It's Week 50 which runs from Dec 9th to Dec 15th. Yes I know "that game" is out and that's what you'll be playing, but now is not the time to be neglecting your 52 Week Challenge. Respect the console and tame the joypad; get those unplayed games played.
For those that couldn't manage the 52 Week Challenge (shame on you), Kyrss's annual 12 Games of Christmas thread is now active - if you've been wallowing in shame for the last year, now's your chance to redeem yourself there too.
Get playing.
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Project Cars 3 - PC
I don't know how they managed to get this one so badly wrong.
I'm a big fan of racers and wasn't worried about this being more arcadey as I was more interested in the VR. However, the VR support is absolute garbage, so much so I had to check that I hadn't somehow damaged the Index - I've never see a game run like this in my headset before, it's got some really strange graphical glitching with the image warping and transparency effects doing strange things.
No, this one isn't worth the cash - in its current state I give it 3 flat tyres on rusting rims out of 10.
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Cyberpunk 2077 - PC
I'm ambivalent - great look and story, but ultimately an empty world with glitches everywhere to pull you out of the fantasy.
Edit - After finishing the game at 62 hours, I do think this is a very good RPG, but poor sandbox. If you play it as an RPG then it is a rewarding game and on PC, you're probably unlikely to run into game breaking bugs (it most certainly isn't Fallout 76 levels of broken). It could have been even better with another six month's work on the sandbox side, but I think I got my money's worth from it.
Currently I give it 8 brain hacks out of 10
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Monster Sanctuary- Xbox One
A nice distraction for a while - think of this as a cross between a metrovania and Pokémon. You're doing a lot of platforming, battling monsters with skills learnt from experience, gaining items that then let you reach other sections you couldn't before (like collecting a monster that can bash through walls). There are some simple puzzles, such as having to weight switches), but nothing too taxing here.
Played it for about 90 minutes and opened up four areas, but I don't have a strong desire to return.
I give this one 6 collected monsters out of 10.
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For those that couldn't manage the 52 Week Challenge (shame on you), Kyrss's annual 12 Games of Christmas thread is now active - if you've been wallowing in shame for the last year, now's your chance to redeem yourself there too.
Get playing.
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Project Cars 3 - PC
I don't know how they managed to get this one so badly wrong.
I'm a big fan of racers and wasn't worried about this being more arcadey as I was more interested in the VR. However, the VR support is absolute garbage, so much so I had to check that I hadn't somehow damaged the Index - I've never see a game run like this in my headset before, it's got some really strange graphical glitching with the image warping and transparency effects doing strange things.
No, this one isn't worth the cash - in its current state I give it 3 flat tyres on rusting rims out of 10.
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Cyberpunk 2077 - PC
I'm ambivalent - great look and story, but ultimately an empty world with glitches everywhere to pull you out of the fantasy.
Edit - After finishing the game at 62 hours, I do think this is a very good RPG, but poor sandbox. If you play it as an RPG then it is a rewarding game and on PC, you're probably unlikely to run into game breaking bugs (it most certainly isn't Fallout 76 levels of broken). It could have been even better with another six month's work on the sandbox side, but I think I got my money's worth from it.
Currently I give it 8 brain hacks out of 10
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Monster Sanctuary- Xbox One
A nice distraction for a while - think of this as a cross between a metrovania and Pokémon. You're doing a lot of platforming, battling monsters with skills learnt from experience, gaining items that then let you reach other sections you couldn't before (like collecting a monster that can bash through walls). There are some simple puzzles, such as having to weight switches), but nothing too taxing here.
Played it for about 90 minutes and opened up four areas, but I don't have a strong desire to return.
I give this one 6 collected monsters out of 10.
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