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#51901 HakurenKyo06   Duane Follower. CAGiversary!   2119 Posts   Joined 13.2 Years Ago  

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Posted 29 May 2023 - 04:42 PM

Missed the start of it yesterday, but MS Solitaire Collection is having a 2 day, 10k point event for the Dragonslayer achievement.

HUH?



#51902 Bloomy   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   7632 Posts   Joined 17.2 Years Ago  

Posted 29 May 2023 - 05:36 PM

HUH?

Microsoft Solitaire Collection has daily events, and there's an achievement for scoring 10k points during an event (though it's bugged in a good way and will pop during a 9k event).  These 10k point events only happen a couple times a year, and the current event is one of them.  It's running for 2 days instead of 1, started yesterday and going into tomorrow.  When they occur, I try to post in the thread to give people a heads up, but I missed the start of it yesterday.



#51903 HakurenKyo06   Duane Follower. CAGiversary!   2119 Posts   Joined 13.2 Years Ago  

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Posted 29 May 2023 - 05:41 PM

Microsoft Solitaire Collection has daily events, and there's an achievement for scoring 10k points during an event (though it's bugged in a good way and will pop during a 9k event).  These 10k point events only happen a couple times a year, and the current event is one of them.  It's running for 2 days instead of 1, started yesterday and going into tomorrow.  When they occur, I try to post in the thread to give people a heads up, but I missed the start of it yesterday.

Thanks for the explanation.



#51904 Antarael Dulacre   Royal Dhampire CAGiversary!   3175 Posts   Joined 11.6 Years Ago  

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Posted 29 May 2023 - 07:46 PM

Have returned after quite some while to Gears 5... am I blind or did they remove ingame stats, like overall kills in horde versus etc.? i'm sure all these stats had ingame trackers as well...



#51905 Bloomy   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   7632 Posts   Joined 17.2 Years Ago  

Posted 29 May 2023 - 07:50 PM

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#51906 Bloomy   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   7632 Posts   Joined 17.2 Years Ago  

Posted 29 May 2023 - 09:05 PM

Have returned after quite some while to Gears 5... am I blind or did they remove ingame stats, like overall kills in horde versus etc.? i'm sure all these stats had ingame trackers as well...

For the kills and damage achievements, pretty sure the only in-game numeric trackers they ever had were Versus kills and Escape kills by Hive, which a lot of people complained about.  Particularly when they broke the progress tracker for some of them, which doubled the actual progress and popped the achievement for people that were over 50% of the way there.  Then the tracker wouldn't update for people until they got past where the tracker was, which you can't tell where you're at, and it still doesn't always update properly.  I grinded out 600+ Vs assists in a private match over the weekend, which is more than 1% of 50k, and the tracker hasn't moved despite trying some tricks that sometimes, but not always, gets it to update.  My last assist progress update was back on the 12th, from 46% to 48%.

 

One weird thing, it looks like your Vs kill progress is accurate, with 39,915 kills and 39% progress.  I've been comparing my progress percentage against my stats for a while, and it's tracking to pop between 77k and 79k.  I'm at 66% with 52,372 (though I was at 51,992 when it bumped to 66%).  Someone on my friend list that started the game on their current tag last summer got it at a bit under 78k, and someone on the now retried Gears forums had it pop around 72k.  Hope you're able to shave 20k+ kills off the total as well.



#51907 Antarael Dulacre   Royal Dhampire CAGiversary!   3175 Posts   Joined 11.6 Years Ago  

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Posted 29 May 2023 - 09:25 PM

For the kills and damage achievements, pretty sure the only in-game numeric trackers they ever had were Versus kills and Escape kills by Hive, which a lot of people complained about.  Particularly when they broke the progress tracker for some of them, which doubled the actual progress and popped the achievement for people that were over 50% of the way there.  Then the tracker wouldn't update for people until they got past where the tracker was, which you can't tell where you're at, and it still doesn't always update properly.  I grinded out 600+ Vs assists in a private match over the weekend, which is more than 1% of 50k, and the tracker hasn't moved despite trying some tricks that sometimes, but not always, gets it to update.  My last assist progress update was back on the 12th, from 46% to 48%.

