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I haven’t really been looking because of how fast they’ve been going, but my wife surprised me with a
PS5 for my birthday. If I love the Zelda games, Horizon Zero Dawn, Mass Effect and the Final Fantasy games, which of the available PS5 games should I get? I’m not a fan of realistic blood in games.
 
bettim84 said:
I should note that I’m a big RPG person (my most-played games on the Switch are Skyrim and Fire Emblem: Three Houses with over 400 hours each, and Witcher 3 is quickly climbing up there). I still feel strongly about Odyssey and BOTW being the two most essential titles though. BOTW specifically is probably my pick for GOAT.
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During the last year I went back to BOTW for a second playthrough, this time with my 5 year old (well he was 4 when we started). We've done everything except Gannon basically, all the beasts, DLC, most of the shrines. And still, at night, to relax I'll just go put on some records and practice fighting Lynel or farm Guardians for parts. I loved it first time around, but yeah, at this point, it's gotta be top 3 of all time.
 
Kris said:
I haven’t really been looking because of how fast they’ve been going, but my wife surprised me with a
PS5 for my birthday. If I love the Zelda games, Horizon Zero Dawn, Mass Effect and the Final Fantasy games, which of the available PS5 games should I get? I’m not a fan of realistic blood in games.
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I went with Pedestrian and It Takes Two, both are PS4 games but seem right up my alley. I'll just wait for FF and HZD2.
 
some very interesting titles showcased at that indie world nintendo direct today. highlight for me was a port of FEZ for switch. i loved playing the original game in xbox in 2012, it sucks that fez never got a proper sequel bc the game developer was kind of an asshole, but i still have fondness over the original game. actually wanted it over the switch ever since the console came out in 2017. kinda funny to be getting it now 4 years later lol
 
ducktree said:
During the last year I went back to BOTW for a second playthrough, this time with my 5 year old (well he was 4 when we started). We've done everything except Gannon basically, all the beasts, DLC, most of the shrines. And still, at night, to relax I'll just go put on some records and practice fighting Lynel or farm Guardians for parts. I loved it first time around, but yeah, at this point, it's gotta be top 3 of all time.
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I'm gonna add my endorsement, as well. I've played through the game on Wii-U and twice on Switch. Playing right now on Master Mode, which was all gravy until I started seeing Silver Bokoblins like really early in! If I had to venture a guess, I'd say that I have somewhere between three and four hundred hours in and it still captivates me when I start walking around and exploring. It is, hands down, the greatest video game ever created.
 
I'm trying to compete in ranked battles in Pokemon Shield. I'm completely getting my ass destroyed. I can't win a single match.

Every opponent I face only has shiny perfect pokemon on their teams. I have even seen shiny legendary pokemon that are listed as "Unreleased". I'm wondering if they are buying the shiny perfect pokemon on ebay. Because every pokemon in the came is available to purchase shiny and they all come with perfect IVs. Including unreleased shinies.

Apparently people are hacking the game to get them, and then just cloning them and selling a trade to you of a cloned pokemon for $5 or something like that.

Should I just consider ranked battles a lost cause until I am able to create a team of good pokemon with perfect IV's? I have yet to catch a perfect pokemon myself with 190+ hours of gameplay to date. I also have not encountered a wild shiny to date.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
Pokemon Shield
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RenegadeMonster said:
190+ hours of gameplay to date
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Honestly impressive that you've put that much time into the game. I beat it including dabbling in some extra online play in about 25 hours.

To your point, there's always going to be folks that are hardcore and pay money, etc to have the best everything. If you're not having fun then it's not worth your time IMO.
 
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Honestly impressive that you've put that much time into the game. I beat it including dabbling in some extra online play in about 25 hours.
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Same here. But I also have the two expansion packs which are a good 20+ hours of play bo beach each one. Now I'm just shiny hunting.

I have friended some Boston area people in this game, and I was astonished to see that some of them have 4300+ hours in the game :oops:
 
RenegadeMonster said:
I'm trying to compete in ranked battles in Pokemon Shield. I'm completely getting my ass destroyed. I can't win a single match.

