Asad from eXputer writes "Minecraft Legends showcases a novel approach to the beloved universe by fusing it with the gameplay mechanics of the RTS genre."
All playable April 2.
ill be trying Immortals of Aveum since i have been waiting for it to be very cheap since i heard its not a very good game.
It's a good game, and a couple of weeks ago, it was on sale for about $8.
I am enjoying it.
It's an okay mediocre shooter-style game with typical RPG bloat. It dragged on way longer than it should have, though. If you're not looking to play only 'the best' it will definitely be enjoyable.
I agree, not the best, not the worst.
I did really enjoy the acting, and the spell effects, and the nice graphics. It was also kinda cool so have some much effects popping while still controlling like a standard FPS.
Minecraft Legends? Now a first party Xbox game that is free to Game Pass subscribers will be free to PS Plus subscribers.
It makes me wonder if Microsoft could do this again in the future with other non high profile games.
It falls in that "I don't regret playing it, it was fine" category. It got the basics right at least. Just nothing all that memorable.
Wanted to play the Immortals of Aveum but I didn’t want to pay much for it so I’ve waited .
I’ll check it out on plus if I actually like it I’ll buy a physical copy sometime. Never heard of Skul I’ll try that as well. Minecraft Legends is crappy my kids played it for a little bit but gave up on it fairly quick. MS can’t even please little kids that’s how bad they are with most games.
Stop lying. You won't buy a copy of Immortals. They have had a long demo out for this game for a very long time, since launch or close after I believe, and the game has gone on sale many, many times, not to mention all the videos and walkthroughs you could have used to gauge if it was your cup of tea.
It comes with a service that you are already paying for, and it's a good game, not stellar, but just good, and you wanna claim you gonna go buy it physically? I call BS; you are attempting to cover your GamePass-hating propaganda, but at the same time, feel self-conscious about loving the same shit on PS+..so your front, "I'm gonna go buy this physical," lol.
I just bought it a few weeks ago for $8...I was waiting for a good sale or for it to come to one of the 2 sub-services I pay for to play it.
@Isarai,
No, wtf are you talking about?
"First-person "magic shooter" Immortals of Aveum is free to try courtesy of an all-new demo.
The free trial is available now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, and gives you a chance to sample the opening three chapters for yourself."
https://www.eurogamer.net/t...
@ Crows,
What are you talking about? Passing judgment? Not really, calling out hypocrisy.
I just told you what I know, and I know that comment he made was full of ish. I'm not quite sure what you are claiming I don't know...but ok, be vague, and make an asinine comment about passing judgment.
Yeah, lol - who in the bloody hell would buy a physical copy of a so-so game they were so hugely on the fence with when it comes out completely free to play. I suppose if they do REALLY fall in love with it then sure, one could buy a physical copy but yeah, I just also find that unlikely when you get the full game to play for free unless they are the type of person to start and stop services like this often and for extended periods.
@theaoftware730
Oh please, like how many people were going to spot the article from months ago that informs you to make an EA Access account, download the app, generate a voucher code, THEN redeem it on PSN. Get real dude
Huh? what?
It wasn't one article; it was advertised in many places, including storefronts. I just pulled this one to give a source; are you okay?
Wow, man, I'm not even going to respond to the rest of that junk you typed because it makes no sense. Just say you were wrong and move on; you are making yourself look silly. It went from no demo, to some mumbo jumbo speak that you attempted. It's okay; we all are wrong sometimes, move on.
Great month! Buzzing to try immortals, would never of paid money for it but have always watched from sidelines knowing there’s a chance I may really like it!
Yeah, I felt a similar way, after I played the free trial/demo I thought it had some fun mechanics.
It had a fair amount of sales on it, and once I saw $8 I jumped on it. So far it's been fun, a cool amount of customization, ok story, really good acting and graphics.
