What are you playing right now?

[apalisoc_9]

Fuck. Im waiting for sekiro.

Maybe I should get it afterall.

[baseline bum]

Decided to jump back on God of War and I can finally cause damage to those purple health bar fuckers on the towers in the lake. Still minimal from throwing the axe, but enough to chip health away without having to do all my damage in rage mode. They're still pretty long fights on the challenge mode, but nice to be able to finally beat them after a few tries.

[spurraider21]

Decided to jump back on God of War and I can finally cause damage to those purple health bar fuckers on the towers in the lake. Still minimal from throwing the axe, but enough to chip health away without having to do all my damage in rage mode. They're still pretty long fights on the challenge mode, but nice to be able to finally beat them after a few tries.
One good tip for these underleveled bouts is to dodge instead of roll. Gives you much more time to sneak in a counter attack or two. The goal should be to get in a groove so you build up the frost meter on your axe. Cause once that gets up there, you start getting in frost damage and really do work.

As for the story, i felt the same way when playing through. They banked so much on recreating TLOU rather than really having a compelling plot. The whole “journey to the highest point of the realm just because mom asked” seemed really half baked. Granted at the very end, there’s a HUGE payoff that gives the story so much more meaning, but for 95% of my play through the narrative wasn’t driving the game. Imo the game is meant to be played twice because NG+ is a blast and you pick up on a lot more plot subtleties

Also whats with you jumping between games? Thought you said you always play through one full game at a time.

[BD24]

Been playing apex lately, pretty solid game. Takes alot of the good stuff from fortnite and gets rid of some of the shitty stuff, mainly building.

[baseline bum]

One good tip for these underleveled bouts is to dodge instead of roll. Gives you much more time to sneak in a counter attack or two. The goal should be to get in a groove so you build up the frost meter on your axe. Cause once that gets up there, you start getting in frost damage and really do work.

As for the story, i felt the same way when playing through. They banked so much on recreating TLOU rather than really having a compelling plot. The whole “journey to the highest point of the realm just because mom asked” seemed really half baked. Granted at the very end, there’s a HUGE payoff that gives the story so much more meaning, but for 95% of my play through the narrative wasn’t driving the game. Imo the game is meant to be played twice because NG+ is a blast and you pick up on a lot more plot subtleties

Also whats with you jumping between games? Thought you said you always play through one full game at a time.

I do only the roll against the enemies who one shot. But yeah otherwise I dodge, use the shield, counters, and so on.

For the jumping between games, I sometimes play a handheld game for a few minutes a day before going to bed and when outside letting my dog go out and chase shit, and Persona 1 on Vita was what I was playing handheld. Usually doing that it takes me months to beat a handheld RPG, but I was really getting into the story and was a little bored with God of War, so I started playing Persona instead of God of War. I started Persona 2: Innocent Sin after finishing P1 yesterday, but decided I'd go back and do the harder fights I skipped in God of War and I'm starting to get back into it again. I really think Alfheim got me bored of GOW with the let's keep fighting six easy guys at once because I was really into the game until then. Will probably just not play Persona games on my Vita until I finish GOW because those can get engrossing fast.

[spurraider21]

I do only the roll against the enemies who one shot. But yeah otherwise I dodge, use the shield, counters, and so on.

For the jumping between games, I sometimes play a handheld game for a few minutes a day before going to bed and when outside letting my dog go out and chase shit, and Persona 1 on Vita was what I was playing handheld. Usually doing that it takes me months to beat a handheld RPG, but I was really getting into the story and was a little bored with God of War, so I started playing Persona instead of God of War. I started Persona 2: Innocent Sin after finishing P1 yesterday, but decided I'd go back and do the harder fights I skipped in God of War and I'm starting to get back into it again. I really think Alfheim got me bored of GOW with the let's keep fighting six easy guys at once because I was really into the game until then. Will probably just not play Persona games on my Vita until I finish GOW because those can get engrossing fast.
The elves are frustrating with their blinding effect. There’s a lot of game after Alfheim tbh...

[apalisoc_9]

One good tip for these underleveled bouts is to dodge instead of roll. Gives you much more time to sneak in a counter attack or two. The goal should be to get in a groove so you build up the frost meter on your axe. Cause once that gets up there, you start getting in frost damage and really do work.

As for the story, i felt the same way when playing through. They banked so much on recreating TLOU rather than really having a compelling plot. The whole “journey to the highest point of the realm just because mom asked” seemed really half baked. Granted at the very end, there’s a HUGE payoff that gives the story so much more meaning, but for 95% of my play through the narrative wasn’t driving the game. Imo the game is meant to be played twice because NG+ is a blast and you pick up on a lot more plot subtleties

Also whats with you jumping between games? Thought you said you always play through one full game at a time.

Story is decent but not tlou, hzd, yakuza 0 level imo.

[redzero]

I beat the first Devil May Cry, and I guess it was all right. I only did one of those secret missions, because the game goes out of its way to make me not want to look for them. I guess I was tainted by Bayonetta, because this game is primitive in comparison, with bad camera angles, inability to lock-on to targets (which got really annoying during certain boss fights), and meh controls.

I guess I'll play the second game--the one everybody hates--next. I'm curious to see why, though. One of the biggest complaints I hear is that the tone is too serious and Dante lost his charm and charisma. That's odd, because the wackiest part of the first game was the opening scene with Trish, and the rest of the game is spent in a castle alone fighting monsters.

Hopefully, 3, 4 and 5 will be good.

[apalisoc_9]

I beat the first Devil May Cry, and I guess it was all right. I only did one of those secret missions, because the game goes out of its way to make me not want to look for them. I guess I was tainted by Bayonetta, because this game is primitive in comparison, with bad camera angles, inability to lock-on to targets (which got really annoying during certain boss fights), and meh controls.

I guess I'll play the second game--the one everybody hates--next. I'm curious to see why, though. One of the biggest complaints I hear is that the tone is too serious and Dante lost his charm and charisma. That's odd, because the wackiest part of the first game was the opening scene with Trish, and the rest of the game is spent in a castle alone fighting monsters.

Hopefully, 3, 4 and 5 will be good.

4 was awesome. Ive played 1-4...and dmc reboot. Havent had time for 5.

But Neros combat at 4 was the best..even better than dante.

But im hearing they changed nero a bit in 5.

[baseline bum]

OK God of War is getting fucking awesome again in the cave inside the mountain.

[spurraider21]

OK God of War is getting fucking awesome again in the cave inside the mountain.
i didnt mind alfheim tbh... it was basically just the blinding effect that was frustrating, particularly in the boss fight there.

but yeah, the ascension up the mountain is pretty awesome. there are better moments ahead tbh, so stay tuned.

the enemy balance in the main quest is usually a lot more sensible than side content... you dont really run across purple guys very often. you mostly see that in the early part of the game before getting to the witch. once you reach the lake of nine, the main time you'll run into purples are if you go exploring and mess with realm tears and travellers and shit

[baseline bum]

i didnt mind alfheim tbh... it was basically just the blinding effect that was frustrating, particularly in the boss fight there.

but yeah, the ascension up the mountain is pretty awesome. there are better moments ahead tbh, so stay tuned.

the enemy balance in the main quest is usually a lot more sensible than side content... you dont really run across purple guys very often. you mostly see that in the early part of the game before getting to the witch. once you reach the lake of nine, the main time you'll run into purples are if you go exploring and mess with realm tears and travellers and shit

That dragon boss fight was really cool. Like the old God of War games but with interesting combat replacing the annoying quicktime events.

[spurraider21]

That dragon boss fight was really cool.
yeah. god of war typically did boss battles well, where they're as much puzzles as just brute combat. you'll see that tenfold when you encounter valkyries. but yes the dragon fight on the mountain was awesome, and i dont care how over the top some of it was, like the dragon falling with its jaws surrounding kratos. its such a trope at this point, but it was still satisfying as fuck to watch


Like the old God of War games but with interesting combat replacing the annoying quicktime events.
im bittersweet about that.

on one hand, QTE's frustrated me because i sorta wanted to watch the spectacle of what kratos was doing, but instead had to focus on QTE prompts, so i wouldn't really appreciate the big set pieces. at the same time, just sitting back and watching kratos annihilate something without any button input (even if its a silly QTE) does feel a little empty... even though i know I "earned" that finish by depleting the enemy health bar

[baseline bum]

yeah. god of war typically did boss battles well, where they're as much puzzles as just brute combat. you'll see that tenfold when you encounter valkyries. but yes the dragon fight on the mountain was awesome, and i dont care how over the top some of it was, like the dragon falling with its jaws surrounding kratos. its such a trope at this point, but it was still satisfying as fuck to watch


im bittersweet about that.

on one hand, QTE's frustrated me because i sorta wanted to watch the spectacle of what kratos was doing, but instead had to focus on QTE prompts, so i wouldn't really appreciate the big set pieces. at the same time, just sitting back and watching kratos annihilate something without any button input (even if its a silly QTE) does feel a little empty... even though i know I "earned" that finish by depleting the enemy health bar

I still get those brutal finishes at the end of a boss fight with the R3 prompts though, at least so far. Speaking of annoying QTE events, did you ever play Heavenly Sword on PS3? It was a really good God of War clone until you got to the completely unforgiving QTE in boss fights where your response time had to be like Fisher Game 5.

[spurraider21]

I still get those brutal finishes at the end of a boss fight with the R3 prompts though, at least so far. Speaking of annoying QTE events, did you ever play Heavenly Sword on PS3? It was a really good God of War clone until you got to the completely unforgiving QTE in boss fights where your response time had to be like Fisher Game 5.
yeah its a point of preference as far as how much input you want in those QTE events. if pressing R3 to initiate is good enough for you, or if you feel like you want more input or "involvement."

i've never played heavenly sword

[apalisoc_9]

You guys enjoyed the dragon fights? I thought that was the least intresting and least enjoyable combats.

[spurraider21]

You guys enjoyed the dragon fights? I thought that was the least intresting and least enjoyable combats.
Fights that are glorified puzzles, like the dragon, imo stand out more than fights like the big trolls which are just repetitive/reskins.

Valkyries were fantastic

[Joseph Kony]

So The Division 2 is pretty awesome so far. the first once was a POS but looks like ubi tried to fix their mistakes. i was enjoying anthem to a certain point but the game has too many issues to ignore, this is definitely a much better game for someone looking for a mmorpg shooter type game

[spurraider21]

has anybody played Amnesia? its old but looks pretty sick tbh

[DJR210]

has anybody played Amnesia? its old but looks pretty sick tbh

It's consistently mentioned in the best horror game convos.. I've never played it but I'm guessing it's good

[spurraider21]

It's consistently mentioned in the best horror game convos.. I've never played it but I'm guessing it's good
i got a free download of the amnesia collection. comes with 2 games + 1 of the DLC's. i didnt think much of it. buddy of mine came over yesterday and told me its supposed to be good. played for about 5-10 minutes just to showcase it. it got my interest

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Thinking about buyin MK11

[DJR210]

Thinking about buyin MK11

MKX is really polished.. MK 11 should be more of the same. I'll probably get it too, just cause it's MK

[DJR210]

i got a free download of the amnesia collection. comes with 2 games + 1 of the DLC's. i didnt think much of it. buddy of mine came over yesterday and told me its supposed to be good. played for about 5-10 minutes just to showcase it. it got my interest

Have you played Alien Isolation? Not too many games raise my heart rate, and this is one of them.. Such a good game and surely it can be found dirt cheap now

[LaMarcus Bryant]

MKX is really polished.. MK 11 should be more of the same. I'll probably get it too, just cause it's MK

MKX is dope af, 4 years late to the game but it's been fun grinding it. Crazy how fast and tight people play esp online.

MK11 looks totally different. Slower.

[DJR210]

MKX is dope af, 4 years late to the game but it's been fun grinding it. Crazy how fast and tight people play esp online.

MK11 looks totally different. Slower.

