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First Impression: The Elder Scrolls: Arena (PC/Steam)

This is the 121st instalment of our first impression video series. Today, we are playing The Elder Scrolls: Arena for the first time.

Welcome to the 121st instalment of our first impression video series. Today, we are playing the PC/Steam game, The E

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Infrapink (he/his/him) · @Infrapink
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would work as an . It would be best not to adapt any particular storyline - instead, write a new story, but with side-missions where Johnny hunts down various bounties. Maybe it could be squad- or party-based so the player can also recruit Wulf, Gronk, Middenface, Durham Red, Maeve the Many-Armed, Spud Murphy... heck, since 2000AD games tend to be in their own continuities, might as well give us Feral Jackson.

(Yes, I think Feral was a decent character)

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Since I'm approaching the endgame, I figured it wouldn't hurt to do a quick plug for my of . Fifth episode comes out this evening. Please excuse some early installment awkwardness. It's the type of video you'd probably use to sleep or have running in the background. youtu.be/0KxjcwAiGCE

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Grissallia 🏳️‍⚧️ · @grissallia
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July 9, 2023 - Day 190 - NewPlay Bonus Review
Total NewPlays: 210

Game: The Surge 2

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Sep 24, 2019
Library Date: Apr 30, 2023
Unplayed: 70d (2m9d)
Playtime: 79m

The Surge was one of the earliest reviews I did in this project, and the game that gave me an understanding of the mechanics of Soulslike gameplay.

In April I found that I had a Steam Key for The Surge 2, from the Humble Choice July 2021 bundle, and so I loaded it up.

For the last few days, it's been bugging me that the gap between play days and new plays was 19 days. It feels... unordered. Threw in a bonus newplay to round it up to 20.

The Surge 2, like its predecessor, is a sci-fi themes third-person Soulslike action-RPG.

It's also the game I've sworn more at than any other since January 1.

I've gotten frustrated with some games, but my frustration with The Surge 2 was on a whole different level.

After a cut-scene intro, followed by a character creator, you wake up on a hospital table in a prison.

Unlike the first game, you don't have an exo-suit, just a couple of defibrillator gauntlets. Yeah, I have no idea why.

The game does the same thing as the first one, too. Throws you up against larger enemies to teach you the movesets, and then suddenly throws you up against an armored boss.

Clad only in a hospital gownsuit (no bare bums here), and a pair of defibrillator gauntlets.

I died.
And died.
And died, and died, and died some more.

For the first 45 minutes I couldn't even land a single hit on him before he took me out.

The swearing became increasingly copious, eventually quitting out in frustration, and looking up a Google video on how to kill the boss.

It didn't help.

I went back in, and locked on, targeting the one exposed part of his body (his head).

Died.

Died some more.

Eventually I got a single hit in.

Died a few more times, ragequit and went grocery shopping.

Came back from the shopping, sat down at the PC and tried again.

I died.

I honestly don't understand what people see in Soulslikes. The sheer frustration of dying over and over again.

Eventually, I was managing to avoid him, so I was still dying, just slower.

Then I noticed he was telegraphing his attacks, and there were... gaps. I might be able to land a punch and retreat.

I did.

Then two attacks in a row.

I started to feel the pattern. I still died, but I was doing increasing damage.

Then suddenly... I didn't die. He did.

I won the fight.

It was then, that I understood what it is that people see in Soulslikes. Breaking through that frustration to clarity.

The satisfaction of taking down a boss that seemed impossible to kill, or even hit. Not by coming back with bigger guns, but by recognising the patterns, and countering them.

The Surge 2 is the Soulslike that gave me an understanding of the satisfaction to be found in Soulslikes, and is:

4: Good

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The Legend of Capa Negra is a isometric twinstick soulslike, set in a medieval, dark fantasy world.

I grow a little bit tired of soulslikes, but this one felt fresh. It has a couple of cool mechanics and lets you freely choose your character path.

It feels like a dirty game of thrones adventure.

store.steampowered.com/app/210

#soulslike #dungeoncrawl #actionrpg #twinstick

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Here's my Let's Try of the of The Legend of Capa Negra (PC), a top-down , in-development by South Wizards.

youtube.com/watch?v=MvwnONM5w0

#gaming #pcgaming #indiegame #actionrpg #soulslike #3d #demo #SteamNextFest

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Greg · @greg76
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~10 years ago we were trying to find a light headed game that we could play with 4 people, online. This is how we bumped into , which is a . Now there's a sequel coming, wonder if I can get the old band together and if it would be a similarly fun and light experience like I remember the old one. (although challenging at times) hammerwatch2.com/ youtube.com/watch?v=levsLa-NLW

#actionrpg #hacknslash #rougelike #retro #hammerwatch

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