What are you playing right now?

[DJR210]

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

I always thought Gradius > R-Type

[DJR210]

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

It was cracked like 8 seconds after release.. go get it. Games are so enjoyable when there's no buyers remorse to take into consideration

[midnightpulp]

I always thought Gradius > R-Type

Both are great for their own reasons. R-Type is a bit slower paced and tactical. Ever play Gradius II? I don't think I'm Japanese enough for this game. I can no death about half the game, but always take some stupid death, lose my power-ups, and it's GG. Can get to the last level, but have to continue about 6 thousand times, and if you're not powered up there, forget about it. Wonder if BaselineBum's 1/4th Jap side beat this monster (and legend is Gradius 3 Arcade is about impossible).

That said, the game is fair. Just mercilessly punishes you for mistakes.

[DC23]

Playing Team Sonic Racing. Meh...

[aj3292]

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.

The sad thing is that that should be a formula for awesome. But if it's just a pale imitation of the three, that sucks :/

[baseline bum]

Both are great for their own reasons. R-Type is a bit slower paced and tactical. Ever play Gradius II? I don't think I'm Japanese enough for this game. I can no death about half the game, but always take some stupid death, lose my power-ups, and it's GG. Can get to the last level, but have to continue about 6 thousand times, and if you're not powered up there, forget about it. Wonder if BaselineBum's 1/4th Jap side beat this monster (and legend is Gradius 3 Arcade is about impossible).

That said, the game is fair. Just mercilessly punishes you for mistakes.

I'm terrible at shooters. I still like them though. Was just playing the Dreamcast classic Ikaruga on Switch the other day. Damn that game is killer.

[midnightpulp]

I'm terrible at shooters. I still like them though. Was just playing the Dreamcast classic Ikaruga on Switch the other day. Damn that game is killer.

Yeah, I need to revisit it. Have the Xbox Live version and just lazily credit fed through it the first time.

[spurraider21]

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/05/ps_plus_members_get_double_discounts_in_new_us_pla ystation_store_sale

pretty nice sale going on right now on the playstation store... bioshock collection for $14.39... witcher 3 complete edition for $14.99 (those full discounts only apply for PS+ users). i'm getting those 2 at those prices.

a good breakdown of all the games/prices can be found here

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/comments/brbnp4/na_psn_double_discounts_sale/

[baseline bum]

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/05/ps_plus_members_get_double_discounts_in_new_us_pla ystation_store_sale

pretty nice sale going on right now on the playstation store... bioshock collection for $14.39... witcher 3 complete edition for $14.99 (those full discounts only apply for PS+ users). i'm getting those 2 at those prices.

a good breakdown of all the games/prices can be found here

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/comments/brbnp4/na_psn_double_discounts_sale/

Double Discounts are shit sales they usually do right before or right after a really good sale, putting the regular "good sale" price as the PS Plus price. For instance, the Days of Play sale is coming soon, probably June 9th - 15th but possibly starting Sunday on the 2nd. PS Store usually does a good E3 sale but since they're probably folding that into Days of Play since they're not going to E3 this year. The really big PS Store Summer Sale though comes in late June to early July in the MidYear Sale. Sometimes the Midyear Sale is even better than the Black Friday Sale.

[spurraider21]

Double Discounts are shit sales they usually do right before or right after a really good sale, putting the regular "good sale" price as the PS Plus price. For instance, the Days of Play sale is coming soon, probably June 9th - 15th but possibly starting Sunday on the 2nd. PS Store usually does a good E3 sale but since they're probably folding that into Days of Play since they're not going to E3 this year. The really big PS Store Summer Sale though comes in late June to early July in the MidYear Sale. Sometimes the Midyear Sale is even better than the Black Friday Sale.
you think i'll get a better deal than $14.39 for bioshock collection or $14.99 for witcher 3 complete?

those are the only ones i'm particularly interested from the current selection. not only would those keep me occupied for a good amount of time (particularly skyrim), i still have fallout 4 (base edition, though, no DLC) and MGS V on my current backlog which both figure to be fairly long games. thats not including some random 10-12 hour games i have.

buddy of mine also has UC4 and all the assassins creed games, which he's gonna lend the discs for when i needem

other games that i generally have on my mind that i'll wait for good deals would be: dark souls trilogy, bloodborne, nier automata, skyrim, yakuza 0, arkham knight, hellblade.

[baseline bum]

you think i'll get a better deal than $14.39 for bioshock collection or $14.99 for witcher 3 complete?

If you have PS Plus might as well go for it. Both are amazing collections.

[baseline bum]

Days of Play Sale is June 7th-17th. PS4 Slim is $299 but some special edition crap, but PS4 Pro drops to $349 for those 11 days. Any one who buys a PS4 Slim over the Pro in this upcoming sale is a retard.

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/05/29/days-of-play-11-days-of-deals-and-a-new-limited-edition-ps4/

[spurraider21]

If you have PS Plus might as well go for it. Both are amazing collections.
i wrote some time ago about the account arrangement i have. so i have access to my cousins library with ps+. basically just making the purchase for him.

[spurraider21]

Days of Play Sale is June 7th-17th. PS4 Slim is $299 but some special edition crap, but PS4 Pro drops to $349 for those 11 days. Any one who buys a PS4 Slim over the Pro in this upcoming sale is a retard.

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/05/29/days-of-play-11-days-of-deals-and-a-new-limited-edition-ps4/
woah, they're dropping days gone/spiderman to $20... would just be gambling that witcher 3 (complete) and bioshock collection will have similar deals

[baseline bum]

i wrote some time ago about the account arrangement i have. so i have access to my cousins library with ps+. basically just making the purchase for him.

You'd be buying on his account? In that case I think only his PS4 would be able to play the games without an internet connection. Whereas you would have to phone home to Sony to play those I think [and probably only when he isn't playing the same game]. Whereas buying on your account you'd have offline access on your PS4 that's set as the main system for the account and would have first dibs on the game on gameshare. I think, probably best to double check with PSN support.

[baseline bum]

woah, they're dropping days gone/spiderman to $20... would just be gambling that witcher 3 (complete) and bioshock collection will have similar deals

Damn Spiderman for $20 is going to be a must buy. Days Gone I'll probably wait for a complete edition like you suggest here for new games. Wish I would have done that with Horizon Zero Dawn since the DLC looks amazing but I don't want to start a big game over to play it.

[spurraider21]

You'd be buying on his account? In that case I think only his PS4 would be able to play the games without an internet connection. Whereas you would have to phone home to Sony to play those I think [and probably only when he isn't playing the same game]. Whereas buying on your account you'd have offline access on your PS4 that's set as the main system for the account and would have first dibs on the game on gameshare. I think, probably best to double check with PSN support.
i've had this system in place for a while, and its been fine.

essentially, he has his PSN account and I have mine. but the console in my home is registered as the "primary ps4" for his account and vice versa. i still log into my account, though, and he does the same.

every account on a ps4 has access (even offline) to the "primary" user's digital library. so even when i log into my own account, i have access to his digital library. however, because my account's primary ps4 is not in my home, i only have online access to digital games that i purchased under my account. as long as i have an internet connection, i'm good to go. my cousin already had PS+, so its no skin off his back. i could just as easily buy the games under my own account and have online access to them. but i just wouldnt qualify for the full sale price.

so long story short, yes, i need an internet connection to access games that have been purchased under my own account. but i dont mind that. neither does he.

[spurraider21]

Days of Play Sale is June 7th-17th. PS4 Slim is $299 but some special edition crap, but PS4 Pro drops to $349 for those 11 days. Any one who buys a PS4 Slim over the Pro in this upcoming sale is a retard.

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/05/29/days-of-play-11-days-of-deals-and-a-new-limited-edition-ps4/


Damn Spiderman for $20 is going to be a must buy. Days Gone I'll probably wait for a complete edition like you suggest here for new games. Wish I would have done that with Horizon Zero Dawn since the DLC looks amazing but I don't want to start a big game over to play it.
just makes last black friday's $200 deal for 1 TB slim + spiderman look better and better tbh...

and yeah horizon's DLC was pretty good. glad you recommended that to me. i got the complete edition for $10 at gamestop on black friday

[baseline bum]

just makes last black friday's $200 deal for 1 TB slim + spiderman look better and better tbh...

and yeah horizon's DLC was pretty good. glad you recommended that to me. i got the complete edition for $10 at gamestop on black friday

I wonder if they'll do a $199 Death Stranding bundle this Black Friday. Though maybe orange hitler's tariffs will kill that off.

[spurraider21]

I wonder if they'll do a $199 Death Stranding bundle this Black Friday. Though maybe orange hitler's tariffs will kill that off.
i doubt it. death stranding comes out like 2 weeks before black friday. spiderman had been out for a couple of months.

[Reck]

I'm still waiting for the inevitable last minute Kojima delay.

Looked at Layers of Fear 2 but the game is getting shit on pretty badly. Oh well

[midnightpulp]

Still working on Gradius 2 and channeling my inner Jap. Can 1cc until the final level, which is a goddamn bitch. Can only beat that level save stating a key points. Great fuckin' game overall, though.

[baseline bum]

Still working on Gradius 2 and channeling my inner Jap. Can 1cc until the final level, which is a goddamn bitch. Can only beat that level save stating a key points. Great fuckin' game overall, though.

お前は日本人じゃないです。ルオル。

[midnightpulp]

お前は日本人じゃないです。ルオル。

Wish I could speak the language so I could import Sega Saturn games. Sega left a lot of great games over there.

[baseline bum]

Wish I could speak the language so I could import Sega Saturn games. Sega left a lot of great games over there.

Yeah but you like shooters, platformers, and action games, right? How much do you have to know how to read for them? Even something like Princess Crown you could probably get by on google translate for the text. Now if you want to play RPG then yeah, learn the 2200 jouyou kanji, all the particles and how they make up the grammar, as well as maybe 6000 vocabulary in a mix of kanji, hiragana, and katakana (three fucking writing systems that are absolutely critical for reading). These days it's reasonably doable with mnemonics and SRS though.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBMfg4WkKL8

[midnightpulp]

Yeah but you like shooters, platformers, and action games, right? How much do you have to know how to read for them? Even something like Princess Crown you could probably get by on google translate for the text. Now if you want to play RPG then yeah, learn the 2200 jouyou kanji, all the particles that and how they make up the grammar, as well as maybe 6000 vocabulary in a mix of kanji, hiragana, and katakana (three fucking writing systems that are absolutely critical for reading). These days it's reasonably doable with mnemonics and SRS though.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBMfg4WkKL8

I enjoy RPGs, as well. And so many on the Saturn were left in Japan. TED talk looks interesting. I'll give it a watch.