Yeah it's great.. I spent a lot of time in the krypt too

[baseline bum]

Have you played Alien Isolation? Not too many games raise my heart rate, and this is one of them.. Such a good game and surely it can be found dirt cheap now

It goes on sale a lot for PS4, but surprisingly never for fire sale prices. Usually it's around $12 to $15 when on sale.

https://psprices.com/region-us/game/12872/alien-isolation

[baseline bum]

Anyone watching the Google presentation?

[apalisoc_9]

Anyone watching the Google presentation?

At the dentist. Did they release a new console?

[baseline bum]

At the dentist. Did they release a new console?

Just started a couple of minutes ago. Guessing it'll be a streaming box.

[baseline bum]

Yep, Google is talking all about game streaming right now

[baseline bum]

I hope this fails so hard

[DJR210]

I hope this fails so hard

Judging by the fragile console players opinions I've read in the comments sections online, they are going to hate on it just because Google has pointed out it has almost twice the processing power than consoles. I've seen dummies even hating on the controller like it's any fundamentally different than any of the current controllers available :lol

[spurraider21]

Judging by the fragile console players opinions I've read in the comments sections online, they are going to hate on it just because Google has pointed out it has almost twice the processing power than consoles. I've seen dummies even hating on the controller like it's any fundamentally different than any of the current controllers available :lol
im always skeptical when quality is subject to strength of your internet connectivity.

my question is what costs are going to look like.

[DJR210]

im always skeptical when quality is subject to strength of your internet connectivity.

my question is what costs are going to look like.

I'm guessing you should be fine up to 4K resolution with a steady 120+ Mbps connection.. I'm using the required 30+ Mbps on the Steam link to stream 1080p smoothly so I'm just multiplying x4 hypothetically.. As for cost, it's being billed as the Netflix for gamers, so I'm guessing about 20 bucks a month 250.00 or so a year.. that's almost like buying a new console a year

[baseline bum]

Damn I didn't know you got rare materials from beating those purple health bar fuckers on the towers in the lake in GOW. I just figured if I reached back into their realm it would fight them again. Now I gotta go back to every one of those fights I did around the lake and pick up the materials. :lol

[FrostKing]

Crusader Kings II

[spurraider21]

Damn I didn't know you got rare materials from beating those purple health bar fuckers on the towers in the lake in GOW. I just figured if I reached back into their realm it would fight them again. Now I gotta go back to every one of those fights I did around the lake and pick up the materials. :lol
:lol tbh

yeah, most realm tears initiate a difficult battle, but once you win, you have to interact with the tear to claim the material. there are a few realm tears scattered around that dont even have battles and you get shit for free.

also fyi (mentioned it before), people only show up with purple health bars if they outlevel you by 2 levels or more than 2 levels (dont remember which). so if you came back to these encounters later in the game, they'd no longer appear purple to you, and some of the unblockable attacks would become parry-able. thats mostly the case with the heavy draugers. the fast duel-weild guys will always have unblockables, iirc

[apalisoc_9]

Crusader Kings II


:lol tbh

yeah, most realm tears initiate a difficult battle, but once you win, you have to interact with the tear to claim the material. there are a few realm tears scattered around that dont even have battles and you get shit for free.

also fyi (mentioned it before), people only show up with purple health bars if they outlevel you by 2 levels or more than 2 levels (dont remember which). so if you came back to these encounters later in the game, they'd no longer appear purple to you, and some of the unblockable attacks would become parry-able. thats mostly the case with the heavy draugers. the fast duel-weild guys will always have unblockables, iirc

Those witches at purple..most annoying enemies imo.

Until you get atreus stun.

[baseline bum]

Wow Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human are coming to PC this year on the Epic Game Store. Never saw that shit coming.

[apalisoc_9]

Wow Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human are coming to PC this year on the Epic Game Store. Never saw that shit coming.

Why? Everyones moving to epic.

12% vs 30%..

Sounds like an easy choice

[apalisoc_9]

So sekiro is out. Looking like its gonna be the game of the year so far.

Will probably end up with 90-94 metascore

[baseline bum]

So sekiro is out. Looking like its gonna be the game of the year so far.

Will probably end up with 90-94 metascore

Yeah no Denuvo so it's already playable for free on PC today. Get in here DJR210. :lol

Currently still playing God of War though so it'll probably be a couple of weeks at least before I jump on Sekiro.

[baseline bum]

Why? Everyones moving to epic.

12% vs 30%..

Sounds like an easy choice

I thought Quantic Dream might have had an exclusivity deal signed with Playstation. Damn I'd love to see what Detroit looks like on PC. Glad I didn't get it on PS4 now.

[DJR210]

Yeah no Denuvo so it's already playable for free on PC today. Get in here DJR210 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=42671). :lol

Currently still playing God of War though so it'll probably be a couple of weeks at least before I jump on Sekiro.

Sweet.. deleting some shit off the HDD now :tu

[baseline bum]

Wow this XBox One X Sekiro Edition

1108413398876897281

[NASpurs]

:lol I jumped on that Codex sale for Sekiro. 15 GBs isn't bad.

I'll play it this weekend. It'll be the first real game in months that I've played that isn't Rocket League. :lol

Totally skipped out of Bloodborne despite playing and loving every single Souls game outside of III (haven't played it but I've watched people play it on Twitch for a while). I'm sure that'll make baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) rage.

[baseline bum]

:lol I jumped on that Codex sale for Sekiro. 15 GBs isn't bad.

I'll play it this weekend. It'll be the first real game in months that I've played that isn't Rocket League. :lol

Totally skipped out of Bloodborne despite playing and loving every single Souls game outside of III (haven't played it but I've watched people play it on Twitch for a while). I'm sure that'll make baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) rage.

I'm not mad, just disappointed in you.

[baseline bum]

PoorStation is making Persona 5 a $20 MSRP game next month. :tu

https://personacentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Persona-5-PlayStation-Hits.jpg

[apalisoc_9]

PoorStation is making Persona 5 a $20 MSRP game next month. :tu

https://personacentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Persona-5-PlayStation-Hits.jpg

Nice.

Worth it.

Great game overall. Probably the best turn based combat in all of JRPG.

Reptitive dialogue, cringe story etc aside. This is probably the more rounded JRPG i have ever played.

I wish for the next game social stats are easier to track.

Gonna sell this game tom anyway to get sekiro

[apalisoc_9]

And get rid of morgana. Nothing against the character but my god. Limitations in the evenings were so annoying.

[baseline bum]

Damn, on one hand Sekiro is limited to 60 fps on PC, but on the other hand any hand almost anything decent can run the game at 60 fps. Looks like I'll have to do minimal tweaking to get it to run a completely locked 60 fps on my GTX 970.

https://i.ibb.co/5kc3Pw1/sekiro.png

[apalisoc_9]

I went to eb games to take advantage of their trade 3 games and get a new release for free.

This motherfuckers...:lol

Even God of war is not among the games thay qualifies for tradable games..

They want re2 games or some shit :lmao

What a waste.

[baseline bum]

I went to eb games to take advantage of their trade 3 games and get a new release for free.

This motherfuckers...:lol

Even God of war is not among the games thay qualifies for tradable games..

They want re2 games or some shit :lmao

What a waste.

What did you expect from Gamestop? Of course it's going to be trade in three $60 games for one.

[Cry Havoc]

:lol I jumped on that Codex sale for Sekiro. 15 GBs isn't bad.

I'll play it this weekend. It'll be the first real game in months that I've played that isn't Rocket League. :lol

Totally skipped out of Bloodborne despite playing and loving every single Souls game outside of III (haven't played it but I've watched people play it on Twitch for a while). I'm sure that'll make baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) rage.

What rank are you in RL? I got to Diamond 3 Division 3 but got bored of trying to grind to Champ.

[baseline bum]

So is Muspelheim just a bunch of arena battles? Just barely cleared the first one and am not eager to do more challenges there right now since I hate timed shit.

[apalisoc_9]

So is Muspelheim just a bunch of arena battles? Just barely cleared the first one and am not eager to do more challenges there right now since I hate timed shit.

The main price is great armour and the valkyrie.

Musphelheim has two phase though. Phase 1 is just to get to valkyrie and some of the challenges changes after valkyrie.

[Mikeanaro]

Playing lots of Quake Champions, also finished Resident Evil 2 on hardcore, Leon A and Claire A.
Zombies need like 15 bullets, it doesnt matter if you gave them headshots.

[baseline bum]

Fucking Atlus... another announcement of an announcement just published. Basically all we learned is a new female character and that P5R meant Persona 5 The Royal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygyz3Mqjh0k

[NASpurs]

What rank are you in RL? I got to Diamond 3 Division 3 but got bored of trying to grind to Champ.

Honest question, I've had the game for maybe five months and all I do is fire the game up and head straight to quick play, 3v3. Am I missing out on anything if I'm not doing that ranked stuff?

I have my days where I look like a pro and then I regress the next game to where I look like a fucking noob. :lol

Are you good at aerials? How do you improve your aerial game besides the obvious of going into training mode?

[RD2191]

Any of you guys have any experience with emulators? Raspberry pi retro pie to be exact?

[baseline bum]

Any of you guys have any experience with emulators? Raspberry pi retro pie to be exact?

I have one. It's great for PS1, Genesis, Arcade games, Atari 2600/5200/7800, PC-Engine/Turbografx-16, Commodore 64, Apple ][, TI99/4A, most SNES, some NES. Trash for N64 and Saturn. Can't really play Dreamcast or newer. It's not great for NES because a lot of those games are extremely sensitive to input lag. For instance, Super Mario and Mega Man games aren't great on RetroPie, at least with a 360 wireless controller which is how I played. And then Super Mario World is too difficult to play with the slight lag the RetroArch emulators add. If you want NES and SNES by far the best emulation option is an SNES Classic hacked to dual boot between the SNES Classic and NES Classic operating systems. You still probably won't beat Mike Tyson in Punch-Out (you really need to be on a CRT with original hardware to dodge his uppercuts accurately) but the Mario, Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden, and Castlevania games feel very accurate. If you want N64 you're probably best off with an Nvidia Shield. For PS1, Genesis, and Arcade though the Raspberry Pi 3B and above are great. Though another option you should consider is a very small form factor PC with a Ryzen 2200G, which would smash all the other options and also give you N64, Dreamcast, PSP, Gamecube, Wii, probably Saturn, some PS2 (the PS2 emulator can be a mess though), some PS3 (PS3 emulator is still very young), and possibly some Wii U. Something like this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLX2dmioC10

[baseline bum]

Though I'm not sure even PC could top the SNES/NES Classic for SNES/NES games.

[baseline bum]

Another good emulation option is a hacked Switch, especially since that gives you portable emulation. Hacked PS Vita is good too and has even better support for emulators, though I imagine Switch will catch up in the not too distant future (RetroArch only officially came to Switch around October or November last year).

[RD2191]

Though I'm not sure even PC could top the SNES/NES Classic for SNES/NES games.

Damn son. Great info. Yeah, I'm definitely leaning towards a hacked snes classic. Although I didn't want to pay scalper prices since they're sold out pretty much everywhere. Any recommendations on where to pick one up online? I don't buy online pretty much ever. :lol If Nintendo would quit being faggots I'd just pick up a switch to play some retro games on there. Pretty much a link to the past and earthbound. That way I'd get the best of both worlds. Although idk if and when that'll happen. :lol

[apalisoc_9]

I have one. It's great for PS1, Genesis, Arcade games, Atari 2600/5200/7800, PC-Engine/Turbografx-16, Commodore 64, Apple ][, TI99/4A, most SNES, some NES. Trash for N64 and Saturn. Can't really play Dreamcast or newer. It's not great for NES because a lot of those games are extremely sensitive to input lag. For instance, Super Mario and Mega Man games aren't great on RetroPie, at least with a 360 wireless controller which is how I played. And then Super Mario World is too difficult to play with the slight lag the RetroArch emulators add. If you want NES and SNES by far the best emulation option is an SNES Classic hacked to dual boot between the SNES Classic and NES Classic operating systems. You still probably won't beat Mike Tyson in Punch-Out (you really need to be on a CRT with original hardware to dodge his uppercuts accurately) but the Mario, Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden, and Castlevania games feel very accurate. If you want N64 you're probably best off with an Nvidia Shield. For PS1, Genesis, and Arcade though the Raspberry Pi 3B and above are great. Though another option you should consider is a very small form factor PC with a Ryzen 2200G, which would smash all the other options and also give you N64, Dreamcast, PSP, Gamecube, Wii, probably Saturn, some PS2 (the PS2 emulator can be a mess though), some PS3 (PS3 emulator is still very young), and possibly some Wii U. Something like this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLX2dmioC10

What?

