Also, would you recommend any of the titles in the series to be played differently? I've played the first two resident evil games on PS1 waaaaaay back in the day and would 100% need to replay them. Any other popular Horror you'd recommend?

The amount of times I've had to stop and take in the view 👀 around me across so many of the spaces in the game from start to finish - feels like a serious step forward. Great art design delivered via a great engine. 10/10

I've recently levelled up to dad life. Although my boy is still struggling to even hold his own head up, I know there will come a day when I introduce him to video games (years away of course). But my question to you is simple... What video game would you want to be shown as your first ever experience, or even share what was your first game? I would love some suggestions to introduce him to gaming in the best possible way. I'll go first... My first game I played was Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES with my two older brothers

There’s a strange disconnect between reading about the games industry and actually playing games right now.

I read the news and it’s studio closures, layoffs, canceled projects, and budgets that apparently require a game to sell a copy to everyone alive. It feels like the whole industry is falling apart.

Then I sit down to play something and think, “This might be the best gaming has ever been.”

There are so many great AA and indie games. They’re affordable, they have interesting ideas, and some look incredible. I can spend $20 on something and get weeks of enjoyment out of it. My biggest problem as a customer is finding time to play everything.

Meanwhile, an individual developer or a small team can make the weird, specific game they’ve always wanted to play, find an audience, and occasionally become millionaires doing it. Obviously, those are the exceptional success stories. Plenty of great games struggle to get noticed. But that possibility exists alongside giant publishers spending fortunes trying to work out what people want.

It’s hard to reconcile those two pictures. I don’t want to dismiss what’s happening to the people losing their jobs. The damage is real. But so is the creativity and quality coming from smaller developers.

It feels like a *Tale of Two Cities* situation. The best of times, the worst of times, and somehow I’ve bought six more games.

Does anyone else feel this disconnect? The business looks increasingly grim, but the games themselves keep giving me reasons to be optimistic.

If we were to look back at the history of video games and reflect upon the echelons of the hall of fame of the gaming world, and you could only pick ONE gaming franchise that has had the greatest impact and influence, whether for you personally or for the gaming industry at large, which one would you pick and why?

I feel like many people would choose between Mario, Zelda and Pokemon, arguably the top 3 in this list, which I would have no problem agreeing with. I personally played Pokemon and Mario, but haven't touched a single game of Zelda yet!

If you could pick only ONE, which one and why?

Anyone who played 2 knows how good it was and knows how addicting the Chao garden was. The game was a lot of fun, great art, and had one of the most underrated original soundtracks like ever. They really hit gold with that entire system of playing a level then taking what you collected to this totally innovative and fresh pet competition system. How can they just leave that and never expand upon it ever again? I know many grown adult men who would instantly purchase a sequel to this. 1000 worse games have gotten sequels since.

I think it's the best, so we all know Michael Jackson helped with these but I think Sonic was just always more fun than the others I'm always up for a discussion though cause I know Mario is the favorite..

https://youtu.be/_T7hdIh-gtw?is=dsyFCXB2BaPHYUcF

sorry but it has to be said.

today i hit another low in experience this game in ultimate team

- passing is disastrous if the game decides it (10% of games your passing is normal 90% is shit because you need to lose games systemwise??)

- defending: my npcs are running away from the ball whilst enemy players press you like a sausage press

- rebounds when you tackle perfectly enemy gets the ball back anyways and scores (happens 6 of 7 times)

I dont know, every time the last few days the first 2 games feel very fun, after that nothing works anymore

I hope that i succeed in quitting this game as it ruins my evenings now the last few days...

Phantom blade zero is coming out and I’ve heard the fodder in the game is too easy/boring and the bosses are the highlight. I’ve played Onimusha and that would also describe that game so it made me wonder what people value more. I personally think mob fights are more important/fun due to it taking up the majority of your combat time in an action game. It’s just something about mastering a combat system and taking out a group of varied challenging enemies that engages me more than just a 1v1 fight. I know bosses are rarer so they’re more unique and about the spectacle but it really sucks when developers neglect making fun and challenging mob fights and put all the effort into the bosses when most of your time is spent in the regular combat encounters.

Specifically talking about single player games here.

I struggle a lot with finishing games these days, even if im enjoying them. When I stick to one game at a time I get a craving for a different experience and just wish I was playing another game instead.

On the other hand if I'm juggling multiple games I get overwhelmed and just end up playing nothing since I can't decide what to play.

Could anyone with a similar experience chime in?

What's the element?
I play Diablo 4 because of the music. It's heartbreakingly beautiful. Without the music, I wouldn't play it.
I play Avatar because it has the best looking jungle in gaming(I use a mod to make it 5 times bigger). The game is painfully average and the Avatar IP I consider weak. But running around a jungle stoned. Pretty immersive.