also I guess were not getting a bigger fleshed out Tyranny 2 sequel:

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/05/tyranny-didnt-meet-sales-expectations-publisher-reveals/

[Rufus]

I completely forgot that I had finished Heavy Metal: FAKK 2 recently, too. I never saw or read the source material, but it's safe to stay this video game adaptation/sequel was inspired by Tomb Raider. It's the combat that is more competent than the platforming or puzzles in this one. Melee combat, specifically, as ammo is limited. Holds up well, minor annoyances notwithstanding. Short, but that also means there's barely any filler, which is very welcome.

- Got stuck on the geometry a lot. Not permanently, but enough to eat shit because of it. Quicksave to the rescue.
- Being able to hold two weapons is a gimmick and only makes switching from melee to ranged more cumbersome.
- Two-handers are slow and therefore useless. Only exception is the hedge trimmer's chain sword's alt-fire, which is what you expect it to be. Sadly extremely fuel-inefficient, so I used it only a handful of times.
- Click and hold RMB for a basic 2-hit string combo. Hold LMB during the 2nd hit for an extended combo involving whatever you hold in your other hand. What if that's a shield and you actually intend to block? Yup, you do the extended shield combo and open yourself up instead.
- The last boss requires that you give him the finishing blow using a jumping attack. I didn't even know that was a thing until I looked it up. It's clear they want you to use his own sword on him at some point, since you take it off him as part of the fight, but there's zero indication that you have to lunge at him. Stupid.

[kingv]

Are you going through every game in your library with metal in its name?

[Joe Molotov]

Are you going through every game in your library with metal in its name?

[demi]

Are you going through every game in your library with metal in its name?

[Nintex]

The gal that plays Pyra is playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2

https://www.twitch.tv/skyedevabennett

[Rufus]

Are you going through every game in your library with metal in its name?

Just stuff that I can run until a worthy replacement for my late 280X hits 200-250€.

[toku]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Battletechgame/comments/8g7dxm/hbs_developer_update_ama_summarized/

 

[kingv]

Nioh does some things better and other things worse than Souls.

Better:
- prestiges. Having bonus, unique "skill points" for performing a specific feat i.e. kill 200 humans with Sword, beat a level w/o being hit once etc. is a great addition. Speedrunners already perform this in Souls games but for free. This also forces you to switch weapons in order to obtain every possible skill point i.e. 100 Humans with axes, 100 Humans with spears etc.
- item sets that when worn together give a specific bonus as in Diablo games. Souls games already have sets from the very first game (Fluted Armor in Demon's) but they never gave specific bonuses for wearing them.
- Guardian Spirits - this is a cool concept. Kind of Covenants but here they give much better advantages.
- skills? - I don't use them at all yet so I dunno. Dark Souls 3 also had skills linked to specific items and I also never used them there.
- Demon Walls !!!

Worse:
- itemization. It's a Diablo game after all, duh, so it has 1000000s of possible item combinations. This makes all of the items generic, forgettable and you cannot tell a lore story through them much - Vaati pls.
- compass that shows items, enemies, treasures etc. That's a big fat NO in Soulsborne games.
- equipment upgrade system. It's a goddamn mess what it is. Souls was pretty simple: shard, chunk, slab. Here you have 100s of upgrade materials and it all doesn't make much sense to me.
- mission based - it destroys the coherency of the world. Singular levels without any connectivity to past areas is a pure arcade feature.
- humour - there is some shitty anime humour in this game that clashes with the setting and visuals. Ewww.

Game is fun if easy. Killed the first boss (Ship Yokai) on my 1st try and the Vampire Lady on my 3rd one.

I really liked the levels actually. I’m not all that great at souls games, so I really liked the set up of “ I got past this shit once and never have to see it again.

Also really liked how there is almost always a shrine right by the boss I hate having to run through a level multiple times.

[chronovore]

Started Darkest Dungeon. Didn't know it was mythos-related. Now I'm intrigued.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Started Darkest Dungeon. Didn't know it was mythos-related. Now I'm intrigued.

I've been thinking of picking up a copy. Please post impressions. I trust you Chronodaddy 

[HardcoreRetro]

Apparently Dishonored 2 isn't as lenient as Hitman. Shooting someone in the face with a sleepdart and watching them fall to their death is counted as a kill, not an accident.

[Coax]

Apparently Dishonored 2 isn't as lenient as Hitman. Shooting someone in the face with a sleepdart and watching them fall to their death is counted as a kill, not an accident.

As is choking an enemy while another enemy kills them. The string of usual shouts intermixed by being upset at mindlessly killing their comrade is amusing.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Borys
What are your favorite CRPGs?
I've tried with Baldur's Gate 2 but after I get out of the first dungeon I just sorta lost interest.

[Great Rumbler]

Borys
What are your favorite CRPGs?
I've tried with Baldur's Gate 2 but after I get out of the first dungeon I just sorta lost interest.

So what exactly are you looking for in a CRPG? Good combat? Interesting world? Deep story?

[I'm a Puppy!]

Yeah, a game that I could get lost in the world but with gameplay that isn't boring as hell.

