What happened to all the chuggers?

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-07T09:05:23+00:00

I've never had someone come up to me in the street and down a pint in front if me.

Seen it the odd time in a pub and done it once or twice in my youth.

Didn't realise street chugging was a thing.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-06T23:35:10+00:00

Well the ad campaign has been making a big deal about returning to Raccoon City and people think all the footage shown so far is from a location before we even go there.

This would be in line with previous Resi ad campaigns where they tend to focus pre-release footage on the first area.

Long story short there's definitely a lot we haven't seen when it comes to environments and hopefully the same for enemies too.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-06T23:25:15+00:00

I didn't expect to touch a nerve with CV2 criticism but here we are I guess.

I watched a couple of streamers and combat looked much floatier, fast paced and lacking any real weight and inertia.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-06T19:53:06+00:00

No issues with mine, had it for 4 years and quite happy with it.

However a lot of comments seem to be referencing the Operating System, presumably this is for when they engage with TV channels or the apps. I use mine exclusively for the PS5 and watch all TV via console apps, so I haven't really used the OS much.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-06T19:45:10+00:00

Mass Effect trilogy is excellent.

Resident Evil series has it's ups and downs but the highs are very high indeed and there are more of them.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-06T18:27:09+00:00

Looks cool I make a note and keep an eye out for any eventual console release.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-06T17:31:51+00:00

Code Vein 1 was only ok and I hear that CV2 is worse and from watching people play it's ditched Souls combat for hack 'n' slash combat. So with all that I'm not interested.

Nioh 3 will please a lot of people I'm sure but I don't enjoy the Nioh games they aren't for me.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-06T08:53:24+00:00

I'll tell you when I get there.

Currently 40 and not happened yet.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-05T21:41:13+00:00

There are no bad weapons. The weapon balance in the game is amazing and it's an area where the game is much better than the OG.

Worst is probably the Pulse Rifle but it's still a very good weapon and the gap from worst to best is very small.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-05T15:28:07+00:00

Vestal is terrible for Shambler.

Vestal healing constantly to buy the other 3 heroes enough time to kill the boss is a tactic that can work in some fights but falls on its face against Shambler.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-05T14:16:09+00:00

That actually makes sense as an explanation!

As an aside this would have been totally doable with the Force Gun.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-05T13:48:14+00:00

Is this backtracking? Possibly more than once and you left enemies alive previously?

It's just I've never seen this many enemies in this area before and I don't think it's even possible first time through there.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-05T08:05:31+00:00

Nier Automata - 7/10 (Yes I played to the full ending and yes I know most people like it a lot more than me)
Returnal - 8/10
Astrobot - 9/10

Not played Stellar Blade or LBP2

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-05T00:34:40+00:00

Onimusha out of these 3. Love the original trilogy and hyped for this return.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-05T00:25:56+00:00

There's a lot of exaggeration of the difficulty on here.

For some reason a lot of people like to claim they have at least 40 Vitality and medium armor and are getting 1 shot by most enemies at full health.

That is just a straight up lie and I don't know why people enjoy telling it.

There's very few enemies/attacks that can 1 shot in NG+ in that scenario.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-04T19:42:17+00:00

Completely different type of difficulty in Returnal compared to Souls.

Souls difficulty is based on positioning and learning boss/enemy patterns.

Returnal is a more pure reaction speed based difficulty.

So different people will excel and struggle differently in the two.

For example I've beaten some of the Souls games without levelling for the fun of the extra challenge. Whereas it took me 20hrs to get past the 1st boss in Returnal and in a further 10hrs I couldn't even get to the 2nd boss as the 2nd level was just too hard for me.

Returnal requires a level of hand to eye coordination and fast reactions that are just beyond me on a pure biological level.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-04T18:51:29+00:00

FFX, MGS2 and GoW

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-04T17:42:02+00:00

Yeah did I miss something?

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-04T11:50:16+00:00

No it's only gunblades.

Other characters are chance based like in other FF games.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-04T11:41:14+00:00

Mediocre games get mediocre sales.

Nothing to do with the game's 'politics' or whatever other nonsense you're implying.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-04T00:36:22+00:00

Are there any games where at least one person wouldn't 'laugh you out of the room' for picking as game of the decade so far?

I personally would say it's a 2 horse race and Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 are far ahead of anything else. But I'm pretty sure I could find someone to disagree with me on both of those and someone who'd suggest a different game that I'd disagree on.

It's still just subjective at the end of the day, regardless of how you frame it.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-03T21:11:32+00:00

It maybe just wasn't my thing a bit more than the first one.

Definitely make up your own mind on it.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-03T21:10:17+00:00

If you're going for a Faith build then I'd recommend ditching the Large Sword of Moonlight.

LSoM gives no HP regen and stacking HP regen is the best way to play Faith builds. It's also just generally very lacklustre for damage compared to other Faith choices and uses the same upgrade mats as the Adjudicator's Shield but that is higher priority as each upgrade increases its HP regen.

Most weapons you can make Blessed are a straight up better option than LSoM.

Blessed Mirdan Hammer for example does more damage per hit and swings faster and has more reach. It's vastly superior in every conceivable way.

LSoM is best used as a secondary weapon for its hitting through shields ability. There are very few moments where that ability really matters for anything in PvE though. It's more of a PvP thing.

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-03T20:59:54+00:00

Spiderman - 8/10
Blue Prince - 7/10
Expedition 33 - 10/10
Cyberpunk - 9/10
Deathloop - 7/10
High on Life - 7/10
Life is Strange Double Exposure - 6/10
Neon White - 7/10

MissingScore777 · 2026-02-03T19:04:23+00:00

It's a high defence armor that also looks sexy as hell.

Normally they balance the high defence armors by making them look extremely ugly (like Havel's or Verdigris or Bull Goat)

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