June/July 2024 Update - Fortnite Judg(e)ment

 

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I was away on holiday last month so no update. 

Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3

I'm not a fan of the changes this season to the Battle Royale mode with the introduction of vehicle combat & mod.

The game is less about shooting and more about ensuring you get a strong vehicle with the powerful mods for the end game.

However the Battle Pass does include the Brotherhood of Steel T60 Armour & Metallica collab.

Thankfully Epic introduced Fortnite Reload (a squad based mode) which is great fun and I have managed to get quite a few Victory Royales.

Judg(e)ment

Where is the letter e?

I much more slower game than the Yakuza series but it still has the same combat and locations, you play as Yagami an ex-lawyer turned detective who also happens to be good at fighting.

I had a look but could not get Banishers or Rise of Ronin cheap so decided on looking at my backlog.

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Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2   

I missed the end of the season due to being on holiday so could not experience the season finale but I did enjoy the Avatar bending skills especially Air & Water.

Dave the Diver

After FF7 Remake I wanted to play something shorter, little did I know Dave the Diver would be a time sink always throwing something new at you as the game progressed.

Some of the boss battles were a bit tough but once you figured out the attack patterns I could beat them on the 2nd or 3rd attempt.

Playing Next 

I will be on the look our to purchase Banishers Ghosts of New Eden, Sand Land & Rise of Ronin. Otherwise looking forward to The Plucky Squire & Star Wars Outlaw.

Enjoy your gaming & remember you are never too old to play video games.

May 2024 Update - Sushi Diving

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Dave The Diver (PS5)

This was on my Playing Future list last month & perfect timing that it was added to PS+ this month. 

What starts off as a simple collect fish make sushi game very rapidly develops to introduce lots of story content and additional systems to manage. The enjoyable three stage day cycle loops perfectly to allow you to enjoy fishing in the morning & afternoon or tackle one of the many side quests before getting ready to manage the sushi restaurant in the evening ensuring you focus on keeping your customers happy while maximizing profits so you can upgrade either the restaurant, your gear or shop for items.

Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 (PS5)

Firstly to start off with some disappointing news, in that Epic has gotten rid of the XP gains with the ranked mode for Rocket Racing. You can now only gain a small amount of XP with the daily quests. Unfortunately this has stopped me playing and I'm just enjoying Zero Build. The advantage with the first season was I could enjoy Rocket Racing but also level up the battle pass in the process.

An Avatar mini pass was added to add an Aang skin & Appa Glider, this was very easy to complete even if some of the quests were reliant on you getting lucky to arrive at a temple early enough to collect the bending scroll.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS5)

There is far too much side content in the game and I took the decision in Chapter 8 to ignore it all and only enjoy the main quest. There are section of the main quest that force you to use certain characters and their abilities, some of these can be frustrating & I was glad when I got back to playing as Cloud. It culminates in a "epic finale" and now the long wait begins for the last game in the trilogy. Final Fantasy 7 Reunion.

Playing Next

My aim is to focus on games released this year first before looking at my backlog. Hopefully I will get lucky and 2024 releases will keep getting added to PS+ or GamePass like Dave the Diver this month.

Looking through my last month post, other potential 2024 releases I'm interested in playing are Rise of Ronin, Open Roads, The Plucky Squire, Banishers Ghosts of New Eden, Death Stranding 2, Metal Gear Solid Delta, Star Wars Outlaws, Balatro & Sandland. I expect some of these may well get delayed to 2025.

I have many games in my backlog but looking forward to playing Spiderman2, Judgement, Lost Judgement, Outer Wilds, Shadow Tactics, Like A Dragon Ishin & Sea of Stars.

Midnight Suns has been added to PS+ & Star Wars Jedi Survivor to GamePass. I also need to at least give Starfield an attempt to see if it clicks.

That leaves Baldurs Gate 3,Cyberpunk 2077 & Shadow Gambit Cursed Crew on my shopping list.

Enjoy your gaming & remember you are never too old to play video games.