What are you playing right now?

[apalisoc_9]

It's only overly hard if you're a button mashing noob that doesn't try to learn the mechanics of combat and strategies to beat certain opponents more effectively. That's why I enjoy sekiro, because it actually forces you to learn and is challenging but not unfair (most of the time). I honestly felt like Dark Souls 3 was more difficult thus far. I read those reviews too and it gave me pause but I went with my gut and got it anyway. But I am also someone who enjoys difficult games generally and usually increase difficulty to hard on my first attempt of anything.

But I get it. Crushing difficulty is not for everyone. Like I said those people who say it's too hard are not actually trying to learn how to play. They think it's FromSoftware so you just dodge constantly but it's not as simple as that so people complain.

Not a big fan of the conffeti mechanics with two boses though. Its so hard and long to farm those conffettis. It took me 2 hrs just to get 6 conffetti and I died six times anyway so that was a waste.

Either I'm trying beat these two boses too early or this is bad mechanics. Ive eeen those conffeti sold but at a very limited amount.

Id need 25 at least just to beat these two boses. I cant imagine killing both of them in 2-3 tries each.

[DJR210]

Hope this pans out, as I fucking loved Ratchet & Clank 2016.

:lol

[spurraider21]

took down the big Sawtooth, first thing that felt something like a boss. it wasn't too difficult, you just have to be constantly sprinting/rolling and take advantage of slowmo to place shots. and then played a bit through and got to the first Corruptor that attacks the settlement. that thing was just eating arrows. neither one killed me, but they just require a lot of arrows.

[spurraider21]

:lol
ratchet and clank was a fun game tbh

[DJR210]

ratchet and clank was a fun game tbh

:lol

[Reck]

I'm going to start clearing out my PS4 library. Starting with the unplayed indie games.

It's been a while since I played a narrative heavy game so Dreamfall Chapters is going to be a nice change of pace for me.

[apalisoc_9]

I'm going to start clearing out my PS4 library. Starting with the unplayed indie games.

It's been a while since I played a narrative heavy game so Dreamfall Chapters is going to be a nice change of pace for me.

Yakuza 0

[apalisoc_9]

took down the big Sawtooth, first thing that felt something like a boss. it wasn't too difficult, you just have to be constantly sprinting/rolling and take advantage of slowmo to place shots. and then played a bit through and got to the first Corruptor that attacks the settlement. that thing was just eating arrows. neither one killed me, but they just require a lot of arrows.

Lol you havent seen any. :lol

[spurraider21]

Lol you havent seen any. :lol
oh of course, i'm still crazy early in the game. the bow still seems to require absurd precision/accuracy to use effectively. i'm sure ill get better as i go... or the creatures/targets will just get bigger :lol

[apalisoc_9]

oh of course, i'm still crazy early in the game. the bow still seems to require absurd precision/accuracy to use effectively. i'm sure ill get better as i go... or the creatures/targets will just get bigger :lol

Take advantage of traps. Set them up. Theres a few really cool ones.

[apalisoc_9]

Plus once you get more arrow types the game becomes much more easier. Really some machines just needs to be hit with specific types of arrows and some machines require you to hit certain weakspots so you can easily tame them.

Youll find out soon. But the Combat here is actually really fun.

[Xevious]

That one bow (forget the name) that removes components from machines is insanely useful when fighting larger machines. The trip caster is nice too.

[spurraider21]

That one bow (forget the name) that removes components from machines is insanely useful when fighting larger machines. The trip caster is nice too.
yeah based on some of the enhancements i've picked up, i can tell there are other effects in the game like frost, etc. right now the only ones i've really seen are fire arrows and my tripcaster has a shock effect.

one thing i find in common with this game with red dead is that im constantly wanting to upgrade my satchel/quiver so i can continually hoard more and more shit. i always have the same problem in fallout games. im greedy as fuck with loot in games...

[Joseph Kony]

:lol

:lmao

[Joseph Kony]

making me want to play HZD as its been awhile and i never played the frozen wilds aside from the first few quests.

btw i know im super late on this but is Borderlands 2 as good as everyone claims it to be? i bought it cus fuck it, steam had a nice sale. but the art style has always turned me off, so i hope i can get past that

[Joseph Kony]

also playing FF7 on my switch for the millionth time. always laugh at those parts in the slums where Cloud dresses like a girl and gets gang raped :lol

[Reck]

making me want to play HZD as its been awhile and i never played the frozen wilds aside from the first few quests.

btw i know im super late on this but is Borderlands 2 as good as everyone claims it to be? i bought it cus fuck it, steam had a nice sale. but the art style has always turned me off, so i hope i can get past that

I had the same problem with the cartoonish look. :lol

It is a solid shoot “em up but I never finished it myself back when they had this game going for free for + users. Too much fetch quests.

[baseline bum]

also playing FF7 on my switch for the millionth time. always laugh at those parts in the slums where Cloud dresses like a girl and gets gang raped :lol

Man I wanted to play the Switch port but then found out it has a bug that makes the world music reset from the beginning after every battle. So I'll probably play the PS1 version through Retroarch (still on the Switch though, thank god for fusee gelee :lol).

[apalisoc_9]

Man found out I skipped like 5-6 boses :lol. Trying to beat the APE with 6 Health gourds and two three memories :lmao

No wonder im getting killed against the great ape. I might have to backtrack.

Sekiro just wants you to randomly beat boses at whatever level.

[Reck]

Man found out I skipped like 5-6 boses :lol. Trying to beat the APE with 6 Health gourds and two three memories :lmao

No wonder im getting killed against the great ape. I might have to backtrack.

Sekiro just wants you to randomly beat boses at whatever level.

I think this is a bad game level design but also freeing in a way.

It's pretty cool the game doesn't lock you down and you can fight whoever you want but it also hampers your progress. They should have gone the God of War way, you can fight the valkyries at any point but letting you know you're gonna get fucked up if you go in early in the game.

I'm going to buy Sekiro later this week but will add it to the backlog to be played during the summer.

[apalisoc_9]

I think this is a bad game level design but also freeing in a way.

It's pretty cool the game doesn't lock you down and you can fight whoever you want but it also hampers your progress. They should have gone the God of War way, you can fight the valkyries at any point but letting you know you're gonna get fucked up if you go in early in the game.

I'm going to buy Sekiro later this week but will add it to the backlog to be played during the summer.

The main boses are fought in order it seems, but optional boses and mino boses are whenever

[apalisoc_9]

The main boses are fought in order it seems, but optional boses and mino boses are whenever

Problem is a lot of these main boses are so tough. Without fighting these mini boses

[apalisoc_9]

Just beat the ape. Needed six health gourd though

[apalisoc_9]

Sekiro officially surpassed GOW combat for me.

What a masterpiece of a combat system.

[spurraider21]

man, horizon is huge.
baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) i cant fathom how you could possibly have put more hours into god of war than this game. especially on just one playthrough. i feel like i cant walk 5 steps without finding a new side mission or a new ruin/bunker to explore.

encountered the first tallneck... really cool how they turned the generic "tower to unveil map" mechanic into something thats actually fun

[Reck]

man, horizon is huge.
baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) i cant fathom how you could possibly have put more hours into god of war than this game. especially on just one playthrough. i feel like i cant walk 5 steps without finding a new side mission or a new ruin/bunker to explore.

encountered the first tallneck... really cool how they turned the generic "tower to unveil map" mechanic into something thats actually fun

It probably comes down to death/retries ratio. God of War is a much harder game from what I can gather.

[NASpurs]

Genichiro is fucking my shit up :lol

[spurraider21]

It probably comes down to death/retries ratio. God of War is a much harder game from what I can gather.
oh definitely. i'm playing horizon on very hard and have only died about 4 times to this point... not that i'm very far in. but in god of war i probably died at least that many times on the first encounter alone on challenge difficulty :lol

[baseline bum]

man, horizon is huge.
baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) i cant fathom how you could possibly have put more hours into god of war than this game. especially on just one playthrough. i feel like i cant walk 5 steps without finding a new side mission or a new ruin/bunker to explore.

encountered the first tallneck... really cool how they turned the generic "tower to unveil map" mechanic into something thats actually fun

I wonder if time the system is in rest mode with the game open counted towards that time. It didn't feel like I spent 100 hours in the game. Maybe that's what it was? I forgot to consider that; it definitely happens when I play PSP games on my Vita and suspend the system.

[spurraider21]

Sekiro officially surpassed GOW combat for me.

What a masterpiece of a combat system.
definitely look forward to picking this up eventually. i know there will be DLC so ill just wait for a complete/goty edition

[apalisoc_9]

Genichiro is fucking my shit up :lol

Realx. Took me a couple days and maybe 20-25 tries :lol

I realized i fought him underleveled though :lol.

Maybe fight some mini boses first.

[baseline bum]

God damn the Persona series kills me. This logo for the takoyaki stand in Persona 3 with the pissed off octopus with a gun and a martini :lmao

https://i.ibb.co/2KYR482/gsdx-20190411204757.png

[Reck]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7jX_YkSEWE

This is the armor I was telling you about @spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=15491)

I think I'm going for the build. I have most of what I need anyways.

[spurraider21]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7jX_YkSEWE

This is the armor I was telling you about @spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=15491)

I think I'm going for the build. I have most of what I need anyways.
yeah i know of it. you get the zues armor set by beating valkyries on NG+... which means if you really want to use them for meaningful amounts of time, you'd want to make a second NG+ playthrough

zeus armor also means you take absurd amounts of damage so it requires you to be aggressive and great at dodging/parrying

it also makes muspelheim challenges more feasible when you're up against the clock and need to kill x amount of enemies. i always hated the challenge of killing enemies within the gold circles. that shit was stupid. when the rings were pressed up against a wall, it was easy. but they always put that one in the middle of the area near the caves... i hated it

[baseline bum]

zeus armor also means you take absurd amounts of damage so it requires you to be aggressive and great at dodging/parrying


Doesn't sound worth it for fighting Sigrun then since you have to be really defensive and do your damage with runic attacks. Or does Sigrun hit hard enough on GMGOW on NG++ that it wouldn't matter anyways?

[spurraider21]

Doesn't sound worth it for fighting Sigrun then since you have to be really defensive and do your damage with runic attacks. Or does Sigrun hit hard enough on GMGOW on NG++ that it wouldn't matter anyways?
im not even sure theres an NG++ distinction. as far as im aware it caps at NG+. i could be wrong. but even on NG+ (gmgow) yeah sigrun does basically hit hard enough where it doesnt matter too much. usually she's basically a 2 shot. her big spinning aoe attack one shots. often times the quick unblockable stab has one shotted me too. valhalla stomp thing does like 70-80% damage. but from videos ive seen you can do just silly amounts of damage with that armor so its probably worth

and you get the last piece of the armor from beating NG+ sigrun, too. it's really poorly placed tbh

[apalisoc_9]

Divine confetti :flipoff

Only thing thats stopping sekiro from a 10/10 score for me.