 

One weird thing, it looks like your Vs kill progress is accurate, with 39,915 kills and 39% progress.  I've been comparing my progress percentage against my stats for a while, and it's tracking to pop between 77k and 79k.  I'm at 66% with 52,372 (though I was at 51,992 when it bumped to 66%).  Someone on my friend list that started the game on their current tag last summer got it at a bit under 78k, and someone on the now retried Gears forums had it pop around 72k.  Hope you're able to shave 20k+ kills off the total as well.

Huh must have been a while then I was sure there was one for horde kills as well hum...

Anyway barely after I was posting this, I tried the new solution for the 400 Million damage in horde been on 60% for that, however the two runs that I did didn't move the needle at all even with synching on my Xbox One S to make it update. So I jumped back to my Series X did one more run, and tried switching profiles like it actually suggested in the solution to make it update. My second GT got the 2 achievements for the removed map building thing, I switched back to my main loaded in to the main menu and guess what? Not only did it unlock the 400 Million damage achievement but also the 50k assists (was on 51% on that) and the 100k Kills in Horde (was on 89% on that one)

My assumption here is that it somehow took whatever your stats were intitally and doubled it...hence why those 3 popped and my 100k kills in VS now stand at 79% (instead of 39%) something like that happened to a friend more than a year ago and he had to catch up to the actual number in his tracking to make the percentage for the achievement going up again..so even with this big jump, I'm assuming i Still have to get the almost 80k or at least enough to move the needle to 80k kills. I wrote down a step by step guide of what I did.. I doubt it can be recreated but if that is an option...maybe 50k kills will be enough to "double" it again)



#51908 Bloomy   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   7632 Posts   Joined 17.2 Years Ago  

Posted 29 May 2023 - 10:02 PM

Huh must have been a while then I was sure there was one for horde kills as well hum...
 

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Yeah, after I posted, I refreshed on TA and saw you popped those 3 and your Vs kills percentage moved a lot.  Curious.  That progress doubling thing was quite a while ago, back in 2020 or 2021.  There was a fix in spring of last year which was just targeted at Seriously 5.0, Chapter 2, which would runs checks against your stats when the game started to get it to pop because the tracker for that was broken, too.  Maybe they quietly applied it to some other achievements, despite what they said was only for Seriously.  Or you encountered a different bug, to your benefit.

 

While I believe the original intention for Seriously 5.0, Chapter 2 was to require mastering all Horde maps in both 1-50 and Frenzy, it ended up that doing all maps in one or the other was enough.  However, the tracker would bump if you completed a map in one type that you had already done in the other.  I noticed it when my tracker went up after running a 1-50 on Gridlock, after I had already done it in Frenzy.  I still had some classes to max, plus I held back on District so mastering that would pop both Seriously achievements together.  So I suspect the game has code that would increment the tracker improperly, yet prevented it from popping that achievement early.  Which meant people were stuck at 99% and not getting it to pop.  Couple other things didn't help matters.  IIRC, Jingle Juvies Master runs also moved the progress tracker, which I think counted as a 1-50 completion, though no other Horde variations did.  And people could just complete wave 50 and have the tracker update, so they'd get Seriously progress but didn't have the checkmark in their stats for a Master completion.  So people had no idea what they were missing to move past 99%.

 

When the patch was released, it finally popped for a lot of people when they started the game.  When I completed a Master run on District after finishing my classes, I didn't get a pop, but after quitting and restarting the game, I got both.

 

In many respects, the handling of Gears 5 has been an utter mess.  Though I guess the same could be said for a lot of games these days.



