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JmckR
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Just finished The Last of Us 2.

One of the best games I've ever played. It lacks the intricate story-telling from the first game, but makes up for it in the environment design, insane graphics and fantastic soundtrack.

Not sure what to move on to next. What's everyone else playing right now?
5 years ago
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fghtoffyrdmns
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yea this game has consumed like 340 hours of my life lmao
RparrFinally playing elden ring. Good lord I cannot believe I slept on this game for this long
2 years ago
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Rparr
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fghtoffyrdmnsyea this game has consumed like 340 hours of my life lmao


I've only played like 25 hours so far and it is already one of my favorite games I've ever played. Guess I'm a souls nerd now, I think I'm going to try sekiro and darksouls 3 after this
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Slowbro
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RparrI've only played like 25 hours so far and it is already one of my favorite games I've ever played. Guess I'm a souls nerd now, I think I'm going to try sekiro and darksouls 3 after this


Sekiro is by far my favourite From game, and NG+ playthroughs are insanely fast and fun. You'll love it
2 years ago
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fghtoffyrdmns
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RparrI've only played like 25 hours so far and it is already one of my favorite games I've ever played. Guess I'm a souls nerd now, I think I'm going to try sekiro and darksouls 3 after this


ds3 is probably most similar to elden ring. do you have discord? add me its coach.mole if you need any help with elden ring i have a ng++ character if you need a summon
2 years ago
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Rparr
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fghtoffyrdmnsds3 is probably most similar to elden ring. do you have discord? add me its coach.mole if you need any help with elden ring i have a ng++ character if you need a summon


added ya but I don't think you'd be able to use any of your characters. I'm running the seamless coop mod which uses entirely separate save files. I don't know how anybody deals with the regular multiplayer system, it's so annoying having to re-summon everytime somebody dies
2 years ago
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Dlonetti
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RparrFinally playing elden ring. Good lord I cannot believe I slept on this game for this long

Gonna get around to this game at some point too
2 years ago
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GayWolf420
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Racing games and motorcross racing games are oddly soothing. Like it reminds me of that linerider game back in the day from school where you have to time the transitions right for flow in order to be good at it.
2 years ago
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Dlonetti
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CoolChillGuy420Racing games and motorcross racing games are oddly soothing. Like it reminds me of that linerider game back in the day from school where you have to time the transitions right for flow in order to be good at it.

Dudeeeee line rider was such a classic. Unlocked some memories I forgot about
2 years ago
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goofygoober
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maaatttI don't have much Warframe experience but I was under the impression there were ways to jump into the new story stuff right away, is that not the case?

yea there’s always a way but it’ll take a long while for you to get to the 1999 point if it’s after the main story
2 years ago
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Mixy
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CoolChillGuy420Racing games and motorcross racing games are oddly soothing. Like it reminds me of that linerider game back in the day from school where you have to time the transitions right for flow in order to be good at it.


MX vs ATV unleashed was my shit. Nothing like flowin over the dunes
2 years ago
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0sum
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CoolChillGuy420Racing games and motorcross racing games are oddly soothing. Like it reminds me of that linerider game back in the day from school where you have to time the transitions right for flow in order to be good at it.

You guys should check out "art of rally" so satisfying and the graphics are the definition of calming.
2 years ago
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profa_212
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so stoked on starfield rn and its playing shockingly well on the series S.


first game in a long time that i have wanted to play over AC odyssey
2 years ago
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TehHopRocket
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0sumYou guys should check out "art of rally" so satisfying and the graphics are the definition of calming.