[NASpurs]

Realx. Took me a couple days and maybe 20-25 tries :lol

I realized i fought him underleveled though :lol.

Maybe fight some mini boses first.

I did that and ended up in the dungeon against Shichimen Warrior. Now THAT guy is fucking my shit up :lol That terror shit is so cheap.

[apalisoc_9]

I did that and ended up in the dungeon against Shichimen Warrior. Now THAT guy is fucking my shit up :lol That terror shit is so cheap.

See post above.

You need to equip yourself with a pacifying agent to combat terror and divine confeeti makes those fights so much easier but they're very rare. Fromsoftware expexts us to beat them in 3-4 tries

[NASpurs]

Realx. Took me a couple days and maybe 20-25 tries :lol

I realized i fought him underleveled though :lol.

Maybe fight some mini boses first.

Finally beat Genichiro. (and beat Lady Butterfly before this)

I got to the point that I fought him so much that I could deflect almost everything and do a Mikiri counter that fucked his Posture enough that made the fight go by fast.

So yeah, I also beat him on my second day. :lol 20-25 tries seems about right.

[Reck]

Finally beat him.

I got to the point that I fought him so much that I could deflect almost everything and do a Mikiri counter that fucked his Posture enough that made the fight go by fast.

So yeah, I also beat him on my second day. :lol 20-25 tries seems about right.

I think that's the ticket with games such as these.

I fought the Valkyrie queen in God of War so much that I knew what was coming, when and picked up on all her tells. When I beat her I only tok about 50% of damage which by her standards is like 2 hits.

[NASpurs]

I think that's the ticket with games such as these.

I fought the Valkyrie queen in God of War so much that I knew what was coming, when and picked up on all her tells. When I beat her I only tok about 50% of damage which by her standards is like 2 hits.

Yeah you try so many times you feel like a speed runner that knows a game inside and out. This motherfucker gave me hell a few days ago and when I finally beat him, it felt anticlimatic because it was so easy (only because I reached the point that I learned his moveset). :lol it's all good though, it was really fun and never felt unfair. I always felt like I could do it if I tried enough.

[apalisoc_9]

Finally beat Genichiro. (and beat Lady Butterfly before this)

I got to the point that I fought him so much that I could deflect almost everything and do a Mikiri counter that fucked his Posture enough that made the fight go by fast.

So yeah, I also beat him on my second day. :lol 20-25 tries seems about right.

Nice. Lady butterfly was one of the easier boses. Im surprised so many are struggling.

My suspicion is that most players insyinctivley try to dodge. :lol

Worse thing you can do in this game is turn it into BB or Dark souls :lol

[NASpurs]

Nice. Lady butterfly was one of the easier boses. Im surprised so many are struggling.

My suspicion is that most players insyinctivley try to dodge. :lol

Worse thing you can do in this game is turn it into BB or Dark souls :lol

Yeah her first form is easy but it's all the magic and the bullshit that comes with the second form that gets people (I imagine, it's what happened to me).

On her second form, you can either 1) be relentless on her and get a posture break while avoiding most of the magic and apparitions bullshit or 2) lock off on her when she starts calling the apparitions and just run around while avoiding them. Eventually after a minute she turns them into magical homing missiles but they're easily avoidable.

Yeah and I guess you're supposed to use snap seeds to make them go away but #2 is what worked for me. I never really used the snap seeds.

[NASpurs]

The Guardian Ape is such a great fight :lol

[apalisoc_9]

The Guardian Ape is such a great fight :lol

Just wait :lmao

[NASpurs]

Just wait :lmao

Yeah I know what you're laughing at :lol that shit is crazy. Don't want to spoil it. I was like "wtf".

[apalisoc_9]

Yeah I know what you're laughing at :lol that shit is crazy. Don't want to spoil it. I was like "wtf".

I have a feeling you're talking about phases...:lol

Dont want to spoil things for you but you'll get caught off guard soon enough

[apalisoc_9]

Just checked. I still have about 6 boses to fight.

Ive played over 60 hrs and need to play NG+ for platinum. This is going to take a while :lol

[Reck]

Just checked. I still have about 6 boses to fight.

Ive played over 60 hrs and need to play NG+ for platinum. This is going to take a while :lol

The way you made it sound earlier, it was like one hit kills.

This game requires precision, patience and skill. Not just wait to parry like you were saying. :lol

BTW, game is in my download queue. :tu

Probaby will give it a one-night marathon treatment right after I watch the GOT premiere.

[apalisoc_9]

The way you made it sound earlier, it was like one hit kills.

This game requires precision, patience and skill. Not just wait to parry like you were saying. :lol

BTW, game is in my download queue. :tu

Probaby will give it a one-night marathon treatment right after I watch the GOT premiere.

I mean you could kill boses here and obviously enemies without ever using the attack button.

Someone in youtube did that. Killed all bossess with no attack. Just one deathblow like the movies. Obviously that requores precision, patience and skill :lol

[Joseph Kony]

god fucking dammit, i hadnt been saving much while playing FF7 because you can just idle the switch and reopen it at any time. bad fucking idea :pctoss i got cocky and died trying to fight that safe boss in the shinra mansion and hadnt saved since before i got to Junon. i dont even want to play anymore :lol

[baseline bum]

Get in here apalisoc_9, spurraider21


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

[Reck]

Man, I remember when God of War left RDR2 with their dicks on their hands at the Game Awards. Such a satisfying moment. :lol

[baseline bum]

god fucking dammit, i hadnt been saving much while playing FF7 because you can just idle the switch and reopen it at any time. bad fucking idea :pctoss i got cocky and died trying to fight that safe boss in the shinra mansion and hadnt saved since before i got to Junon. i dont even want to play anymore :lol

Well now you can preorder the remake :lmao

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16879262144

The remake that will never come to PS4 and might only come to PS5 if we're lucky

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Well now you can preorder the remake :lmao

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16879262144

The remake that will never come to PS4 and might only come to PS5 if we're lucky

Didn't they announce that like 3 E3's ago
wtf lol

[baseline bum]

Didn't they announce that like 3 E3's ago
wtf lol

Then they scrapped everything they had and started from scratch a couple of years ago.

[spurraider21]

Get in here apalisoc_9 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11260), spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_MuTMcSaGY
:cry goat of war

seriously though, gameplay/combat aside the game absolutely nailed it as far as scope. game was long but not one that causes fatigue. the semi-open world with the more or less linear structure was also perfect. game didnt feel too big, but also let you pace yourself as opposed to uncharted or other linear level games.

just a great experience all around.

[spurraider21]

:lmao baseline bum apalisoc_9

https://imgur.com/a/GmGkSre

[apalisoc_9]

:lmao baseline bum apalisoc_9

https://imgur.com/a/GmGkSre

I might use the sindri gif in spurstalk regularly :lol

[Reck]

I’m disappointed. Kept waiting for the banderas gif.

[spurraider21]

:lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE8CeSvibxQ

[apalisoc_9]

Sekiro is def a much improved game.

But now I'm close to finishing this badboy, i will that overall its an easier game tham bloodborne even though most say otherwise.

I think what a lot of people dont realize, the first 30% of the game is more difficult but once you learn and proper understand the posture mechanic its an easier game.

Genishiro was the hardest boss for me and it took a couple days but I havent struggled that much with anyone else. Granted i still have a couple boses to go for my first playthrough

[Joseph Kony]

:lmao baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) apalisoc_9 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11260)

https://imgur.com/a/GmGkSre
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GlisteningWastefulGlowworm-max-1mb.gif
idk why but i find this one the funniest :lol

[Reck]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GlisteningWastefulGlowworm-max-1mb.gif
idk why but i find this one the funniest :lol

:lol I didn't catch Katros in the background the first time.

[baseline bum]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GlisteningWastefulGlowworm-max-1mb.gif
idk why but i find this one the funniest :lol

Atreus as Brent Remlo :lol

[baseline bum]

This is the one they really needed to do though

https://media.giphy.com/media/fDQiG23bfZsSk/giphy.gif

[baseline bum]

Trying to decide between Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Switch or Final Fantasy VII on Vita, as in the mood for an RPG. God bless CFW.

[Joseph Kony]

Trying to decide between Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Switch or Final Fantasy VII on Vita, as in the mood for an RPG. God bless CFW.

if you havent played XC2 i would suggest to go with that :tu replaying FF7 as an adult always reminds me of how meh its story is

[basquetbol]

Final Fight Mame rom I personally hacked, unlike the Final Fight hacked rom "Street Smart", my version of the game allows for all characters to pick up weapons like pipes, katana blade, Rolento's Bo and grenades. I failed trying to port Bebop and Rocksteady from the Ninja Turtles rom over to the Final Fight rom so now I am forced to copy over the values of Bebop and Rocksteady's sprite palette and manually enter it into Final Fight.

[baseline bum]

if you havent played XC2 i would suggest to go with that :tu replaying FF7 as an adult always reminds me of how meh its story is

So Xenoblade 2 is a worthy 100 hours or so?

[DJR210]

Final Fight Mame rom I personally hacked, unlike the Final Fight hacked rom "Street Smart", my version of the game allows for all characters to pick up weapons like pipes, katana blade, Rolento's Bo and grenades. I failed trying to port Bebop and Rocksteady from the Ninja Turtles rom over to the Final Fight rom so now I am forced to copy over the values of Bebop and Rocksteady's sprite palette and manually enter it into Final Fight.

If you were a Spurs fan you would have been able to get it done

[NASpurs]

This looks pretty cool


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4NeVjNXlDs

[DJR210]

This looks pretty cool


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4NeVjNXlDs

It does.. but for 200 bucks that assortment of games sucks FATTTTT dick. It should have included all of their arcade titles.. No Street Fighter Alpha, no SFIII, no Marvel vs Capcom, etc

[Joseph Kony]

So Xenoblade 2 is a worthy 100 hours or so?
oh yeah, main quest playthrough should be like 60- hours and with extras should be 100+

[baseline bum]

oh yeah, main quest playthrough should be like 60- hours and with extras should be 100+

Nice, I picked Torna up cheap too in the HBG sale.

[Reck]

So World War Z looks nice in terms of gameplay. Reviews so far have been decent.

It reminds me of State of Emergency where you shoot hordes of people. Strangely satisfying.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_un8mHYFJp0&t

[baseline bum]

This looks pretty cool


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4NeVjNXlDs

Man some day I gotta do an arcade cabinet. God this one looks so epic.


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

[DJR210]

So World War Z looks nice in terms of gameplay. Reviews so far have been decent.

It reminds me of State of Emergency where you shoot hordes of people. Strangely satisfying.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_un8mHYFJp0&t

:lmao that's perhaps the biggest piece of shit Rockstar ever released.. I remember being so pumped up for that game.. Thankfully my friend pre-ordered it and not me

[DJR210]

Man some day I gotta do an arcade cabinet. God this one looks so epic.