I can emulate these consoles on my shitty samsung s8

[baseline bum]

Damn son. Great info. Yeah, I'm definitely leaning towards a hacked snes classic. Although I didn't want to pay scalper prices since they're sold out pretty much everywhere. Any recommendations on where to pick one up online? I don't buy online pretty much ever. :lol If Nintendo would quit being faggots I'd just pick up a switch to play some retro games on there. Pretty much a link to the past and earthbound. That way I'd get the best of both worlds. Although idk if and when that'll happen. :lol

The NES Classic is still pretty easy to find and it can be modded to dual boot with SNES Classic also. But then you'd have to buy an SNES Classic controller, which AFAIK has never been sold standalone. And you definitely want the original NES/SNES Classic controllers. RPG like A Link to the Past and Earthbound would be great on a Pi though. Only fast action games like old school platformers wouldn't work well on a Pi. If you really want the SNES Classic though you're going to have to pay scalper prices, as Nintendo stopped making their throwback consoles after Christmas. I think I was telling people on this thread they better get their SNES and NES Classics ASAP last December because Nintendo wanted to push people towards buying the Switch and the online service for retro gaming after Christmas.

Another option you might consider is a Wii. They're super easy to hack and they have Wii Ware versions of a lot of classic NES, SNES, Arcade, PC Engine, and N64 games. Plus if you get a backwards compatible Wii you also get Gamecube game support. I ended up getting one of those black Super Smash Ultimate Gamecube controllers that Nintendo launches with SSBU last December and that works great for Gamecube and Wii Virtual Console games. Though you could also pick up a Wii Classic Controller for Wii Ware Virtual Console.

I'm pretty sure both Earthbound and A Link to the Past are available for Wii. Though of course you have to pirate them since Nintendo abandoned the Wii Shop a couple of months ago. As long as you have component input on your TV you can make Wii look great. Except for the NES games where for some reason they turned the brightness way down for NES Virtual Console on the Wii.

If you're a big A Link to the Past fan I'd also recommend getting a New 3DS XL for Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. It's very much a different game but an undoubted spiritual successor to A Link to the Past. You can also hack a 3DS pretty easily and run an SNES emulator, though I find the New 3DS XL screen a little too small for SNES since the games are using a 4:3 aspect ratio instead of 16:9.

[redzero]

Sekiro looks like a fucking nightmare, and it has no multiplayer to carry some players.

[baseline bum]

Sekiro looks like a fucking nightmare, and it has no multiplayer to carry some players.

Good. I always thought that was chickenshit to be able to ring the bell to get bailed out of a tough boss fight. What's the point of even playing one of these games if you don't want challenging boss fights?

[redzero]

Good. I always thought that was chickenshit to be able to ring the bell to get bailed out of a tough boss fight. What's the point of even playing one of these games if you don't want challenging boss fights?

Are you okay with invasions or do you not like them either? I can understand that you want the challenge, but would you remove the multiplayer entirely? Or would you enable it only on New Game+? Either decision would turns potential players away.

[baseline bum]

Are you okay with invasions or do you not like them either? I can understand that you want the challenge, but would you remove the multiplayer entirely? Or would you enable it only on New Game+? Either decision would turns potential players away.

I only play the games single player.

[redzero]

I only play the games single player.

That sucks if you ever want to redo a boss fight.

[baseline bum]

That sucks if you ever want to redo a boss fight.

That's what NG+ is for :toast

[apalisoc_9]

Sekiro is hard brehs. Harder than bloodborne

[ElNono]

Sekiro is hard brehs. Harder than bloodborne

Playing it now... it's fine... wish there would be more Buddha around tho

[apalisoc_9]

Playing it now... it's fine... wish there would be more Buddha around tho

Speaking of buddha..where are they. I'm at the early stage kf the game and I wanna present the old lady buddha

[apalisoc_9]

They need to do a better job of explaining the dragonrot. For a second I thought i simply refusing to use resurrect saves NPCs from dragon rot, but you actually continue to get it if you continue dying.

So you need to rest at sculptor each time you die to just reset the mechanic. Kinda stupid.

Would have made more sense if its the resurrect portion isbwhat causes the dragonrot.

These reviews and youtube channels fail to mention that probably because someone else played the game for them.

[ElNono]

I think baseline bum is going to love this game, tbh, but I also think there's something to be said about games with this level of grinding from the get go.

While it's true you can grapple from boss to boss if you want, you also need to level up and I feel the stealth is really underdeveloped.

Graphics look a bit outdated too, IMVHO.

[DJR210]

Damn son. Great info. Yeah, I'm definitely leaning towards a hacked snes classic. Although I didn't want to pay scalper prices since they're sold out pretty much everywhere. Any recommendations on where to pick one up online? I don't buy online pretty much ever. :lol If Nintendo would quit being faggots I'd just pick up a switch to play some retro games on there. Pretty much a link to the past and earthbound. That way I'd get the best of both worlds. Although idk if and when that'll happen. :lol

I think Nintendo has already stopped manufacturing them.. now they're gonna be expensive as hell from resellers.

[Chris]

High praise for Sekiro here; obvious comparisons to Bloodborne (I've got Bloodborne in my library but Hitman is taking up all my hard drive on my PS4 95 gigs!)

GNloeOM_mkk

[Cry Havoc]

Honest question, I've had the game for maybe five months and all I do is fire the game up and head straight to quick play, 3v3. Am I missing out on anything if I'm not doing that ranked stuff?

I have my days where I look like a pro and then I regress the next game to where I look like a fucking noob. :lol

Are you good at aerials? How do you improve your aerial game besides the obvious of going into training mode?

Ranked just encourages better rotations and less ridiculous aerials. Quick play is like the All-Star Game whereas ranked is the playoffs. Positioning matters and it teaches you to be a lot faster to the ball and to make smart decisions. Plus, you don't see many early leaves which is why I play it more often.

Aerials are tough. I'd say mix as much of the training as you can, if nothing else get good at double jumping and boosting to the ceiling quickly -- you really need to be instinctual with how you gain altitude to make plays on the ball. Aerials are tough though -- I have hundreds of hours in the game and it really didn't click until I was high plat.

[Cry Havoc]

Sekiro and The Division 2 are both getting GOTY chatter right now.

Outward also looks promising, reminds me of a land-based version of Subnautica, only more hardcore.

[baseline bum]

Sekiro and The Division 2 are both getting GOTY chatter right now.

Outward also looks promising, reminds me of a land-based version of Subnautica, only more hardcore.

2019 looks like a fucking great year for PC gaming between Sekiro, Devil May Cry 5, Resident Evil 2, and Dying Light 2. Now only if a Cyberpunk 2077 announcement for 2019 comes out of right field at E3.

[baseline bum]

I think baseline bum is going to love this game, tbh, but I also think there's something to be said about games with this level of grinding from the get go.

While it's true you can grapple from boss to boss if you want, you also need to level up and I feel the stealth is really underdeveloped.

Graphics look a bit outdated too, IMVHO.

Honestly I'm kind of glad they didn't go nuts on graphics and focused on 60 fps gameplay. Means I don't have to upgrade to one of the crap Turing gpus to play it.

[Cry Havoc]

2019 looks like a fucking great year for PC gaming between Sekiro, Devil May Cry 5, Resident Evil 2, and Dying Light 2. Now only if a Cyberpunk 2077 announcement for 2019 comes out of right field at E3.

Yup. Tons of promise. I have such high hopes for DL2.

[baseline bum]

Yup. Tons of promise. I have such high hopes for DL2.

Have you beaten Dying Light: The Following? The canon ending with Crane really gives a great seed for the continuing story.

[Cry Havoc]

Have you beaten Dying Light: The Following? The canon ending with Crane really gives a great seed for the continuing story.

I haven't! I should play through it again and beat the expansion.

[apalisoc_9]

Sekiro is amazing but its not a masterpiece :lol

There's a couple obvious flaws in the game and i'm 20hrs in

[Chris]

Need a sequel for Until Dawn it would make $$$

[baseline bum]

Sony looks like they're having a Nintendo Direct style presentation today at 4PM CST. Probably will be a lot of Days Gone and MLB The Show 19 coverage but hopefully we see at least a couple of cool announcements.

[spurraider21]

So is Muspelheim just a bunch of arena battles? Just barely cleared the first one and am not eager to do more challenges there right now since I hate timed shit.
muspelheim and niflheim are entirely optional, and they're both basically challenge modes. you get unique crafting materials for certain gear/pommels. i think the unique pommels are both good, though niflheim's armor is better. i wouldn't bother with muspelheim armor. then again im a currency hoarder and its probably the best stuff you can get around that point of the game.

each of them also contains a valkyrie battle. on muspelheim, you have to do the normal and hard challenge at each of the 5 stations. the 6th station is where you find the valkyrie. after beating the valkyrie, you have the option of doing the "impossible trials" which are not really necessary unless you are just grinding for materials or feel like playing a challenge mode. personally i wouldn't bother. but imo you should at least get to the valkyrie before going back. iirc you cant really get to niflheim until late late game.

how far along in the game/story are you at this point?

[baseline bum]

muspelheim and niflheim are entirely optional, and they're both basically challenge modes. you get unique crafting materials for certain gear/pommels. i think the unique pommels are both good, though niflheim's armor is better. i wouldn't bother with muspelheim armor. then again im a currency hoarder and its probably the best stuff you can get around that point of the game.

each of them also contains a valkyrie battle. on muspelheim, you have to do the normal and hard challenge at each of the 5 stations. the 6th station is where you find the valkyrie. after beating the valkyrie, you have the option of doing the "impossible trials" which are not really necessary unless you are just grinding for materials or feel like playing a challenge mode. personally i wouldn't bother. but imo you should at least get to the valkyrie before going back. iirc you cant really get to niflheim until late late game.

how far along in the game/story are you at this point?

I'm a little past where you drop the lake's water level the second time and I have mostly just been doing exploring for chests and taking down ancients. It took me a while but I'm starting to really get into the game now to the point that I might go for the platinum. It's finally starting to feel like that game that made me buy a PS4 when I saw it debut at E3 2016. Speaking of that, Sony's E3 2016 has to be the most impressive press conference I have ever seen between God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn. Too bad Uncharted Lost Legacy seems like it didn't end up as good as it looked at that E3. But then again Horizon ended up way better than it looked in the presentation.

Definitely glad I'm playing it on the give me a challenge mode as opposed to the casual one since it forces you to git gud. :lol

[spurraider21]

I'm a little past where you drop the lake's water level the second time and I have mostly just been doing exploring for chests and taking down ancients. It took me a while but I'm starting to really get into the game now to the point that I might go for the platinum. It's finally starting to feel like that game that made me buy a PS4 when I saw it debut at E3 2016. Speaking of that, Sony's E3 2016 has to be the most impressive press conference I have ever seen between God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn. Too bad Uncharted Lost Legacy seems like it didn't end up as good as it looked at that E3. But then again Horizon ended up way better than it looked in the presentation.