[baseline bum]

I enjoy RPGs, as well. And so many on the Saturn were left in Japan. TED talk looks interesting. I'll give it a watch.

Mnemonics and SRS are really cool. I wish I knew about them when taking Spanish class at university. Then I might have actually picked up the language vs busting my ass to make a lousy B. Let me give you an example of what I mean by mnemonics though.

The kanji for mix is 混. But it's not mix like you mix some cement. It's much darker. It's used a lot for things involving miscegenation. For instance, mixed race is 混血 (mix + blood). Or it's used for bad things. Like confusion is 混同 (mix + same). Chaos is 混乱 (mix + riot). Let me show you a way to remember the kanji in a way that hints at a really nasty connotation of mix this word (and kanji symbol) seems to have:

First you have to know the kanji 匕 means spoon. It's just a pictograph. Then day is 日, which is a pictograph of the sun (it also means sun). For compare you have 比. E.g. spoon next to spoon, but the first is shaped a little weird being on the left. Left is bad in Japan. My Japanese grandmother was left handed and growing up in the 1930s-1940s they made her learn to write, to eat, to do everything right handed. So I remember 比 as comparing the cooking of my mothers in law's (bad, left) to my mother's, spoon in each hand. So compare = 比.

Now 昆 = descendant = day + compare. To remember this just think of grandparents who will spend the day comparing photos of their descendants. Since day is first in the sentence it reminds that it should either be on the left or the top of descendants. Here it's top of course.

The kanji for water is 水. But when on the left of another kanji to form a single kanji symbol it looks like this: 氵.

So just remember this horrible sentence: "Mixed marriages produce watered down descendants" to get the kanji 混 = mix = water + descendant and leave kind of a nasty feeling attached to this form of mix.

The mnemonics work for vocab too. For instance the verb "to die" is しぬ, which reads like し = "she" and ぬ = "new" but with shorter vowels (I didn't put the kanji in for it since it's distracting here). So to remember this verb just think of a sentence like "She knew too much, she had to die". To die = しぬ.

[spurraider21]

Feel like having to remember such intricate stories for every character is just gonna make it that much more difficult :lol

[baseline bum]

Feel like having to remember such intricate stories for every character is just gonna make it that much more difficult :lol

You couldn't be more wrong honestly. It's way way easier using mnemonics, especially when you can personalize the stories to things that matter to you. Go study Japanese out of the standard textbook (Genki) and tell me how you pick up any of the kanji the way they show it just as graphics to copy (it's a great book aside from the garbage kanji presentation). Visual memory sucks, the vast majority of people will never be able to remember these symbols and their stroke order just from seeing and repetition of writing unless they're Japanese kids drilling it for ten years, six days a week at school. The stories help you break things down into smaller parts that are easier to remember and work as short term memory with the goal of getting it to rote via SRS (spaced repetition system). I have been studying kanji for three weeks now (~ 2 hours day) and I have about 550 down that I can write, understand, and recognize when reading Japanese thanks to these stories and organization that comes from a book called Remembering the Kanji by Heisig. Doing my SRS flash card deck weighted towards the ones I know worst (using a program called Anki) I'm getting about 95% of them right when doing batches of 100. Fucking blows me away because I always struggled with memory back in college (one time enrolled in a psychobio course for the GE credits and saw 30 definitions on the power point on the first day of class and said fuck this and dropped it for another course instead :lol). Don't feel bad, I thought it sounded like bullshit too at first.

You have to know the 2200 jouyou kanji (means general use Chinese characters, it's a list created by Japan's equivalent to our Dept of Education) to be literate.

[midnightpulp]

Mnemonics and SRS are really cool. I wish I knew about them when taking Spanish class at university. Then I might have actually picked up the language vs busting my ass to make a lousy B. Let me give you an example of what I mean by mnemonics though.

The kanji for mix is 混. But it's not mix like you mix some cement. It's much darker. It's used a lot for things involving miscegenation. For instance, mixed race is 混血 (mix + blood). Or it's used for bad things. Like confusion is 混同 (mix + same). Chaos is 混乱 (mix + riot). Let me show you a way to remember the kanji in a way that hints at a really nasty connotation of mix this word (and kanji symbol) seems to have:

First you have to know the kanji 匕 means spoon. It's just a pictograph. Then day is 日, which is a pictograph of the sun (it also means sun). For compare you have 比. E.g. spoon next to spoon, but the first is shaped a little weird being on the left. Left is bad in Japan. My Japanese grandmother was left handed and growing up in the 1930s-1940s they made her learn to write, to eat, to do everything right handed. So I remember 比 as comparing the cooking of my mothers in law's (bad, left) to my mother's, spoon in each hand. So compare = 比.

Now 昆 = descendant = day + compare. To remember this just think of grandparents who will spend the day comparing photos of their descendants. Since day is first in the sentence it reminds that it should either be on the left or the top of descendants. Here it's top of course.

The kanji for water is 水. But when on the left of another kanji to form a single kanji symbol it looks like this: 氵.

So just remember this horrible sentence: "Mixed marriages produce watered down descendants" to get the kanji 混 = mix = water + descendant and leave kind of a nasty feeling attached to this form of mix.

The mnemonics work for vocab too. For instance the verb "to die" is しぬ, which reads like し = "she" and ぬ = "new" but with shorter vowels (I didn't put the kanji in for it since it's distracting here). So to remember this verb just think of a sentence like "She knew too much, she had to die". To die = しぬ.

Indeed. I've always liked Mnemonics, especially for something like remember long numbers. E.g. 80899736590, The music group 808 state and number 99 Wayne Gretzky released 73 records in 65 countries and 90 cities.

Obviously could be more and more refined to connect with your personal knowledge to make the sentence even easier to remember.

[midnightpulp]

You couldn't be more wrong honestly. It's way way easier using mnemonics, especially when you can personalize the stories to things that matter to you. Go study Japanese out of the standard textbook (Genki) and tell me how you pick up any of the kanji the way they show it just as graphics to copy (it's a great book aside from the garbage kanji presentation). Visual memory sucks, the vast majority of people will never be able to remember these symbols and their stroke order just from seeing and repetition of writing unless they're Japanese kids drilling it for ten years, six days a week at school. The stories help you break things down into smaller parts that are easier to remember and work as short term memory with the goal of getting it to rote via SRS (spaced repetition system). I have been studying kanji for three weeks now (~ 2 hours day) and I have about 550 down that I can write, understand, and recognize when reading Japanese thanks to these stories and organization that comes from a book called Remembering the Kanji by Heisig. Doing my SRS flash card deck weighted towards the ones I know worst (using a program called Anki) I'm getting about 95% of them right when doing batches of 100. Fucking blows me away because I always struggled with memory back in college (one time enrolled in a psychobio course for the GE credits and saw 30 definitions on the power point on the first day of class and said fuck this and dropped it for another course instead :lol). Don't feel bad, I thought it sounded like bullshit too at first.

You have to know the 2200 jouyou kanji (means general use Chinese characters, it's a list created by Japan's equivalent to our Dept of Education) to be literate.

Yep.
https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer

If you don't feel like reading the excoriating of the terrible brain-as-computer metaphor, scroll down to the part where the writer tasked his students with drawing a dollar bill from memory.

That's not to say the brain might have some hidden visual memory potential, like savants being able to accurately draw a city scape from memory, but the increased horsepower in that regard usually comes at a price of some other more important mental function, like being able to cook for yourself or tie your shoes.


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

[baseline bum]

Yep.
https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer

If you don't feel like reading the excoriating of the terrible brain-as-computer metaphor, scroll down to the part where the writer tasked his students with drawing a dollar bill from memory.

That's not to say the brain might have some hidden visual memory potential, like savants being able to accurately draw a city scape from memory, but the increased horsepower in that regard usually comes at a price of some other more important mental function, like being able to cook for yourself or tie your shoes.


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

That's cool about the dollar. I doubt I would have done much better other than putting the dark frame inside the outer white frame and shields in every corner. Though I would have drawn them as ovals instead of getting that more cross shaped one on the top right. :lol

[aj3292]

That's cool about the dollar. I doubt I would have done much better other than putting the dark frame inside the outer white frame and shields in every corner. Though I would have drawn them as ovals instead of getting that more cross shaped one on the top right. :lol

Same. Then again, it's not like I've ever really sat and stared at a dollar bill either and tried to memorize its visual details. There are other objects I could draw from memory much more effectively.

I'd be interested to see how someone would do drawing a keyboard from memory. We don't look at keyboards a lot if we are good at typing without using sight, but we obviously have the main key locations memorized--just not visually. Makes me wonder how that would translate to trying to draw a visual image without looking.

[spurraider21]

pulled the trigger on buying witcher 3 complete edition and the bioshock collection... probably wont even get to them for a while, but didnt want to pass up on those deals

[baseline bum]

pulled the trigger on buying witcher 3 complete edition and the bioshock collection... probably wont even get to them for a while, but didnt want to pass up on those deals

Hey man since you're sharing PS Plus with someone, make sure he claims What Remains of Edith Finch real quickly before the June PS Plus games go live (it's a May PS Plus game). It's a really cool 2-3 hour story game that's a perfect palate cleanser after a long game. One of the best stories I have ever played about a cursed house and cursed family. Highly recommended when you want something really casual after taking down Sigrun.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2470-CUSA06886_00-EFINCHPS4GAME001

[aj3292]

You couldn't be more wrong honestly. It's way way easier using mnemonics, especially when you can personalize the stories to things that matter to you. Go study Japanese out of the standard textbook (Genki) and tell me how you pick up any of the kanji the way they show it just as graphics to copy (it's a great book aside from the garbage kanji presentation). Visual memory sucks, the vast majority of people will never be able to remember these symbols and their stroke order just from seeing and repetition of writing unless they're Japanese kids drilling it for ten years, six days a week at school. The stories help you break things down into smaller parts that are easier to remember and work as short term memory with the goal of getting it to rote via SRS (spaced repetition system). I have been studying kanji for three weeks now (~ 2 hours day) and I have about 550 down that I can write, understand, and recognize when reading Japanese thanks to these stories and organization that comes from a book called Remembering the Kanji by Heisig. Doing my SRS flash card deck weighted towards the ones I know worst (using a program called Anki) I'm getting about 95% of them right when doing batches of 100. Fucking blows me away because I always struggled with memory back in college (one time enrolled in a psychobio course for the GE credits and saw 30 definitions on the power point on the first day of class and said fuck this and dropped it for another course instead :lol). Don't feel bad, I thought it sounded like bullshit too at first.