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

Now you got a ton of cheaper options with the Arcade 1up's.. I've seen some badass custom ones on Youtube lately

[baseline bum]

Now you got a ton of cheaper options with the Arcade 1up's.. I've seen some badass custom ones on Youtube lately

Those look like shit, they're way smaller than a real arcade, and the controllers and buttons are pretty garbage.

[apalisoc_9]

Those look like shit, they're way smaller than a real arcade, and the controllers and buttons are pretty garbage.

Yo get in the sekiro wave already. I'm waiting for Reck to start complaining and s21 is still playing an All time great in Horizon.

[baseline bum]

Yo get in the sekiro wave already. I'm waiting for Reck to start complaining and s21 is still playing an All time great in Horizon.

Playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 right now. Don't really want to play Sekiro right after God of War. Much rather play something completely different and then come to Sekiro later.

[spurraider21]

Yo get in the sekiro wave already. I'm waiting for Reck (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412) to start complaining and s21 is still playing an All time great in Horizon.
its gonna be a while before i get to sekiro. knowing FromSoftware there will be DLC, so i'm just going to wait for a complete edition anyway. ive still only had a ps4 for only about 5 months now... i have plenty to get caught up on. the only big ticket game i could see myself buying at launch is TLOU2

horizon is pretty great. its an open world action game done right. not heavy on the rpg elements (which tbh i prefer... i hate making build choices, and much prefer skill trees). just traveling around is fun on its own. i spent the better part of last couple of days just chasing down random animals though... i upgraded all my satchels and quivers and stuff to full capacity. took a while because bone/skin drops are kinda rare. also "very hard" difficulty honestly isn't that bad. but its the lazy "you do less damage, you take more damage" type of difficulty from everything i've read. and since its the only difficulty i've played on, that aspect of it isn't noticeable. and it's not that bad... it just forced me to be very aware of the elemental mechanics and exactly how they work. the bigger issue is how much damage you take, which means you have to be very selective with timing melee attacks.

i tend to do as much side content as possible throughout the game, so i find myself a bit overleveled, which really just balances out that difficulty anyway. while i cant know for sure, definitely feels like im still in the early stages of the game (havent been to meridian yet, have only encountered one tallneck/tower), but i'm already at level 25 iirc :lol

[baseline bum]

its gonna be a while before i get to sekiro. knowing FromSoftware there will be DLC, so i'm just going to wait for a complete edition anyway.


Good point. Bloodborne without the DLC would have still been an amazing game but no way it would be my game of the century without The Old Hunters.

[Leetonidas]

its gonna be a while before i get to sekiro. knowing FromSoftware there will be DLC, so i'm just going to wait for a complete edition anyway. ive still only had a ps4 for only about 5 months now... i have plenty to get caught up on. the only big ticket game i could see myself buying at launch is TLOU2

horizon is pretty great. its an open world action game done right. not heavy on the rpg elements (which tbh i prefer... i hate making build choices, and much prefer skill trees). just traveling around is fun on its own. i spent the better part of last couple of days just chasing down random animals though... i upgraded all my satchels and quivers and stuff to full capacity. took a while because bone/skin drops are kinda rare. also "very hard" difficulty honestly isn't that bad. but its the lazy "you do less damage, you take more damage" type of difficulty from everything i've read. and since its the only difficulty i've played on, that aspect of it isn't noticeable. and it's not that bad... it just forced me to be very aware of the elemental mechanics and exactly how they work. the bigger issue is how much damage you take, which means you have to be very selective with timing melee attacks.

i tend to do as much side content as possible throughout the game, so i find myself a bit overleveled, which really just balances out that difficulty anyway. while i cant know for sure, definitely feels like im still in the early stages of the game (havent been to meridian yet, have only encountered one tallneck/tower), but i'm already at level 25 iirc :lol

Have you gotten that one badass armor set that has an overshield? Game becomes too easy even on very hard once you get that and that one spear later on. But Ultra hard was still pretty ridiculous

[apalisoc_9]

Have you gotten that one badass armor set that has an overshield? Game becomes too easy even on very hard once you get that and that one spear later on. But Ultra hard was still pretty ridiculous

Doubt he's at that point. spursraider, for your sake save that armor for a potential NG+. Ruins the game imo.

[spurraider21]

I think i know what ur talking about. It’s from getting those power cells. No I’m not there yet. And fuck no I’m not gonna feel bad for using it on v hard

[apalisoc_9]

Ive praised sekiro. Ill eve give it a 10/10 the combat is that good.

But wow. They didnt have to make the final boss ridiculously difficult. Every other boss in comparison in this game now is breeze. Only boss i had to play in two days was genishiro. But at least after my first day i knew it was jist a matter of time.

This nigga though. Ive died 30 times already and i can barely damage him in his first phase ( thats not a spoiler. Every boss has multiple phase) and this nikka has way too many phases

Da fuck

[apalisoc_9]

Dudes at reddit complaining theyve been trying to beat him for weeks and have died 200+ times and is not evem half way through the boss fight.

Im sorry this is insane.

[Reck]

I'm waiting for Reck (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412) to start complaining


Ive praised sekiro. Ill eve give it a 10/10 the combat is that good.

But wow. They didnt have to make the final boss ridiculously difficult. Every other boss in comparison in this game now is breeze. Only boss i had to play in two days was genishiro. But at least after my first day i knew it was jist a matter of time.

This nigga though. Ive died 30 times already and i can barely damage him in his first phase ( thats not a spoiler. Every boss has multiple phase) and this nikka has way too many phases

Da fuck

:lol

[apalisoc_9]

:lol

:lol

This final boss is just ridiculous. You have to perfect parry or else you're losing your posture. Its crazy.

[midnightpulp]

Original StarCraft. Never actually played it (played the first Warcraft). On the Zerg campaign now.

[midnightpulp]

Playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 right now. Don't really want to play Sekiro right after God of War. Much rather play something completely different and then come to Sekiro later.

Is this PC port of Sekiro competent? Probably be 9.99 by the time the Steam summer sale rolls around.

[baseline bum]

Is this PC port of Sekiro competent? Probably be 9.99 by the time the Steam summer sale rolls around.

I haven't played it but it has really light system requirements. Supposedly with very minor tweaking of settings down from max you can get a locked 60 fps at 1080p on a GTX 970. Not too bad for a four and a half year old gpu.

[baseline bum]

Sega announces ten more games for the Genesis Mini


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czAhMC_I1OI

[DJR210]

Is this PC port of Sekiro competent? Probably be 9.99 by the time the Steam summer sale rolls around.

Yes, it's great unless you have a high refresh G-Sync monitor

[Trainwreck2100]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zwQPJmg-Kg

[midnightpulp]

Man some day I gotta do an arcade cabinet. God this one looks so epic.


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

Check you local classifieds for a cab. They make Mame boxes that you plug into the JAMMA harness and you're good to go. Benefit of finding a used cab is that you get a proper CRT arcade monitor with a 15khz refresh rate. LCDs look like complete trash for these games. Something like this:

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/for/d/south-gate-video-arcade-game-3games/6864805529.html

Easy cosmetic fixes. And you'll have a cool looking vintage Neo Geo cab.

[Joseph Kony]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zwQPJmg-Kg

meh, same shit slighty better graphics.

[DJR210]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zwQPJmg-Kg

Fucking sick

[spurraider21]

man, horizon is such a time sink. just walking around and encountering random machines is exciting and challenging enough... the big machines (stopped playing last night after a couple of failed attempts at clearing a particular corrupted zone) like tramplers just do absurd amounts of damage, though. could be a product of difficulty setting, but man i dont even know how to avoid some of their attacks and im just burning through potions.

supposedly if "normal" difficulty means you deal and take 100% damage, on very hard you take 150% and deal 80%. i dont mind only doing 80%, i think it makes it fun. but the damage taken is very noticeable. but the challenge is fun. makes me have to use way more traps and tripwires instead of just running in guns (arrows) blazing

[spurraider21]

meh, same shit slighty better graphics.
they've all looked the same since the 2011 Mortal Kombat game (not officially titled but usually referred to as Mortal Kombat 9)... and dont get me wrong, that game was great. but now they're just releasing shinier versions of the same game.

[DJR210]

they've all looked the same since the 2011 Mortal Kombat game (not officially titled but usually referred to as Mortal Kombat 9)... and dont get me wrong, that game was great. but now they're just releasing shinier versions of the same game.

With each entry the story moves forward and new characters are entered into the universe, which is the biggest draw next to the fighting itself.. the fighting engine and graphics continue to be fine tuned. This game is more than a re-skin.

[apalisoc_9]

People doing no attack runs on sekiro now :lol

Cant think of any other game that allows you to get by boses and enemies by just blocking.

[baseline bum]

if you havent played XC2 i would suggest to go with that :tu replaying FF7 as an adult always reminds me of how meh its story is

Good call on XC2, pretty badass so far and I love the soundtrack. I wonder if the fan translation of FFVII fills in the story better. FF fans seem to think the official English translation is total shit.

Gotta say XC2 is ugly as fuck handheld though. The resolution drop makes it look like a PS2 game when in handheld. :lol

Looks good docked though.

[aj3292]

Playing RDR right now. I openly admit I'll never play Sekiro, lol. I couldn't even deal with Demon's Souls.

[DC23]

I've been playing World War Z the past couple of days. Meh, will be done with it soon and move onto Days Gone.

[baseline bum]

I've been playing World War Z the past couple of days. Meh, will be done with it soon and move onto Days Gone.

I was really excited about Days Gone back at E3 2016 but every successive gameplay video I have seen since has lessened my anticipation. That E3 demo with the beautiful graphics fighting off 100 zombies at once was so impressive, but everything since then has had major graphical downgrades but even worse the gameplay looks so cookie cutter without the giant hordes and environmental traps that made the E3 trailer look so good. Honestly not expecting much from this game, especially when it was supposed to be nearly finished by last fall but Sony was allegedly scared to release at that time. Bend doesn't have enough of a reputation for me to give them the benefit of the doubt that I would for other Sony studios like Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, Insomniac, or Sucker Punch.

[buenavides1]

I just started playing Devil May Cry 5, I will have to finish this game before the release of Mortal Kombat 11 this month.


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

[Leetonidas]

I've been playing World War Z the past couple of days. Meh, will be done with it soon and move onto Days Gone.

Playing it now also. Multiplayer is pretty fun imo

[Xevious]

I was really excited about Days Gone back at E3 2016 but every successive gameplay video I have seen since has lessened my anticipation. That E3 demo with the beautiful graphics fighting off 100 zombies at once was so impressive, but everything since then has had major graphical downgrades but even worse the gameplay looks so cookie cutter without the giant hordes and environmental traps that made the E3 trailer look so good. Honestly not expecting much from this game, especially when it was supposed to be nearly finished by last fall but Sony was allegedly scared to release at that time. Bend doesn't have enough of a reputation for me to give them the benefit of the doubt that I would for other Sony studios like Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, Insomniac, or Sucker Punch.
Yeah I'm really not feeling this game right now. I'm sure I'll play it eventually, but I'm more than okay waiting for a cheap copy.