#51909 Kromis   Für das Vaterland! CAGiversary!   1617 Posts   Joined 17.6 Years Ago  

Posted 29 May 2023 - 10:41 PM

Yeah, after I posted, I refreshed on TA and saw you popped those 3 and your Vs kills percentage moved a lot.  Curious.  That progress doubling thing was quite a while ago, back in 2020 or 2021.  There was a fix in spring of last year which was just targeted at Seriously 5.0, Chapter 2, which would runs checks against your stats when the game started to get it to pop because the tracker for that was broken, too.  Maybe they quietly applied it to some other achievements, despite what they said was only for Seriously.  Or you encountered a different bug, to your benefit.

 

While I believe the original intention for Seriously 5.0, Chapter 2 was to require mastering all Horde maps in both 1-50 and Frenzy, it ended up that doing all maps in one or the other was enough.  However, the tracker would bump if you completed a map in one type that you had already done in the other.  I noticed it when my tracker went up after running a 1-50 on Gridlock, after I had already done it in Frenzy.  I still had some classes to max, plus I held back on District so mastering that would pop both Seriously achievements together.  So I suspect the game has code that would increment the tracker improperly, yet prevented it from popping that achievement early.  Which meant people were stuck at 99% and not getting it to pop.  Couple other things didn't help matters.  IIRC, Jingle Juvies Master runs also moved the progress tracker, which I think counted as a 1-50 completion, though no other Horde variations did.  And people could just complete wave 50 and have the tracker update, so they'd get Seriously progress but didn't have the checkmark in their stats for a Master completion.  So people had no idea what they were missing to move past 99%.

 

When the patch was released, it finally popped for a lot of people when they started the game.  When I completed a Master run on District after finishing my classes, I didn't get a pop, but after quitting and restarting the game, I got both.

 

In many respects, the handling of Gears 5 has been an utter mess.  Though I guess the same could be said for a lot of games these days.

Because you talked about the Seriously achievements, I had to look at your TA stats.

 

You, sir, are a mad lad. I applaud your diligence.  :beer:



#51910 Confucius   Corporate Shill CAGiversary!   17507 Posts   Joined 15.5 Years Ago  

Posted 29 May 2023 - 11:06 PM

Has anyone here bought a Logitech g cloud handheld? I’m tempted… but mostly because I’m just bored today.

#51911 Antarael Dulacre   Royal Dhampire CAGiversary!   3175 Posts   Joined 11.6 Years Ago  

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Posted 29 May 2023 - 11:07 PM

Yeah, after I posted, I refreshed on TA and saw you popped those 3 and your Vs kills percentage moved a lot.  Curious.  That progress doubling thing was quite a while ago, back in 2020 or 2021.  There was a fix in spring of last year which was just targeted at Seriously 5.0, Chapter 2, which would runs checks against your stats when the game started to get it to pop because the tracker for that was broken, too.  Maybe they quietly applied it to some other achievements, despite what they said was only for Seriously.  Or you encountered a different bug, to your benefit.

 

*...*

Aye pretty sure it was in 2021 when it happened to a friend however we didn't do much in VS back then so the jump in the percentage bar was significantly lower, he did unlock the 100k Kills in Hore though back then even though he was only a bit over 50% at that time... sadly can't say what triggered it for him back then, since even he can barely remember what he did there lol. And I remeber that they did somehting about Seriously Chapter 2 yeah, pretty usre there was even a survey beforehand asking about progress stop. As for Seriously Chapter 2 though all I have left is 2 Hives and well most Horde maps but all the really grindy stuff like max classes. re-up and inconceivable difficutly in cmapgain are luckily done. All in All I have 3 left now. Seriously Chapter 2, the 100k Kills in VS and to win one ranked match on the clocktower map... It never ever seems to reappear in the cycle though at least the couple times we tried...still have to win though if we ever make it in lol...

As for only doing wave 50 and jingle juvies I can confirm that both these methods still work however we did most of them in frenzy with 12 waves so far...luckily we did wrote down what we did and what was missing so we shouldn't be stuck at 99% after doing those 2 hives and the rest of the horde maps..