Definitely glad I'm playing it on the give me a challenge mode as opposed to the casual one since it forces you to git gud. :lol
oh yeah, give me a challenge felt perfect. it took me multiple attempts to get past even the first encounter with draugers when you're just hunting with atreus... and i realized im not going to be able to just button mash my way out of anything. there were a couple of other areas early on where the game really pushes you... when you fall from the bridge and there's all those petrified draugers (followed by the heavy draugers that burst through the wall), the encounter shortly after where you have to deal with a revenant + i think 2 other heavy draugers at the same time. i also died quite a bit to the second troll you encounter, the one that tosses lava at you, while random enemies spawn and start throwing projectiles. the last one i remember that really gave me fits (besides valkyries) was when you're doing one of brok's quests... right before you fight the soul devourer you get ambushed by a shit ton of draugers with some guy at the top of the ledge tossing projectiles at you.

give me god of war is incredibly unforgiving, but on NG+ it still overall feels easier than challenge because your equipment/runics make those earlier encounters easier

[baseline bum]

Meh the Playstation State of Play show sucked. Only good part of the show was when MK11 was using the original version of Ice Cube's Check Yo'Self in the trailer. LOL they kept cutting out the line where Cube raps "Doing foul crime... I'm that nigga with your Alpine." :lol

[spurraider21]

also... where the fuck does God of War go, on a difficulty scale, after the monster that was Sigrun?

[apalisoc_9]

also... where the fuck does God of War go, on a difficulty scale, after the monster that was Sigrun?

A tier below souls series.

GOW is amazing but the valkyries were the onlys that felt like bloodborne bosess. Granted ive never played any DS games and i stopped playing bloodbrone midway but give me a challenge of god war is a difficulty below.

God of war difficulty is probably at the same level.

Id go

Sekiro
Bloodbrone = GOW ( God of war difficulty)
Give me a challenge difficulty

[ElNono]

GOW is tuned so it's not extra grinding from the get go, IMO. You can finish the game without the Valkyries, but the combat is so good, that once you come across them, it meshes well.

It's really different game design and mechanics than Bloodborne and Sekiro. There's nothing wrong with either, just different approaches, targeting different audiences.

[spurraider21]

A tier below souls series.

GOW is amazing but the valkyries were the onlys that felt like bloodborne bosess. Granted ive never played any DS games and i stopped playing bloodbrone midway but give me a challenge of god war is a difficulty below.

God of war difficulty is probably at the same level.

Id go

Sekiro
Bloodbrone = GOW ( God of war difficulty)
Give me a challenge difficulty
NG+ takes it to another level too. The scrubs are easier since you’re so leveled but valkyries are a different animal.

Gmgow+ Sigrun is a nightmare. I’ve been stuck for literally hours tbh. Never even remotely approached that in give me a challenge

[apalisoc_9]

also... where the fuck does God of War go, on a difficulty scale, after the monster that was Sigrun?

Ill probably replay GOW again. The combat is just way too good. A lot of people that quit on GOW dont realize the combat imrpoves with each skills acquaired.

[baseline bum]

I can't imagine any boss worse than Orphan of Kos in the Bloodborne DLC. That fucker is way more agile than you are, and you're really agile in Bloodborne. It took me 50-60 attempts to finally squeak by him by the skin of my nuts.

[apalisoc_9]

NG+ takes it to another level too. The scrubs are easier since you’re so leveled but valkyries are a different animal.

Gmgow+ Sigrun is a nightmare. I’ve been stuck for literally hours tbh. Never even remotely approached that in give me a challenge

Some dude at twich beat her at level 1 in Give me god of war..took him close to an hour since he was barely inflicting damage

[spurraider21]

Ill probably replay GOW again. The combat is just way too good. A lot of people that quit on GOW dont realize the combat imrpoves with each skills acquaired.
Yeah. And bb hasn’t even reached the critical point in the game. Don’t want to get into spoilers for him.

[spurraider21]

I can't imagine any boss worse than Orphan of Kos in the Bloodborne DLC. That fucker is way more agile than you are, and you're really agile in Bloodborne. It took me 50-60 attempts to finally squeak by him by the skin of my nuts.
I’m admittedly not well versed in the genre, but some of the valks, particularly Sigrun, are bonkers. Goomba stomp OP

[spurraider21]

Some dude at twich beat her at level 1 in Give me god of war..took him close to an hour since he was barely inflicting damage
On gmgow you can’t use Atreus to stun her aerial attacks. You literally have to toss the axe at her in that tiny window

on NG+ her attacks are different too. It feels completely different. Yeah she’s also spongier but you can feel the mechanical difference too

[baseline bum]

I’m admittedly not well versed in the genre, but some of the valks, particularly Sigrun, are bonkers. Goomba stomp OP

Well I'm definitely going to play through this game doing every bit of side content I can find now, as I'm starting to love GOW as much as I did Horizon (which was the first game I platinumed). So I'll compare when I get there.

[baseline bum]

Yeah. And bb hasn’t even reached the critical point in the game. Don’t want to get into spoilers for him.

When do I get to plow Freya?

[spurraider21]

Well I'm definitely going to play through this game doing every bit of side content I can find now, as I'm starting to love GOW as much as I did Horizon (which was the first game I platinumed). So I'll compare when I get there.
Seeing as you’ve seen the water drop a second time, you’re next main quest iirc is to find “the chisel.” Once you have that you unlock most the Valkyrie content. Some are easier than others, and they all have unique traits. They’re a great mechanic

[spurraider21]

When do I get to plow Freya?
Gotta travel to milfgard

[baseline bum]

Gotta travel to milfgard


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfjLRuE1CLw

[Xevious]

Some dude at twich beat her at level 1 in Give me god of war..took him close to an hour since he was barely inflicting damage
There's plenty of dudes on youtube that beat her without taking damage on GMGoW (which is what you'd have to do at lvl 1). That's kind of my one complaint with her and the other Valkyries - it's all memorization and reflexes. There's really no preparation or strategy, just countering whichever moves they do.

[apalisoc_9]

Man my last battle with a sekiro boss took 50 mins.

What a pain.

I died like 20 times so instead of getting greedy, i waitied ONLY for the wide open opportunity.

It was fun but would have been more fine if it wasnt that hard.

[redzero]

Man my last battle with a sekiro boss took 50 mins.

What a pain.

I died like 20 times so instead of getting greedy, i waitied ONLY for the wide open opportunity.

It was fun but would have been more fine if it wasnt that hard.

You would hate Monster Hunter :lol. Imagine fighting a monster for 40 minutes, losing and having nothing to show for it.

[apalisoc_9]

You would hate Monster Hunter :lol. Imagine fighting a monster for 40 minutes, losing and having nothing to show for it.

I sold my copy of monster hunter. Might actually buy it again. I think I quit cause i got bored with the lack of lore and story.

[redzero]

I sold my copy of monster hunter. Might actually buy it again. I think I quit cause i got bored with the lack of lore and story.

The entire game is grinding. It's for picking up and playing to kill time, but the depth of it is endless. I have 210+ hours invested and I still suck.

If you care about the story, it won't be for you. It's about crafting the best weapons, armor, etc., and experimenting with builds.

[baseline bum]

Damn Magni and Modi are kicking my ass in GOW since the fuckers keep healing once I get them near death. They wouldn't even be that hard to fight if I didn't have to kill them both at once. Persona 5 did the same shit with one of its boss fights too.

EDIT: Nevermind, I was fighting stupid. Using hand to hand made it easy to stun them to keep them from regaining health and got it on my first try after using that method.

[baseline bum]

Just killed the first valkyrie right after getting the chisel; that was a pretty cool fight. I kept trying to roll but could only dodge that flying attack about 50% of the time. After a few tries I got the parry to about 75% of the time and that was enough to kill it. Though I had to use a resurrection stone. Speaking of them, I completely forgot they were in the game until noticing them when going to the dwarf to get my axe upgraded right after the Magni and Modi fight. That valkyrie fight is making me think I might end up rating this game above Horizon, though to be fair I played Horizon on standard instead of hard. So maybe I shortchanged myself on the combat in Horizon (which was still pretty awesome).

So after experiencing a valkyrie fight for comparison, I definitely think Bloodborne would be up your alley spurraider21. I can definitely see a lot of Bloodborne inspiration in at least that fight. And the Magni and Modi fight is definitely reminiscent of one in Dark Souls 1.

[spurraider21]

Just killed the first valkyrie right after getting the chisel; that was a pretty cool fight. I kept trying to roll but could only dodge that flying attack about 50% of the time. After a few tries I got the parry to about 75% of the time and that was enough to kill it. Though I had to use a resurrection stone. Speaking of them, I completely forgot they were in the game until noticing them when going to the dwarf to get my axe upgraded right after the Magni and Modi fight. That valkyrie fight is making me think I might end up rating this game above Horizon, though to be fair I played Horizon on standard instead of hard. So maybe I shortchanged myself on the combat in Horizon (which was still pretty awesome).

So after experiencing a valkyrie fight for comparison, I definitely think Bloodborne would be up your alley spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905). I can definitely see a lot of Bloodborne inspiration in at least that fight. And the Magni and Modi fight is definitely reminiscent of one in Dark Souls 1.
Nice man. The first Valkyrie right by Thamur’s Corpse is the easiest one by a significant margin imo, but still takes getting used to. It’s really an introduction or primer to the valkyries.

Do another story mission or two (at least) before working on the rest. It gets really good right around where you are.

i just started playing uncharted 2. Horizon is my next main game on my list but want to play uncharted 2 and Arkham city before starting that behemoth. I also didn’t want to play it b2b following god of war because i don’t want to unfairly judge either

[baseline bum]

Nice man. The first Valkyrie right by Thamur’s Corpse is the easiest one by a significant margin imo, but still takes getting used to. It’s really an introduction or primer to the valkyries.

Do another story mission or two (at least) before working on the rest. It gets really good right around where you are.

Yeah I figured I'd have to get much better at parrying for later valkyries based on the way you and apa have been talking about them. That was the first fight in the game I used parrying at all. :lol

[spurraider21]

Yeah I figured I'd have to get much better at parrying for later valkyries based on the way you and apa have been talking about them. That was the first fight in the game I used parrying at all. :lol
Oh yeah you basically have to parry every yellow attack as their swipes cover so much ground. Dodging can be a fools errand.

I dont remember where or when it’s acquired but there’s an enchantment that increases your parry window iirc. That helps.

You also should be using the Amulet of Kvalsir (spelling?) talisman. It’s the one you get in Alfheim that slows time after a perfect dodge. Imo it’s the best talisman before NG+, maybe with the exception of the shattered gauntlet of the ages (which is only really viable when fully upgraded, but requires very specific materials to upgrade that you won’t get to do till quite a bit later in the game)

health burst one is ok too. Later on the runic cooldown one is useful as well

[baseline bum]

You also should be using the Amulet of Kvalsir (spelling?) talisman. It’s the one you get in Alfheim that slows time after a perfect dodge. Imo it’s the best talisman before NG+, maybe with the exception of the shattered gauntlet of the ages (which is only really viable when fully upgraded, but requires very specific materials to upgrade that you won’t get to do till quite a bit later in the game)


I was about to ask if that dodge amulet was worth keeping instead of other rarer ones. Glad it stays pretty strong throughout the game since I like it so much I already maxed it out. :lol

Also does yellow mean blockable and red unblockable in all fights? That sounds kind of hand-holding if so.

[apalisoc_9]

Valhalla!

Id skip bloodbrone and play it after sekiro.

Sekiro is closer to GOW since they both rely heavily on parry

[spurraider21]

I was about to ask if that dodge amulet was worth keeping instead of other rarer ones. Glad it stays pretty strong throughout the game since I like it so much I already maxed it out. :lol

Also does yellow mean blockable and red unblockable in all fights? That sounds kind of hand-holding if so.
No color indicator means you can parry or just block

Yellow means you have to parry. If you just try to block it will give that block break animation and you’ll be vulnerable. Valkyries like to do combo attacks so the first will blockbreak and second will smash you.

Red means you cant block or parry and must avoid.