[apalisoc_9]

Took a two day break from sekiro. At final boss now for ending 1. Game has 4 different endings. Youd have to play it twice to get platinum.

[apalisoc_9]

One complaint i have with NG+ in sekiro..lack of difficulty options. Apperently NG+ is significantly much more difficult.

Would have wanted to compare my skills now vs my skills in NG+

[Reck]

One complaint i have with NG+ in sekiro..lack of difficulty options. Apperently NG+ is significantly much more difficult.

Would have wanted to compare my skills now vs my skills in NG+

Then that's good.

New Game+ is usually a crutch that 99.9% of the time lets you just crush enemies with the carry overs.

Not that I mind that. I love it

[spurraider21]

Lol comes off like the kid that only played games with invincibility cheats enabled

[spurraider21]

im finding it really difficult to not level up dramatically in horizon :lol... there's just an absurd amount of side content. i'm already level 35 or whatever but still am fairly early in the story. reached meridian and did maybe one main quest since then. the recommended level for the main quests right now is like 15-18 iirc, and i'm already lapping that. with that being said, leveling only gives you 10 HP or so (in addition to skill point) so it doesnt really make the game that much easier. and the HP does next to nothing when a single attack from a heavy machine still rips off 80% of my health

but at the same time i still have a bunch of side quests/errands that have recommended levels of 10-15.

last thing i did was getting all the blazing suns at all hunting trials, so i unlocked some pretty sweet weaponry. i still have 1 cauldron to go after for the override ability. the third one i did was pretty lame, though. the cauldron was entirely empty and the only thing i had to do was fight one thunderjaw. not that taking down a thunderjaw is necessarily easy, but i had already seen a couple in the wild and hunting trials. the other cauldrons had puzzles and a bunch of enemies within.

i still think this game is great though... if comparing to other open world action games, imo the gameplay is more fun than red dead 2 (though red deads story felt novel-level tbh)

[Leetonidas]

And just think, as good as HZD is it can't even hold Witcher 3's jock imo

[RD2191]

So I bought ac odyssey and the witcher 3 and I can't really get into either game. Maybe it's me but blah. It feels like there's way too much to do and discover, especially odyssey. Also way too repetitive imo. Any recommendations?

[baseline bum]

So I bought ac odyssey and the witcher 3 and I can't really get into either game. Maybe it's me but blah. It feels like there's way too much to do and discover, especially odyssey. Also way too repetitive imo. Any recommendations?

Go to the whorehouses in Witcher 3.

[Xevious]

So I bought ac odyssey and the witcher 3 and I can't really get into either game. Maybe it's me but blah. It feels like there's way too much to do and discover, especially odyssey. Also way too repetitive imo. Any recommendations?
IIRC you also thought Red Dead 1 was boring. I think it is you. Maybe you need something with more structure and less choices.

[RD2191]

Go to the whorehouses in Witcher 3.

Say no more..

[RD2191]

IIRC you also thought Red Dead 1 was boring. I think it is you. Maybe you need something with more structure and less choices.

I've never much been into games tbh. I really only bought a PS3 to play Red Dead 1 and a PS4 to play RDR2.

[baseline bum]

I've never much been into games tbh. I really only bought a PS3 to play Red Dead 1 and a PS4 to play RDR2.

Sounds like you'd be better off playing at Boys Town.

[apalisoc_9]

im finding it really difficult to not level up dramatically in horizon :lol... there's just an absurd amount of side content. i'm already level 35 or whatever but still am fairly early in the story. reached meridian and did maybe one main quest since then. the recommended level for the main quests right now is like 15-18 iirc, and i'm already lapping that. with that being said, leveling only gives you 10 HP or so (in addition to skill point) so it doesnt really make the game that much easier. and the HP does next to nothing when a single attack from a heavy machine still rips off 80% of my health

but at the same time i still have a bunch of side quests/errands that have recommended levels of 10-15.

last thing i did was getting all the blazing suns at all hunting trials, so i unlocked some pretty sweet weaponry. i still have 1 cauldron to go after for the override ability. the third one i did was pretty lame, though. the cauldron was entirely empty and the only thing i had to do was fight one thunderjaw. not that taking down a thunderjaw is necessarily easy, but i had already seen a couple in the wild and hunting trials. the other cauldrons had puzzles and a bunch of enemies within.

i still think this game is great though... if comparing to other open world action games, imo the gameplay is more fun than red dead 2 (though red deads story felt novel-level tbh)

Level 35 and only reached meridian? Da fuck are you doing? You're so overpowered now

[RD2191]

Sounds like you'd be better off playing at Boys Town.

I...dont know what that is. :lol

[spurraider21]

Level 35 and only reached meridian? Da fuck are you doing? You're so overpowered now
i dno about overpowered. leveling up doesnt increase the damage you do. it only gives you skill points and a marginal HP boost. i dont see how skill points make you OP either. silent sprinting is nice, for instance, but does it really break the game during battles? nah

i really dont feel like i've gone overboard with side content either :lol... often times in games i'll exhaust all side content currently available before moving on with the main quest, until more side stuff becomes available, and rinse repeat. i always found it to be stupid to complete the game, have the story wrap up, and then still do side missions after the fact. i like the conclusion of the story also being the conclusion of the game. stronger effect. but right now i still have what seems like 10-15 side quests and errands in my queue that i haven't gotten to.

as far as what i've done? aside from a healthy amount of side quests, i did all the corrupted zones in the starting area, i've done 3 of the 4 cauldrons, i got blazing suns on all the hunting trials, ive accessed all but one tallneck (not including the Frozen Wilds area... i'm leaving that for a bit later). i also generally kill shit that i encounter along the way

[baseline bum]

I...dont know what that is. :lol

Ask your mother

[Xevious]

I've never much been into games tbh. I really only bought a PS3 to play Red Dead 1 and a PS4 to play RDR2.
You picked some massive games in size and scope to try to get into. Any one of those can be overwhelming even to people who are into video games. I think Witcher 3 took me like a year to finish (split up here and there). RDR2 took two or three months.

[RD2191]

Ask your mother

She got deported. Now what?

[apalisoc_9]

- So they nerfed an early boss in sekiro.
- Added effectivness of items

We finally gotbthe easy mode we deserve :lol

[apalisoc_9]

She got deported. Now what?

Breh play yakuza 0, last of us etc.

These games take less than 15 hrs to complete.

[spurraider21]

if you're looking for games that are easy to get into i would definitely second TLOU. some games are just more intimidating because they throw a lot at you, and the game requires so much time to get through.

i would also suggest spider man as a fun one that doesnt take too much time despite being an "open world"

god of war is easy to get into, and while having a solid length for a linear-ish game, is not overwhelming.

uncharted games are also fun and easy to get into. tomb raider games also look fun and are reviewed pretty well. besides tomb raider series, these are all ps4 exclusives, so they're up RD's alley

[Reck]

Breh play yakuza 0, last of us etc.

These games take less than 15 hrs to complete.

I keep hearing how the Yakuza series is the spiritual succesor to Shenmue. I want to get invested in these games but then I see gameplay of it and get turned off. The graphics look like dogshit.

But that's the least of my issues with it.

[apalisoc_9]

I keep hearing how the Yakuza series is the spiritual succesor to Shenmue. I want to get invested in these games but then I see gameplay of it and get turned off. The graphics look like dogshit.

But that's the least of my issues with it.

Yeah lots of mechanics in yakuza feels outdated. I only liked yakuza 0 cause of story. Never played the other games because most peeps unanimously agree 0 story is a tier above all the yakuza games.

To me yakuza 0 was an addicting netflix show :lol

Gameplay was secondary

[spurraider21]

Yeah lots of mechanics in yakuza feels outdated. I only liked yakuza 0 cause of story. Never played the other games because most peeps unanimously agree 0 story is a tier above all the yakuza games.

To me yakuza 0 was an addicting netflix show :lol

Gameplay was secondary
thats disappointing. not to jump on mid's "movie-game" stuff, but good gameplay is a must. story should serve to enhance the gameplay (TLOU does this well), not replace it, imo

[apalisoc_9]

thats disappointing. not to jump on mid's "movie-game" stuff, but good gameplay is a must. story should serve to enhance the gameplay (TLOU does this well), not replace it, imo

I mean its why i gave it an 8/10, otherwise its a close 10/10.

Baselinebum would disageee though. He thought the sidequest were great. I wasnt intp the sidequest and activities tbh. Maybe Yakuza overall is a better game than i give it credit for.

Angryjoe thinks the gameplay is actually fun.

I mean it was ok imo, but it definitely feels secondary to the story

[baseline bum]

thats disappointing. not to jump on mid's "movie-game" stuff, but good gameplay is a must. story should serve to enhance the gameplay (TLOU does this well), not replace it, imo

It's button mashing combat and the sidequests are hilarious, especially when you give the wrong answers to everything. Not GOTY material by any means. If God of War or Bloodborne is like a perfectly cooked medium rare ribeye Yakuza 0 would be like a double double combo. Quick and satisfying. I'd probably rate it about 8/10 too.

[baseline bum]

Yeah lots of mechanics in yakuza feels outdated. I only liked yakuza 0 cause of story. Never played the other games because most peeps unanimously agree 0 story is a tier above all the yakuza games.

To me yakuza 0 was an addicting netflix show :lol

Gameplay was secondary

Kiwami 1 isn't nearly as good as 0 when it comes to sidequests but if you liked the story of 0 then Kiwami 1 ties up a lot of story about Nishki, Kazama, Kiryu, and Majima. I didn't think Kiwami 2 was as good storywise as 0 and Kiwami 1 but it did continue storylines of Makimura as well as that bully kid Ryuji you beat the shit out of in 0 and is still worth playing if you care about the story in the series. Plus it has funny side missions. One of them there is some slightly overweight guy with the same white suit and hairstyle extorting people and claiming he's Kazuma Kiryu so everyone is scared, so it's pretty funny beating the shit out of him and telling him you're Kiryu.

[baseline bum]

I keep hearing how the Yakuza series is the spiritual succesor to Shenmue. I want to get invested in these games but then I see gameplay of it and get turned off. The graphics look like dogshit.

But that's the least of my issues with it.

Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami 1 are late gen PS3 games which got 60 fps ports to PS4 with the western release. It's like saying Shenmue sucks because of the graphics. You're missing out if you're a graphics whore because lots of the big AAA games with huge graphics budgets have been bland as fuck this gen.

[Joseph Kony]

fucking PvP + zombies, pretty addicting online play in World War Z. one of the more fun multiplayer experiences i've had in awhile tbh

[aj3292]

if you're looking for games that are easy to get into i would definitely second TLOU. some games are just more intimidating because they throw a lot at you, and the game requires so much time to get through.
y

I'm in agreement with TLOU as a suggestion. It's not a big time commitment at all. Weapons and supplies are pretty restricted, so the game doesn't have a lot of complexity to it. It should be easy to get into.

