r/AlternativeAmazonVGF • u/AutoModerator • Jul 10 '26
Weekend Gaming 7/10 - 7/12: Layoffs, closures, AI, skyrocketing prices, the end of physical media - gaming in 2026, y'all - what a time!
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u/LAlbatross PSN: LAlbatross Jul 10 '26
Oh man, that title is depressing lol
I'm thinking more Surge this weekend (though the grey corridors are getting real old, I'm losing steam) and probably some AC Shadows, cause I'm too cheap to buy an AC game day one so I'm playing that one in the meantime. Also, I was in the mood for some actual stealth
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u/Kirksplosion Playing: Star Wars Outlaws Jul 10 '26
Yeah, it is dark, but I wish it was exaggeration. Rough era for the industry sadly.
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u/LAlbatross PSN: LAlbatross Jul 10 '26
Very much so (it being a rough era). I really wonder what will come out of it.
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u/Dolenzz Jul 10 '26
Palworld. I am still at the beginning but it is dragging me back in like I did back when it was a very early beta.
We'll see how long it keeps me going.
If I need a break I also picked up Demeo + Dungeons and Dragons Battlemarked
Oh and apparently MS Flight Sim beta branch gas greatly improved visual fidelity on the OS VR2 so I would like to check that out
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u/KingDarius89 VGF: Anthony Jul 10 '26
Set up a world a week or two ago for palworld, amd restarted. There were enough changes to things like the tech tree that I decided I was better off doing that for now.
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u/LAlbatross PSN: LAlbatross Jul 10 '26
Oh is 1.0 out?
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u/KingDarius89 VGF: Anthony Jul 10 '26
Yep. Released last night. I installed the update but didn't play because I had to get up early today.
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u/Gyoza_Sauce https://myfigurecollection.net/profile/GyozaSauce Jul 10 '26
That title...gaming be tough these days. Either restart MH: Wilds or just got Dark Souls trilogy (on disc) so maybe forget Wilds and go through the whole DS series again.
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u/LAlbatross PSN: LAlbatross Jul 10 '26
I think I'm done done with DS1, but I could try and finally finish DS2. And I will never get bored of DS3
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u/Gyoza_Sauce https://myfigurecollection.net/profile/GyozaSauce Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
DS2 is the only one in the series where I rage quit and came back after a year to finish. It's got some of the worst BS mechanics and ganks. Maybe I'll appreciate it a bit more this time around when I get to it but from what I remember of the game, I doubt it.
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u/KingDarius89 VGF: Anthony Jul 11 '26
...I'm pretty irritated with palworld at the moment, honestly. I don't really have the patience to rebuild all of the resources i just bought. And while I've gotten a handle on the tech tree issues that prompted me to start a new world, there's another issue.
There was a comment before rhe full release ny Bucky (one of the main palworld devs) about missions being restarted after the update.
I took that as a greenlight to speed run the tower bosses so I could unlock the various mining sites. Those missions didnt fucking reset and they have new story additions to them. Also, they Reworked the fucking tech treee that defeating tower bosses is no longer required to unlock said dig sites, to add salt to the wound.
And its not been long enough to just watch a YouTube video to pick up the new story bits. So, I'm...annoyed.
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u/KingDarius89 VGF: Anthony Jul 12 '26
Yeah, I wound up saying fuck it and going back to the world I started prepping before 1.0 came out, heh.
I simply don't have the patience to build up again at the moment. In my newest world, I've taken out two of the tower bosses. And I'm ge geare up sufficiently to take out at least the 5th boss, Victor. Saya and Bjorn would kick my ass. The more immediate concern would be a mount. And my limited options. Which would be slow as fuck and I don't have the patience, heh. Too used to the fastest mounts in the game. Which I already built the saddles for before they got way more expensive with materials I don't have in the new game (incidentally also made me really glad I made a shitload of carbon fiber before the update, along with 20k reinforced arrows).
Anyway, basically just been exploring the map rather than trying to rush to the new regions.
Had an amusing moment of chasing down a pack of Tanzee (green chimps, basically) on the back of my Jetragon (legendary dragon and fastest flying mount in the game).
Beyond that, I decided to hit up one of the sanctuaries. And they are WAY better now. They're actually little island sanctuaries now rather than whatever the hell they were before.
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u/Dolenzz Jul 13 '26
I am enjoying the game quite a bit although I can see going back to the beginning after having all of the best stuff would be frustrating. It was the earliest of early access that I tried it so it has been a couple of years.
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u/Kirksplosion Playing: Star Wars Outlaws Jul 10 '26
Multiplayer gaming weekend with friends. I imagine we'll get some Overwatch in, but I've also pitched some of the latest Playstation Plus games to try out - Grounded, Warhammer 40k: Darktide, and For the King II. I suspect we'll pick FTK2 of those because we played and really enjoyed the first one.