It may seem like handholding but just wait till future valks

[apalisoc_9]

No color indicator means you can parry or just block

Yellow means you have to parry. If you just try to block it will give that block break animation and you’ll be vulnerable. Valkyries like to do combo attacks so the first will blockbreak and second will smash you.

Red means you cant block or parry and must avoid.

It may seem like handholding but just wait till future valks

Beside the thr queen who else annoyed you among the valkyries? Imo most of the valkyire were meduim difficulty but the queen with minows around..so annoying. Granted i fought her very early so that must have played a part.

Queen def felt like a bloodbrone boss though

[spurraider21]

Beside the thr queen who else annoyed you among the valkyries? Imo most of the valkyire were meduim difficulty but the queen with minows around..so annoying. Granted i fought her very early so that must have played a part.

Queen def felt like a bloodbrone boss though
Alfheim one gave me fits. And the one that keeps spawning minions. Going through them again on NG+ was surprisingly difficult. You should play NG+ on give me god of war.

[redzero]

I just started Devil May Cry 2, and I am able to destroy everybody with the pistols. I literally am able to just hold down the right bumper, press X, and kill everything. This is going to be a disaster.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Playing the MK11 Beta :hungry::hungry:

[baseline bum]

Valhalla!

Id skip bloodbrone and play it after sekiro.

Sekiro is closer to GOW since they both rely heavily on parry

How much of Bloodborn have you played? Tons of enemies must be parried in Bloodborne.

[apalisoc_9]

How much of Bloodborn have you played? Tons of enemies must be parried in Bloodborne.

Its been a few years man. I must have been have way through.

Iirc i stopped at the spider boss. I think i died like 10 times got busy and didnt play video games for a couple months and just not returned to playing

Never was able to finish that boss

[spurraider21]

next time i buy a batch of games bloodborne will definitely be on the list. imo the best parts of god of war (gameplay wise) were the valkyrie fights, i'm definitely thirsting for more of that. sekiro looks really interesting too, but id rather play older games first before they "age" regardless if they're games that age well or not.

i'll wait on sekiro as its a new release. i still have a lot of good ones to get caught up on... bloodborne, witcher 3, nier automata, skyrim, bioshock collection, yakuza 0, arkham knight, red dead redemption 1, shadow of the colossus, probably souls stuff

im not really itching too add anything to the list. on my current backlog from games i have (or available to me from friends willing to lend disks)... horizon, metal gear solid 5, uncharted 3 and 4, arkham city, devil may cry 4, dmc devil may cry, fallout 4, infamous second son, basically every assassins creed game since AC 2 (last one i played to completion), amnesia collection

[baseline bum]

next time i buy a batch of games bloodborne will definitely be on the list. imo the best parts of god of war (gameplay wise) were the valkyrie fights, i'm definitely thirsting for more of that. sekiro looks really interesting too, but id rather play older games first before they "age" regardless if they're games that age well or not.

Sekiro will be $20 by Black Friday anyways.

[spurraider21]

Sekiro will be $20 by Black Friday anyways.
i'll also probably burn through games even faster when im living in fucking charlottesville and the wife is completely wrapped up with school

i mean even now, i generally get in about 1-2 hours on most weekdays, basically from ~11pm to whenever i get tired enough to sleep... with some more on weekends.

[baseline bum]

i'll also probably burn through games even faster when im living in fucking charlottesville and the wife is completely wrapped up with school

i mean even now, i generally get in about 1-2 hours on most weekdays, basically from ~11pm to whenever i get tired enough to sleep... with some more on weekends.

Well there are seven Yakuza games in the main series then :lol

[Xevious]

I just picked up Yakuza 0. Do those games have to be played in order? Never played any of them.

[baseline bum]

I just picked up Yakuza 0. Do those games have to be played in order? Never played any of them.

Yeah they build directly on each other so 0 is the best place to start. It's a prequel to Yakuza 1. Then Yakuza Kiwami is a remake of 1 and Yakuza Kiwami 2 a remake of 2 (both 1 & 2 were originally PS2 games). Yakuza 3-5 are only on PS3 in the US and 3 is pretty pricy since it never got a US digital release and very limited physical release. Though 3-5 have PS4 remasters officially announced for the West and the 3-4 remasters are already out in Japan. Then 6 is on PS4. Also 3 will probably be much better on the PS4 remaster since they got rid of a lot of the weird Japanese shit like the hostess clubs for the American PS3 release since they didn't think the west would understand it. But that's supposed to be in the American version of the PS4 remaster.

[Xevious]

Yeah they build directly on each other so 0 is the best place to start. It's a prequel to Yakuza 1. Then Yakuza Kiwami is a remake of 1 and Yakuza Kiwami 2 a remake of 2 (both 1 & 2 were originally PS2 games). Yakuza 3-5 are only on PS3 in the US and 3 is pretty pricy since it never got a US digital release and very limited physical release. Though 3-5 have PS4 remasters officially announced for the West and the 3-4 remasters are already out in Japan. Then 6 is on PS4. Also 3 will probably be much better on the PS4 remaster since they got rid of a lot of the weird Japanese shit like the hostess clubs for the American PS3 release since they didn't think the west would understand it. But that's supposed to be in the American version of the PS4 remaster.
:tu

[apalisoc_9]

Sekiro will be $20 by Black Friday anyways.

Sekiro is free on pc :lol

[apalisoc_9]

I just picked up Yakuza 0. Do those games have to be played in order? Never played any of them.

Give the game some time. The game has clear flaws but after a certain chapter game just explodes.

[spurraider21]

the PS4 tomb raider series also looks very good visually, may be another franchise i check out eventually. i imagine they'll bundle the 3 main entries

[apalisoc_9]

the PS4 tomb raider series also looks very good visually, may be another franchise i check out eventually. i imagine they'll bundle the 3 main entries

What next game are you planning?

Id go with short games like yakuza 0

[spurraider21]

What next game are you planning?

Id go with short games like yakuza 0
as far as future purchases...


next time i buy a batch of games bloodborne will definitely be on the list. imo the best parts of god of war (gameplay wise) were the valkyrie fights, i'm definitely thirsting for more of that. sekiro looks really interesting too, but id rather play older games first before they "age" regardless if they're games that age well or not.

i'll wait on sekiro as its a new release. i still have a lot of good ones to get caught up on... bloodborne, witcher 3, nier automata, skyrim, bioshock collection, yakuza 0, arkham knight, red dead redemption 1, shadow of the colossus, probably souls stuff

im not really itching too add anything to the list. on my current backlog from games i have (or available to me from friends willing to lend disks)... horizon, metal gear solid 5, uncharted 3 and 4, arkham city, devil may cry 4, dmc devil may cry, fallout 4, infamous second son, basically every assassins creed game since AC 2 (last one i played to completion), amnesia collection
yakuza 0 is definitely on my list of games to purchase, and based on how i like it, i'll look into kiwami and kiwami 2 after that

but more short term, i just started uncharted 2. plan on playing arkham city after that then probably jumping into horizon. i might play one additional short game like amnesia: the dark descent in between

[apalisoc_9]

I was doing some grinding last night with sekiro.

These mini boses can be annoying as hell.

[baseline bum]

the PS4 tomb raider series also looks very good visually, may be another franchise i check out eventually. i imagine they'll bundle the 3 main entries

They're basically Uncharted, so highly worth playing. At least Tomb Raider 2013 and Rise of the Tomb Raider are. I haven't played Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

You might consider buying Tomb Raider 2013 off PSN before April 2nd, as it's $5.99 until then. That's the second lowest price it has even been. It was $4.49 one time two years ago, but otherwise you're probably not beating that price for a long time.

https://psprices.com/region-us/game/10574/tomb-raider-definitive-edition

Rise of the Tomb Raider is at its alltime low of $11.99 in the same sale on PSN, but I think that still has plenty of room to fall.

Don't hold your breath on Square Enix releasing a trilogy of those games. The franchise is likely dead after how poorly Shadow of the Tomb Raider seemed to sell, so Square Enix likely wouldn't have much motivation to put such a bundle out since they won't have a new one to hype.

[spurraider21]

They're basically Uncharted, so highly worth playing. At least Tomb Raider 2013 and Rise of the Tomb Raider are. I haven't played Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

You might consider buying Tomb Raider 2013 off PSN before April 2nd, as it's $5.99 until then. That's the second lowest price it has even been. It was $4.49 one time two years ago, but otherwise you're probably not beating that price for a long time.

https://psprices.com/region-us/game/10574/tomb-raider-definitive-edition

Rise of the Tomb Raider is at its alltime low of $11.99 in the same sale on PSN, but I think that still has plenty of room to fall.

Don't hold your breath on Square Enix releasing a trilogy of those games. The franchise is likely dead after how poorly Shadow of the Tomb Raider seemed to sell, so Square Enix likely wouldn't have much motivation to put such a bundle out since they won't have a new one to hype.
was my thought as well. and visually the last two just look fantastic, so thats a bonus. good advice on the pricing.

another game i've looked into that seems interesting is Hellblade, though supposedly the campaign is fairly short. it looks a lot like god of war tbh

[baseline bum]

God of War must really push the PS4 harder than any other game, because it's the only one I have played that makes my PS4 Slim get loud. Not XBox 360 or PS2 Fat loud by any means, but audible when it's usually pretty silent unless reading from the Blu Ray drive on an install. Horizon and Uncharted 4 are the two other PS4 games I'd put in a similar class graphically to God of War and I never heard the system playing either of those.

[baseline bum]

was my thought as well. and visually the last two just look fantastic, so thats a bonus. good advice on the pricing.

another game i've looked into that seems interesting is Hellblade, though supposedly the campaign is fairly short. it looks a lot like god of war tbh

TR2013 and ROTR are extremely impressive graphically. Funny you'd say that about Hellblade, since it's done by Ninja Theory who made a game on PS3 called Heavenly Sword that was just a God of War 1 & 2 clone with cutting edge graphics. I think it was the first PS3 game that got people coming in their shorts at the power of the system.

[baseline bum]

Yoshi's Crafted World is surprisingly awesome. It's like the whole game is made out of Labo.

[apalisoc_9]

Yoshi's Crafted World is surprisingly awesome. It's like the whole game is made out of Labo.

When are you playing sekiro? Its practiclly for free on PC?

[baseline bum]

When are you playing sekiro? Its practiclly for free on PC?

Probably when I finish God of War. Played a little bit of Yoshi today on the shitter tbh since the Switch is a portable.

[apalisoc_9]

Some faggot gave sekiro a 4/10. :lol

Went from 91/100 must play to 89 :lol

Clicbkait attention whores :lol

[Joseph Kony]

playing sekiro atm...its pretty damn good :tu so punishing, gives me that masochist gamer boner ive been missing lately

[Joseph Kony]

God of War must really push the PS4 harder than any other game, because it's the only one I have played that makes my PS4 Slim get loud. Not XBox 360 or PS2 Fat loud by any means, but audible when it's usually pretty silent unless reading from the Blu Ray drive on an install. Horizon and Uncharted 4 are the two other PS4 games I'd put in a similar class graphically to God of War and I never heard the system playing either of those.

uncharted 4 still has the best graphics ive seen on a console game. ROTR looked pretty amazing on the pro also.

[Joseph Kony]

the PS4 tomb raider series also looks very good visually, may be another franchise i check out eventually. i imagine they'll bundle the 3 main entries
defs worth it, the first one really satisfied the itch i had after i beat Last of Us, and it is surprisingly a pretty brutal and violent game. ROTR is easily the best in the series, one of my favorite games ever. the 3rd installement is good but not great, it doesnt do enough to separate itself from the first two

[apalisoc_9]

playing sekiro atm...its pretty damn good :tu so punishing, gives me that masochist gamer boner ive been missing lately

:tu



:tu

Amazing game.

