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@Cazakstan I picked up SMB Wonder again and I'm on the final level, I haven't cracked it yet but it feels easier than some of the other levels! Ridiculous game!

The final level or the final final test? Because the latter has had me rage quit on it, I'll never clock it.

Maybe you know something I don't, the final level in the Special World. There's more???

I got the crkd nitro deck controller for Switch. It is a bit chunky but makes it much more comfortable and precise. Decent for £30 I reckon.

I think you have more to find..

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I was missing one purple coin, on it now. 😋

I'll be so impressed when you beat it!

Wow, it ain't easy, is it? I totally understand your frustration.

The new Prince of Persia looks good

I’m assuming people have seen this but if anyone is in for a 512gb steam deck
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/392592/#comment17229371

I'm addicted to slay the spire.

Yep.

I am not even that good but I love it.

I had the fourth guy through to the end last night, absolutely bossing it, picked up all the crystal things and even bested a level boss without taking damage and the end guy fucking killed me and milliseconds later I remembered I had potions, which I never fucking use, such annoyance.

Completed the demo like night on my xbox - I did enjoy the game, thought some of the combat was tough, though I think that was because I wasn't familiar with the controls and the timings to block etc. There was also some fun and toughish platforming sections.

I thought the dialogue and story line was awful, and found myself skipping through it as quick as I could.

This is going on the backlog of games to purchase for when it comes down in price as i'm not paying £40, and I still need to revisit and complete Metroid Dread.

I've been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 for the last few weeks and have been enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would.
I have started to feel the drain now though and am just trying to force myself to focus on the story missions as I'm only about 50% through so far I think. I always seem to be riding to a story start point but then get distracted by some small random encounter that ends up taking me somewhere else, or taking myself to see things that I noticed early in the game to see how they've progressed, like the logging camp and stuff. I imagine I've missed quite a lot of stuff in the world as well.
Kind of just want to get it finished now though so I can pick up some of the stuff I've been adding to my play later list on game pass.

I remember having a similar experience with RDR2. By the time I decided to just pursue the story cause it was grating on me a bit there was still A LOT of story left. In fairness, I think the story only gets better as it goes on.

Wtf. WANT. Q2 was a large part of my school gaming life. Such an iconic cover.

Just finished Dredge (short and fun), and finally played Stray as it’s now on Mac. Cute kitty is cute. Enjoyed the world, bit weird controls but overall worth a hit.

Next is Outer Wilds, which has just come out on the switch. Came highly recommended to me and told “go in knowing nothing”. Anyone on here played it?

Yeah I'm actually interested in the story so far and it's keeping me going, decided early on to just not bother with the challenges but the amount of times I've found myself just wandering around the camps doing chores feels silly.

Picked up an 8BitDo SN30 pro controller, couldn't get the in-fashion purple/green plastic verison in time but gaming on the iPad mini is now real good fun. No longer have an itch for a dedicated device.

https://www.8bitdo.com/sn30-pro-g-classic-or-sn30-pro-sn/

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Yeah. I remember taping the soundtrack from the CDRom and listening to it in my dad's car. The second record is from some expansion pack. Never heard it before but it's just as banging. If you order it, get it direct as it is cheaper than Juno or wherever.

https://www.lacedrecords.co/products/quake-2-limited-edition-deluxe-double-vinyl

Don't know how far through Dredge I am. Completed all but one of the relics quest. Am a bit nervous of the game ending before I've been able to collect all the fishes. Loving it.

Problem is my vinyls and turntable are all in the loft until I move into a bigger house.... wait it's pre-order? Hmm I would like a digital version though to listen to now.

FYI Dredge has a 'good' and a 'bad' ending.

Yeah, not sure if there's anywhere offering digital unfortunately, but sure I saw on the artists Instagram (Sonic Mayhem) that it will hopefully be available at some stage. I pre-ordered it about 6 months ago from Laced, so reckon it is shipping now, even though it still says pre-order.

I'd heard that. Trying to stay away from any spoiler as to why you might get either ending!

Are any of the after market Switch controllers good enough or should we just stump up for a pair of JoyCons and the Grip?

Not sure what the reason for replacing them is, but if it's drift I read about a fix for the joycons where you can replace them with hall effect version which will never drift. Possibly these:

https://store.ifixit.co.uk/products/nintendo-switch-joy-con-switch-lite-gulikit-hall-effect-joystick

I've got it on my list of things to get round to but not tried it yet.