You have to know the 2200 jouyou kanji (means general use Chinese characters, it's a list created by Japan's equivalent to our Dept of Education) to be literate.


Just scrolled up enough to read the entire explanation with the Kanji, and found it pretty cool. Stories work the same way for me as they do for you. I think it’s not only about breaking things down into smaller bits of information that are easier to remember, but attaching more meaning to them so they don’t seem completely arbitrary.

There’s a memory test where you’re given a set of a bunch of words (like 10-20 I think), and you’re given a couple minutes to study them. Then you go do something else for some time period (can’t remember if it’s 10 minutes or longer), then you are supposed to try and write down all the words you can remember. I came up with a story about the words, and managed to write down all of them. It works really well.

[Reck]

Hey man since you're sharing PS Plus with someone, make sure he claims What Remains of Edith Finch real quickly before the June PS Plus games go live (it's a May PS Plus game). It's a really cool 2-3 hour story game that's a perfect palate cleanser after a long game. One of the best stories I have ever played about a cursed house and cursed family. Highly recommended when you want something really casual after taking down Sigrun.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2470-CUSA06886_00-EFINCHPS4GAME001

Journey too while he's at it. Although it's still at 15 bucks like 4 years later. :wow

Worth it though.

[baseline bum]

Journey too while he's at it. Although it's still at 15 bucks like 4 years later. :wow

Worth it though.

Doesn't Journey drop to $5 all the time? That's what I paid. Kind of overrated IMO.

[spurraider21]

somebody is supposedly selling the Dark Souls Trilogy for $35... seems too good to be true. not seeing it lower than $50 anywhere else. but this seller has good recent reviews for other dirt cheap games. i'm not an ebay regular at all, but seems sketch

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dark-Souls-Trilogy-PlayStation-4-Video-Game-PS4-New/183835265519?epid=25026719968&hash=item2acd6f89ef:g:hQsAAOSwk39c9ayp (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dark-Souls-Trilogy-PlayStation-4-Video-Game-PS4-New/183835265519?epid=25026719968&hash=item2acd6f89ef:g:hQsAAOSwk39c9ayp)

[baseline bum]

somebody is supposedly selling the Dark Souls Trilogy for $35... seems too good to be true. not seeing it lower than $50 anywhere else. but this seller has good recent reviews for other dirt cheap games. i'm not an ebay regular at all, but seems sketch

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dark-Souls-Trilogy-PlayStation-4-Video-Game-PS4-New/183835265519?epid=25026719968&hash=item2acd6f89ef:g:hQsAAOSwk39c9ayp (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dark-Souls-Trilogy-PlayStation-4-Video-Game-PS4-New/183835265519?epid=25026719968&hash=item2acd6f89ef:g:hQsAAOSwk39c9ayp)

That'll be at least $50 by the end of the auction. I highly recommend getting at least Dark Souls 1 though. Not quite a 10/10 like Bloodborne, but an easy 9.5/10 for a couple of boss battles and for the atmosphere.

[spurraider21]

That'll be at least $50 by the end of the auction. I highly recommend getting at least Dark Souls 1 though. Not quite a 10/10 like Bloodborne, but an easy 9.5/10 for a couple of boss battles and for the atmosphere.
i've heard good things about 1 and 3. kinda like bioshock :lol

but the collections tend to be good deals. i wonder if they'll do something during the summer sale or black friday...

[baseline bum]

i've heard good things about 1 and 3. kinda like bioshock :lol

but the collections tend to be good deals. i wonder if they'll do something during the summer sale or black friday...

That Bioshock collection goes on sale cheap all the time. Can't say I have ever seen a deal on that Souls collection though.

[apalisoc_9]

NBA2k

Fucking NBA finals got me pumped up. It was only for 20 dollars anyway.

Been playing with the Spurs 05 team.

Tried beating current raptors with that team but failed. Superstar in nba2k is still broken. Kawhi is making all his shots.

Tried double teaming Kawhi and fucking Green, Lowry, Gasol, just dropping three point bombs.

And they changed th3 shooting mechanics again..dumbasses.

[spurraider21]

basketball games have been complete dogshit for over a decade. won't spend any money on one any time soon

[Reck]

Just got a redeemable code from Sony for platting God of War. Did you get one too baseline bum :lol

To bad I dont care for cosmetic bullshit like Avatars and such.

[baseline bum]

Just got a redeemable code from Sony for platting God of War. Did you get one too baseline bum :lol

To bad I dont care for cosmetic bullshit like Avatars and such.

Nope. Never got mine for platting Horizon Zero Dawn either. Though I do get the PSN discount codes when they do a mass email of them, so that's way better I guess.

[spurraider21]

That Bioshock collection goes on sale cheap all the time. Can't say I have ever seen a deal on that Souls collection though.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MG7Y4CB/ref=crt_ewc_img_huc_1?ie=UTF8&smid=AP3VA1GJZM3EQ&th=1

just saw this pop up on amazon, dark souls collection for 38 + shipping... that seems great. says its a UK version, though. not sure what sort of compatibility issues there would be

[Reck]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MG7Y4CB/ref=crt_ewc_img_huc_1?ie=UTF8&smid=AP3VA1GJZM3EQ&th=1

just saw this pop up on amazon, dark souls collection for 38 + shipping... that seems great. says its a UK version, though. not sure what sort of compatibility issues there would be

None. PS3 and 4 are region free.

[spurraider21]

None. PS3 and 4 are region free.
thats what i figured as well. 38 is a good price but since its from UK, after shipping and tax (not a prime eligible product) its adding up to $49. still a decent deal given what it normally sells for

[baseline bum]

Damn Sony is not fucking around on the Days of Play Sale starting tomorrow

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/06/06/days-of-play-deals-hit-playstation-store/

BLOODBORNE COMPLETE EDITION BUNDLE $17.49
DARK SOULS REMASTERED $23.99
DARK SOULS III – DELUXE EDITION $21.24
DYING LIGHT: THE FOLLOWING – ENHANCED EDITION $9.99
GOD OF WAR $19.99
HORIZON ZERO DAWN COMPLETE EDITION $9.99
MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN $19.99
NIOH: COMPLETE EDITION $19.99
SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS REMAKE $12.99
THE LAST OF US REMASTERED $9.99
UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF’S END $9.99
UNCHARTED THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION $9.99
UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY $9.99

Get in here spurraider21, Reck, Chris

[baseline bum]

NBA 2k19 is $2.99 in that sale for PS4 too. Can't really recommend the game though, 2k has gotten boring the last few years (2k12 is the last impressive one IMO) and it's filled with microtransactions.

[Reck]

Damn Sony is not fucking around on the Days of Play Sale starting tomorrow

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/06/06/days-of-play-deals-hit-playstation-store/

BLOODBORNE COMPLETE EDITION BUNDLE $17.49
DARK SOULS REMASTERED $23.99
DARK SOULS III – DELUXE EDITION $21.24
DYING LIGHT: THE FOLLOWING – ENHANCED EDITION $9.99
GOD OF WAR $19.99
HORIZON ZERO DAWN COMPLETE EDITION $9.99
MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN $19.99
NIOH: COMPLETE EDITION $19.99
SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS REMAKE $12.99
THE LAST OF US REMASTERED $9.99
UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF’S END $9.99
UNCHARTED THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION $9.99
UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY $9.99

Get in here spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905), Reck (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412), Chris (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1656)

I have to stop buying games on day 1 or anywhere close to launch. By the time these enticing sales are on, I have already bought and played 'em so I miss out on most deals.

Might look at Lost Legacy since it's the only Uncharted series game I haven't played. This month should be a good one for games to go on sales with E3 a few days away.

[spurraider21]

Damn Sony is not fucking around on the Days of Play Sale starting tomorrow

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/06/06/days-of-play-deals-hit-playstation-store/

BLOODBORNE COMPLETE EDITION BUNDLE $17.49
DARK SOULS REMASTERED $23.99
DARK SOULS III – DELUXE EDITION $21.24
DYING LIGHT: THE FOLLOWING – ENHANCED EDITION $9.99
GOD OF WAR $19.99
HORIZON ZERO DAWN COMPLETE EDITION $9.99
MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN $19.99
NIOH: COMPLETE EDITION $19.99
SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS REMAKE $12.99
THE LAST OF US REMASTERED $9.99
UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF’S END $9.99
UNCHARTED THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION $9.99
UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY $9.99

Get in here spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905), Reck (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412), Chris (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1656)

really? that's them "not fucking around?" bloodborne complete edition was chepaer at the christmas sale half a year ago. you can get dark souls remastered and dark souls 3 deluxe for those prices just about anywhere right now.

the god of war, spiderman, and uncharted deals look great, but i already have those.


Bloodborne Complete Edition is $13.99 in the current PSN Christmas sale. Best game by far on the PS4. Hell, best game released in the last 25 years. There has never been a game with combat this interesting and challenging and it absolutely nails this brutal gothic atmosphere where everyone treats you like a piece of shit. It's such a refreshing change of pace to have boss fights that are really difficult not because the enemy has a huge health bar and can be a bullet sponge but because he's agile or has a long reach or uses the environment intelligently. It's hard but never cheap and even if you're leveled up to 100 you can easily still be killed by random enemies if you get sloppy.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP9000-CUSA00900_00-BLOODBORNECOMPLE

Plus the included DLC is amazing too. One of the best DLC I have ever played thanks to a couple of memorable boss fights. This would be a bargain at $100 IMO much less for $14 and I would buy a PS4 even if this was the only good game on it. There has never been a game that better bridged the challenge and sense of accomplishment you got from the games of the 8-bit NES era with the immersive settings and freedom of exploration that defines modern open world games.

