What Game Are You Currently Playing?

Yeah, I remember you saying it was a bit of a grind. I'll try it at some point, as mentioned, but I feel the need for something else now. Generally, once I finish the main story of a game I'm happy and done with it. Never really bothered with post-game stuff before.
 
Yeah, I think my time split was 60 hours for the main game and 30 for the post-game, but quite a bit of the latter was grinding.

I finished a certain section off my own bat, but the last boss annoyed me so I just checked Youtube for cunning tactics, which worked nicely.

That said, there's still some interesting backstory in the post-game.
 
Well the main game apparently took me just over 79 hours to complete, but it didn't feel like it. I took my time with it, and loved almost every minute. It was so focussed, no messing around with endless side quests (in fact, I've still got loads of those to do if I feel like it). But I did go around talking to everyone and investigating every nook and cranny. The only bit I didn't like was when it forced me to play the slot machines in the casino in order to advance the main plot.
 
Ah, the casino wasn't a problem for me because I played a ton of poker so I had a load of chips already :D
 
That was really the only thing in the game I couldn't be bothered with, just did the minimum necessary. Still took a couple of hours, though.
 
I played the first few missions of LA Noire last night. Very good, though I may not have time to finish it anytime soon.
 
Bugg, if it helps, the poker odds are broken in your favour. Particularly the doubling chances. I went middle, and rightmost for 1st and 2nd, occasionally adding a 3rd round with the leftmost card. Came off (2 rounds) about 50% of the time, and maybe a third of the time for 3 rounds, making it a clear advantage.

Of course, you have to not be utterly bored by doing it. I quite liked it, and stuck some music on, but I can see how it might be a slog for some.
 
I might give it a proper go when I play the Switch version. Somehow doing that sort of thing whilst sitting in front of the pc is not my thing, but doing it in handheld mode might be more fun.
 
I can see it as something people might do when lazily watching TV or suchlike. I quite enjoyed revisiting old CDs and playing some new ones, whilst playing the poker game.
 
I'm back on the robot dinosaur hunting in Horizon Zero Dawn Dark Thirty or whatever it's called. It's fun, and very well-executed, but not the ground-breaking piece of art it was advertised as being. I've also downloaded Hidden & Dangerous 2 on the PC and it's clunky but very enjoyable. There's something quite strange about having characters who have pretty much your own accent, though.
 
How's the photo mode in Horizon Zero Dawn?
 
Photo mode is great in HZD. I think I posted some waaaay back when. I'll see if I can find them.
 
Oh, in other news I've (finally) started Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC (First Chapter). I can already tell that the writing and characters are a cut above.
 
For fun I bought Hidden & Dangerous 2 for my laptop, a WW2 game in which you control an SAS unit. It's very weird to play a computer game where some of the characters have the same accent as me. Anyway, someone called Xander Armstrong is listed in the credits as voicing one of the spiffing hardcases. I looked him up and was delighted to find that it's the same Alexander Armstrong from the sketch show Armstrong & Miller, who are known for playing two useless, puerile pilots in a war film parody. Well I never!
 
I remember playing that! Really good game, enjoy :giggle:

Oh, those screenshots reappeared, lol. "Proudly hosted by Photobucket" my arse :LOL:
 
I've been downloading and playing the Half Life 2 mods on Steam. Some of them are pretty good and manage to capture the feel of the game.
 
Hidden & Dangerous 2 is both clunky and very satisfying. I first bought it about 15 years ago, and used to play it with my old housemate. There was a particular line about explosives and pressurised containers being a perfect combination that always amused us.

I've also bought another game I used to play: Dragon's Dogma or, as I think of it, "Drunk Skyrim".
 
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