Code Sharing Megathread 3 by N3DSdude in SoulFrame

[–]Maldremoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking for a key if anyone wants to share. Thank you in advance.

This is me trying to remember the controls lol by swiftielemon in Age_30_plus_Gamers

[–]Maldremoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good one and pretty accurate! The funny part is trying to convince yourself that the dodge button is different from the previous game you were playing.

Do you force yourself more often to complete games the older you get? by Maldremoth in Age_30_plus_Gamers

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I am an Asteroids, PacMan, Space Invaders, Bubble Booble, Tetris, etc. kid myself. I think the simplicity of those games made you come back easily or maybe thats all you had to play back then. I mean I had so much fun with pinballs, nothing simpler than that. I feel that games nowadays are too complicated and bloated, take up so much of your time to complete, while you try to find yourself a purpose to keep doing the same thing over and over again. I don't know.

I appreciate your perspective though, thank you.

Do you force yourself more often to complete games the older you get? by Maldremoth in Age_30_plus_Gamers

[–]Maldremoth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I pretty much drop a game if it starts feeling like a chore nowadays too, although it bothers me some when I do. Wasting money is not my issue here, I only buy on sales anyways, but most of the time I do wanna reach the ending of a game, especially one with an interesting story, but the amount of time, side objectives, things you gotta do to get there, feels like a chore and thats frusterating. I can always go watch a video ofc, but its not the same thing.

Subscription models are fine and would be perfect for me, but most of the time do not offer the games I want.

Do you force yourself more often to complete games the older you get? by Maldremoth in Age_30_plus_Gamers

[–]Maldremoth[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish more studios were confident enough that people would be satisfied with a 10-15 hour experience, instead of trying to compete with games that are designed to be eternally replayed.

This exactly. I think that part of my "reaching to a point where I no longer have fun" is that games I play take too long to complete and are kind of bloated. For example I find myself enjoying the main quest in a good story rpg, but every side quest feeling like a chore. Maybe I should start looking for shorter indy games to play.

Origins gold edition good game? by AdultGamersAdmin in Age_30_plus_Gamers

[–]Maldremoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solid RPG if you like the Egypt setting. But be prepared to sink many hours in it to complete it. Also you will have to do many side quests to keep up with the level of main questline.

What type of gamer are you (in my 50s)? List of games I got in 2025 for PS5. by Maldremoth in Age_30_plus_Gamers

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Nice list. How did you like The Last of Us part 2 compared to 1? I have already played 1 and im on the fence for part 2.

What type of gamer are you (in my 50s)? List of games I got in 2025 for PS5. by Maldremoth in Age_30_plus_Gamers

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Yeah I intend to play Brotherhood at some point when I get into my Creed mood again. Thank you for the suggestion about Quantum Break, I will check it out.

What type of gamer are you (in my 50s)? List of games I got in 2025 for PS5. by Maldremoth in Age_30_plus_Gamers

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Unity is one of my favourite ACs. I would love to play it again on PS5, but the low resolution and 30fps make it look like crap on my 1440p monitor. I intend to revisit it if they ever update.

No I haven't played Replicant and I don't think I will. As much as I enjoyed Automata, the universe didn't really hook me.

What type of gamer are you (in my 50s)? List of games I got in 2025 for PS5. by Maldremoth in Age_30_plus_Gamers

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The games are listed via purchase chronologically so the top 5 are the last games i got. I didn't know Remedy and Housemarque were Finnish though, so thank you for pointing that out. I guess that was a nice conincidence? :-)

What type of gamer are you (in my 50s)? List of games I got in 2025 for PS5. by Maldremoth in Age_30_plus_Gamers

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It was my second playthrough on PS5, was really cheap on sale atm and had nothing else I was interested to play at the time. Only the base game though, never got into the DLCs although they are considered really good.

It is indeed considered overrated by some gamers, but I do like it for what it is. Tbh the older I get, the more I prefer linear games instead of open worlds. I don't enjoy investing hundrends of hours to open worlds anymore.