[baseline bum]

really? that's them "not fucking around?" bloodborne complete edition was chepaer at the christmas sale half a year ago. you can get dark souls remastered and dark souls 3 deluxe for those prices just about anywhere right now.

the god of war, spiderman, and uncharted deals look great, but i already have those.

Yeah if you want to wait until Black Friday or Christmas just to save $3.50 on Bloodborne. Dying Light The Following Enhanced Edition for $10 is an absolutely unbelievable deal. It's either my third or fourth favorite game this gen (behind Bloodborne and Nier Automata; tough call on it vs Persona 5 for my #3 spot). Nioh Complete Edition for $20 is great. Shadow of the Colossus for $13 is a steal. I only put the Souls games because you said you were looking for that combo pack and this is the complete versions of 1 & 3 for less than what that combo pack sells for (I have heard 2 sucks but haven't played it).

[baseline bum]

Is the DLC worth a shit in Spiderman?

[Chris]

Damn Sony is not fucking around on the Days of Play Sale starting tomorrow

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/06/06/days-of-play-deals-hit-playstation-store/

BLOODBORNE COMPLETE EDITION BUNDLE $17.49
DARK SOULS REMASTERED $23.99
DARK SOULS III – DELUXE EDITION $21.24
DYING LIGHT: THE FOLLOWING – ENHANCED EDITION $9.99
GOD OF WAR $19.99
HORIZON ZERO DAWN COMPLETE EDITION $9.99
MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN $19.99
NIOH: COMPLETE EDITION $19.99
SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS REMAKE $12.99
THE LAST OF US REMASTERED $9.99
UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF’S END $9.99
UNCHARTED THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION $9.99
UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY $9.99

Get in here spurraider21, Reck, Chris

I give gamefly $25 a month so I dont have to worry about this stuff. Only thing that sucks is waiting a week to receive them.I have so many games unplayed in my library from psplus (bloodbourne included) so Im in no hurry to spend more $$$

[spurraider21]

the witcher 3 complete edition deal is nice, but virtually identical to the double discount sale price. im glad i jumped on the bioshock collection deal.

[ElNono]

Is the DLC worth a shit in Spiderman?

Not really, they're pretty short...

[Joseph Kony]

playing Rage 2 atm. not as shitty as everyone made it out to be, it's actually rather enjoyable thus far tbh. definitely not a top tier game or anything but fun for what it is. the gunplay is pretty damn fun.

i also started playing Shadow of War again. i recently began watching the original LOTR trilogy (have the books but never saw the movies) and only have ROTK to watch now. but watching LOTR has given me the itch to play the game

[baseline bum]

Ended up picking up the Nioh Complete Edition off PSN and Spiderman physical. Kind of tempted by Uncharted Lost Legacy but I know that one will be $10 in every sale from here on out so will probably pass for now.

[Reck]

Welp Sony did it again.

Just bought MLB 19, Far Cry New Dawn, Bloodborne (FINALLY :lol ), Lost Legacy and lastly, Superhot.

All for under 100 plus taxes. :lol

I almost bought Hitmen 2 but I had seen extensive gameplay of it before and wasn't into it.

[baseline bum]

Wow Ni No Kuni 1 coming to Switch. I already have it on PS3 but would much rather play it on Switch.

[ElNono]

Got Blood and Truth and Everybody's Golf VR. Gotta grab a headset from work. Haven't played VR in a while.

[chunticakes]

Wow Ni No Kuni 1 coming to Switch. I already have it on PS3 but would much rather play it on Switch.

There's a ton of sales on the PlayStation store right now. Any games you recommend?

[chunticakes]

Damn Sony is not fucking around on the Days of Play Sale starting tomorrow

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/06/06/days-of-play-deals-hit-playstation-store/

BLOODBORNE COMPLETE EDITION BUNDLE $17.49
DARK SOULS REMASTERED $23.99
DARK SOULS III – DELUXE EDITION $21.24
DYING LIGHT: THE FOLLOWING – ENHANCED EDITION $9.99
GOD OF WAR $19.99
HORIZON ZERO DAWN COMPLETE EDITION $9.99
MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN $19.99
NIOH: COMPLETE EDITION $19.99
SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS REMAKE $12.99
THE LAST OF US REMASTERED $9.99
UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF’S END $9.99
UNCHARTED THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION $9.99
UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY $9.99

Get in here spurraider21, Reck, Chris

Oh wait just saw this :lol

Lemme try dying light.

[FrostKing]

Anyone played? Just bought on Ebay for $5

https://usercontent2.hubstatic.com/14228065_f520.jpg

[baseline bum]

Oh wait just saw this :lol

Lemme try dying light.

Dying Light The Following Enhanced Edition is fucking crack. It starts off slow but a couple hours in when you start getting good weapons it's such satisfying ultra-violence. Good story too, it's like a bad 1970s B-movie with the ominous music and the film grain. Bloodborne Complete Edition is a must buy too unless you're a filthy casual tbh. Best combat I have ever played in a game. God of War for $20 is another steal of epic proportions. As is Horizon Complete Edition for $10. Nioh Complete for $20 is awesome if you like Souls / Ninja Gaiden style games, but it's not as good as Bloodborne.

[chunticakes]

Dying Light The Following Enhanced Edition is fucking crack. It starts off slow but a couple hours in when you start getting good weapons it's such satisfying ultra-violence. Good story too, it's like a bad 1970s B-movie with the ominous music and the film grain. Bloodborne Complete Edition is a must buy too unless you're a filthy casual tbh. Best combat I have ever played in a game. God of War for $20 is another steal of epic proportions. As is Horizon Complete Edition for $10. Nioh Complete for $20 is awesome if you like Souls / Ninja Gaiden style games, but it's not as good as Bloodborne.

I have all those minus Dying Light. Anything else worth picking up?

I also have all the Uncharted games, Yakuza 0, Shadow of the Colossus, Ratchet & Clank, GTAV, Until Dawn, The Witcher 3, Spiderman, TLOU, RE2, RE7, Metal gear, RDR2.

[FrostKing]

https://cheapestgamecards.com/pi/battlefield-v-deluxe-edition-xbox-one-38392.png

Any good?

[Chris]

https://cheapestgamecards.com/pi/battlefield-v-deluxe-edition-xbox-one-38392.png

Any good?

Better off buying BF4 it's a far superior game and still has an active player base. I was ranked 5th in Texas in attack jet. Also none of that SJW bs...

[spurraider21]

Better off buying BF4 it's a far superior game and still has an active player base. I was ranked 5th in Texas in attack jet. Also none of that SJW bs...
What sjw bs?

[baseline bum]

What sjw bs?

It has womens fighting in The Great Patriotic War. Outrage because Battlefield had been so realistic in the past.

[baseline bum]

What sjw bs?

Hey man you're into Batman games right? The Days of Play Sale on PSN has Arkham Knight for $6 if you're interested. Doubt it drops much below that.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1018-CUSA00133_00-BATMANARKHAMKNHT

[spurraider21]

Hey man you're into Batman games right? The Days of Play Sale on PSN has Arkham Knight for $6 if you're interested. Doubt it drops much below that.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1018-CUSA00133_00-BATMANARKHAMKNHT
yeah thats one of the ones i've flagged as potential buys. i know the arkham knight reviews are good not great (apparently the combat is great but theres a lot of forced batmobile sequences that people didnt love)... but i thought asylum and city were both fantastic, so it looks like a no brainer

[baseline bum]

yeah thats one of the ones i've flagged as potential buys. i know the arkham knight reviews are good not great (apparently the combat is great but theres a lot of forced batmobile sequences that people didnt love)... but i thought asylum and city were both fantastic, so it looks like a no brainer

I thought Arkham Knight got wildly good reviews on PS4. The only version I remember being badly received was the PC one because Rocksteady farmed it out to a mobile game company of twelve employees who naturally fucked it up so bad Steam had to introduce refunds for games and Arkham Knight for PC had to be pulled from sale for months until Rocksteady got it running acceptably. But the PS4 version was always supposed to be awesome.

[Reck]

Arkham Knight is second best of the series in my opinion after City.

Yeah they make you use the Tumbler a ton but once you get the hand of it you'll love using it. I did not love doing the bomb missions and the subway sequence.

Got stuck there for like 2 days. Otherwise, what's not to love?

[ElNono]

Borrowed Just Cause 4 from work. Just to complete the series, tbh

[DJR210]

Borrowed Just Cause 4 from work. Just to complete the series, tbh

Is the physics system enough to warrant me borrowing from Skidrow?

[chunticakes]

I thought Arkham Knight got wildly good reviews on PS4. The only version I remember being badly received was the PC one because Rocksteady farmed it out to a mobile game company of twelve employees who naturally fucked it up so bad Steam had to introduce refunds for games and Arkham Knight for PC had to be pulled from sale for months until Rocksteady got it running acceptably. But the PS4 version was always supposed to be awesome.

I just bought it. $5 lol.

Dying light is probably the best $9 I've spent in my entire life. Fucking epic game.

And I don't even like first person shooters.

[DJR210]

I just bought it. $5 lol.

Dying light is probably the best $9 I've spent in my entire life. Fucking epic game.

And I don't even like first person shooters.

This is really a FPM (Melee) it has guns but they're fucking garbage and just make things harder when the horde shows up to kill you

Also, I recommend playing this one on hard.. It really gives you a sense of dread as you start off because every zombie you run into is a challenge.. When it starts getting dark you already know you gotta get moving because you have no shot against those hunter zombies. After about level 12 though you can feel the shift in power and you'll be slicing heads off no problem. Game is really balanced IMO

[vander]

I just bought it. $5 lol.

Dying light is probably the best $9 I've spent in my entire life. Fucking epic game.

And I don't even like first person shooters.

I happen to be playing it right now too, and the plot is pretty lame IMO. dude is trying to become kingpin of a zombie city that's about to be carpet bombed, I mean come on, and then he captures MC not once but twice and lets him get away. terrible.

combat is annoying, you pretty much have to insta-kill or gtfo, so many cheap deaths...