And I have to strongly agree that Gears 5 got mishandled more times than I can count...to a point where we made the decision to play Gears 6 only on our second GT but not putting those achievements to our main accounts again... I put more than 4700 Hours in this game already granted quite a few were from leaving it at the main menu, but even my gaming buddy  which I played  most of the time with reached 4000 Hours already...

I remember a stream where one of the TC  Mods claimed those 100k VS kills could be gotten within 2 weeks lol, and yes Gears achievements were always a bit tougher and more grindy but with this one...they kinda broke the camels back...
Gears 3 was meant as a "goodbye" initially, hence why it was more grindy than the games before so gamers could still enjoy it a bit longer but Gears 4 and 5 just took the grindiness to another level where it's more pain than fun lol
 



#51912 Bloomy   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   7632 Posts   Joined 17.2 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 12:05 AM

Because you talked about the Seriously achievements, I had to look at your TA stats.

 

You, sir, are a mad lad. I applaud your diligence.  :beer:

Sometimes I wonder how many other games I could've played if I hadn't sunk so much time into Gears.

 

Aye pretty sure it was in 2021 when it happened to a friend however we didn't do much in VS back then so the jump in the percentage bar was significantly lower, he did unlock the 100k Kills in Hore though back then even though he was only a bit over 50% at that time... sadly can't say what triggered it for him back then, since even he can barely remember what he did there lol. And I remeber that they did somehting about Seriously Chapter 2 yeah, pretty usre there was even a survey beforehand asking about progress stop. As for Seriously Chapter 2 though all I have left is 2 Hives and well most Horde maps but all the really grindy stuff like max classes. re-up and inconceivable difficutly in cmapgain are luckily done. All in All I have 3 left now. Seriously Chapter 2, the 100k Kills in VS and to win one ranked match on the clocktower map... It never ever seems to reappear in the cycle though at least the couple times we tried...still have to win though if we ever make it in lol...
 

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Did you finish the grindy stuff before they made it a lot easier with XP boosts and NG+?

 

I think River was the last map I needed for that ranked achievement.  I'd go weeks without seeing it, then lose when it did show up and get voted for.

 

Which Hives do you still need?

 

Yeah, Dana Sissions, one of the community managers, has been raked over the coals many times for that comment about the 100k kills.  Don't know if that was part of the reason he left The Coalition.  Though many people left the studio since Gears 5's release.  Running joke before they shut down the forums was that whenever someone asked for something, someone else would say the janitor would look into it.

 

Was really turned off by the RNG microtransactions in Gears 4.  I did buy the Lambent pack they released, since it was a straight up purchase - no RNG BS.  But because of that bad taste left in my mouth from 4, I didn't buy 5.  Just played it through Game Pass, and now GwG.  I'll probably still play 6 on my main tag.



#51913 Bloomy   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   7632 Posts   Joined 17.2 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 12:14 AM

Ending next Tuesday morning

 

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#51914 Antarael Dulacre   Royal Dhampire CAGiversary!   3175 Posts   Joined 11.6 Years Ago  

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Posted 30 May 2023 - 12:27 AM

Did you finish the grindy stuff before they made it a lot easier with XP boosts and NG+?

 

I think River was the last map I needed for that ranked achievement.  I'd go weeks without seeing it, then lose when it did show up and get voted for.

 

Which Hives do you still need?

 

Yeah, Dana Sissions, one of the community managers, has been raked over the coals many times for that comment about the 100k kills.  Don't know if that was part of the reason he left The Coalition.  Though many people left the studio since Gears 5's release.  Running joke before they shut down the forums was that whenever someone asked for something, someone else would say the janitor would look into it.

 

Was really turned off by the RNG microtransactions in Gears 4.  I did buy the Lambent pack they released, since it was a straight up purchase - no RNG BS.  But because of that bad taste left in my mouth from 4, I didn't buy 5.  Just played it through Game Pass, and now GwG.  I'll probably still play 6 on my main tag.