It will take a bit of time to get use to the light show when in combat, but once you do, it's nice to look at. The controls play like a standard FPS, but the spells, and effects give it a different feel.
Had a feeling Immortals of Aveum was going to come to Plus when I bought the Digital Deluxe Edition for $20 a couple weeks ago. Need to start listening to my gut more.
I actually wanted to give Immortals of Aveum a shot, but for really cheap or preferably free. I think the game launched at $70, yikes lol
“Here we are at our AAA Game of the Year Awards and there are loads of games to celebrate so let's dive in and get to the winners.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
Dylan from Twinfinite: "Like godrays emanating from the heavens, we’ve often placed a video game we really, really want atop a pedestal and waited patiently for it to release… only to be kicked in the crown jewels like the foolish suckers we truly are. Yes, there’s nothing worse than having your hopes dashed by promise and potential. I mean, we’ve all been there, right?"
I'm not sure CTR or Layers of Fear were so much disappointing as expected level of quality based on what we saw from trailers and demos over the last two years and that those all made the games look just as bad as they were at release.
In the case of Rumble, I think that tracks if focusing on where the IP has come since its mini-renaissance. Just look at how it's done since re-appearing on Sony's e3:
-Remastered Crash N' Sane Trilogy
-Remastered Crash Team Racing
-Finally gets a full-fledged sequel in Crash 4
To have that kind of quality run with Toys for Bob at the helm, it's somewhat disappointing to see that dip. This coming from someone who still enjoys Rumble to some extent. It *threatens* being a genuinely good game too, but I'm not confident on a final verdict yet.
***This coming from someone who still enjoys Rumble to some extent.***
How do you expect anyone to take you seriously with statements like this? ;)
-"How do you expect anyone to take you seriously with statements like this? ;)"
:'(
For real though, it has some legitimately fun ideas baked in. The way it incorporates mayhem fits the Crash formula way more than it initially lets on.
Atomic Heart was unique for me in that it had the best art direction of the year yet at the same time had some of the worst writing and gameplay I've ever seen. In the end I couldn't drag myself through to finish it,. The awful jumping puzzles, open world with endlessly respawning enemies and clunky combat were too much of an obstacle for me. Shame cos i really wanted to see more of the game world.
I was also drawn in by the art style of the game butbthe combat was so "meh" that I couldn't bring myself to continue on. Thanks to Game Pass I dodged another bullet.
I've just finished the spectacular Metro series after being bored sh*tless by Hogwarts and now I'm on Atomic Heart... this game has been a struggle to finish, boring gunplay and enemies, another big empty world, to many jumping sections on a game that doesn't do jumping well, boring weapons and dulled down Bioshock powers, etc... runs well though, I get a smooth locked 60 at 4K with everything set to max.
All 3 Metro games are just amazing. One of my all time favourite series. Fantastic atmosphere.
I agree if Atomic Heart was linear game like the beginning all the way it would have been great, but the open world was terrible, and i remember the last jump puzzle, it had abit f glitch where you had to jump just right or you fell...and it was a pain, after a few times i thought im just not enjoying this and turned it off.
Yes! The linear approach just serves that game so much better. And the art style was pretty fascinating, I think.
Lot of Disappointing games has been released over the past 20 years but I will Not mention any of them . some cry baby might start whining about it.
I will say I'm getting Tired of Open World games now.
Why do you care if someone might get upset, and mention that they don’t agree with the lots of disappointing games that you’ve played in the past 20 years? It’s your opinion. Share it. Not everyone will agree with you, and that’s okay.
I personally found Hogwarts Legacy to be a BIG disappointment this year. Why? Well, apart from the studio absolutely nailing the “Look” of Hogwarts (inside the castle, along with other outdoor areas such as Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest and a few other locations) the actual WORLD design, in it being open world did not do the gameplay and main story any favors.