[chunticakes]

I happen to be playing it right now too, and the plot is pretty lame IMO. dude is trying to become kingpin of a zombie city that's about to be carpet bombed, I mean come on, and then he captures MC not once but twice and lets him get away. terrible.

combat is annoying, you pretty much have to insta-kill or gtfo, so many cheap deaths...

We don't play it for the story :lol

Go play Persona or Final Fantasy

[baseline bum]

We don't play it for the story :lol

Go play Persona or Final Fantasy

Story is actually pretty good in Dying Light IMO. The sidequests are awesome too. Too bad Dying Light 2 doesn't look anywhere near as interesting.

[chunticakes]

Story is actually pretty good in Dying Light IMO. The sidequests are awesome too. Too bad Dying Light 2 doesn't look anywhere near as interesting.

Most of the time I've just been exploring/scavenging en route to the main story missions.

[Joseph Kony]

Borrowed Just Cause 4 from work. Just to complete the series, tbh
couple hours in and i gave up. game is absolute mess. massive downgrade in all ways from JC3

[Joseph Kony]

Is the physics system enough to warrant me borrowing from Skidrow?

dont waste your time man, it really is fucking garbage. they completely took all the fun from JC3 and previous titles and scrapped it. Even Rico's character is more flat and boring.


This is really a FPM (Melee) it has guns but they're fucking garbage and just make things harder when the horde shows up to kill you

Also, I recommend playing this one on hard.. It really gives you a sense of dread as you start off because every zombie you run into is a challenge.. When it starts getting dark you already know you gotta get moving because you have no shot against those hunter zombies. After about level 12 though you can feel the shift in power and you'll be slicing heads off no problem. Game is really balanced IMO



Nightmare or bust imo

[spurraider21]

I just bought it. $5 lol.

Dying light is probably the best $9 I've spent in my entire life. Fucking epic game.

And I don't even like first person shooters.
think ima pick up arkham knight + dying light in this sale as well

but doesnt arkham knight also have DLC content that you'd separately have to pay for? dno if those are worthwhile though

[vander]

We don't play it for the story :lol

Go play Persona or Final Fantasy

but then what parts are good? the combat is purposefully bad, you're supposed to run away, you can't even block like those rais guys can, you basically have to find a cheap way to kill the enemy or you lose, there is no combat.

and the scenery, however good it might be, is moot because you're always running for your life.

I'll admit, the fear of going out at night was a pretty great innovation of the game, that one mechanic makes it a very memorable.

and it's obviously a story driven game, it's definitely not just a "FPS" as you called it

[chunticakes]

but then what parts are good? the combat is purposefully bad, you're supposed to run away, you can't even block like those rais guys can, you basically have to find a cheap way to kill the enemy or you lose, there is no combat.

and the scenery, however good it might be, is moot because you're always running for your life.

I'll admit, the fear of going out at night was a pretty great innovation of the game, that one mechanic makes it a very memorable.

and it's obviously a story driven game, it's definitely not just a "FPS" as you called it

Well I can't complain for $9. Prior to buying it yesterday I knew nothing about the game so when I fired it up and realized it was a first person game I was a little disappointed. But playing it the last two days has been enjoyable. When I finish the story I'll chime in. I like baiting zombies with firecrackers and shit and burning them. I typically don't run, I get the high ground and attack.

[spurraider21]

Well I can't complain for $9. Prior to buying it yesterday I knew nothing about the game so when I fired it up and realized it was a first person game I was obviously a little disappointed. But playing it the last two games have been enjoyable. When I finish the story I'll chime in. I like baiting zombies with firecrackers and shit and burning them. I typically don't run, I get the high ground and attack.
my man cuntcakes dont take no shit from zombies

[chunticakes]

my man cuntcakes dont take no shit from zombies

Hell yeah :lol

[baseline bum]

but then what parts are good? the combat is purposefully bad, you're supposed to run away, you can't even block like those rais guys can, you basically have to find a cheap way to kill the enemy or you lose, there is no combat.

and the scenery, however good it might be, is moot because you're always running for your life.

I'll admit, the fear of going out at night was a pretty great innovation of the game, that one mechanic makes it a very memorable.

and it's obviously a story driven game, it's definitely not just a "FPS" as you called it

The combat is great after the first couple of hours when you level up and start getting swords and shit. It's definitely clunky very early when you're using pipes and wooden table legs.

[ElNono]

Is the physics system enough to warrant me borrowing from Skidrow?

It's nowhere near as good as 2 or 3... but it's still enjoyable if you have nothing else to play

[vander]

The combat is great after the first couple of hours when you level up and start getting swords and shit. It's definitely clunky very early when you're using pipes and wooden table legs.

I'm nearing the end of the storyline, and it's still a complete mistake to engage enemies (even though it's so tempting). one by one you can jump kill, or drop kick/finish, or stealth kill, or throw/finish, but if you attract a crowd fuhgeddaboudit, and those virals are so FUCKING FUCKING ANNOYING.

since there's not much left to do, I've been trying to take on those demolishers in old town before finishing the game, not having much luck, lost all my survivor points.

[DJR210]

It's nowhere near as good as 2 or 3... but it's still enjoyable if you have nothing else to play

What?? So all this promotion of tornadoes and weather with 4 and you're saying even 2 is better? Wow.

[ElNono]

What?? So all this promotion of tornadoes and weather with 4 and you're saying even 2 is better? Wow.

Yeah, 2 is the best IMO, 3 was good but not great. There’s just nothing really new here, but if you enjoy the series, it’s worth some playing time.

[DJR210]

Yeah, 2 is the best IMO, 3 was good but not great. There’s just nothing really new here, but if you enjoy the series, it’s worth some playing time.

I fucking hated 3.. the only thing I liked was rigging bridges to come crashing down but that's where the fun ended for me

[baseline bum]

God Witcher 3 on Switch looks like dogshit. It's as bad as Crysis looked on 360.

[DJR210]

God Witcher 3 on Switch looks like dogshit. It's as bad as Crysis looked on 360.

:lol it looks real crappy

I don't know what I modded but I ended up fucking up my game to where I couldn't access the graphics settings menu, just the post processing.. So I downloaded another copy, and copied over the .bin folder and fixed it.. :lol I didn't realize how many settings I had turned down because of having the 680 at the time I originally downloaded.. combined with the main texture overhaul and a few .ini tweaks this game looks good as hell. Hairworks makes most of the monsters look so much better.

[DJR210]

Will Nintendo shows tits and ass tbh?

[spurraider21]

picking up arkham knight and dying light for sure. i dont see any possibility where those are ever going to be cheaper than $6 or $10, respectively, even if i waited another year tbh

just weighing whether or not to buy bloodborne. i can be pretty patient as i have a backlog that includes Metal Gear Solid V, Witcher 3 Complete Edition, the Bioshock Collection, Fallout 4. with a backlog that long i dont want to unnecessarily buy games unless i'm confident i'm simply not going to get a better deal in the foreseeable future. not to mention my gaming is basically on hiatus through august as i keep preparing for the bar exam and eventual move

[baseline bum]

:lol it looks real crappy

I don't know what I modded but I ended up fucking up my game to where I couldn't access the graphics settings menu, just the post processing.. So I downloaded another copy, and copied over the .bin folder and fixed it.. :lol I didn't realize how many settings I had turned down because of having the 680 at the time I originally downloaded.. combined with the main texture overhaul and a few .ini tweaks this game looks good as hell. Hairworks makes most of the monsters look so much better.

I really didn't like the mods on Witcher 3. The way they messed with the lighting completely changed the entire mood of the game. Graphically I felt the vanilla game was pretty much perfect on PC. Damn you can run full Hairworks on a 1060 though? That shit murdered performance on my 970 (RIP).

[DJR210]

I really didn't like the mods on Witcher 3. The way they messed with the lighting completely changed the entire mood of the game. Graphically I felt the vanilla game was pretty much perfect on PC. Damn you can run full Hairworks on a 1060 though? That shit murdered performance on my 970 (RIP).

Fuck mods.. I only use the yellow filter remover for Touissant and the HD texture overhaul.. all my changes are .ini tweaks.. and yeah full hairworks is a cost of about 5 FPS at 2x AA, if I go to 8x it's like 7-8 and rarely causes any spikes unless you meet up with 5-6 wolves circling you

[spurraider21]

disappointed by square enix's avengers game presentation. that shit had been announced as in development since like 2015, and all they cut put together was a couple of cutscenes? and release is less than a year away... seems like a mess. to be fair, licensed super hero games being subpar has typically been the norm... with the main exceptions being the arkham series and spiderman 2 and spiderman ps4

[baseline bum]

disappointed by square enix's avengers game presentation. that shit had been announced as in development since like 2015, and all they cut put together was a couple of cutscenes? and release is less than a year away... seems like a mess. to be fair, licensed super hero games being subpar has typically been the norm... with the main exceptions being the arkham series and spiderman 2 and spiderman ps4

What about Superman 64 tho?

[spurraider21]

What about Superman 64 tho?
:lol

one positive about the game is that they claim it will be character/narrative driven, and nolan north (nathan drake) and troy baker (joel, among many others) are the voice actors for stark and banner. at least they took that seriously. the combat director/lead is also supposedly the same guy who was behind the combat in God of War

[baseline bum]

:lol

one positive about the game is that they claim it will be character/narrative driven, and nolan north (nathan drake) and troy baker (joel, among many others) are the voice actors for stark and banner. at least they took that seriously. the combat director/lead is also supposedly the same guy who was behind the combat in God of War

God Troy Baker voices every fucking thing. Him and Laura Bailey.

[Xevious]

:lol

one positive about the game is that they claim it will be character/narrative driven, and nolan north (nathan drake) and troy baker (joel, among many others) are the voice actors for stark and banner. at least they took that seriously. the combat director/lead is also supposedly the same guy who was behind the combat in God of War
Once they started talking about multiplayer, I checked out.

[Trainwreck2100]

God Troy Baker voices every fucking thing. Him and Laura Bailey.