Every opponent I face only has shiny perfect pokemon on their teams. I have even seen shiny legendary pokemon that are listed as "Unreleased". I'm wondering if they are buying the shiny perfect pokemon on ebay. Because every pokemon in the came is available to purchase shiny and they all come with perfect IVs. Including unreleased shinies.

Apparently people are hacking the game to get them, and then just cloning them and selling a trade to you of a cloned pokemon for $5 or something like that.

Should I just consider ranked battles a lost cause until I am able to create a team of good pokemon with perfect IV's? I have yet to catch a perfect pokemon myself with 190+ hours of gameplay to date. I also have not encountered a wild shiny to date.
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This is the very reason I don't play online anymore. People devote their lives to these games and it just isn't much fun. Gimme the campaigns and levels and I'll be sound as a pound. I'm sure there are games where online difficulties can be set, etc., I just don't have the time to seek them out.
 
Melt Face Molly Drop said:
This is the very reason I don't play online anymore. People devote their lives to these games and it just isn't much fun. Gimme the campaigns and levels and I'll be sound as a pound. I'm sure there are games where online difficulties can be set, etc., I just don't have the time to seek them out.
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The first game I remember playing with ranked online play was Worms Armageddon 20 years ago or more now. People started cheating so that the game results were always in their favor. Team17, the game developer nuked all ranked play and never brought it back. They were like if people can't play fair we won't have ranked play.
 
My copy of The Witcher for the Switch was delivered last night at around 7:30 by UPS. No clue way they are always so late coming around my apartment complex.

I got a couple hours of gameplay in last night. I'm very impressed with the graphics so far. The story and worlds so are amazing. But I really need to get some practice in.

The first encounter with ghouls and I died 20 times straight before I could get passed them.
 
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I was at Target yesterday and I started hearing a sound from one aisle over that made me look around in anticipation, like I was close to something important.

It turned out that the scanner the employees use for the online orders sounds a lot like the Sheikah Sensor that tells you a shrine is nearby in Breath of the Wild, and even though I finished it years ago, the sound is seared into my mind and evokes a pavlonian response!
 
RenegadeMonster said:
My copy of The Witcher for the Switch was delivered last night at around 7:30 by UPS. No clue way they are always so late coming around my apartment complex.

I got a couple hours of gameplay in last night. I'm very impressed with the graphics so far. The story and worlds so are amazing. But I really need to get some practice in.

The first encounter with ghouls and I died 20 times straight before I could get passed them.
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I’m hardly an expert but my initial tips for survival are (1) dodging and (2) Quen (get used to casting it multiple times throughout each enemy encounter; it will drastically improve your survivability).

Beyond that you can always lower the difficulty level early on and then increase it gradually as you progress. Early game can be frustrating until you start acquiring better gear and your own skills improve (I’d say it took me about 15 hours or so to feel comfortable with it). It sounds like a big investment but it’s really just a fraction of the 180 hours I’ve already put into what is still my first playthrough (I’m almost at the end of the second expansion).
 
bettim84 said:
I’m hardly an expert but my initial tips for survival are (1) dodging and (2) Quen (get used to casting it multiple times throughout each enemy encounter; it will drastically improve your survivability).

Beyond that you can always lower the difficulty level early on and then increase it gradually as you progress. Early game can be frustrating until you start acquiring better gear and your own skills improve (I’d say it took me about 15 hours or so to feel comfortable with it). It sounds like a big investment but it’s really just a fraction of the 180 hours I’ve already put into what is still my first playthrough (I’m almost at the end of the second expansion).
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When I started the game, was that the difficulty level I picked or the gore level? I told it blood, broken bones and everything
 
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Watched these 2 auctions end yesterday and today. If conditions were the same, why would one end $100 less than the other?
 
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Watched these 2 auctions end yesterday and today. If conditions were the same, why would one end $100 less than the other?
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11 more bids on the higher one, for starters. Could be a one seller paying to sponsor their listing, or just not enough visibility on the other. If you filter by sold they’re all over the place, kinda like a discogs listing.
 
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