Sadly most of that yes, especially re-ups and classes I even spent $10 for some Iron to boost the XP so any Iron and XP boost thta the game gave out (and still give out) for free didn't help me at all anymore lol. It was possible though to do Inconceivable in NG+ with Jack carrying over the prgorsseion as well as some mutators..

Mhh we were able to find clocktower 3 times when we were more active and 2 out of 3 times the team was even worse somehow we still lost lol. And after that it never showed even once anymore but I fear since we left for quite a while we would meet the same fate when it finally pops up again lol..

As for the Hives... the only 2 to Master that are left are Ice Queen and Melee Brawl (technically we have to do the Surge as well however that one was basically our to go Hive on Inconceivable already to grind all kind of things lol.)

Ahh thanks the name was on the tip of my tongue but for some reason only TC Octus his "partner" was on my mind lol. As for the forums it's quite a shame they are gone, on the other hand when I was way more active the communication with us the community was terribly bad most of these times...and complaints and issues took quite some time to be adressed if at being recognized in the first place...

As for Gears 4 I wasn't too appealed by the RNG either, it was basically loot boxes, at least Gears 5 had the option to gor for what you wanted directly even though said Iron at the beginning was also not really something I really liked.. It was nice though that you were able to earn some stuff for gears 5 by doing Gears 4 Challenges (another thing which is basically buried). As for Gears 6 it really depends on the achievement list...if they go the route of Gears 5 or even put crazier stuff (even grindier stuff) in there no thanks... I already calculated how many JRPGS I could have played instead of Gears 5 and that's only the most basic 120 hours not going for all achievements in them lol (The answer is around 40 JRPGS btw lol)
 



#51915 JohnnyCage   CAG in Training CAGiversary!   1770 Posts   Joined 11.0 Years Ago  

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Posted 30 May 2023 - 12:47 AM

What's up with Max Payne 1 and 2 costing more than 3? Bizarre pricing. 



#51916 gamegirlpocket   hope rides alone CAGiversary!   4172 Posts   Joined 7.7 Years Ago  

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Posted 30 May 2023 - 01:26 AM

Has anyone here bought a Logitech g cloud handheld? I’m tempted… but mostly because I’m just bored today.

Nope but I seriously want one. After using the Android USB-C controller to play indies, I'm totally sold on streaming in-house. It's a niche market, but I am that customer. The G Cloud is about the size of a Switch and has an awesome battery life (about 12 hours), it also has microSD support and can emulate just about anything up through the PS1.

 

The only reason I don't have one is the price, but if I could get one for $200, I'd have bought it a month ago.



#51917 Bloomy   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   7632 Posts   Joined 17.2 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 02:19 AM

More Gears talk.

 

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#51918 josekortez   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   9360 Posts   Joined 19.8 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 03:06 AM

What's up with Max Payne 1 and 2 costing more than 3? Bizarre pricing. 

Rockstar.



#51919 Kromis   Für das Vaterland! CAGiversary!   1617 Posts   Joined 17.6 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 04:21 AM

Is anyone seeing any new Just For You deals other than Diablo and COD from last week?



#51920 cancerman1120   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   11220 Posts   Joined 13.6 Years Ago  

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Posted 30 May 2023 - 05:07 AM

I swear. I decided to buy The Division 2 with the DLC ($8.99) since it is the same price as the DLC has been forever. I own the game on disk. Then the DLC comes out tonight on sale for $4.49. Getting a refund hopefully since I have never played it. 



#51921 Kromis   Für das Vaterland! CAGiversary!   1617 Posts   Joined 17.6 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 06:36 AM

What's up with Max Payne 1 and 2 costing more than 3? Bizarre pricing. 

Rockstar.

I'm still waiting for LA Noire to go beyond 50% off. Absolutely incredible that the game has held 50% off for so long.  :oldman:

 

I swear. I decided to buy The Division 2 with the DLC ($8.99) since it is the same price as the DLC has been forever. I own the game on disk. Then the DLC comes out tonight on sale for $4.49. Getting a refund hopefully since I have never played it. 