Might be my next chairlift Nintendo Switch game.
2 years ago
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maaattt
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profa_212so stoked on starfield rn and its playing shockingly well on the series S.


first game in a long time that i have wanted to play over AC odyssey


Do the UC Vanguard simulator a bunch to boost your piloting trait 😎
2 years ago
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maaattt
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Cyberpunk is good
2 years ago
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Rparr
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maaatttCyberpunk is good


The DLC is excellent
2 years ago
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maaattt
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RparrThe DLC is excellent


I started a new playthrough for it and the 2.0 update in general, not even through the dlc story yet and I'm already level 38 with 50 street cred

Dogtown is such a cool zone, and the increased chaos and firefights across the city have been great

**This post was edited on Oct 15th 2023 at 2:41:19pm
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Rparr
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SlowbroSekiro is by far my favourite From game, and NG+ playthroughs are insanely fast and fun. You'll love it


finally started and holy fuck this must be the hardest game I've ever played. Makes elden ring and ds3 seem trivial. I'm sure it will get better once it clicks after a while but just a few hours in and I fear the first actual boss will feel damn near impossible
2 years ago
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muffMan.
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Just finished forbidden west, was pretty cool
2 years ago
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Slowbro
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Rparrfinally started and holy fuck this must be the hardest game I've ever played. Makes elden ring and ds3 seem trivial. I'm sure it will get better once it clicks after a while but just a few hours in and I fear the first actual boss will feel damn near impossible

Once you figure out parrying the game gets much easier and the combat gets way more fun. Felt almost impossible at the start for me too
2 years ago
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maaattt
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muffMan.Just finished forbidden west, was pretty cool


Dope ass game, hit the plat on it and did a new game plus run for the dlc
2 years ago
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maaattt
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Spider-Man 2
2 years ago
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maaattt
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maaatttSpider-Man 2


Finished the main story, was fuckin sicn
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Rparr
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maaatttFinished the main story, was fuckin sicn


It’s on my long list of PlayStation exclusive games that I will play when they eventually come to pc lmao
2 years ago
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muffMan.
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Starting the wolfenstein series, already love it once I found out I can duel wield assault rifles.
2 years ago
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sethoscope
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maaatttFinished the main story, was fuckin sicn


Is it worth the $70 price tag? Still cant decide
2 years ago
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maaattt
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SethoscopeIs it worth the $70 price tag? Still cant decide


For me yea, I'll keep playing and likely will do another play through of or two of the main story.


I also don't really mind 70 being the new price of games these days. The cost difference from 60 is basically just a good sandwich to me

Especially considering how much more expensive of games have become to make when compared to the beginning of the 60 dollar era
2 years ago
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Rparr
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I want to show you guys my greatest shame lol
2 years ago
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maaattt
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I like Starfield, but it feels and plays like a game that could've came out 7 years ago.
I mean, I was playing Skyrim instead of jumping back into the other night lol
2 years ago
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Lonely
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For whom it may concern

Respawn has fixed Titanfall 2.

Servers are currently working on all platforms, the hacker problems have been fixed and the game is in a healthy and playable state again for the first time in years.
2 years ago
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muffMan.
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LonelyFor whom it may concern

Respawn has fixed Titanfall 2.

Servers are currently working on all platforms, the hacker problems have been fixed and the game is in a healthy and playable state again for the first time in years.


Hell yeah, fantastic game. Even if you don’t care for multiplayer the campaign is insane. Up there with halo in term of quality.
2 years ago
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maaattt
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1079294/SOUTH-PARK--SNOW-DAY----Game-Reveal-Trailer
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Lonely
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muffMan.Hell yeah, fantastic game. Even if you don’t care for multiplayer the campaign is insane. Up there with halo in term of quality.


With the state of modern game releases right now I don't know if I'd want to see a TitanFall 3.

Its one of my favorite series but after watching what happened to Halo, Battlefield, Cod etc. I think I would much rather see a TitanFall 2.5 (maybe a 10 hour story dlc and some additional multiplayer maps and guns) than a full release. It would make me very sad to see TF go the way of Halo
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muffMan.
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LonelyWith the state of modern game releases right now I don't know if I'd want to see a TitanFall 3.