[tiesto]

As another guy who much prefers Japanese RPGs and has a ton of trouble getting into CRPGs, Planescape was one of the few I really got into. It definitely has that immersive world going for it that goes beyond the typical medieval Tolkien cliches, unfortunately the gameplay is pretty clunky and unintutive. Also, the hour or so I've played of both of Anachronox and Deus Ex seemed interesting, (but still quite clunky), then again I'm a sucker for anything cyberpunk.

[Great Rumbler]

Yeah, a game that I could get lost in the world but with gameplay that isn't boring as hell.

You should give Divinity: Original Sin 2 a shot.

[kingv]

Original sin 2 sounds awesome. It’s on the list of games I want to play but might never get to

[chronovore]

Started Darkest Dungeon. Didn't know it was mythos-related. Now I'm intrigued.

I've been thinking of picking up a copy. Please post impressions. I trust you Chronodaddy 

Went about 90 minutes before being called away, liked it a lot. It has better production value than I expected, and I wonder if that has something to do with the Klei credit I noticed on launch. Those guys are wizards at cheap tricks to make things look super polished. It has good atmosphere and mostly shows the player what is needed to progress. There are still areas where I was unclear on why things were happening, but not often.

Definitely worth checking out.

[MMaRsu]

I love NIOH Didn't bother too much with all the upgrading shit and just kept getting better armors

[Freyj]

Give Salt and Sanctuary a go Borys. I haven’t tried Nioh yet but loved S&S.

I’m currently playing the Pillars 2 Beta Character Creation game with 55 multiclasses and 342 subclasses I’m in hell.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Getting close to what I feel is the end of Bloodborne
Up until the last 2 areas I felt it was downright brilliant. Now I feel like I'm getting trolled/cheesed by the game. I have an axe that way leveled up and sometimes it feels like I'm hitting the enemies with a wet blanket for all the damage it does. This is OK for bosses and such because you just gotta be strategic and patient but getting to the boss is a pain when it takes you 6-8 hits to kill something that there's a dozen of and can kill you with 2-3 hits it just feels like the game has gotten to "Either spend your time plotting a careful course that can be obliterated by some less than stellar luck, or just run til you find the shortcut and then to the boss." level. Also, in general I feel like this game depends on the internet/youtube a lot. I was stuck in the unseen village for a freaking long time and then I finally got frustrated and looked up online and they were like "Oh, be sure to jump out of the moving elevator at this point to get to where you need easily." That and getting to the workshop was a pain as well. All the game will tell you is "Check out the tower" Not "Go to the tower, look for 3 ropes, hope you can get to that platform, then fall from that platform to the right." I don't like it when games hold your hand, but this one was required to get the real ending and I had no way of possibly figuring it all out on my own. This isn't just an issue for Bloodborne, but it can be annoying for us older gamers that were used to being able to figure stuff out with a little explanation.

I just finished the dude with the cage on his head last night (Mustachio the host, or something like that). I'm still loving this in a way I haven't loved a game in a long time. But still, these last two areas are more a pain than they need to be.

[tiesto]

Chuchel is pretty funny - nice animation and very creative art style, although it's more an interactive art piece than a deep, complex point and click (like the company's other game, Botanicula). With a few references to oldskool arcade games thrown in there. It's nice to play an eastern euro (Polish?) game that's not a janky medieval action RPG.

Worth $10 though? YMMV.

[Bebpo]

Getting close to what I feel is the end of Bloodborne
Up until the last 2 areas I felt it was downright brilliant. Now I feel like I'm getting trolled/cheesed by the game. I have an axe that way leveled up and sometimes it feels like I'm hitting the enemies with a wet blanket for all the damage it does. This is OK for bosses and such because you just gotta be strategic and patient but getting to the boss is a pain when it takes you 6-8 hits to kill something that there's a dozen of and can kill you with 2-3 hits it just feels like the game has gotten to "Either spend your time plotting a careful course that can be obliterated by some less than stellar luck, or just run til you find the shortcut and then to the boss." level. Also, in general I feel like this game depends on the internet/youtube a lot. I was stuck in the unseen village for a freaking long time and then I finally got frustrated and looked up online and they were like "Oh, be sure to jump out of the moving elevator at this point to get to where you need easily." That and getting to the workshop was a pain as well. All the game will tell you is "Check out the tower" Not "Go to the tower, look for 3 ropes, hope you can get to that platform, then fall from that platform to the right." I don't like it when games hold your hand, but this one was required to get the real ending and I had no way of possibly figuring it all out on my own. This isn't just an issue for Bloodborne, but it can be annoying for us older gamers that were used to being able to figure stuff out with a little explanation.

I just finished the dude with the cage on his head last night (Mustachio the host, or something like that). I'm still loving this in a way I haven't loved a game in a long time. But still, these last two areas are more a pain than they need to be.

Yeah, last 2 areas are kinda so-so I agree. Lore-wise they're kinda interesting though. Game is still brilliant.

Did you play the DLC? If so, definitely do that before you clear the game unless you want a real challenge because on NG+ the DLC does not fuck around. So goddamn hard (but beatable).

[MMaRsu]

I feel like this game depends on the internet/youtube a lot.

Actually it doesn't. You were the one who depended on it.