[spurraider21]

yeah... getting a ps4 is one of the best decisions i've made from an entertainment perspective. it might not end up with a library like the ps2, but when it comes to regularly churning out legit 9/10+ games, ps4 is unrivaled. save fallout 76 (and thats not really a ps4 issue), has anything really disappointed?

xbox might perform better for multiplat but sony has so many good exclusives that its not even a factor worth considering. see almost no point in getting an xbox one. i'd sooner get a switch than an xbox because nintendo exclusives are always a blast.

[ElNono]

the PS4 tomb raider series also looks very good visually, may be another franchise i check out eventually. i imagine they'll bundle the 3 main entries

I enjoyed both very much, although I wouldn't recommend playing them right after Uncharted, they're somewhat similar style of games.

[baseline bum]

yeah... getting a ps4 is one of the best decisions i've made from an entertainment perspective. it might not end up with a library like the ps2, but when it comes to regularly churning out legit 9/10+ games, ps4 is unrivaled. save fallout 76 (and thats not really a ps4 issue), has anything really disappointed?


The Last Guardian is the most disappointing exclusive on PS4 since it's by the devs who did Shadow of the Colossus and everyone was expecting another masterpiece out of them. But for the most part the exclusives have been outstanding since Bloodborne released in 2015.



xbox might perform better for multiplat but sony has so many good exclusives that its not even a factor worth considering. see almost no point in getting an xbox one. i'd sooner get a switch than an xbox because nintendo exclusives are always a blast.

Switch is probably worth buying just for Super Mario Odyssey and Zelda BOTW. It has a respectable library when you count the Wii U ports like Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, and Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze. Yoshi's Crafted World is pretty cool if you want a really casual platformer. Though the other big exclusives are Octopath Traveler and Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which you might be that into if you don't like JRPG.

Astral Chain is the game coming this year on Switch that I'm really interested in since it's developed by Platinum (who is responsible for the combat in NieR Automata).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brmmV3g4qqo

Since I'm not expecting The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, or Death Stranding this year, Astral Chain is prob second only to Dying Light 2 on my list of most anticipated upcoming releases for 2019. Then my third would probably be the remaster of Link's Awakening coming out on Switch near the end of the year. Mario Maker 2 should be a big hit too, but I doubt it'll be any good on a hacked Switch that can't go online to download levels. :lol

[apalisoc_9]

The Last Guardian is the most disappointing exclusive on PS4 since it's by the devs who did Shadow of the Colossus and everyone was expecting another masterpiece out of them. But for the most part the exclusives have been outstanding since Bloodborne released in 2015.



Switch is probably worth buying just for Super Mario Odyssey and Zelda BOTW. It has a respectable library when you count the Wii U ports like Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, and Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze. Yoshi's Crafted World is pretty cool if you want a really casual platformer. Though the other big exclusives are Octopath Traveler and Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which you might be that into if you don't like JRPG.

Astral Chain is the game coming this year on Switch that I'm really interested in since it's developed by Platinum (who is responsible for the combat in NieR Automata).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brmmV3g4qqo

Since I'm not expecting The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, or Death Stranding this year, Astral Chain is prob second only to Dying Light 2 on my list of most anticipated upcoming releases for 2019. Then my third would probably be the remaster of Link's Awakening coming out on Switch near the end of the year. Mario Maker 2 should be a big hit too, but I doubt it'll be any good on a hacked Switch that can't go online to download levels. :lol

Ghost and last of us 2 are probably ps5 tittles.

Specially the last of us 2. The graphics seemed way too good for ps4.

[spurraider21]

Ghost and last of us 2 are probably ps5 tittles.

Specially the last of us 2. The graphics seemed way too good for ps4.
huh? i dont think its even a question that it will be a ps4 release. the ps5 hasn't even been formally announced and we've already seen a gameplay trailer that was confirmed to be on the ps4. all the trailers have ended with ps4 screens. its gonna be just like TLOU, which came out near the end of the ps3 and pushed it to its limits. they'll probably have a ps5 remaster.

[apalisoc_9]

huh? i dont think its even a question that it will be a ps4 release. the ps5 hasn't even been formally announced and we've already seen a gameplay trailer that was confirmed to be on the ps4. all the trailers have ended with ps4 screens. its gonna be just like TLOU, which came out near the end of the ps3 and pushed it to its limits. they'll probably have a ps5 remaster.

What phone are you using?

I've been playing my ps1 and ps2 favourites on my phone for a year now.

Just finished suikoden 2 a few months ago

[Reck]

Has anyone played DMC5? The extreme microtransactions in the game has seem to have killed this game. There is not as much walkthrough playthroughs of the game on youtube.

Between the microtransactions and the lack of inovation, I think people were completely turned off by it.

[apalisoc_9]

Yeah dont really wanna play devil may cac anymore. Really tired of its played out cringey culture.

But its caccoom. Did you expect better from a microtransactions standpoint?

[spurraider21]

What phone are you using?

I've been playing my ps1 and ps2 favourites on my phone for a year now.

Just finished suikoden 2 a few months ago
iphone 6s... has shit storage anyway. wouldnt want to game on my phone. i do enough of that at home tbh :lol

[Xevious]

Give the game some time. The game has clear flaws but after a certain chapter game just explodes.
I've only played it a short while, but I'm already seeing some major red flags. Unless the rest of the game just blows me away I won't be playing any of the other titles in the Yakuza series.

Maybe I just need to avoid Japanese titles from now on, because it seems like I'm always bitching about them. :lol

[apalisoc_9]

I've only played it a short while, but I'm already seeing some major red flags. Unless the rest of the game just blows me away I won't be playing any of the other titles in the Yakuza series.

Maybe I just need to avoid Japanese titles from now on, because it seems like I'm always bitching about them. :lol

I felt the same way. Almost quit after chapter 3 lol.

But its still one of the best gaming experience for me

[baseline bum]

I've only played it a short while, but I'm already seeing some major red flags. Unless the rest of the game just blows me away I won't be playing any of the other titles in the Yakuza series.

Maybe I just need to avoid Japanese titles from now on, because it seems like I'm always bitching about them. :lol

I actually didn't like the game much after starting it either, so I can echo what apa is saying. These were my first thoughts about the game :lol


A couple of days in and Yakuza 0 is feeling massively overrated. The minigames are mostly boring other than the Sega games you can play when you walk into an arcade and the cool shit I saw in the reviews like picking up bikes and beating the shit out of people with them can only be done in this fighting stance called "beast" where the control is super slow and unresponsive. The control feels pretty bad in this game too. Some times you can't use the right thumbstick to spin around your view fully and it feels kind of random when it will work vs when it won't. The camera can be terrible. There is this one guy who tries to rob you on the street and fighting him is reasonable when you have a good camera angle but if you run past him or he runs past you getting the camera back on him so you can see what you're doing can take forever. The control at times feels almost like a late PS1 or early PS2 game, which is completely at odds with the modern graphics and sound. The story is really cool so far but the control seems to badly hold this game back.

I think my problems with the controls came mostly from how they behaved when you were near a wall or a door or something. The minigames got pretty good and the fighting became a lot of fun later on. I think I rated the game around 8.5/10 after finishing.

[baseline bum]

The valkyrie in the River Pass area was pretty easy, much easier than the first one I did.

[baseline bum]

BTW, gotta say God of War is definitely my favorite game to come out since NieR Automata or Persona 5 (can't remember which came out later), even above the brilliant Super Mario Odyssey. Though Sekiro might take that title if it's anywhere near as good as Bloodborne. :lol

[Reck]

The valkyrie in the River Pass area was pretty easy, much easier than the first one I did.

Kara is indeed the easiest Valkyrie.

Next to hardest for me was the one in Niflhein where not only is your health decreasing but you need to find her in the maze while also fighting your way through wave of enemies.

[baseline bum]

Kara is indeed the easiest Valkyrie.

Next to hardest for me was the one in Niflhein where not only is your health decreasing but you need to find her in the maze while also fighting your way through wave of enemies.

Damn I thought you quit gaming man. Good to see you back here. :bobo

[spurraider21]

The valkyrie in the River Pass area was pretty easy, much easier than the first one I did.

completely forgot about that one tbh. to me the hardest ones (besides the queen) were the ones in alfheim and muspelheim. have you made any story progress since getting the chisel, or have you just been hunting down valkyries? kara also gave me a hard time because the minions she spawns were 1-2 shotting me as well


Kara is indeed the easiest Valkyrie.

Next to hardest for me was the one in Niflhein where not only is your health decreasing but you need to find her in the maze while also fighting your way through wave of enemies.
thats not kara. kara is the one in the witch's cave that spawns draugers. the niflheim one isn't that hard herself, but yeah the circumstances of that realm are what make that one challenging.

also she's always in the same spot, so it's not really a "maze." though you do have to fight through at least 2 groups of enemies before reaching her.

[baseline bum]

completely forgot about that one tbh. to me the hardest ones (besides the queen) were the ones in alfheim and muspelheim. have you made any story progress since getting the chisel, or have you just been hunting down valkyries?


Just the part where I went to Helheim to kill that guy and get mini me back.

[spurraider21]

Just the part where I went to Helheim to kill that guy and get mini me back.
nice, so you've already been reacquainted with your... old friend. that was the spoiler i didnt want to give since its one of the best story moments imo. you're also pretty handicapped before that point since u basically double your runics so theres a lot less time between cooldowns

[baseline bum]

nice, so you've already been reacquainted with your... old friend. that was the spoiler i didnt want to give since its one of the best story moments imo. you're also pretty handicapped before that point since u basically double your runics so theres a lot less time between cooldowns

Had to know she'd be back

[Xevious]

I actually didn't like the game much after starting it either, so I can echo what apa is saying. These were my first thoughts about the game :lol



I think my problems with the controls came mostly from how they behaved when you were near a wall or a door or something. The minigames got pretty good and the fighting became a lot of fun later on. I think I rated the game around 8.5/10 after finishing.
Yeah the controls are pretty bad. The fighting so far feels a bit like Shenmue... which was a 1999 title. And the graphics look like they're at least a generation outdated. And the cutscenes (which is 99% of the game so far) are annoying as hell. It's constantly skipping between in-game graphics, cut-scene graphics, those over stylized still-frame cutscenes, and long stretches of dialogue without any voice acting. I swear, Japanese games are the only ones that do this type of shit. Western games have figured out how to integrate gameplay and storytelling a lot better.

[baseline bum]

Yeah the controls are pretty bad. The fighting so far feels a bit like Shenmue... which was a 1999 title. And the graphics look like they're at least a generation outdated. And the cutscenes (which is 99% of the game so far) are annoying as hell. It's constantly skipping between in-game graphics, cut-scene graphics, those over stylized still-frame cutscenes, and long stretches of dialogue without any voice acting. I swear, Japanese games are the only ones that do this type of shit. Western games have figured out how to integrate gameplay and storytelling a lot better.

I don't mind shit not being fully voice acted. Yakuza games are done on a really tight budget. Another of my favorite games NieR Automata (which was also made on a thin budget) does the same. The reason Yakuza 0 is pretty lackluster graphically is because it's a PS3 game that a quick port to PS4. Same for Yakuza Kiwami. You can't expect Japanese games to have the kind of graphics you see in Western games with enormous budgets like RDR2, God of War, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider though. Even one of the most enormous hits made for a Japanese audience in Dragon Quest XI only sold 3 million in Japan.

[baseline bum]

Sega Genesis Mini comes September 19th. Get in here Chris. It just got announced at Sega FES 2019 an hour or so ago.

https://kotaku.com/sega-will-release-the-genesis-mini-on-september-19-1833681956

Though if you want Genesis in hardware over HDMI the $190 Analogue Mega SG looks pretty great in the review samples just released.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5eQhCN6Co

[Chris]

Sega Genesis Mini comes September 19th. Get in here Chris. It just got announced at Sega FES 2019 an hour or so ago.

https://kotaku.com/sega-will-release-the-genesis-mini-on-september-19-1833681956

Though if you want Genesis in hardware over HDMI the $190 Analogue Mega SG looks pretty great in the review samples just released.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5eQhCN6Co

If it includes Phantasy Star 2 and Shadowrun I will buy it. The article says the Japan/U.S. will have different libraries. Some things never change.