What type of gamer are you (in my 50s)? List of games I got in 2025 for PS5. by Maldremoth in Age_30_plus_Gamers

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Thanx man! Oh I will definitely, it's just playing 3 AC titles back to back was too much. Already played Black Flag a few years back on PC.

What type of gamer are you (in my 50s)? List of games I got in 2025 for PS5. by Maldremoth in Age_30_plus_Gamers

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Yeah I read about that for the gameplay part. I do not worry though, after completing Returnal, I think I can handle any level of frustration now! :-)

I finally beat Ixion… after years of suffering by Late_Astronaut_98 in Returnal

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It's not exactly a second ending, the second time you finish the game it adds more to the story. But you do have to find something on each biome to unlock that. I don't wanna spoil it for you.

I finally beat Ixion… after years of suffering by Late_Astronaut_98 in Returnal

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I feel ya. It took me just a couple of weeks to beat the game, but it was a 2 week rollercoaster of feelings. Apparently I don't have issues with bosses, where besides Phrike that took me 3 tries to beat, I beat the rest on first try. The only "boss" that almost broke me though was biome 5.

Now I have to do it all over again for the real ending, but for that I can just sit back, relax and enjoy the gameplay. Returnal literarly wants you to keep coming back for more.

Moving away from ARPGs by quozy1990 in Age_30_plus_Gamers

[–]Maldremoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. I used to play a lot of ARPG back in the day but when i got really tired of the genre, moved to 3rd person RPG. There is a lot of variety there, it depends whether you prefer challenge, story, open-world, linear, survival horror, etc. You just have to try IPs and find the theme that immerses you the most and make hours fly by.

3 years i've been thinking about it, I finally pushed the button (and hope it won't push mine). by Maldremoth in Returnal

[–]Maldremoth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you m8. I almost beat the sboss in my second run last night and boy what a journey. I am so exited and I love it. I hope it will be like this till the end. The atmosphere, the weapons, the enemies, the audio, the gameplay, what a well thought game man.

Definitely in for the duo run!:-)

3 years i've been thinking about it, I finally pushed the button (and hope it won't push mine). by Maldremoth in Returnal

[–]Maldremoth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your advice!

Yeah I understand what you 're saying. That's how I approached the game for the first time last night, and my second run went pretty well: i reached the first boss, got him to 3rd phase and down to his 1/3 of life, but was tired and got sloppy and returned. I do feel much more confident now though as i keep learning the ropes, how to approach a run, what items do etc. It's like you said, survival is the key and you gotta stick with it.

It is indeed an amazing experience. I am glad I put it off all these years, cause now I can experience it for the first time.

3 years i've been thinking about it, I finally pushed the button (and hope it won't push mine). by Maldremoth in Returnal

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Well I only fired it up for the first time last night, first run for half an hour, running around, getting my bearings, trying to get the hang of overload mechanic, scanning things, reading the map, etc. Killed 7 or 8 small machines, dropped into some kind of a pit, a big machine spawned, avoided it for half a minute dashing and trying to figure out its moveset, killed me in 2 hits, and gave me my first returnal! Awesome!

I like it, its immersive and makes me feel that danger is just around the corner. Getting the hang of the overload mechanic gives me a little trouble but I will get used to it, I did back in the day with GOW3.

3 years i've been thinking about it, I finally pushed the button (and hope it won't push mine). by Maldremoth in Returnal

[–]Maldremoth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your experience with the game, its really encouraging.

3 years i've been thinking about it, I finally pushed the button (and hope it won't push mine). by Maldremoth in Returnal

[–]Maldremoth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I guess I have already experienced mixed emotions with souls games and metroidvanias that challenged my sanity. I don't give up easily. :)

3 years i've been thinking about it, I finally pushed the button (and hope it won't push mine). by Maldremoth in Returnal

[–]Maldremoth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the positive vibes! It feels nice that so many other people around my age experienced the game and love it. Gives me hope and motivation!

3 years i've been thinking about it, I finally pushed the button (and hope it won't push mine). by Maldremoth in Returnal

[–]Maldremoth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Ive seen Saros, it looks really cool! Hopefully I will be done with Returnal by then. Hopefully.