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I don't understand why people in Hollywood keep giving this hack movies to direct nor why he wants to direct yet another zombie movie.

Maybe it will be another "so bad it's good" type of movie.

Bloodborne is great, but I don't think it really fits the bill for what you're looking for story-wise.

If you want games with good, approachable stories, I would suggest:

1. Ghosts of Tsushima
2. The Last of Us Part 1 (and maybe Part 2)
3. Bioshock (and maybe Bioshock Infinite)
4. God of War (2018) and its sequel


I feel like Bloodborne's "story" is too esoteric unless you are willing to do the work and read outside sources from the game.

Have you played Killer Frequency? I finished it a couple of weeks ago and it reminded me a lot of Firewatch. You're a disc jockey in a small town and all of the 911 calls get routed to the radio station while a serial killer is on the loose. You have to help the people who call the radio station survive. It's very light horror and doesn't take itself very seriously.

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You also might enjoy Return of the Obra Dinn. You're an investigator trying to determine how each member of a ship crew died. The art style put me off initially, but you get used to it pretty quickly and I found piecing together what happened on the ship engrossing.

Trailer / Steam

I feel like both games would be fun to play this month given their themes and settings.

Maybe someone took the SNL ad for a men's makeup line seriously?

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I saw that it was free after setting up Oculus link too. Haven't played it yet, but heard it was awesome. Sort of like God of War in setting, but you get to sort of pick your hero(s) and play as them.

I'm looking forward to checking it out.

Have you tried Subnautica yet? It's a story-driven first person survival game where your spaceship crashes on an alien world and you need to explore, collect resources, and build underwater bases and equipment to survive.

I love Stardew Valley and think it's a great game, but it's very different than Fallout in both tone and presentation. Having said that, there is something fun and charming about taming a plot of land, building the most efficient farm, and getting to know the towns people. It might scratch the same itch for you.

I get that VR gaming isn't for everyone, but I also don't think it's a fad that's going to just fizzle out like it did back in the late 90's. If you can get over the occasional motion sickness (start slow and carefully pick what games you play) it's worth it. The sense of scale and depth in VR is the thing that can't be conveyed without just experiencing it for yourself.

I've had PSVR for a couple of years and just received a Quest 2 for Christmas. Those are really the only 2 VR headsets worth getting in the $300 price range. If you have a decent gaming PC, I'd get the Quest 2 at this point since you can play games off of it with a link cable or wirelessly (with a little bit of setup). The tracking and clarity of the Quest 2 display is significantly better than the PSVR as are the controllers, and I'm able to play it for much longer without any eye strain.

I don't really use my Facebook account, so I don't care that I need to link it to the Quest 2, though I can understand why that bothers people. You also don't need a wifi 6 router to be able to stream games wirelessly to the Quest 2. I'm using my router's 5 GHz band with my PC hardwired to my network and can play PC titles just fine. There is some compression of the image happening, but nothing I notice unless I'm truly looking for it. Playing HL: Alyx without getting wrapped up in a cable is pretty awesome.

I'll second that Mario Galaxy 2 is better than 1, though both are the best 3D Mario games in the series. I found MG1's story charming, but I don't really play Mario games for their narratives. I prefer MG2's more traditional overworld map to MG1's hub/spaceship because it allows me to get in and out of levels much faster. I also think MG2's levels are just more fun and a bit better designed than MG1's.

MG1 only beats MG2 for me in terms of it's more consistent level themes. The themes of each MG2 stage are kind of all over the place, which makes it feel a little like a DLC level pack at times.

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Set it up, and my daughter has played Beat Saber 3 hours straight now.

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I'm pretty sure I've put over 60 hours into Beat Saber. Game is addictive.

I picked up my PSVR on a whim (and a sale) over a year ago and remember thinking to myself as I drove home how dumb a purchase it was. But I was wrong. I've played it way more than I anticipated and have had a ton fun.

It was a good budget option to get a look at VR and see if it's for you if you already had a PS4. However, if I was starting with VR right now, I'd probably go with the Oculus Quest.

Having said that, I highly recommend Astro Bot Rescue Mission. It's a glimpse at what might occur if Nintendo ever makes a VR Mario game.