okay this is pretty intense for Perimeter 
Yeah I never finished the original Hades either. I will one day. Hades 2 is a big step-up mechanically IMO. I will say though that so far I prefer the soundtrack from the first game, especially all the stripped back bass parts.
Also picked up Pragmata. The combination of a realtime hacking minigame with 3rd person combat sounds awful on paper but it works extremely well. Just a really cool original idea. There’s a demo available on PS5, Switch 2 and (I think) PC.
1 Like
ooh:
Just started Saros which is out today (or two days ago if you paid an extra £10 for the ‘special edition’ but I’m not doing that) and it seems great so far. Returnal is my favourite game of the last few years so I’ve been really looking forward to this.
1 Like
I now own Hades and Hades 2 on two separate platforms
And wow they play much better on console. Or at least, with controller.
1 Like
Yeah I have both on Switch and PS5. They’re definitely controller-first games.
I’ve played a few hours of Saros now, made it as far as the second boss at which point I was completely destroyed. It’s incredible. The pace of it is ridiculous as well as the sheer volume of stuff happening on-screen, and yet it somehow stays completely readable and you never feel out of control. It’s genius. The soundtrack and VFX are outstanding as well.
This is totally weird - Starfield was the #5 most downloaded game on PS5 in US/Canada last month, and #4 in Europe.
The game is essentially dead on PC.
It only just released on PS5 for the first time last month, it was £50 as opposed to £70 and there was a bit of a marketing push behind the new version so that will all have helped I’d think.
There’s also a new expansion and some other updates for all versions of the game. I haven’t played it so no idea if they’re any good.
1 Like
I actually liked the base game but Bethesda really mishandled it.
With the new update Bethesda basically said “we’ve taken out a load of the boring stuff and added some new, interesting stuff so it’s better now”
Haven’t been drawn back to it as I’ve been sucked back into Division 2
I’ve been thoroughly addicted to Stellaris the last few months, or as people on reddit tongue-in-cheek call it, “the galactic genocide spreadsheet simulator.”
Basically its a grand-strategy game where you design your space empire, including species, ethics, government type and origin (you can basically design most archetypes and trope civilizations from sci-fi in some way shape or form). Each game runs for about 300 years, and includes elements of war, diplomacy, empire/economic development, politics, espionage and story events for some origins, giving a RP flavor. At its heart, it’s a big sandbox-style space empire game, which can be played in various ways.
I’ve got several mods (StellarAI, non-clustered starts) and a created/curated pool of 100something empires that get randomly drawn into any game I run, which help the AI as well, as they’re more well-tuned than the random slop you can otherwise get and gives me consistent personalities through different playthroughs. Very enjoyable strategy game, but it is rather micro-intensive, and with all the DLCs released over the last 10 years, is a bit costly up-front - grab it on sale if you can and you enjoy these kinds of games.
Next DLC will be adding a nomadic element, where you can cruise around the galaxy in an arc ship and never settle on any planets or claim systems. I’m curious to see what that does for gameplay.
2 Likes
Just finished Dead Islamd 1 and Dead Island Riptide. Now ive started Dead Island 2. I heard the dev, Dambuster, is working on a 3rd one. Would be cool.
Such a great game. I have to prevent myself from getting sucked in to it too much. Haven’t touched it in a couple years now because it’s crazy addicting.
1 Like
I booted it up once and it made my head hurt so I just uninstalled. I’ve played other Paradox games but that one felt like a step too far.
Maybe I’ll give it another go.
2 Likes
It is a rather steep learning curve, I recommend watching some “every click” kind of YouTube videos - especially since latest patch brought some fundimental changes and older guides won’t be as useful. But, its a great sandbox head-cannon story-telling kind of game.
Yeah, currently have some unplanned down-time to fill, so I have time to burn on an addictive game. 
A quip from ChatGPT recently on a game I’m in the middle of: “genocidal geckos invading a region destabilized by crime syndicates while benevolent machine caretakers negotiate research treaties with biotech megacorps under the supervision of ancient artillery grandpas.”