u/bowlessy

I genuinely don’t understand this from my pov and would love someone to help shed some light on the topic.

Because for me, if a game comes out that I’ve been excited for or had my eyes on, I buy it and just play that until I’m finished with it. If I didn’t like it? I don’t play it ever again and so I wouldn’t really count that as my catalogue of games to play.

So how does your backlog happen?

Do you buy a game that you’ve been wanting to play, start playing it, get 20% through it and then go “okay what’s next, new game now”.
Or does life happen and you stop playing for a while because you have no time, and you forget that game even existed, so you buy another game.

Because to me, if life happens and you don’t have any time to play anymore, wouldn’t you just go back to the last game you played? Sure there might be other games out there that have come out since, but it’s not going to go anywhere? You can just buy it later when you finish the other game no?

EDIT: I forgot how much steam sales influence purchases. But would you say that’s a backlog or library?

Everything unlocked, all skills, all abilities, all perks etc.

What would you say is the most op/useful stance in the game?

Maybe I’m in the minority here, but none of the GTAVI “outrage” has really bothered me.

I’ve just purchased my preorder (had spare cash, saves me trying to scrounge some cash together down the track) and honestly I’m more excited than ever for the game.

I get why some people are annoyed about the Ultimate Edition content, the no disc physical version, and the price increase, but for me personally none of those things are deal breakers. A lot of the Ultimate Edition stuff seems to just be cosmetic or bonus content anyway, which deluxe/ultimate editions have been about, so that’s standard? No?

As for the physical edition, I haven’t bought a disc in years. Digital is just more convenient for how I play. No swapping discs, no worrying about damage, and my entire library is available instantly. Especially considering I have over 50 PlayStation games and over 200 steam games, I don’t want to have to be physically storing them.

I completely understand why collectors and physical media fans are disappointed, but it doesn’t affect my enjoyment of the game at all.

The fact that GTA VI is finally almost here after all these years is what I’m focused on.

End of the day, if the game delivers the quality Rockstar is known for, I’ll get hundreds (probably thousands) of hours out of it. That’s what matters most to me.
Anyone else genuinely excited and not losing sleep over all this stuff?

So I’ll try to make it as brief as possible.

Before we started talking to each other, she was seeing this other guy who she met at the gym for a few weeks, they were having sex, going on dates, going to the gym together etc.

Then I came into the picture and it was right when she decided to end things with him.

Fast forward to today (this was 5 months ago), she still sees him at the gym and every now and then, he’ll approach her, kiss her on the cheek and make small talk “how was your weekend, what’s new with you” and she says she constantly tries to avoid him and not make eye contact with him for my sake but he still comes up to her and does this, not every time, but every now and then.

She says this isn’t crossing a boundary of hers, she said he’s just being mature and doesn’t want things to be awkward between them.

I see things differently, I told her it crosses a boundary of mine, as I don’t think anyone should be kissing another person on the cheek of someone you’ve had sexual relations with, if it was just a guy friend, idc, but someone you’ve had sexual relations I find distasteful. And i’ve told her this and she said she’d tell him no next time. Why do you need to keep tabs with someone you’ve had sex with? I told her why do you need to keep things civil in respect of his feelings? What about mine?

It happened again today, a month later after we had that discussion and she said it happened so fast she didn’t have time to say anything to him about it and I said it’s crossing a boundary of mine, I want it stop, this isn’t on, you could’ve stated after it happened or at the end of the conversation that you’d like it not to happen again. But she refuses and says it’s not crossing her boundary and maybe I need to work on my insecurities as she has unfollowed guys on instagram who send her flirty stuff and the guy at the gym isn’t being flirty, he’s just not wanting things to be awkward apparently.

Thoughts and opinions welcomed.

Does anyone know if they’ve ever made a custom mode or challenge mode where you have free range in your road/turret building, and not just reliant on RNG cards.

I think it would be a fun custom mode, just make your ideal road and tower placement and see well how you go etc

I’ve played Fable 2 and 3 when I was young, didn’t fully grasp the story I’d say and just enjoyed the gameplay.

So my memory is a bit washed with the whole lore and story.

What’s the hype around Jack of Blades and why is everyone losing their minds?

For those of you that don’t know what Freelancer is, it’s a mode in Hitman where you choose missions from a world map, complete contracts to earn money and gradually upgrade and customise your safehouse. Along the way, you build up a gun wall filled with collected weapons and gear, but failure can cost you some of that equipment.

I thought it would be such a cool idea if they implanted this into Q Lab.

You pick your mission, then pick your gadgets, weapons and outfit. Once you load in, you have a variety of ways to complete the mission and some might be to eliminate a target or it could be to infiltrate a base, hack their security system and then escape.

Then when you complete the mission, you’ll earn points to upgrade different cosmetic items in Q Lab or even in your own apartment, as well as certain challenges giving you different outfits.

I’ve just passed the first real mission and I already feel like I’m playing through one of the Bond movies.

The cinematics are unbelievable. The music, dialogue, NPC interactions, even just the maps themselves, everything feels so polished and immersive that it’s hard to stop playing.

The stealth feels so good with all the gadgets and then out of nowhere you’re throwing people through tables in some of the most satisfying hand to hand combat I’ve played in ages.

There’s a ton of variety in ways to complete missions, so you’ve got good replayibility up yourself sleeve as well as the Tac Sim

This game somehow makes you feel like a professional spy and an unstoppable action hero at the same time. A mix of bond and mission impossible.

If you’re on the fence about this, GET IT!

It genuinely feels like they finally made the Bond game everyone’s wanted for years. I hope they continue this franchise for years to come!

After starting Part 1 back up again for the 20th time (grounded mode for the first time ever though), I must say, seeing your destination in the background get closer and closer as you progress through different sections is done so amazingly well. I love that little detail.

Even at the start of the game, I recognised the two skyscrapers where one was falling on the other, before you were even heading out that way, just so cool!

I genuinely did not expect to get this hooked on Returnal. The gameplay, movement fluidity, story, gunplay, atmosphere… everything just feels insanely polished. Once the combat finally clicked for me and I realised you’re meant to dodge INTO attacks instead of away from them, the whole game completely opened up.

I was stuck on the first biome for about 4-5 deaths, then suddenly beat the first and second biome back-to-back in a single run, and I’m STILL on that same run now in the third biome. The addiction and obsession this game creates is unreal. Every biome has felt so unique so far, and the weapons and the alt-fire modes make every run feel fresh and exciting.

I usually don’t even like roguelikes. The only other one I’ve really enjoyed was Hitman Freelancer because a lot of roguelikes never clicked with me aesthetically and felt too cartoony. But Returnal does the genre so well. It’s challenging without feeling unfair, and every improvement feels genuinely rewarding.

This game absolutely deserves the praise it gets. I haven’t been this hooked on a game in a long time.

Literally had no idea.

Obviously it makes sense that they should, but I never really noticed it fully, that was until I was playing as Abby and punched a fresh clicker in the face with a brick and it allowed me to do a melee finisher on it. Tried it again with a glass bottle and it didn’t allow me to do a finisher on it.

Also tried this with Ellie and it didn’t work, heads up.

Pretty cool detail I thought I’d share.

*Note that this is WITHOUT a melee weapon*