[Reck]

Man I dont know why baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) became disillusioned with Days Gone. I'm actually pretty hyped about it.

I might be able to get my hands on a copy tomorrow. I supposed I'll be the guinea pig for this one.

[aj3292]

Reck let us know how it goes. I think it looks potentially pretty amazing.

[Leetonidas]

Man I dont know why baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) became disillusioned with Days Gone. I'm actually pretty hyped about it.

I might be able to get my hands on a copy tomorrow. I supposed I'll be the guinea pig for this one.

Did you play it yet? I pre-ordered the collectors edition tbh. Hope it wasn't a waste :lol

[Reck]

Did you play it yet? I pre-ordered the collectors edition tbh. Hope it wasn't a waste :lol

Nah. They said they didn't get it today. Try again tomorrow, they said.

[baseline bum]

LOL Jim Sterling's review calls Days Gone a bike babysitting simulator. :lol

Metacritic is 72 for it, about what I was expecting sadly.

What a waste, this looked like a 90 game when first shown off at E3 2016. I was more excited about it than even Horizon Zero Dawn at the time.

[apalisoc_9]

LOL Jim Sterling's review calls Days Gone a bike babysitting simulator. :lol

Metacritic is 72 for it, about what I was expecting sadly.

What a waste, this looked like a 90 game when first shown off at E3 2016. I was more excited about it than even Horizon Zero Dawn at the time.

90?

Scrah, I had a feeling this would be a 60 at best.

List of things that have caused games a grade of 6/10.

- Zombie hoards
-Zombie hoards

Seriously, even the main character is so unapealing. Like zero.
I knew the story was gonna be shit soon as i saw yhe regular white dude who wears his cap backwards

[apalisoc_9]

And it looks like the story and lore is average to below average too.

A lotnm of times you can get away with awufl stuff if the story is decent.

Well at least i know i wont be spending money on this

[baseline bum]

And it looks like the story and lore is average to below average too.

A lotnm of times you can get away with awufl stuff if the story is decent.

Well at least i know i wont be spending money on this

One thing that really turns me off from this after seeing reviews is the beautiful modern lighting and graphics in the cutscenes and then the drab world as soon as you got back in-game. This was one of the few games where graphics were going to be pretty important to me since the E3 2016 preview showed everything in a pretty stunning mountainous area of Oregon. And then the real game looks like a PS2 world with higher resolution textures. Which is to be expected since the trailers after E3 2016 all looked drab like that.

[spurraider21]

black friday 2020

[Reck]

From the reviews I’ve seen the game is solid enough with several performance and sound issues.

A proper patch should fix that. But like apoc said, the story is average at best, it seems.

Was gonna get it today but woke up feeling like shit.

[Joseph Kony]

LOL Jim Sterling's review calls Days Gone a bike babysitting simulator. :lol

Metacritic is 72 for it, about what I was expecting sadly.

What a waste, this looked like a 90 game when first shown off at E3 2016. I was more excited about it than even Horizon Zero Dawn at the time.

meh, while i generally stray from universally panned games, i would prefer to play it and see for myself. i mean JC3 has a 74 score on metacritic and i fucking love that game. Quantum break is like a 68 and i thought it was really fun and interesting as well. i think nowadays its trendy to shit on AAA games tbh. but i already also pre-ordered it :lol and i cant remember ever being disappointed by a Sony PS exclusive

[baseline bum]

meh, while i generally stray from universally panned games, i would prefer to play it and see for myself. i mean JC3 has a 74 score on metacritic and i fucking love that game. Quantum break is like a 68 and i thought it was really fun and interesting as well. i think nowadays its trendy to shit on AAA games tbh. but i already also pre-ordered it :lol and i cant remember ever being disappointed by a Sony PS exclusive

How the fuck did Quantum Break only get 68? Man that game was outstanding. I loved the time stopping mechanic (especially stacking shots) which made it a lot cooler than the standard cover shooter. Plus it was pretty impressive graphically. I thought the live action segments were horrible even with Daniels and Carcetti in them but the story was pretty good ingame. I didn't like JC3 at all though. And Sony does have some dogshit exclusives like Knack. Days Gone mostly lost me when every trailer looked worse than the previous.

[apalisoc_9]

Man dreams is dope. People making new games out of it. :lol

[ElNono]

I just got a code for Dreams. Can’t wait to have some time to catch up with games, I’ve a long list waiting.

[baseline bum]

:lmao baseline bum apalisoc_9

https://imgur.com/a/GmGkSre

https://media.giphy.com/media/W6Q9dufJNsNumhnLoI/giphy.gif

[spurraider21]

:lol

[DC23]

Playing PUBG Mobile. I'm hooked on this lol

[Joseph Kony]

How the fuck did Quantum Break only get 68? Man that game was outstanding. I loved the time stopping mechanic (especially stacking shots) which made it a lot cooler than the standard cover shooter. Plus it was pretty impressive graphically. I thought the live action segments were horrible even with Daniels and Carcetti in them but the story was pretty good ingame. I didn't like JC3 at all though. And Sony does have some dogshit exclusives like Knack. Days Gone mostly lost me when every trailer looked worse than the previous.

That's what I'm saying, but i also enjoyed the live action scenes albeit some of them were a bit too long. but yeah the time mechanic in that game was awesome, the gameplay kinda reminded me of Max Payne 3 in some ways

ima bout to fire up Days Gone, i'll report back on how it is :tu

[apalisoc_9]

Playing PUBG Mobile. I'm hooked on this lol

Lol played that for like an hour and quit. Plus apperently the servers is all asia now. No one plays in NA.

[Joseph Kony]

enjoying DG thus far. idk what the big gripe with the graphics was. obviously its not as good as anything on PC, and while it's not uncharted 4 its better than Far Cry 5 in terms of graphics imo. wish this was on PC though because ive become so accustomed to 60fps its hard to go back to 30 :lol gameplay thus far reminds me of a mix of LoU and the new Tomb Raider games

[baseline bum]

enjoying DG thus far. idk what the big gripe with the graphics was. obviously its not as good as anything on PC, and while it's not uncharted 4 its better than Far Cry 5 in terms of graphics imo. wish this was on PC though because ive become so accustomed to 60fps its hard to go back to 30 :lol gameplay thus far reminds me of a mix of LoU and the new Tomb Raider games

Glad to hear you're liking it. Maybe I'll pick it up this summer when it's $20 (have too much of a backlog to pay full price for anything).

[Chris]

Just started Witcher 3. Where should I put the skill points? I'v decided to stack up fast attack for now and I got the vitality regeneration during the day since I'm playing on extreme mode.

[Leetonidas]

Just started Witcher 3. Where should I put the skill points? I'v decided to stack up fast attack for now and I got the vitality regeneration during the day since I'm playing on extreme mode.

I would upgrade axii and the quen skill. Two of the more useful skills in the game

[Chris]

I would upgrade axii and the quen skill. Two of the more useful skills in the game

Thanks :tu

[vander]

Anyone here played Subnautica?

I'm near the end, just need that one plant and can't find it, was hoping someone could give me a small hint

[spurraider21]

playing horizon... just completed "deep secrets of the earth" main quest, which is basically an exposition-fest where you finally learn what zero dawn is... gaia, hades. that mission took forever just cause i wanted to make sure i listened to all the audio recordings and watch all the hologram cutscenes.

the story is interesting but revealing all of it through pure exposition feels kinda lazy.

[Kurgan]

90?

Scrah, I had a feeling this would be a 60 at best.

List of things that have caused games a grade of 6/10.

- Zombie hoards
-Zombie hoards

Seriously, even the main character is so unapealing. Like zero.
I knew the story was gonna be shit soon as i saw yhe regular white dude who wears his cap backwards

It looks like Walking Dead the game...which is as unappealing as it gets.

[apalisoc_9]

So playing days gone right now.

It's not that bad imo. Lots of care was put into this game. I reckon reviwers mostly played the games before the patches since lots of them complain about bugs. Ive experienced a decent amount of bugs as well but its not game breaking.

My main complaint is that this game lacks identity. It seems like they just placed certain aspects of every game and tried emulating it without adding their own touch.

The Story is better, and the main character is ok...He's very bland, but the voice actor does a decent enough of a job to make you feel like they placed a lot of care on the story. Infact I think every voice actor so far is decent.

I know Gamespot gave this a 5 which would make sense if the game is as buggy as they claim it to be..But after a few patches and playing it now.

7/10 is a fair grade.
6.5 from IGN is low, but its understandable if the difference between now and before patches is significant in terms of glitches.

[Joseph Kony]

So playing days gone right now.

It's not that bad imo. Lots of care was put into this game. I reckon reviwers mostly played the games before the patches since lots of them complain about bugs. Ive experienced a decent amount of bugs as well but its not game breaking.

My main complaint is that this game lacks identity. It seems like they just placed certain aspects of every game and tried emulating it without adding their own touch.

The Story is better, and the main character is ok...He's very bland, but the voice actor does a decent enough of a job to make you feel like they placed a lot of care on the story. Infact I think every voice actor so far is decent.

I know Gamespot gave this a 5 which would make sense if the game is as buggy as they claim it to be..But after a few patches and playing it now.

7/10 is a fair grade.
6.5 from IGN is low, but its understandable if the difference between now and before patches is significant in terms of glitches.
i'm thoroughly enjoying it tbh...i havent really experienced a single bug yet, except for some texture loading issues (lol consoles) and one instance where i had to walk back to another area then back to Tuck to get the talk icon to come up. but other than that it's been smooth sailings for me.

i think people see this too much as a zombie hoard game. and i mean there are "zombies." but it's not like World War Z where you can just empty clips into hoards. tbh ive only experienced a hoard like twice now and they fuckin tore me to shit. but i'm also playing on hard :lol i like that the game forces you to refuel your bike and repair it periodically. i like the stealth murdering in this game, reminds me of Mafia III which was the only thing about that game i liked. only thing i dont like is how they do the fucking flashbacks to tell the story at certain points, i hate that shit in anything

[Reck]

Some fuckwit spoiled this game on YouTube. The cuck put spoilers in the title with a thumbnail.

beware of Sharriko. What a fag

[DJR210]

How the fuck did Quantum Break only get 68? Man that game was outstanding. I loved the time stopping mechanic (especially stacking shots) which made it a lot cooler than the standard cover shooter. Plus it was pretty impressive graphically. I thought the live action segments were horrible even with Daniels and Carcetti in them but the story was pretty good ingame. I didn't like JC3 at all though. And Sony does have some dogshit exclusives like Knack. Days Gone mostly lost me when every trailer looked worse than the previous.

I'm gonna buy me a dedicated TB HDD to play it..

