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What have you all been playing?

I've been playing switch 2 as I was able to secure one at launch. Mario kart is pretty phenomenal. That being said I do think $80 is too steep for it.

Also finally finished Zelda echoes of wisdom. Great game! The switch 2 overall feels really nice. Very premium, screen is gorgeous. Pretty happy with it

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 3 days ago

Finished playing F.E.A.R. for the first time and am now about halfway through the first expansion Extraction Point. Man, it really holds up incredibly for a 20-year-old game.

The particle effects look fantastic for their age, the lightly destructible environments add a beautiful layer of carnage and the gunplay is surprisingly great for such an old game. Every single gun feels satisfying to use (bar the bizarrely awful assault rifle), with the highlight of course being nailing people to the wall with the famous 10mm HV Penetrator.

The AI is also just as good as people say and it continues to surprise me with shockingly good dynamic behaviour for again a game of this age. Especially the way they interact with the environment in unscripted ways impress me: closing doors behind them as they retreat to wait in ambush or smashing windows and vaulting over to charge you for example.

The horror and story is actually the weak point, at least of the main game. It's all pretty predictable, the horror is fairly mediocre and not even the jump scares really land. I will say it has been better in the expansion so far, though, even if it's still only sort of okay.

But that doesn't really matter. The atmosphere does enough to sell its pseudo horror identity, but the fantastic gunplay across these well designed claustrophobic levels is worth experiencing. It's a classic for a reason and I completely get why. And with it frequently being for sale for like a dollar on GOG it's a must play, I think.

Just make sure to install the EchoPatch!