In Batman vs the Ninja Turtles he did batman and the joker. Kinda easy to tell they were the same guy

[spurraider21]

have you guys seen this?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5CZQpqF_74

[baseline bum]

have you guys seen this?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5CZQpqF_74

Timestamp for sex scene between Chloe and Elena?

[spurraider21]

Timestamp for sex scene between Chloe and Elena?
i dno but the transition after 10:50 looks just like a fuckin game, even with the widescreen slowly giving way to full screen

[baseline bum]

i dno but the transition after 10:50 looks just like a fuckin game, even with the widescreen slowly giving way to full screen

Does everyone take 20 shots to kill too?

[spurraider21]

So the last month I’ve bought Witcher 3, bioshock collection, bloodborne, dying light, arkham Knight, and Skyrim. Think I’m good for a long time lol

[baseline bum]

So the last month I’ve bought Witcher 3, bioshock collection, bloodborne, dying light, arkham Knight, and Skyrim. Think I’m good for a long time lol

At least until Death Stranding :lol

[spurraider21]

At least until Death Stranding :lol
the only upcoming new game i'd even consider buying near launch would be TLOU2

still on my wish list are dark souls trilogy, yakuza 0 (then kiwami and kiwami 2 if i enjoy it), nier automata, shadow of the colossus. then sekiro, death stranding

it'll be well into the ps5 cycle by the time i get to any games that haven't launched yet :lol

[Chris]

Considering renting out A Plague Tale: Innocence also got monster hunter world as a gift but it looks tenuous.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I still haven't touched Witcher 3 since buying it on black friday. Gotta jump in soon

[Joseph Kony]

Shadow of War is such an enjoyable game tbh...i didnt like it as much when it first came out but really enjoying it this time around especially after finally watching the LOTR trilogy

[midnightpulp]

3 hours in to Horizon: Zero Dawn. Everyone knows about this game, obviously. I like how it seems to be a mix between Tomb Raider Reboot and Crysis (the scanning mechanic). Wished combat had some type of chaining mechanic, where you can string stealth kills plus bow/sling kills together. It's looking like a solid 7/10.

[apalisoc_9]

3 hours in to Horizon: Zero Dawn. Everyone knows about this game, obviously. I like how it seems to be a mix between Tomb Raider Reboot and Crysis (the scanning mechanic). Wished combat had some type of chaining mechanic, where you can string stealth kills plus bow/sling kills together. It's looking like a solid 7/10.

3 hrs is nothing. HZD combat is pretty deep tbh.

[midnightpulp]

3 hrs is nothing. HZD combat is pretty deep tbh.

I've looked at the upgrade tree and don't see anything particularly deep to come.

[spurraider21]

I've looked at the upgrade tree and don't see anything particularly deep to come.
the main depth is unlocking different elemental arrows. the melee was rudimentary

[Reck]

3 hours in to Horizon: Zero Dawn. Everyone knows about this game, obviously. I like how it seems to be a mix between Tomb Raider Reboot and Crysis (the scanning mechanic). Wished combat had some type of chaining mechanic, where you can string stealth kills plus bow/sling kills together. It's looking like a solid 7/10.

:lol He said a 7.

[midnightpulp]

the main depth is unlocking different elemental arrows. the melee was rudimentary

Yeah, the melee is button mashey. It can really benefit from a chaining system of some type, since often enemies are clustered together, ex, hit them with a freeze bomb, run in/drop down and smoothly take them out, like Arkham/Assassins Creed. Then if you successfully pull off whatever combo number, you get increased resources or something. Traps and the Tripcaster are a lot fun.

Playing on very hard.

[spurraider21]

Yeah, the melee is button mashey. It can really benefit from a chaining system of some type, since often enemies are clustered together, ex, hit them with a freeze bomb, run in/drop down and smoothly take them out, like Arkham/Assassins Creed. Then if you successfully pull off whatever combo number, you get increased resources or something. Traps and the Tripcaster are a lot fun.

Playing on very hard.
i played it a couple months ago for my first time. played on very hard as well. didnt feel imbalanced at all, except in the very early going. even going through a small group of scrappers was giving me fits in the very early going.

[midnightpulp]

:lol He said a 7.

I have different ratings standards. These journos and the like give out 9s like candy. 9 and above should be reserved for all-time great games. Only 10 hours in, but my issues so far: Button mashey melee combat, camera can get stuck behind shit, cut scenes too long (though, you can skip them), side missions are fetch quests. Main combat is fun. It's enjoyable to scout out, say, an area of Firebellows and devise a plan to take them out using a combination of traps, tripwire, stealth, and straight up firepower, but battles often descend against the stronger enemies into repeating hit and run tactics over and over. There's just much more potential here. It would be cool if you could turn an overridden Strider into a "Jihad Jeep." Load it up with bombs and then run into it into a big enemy.

Playing on very hard.

Note: These are first impressions and not major complaints by any means.

[midnightpulp]

i played it a couple months ago for my first time. played on very hard as well. didnt feel imbalanced at all, except in the very early going. even going through a small group of scrappers was giving me fits in the very early going.

Do you mean unbalanced in meaning unfair? I wasn't suggesting that, since the game wants you to and rewards you for playing smartly, especially against stronger enemies. I would've just liked to see a more comprehensive melee system where you can pull off combinations of some kind (and they should be "difficult" to execute. A. Creed series melee combo system basically plays itself). Like if you're above a couple of Watchers who are a few feet apart, you can drop kill the first and then roll into a one hit melee kill if you time it correctly.

[Joseph Kony]

HZD is a really good game but i can see why someone may rate it a 7/10. i'd give it a 8/10 personally. it pales in comparison to the witcher 3 tbh

[baseline bum]

I have different ratings standards. These journos and the like give out 9s like candy. 9 and above should be reserved for all-time great games. Only 10 hours in, but my issues so far: Button mashey melee combat, camera can get stuck behind shit, cut scenes too long (though, you can skip them), side missions are fetch quests. Main combat is fun. It's enjoyable to scout out, say, an area of Firebellows and devise a plan to take them out using a combination of traps, tripwire, stealth, and straight up firepower, but battles often descend against the stronger enemies into repeating hit and run tactics over and over. There's just much more potential here. It would be cool if you could turn an overridden Strider into a "Jihad Jeep." Load it up with bombs and then run into it into a big enemy.

Playing on very hard.

Note: These are first impressions and not major complaints by any means.

Curious what your 10/10 games are. Of everything I have ever played my 10/10 games are

1. Super Mario Bros (NES)
2. Shinobi (Arcade)
3. Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
4. Half Life (PC)
5. Fallout 2 (PC)
6. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (PS2)
7. Skyrim (PC)
8. Bloodborne (PS4)
9. NieR Automata (PC)

[midnightpulp]

Curious what your 10/10 games are. Of everything I have ever played my 10/10 games are

1. Super Mario Bros (NES)
2. Shinobi (Arcade)
3. Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
4. Half Life (PC)
5. Fallout 2 (PC)
6. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (PS2)
7. Skyrim (PC)
8. Bloodborne (PS4)
9. NieR Automata (PC)

I like dividing by genre since an rpg and a shmup are obviously out to provide different game play experiences. Off the top of my head:

RPG (I don't have much experience with the genre): Panzer Dragoon Saga, the Witcher 2, Dragon Age: Origins.

Action Adventure: The Guardian Legend, Metroid Prime, Ocarina.

2d beat em up: Streets of Rage 2 (I played a lot of arcade beat em ups, too, and they're too mashey and spastic. SOR2's pace and design just feels right).

3d beat em up: Ninja Gaiden (xbox), Godhand.

FPS: Rainbow Six Original, Battlefield Bad Company 2 for multiplayer.

Turn based strategy: Medieval: Total War.

RTS: Command and Conquer, Homeworld: Cataclysm

Stealth: Hitman: Blood Money, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow.

Action Platformer: Metalstorm, Revenge of Shinobi.

3D platformer: Mirror's Edge

Sandbox: Infamous, Just Cause 2.

Shmup: Lords of Thunder, Gradius 2, Panzer Dragoon Orta for 3d shmups.

Racing: Forza 2, Wipeout XL

Arcade (scoring): Pengo, Defender, Centipede

Fighting: Virtua Fighter 2, Street Fighter Alpha 2

[midnightpulp]

HZD is a really good game but i can see why someone may rate it a 7/10. i'd give it a 8/10 personally. it pales in comparison to the witcher 3 tbh

Indeed. 7/10 is really good. Since review sites and such basically rate any Triple A game above 8, people now think 7/10 is a "pan."

[baseline bum]

Indeed. 7/10 is really good. Since review sites and such basically rate any Triple A game above 8, people now think 7/10 is a "pan."

LOL at Jim Sterling's site getting DDOS'ed for giving Breath of the Wild a 7/10 when he said he enjoyed the game.

[spurraider21]

mid you should play infamous 2

[apalisoc_9]

Mid should play sekiro since he likes skill based difficulty so much

[midnightpulp]

mid you should play infamous 2

Played the whole series. Infamous 1 remains more in my memory, since it was a completely different take on the sandbox genre at the time, that had actual gameplay and level/set piece design rather than just running around killing hookers and cops.

[midnightpulp]

LOL at Jim Sterling's site getting DDOS'ed for giving Breath of the Wild a 7/10 when he said he enjoyed the game.

Really :lol. The modern review sites have conditioned gamers to think if a game gets below like an 8.5, it's not a good game. 7 out of 10 is two full points above average.

[midnightpulp]

Mid should play sekiro since he likes skill based difficulty so much

On the to buy list this Summer when it hits like 9.99 during a Steam Summer Sale. Oh, and what other kind of difficulty should a "game" be based around :lol. (Skill can also mean strategic thinking, logical thinking, etc). I don't envy game designers, though. Finding a balanced learning curve that is "just right" for all players is a task. And the difficulty settings often don't work as intended. The lower ones make the game brain dead easy, while the higher ones just turn enemies into bullet sponges, so it doesn't force you into learning the game's system any more comprehensively, just forces you to be more patient in battles.