[spurraider21]

The difficulty in horizon ramps like crazy in the DLC area

[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
after having finished horizon, i started uncharted 3. basically same thoughts as above. i dont see the uncharted series as a "great" one so far, imho. but from what i've seen i think i'd enjoy uncharted 4 more than the others, when i eventually get there. i dont think 3 or 2 feel any different than uncharted 1. the shooting feels the same. stealth is marginally better in 2 and 3. the climbing isn't all that great tbh :lol... find a yellow pipe or a dark red brick. the climbing is barely any different than god of war, which threw it in there as an afterthought :lol... its a generic 3rd person cover shooter which isn't all that to write about.

still a decently fun game to play... but dont understand the hype of uncharted 1-3 defining the ps3 generation or anything like that.

[Reck]

after having finished horizon, i started uncharted 3. basically same thoughts as above. i dont see the uncharted series as a "great" one so far, imho. but from what i've seen i think i'd enjoy uncharted 4 more than the others, when i eventually get there. i dont think 3 or 2 feel any different than uncharted 1. the shooting feels the same. stealth is marginally better in 2 and 3. the climbing isn't all that great tbh :lol... find a yellow pipe or a dark red brick. the climbing is barely any different than god of war, which threw it in there as an afterthought :lol... its a generic 3rd person cover shooter which isn't all that to write about.

still a decently fun game to play... but dont understand the hype of uncharted 1-3 defining the ps3 generation or anything like that.

It's because you started playing them 10 years after the first came out and you're playing a far superior version in the remake. There is massive improvements from Uncharted 1 to 2 from the original. It's quite backwards actually. Not much difference from 2 to 3.

By that point, Naughty Dog reached their peak with their engine and finally knew how to work the PS3 hardware which was notoriously bad to work with.

Back when Uncharted came out it just felt freshed and new. The climbing felt new and smooth believe it or not. I just dont think it's fair to compare Uncharted 1-3 to any current gen games. They kind of owe Uncharted a lot to be honest.

Every game post Uncharted started copying it's game mechanic because it was just that good.

[spurraider21]

It's because you started playing them 10 years after the first came out and you're playing a far superior version in the remake. There is massive improvements from Uncharted 1 to 2 from the original. It's quite backwards actually. Not much difference from 2 to 3.

By that point, Naughty Dog reached their peak with their engine and finally knew how to work the PS3 hardware which was notoriously bad to work with.

Back when Uncharted came out it just felt freshed and new. The climbing felt new and smooth believe it or not. I just dont think it's fair to compare Uncharted 1-3 to any current gen games. They kind of owe Uncharted a lot to be honest.

Every game post Uncharted started copying it's game mechanic because it was just that good.
dont see how uncharted climbing/platforming is any better than assassins creed 2, on the same system.

while the game structures aren't identical... i think infamous and infamous 2 are just better.

not trying to shit on uncharted, i still think the games have been quite fun. the presentation aspects of the game are pretty good. stories overall are a bit bland, but the characters are solidly written, voice acting is good, the set pieces are fun. but the actual gameplay is just kinda repetitive between very basic "platforming" ie find a yellow pipe and nothing special cover shooting, with a minimal stealth function. even TLOU, which is narrative heavy, imo blows them out of the water with respect to gameplay

[Joseph Kony]

still playing Days Gone...after about 20 hours in there are definitely some things that should be tweaked but overall i am thoroughly enjoying it....it's not the witcher 3 or anything but a solid 7.5-8/10 imo

[DJR210]

I just picked up Witcher 3 again.. 150 hours and I don't feel any closer to completion than I did 2 years ago..

[midnightpulp]

Revenge of Shinobi. Ever play it BaselineBum?

[apalisoc_9]

Revenge of Shinobi. Ever play it BaselineBum?

Go play sekiro.

[midnightpulp]

Go play sekiro.

Maybe when it drops to 6.99 on the steam summer sale.

[apalisoc_9]

Maybe when it drops to 6.99 on the steam summer sale.

Its free on you know what...

[midnightpulp]

Its free on you know what...

Yeah, but it will run much better on the PC. Seems to be a good port.

[baseline bum]

Revenge of Shinobi. Ever play it BaselineBum?

Oh yeah, of course. One of my most played games on emulation on my Switch. Great game but the arcade original of Shinobi will always be my #1 in the series.

[baseline bum]

I just picked up Witcher 3 again.. 150 hours and I don't feel any closer to completion than I did 2 years ago..

LOL I got 380 hours put into it before finishing off everything in the game.

[DJR210]

LOL I got 380 hours put into it before finishing off everything in the game.

I'm about to drop 400 hours in Game for Peace, China's new blockbuster PUBG replacement from Tencent

[midnightpulp]

Oh yeah, of course. One of my most played games on emulation on my Switch. Great game but the arcade original of Shinobi will always be my #1 in the series.

Really loving Revenge. If you play it like a traditional action platformer, you'll get stomped. Have to play it tactically and deliberately (seems the two Genesis sequels were more action oriented). I could call it a proto-stealth game. Awesome level design, too. I'm bitching out using a game genie to level and boss practice (beat the game with the good ending this way already) and then go for a clean run.

I'll have to get Shinobi Arcade on MAME. Have the Master System version, but that's obviously a gimped version.

[baseline bum]

Really loving Revenge. If you play it like a traditional action platformer, you'll get stomped. Have to play it tactically and deliberately (seems the two Genesis sequels were more action oriented). I could call it a proto-stealth game. Awesome level design, too. I'm bitching out using a game genie to level and boss practice (beat the game with the good ending this way already) and then go for a clean run.

I'll have to get Shinobi Arcade on MAME. Have the Master System version, but that's obviously a gimped version.

Ah I remember having the DOS version of Shinobi in the 80s to play at home. Good game but none of that great music or fast action like the arcade. I imagine the Master System version is similar since the NES version is just like the DOS one. It's a typical action arcade sidescroller from the 80s, including being really cheap at the third boss where you have to die a couple of times to get them to slow down enough to be able to kill them all spamming jump and shoot. At least I have to doing it on a controller. On an actual arcade deck I could often get them on the first time though; much easier to spam those buttons at waist height while standing.

[DJR210]

Really loving Revenge. If you play it like a traditional action platformer, you'll get stomped. Have to play it tactically and deliberately (seems the two Genesis sequels were more action oriented). I could call it a proto-stealth game. Awesome level design, too. I'm bitching out using a game genie to level and boss practice (beat the game with the good ending this way already) and then go for a clean run.

I'll have to get Shinobi Arcade on MAME. Have the Master System version, but that's obviously a gimped version.

Revenge of Shinobi is one of my favs.. that soundtrack is legendary too. What other game has Rambo, Godzilla, Batman, and Spider Man as enemies?

[SpursforSix]

Wow. When did they fix the title?

[midnightpulp]

Revenge of Shinobi is one of my favs.. that soundtrack is legendary too. What other game has Rambo, Godzilla, Batman, and Spider Man as enemies?

Those bosses were a laugh, indeed. Game really is a masterclass in level design. I appreciate how it allows you a variety of ways to tactically problem solve through levels rather than just being a test of twitch and platforming skills, like in so many other action platformers (i.e. Ninja Gaiden, Contra, etc). Not that there's anything wrong with the latter design, but Revenge was a bit of an innovator in that regard. And yeah, soundtrack is top tier.

[aj3292]

even TLOU, which is narrative heavy, imo blows them out of the water with respect to gameplay

I haven't played Uncharted, and always wondered how it compares to TLOU. What about in terms of story quality, writing, characters?

[spurraider21]

I haven't played Uncharted, and always wondered how it compares to TLOU. What about in terms of story quality, writing, characters?
Character models look similar. Otherwise TLOU is more gritty and less cartoony. You don’t need 10 rounds to drop normal enemies. Story is far more mature. They feel sufficiently different.

[aj3292]

Character models look similar. Otherwise TLOU is more gritty and less cartoony. You don’t need 10 rounds to drop normal enemies. Story is far more mature. They feel sufficiently different.

Thanks--if the quality is sufficiently up to Naughty Dog standards, I should probably check them out.

[apalisoc_9]

Thanks--if the quality is sufficiently up to Naughty Dog standards, I should probably check them out.

You got an android phone? Play Suikoden.

Srs.

[Leetonidas]

Thanks--if the quality is sufficiently up to Naughty Dog standards, I should probably check them out.

Uc4 and Lost Legacy are the only ones that have a last of us-ish feel.

[Leetonidas]

Playing Witcher 3 again. Only thing that sucks about being in the beginning is I'm weak af and don't have any money. :lol but haven't even got to oxenfurt or novigrad yet so it's still early. Still working on the baron quest

[DJR210]

Playing Witcher 3 again. Only thing that sucks about being in the beginning is I'm weak af and don't have any money. :lol but haven't even got to oxenfurt or novigrad yet so it's still early. Still working on the baron quest

Im almost done with the Grandmaster Feline Armor.. Bout to be OP as fuck with this Igni build I'm doing

[DJR210]

..and the Bloody Baron is one of the best questlines I've ever played

[Joseph Kony]

..and the Bloody Baron is one of the best questlines I've ever played

i think the gaunter o'dimm quest line is the best one in Witcher 3 but the baron's is up there

[aj3292]

Playing Witcher 3 again. Only thing that sucks about being in the beginning is I'm weak af and don't have any money. :lol but haven't even got to oxenfurt or novigrad yet so it's still early. Still working on the baron quest

Anytime I restart a game, especially a big open world game, I'm always surprised by how hard it is in the beginning again when you have no cash or weapons. It's ironic that being a newbie is often the most challenging experience in a game.

[spurraider21]

If i buy a 12 month PS+ key today, can i choose to activate it ima few months and have a full year from that point? Is there a limit to when I’d have to redeem it buy?

[chunticakes]

I'm playing Yakuza 0. You all were right this game is so underrated. GTA should learn and add side quests like in Yakuza. I spent all last night fucking around at the cabaret giving makeovers :lol

[SpursforSix]

It's ironic that being a newbie is often the most challenging experience in a game.

How the fuck is that “ironic”?

[aj3292]

How the fuck is that “ironic”?

Because I generally expect difficulty levels to ramp up with experience and skills increasing. Most games do at least attempt to scale this way, but still seem hardest in the beginning to me.

[chunticakes]

How the fuck is that “ironic”?

Ironic is Avante saying to shoot sick pedos in the head when he's one of them, tbh..

[Reck]

If i buy a 12 month PS+ key today, can i choose to activate it ima few months and have a full year from that point? Is there a limit to when I’d have to redeem it buy?

Technically yes. When you make the purchase you have to redeem the code yourself and that's when it gets activated. The question is, how long can you wait before it expires.

I think most games and Sony product gives you up to a year before they expire.

[spurraider21]

Technically yes. When you make the purchase you have to redeem the code yourself and that's when it gets activated. The question is, how long can you wait before it expires.

I think most games and Sony product gives you up to a year before they expire.
In seeing some of those $40 for full year promos but don’t think im gonna need it for quite some time. Was planning to just sit on it indefinitely :lol

[SpursforSix]

Because I generally expect difficulty levels to ramp up with experience and skills increasing. Most games do at least attempt to scale this way, but still seem hardest in the beginning to me.