Oh that's wack. I thought the Division 2 DLC was already on sale from last week when there was a Division 2 sale everywhere.



#51922 Kromis   Für das Vaterland! CAGiversary!   1617 Posts   Joined 17.6 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 10:04 AM

First person to quote me gets a $5 movie ticket code to Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse via Atom Tickets mobile app.

 

Must use by June 4, 11:59PM ET



#51923 captcrash83   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   36 Posts   Joined 11.6 Years Ago  

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Posted 30 May 2023 - 11:21 AM

First person to quote me gets a $5 movie ticket code to Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse via Atom Tickets mobile app.

Must use by June 4, 11:59PM ET

Me, please

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#51924 adonfraz   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   889 Posts   Joined 14.0 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 12:15 PM

Shout out to the user that pointed out Alienware had $30 in Dell Rewards up for grabs this month.

 

I'm browsing Dell.com but I don't see anything worth buying gaming wise.

 

Any recommendations?



#51925 Kromis   Für das Vaterland! CAGiversary!   1617 Posts   Joined 17.6 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 01:02 PM

Shout out to the user that pointed out Alienware had $30 in Dell Rewards up for grabs this month.

 

I'm browsing Dell.com but I don't see anything worth buying gaming wise.

 

Any recommendations?

Only thing I can think of are Xbox gift cards, really.



#51926 bardockkun   Porn, Kitsch And Firearms CAGiversary!   17704 Posts   Joined 17.7 Years Ago  

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Posted 30 May 2023 - 01:04 PM



Whoa hey what the duck? An early update?? I can live with that. Also I own Rune Factory 4 so you're welcome.

#51927 Bryson   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   909 Posts   Joined 11.8 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 01:07 PM

Leaving Game Pass June 15
  • Bridge Constructor Portal (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Chorus (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Maneater (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Mortal Shell (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Serious Sam 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms (PC)

 

 



#51928 Kromis   Für das Vaterland! CAGiversary!   1617 Posts   Joined 17.6 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 01:14 PM

Leaving Game Pass June 15

  • Bridge Constructor Portal (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Chorus (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Maneater (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Mortal Shell (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Serious Sam 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms (PC)

 

Bloomy, my dude, please crawl the Microsoft Store on PC. I totally forgot about Total War!  :pray:

 

No Citizen Sleeper leaving so that's good for me. I was going to rush it but now I can take my time with it. I generally don't play such text heavy games so that's nice.



#51929 cancerman1120   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   11220 Posts   Joined 13.6 Years Ago  

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Posted 30 May 2023 - 01:16 PM

Leaving Game Pass June 15

  • Bridge Constructor Portal (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Chorus (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Maneater (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Mortal Shell (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Serious Sam 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms (PC)

 

Mortal Shell again? Looks like I am buying it if I want to finish.  Was interested in Serious Sam 4 but not enough to play it in time I guess. 

 

I heard good things about Chorus but again never played. Worth trying to squeeze it in 17 days? 

 

Edit: Looks like Mortal Shell was on less than 6 months?



#51930 Kromis   Für das Vaterland! CAGiversary!   1617 Posts   Joined 17.6 Years Ago  

Posted 30 May 2023 - 01:23 PM

Mortal Shell again? Looks like I am buying it if I want to finish.  Was interested in Serious Sam 4 but not enough to play it in time I guess. 

 

I heard good things about Chorus but again never played. Worth trying to squeeze it in 17 days? 

 

Edit: Looks like Mortal Shell was on less than 6 months?

I finished Chorus earlier this month so it is relatively fresh in my mind. I think it's only OK. If you like aerial combat games then it might be up your alley. You need to give it some time though, maybe an hour before things start picking up and you get more skills to realize the full potential of the combat; the first big upgrade you get is for "drifting" that opens up the combat more. If by that time you still don't like the combat, just drop it.