[baseline bum]

If it includes Phantasy Star 2 and Shadowrun I will buy it. The article says the Japan/U.S. will have different libraries. Some things never change.

I gotta play the Genesis Shadowrun some time. The SNES Shadowrun is probably my favorite hidden gem of all time and I know the Genesis one is supposed to be even more highly regarded (while being completely different games). I'll probably put it on my Switch. Sadly I doubt it'll be there on the Genesis Mini since they never put it on the Sega Genesis Classics Collection. I'm sure the Genesis Mini will be easy enough to hack and add the game though.

[apalisoc_9]

Kara is indeed the easiest Valkyrie.

Next to hardest for me was the one in Niflhein where not only is your health decreasing but you need to find her in the maze while also fighting your way through wave of enemies.

One tried that bitch.

The hardest was for me def the one that would spawn minnows. Fucking bitch.

[DJR210]

as far as future purchases...


yakuza 0 is definitely on my list of games to purchase, and based on how i like it, i'll look into kiwami and kiwami 2 after that

but more short term, i just started uncharted 2. plan on playing arkham city after that then probably jumping into horizon. i might play one additional short game like amnesia: the dark descent in between

The gunplay is pretty basic in the TR series.. The main selling point is the level design and sight seeing during your pretty linear quest.. As far as visuals the latest is far and away the best setting

[baseline bum]

LOL you can make Atreus jump on your back and then commit suicide together by jumping off the World Tree. :lmao

[spurraider21]

The gunplay is pretty basic in the TR series.. The main selling point is the level design and sight seeing during your pretty linear quest.. As far as visuals the latest is far and away the best setting
the gunplay in uncharted isn't anything special either imo. at least not in uncharted 1 and 2 (i'm about 1/3 through #2)

[spurraider21]

LOL you can make Atreus jump on your back and then commit suicide together by jumping off the World Tree. :lmao
yeah i legit did that the first time i used the quick travel aka load screen

[Joseph Kony]

Has anyone played DMC5? The extreme microtransactions in the game has seem to have killed this game. There is not as much walkthrough playthroughs of the game on youtube.

Between the microtransactions and the lack of inovation, I think people were completely turned off by it.

What? it's a pretty good game, not really sure what microtransactions youre referring to unless you mean purchasing equipment/orbs/etc which has always been in DMC? 92% positive reviews on Steam and a 90 score on metacritic so im going to have to disagree with your assertion

[DJR210]

the gunplay in uncharted isn't anything special either imo. at least not in uncharted 1 and 2 (i'm about 1/3 through #2)

TBH, these new Tomb Raider games are fun, and the historical archaeological stuff is what I like about it.. But to me, graphics aside, Tomb Raider Underworld blows these games out of the water because level design was so fucking good.. Not sure if you played that one, but they made the levels multi-tiered where you would travel down deeper and deeper into the ground to discover civilizations remnants that were built over as the years passed.. Kinda the way how modern day Instanbul is like the 3rd city that has been built over the last.. Highly recommend that one

[DJR210]

What? it's a pretty good game, not really sure what microtransactions youre referring to unless you mean purchasing equipment/orbs/etc which has always been in DMC? 92% positive reviews on Steam and a 90 score on metacritic so im going to have to disagree with your assertion

Not too sure about your thoughts on multiplayer shooters, but they got Rising Storm 2: Vietnam for 8 bucks right now on Steam.. It's fucking fun as hell, and the community is great. They're adding new maps to it even though its years old.

Antimatter Games just dropped this announcement trailer for 83' as well, that's a day one purchase for me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u9oyFkXca4

[apalisoc_9]

Man PC gamers are so pissed off with sekiro "difficulty" :lol

The review scores are amazing but user scores are getting bombed.

Hard for the sake of being hard.

I'm half way through and I'm not even a souls expert and i think its super hard but its fair and challenging.

[Joseph Kony]

Man PC gamers are so pissed off with sekiro "difficulty" :lol

The review scores are amazing but user scores are getting bombed.

Hard for the sake of being hard.

I'm half way through and I'm not even a souls expert and i think its super hard but its fair and challenging.


What? it has pretty solid reviews, 84% positive on 11,000 reviews on steam. most negative reviewers are people who expected it to be the same thing as Dark Souls

[Joseph Kony]

Not too sure about your thoughts on multiplayer shooters, but they got Rising Storm 2: Vietnam for 8 bucks right now on Steam.. It's fucking fun as hell, and the community is great. They're adding new maps to it even though its years old.

Antimatter Games just dropped this announcement trailer for 83' as well, that's a day one purchase for me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u9oyFkXca4

i'm all about FPS tbh, havent played a good one recently although insurgency standstorm was decent. i'll look into it since it's only 8 bucks :tu that trailer looks pretty dope, might have to check that one out

[DJR210]

i'm all about FPS tbh, havent played a good one recently although insurgency standstorm was decent. i'll look into it since it's only 8 bucks :tu that trailer looks pretty dope, might have to check that one out

Insurgency Sandstorm is fucking awesome and very similar to Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, yet very different..

It's similar in these sense that both are focused on realism first.. one bullet kills, no HUD, no +100 XP popups confirming your kills, etc.. But whereas Insurgency is faster paced, small-medium scale battles with 32 players, you have Vietnam at 64 players, huge maps, vehicles, and game play that makes it challenging even GETTING to the objective as it's nearly impossible to peek your head up to scan the battlefield without getting picked off from 300 meters.. It forces you to always use cover and rely on your commander and recon roles to call in napalm strikes and mortar barrages to allow your team to push forward.. I'm not a combat veteran, but this is the closest a game has made me feel to being a part of a large scale war.

[DJR210]

Man PC gamers are so pissed off with sekiro "difficulty" :lol

Yes, as all PC games are made for casuals with a focus on being easy and accessible. Was so shocking to play a game this hard, got damn I've been raging all week! Fucking retard :lol

[apalisoc_9]

What? it has pretty solid reviews, 84% positive on 11,000 reviews on steam. most negative reviewers are people who expected it to be the same thing as Dark Souls

Metacritic was at 72 this morning iirc for the PC version

[apalisoc_9]

Yes, as all PC games are made for casuals with a focus on being easy and accessible. Was so shocking to play a game this hard, got damn I've been raging all week! Fucking retard :lol

You sound like an assuming butthurt pc player

https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mjlol.png

[RD2191]

Sega Genesis Mini comes September 19th. Get in here Chris. It just got announced at Sega FES 2019 an hour or so ago.

https://kotaku.com/sega-will-release-the-genesis-mini-on-september-19-1833681956

Though if you want Genesis in hardware over HDMI the $190 Analogue Mega SG looks pretty great in the review samples just released.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5eQhCN6Co

Which games will you be looking for on the mini?

[baseline bum]

Which games will you be looking for on the mini?

I'll probably just stick with my hacked Switch for playing Genesis games tbh. Especially since I have bluetooth modded Genesis 6-button controller I use with Genesis games.

[RD2191]

I'll probably just stick with my hacked Switch for playing Genesis games tbh. Especially since I have bluetooth modded Genesis 6-button controller I use with Genesis games.

Maybe I should ask what games should I look for if I'm thinking of picking one of these up? :lol

[RD2191]

Not very well versed on the sega platform.

[baseline bum]

Maybe I should ask what games should I look for if I'm thinking of picking one of these up? :lol


Not very well versed on the sega platform.

I'm not that familiar with it either. Any Shinobi game is good. Shadow Dancer too. Golden Axe is a must play. Both Earthworm Jim games are great. Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion is surprisingly awesome. Gunstar Heroes is one of the best shooters ever made. Of course all the Sonic and Streets of Rage games. I don't know the RPG on the system at all though. Chris and midnightpulp know way more about the Genesis library than I do.

[apalisoc_9]

Maybe I should ask what games should I look for if I'm thinking of picking one of these up? :lol

Breh, i didnt know you're midnightpulp light with videogames...dissapointed in you son :lol

[baseline bum]

Apparently the US version will be $80, come with 40 games, and two 3-button controllers.

[baseline bum]

Oh yeah NHL 94 and 95 are amazing on Genesis. Even if you don't like hockey they're like arcade games instead of sims.

[Chris]

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Phantasy Star 4 is in a lot of top 3 lists for people, but sadly, I've never played the game.

[DJR210]

You sound like an assuming butthurt pc player

https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mjlol.png

You type like a retarded gook

[DJR210]

Apparently the US version will be $80, come with 40 games, and two 3-button controllers.

Why would they not bundle two six button controllers tbh? Did they really only go with games from the 3 button era?

[Joseph Kony]

Insurgency Sandstorm is fucking awesome and very similar to Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, yet very different..

It's similar in these sense that both are focused on realism first.. one bullet kills, no HUD, no +100 XP popups confirming your kills, etc.. But whereas Insurgency is faster paced, small-medium scale battles with 32 players, you have Vietnam at 64 players, huge maps, vehicles, and game play that makes it challenging even GETTING to the objective as it's nearly impossible to peek your head up to scan the battlefield without getting picked off from 300 meters.. It forces you to always use cover and rely on your commander and recon roles to call in napalm strikes and mortar barrages to allow your team to push forward.. I'm not a combat veteran, but this is the closest a game has made me feel to being a part of a large scale war.

sounds intense. i'll check it out, i snagged it since its on sale :tu

[DJR210]

sounds intense. i'll check it out, i snagged it since its on sale :tu

LMK what you think about it :tu

[apalisoc_9]

You type like a retarded gook

Racial slurs

https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mjlol.png

[DJR210]

Racial slurs

https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mjlol.png

Gook doesn't count

[baseline bum]

Why would they not bundle two six button controllers tbh? Did they really only go with games from the 3 button era?

Tells you no Street Fighter II nor Mortal Kombat 1 or 2.

[DJR210]

Tells you no Street Fighter II nor Mortal Kombat 1 or 2.

Or Comix Zone..

[DJR210]

Have you seen the latest footage from Streets of Rage 4, baseline bum?

[RD2191]

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Phantasy Star 4 is in a lot of top 3 lists for people, but sadly, I've never played the game.

Thanks man. I'll have to look into these. :tu

[RD2191]

Tells you no Street Fighter II nor Mortal Kombat 1 or 2.

Gawd dammit. I might just have to raspberry pi this thing. Any idea on how sega games run on the pi? Lag on fighting games?

[baseline bum]

Have you seen the latest footage from Streets of Rage 4, baseline bum?

Not sure, don't know anything about it.

[baseline bum]

Gawd dammit. I might just have to raspberry pi this thing. Any idea on how sega games run on the pi? Lag on fighting games?

Get an SNES Classic. Street Fighter II Turbo plays really well on it. Or get an NES Classic and hack it, and buy an SNES Classic controller.

Damn I have a Pi 3B but I'm not using it right now and don't have a free microSD to test it. The lag felt like too much on any kind of fast action game like fighting games or NES platformers when using a wireless XBox 360 controller, but maybe it's better with one of those iBuffalo wired SNES style controllers? You might ask DarrinS or sickdsm since I know they built Pi emulation boxes.

[baseline bum]

LOL played so much God of War today I emptied the battery entirely on my DualShock 4 from a full charge :lol

POS controller with its lousy battery life

[spurraider21]

LOL played so much God of War today I emptied the battery entirely on my DualShock 4 from a full charge :lol

POS controller with its lousy battery life
Was about to say, only 1 battery cycle? That’s amateur hour

[baseline bum]

Was about to say, only 1 battery cycle? That’s amateur hour

What? You played it for 15 hours in a day? :lol

[Xevious]

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Phantasy Star 4 is in a lot of top 3 lists for people, but sadly, I've never played the game.

Dude Out of This World (or Another World depending on what platform you are playing on) was fucking badass. Could play it today and still have the same enjoyment.