I guess that makes sense but you had just outlined all the reasons why it can be hard. But really...if you really do find the early stages really difficult, then you probably suck at video games. Which isn’t ironic considering your age.

[baseline bum]

Fuuuuuuccck, my GTX 970 crapped out today and there isn't a single gpu I'm interested in right now with how overpriced they are and with a new console gen coming next year. Prob just buy a crap $50 GT 710 (since my cpu doesn't have an igpu) and game on strictly console until we get some decent gpus that will be enough to run next gen shit like Cybrpunk 2077.

[spurraider21]

:lol “master race”

[midnightpulp]

Fuuuuuuccck, my GTX 970 crapped out today and there isn't a single gpu I'm interested in right now with how overpriced they are and with a new console gen coming next year. Prob just buy a crap $50 GT 710 (since my cpu doesn't have an igpu) and game on strictly console until we get some decent gpus that will be enough to run next gen shit like Cybrpunk 2077.

:lol Today's Chinese manufacturing (on a related note, the HDMI port crapped out on my Dell U27 2560x1440. Top of the line IPS panel back in '11. 799.99)

:) 21 year old Voodoo 3 3000 still going strong :tu (and on another related note, all my 20-25 year old are CRTs going strong, as well).

But, I too, have a 970. Gigabyte. We'll see.

[baseline bum]

:lol Today's Chinese manufacturing (on a related note, the HDMI port crapped out on my Dell U27 2560x1440. Top of the line IPS panel back in '11. 799.99)

:) 21 year old Voodoo 3 3000 still going strong :tu (and on another related note, all my 20-25 year old are CRTs going strong, as well).

But, I too, have a 970. Gigabyte. We'll see.

Blech I have a fucking GeForce 8400GS in my shit now. Oh man Spurstalk at 1080p is this card's limit :lol

Oh well the fucking 970 gave me about 4.5 years. I absolutely refuse to buy Turing with how Nvidia jacked the price up to ridiculous levels the last couple of gens:

high end went from $650 to $700 to $1200
upper midrange from $330 to $450 to $700
lower midrange from $200 to $300 to $350

Unless Navi is something really special I'm waiting for next gen consoles to lay a baseline for what I need out of my next gpu. I know anything I buy this year is going to be outdated as fuck in a year or two unless I buy something super overpriced like RTX 2070.

[midnightpulp]

Blech I have a fucking GeForce 8400GS in my shit now. Oh man Spurstalk at 1080p is this card's limit :lol

Oh well the fucking 970 gave me about 4.5 years. I absolutely refuse to buy Turing with how Nvidia jacked the price up to ridiculous levels the last couple of gens:

high end went from $650 to $700 to $1200
upper midrange from $330 to $450 to $700
lower midrange from $200 to $300 to $350

Unless Navi is something really special I'm waiting for next gen consoles to lay a baseline for what I need out of my next gpu. I know anything I buy this year is going to be outdated as fuck in a year or two unless I buy something super overpriced like RTX 2070.

Wonder how Lord Trump's tariffs will impact prices? And I don't see Navi being anything special. Moore's Law has pretty much flatlined. We don't have the same kind of performance leaps from gen-to-gen anymore.

[baseline bum]

:lol “master race”

Just means moar jrpgs on my PS4 tbh. If that died out I would have gone and bought another one in about an hour. :lol

[baseline bum]

Wonder how Lord Trump's tariffs will impact prices? And I don't see Navi being anything special. Moore's Law has pretty much flatlined. We don't have the same kind of performance leaps from gen-to-gen anymore.

The performance jumps are there. It's just Nvidia has such market dominance right now the prices jump along with the performance. The death of AMD in the gpu market has really fucked PC gaming over. I can't imagine spending $700 on a fucking gpu. With how much of a failure Vega 7 was on 7nm I'm definitely concerned about Navi being another turd.

[midnightpulp]

The performance jumps are there. It's just Nvidia has such market dominance right now the prices jump along with the performance. The death of AMD in the gpu market has really fucked PC gaming over. I can't imagine spending $700 on a fucking gpu. With how much of a failure Vega 7 was on 7nm I'm definitely concerned about Navi being another turd.

I'm probably thinking more in a past context when a new GPU launched a year later would basically make the older GPU unusable in comparison. I don't even see the point in upgrading to a 2080 ti if I had 1080 ti, as the 2080 is only about 10-15 percent faster. That's why I've been slow to upgrade the old 970. I don't game at 4K, and the 970 still seems more than capable at 1440p at high'ish settings.

https://www.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2018/gpus/rtx-2070/evga-black/evga-rtx-2070-gtav-4k.png

[spurraider21]

finished uncharted 1-3... i think the games are decent fun but tbh cant see myself going back and replaying them. the shootouts felt like a chore. the "story" is fine by video game standards but isn't something extraordinary. the characters are basically all one dimensional besides chloe. i really dont get why nathan drake is so heralded... he's not that interesting a character. its basically if bradley cooper starred in national treasure. he's just a mary sue. good looking, witty, funny, smart, hyper-athletic, and basically the greatest warrior/soldier on the face of the planet who has no problem murdering hundreds of people and then laughing off a one liner, and ends up with the girl. there's no deeper story with him to this point.

as far as ps3 titles go, i'd put the infamous series > uncharted pretty squarely. uncharted had prettier cutscenes, but thats now how i would evaluate games. gameplay was much better in infamous, combat was significantly more fun, cole mcgrath is a much better character than nathan drake, and the villains were much more compelling in infamous as well. heck, zeke >> sully as a sidekick. oh wow, sully is old witty guy with cigar. all the time. such character.

the "final boss" segments in 1 and 2 were at least interesting. 3 was literally a melee QTE :lmao

id have no problem replaying infamous 1 or 2 (already have a few times) dont feel the same way about UC at all

i've heard uncharted 4 is on another level though, and i will definitely get to that at some point.

[apalisoc_9]

I'm playing Yakuza 0. You all were right this game is so underrated. GTA should learn and add side quests like in Yakuza. I spent all last night fucking around at the cabaret giving makeovers :lol

Yakuza 0 is the goat 8/10 game :lol

[baseline bum]

I'm playing Yakuza 0. You all were right this game is so underrated. GTA should learn and add side quests like in Yakuza. I spent all last night fucking around at the cabaret giving makeovers :lol

What's your favorite side quest so far? Have you done the TV producer one? :lol

[DJR210]

Blech I have a fucking GeForce 8400GS in my shit now. Oh man Spurstalk at 1080p is this card's limit :lol

Oh well the fucking 970 gave me about 4.5 years. I absolutely refuse to buy Turing with how Nvidia jacked the price up to ridiculous levels the last couple of gens:

high end went from $650 to $700 to $1200
upper midrange from $330 to $450 to $700
lower midrange from $200 to $300 to $350

Unless Navi is something really special I'm waiting for next gen consoles to lay a baseline for what I need out of my next gpu. I know anything I buy this year is going to be outdated as fuck in a year or two unless I buy something super overpriced like RTX 2070.

Get a 1660 Ti if you're outside warranty.. I bet you can find one for less than 220.00 on sale and that shit is outperforming the 1070

[baseline bum]

Get a 1660 Ti if you're outside warranty.. I bet you can find one for less than 220.00 on sale and that shit is outperforming the 1070

Only because Nvidia stops optimizing for older architectures once new ones come out. The 1070 should be a better gpu on hardware alone if not for Nvidia's faggotry. Turing is probably going to be just like Kepler which also came out right before a new console gen with a huge price markup and then fell off fast once the new gen started. I'm waiting for Cyberpunk and then I'll probably just build a new system.

[vander]

Wonder how Lord Trump's tariffs will impact prices? And I don't see Navi being anything special. Moore's Law has pretty much flatlined. We don't have the same kind of performance leaps from gen-to-gen anymore.


The performance jumps are there. It's just Nvidia has such market dominance right now the prices jump along with the performance. The death of AMD in the gpu market has really fucked PC gaming over. I can't imagine spending $700 on a fucking gpu. With how much of a failure Vega 7 was on 7nm I'm definitely concerned about Navi being another turd.

what's all this then? after watching a couple youtube videos, I was all hyped to switch to team red this summer (for Cyberpunk I guess) Thought Navi/Zen2 was guaranteed game changer.


also, this thread was doing just fine with Whar, mods need to change it back

[baseline bum]

what's all this then? after watching a couple youtube videos, I was all hyped to switch to team red this summer (for Cyberpunk I guess) Thought Navi/Zen2 was guaranteed game changer.


also, this thread was doing just fine with Whar, mods need to change it back

Zen2 should be great considering even the budget Zen1 chips are already better than anything Intel is offering below the i7 models. But AMD has been nothing but failure after failure on the gpu front from Tonga to Fiji to Polaris to Vega to Vega 7. God I hope Navi is good but I'm not holding my breath.

[chunticakes]

finished uncharted 1-3... i think the games are decent fun but tbh cant see myself going back and replaying them. the shootouts felt like a chore. the "story" is fine by video game standards but isn't something extraordinary. the characters are basically all one dimensional besides chloe. i really dont get why nathan drake is so heralded... he's not that interesting a character. its basically if bradley cooper starred in national treasure. he's just a mary sue. good looking, witty, funny, smart, hyper-athletic, and basically the greatest warrior/soldier on the face of the planet who has no problem murdering hundreds of people and then laughing off a one liner, and ends up with the girl. there's no deeper story with him to this point.

as far as ps3 titles go, i'd put the infamous series > uncharted pretty squarely. uncharted had prettier cutscenes, but thats now how i would evaluate games. gameplay was much better in infamous, combat was significantly more fun, cole mcgrath is a much better character than nathan drake, and the villains were much more compelling in infamous as well. heck, zeke >> sully as a sidekick. oh wow, sully is old witty guy with cigar. all the time. such character.

the "final boss" segments in 1 and 2 were at least interesting. 3 was literally a melee QTE :lmao

id have no problem replaying infamous 1 or 2 (already have a few times) dont feel the same way about UC at all

i've heard uncharted 4 is on another level though, and i will definitely get to that at some point.

I grew tired of uncharted 4 pretty quick. All the climbing felt like a chore. Might as well call it a rock climbing simulator. :lol

[chunticakes]

What's your favorite side quest so far? Have you done the TV producer one? :lol

The one with the fag at that restaurant right? I don't know how I answered everything correctly on that one, I flat out guessed. :lol

My favorite were prolly the Miracle Johnson side quests. The little spin move with the Spider-Man hand gesture and the bootleg Steven Spielberg. :rollin

I also liked the one where you train the chick to be a dominatrix. Man there's so many...did you like fighting Mr. Shakedown?

