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[Miggs]

You die

[Miggs]

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the new game from From Software, creators of the Dark Souls series and Bloodborne (which is what they're now real known for, but they've made a slew of other stuff). I might just be an idiot, but much like other Souls-like games, the story is not directly given. From what I can understand, you are a shinobi called Wolf where you must I guess rescue your Lord/Master? The start of the game, you're about to rescue him when you basically end up getting your arm sliced off.

Turns out you can't die or something. You're dragged away and your arm is replaced with a prosthetic that can be equipped with multiple tools that you can use at your disposal. Main gameplay consists of exploring the areas and fighting enemies. Fighting consist of either widdling their health down till you kill them, or breaking their posture so that you can sneak in a killing counter attack. Although like enemies, you have your own posture that can be broken, so you have to watch out for that.
You'll mostly be deflecting enemy attacks to widdle their posture down, which requires good timing. Areas are real open and vertical, so you can explore freely with your arm that has a grapple hook on it. Sneak around some places to get some easy one hit kills, good stuff.

Also it's hard as fuck (hence my reply of "You die"). I believe they've said while developing the game that they planned on making the game harder than Bloodborne and the Souls Series in general. With the new mechanics implemented, yeah, I'd say they did a pretty damn good job.

[Anyponedrawn]

It seems to the the "hot" thing at the moment everyone is playing. 

[Miggs]

It's been hyped ever since its reveal. Not only that but it's a From Soft game.

[RainySunshine]

I've looked into the game some, thanks for the info.

[Darrin]

In the wake of the Notre Dame fire, Ubisoft if giving away their game, "Assassins Creed Unity" for free till April 25th.  They are donating $500,000 to the rebuilding of the classical church.

https://register.ubisoft.com/acu-notredame-giveaway/en-US

The game is stored on your UPlay account.

[Wolfwood]

Transport Fever 2 announcement trailer.

[Grapefoot]

Thanks for the updates.

[MasterXtreme]

At E3 today...

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate combines the Xbox Game Pass for console and PC as well as Xbox Live Gold for only $14.99 a month, which is far cheaper than buying then all separately.  Unlimited online gaming for relatively cheap.

Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition (People were thinking they were actually going to make a new game... )

Comes out in 2019.

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Comes out in 2020.

[FoxTail]

I'm looking forward to Planet Zoo.

[Wolfwood]

So I'm confused... is there actually an ew Age of Empires game coming or was it just an HD update?

[blah!?]

Maybe this belongs more in the Playstation thread for now, but I really hope Trails of Cold Steel 3 gets a PC port before too long. I swear I'm going to lose my mind waiting for it. I may even get a PS5 just so I can play it if there's no PC port in sight by the time the new consoles come around.

[Lance]

Anyone a WoW player?  I really enjoyed Legion but BFA turned me off and I haven't played in a long time.  The recent Shadowlands trailer makes me curious though.  I hope they turn the game in the right direction.

[MasterXtreme]

Not from me.  No. 

[Wolfwood]

Half Life: Alyx

March 2020 release date.

Info below.

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