This Week in Gaming (Week 23)

[TheLostSwede]

As we enter summer, a blizzard from hell is this week's AAA title, a game some of you might already be playing, due to the limited editions coming with early access. Luckily, that's not all we have for you this week, as we also have thunderous gods, side scrollers, lots of horror and some harmony for you. Don't forget to go out in the sunshine and do something in the real world too, summer won't last forever.

Diablo IV / This week's AAA title / Tuesday 6 June
The endless battle between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells rages on as chaos threatens to consume Sanctuary. With ceaseless demons to slaughter, countless Abilities to master, nightmarish Dungeons, and Legendary loot, this vast, open world brings the promise of adventure and devastation. Survive and conquer darkness—or succumb to the shadows.




Tiny Thor / Monday 5 June
Unleash the bouncy power of Mjölnir in this retro platformer. Use the mighty hammer and many other power-ups to travel the realms of Asgard. But watch out! Some mythical creatures will do everything to stop Thor from growing up.



Beyond The Evil / Tuesday 6 June
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.



Nocturnal / Wednesday 7 June
After years of travelling, Ardeshir finds his native island covered in a mysterious fog. Carve your way with fire and steel to find out what happened to your people in this action-platformer game. You're the only one who can discover the secrets that lie beyond the Mist.



Harmony: The Fall of Reverie / Thursday 8 June
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.



Greyhill Incident / Friday 9 June
This story-driven Survival-Horror game is about a classic Alien-Invasion which takes place during the early 90s. As Ryan Baker, equipped with a baseball bat and a few bullets in his revolver, the story takes you across the atmospheric neighborhood of Greyhill which is invaded by UFOs & Grey Aliens.

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[Hyderz]

Stay a while and listen~~
Not even death can save you from me!
probably 2 of my fav quotes from Diablo series

 

[Sithaer]

Been playing D4 since later friday 'early access', I'm not rushing anything and basically I do all of the side missions along the way.
Currently lvl 42 and I'm still in ACT II. 'playing a Sorc like I did in the beta, so far its been smooth with a Chain Light/Arc Lash build on T2'
I'm not in a hurry, I want to make my first playthrough count. At this rate it will take me around a week to reach end game content but thats fine with me, after all thats where I will spend most of my time later on and in the coming Seasons.

Btw there were no server issues at all, no ques and no lag on my end. 'not a single crash either so far on my system/max settings'

 

[ymdhis]

We Love Katamari Reroll also came out just now.

 

[KrazyT]

Beyond the Evil, Greyhill Incident and Diablo IV.
The 2 first seems interesting given their trailers, and for D4, i'll still wait when my sister jumps in !

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Been playing D4 since later friday 'early access', I'm not rushing anything and basically I do all of the side missions along the way.
Currently lvl 42 and I'm still in ACT II. 'playing a Sorc like I did in the beta, so far its been smooth with a Chain Light/Arc Lash build on T2'
I'm not in a hurry, I want to make my first playthrough count. At this rate it will take me around a week to reach end game content but thats fine with me, after all thats where I will spend most of my time later on and in the coming Seasons.

Btw there were no server issues at all, no ques and no lag on my end. 'not a single crash either so far on my system/max settings'

Playing the same build took me and my brother about 12 hours to finish the story. About finished with the side stuff in the first area.

 

[the54thvoid]

This is how I imagine 50% of the internet lives:

 

[Sithaer]

Playing the same build took me and my brother about 12 hours to finish the story. About finished with the side stuff in the first area.

I'm not skipping anything tho. 'I watch and read everything, yes side questlines included'
I've heard that the main story can be rushed in ~15 hours but I would never do that in a brand new game I've waited for years but thats just my personal preference ofc.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

I'm not skipping anything tho. 'I watch and read everything, yes side questlines included'
I've heard that the main story can be rushed in ~15 hours but I would never do that in a brand new game I've waited for years but thats just my personal preference ofc.