[midnightpulp]

Curious what your 10/10 games are. Of everything I have ever played my 10/10 games are

1. Super Mario Bros (NES)
2. Shinobi (Arcade)
3. Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
4. Half Life (PC)
5. Fallout 2 (PC)
6. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (PS2)
7. Skyrim (PC)
8. Bloodborne (PS4)
9. NieR Automata (PC)

Have this, too. What has put me off of it is fear of needing a guide, since I've read you need certain loadouts/build up specific skill attributes to succeed. Not sure how true how that is, but I don't want to get 30 hours in and then discover I allocated my skillpoints "wrong." And don't want to use a guide for obvious reasons.

[apalisoc_9]

On the to buy list this Summer when it hits like 9.99 during a Steam Summer Sale. Oh, and what other kind of difficulty should a "game" be based around :lol. (Skill can also mean strategic thinking, logical thinking, etc). I don't envy game designers, though. Finding a balanced learning curve that is "just right" for all players is a task. And the difficulty settings often don't work as intended. The lower ones make the game brain dead easy, while the higher ones just turn enemies into bullet sponges, so it doesn't force you into learning the game's system any more comprehensively, just forces you to be more patient in battles.

I forgot to ad "".

Modern game difficulty is still skill based.

Im just saying sekiro is the kind of game youd consider all "skill"

[midnightpulp]

I forgot to ad "".

Modern game difficulty is still skill based.

Im just saying sekiro is the kind of game youd consider all "skill"

Sure. But some games have steeper learning curves and more rewarding gameplay than others. I'll take Zero Dawn, an open world game, as you know It at least has a system to learn and load outs to consider, whereas an open world game like GTA is pretty shallow and is really more about exploration, atmosphere (the radio stations, meticulously designed cities, etc), and story/characters. And that's fine. The latter is just to veg out to and cause havoc while driving around and wrecking shit.

[Reck]

Really :lol. The modern review sites have conditioned gamers to think if a game gets below like an 8.5, it's not a good game. 7 out of 10 is two full points above average.

Rating a game on a scale of 10 and giving it a 7 is not sayig much about the game, imo.

It's like if you rate a game on a 5 star system and giving it a 2. That's around average to me.

I would have figured Horizon is a game right up your alley. It's not super complex, everything is pretty much straight forward gameplay wise.

For example, a game like the Witcher 3 which is amazing in all facets of what a game should be, it's highly complex and definitely gives you a headache in terms of what direction you want to go and build your skill tree in. It mostly locks you into a branch.

[apalisoc_9]

Rating a game on a scale of 10 and giving it a 7 is not sayig much about the game, imo.

It's like if you rate a game on a 5 star system and giving it a 2. That's around average to me.

I would have figured Horizon is a game right up your alley. It's not super complex, everything is pretty much straight forward gameplay wise.

For example, a game like the Witcher 3 which is amazing in all facets of what a game should be, it's highly complex and definitely gives you a headache in terms of what direction you want to go and build your skill tree in. It mostly locks you into a branch.

I hate witcher 3 combat. I can see why people liked it as a game overall. Pretty complex rpg elements.

Horizon is a 9/10 for me though.

I tend to grade new IPS differently.

[apalisoc_9]

Really :lol. The modern review sites have conditioned gamers to think if a game gets below like an 8.5, it's not a good game. 7 out of 10 is two full points above average.

Actually agree with..In theory you're 100% correct.

But it wont be fair to give HZD a 7 if you are a reviewer with influence because of how inflated scores are.

I think all dem call of duty scores inflated everything. Nowadys a 7/10 in the eyes of most consumers is a bad game.

HZD by the correct standard is a 7-8 game.

By todays media standard it is at worst a 9/10.

[spurraider21]

Rating a game on a scale of 10 and giving it a 7 is not sayig much about the game, imo.

It's like if you rate a game on a 5 star system and giving it a 2. That's around average to me.
your math skills are pretty shit tbh :lol

[apalisoc_9]

your math skills are pretty shit tbh :lol

I mean hes probably just giving us a general grading scale.

[spurraider21]

I mean hes probably just giving us a general grading scale.
and on his general grading scale a 70% is the same as 40%

maybe reck and chris can go to summer school together to learn their fractions and percentages

[Reck]

and on his general grading scale a 70% is the same as 40%

maybe reck and chris can go to summer school together to learn their fractions and percentages

Except most games get a generic rating of 7 just because the critics dont give to much of a fuck. Math has little to do with this so get the fuck outta here with your cheap shots, faggot.

[spurraider21]

Except most games get a generic rating of 7 just because the critics dont give to much of a fuck. Math has little to do with this so get the fuck outta here with your cheap shots, faggot.
who cares about generic ratings when mid already specifically explained his scoring scale with a 7 being 2 grades above average :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Arguing aside,

It seems like Last of us 2, Ghost of thusishima, and Death Stranding are all Q4 games.

Loaded lineup tbh.

Havent played anything since sekiro.

[Reck]

Havent played anything since sekiro.

Did you beat the part where you got stuck for days yet? :lol

I bought this a while ago but haven't touched it yet. This is a summer game where I'll have plenty of time to kill.

[apalisoc_9]

Did you beat the part where you got stuck for days yet? :lol

I bought this a while ago but haven't touched it yet. This is a summer game where I'll have plenty of time to kill.

Yeah.

Last boss now :lol

Probably died 80 times already.

Game says i played a total of 80hrs. :lmao

[baseline bum]

Arguing aside,

It seems like Last of us 2, Ghost of thusishima, and Death Stranding are all Q4 games.

Loaded lineup tbh.

Havent played anything since sekiro.

TLOU Part II is Spring 2020 from all I have seen.

[midnightpulp]

Rating a game on a scale of 10 and giving it a 7 is not sayig much about the game, imo.

It's like if you rate a game on a 5 star system and giving it a 2. That's around average to me.

I would have figured Horizon is a game right up your alley. It's not super complex, everything is pretty much straight forward gameplay wise.

For example, a game like the Witcher 3 which is amazing in all facets of what a game should be, it's highly complex and definitely gives you a headache in terms of what direction you want to go and build your skill tree in. It mostly locks you into a branch.

On a 5 star scale, this game would 3.5 from me. That qualifies as a "damn good game." What keeps Horizon, for me, from reaching that "next level," (whatever that is, so you can see how subjective criticism is) is:

- Average melee combat

- Fights descend into roll and attack, rinse/repeat, too often. Sure, you can abuse traps, elemental weapons and tie downs, but it feels a bit cheap when you take down a machine from the bushes with 5 or 6 traps and a couple of well placed bow shots. Related to point one, if the game had a better melee system, it'd be cool to weaken a machine and then finish it off with a melee flourish (and not some quick time garbage or auto combo. Ex. you learn "finishing/heavy combos" that can finish off a machine below a certain number of hit points, but the catch is it's relatively difficult to execute, requiring fighting game like input commands.).

-Animal hunting is redundant. You really don't want to waste time hunting boars and turkeys when you could be hunting machines. I know animals have low hit points, but it just feels like grindy busy work if you need meat, bones, etc. I understand they're doing that to keep consistent with the game world, but they could've tweaked it where you could get everything you need from the machines (i.e. machines that feed on animals. Kill those machines, you get your meat, hides, bones, etc).

-Weapon wheel needs to be 6 way instead of 4 way. If I have a plan to use 5 different weapon types to take out an area, I dislike having to go into the inventory screen to equip the 5th weapon. Ruins the combat flow.

- Some minor annoyances are the camera, not being able to jump up on terrain no taller than you unless there's a "white" marker there, and cut scene heavy at times.

Relatively speaking, this is a fine example of an open world game. I find open world games like Saints Row, Mafia, and even the hallowed GTA series to have significantly more style over substance. I have fun with those games, but they'd get no more than a low 5 from me based on gameplay standards. Gameplay is 90 percent of the equation for me, so great graphics, art design, sound design, story are basically just "icing" and can't turn a game with 5/10 gameplay into an 8/10 game.

[spurraider21]

On a 5 star scale, this game would 3.5 from me. That qualifies as a "damn good game." What keeps Horizon, for me, from reaching that "next level," (whatever that is, so you can see how subjective criticism is) is:

- Average melee combat

- Fights descend into roll and attack, rinse/repeat, too often. Sure, you can abuse traps, elemental weapons and tie downs, but it feels a bit cheap when you take down a machine from the bushes with 5 or 6 traps and a couple of well placed bow shots. Related to point one, if the game had a better melee system, it'd be cool to weaken a machine and then finish it off with a melee flourish (and not some quick time garbage or auto combo. Ex. you learn "finishing/heavy combos" that can finish off a machine below a certain number of hit points, but the catch is it's relatively difficult to execute, requiring fighting game like input commands.).

-Animal hunting is redundant. You really don't want to waste time hunting boars and turkeys when you could be hunting machines. I know animals have low hit points, but it just feels like grindy busy work if you need meat, bones, etc. I understand they're doing that to keep consistent with the game world, but they could've tweaked it where you could get everything you need from the machines (i.e. machines that feed on animals. Kill those machines, you get your meat, hides, bones, etc).

-Weapon wheel needs to be 6 way instead of 4 way. If I have a plan to use 5 different weapon types to take out an area, I dislike having to go into the inventory screen to equip the 5th weapon. Ruins the combat flow.

- Some minor annoyances are the camera, not being able to jump up on terrain no taller than you unless there's a "white" marker there, and cut scene heavy at times.

Relatively speaking, this is a fine example of an open world game. I find open world games like Saints Row, Mafia, and even the hallowed GTA series to have significantly more style over substance. I have fun with those games, but they'd get no more than a low 5 from me based on gameplay standards. Gameplay is 90 percent of the equation for me, so great graphics, art design, sound design, story are basically just "icing" and can't turn a game with 5/10 gameplay into an 8/10 game.
the limited weapon wheel frustrated me as well. between the war bow, sharpshooter bow, hunter bow, ropecaster, tripwire, sling, blast sling, rattler, and all the different mods (might want a hunter bow with corruption emphasis, but another with shock emphasis, etc), it felt way too limiting. i think its meant to make you "think strategically" have have a good balanced loadout, but thats never how it actually played out. instead i kept having to shuffle weapon sets based on encounters (take out ropecaster if i'm fighting a stormbird, etc).

so i basically just dumped all my mods into corruption as that one seemed like the best jack of all trades elemental type (for the hunter bow). it felt too limiting

the climbing amounted to "find the yellow thing in the wall" just like uncharted. i much prefer the assassins creed version where you have to look for queues beyond an obvious color sticking out. infamous did a good job with climbing too, as you had to look for actual structural landmarks rather than just a patently yellow brick

[Splits]

Recently finished both Horizon and Dying Light. Loved both. Give me another...