[baseline bum]

The one with the fag at that restaurant right? I don't know how I answered everything correctly on that one, I flat out guessed. :lol

My favorite were prolly the Miracle Johnson side quests. The little spin move with the Spider-Man hand gesture and the bootleg Steven Spielberg. :rollin

I also liked the one where you train the chick to be a dominatrix. Man there's so many...did you like fighting Mr. Shakedown?

I always picked the stupid answer in the producer one. So when he asked for an eraseable for the shot I put the rubber eraser on the table or when asked about clearing the shot I started smashing dishes in the scene at the end. Have you done the "Be My Boyfriend" sidequest? That one kills me. Or the Chinese lady in the sexy yob who needed a bizza.

[SpursforSix]

I grew tired of uncharted 4 pretty quick. All the climbing felt like a chore. Might as well call it a rock climbing simulator. :lol

Bend over, I'll fucking give you a rock climbing simulator

[spurraider21]

Just started DMC: Devil May Cry definitive edition (PS4 remaster)

completely new to the series. Game looks pretty fun. The visuals are pretty amazing.

tho my gaming will likely slow down considerably from next week through August

[chunticakes]

I always picked the stupid answer in the producer one. So when he asked for an eraseable for the shot I put the rubber eraser on the table or when asked about clearing the shot I started smashing dishes in the scene at the end. Have you done the "Be My Boyfriend" sidequest? That one kills me. Or the Chinese lady in the sexy yob who needed a bizza.

Yeah that boyfriend one was funny. Reminds me of the one where you get a date with a lady who writes her number in a public restroom. You end up going to the meetup and run into some hooligans ultimately missing out on the hot chick with the red lapel. I liked shooreh pippi also. But yeah I need to do the pizza one and the porn mag one you also mentioned...

[Joseph Kony]

Just started DMC: Devil May Cry definitive edition (PS4 remaster)

completely new to the series. Game looks pretty fun. The visuals are pretty amazing.

tho my gaming will likely slow down considerably from next week through August

the DMC reboot was actually really enjoyable, i liked it more than DMC5

[baseline bum]

Yeah that boyfriend one was funny. Reminds me of the one where you get a date with a lady who writes her number in a public restroom. You end up going to the meetup and run into some hooligans ultimately missing out on the hot chick with the red lapel. I liked shooreh pippi also. But yeah I need to do the pizza one and the porn mag one you also mentioned...

I just always picked the worst response on the boyfriend one. Like when she said to tell her father I was an engineer or something (forgot what) I instead said I make my living as a Yakuza and instead of saying we met at the movies since she's such a film buff I told him I just met her on the street a minute ago. Seeing Majima and Kiryu face palm after saying something stupid kills me in these side quests. :lol

[spurraider21]

the DMC reboot was actually really enjoyable, i liked it more than DMC5
just got to the point where i unlock the Axe/Scythe modes by holding the trigger down. shits pretty fun. the constant rave music is a bit over the top though imo :lol

[redzero]

Devil May Cry 2 is so boring. Every fight can be ended by pressing X/Square.

[ElNono]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmzW0IYhXlk

[baseline bum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmzW0IYhXlk

Looks just like the first game except you can summon youkai.

[apalisoc_9]

the DMC reboot was actually really enjoyable, i liked it more than DMC5

8.5/10 Game.

9/10 if the devil trigger wasnt stupid.

[midnightpulp]

finished uncharted 1-3... i think the games are decent fun but tbh cant see myself going back and replaying them. the shootouts felt like a chore. the "story" is fine by video game standards but isn't something extraordinary. the characters are basically all one dimensional besides chloe. i really dont get why nathan drake is so heralded... he's not that interesting a character. its basically if bradley cooper starred in national treasure. he's just a mary sue. good looking, witty, funny, smart, hyper-athletic, and basically the greatest warrior/soldier on the face of the planet who has no problem murdering hundreds of people and then laughing off a one liner, and ends up with the girl. there's no deeper story with him to this point.

as far as ps3 titles go, i'd put the infamous series > uncharted pretty squarely. uncharted had prettier cutscenes, but thats now how i would evaluate games. gameplay was much better in infamous, combat was significantly more fun, cole mcgrath is a much better character than nathan drake, and the villains were much more compelling in infamous as well. heck, zeke >> sully as a sidekick. oh wow, sully is old witty guy with cigar. all the time. such character.

the "final boss" segments in 1 and 2 were at least interesting. 3 was literally a melee QTE :lmao

id have no problem replaying infamous 1 or 2 (already have a few times) dont feel the same way about UC at all

i've heard uncharted 4 is on another level though, and i will definitely get to that at some point.

When I bought the PS3, UC2 was the showpiece game for the system, so course that was the first game I played on the system. Friend of mine let me borrow Infamous. Infamous impressed me far more. The Uncharted series is fine for what it is, a tech demo movie-game that is little more than a passive experience, but I, too, am puzzled at the litany of 9s and 10s the series receives from journos and fans, with "best game of..." thrown around liberally. Duck Hunt has deeper gameplay than the entire series combined. Keep in mind I don't dislike the series at all and enjoy it on its own terms, but it's what I'd consider a "veg out" game, even on the hardest difficulties.

[spurraider21]

When I bought the PS3, UC2 was the showpiece game for the system, so course that was the first game I played on the system. Friend of mine let me borrow Infamous. Infamous impressed me far more. The Uncharted series is fine for what it is, a tech demo movie-game that is little more than a passive experience, but I, too, am puzzled at the litany of 9s and 10s the series receives from journos and fans, with "best game of..." thrown around liberally. Duck Hunt has deeper gameplay than the entire series combined. Keep in mind I don't dislike the series at all and enjoy it on its own terms, but it's what I'd consider a "veg out" game, even on the hardest difficulties.
i cant consider the combat portions "veg out" moments really... especially when they keep spawning enemies from different areas, often times even behind you. they could get challenging/frustrating for moments until you pick up on the spawn patterns and are better prepared.

but the climbing portions were just tapping x and watching him to do something incredible

and i get that infamous and uncharted might not seem like natural comparisons as infamous has an open word/quest design, but its still fairly linear and its a narrative heavy game with a heavy emphasis on ranged combat and climbing/exploration. it was the first thing i thought of when trying to compare uncharted to another franchise. but infamous 1 and 2 blew uncharted 1-3 out of the water. i havent played UC4 or infamous Second Son (reviews aren't great for that one) yet.

[midnightpulp]

i cant consider the combat portions "veg out" moments really... especially when they keep spawning enemies from different areas, often times even behind you. they could get challenging/frustrating for moments until you pick up on the spawn patterns and are better prepared.

but the climbing portions were just tapping x and watching him to do something incredible

and i get that infamous and uncharted might not seem like natural comparisons as infamous has an open word/quest design, but its still fairly linear and its a narrative heavy game with a heavy emphasis on ranged combat and climbing/exploration. it was the first thing i thought of when trying to compare uncharted to another franchise. but infamous 1 and 2 blew uncharted 1-3 out of the water. i havent played UC4 or infamous Second Son (reviews aren't great for that one) yet.

Infamous is far superior because it gives you many more options in how you attack a situation. You can range, you can attack from above off of buildings, you can melee, all legit methods depending on your build/skills. UC basically forces you into duck-and-cover/pop-up-and-shoot style combat 95% of the time. Basic cover shooter mechanics.

I enjoyed Second Son, but it was a bit dumbed down from the previous entries.

[spurraider21]

Infamous is far superior because it gives you many more options in how you attack a situation. You can range, you can attack from above off of buildings, you can melee, all legit methods depending on your build/skills. UC basically forces you into duck-and-cover/pop-up-and-shoot style combat 95% of the time. Basic cover shooter mechanics.

I enjoyed Second Son, but it was a bit dumbed down from the previous entries.
infamous 1 and 2 were among my favorite ps3 games. i know you dont really care for story in games, but the kessler plot in infamous 1 was pretty sweet. and the comic/graphic novel style cutscenes were awesome.

i remember when infamous came out, there was a big debate between infamous and prototype which were coming out around the same time. never got around to prototype. have you? was it any good?

[baseline bum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmzW0IYhXlk

Just got a code from Sony for that shit and redeemed it but no idea how to download. Maybe can't until tomorrow? BTW loved Jim Sterling's review of the first. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj51Qz6H_ik

[Reck]

Infamous is far superior because it gives you many more options in how you attack a situation. You can range, you can attack from above off of buildings, you can melee, all legit methods depending on your build/skills. UC basically forces you into duck-and-cover/pop-up-and-shoot style combat 95% of the time. Basic cover shooter mechanics.

I enjoyed Second Son, but it was a bit dumbed down from the previous entries.

Well of course it gives you more options to plan your strategy of attack. You're an overpower superhero basically.

UC and Infamous shouldn't really be compared as they are two completely different games with a different feel to them.

In terms of fun factor and gameplay ability, I too would choose Infamous over Uncharted. There is simply more you can do in Infamous which by deafault makes it a better game.

you have to take UC for what it is, a cliche' B-list movie type action game.

[spurraider21]

Well of course it gives you more options to plan your strategy of attack. You're an overpower superhero basically.

UC and Infamous shouldn't really be compared as they are two completely different games with a different feel to them.

In terms of fun factor and gameplay ability, I too would choose Infamous over Uncharted. There is simply more you can do in Infamous which by deafault makes it a better game.

you have to take UC for what it is, a cliche' B-list movie type action game.
i know they're not natural comparisons, but the whole time i was playing UC i was just thinking its a not as good infamous. they're both still effectively third person shooters (shooting bolts or bullets) where you basically have to kill full on armies of other armed soldiers or weird creatures. both including climbing/platforming sequences. infamous is technically "open world" but the quests are still quite linear like UC. the difference is UC's combat mechanic is cover shooting whereas infamous is more versatile. they both have pretty lousy melee, though the melee in infamous 2 was actually improved and fun, while still rudimentary

but to me, the action sequences in infamous were always fun, i never was bored or felt like it was grind of "oh, here come 15 more bad guys... great...". but UC really started to feel that way.

and calling it a cliche b-list movie type action game is one thing, but the acclaim the series gets is something completely different.

[ElNono]

Just got a code from Sony for that shit and redeemed it but no idea how to download. Maybe can't until tomorrow? BTW loved Jim Sterling's review of the first. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj51Qz6H_ik

From the store app, redeem code. That’s how I got it anyways.

Haven’t played the first be but heard good stuff about it

[Joseph Kony]

I thought Nioh was garbage tbh, pretty much a fail version of Sekiro. i tried to like it but just couldn't get into it

[NASpurs]

Playing Rage 2. It's fine; feels like a mix of Fallout, Doom, and the Borderlands games but just not as good. I've played like 3 hours already and I'm having fun but it's not blowing me away.

[Leetonidas]

I wanted to get Rage 2 but I heard it's basically Fallout 76: New Dawn :lol supposedly the open world is empty and there's only like 8 missions. I heard the actual gun play is legit though

[midnightpulp]

Gradius II. Kicking my ass. Seems much harder than Gradius I.