Its one of my favorite series but after watching what happened to Halo, Battlefield, Cod etc. I think I would much rather see a TitanFall 2.5 (maybe a 10 hour story dlc and some additional multiplayer maps and guns) than a full release. It would make me very sad to see TF go the way of Halo


That sounds about right, it’s perfect in a state of minimal skins, and other cosmetics. I’d love an extension DLC. I think 3 especially if EA has a large influence would be ass.

I also agree halo 4 sucked to me, halo 5 was ok but didn’t feel like halo, and infinite I haven’t played. Have so many memories of split screen on reach and odst with the homies.

I did enjoy Cold War for a bit, but just kind of off multiplayer for the most part.
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Lonely
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muffMan.That sounds about right, it’s perfect in a state of minimal skins, and other cosmetics. I’d love an extension DLC. I think 3 especially if EA has a large influence would be ass.

I also agree halo 4 sucked to me, halo 5 was ok but didn’t feel like halo, and infinite I haven’t played. Have so many memories of split screen on reach and odst with the homies.

I did enjoy Cold War for a bit, but just kind of off multiplayer for the most part.


5's multiplayer was pretty good. 4 probably had the strongest story out of the 343 trilogy imo. Infinite did everything right to be a great Halo game but just launched with 25% of the content of a normal Halo game and died a month after launch.

But yeah, once EA gets it's claws into a developer it's kinda game over. Sad to see these old and amazing IP's basically turn into live service zombies. Microsoft, sony, and EA being the biggest offenders as publishers
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maaattt
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Phantom Liberty is the best expansion I've ever played. can't even call it just a dlc, it's a full on expansion
2 years ago
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SofaKingSick
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Lonely5's multiplayer was pretty good. 4 probably had the strongest story out of the 343 trilogy imo. Infinite did everything right to be a great Halo game but just launched with 25% of the content of a normal Halo game and died a month after launch.


i turned on halo infinite recently for the first time in a while and it's fire dude. lots of content these days, and the actual gameplay is the best in the series IMO
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TehHopRocket
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SofaKingSicki turned on halo infinite recently for the first time in a while and it's fire dude. lots of content these days, and the actual gameplay is the best in the series IMO


I agree the content and gameplay are really good now. Heck even the battle passes are good because there’s no season time limit and you make the currency back. It’s just a shame that Infinite had the No Man’s Sky effect of being bad then good but it lost so much attention.
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maaattt
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1079434/18b9e2726c068-master-playlist-mp4

Sword to a gunfight
2 years ago
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sethoscope
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Been having so much fun back on Fortnite OG been playing a bunch last couple of days
2 years ago
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eheath
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SethoscopeBeen having so much fun back on Fortnite OG been playing a bunch last couple of days

you and over 100 million other people, its actually crazy
2 years ago
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Slowbro
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Randomly felt like playing monster hunter 3u and when I put the disk in it was unreadable. Apparently Wii U games had poor quality control and they're all getting disk rot now, not that anyone cares because they're Wii U games, but I wanted to play some Monster Hunter man
2 years ago
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sethoscope
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eheathyou and over 100 million other people, its actually crazy


Im pretty pumped about it tbh great turn around from where they were going
2 years ago
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eheath
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SethoscopeIm pretty pumped about it tbh great turn around from where they were going

Not gonna last long, sounds like OG is around for a month? Either way, great headline for Epic.
2 years ago
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maaattt
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Well sounds like Activision finally killed call of duties campaign mode
2 years ago
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TheSasquatch
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Does anyone do sim racing?
2 years ago
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profa_212
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maaatttWell sounds like Activision finally killed call of duties campaign mode


Shit was wack bro
2 years ago
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maaattt
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profa_212Shit was wack bro

After it dropped and the subsequent bad reviews sledgehammer came out and really said they've made "the first true sequel" in the Call of Duty series lmao

**This post was edited on Nov 16th 2023 at 2:26:07pm
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Rparr
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I can’t stop playing Elden ring, I’m on my 3rd playthrough lmao
2 years ago
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Slowbro
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Playing way too much Monster Hunter
2 years ago
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