HL, I believe would’ve benefited greatly from a more linear game, set within the confines of the castle, classrooms, common rooms, with your fellow classmates, experiences a unique story told with those walls, that at the right story beats would take you outside the castle, to specific locations beyond the Hogwarts grounds. And with this type of focus & balance, a stronger narrative for not just the main story, but even side story’s could be offered to the player, their character and the players classmates of their choosing (if that’s an option within the story structure at the time) and with this, the player would not have to grind/be locked out from their next quest/story point. Now here comes that grind😭😂
Hogwarts Legacy was clearly an ambitious game, that in ways, the studio did a marvelous job at capturing the heart and soul of the books and films, honoring the lore and making fans feel like they’re in Hogwarts like we’ve only dreamed of, and to that, I give them much thanks!!👏🏼 However, the story (specifically main story) was rather uninteresting and boring at most moments. How they did weave certain things in there, I appreciate. But overall, a bland and lifeless main story. The strongest part of the game for me, storyline wise was building that friendship with Sebastian Sallows and Ominis Gaunt, seeing how your friendship with them grew, changed and the choices you made, by what Sebastian and Ominis would ask of you tested you, but also showed a different side of each of them you might not have expected. Two well written characters with meaningful backgrounds, that helped you better understand them, who they currently are, why they think, believe, behave this way, and are their motives for fighting this so strongly really the best thing to do.
I would have been happier with more mandatory classes. The game ended up feeling like I'm the one kid that go do whatever whenever while the other classmates were, ya know, in class. Especially weird since you play as a kid that is four full years behind the others and are constantly told you will need to study harder catch up. So of course you spend your time docking off and still somehow chosen oneing you way through everything effortlessly.
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Exactly. Thank you for bringing that up, because those are important points. More mandatory classes would’ve been appreciated, not just for learning spells, but just for more character development within the story, which could’ve benefited not just our character and the characters in our respected house, but also from students/friends from the other houses that you only meet a select few times.
Yeah, a definite disconnect within what the story tried to portray in terms of you being behind and yet being at Hogwarts, a school where you know the students are actually in class. I hated going off exploring the world for this and that and wanted to be in class. Had the team just gone linear, and maybe been ambitious within that aspect of story & game design they could’ve really knocked it outta the park and been much more consistent.
I understand that expectations are a very personal thing. But, I do feel that in order to feel disappointed by the releases of Minecraft Legends, Crash Team Rumble, Layers of Fear and Atomic Hearts you need to have very unfounded expectations for them. Because they delivered more or less what was promised and expected.
Now, titles like The Last of Us PC and Redfall I can understand. Nobody expected Sony to release such a broken mess of a port, especially of one of their most important franchises. And Redfall had some marks of disappointment in the promotion material, but again no one expected that the game would just be the huge mess that it ended up being.
Well said. And especially a port from Sony of one of their most beloved games of all time! And from a franchise that they know is highly respected with 2 successful games. I mean, The Last of Us, which released back in 2013, how that game shocked and impacted the gaming industry was special. And for the PC port of The PS5 version to be released in the state that it did, absolutely unacceptable. A slap in the face to gamers.
And as you said, expectations being a very personal thing, I couldn’t agree more. I don’t overhype games nowadays like I used to. I keep my expectations in check, while being understandably excited (depending on the studio) and just hope/have faith they’ll deliver a great game. And it’s rare (although it happens) that Sony’s studios deliver a dud.
Shame about atomic heart. I still havent played it but it seemed to have everything it needed to succeed. Looked good, story seemed interesting.
Damn. I'll still give it a shot but that's disappointing. I was actually curious about it. It was pretty hyped then it just disappeared so it's about what I assumed.
I got pretty far into the second area of Redfall and I felt also like I was one of the very few who lasted that long (especially solo). I really wish that game was so much better than it turned out. Such a waste of potential.
You see what I mean about Burial Point? It's annoying how you spot the seedling of a cool concept (warring factional interests) but see no semblance of continuity in its execution.
Yes, this is a very late response.
