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Tried the open beta for Mortal Shell II.
It's definitely a step up from the first game in nearly every respect. I have no idea what's going on or what any of it is even about but it's got potential as far as this genre goes. Still looking forward to Lords of the Fallen 2 more but I will definitely give this a go at some point.
It's definitely a step up from the first game in nearly every respect. I have no idea what's going on or what any of it is even about but it's got potential as far as this genre goes. Still looking forward to Lords of the Fallen 2 more but I will definitely give this a go at some point.
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I'm not fully through the beta yet. Cleared the first real boss, ended up in a temple style place where the MC is revered as some kind of savior and everyone's super accommodating. I have to imagine that the guitar stuff is still in there.
I think that graphically, it is a step up and the map seems huge. Looks like there will be more varied environments than in the first game but I'm not sure how long the beta is going on for or if I'll have time to finish it. It's on Steam right now so maybe give it a look if you're interested.
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I played the Last Hero of Nostalgaia last week. Took a little over 24 hours to clear the base game and all the dlc. Didn't get to fight the two secret bosses because the questline that leads to both of them broke (needlessly, imo).
Iron Pineapple covered it in a Steam Dumpster Diving episode three years ago and I think his assessment is good. The game is frustrating because it's built around an incredibly potent idea-essentially Dark Souls, except the stagnation and the decay in the world are due to the hero of a previous cycle refusing to "link the fire" by entering the collective unconscious to be transmuted into an archetype-but squanders the idea by focusing on thoughtless and indulgent references to other works. The relationship between nostalgia and stagnation is almost unexamined. Is the choice really between clinging to particular stories, letting them be subsumed into the monomyth template, or forgetting them altogether (my understanding of the reservoir of pain's questline)?
Oh cool though, this dungeon is the End of Time.
lol so true though. And I guess I hadn't thought about the resemblance between Sen's fortress and the medieval-themed levels in Quake.
Worth $12 for the base game + DLC (current sale price on Steam)? Sure, but it's almost like its flaws are the most compelling thing about it.
Iron Pineapple covered it in a Steam Dumpster Diving episode three years ago and I think his assessment is good. The game is frustrating because it's built around an incredibly potent idea-essentially Dark Souls, except the stagnation and the decay in the world are due to the hero of a previous cycle refusing to "link the fire" by entering the collective unconscious to be transmuted into an archetype-but squanders the idea by focusing on thoughtless and indulgent references to other works. The relationship between nostalgia and stagnation is almost unexamined. Is the choice really between clinging to particular stories, letting them be subsumed into the monomyth template, or forgetting them altogether (my understanding of the reservoir of pain's questline)?
Oh cool though, this dungeon is the End of Time.
lol so true though. And I guess I hadn't thought about the resemblance between Sen's fortress and the medieval-themed levels in Quake.
Worth $12 for the base game + DLC (current sale price on Steam)? Sure, but it's almost like its flaws are the most compelling thing about it.
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So, the Mortal Shell II open beta is pretty good. My interest is deadened a little by not being able to explore the full game so I am going to stop playing it.
Definitely a step up from the first game, which wasn't all that bad considering what it was.
I don't think it's a 'full price' title as of yet, unless that price is $30 or less. I'm way more hyped for Lords of the Fallen 2.
Definitely a step up from the first game, which wasn't all that bad considering what it was.
I don't think it's a 'full price' title as of yet, unless that price is $30 or less. I'm way more hyped for Lords of the Fallen 2.
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Mortal Shell 2 looks amazing as fuck! Game is $60 apparently.
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I hope this one turns out as good as it looks:
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Guns of Eschaton on Steam
The world’s first soulslike FPS pulls you into an apocalyptic Western by the legendary Viktor Antonov: a land of dust, blood, and horror. Study your enemies, count your bullets, forge your own style with gunpowder and prayers. Solo or in co-op—go West, gunslinger, go West and die with the country!