They just nerfed every decent build so it might take longer from here lol.... got most the decent legendary Aspects pretty quick so was destroying everything before. Finished the Capstone Dungeon at like 40 even though it was at level 50,

 

[Super Firm Tofu]

Been playing D4 since later friday 'early access', I'm not rushing anything and basically I do all of the side missions along the way.
Currently lvl 42 and I'm still in ACT II. 'playing a Sorc like I did in the beta, so far its been smooth with a Chain Light/Arc Lash build on T2'
I'm not in a hurry, I want to make my first playthrough count. At this rate it will take me around a week to reach end game content but thats fine with me, after all thats where I will spend most of my time later on and in the coming Seasons.

Btw there were no server issues at all, no ques and no lag on my end. 'not a single crash either so far on my system/max settings'

I ended up giving in and bought the upgrade to the Deluxe version so that I could play early. I probably have about 20 hours in or so, and I'm at level 27 and not even through Act 1. I haven't even left the Fractured Peaks.

Because a Rogue was the first character I played in the original Diablo, that's what I'm playing first. With a combo of maxing out Flurry with a +1 from gear (so level 6/5) and Rapid Fire, alone with Shadow Clone and the buffs, I'm slicing through stuff decently. We'll see what happens as things get tougher.

I'm also reading everything, watching every cut scene, finding every shrine, etc. Definitely savoring it.

I've had zero systems issues from Blizzard's side, and have played exclusively so far under Linux that's also been trouble free.

 

[Sithaer]

They just nerfed every decent build so it might take longer from here lol.... got most the decent legendary Aspects pretty quick so was destroying everything before. Finished the Capstone Dungeon at like 40 even though it was at level 50,

Yeah noticed that but my build still works just as fine for leveling at least, I'm going for a somewhat different end game build once I get there and collect the aspects/gear for it.
Similar things happened in D3's early days, bunch of nerfs and whatnot so this is kind of normal.

I ended up giving in and bought the upgrade to the Deluxe version so that I could play early. I probably have about 20 hours in or so, and I'm at level 27 and not even through Act 1. I haven't even left the Fractured Peaks.

Because a Rogue was the first character I played in the original Diablo, that's what I'm playing first. With a combo of maxing out Flurry with a +1 from gear (so level 6/5) and Rapid Fire, alone with Shadow Clone and the buffs, I'm slicing through stuff decently. We'll see what happens as things get tougher.

I'm also reading everything, watching every cut scene, finding every shrine, etc. Definitely savoring it.

I've had zero systems issues from Blizzard's side, and have played exclusively so far under Linux that's also been trouble free.

I've left Fractured Peaks at lvl 35.
I did try out a Rogue during the server slam and yea it was a pretty solid char so I'm defo making one as my next char whenever that is.

 

[sepheronx]

This is how I imagine 50% of the internet lives:

This is how I imagine all of tpu members are. Including myself.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Tiny Thor looks like a lot of fun. Too bad it's only on the Switch. Greyhill Incident gives me heavy "X-Files" vibes.

 

[Super Firm Tofu]

Tiny Thor looks like a lot of fun. Too bad it's only on the Switch. Greyhill Incident gives me heavy "X-Files" vibes.

Found it!

Tiny Thor on Steam

Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!

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[tvshacker]

@TheLostSwede I believe all release dates should say June instead of May

 

[Bagerklestyne]

Stay a while and listen~~
Not even death can save you from me!
probably 2 of my fav quotes from Diablo series

ahhh, fresh meat !

 

[TheLostSwede]

@TheLostSwede I believe all release dates should say June instead of May

Sorry, my brain has been a big snotty mess, as I alongside what appears to be quite a few people, managed to catch covid during Computex.

Tiny Thor looks like a lot of fun. Too bad it's only on the Switch. Greyhill Incident gives me heavy "X-Files" vibes.

All games I post are available/will be available on PC.

 

[L'Eliminateur]

and Legendary loot

..boxes
And greedy endless monetization courtesy of activision/shitzard

yeah not going to give a cent to that shit company, given their track record of the last several years they're at the same status that EA, SPECIALLY after all the blatant lies with OW2.
Maybe if it's 90% off i'll give it try, at that time it will be playable and fully patched.

The rest of the games do not look interesting at all to me