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Given how much I loved Remake, I was really shocked by how unappealing the second one became after a relatively short time.

No fast travel between zones.

IIRC, there is - eventually. But by the point I got truly fed up, I was just mainlining it to the end of the story on the lowest difficulty setting. Going back to mop up sidequests or collectible shite is at the very bottom of my list of things I'm likely ever to bother with.

You seem to have had very similar first impressions to me. I made it to the end eventually, but I'll admit it did become a bit of a slog in the last third - it's just very obviously and inelegantly padded out for no reason, which mainly serves to rob the finale of any sense of pace or urgency.

the relentless march of far-right gammons [on Threads] can get in the fucking sea.

Who could possibly have seen this coming, on a microblogging network from the company behind checks notes Facebook.

Gar's posting on threads, but the source headlines he's ridiculing are very much not. I've carefully curated my echo chamber, thank you very much.

Also Bin - the Christmas lurgies - we've all been ill right through Christmas and New Year with some sort of bastard cold/cough/flu bug that simply will not fuck off, it's not Covid but it's wiped us all out completely. Still coughing. Happy new year, everyone.

We've been the same - I didn't have the full force of the thing for very long, but I've been coughing for weeks and it just won't stop.

What's Circuit Superstars? Got the trailer?

Play
I started playing Dragon Age Origins again, of all things. We'll see how far I get through it, but it's been kind of fascinating to revisit after Veilguard and seeing just how much of the big revelation stuff from that game was just there all along, couched in historical misunderstanding or allegorical language.

I've also gone back to Horizon Forbidden West, or rather, the Burning Shores DLC, after picking up the main game in a recent sale (I previously had it through PS+, but it was taken off before I got to the expansion). I remember more of the controls than I feared I might!

Finally, my go-to game when I have half an hour or don't know what to do with myself is Marvel Rivals, which I'm mostly enjoying; I don't think the map design is great, but I like the gameplay, and as long as I don't end up as a Vanguard - I just haven't gotten the hang of any of them, and would much rather play Storm or Mantis from somewhere near the back.

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I know Indiana Jones and the Great Circle hasn't met with universal acclaim in these parts, but everything I've seen of it at least looks interesting, and I'm definitely curious. I think it still doesn't have a specific release date on PS5, though, so no idea how long I'll be waiting.

Bin
As funny as Gar's Threads account is, the relentless march of far-right gammons can get in the fucking sea.