[Chris]

Dude Out of This World (or Another World depending on what platform you are playing on) was fucking badass. Could play it today and still have the same enjoyment.

It is a great game! Flashback is almost the same engine on steroids.

[Xevious]

It is a great game! Flashback is almost the same engine on steroids.

Never played Flashback.

I just loved the whole setup on OoTW of escaping the facility with the alien prisoner while unable to communicate with each other. Would've made a cool movie.

[Reck]

Thanks man. I'll have to look into these. :tu

You are a brave soul for trying to play these.

Having gotten used to insanely and amazing graphics, I dont think I could ever go back to these shitty bits type games. Not to mention the controls.

[ElNono]

Man PC gamers are so pissed off with sekiro "difficulty" :lol

The review scores are amazing but user scores are getting bombed.

Hard for the sake of being hard.

I'm half way through and I'm not even a souls expert and i think its super hard but its fair and challenging.

tbh, I was having fun with it until I've got to lady butterfly... I just can't even beat the 1st half of that fight. Not sure if I'm woefully not leveled up enough or what, but I get bitchslapped in like 30 secs flat.

[Reck]

What? You played it for 15 hours in a day? :lol

Your PS4 controller can hold that much charge in one session? Mine is so old and used up it can barely get through 2 hours. I play mainly plugged in. Not a fan of shelling out 60 bucks for a measly controller.

[spurraider21]

What? You played it for 15 hours in a day? :lol
Hyperbole tbh

[Reck]

Hyperbole tbh

Nothing to be ashamed about though. I sank 10+ hours on on GOW on multiple occasions.

If you plan on getting platinum for this, it's almost a requirement.

[apalisoc_9]

tbh, I was having fun with it until I've got to lady butterfly... I just can't even beat the 1st half of that fight. Not sure if I'm woefully not leveled up enough or what, but I get bitchslapped in like 30 secs flat.

Surprisingly lady butterfly was the easiest boss for me. I struggled with the jizou the drunkard more.

With lady butterlfy you need to be ultra aggressive. Attack and attack and attack. Whenever shes in the air use the shurikens it hits 90% of the time and should give you enough time to get some decent damage.

EDIT: I think I got her HP to 40s in for both deathblows.

I'm learning slowly here that posture is the real health bar. Not the health bar itselfm

[ElNono]

Surprisingly lady butterfly was the easiest boss for me. I struggled with the jizou the drunkard more.

With lady butterlfy you need to be ultra aggressive. Attack and attack and attack. Whenever shes in the air use the shurikens it hits 90% of the time and should give you enough time to get some decent damage.

EDIT: I think I got her HP to 40s in for both deathblows.

I'm learning slowly here that posture is the real health bar. Not the health bar itselfm

At this point I used up all my shurikens, so I would need to go back to the other levels and fill up the soul essence BS again... maybe I'll try to keep going on the other non-praying path and see if I can level up some more

[baseline bum]

Your PS4 controller can hold that much charge in one session? Mine is so old and used up it can barely get through 2 hours. I play mainly plugged in. Not a fan of shelling out 60 bucks for a measly controller.

Mine can do 6-7 hours or so I think.

[Xevious]

Your PS4 controller can hold that much charge in one session? Mine is so old and used up it can barely get through 2 hours. I play mainly plugged in. Not a fan of shelling out 60 bucks for a measly controller.

My original controller stopped holding any charge, it wouldn't turn on without being plugged in. I bought a new one while they were on sale, but it sucks that there aren't any third party controllers for the PS4.

[baseline bum]

My original controller stopped holding any charge, it wouldn't turn on without being plugged in. I bought a new one while they were on sale, but it sucks that there aren't any third party controllers for the PS4.

I'd probably just buy a new battery. Thankfully DualShock 4 controllers only use Phillips head screws so are easy to take apart.

[ElNono]

My original controller stopped holding any charge, it wouldn't turn on without being plugged in. I bought a new one while they were on sale, but it sucks that there aren't any third party controllers for the PS4.

A new battery pack is $10 on Amazon. Just be careful when ordering since they changed the battery connector between the old (pre-Pro/Slim) and new controllers.

Also new controllers are $47 on Amazon.

[apalisoc_9]

At this point I used up all my shurikens, so I would need to go back to the other levels and fill up the soul essence BS again... maybe I'll try to keep going on the other non-praying path and see if I can level up some more

Theres a few easy to level up places. The route to Jizo the drunkard. Can get you 5 skill points in under 1 hrs

[spurraider21]

Nothing to be ashamed about though. I sank 10+ hours on on GOW on multiple occasions.

If you plan on getting platinum for this, it's almost a requirement.
Man back when i was in college I’d have legit marathon sessions :lol

Recently ive been able to get a lot of time in when my wife was out of the state for interviews but generally on a good weekend I’ll get in 5-6 hour days

[apalisoc_9]

Man back when i was in college I’d have legit marathon sessions :lol

Recently ive been able to get a lot of time in when my wife was out of the state for interviews but generally on a good weekend I’ll get in 5-6 hour days

Lol. It took me 2 days to finish the uncharted trilogy back in college :lol

Nowadys I cant finish a single game in less than 3 weeks. The second tomb raider took a month.

:lol

[spurraider21]

I don’t see how uncharted 2 is significantly better than the original. I will say the graphics look nicer, and they added a rudimentary stealth mechanic, which is almost never as useful as it sounds because eventually the game demands you get spotted to trigger a set piece anyway.

But the gun play, climbing, story, puzzle solving feels identical to the first one. I’d always heard people raving about #2 and claiming 1 is the worst and borderline skippable. I don’t really see that great a disparity. I think they were both pretty good games. I still think i prefer infamous as a series.

its also probably unfair playing UC2 directly after god of war, to be fair

[baseline bum]

I don’t see how uncharted 2 is significantly better than the original. I will say the graphics look nicer, and they added a rudimentary stealth mechanic, which is almost never as useful as it sounds because eventually the game demands you get spotted to trigger a set piece anyway.

But the gun play, climbing, story, puzzle solving feels identical to the first one. I’d always heard people raving about #2 and claiming 1 is the worst and borderline skippable. I don’t really see that great a disparity. I think they were both pretty good games. I still think i prefer infamous as a series.

its also probably unfair playing UC2 directly after god of war, to be fair

Really? I found the control awful in UC1. It felt freaking ancient. While UC2 the control felt modern.

[Reck]

Really? I found the control awful in UC1. It felt freaking ancient. While UC2 the control felt modern.

Roger that.

I recently replayed the "remastered" trilogy and could barely finish the first game. Didn't even played the second or third. I also found it sluggish and slow.

One thing I will say about the first one is that it's by far the hardest of the series which made it more fun and challenging.

I remember getting stuck on mission 4 on Crushing diffuculty for like a week trying to get pass the spawning wave of enemies with almost no cover. Eventually I forgot about it and gave up on it completely. UC1 is the only game I have aimed for plat and gave up on literally with one trophy left.

https://i.imgur.com/wZdH6CO.jpg

That 91% haunts me to this day. :lol

[spurraider21]

I played them both on Hard. bb maybe the remastered ones control better? I dno

[baseline bum]

I played them both on Hard. bb maybe the remastered ones control better? I dno

You're playing them on PS3?

[Reck]

Yes, they did change the controls for the remastered. it took me a while to re-adjust for it.

[baseline bum]

Kara is indeed the easiest Valkyrie.

Next to hardest for me was the one in Niflhein where not only is your health decreasing but you need to find her in the maze while also fighting your way through wave of enemies.

Gotta say the Niflheim valkyrie was by far the easiest of the three I have fought so far. Use my two runic attacks at the beginning of the fight, block the ice and then roll out of the way of the final ice attack, roll from the red charging attack, parry the yellow charging attack, and then rage mode whenever my health is low.

EDIT: Actually shit I should switch to blades of chaos and do my other two runic attacks so I can do four at the start of any valkyrie fight.

[Reck]

Gotta say the Nilfheim valkyrie was by far the easiest of the three I have fought so far. Use my two runic attacks at the beginning of the fight, block the ice and then roll out of the way of the final ice attack, roll from the red dodge, parry the yellow dodge, and then rage mode whenever my health is low.

Yeah I think it's all about which armor you're wearing. I didn't make much use of runic which only worked to my disavantage. It wasn't until after I beat the game that I started youtubing walkthroughs and saw people cutting valkyies down like fucking knife through butter because they were stacked with good armor and magic.

Do you find Rage usefull? They nerfed the shit out of that in this game.

[baseline bum]

Yeah I think it's all about which armor you're wearing. I didn't make much use of runic which only worked to my disavantage. It wasn't until after I beat the game that I started youtubing walkthroughs and saw people cutting valkyies down like fucking knife through butter because they were stacked with good armor and magic.

Do you find Rage usefull? They nerfed the shit out of that in this game.

The rage is extremely useful. Not just for dealing out huge damage but also for gaining health back. You didn't find rage nor runic attacks useful in the valkyrie battles?

[spurraider21]

You're playing them on PS3?
Nah the remastered ones for PS4. If your bad experience from uncharted 1 was from ps3 I’m sayin maybe it didn’t feel as bad for me since i played the remastered not the original

[spurraider21]

Gotta say the Niflheim valkyrie was by far the easiest of the three I have fought so far. Use my two runic attacks at the beginning of the fight, block the ice and then roll out of the way of the final ice attack, roll from the red charging attack, parry the yellow charging attack, and then rage mode whenever my health is low.

EDIT: Actually shit I should switch to blades of chaos and do my other two runic attacks so I can do four at the start of any valkyrie fight.
I always opened with blades. Hyperion grapple (heavy runic) does great damage on single targets including valks (doesn’t work on the massive enemies though). I would do both blade runics and summon wolves to leave the valk stunned then use both axe runics.

For axe runics the best ones were leviathans wake (the hyper strong axe toss) and glaivestorm. Glaivestorm is the best attack in the game imo. Great against swarms, great against single targets. Those are both great in all situations. Also for light runic you can use the ice beam one (can’t remember what it’s called) and just annihilate ancients with it. Once their chest is exposed, use a ream shift talisman and just aim the beam into their chest it's basically a one shot

For blades i would use nimean crush for most of the game and use blast of haphaestas against valks. For my heavy i would use Hyperion grapple and in situations with more crowds or massive enemies you couldn’t grapple, would use Hyperion slam

[baseline bum]

Nah the remastered ones for PS4. If your bad experience from uncharted 1 was from ps3 I’m sayin maybe it didn’t feel as bad for me since i played the remastered not the original

Nah man I was talking about the remastered version of Uncharted 1. Controls still felt awful in it.

[Reck]

The rage is extremely useful. Not just for dealing out huge damage but also for gaining health back. You didn't find rage nor runic attacks useful in the valkyrie battles?

Not particularly for rage. I didn't think it dealt a lot of damage either.

The health you gain back is minimal in my opinion. And I did find runic magic useful for sure. It's actually essential for intense battles such as with the Valkyries and the black hole enemies which are level 6's and up.

My go TOs were Hell's touch which allowed you a few seconds to string together a massive combo along with the talisman to slow down time. Works great with the full set of Ivaldi's armor.

I put everything on strength and defense. I guess I didn't find rage all that useful because the Ivaldi armor when fully upgraded gives you health anyways.

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Or Comix Zone..

Comix Zone is officially on the US system.

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Not particularly for rage. I didn't think it dealt a lot of damage either.

The health you gain back is minimal in my opinion. And I did find runic magic useful for sure. It's actually essential for intense battles such as with the Valkyries and the black hole enemies which are level 6's and up.

My go TOs were Hell's touch which allowed you a few seconds to string together a massive combo along with the talisman to slow down time. Works great with the full set of Ivaldi's armor.

I put everything on strength and defense. I guess I didn't find rage all that useful because the Ivaldi armor when fully upgraded gives you health anyways.

Yeah i thought rage was useless. Only time I found it useful is in one of the musphelheim challenges