[spurraider21]

now theres a playstation flash sale was some absurdly cheap games lol

[baseline bum]

now theres a playstation flash sale was some absurdly cheap games lol

Rise of the Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider Definitive Edition are great deals if you're in the mood for really good Uncharted clones.

[spurraider21]

Rise of the Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider Definitive Edition are great deals if you're in the mood for really good Uncharted clones.
those 2 caught my eye as really good deals (and dark souls 2 for $10)... but im hesitant to buy any more games as i probably have a years worth of shit or close to it already :lol

[baseline bum]

those 2 caught my eye as really good deals (and dark souls 2 for $10)... but im hesitant to buy any more games as i probably have a years worth of shit or close to it already :lol

You might see them go either the same price or a little less in the Mid-Year Sale next month or the Black Friday Sale, so no rush. They go on sale all the time. The two Tomb Raiders are awesome games though. I haven't played Dark Souls II and it seems to be regarded as the worst game in the series by a lot of Souls fans, but it looks really good IMO and I definitely want to play it.

[Reck]

baseline bum what do you think of this game Judgment? It's from the same people that make the Yakuza series. Saw some gameplay of it and I dont see much of a difference which I guess if the formula works for the other games I can see why they dont want to depart from what works.

Good reviews thus far.

[baseline bum]

baseline bum what do you think of this game Judgment? It's from the same people that make the Yakuza series. Saw some gameplay of it and I dont see much of a difference which I guess if the formula works for the other games I can see why they dont want to depart from what works.

Good reviews thus far.

Definitely looks like a must play in my book. But must play when it's $20 :lol.

[apalisoc_9]

baseline bum what do you think of this game Judgment? It's from the same people that make the Yakuza series. Saw some gameplay of it and I dont see much of a difference which I guess if the formula works for the other games I can see why they dont want to depart from what works.

Good reviews thus far.

Looks good. Protagonost looks gay though compared to kiryu and Majima

[Joseph Kony]

anyone play Blooodstained: Ritual of the night yet? looks pretty dope

[midnightpulp]

the limited weapon wheel frustrated me as well. between the war bow, sharpshooter bow, hunter bow, ropecaster, tripwire, sling, blast sling, rattler, and all the different mods (might want a hunter bow with corruption emphasis, but another with shock emphasis, etc), it felt way too limiting. i think its meant to make you "think strategically" have have a good balanced loadout, but thats never how it actually played out. instead i kept having to shuffle weapon sets based on encounters (take out ropecaster if i'm fighting a stormbird, etc).

so i basically just dumped all my mods into corruption as that one seemed like the best jack of all trades elemental type (for the hunter bow). it felt too limiting

the climbing amounted to "find the yellow thing in the wall" just like uncharted. i much prefer the assassins creed version where you have to look for queues beyond an obvious color sticking out. infamous did a good job with climbing too, as you had to look for actual structural landmarks rather than just a patently yellow brick

Indeed. On this point, I think the reason we probably have to use more weapons was because we're playing on very hard. I don't think developers really build the game around that difficulty in mind, so all they do is make the enemies into damage sponges. I was level 24 when I fought the first Thunderjaw. Maybe I was under leveled (recommended level is 27), but it took the fuckin' kitchen sink to take him down. Tear blast the two disk launchers off. Tear blast radar and front cannons off. Freeze him completely (which takes like 6 bombs), hit him with first disk launcher while frozen to deal double. Do that again. Freeze him again. And just spam bombs, precision arrows, or whatever into his exposed heart.

I appreciate protracted battles like this, but it felt "spammy" at times, because it was such a damage sponge. I'm sure the battle has better flow at the lower difficulties.

[spurraider21]

Indeed. On this point, I think the reason we probably have to use more weapons was because we're playing on very hard. I don't think developers really build the game around that difficulty in mind, so all they do is make the enemies into damage sponges. I was level 24 when I fought the first Thunderjaw. Maybe I was under leveled (recommended level is 27), but it took the fuckin' kitchen sink to take him down. Tear blast the two disk launchers off. Tear blast radar and front cannons off. Freeze him completely (which takes like 6 bombs), hit him with first disk launcher while frozen to deal double. Do that again. Freeze him again. And just spam bombs, precision arrows, or whatever into his exposed heart.

I appreciate protracted battles like this, but it felt "spammy" at times, because it was such a damage sponge. I'm sure the battle has better flow at the lower difficulties.
Freeze bombs were the only way i was able to take down the heavy guys like thunderjaws and rockbreakers in anything resembling a reasonable amount of time. Triple shot corruption arrows were nice too

[Reck]

Looks like Sony is having a fire sale for the PS3 games on the store. Most of the PS3 titles on this flash sale are triple A games.

[baseline bum]

Looks like Sony is having a fire sale for the PS3 games on the store. Most of the PS3 titles on this flash sale are triple A games.

Just put CFW on your PS3 and get all the games for free, man.

[Reck]

Just put CFW on your PS3 and get all the games for free, man.

No idea what that even is. I'm interested so do tell..

[baseline bum]

No idea what that even is. I'm interested so do tell..

Which PS3 do you have? Eg CECH-<what>.

It should say on a sticker on the back or bottom of the console.

[Reck]

Which PS3 do you have? Eg CECH-<what>.

It should say on a sticker on the back or bottom of the console.

CECH 3001B.

It's a 320GB slim. It's actually my second. The original 40GB fattie is loitering somewhere here.

[baseline bum]

CECH 3001B.

It's a 320GB slim. It's actually my second. The original 40GB fattie is loitering somewhere here.

Shit, the method I know for CFW only works up to CECH-25xx series models. It allows both iso images of blu-rays as well as digital games to be played. I think for anything past CECH-25XX you can only run digital games. It's called PS3Hen or something like that. Might want to check MrMario2011's channel, it's a great resource for jailbreaking systems.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvK9uMmtM6M

[baseline bum]

Damn the new Persona 5 The Royal Battle theme for when you surprise an enemy is a big step down from the original:

New

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Original


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFVj0Z6ahcI

[diego]

anyone play Blooodstained: Ritual of the night yet? looks pretty dope

yep, enjoying it so far, playing on normal with the kids and its too easy

[midnightpulp]

Freeze bombs were the only way i was able to take down the heavy guys like thunderjaws and rockbreakers in anything resembling a reasonable amount of time. Triple shot corruption arrows were nice too

Corruption arrows are nice. They've improved the overall combat system for me. It's nice to get the machines fighting each other and then tactically pick your spots to do damage, and the tactical approach is where the combat systems shines its best. When you're attacked by multiple enemies at once (ideally, you don't want this to happen, but at the difficulty setting, it's about impossible to tactically take out a group of Snapmaws as Glinthawks fly around without alerting everything in the area) and have to play it like Devil May Cry, the combat just feels spastic and clunky, turning the game into a rolling simulator, while spamming the rope caster.

About 40 hours in and 48 percent complete. All Blazing Suns and just finished the Grave Hoard mission. Still in that 7-7.5 range. Main issue is still the weapon wheel. Not only is it a bit limited, but having to bring it up every second during a heated battle is annoying and ruins the flow, i.e. switch to tearblaster, switch to ropecaster, switch to freeze bombs, switch to sling blast (we can be cheeky again and call it a "weapon switching simulator" when this happens). I'm not criticizing it because I'm taking deaths and the like, I just hate seeing it every half second. Weapon switching should be instant and not clutter up the HUD.

If I were a playtester at GG, I'd suggest maybe try mapping the weapons to the D pad and use the triangle to switch to alt fire, i.e. press right to equip war bow, press triangle to switch to freeze arrows, with nothing popping up on the screen (I understand since bows and slings can have three different elemental types, the binary main/alt wouldn't "work," but I'd say just have a shock/freeze bow, fire/corruption bow, and hard point/standard arrow bow). IIRC, this is how Infamous mapped things. And I think the potions should be on the visible wheel.

Still a fine game. Did you get the Shield Weaver armor? Read it breaks the game.

[Chris]

Anyone play Layers of Fear? Thinking about giving it a shot.

[baseline bum]

spurraider21, get in here.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diwQSAq1YRA

[spurraider21]

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


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diwQSAq1YRA
:lmao i thought maybe it was a remastered console like the ps1 thingy. its a $150 hdmi port. for the same 64 bit games . lol.

[baseline bum]

:lmao i thought maybe it was a remastered console like the ps1 thingy. its a $150 hdmi port. for the same 64 bit games . lol.

You'd rather have a $100 crap emulation box than a $150 solution to give you a better picture running real hardware? N64 emulation sucks man, original hardware all the way for that system. The original HDMI mod for the N64 is super hard to find, costs over $200 IIRC, and requires some tricky soldering.

[Reck]

I'm with Spurraider here. You still need the actual console and physical games to play?

Even the most avid fan is not going to go through the trouble of dusting off their console to play with barely noticeable change. I'm surprised you're for this BB since you like to get the most out of your dollar.

150 is for the birds.

[spurraider21]

the biggest problem with the n64 is that the cartridges are unreliable and after years its more and more difficult to get the damn thing to start up in the first place. i dont care about the AV cables :lol

[baseline bum]

I'm with Spurraider here. You still need the actual console and physical games to play?

Even the most avid fan is not going to go through the trouble of dusting off their console to play with barely noticeable change. I'm surprised you're for this BB since you like to get the most out of your dollar.

150 is for the birds.

N64 emulation is in a really bad state unless you're doing it on a gaming PC or the Wii/WiiU Virtual Console. Weird since Gamecube/Wii emulation is incredible.

[baseline bum]

the biggest problem with the n64 is that the cartridges are unreliable and after years its more and more difficult to get the damn thing to start up in the first place. i dont care about the AV cables :lol

Everdrives nigga


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuHA3k-y6PE

[Joseph Kony]

playing Sudden Strike 4 at the moment. satisfying that itch to play an RTS

[baseline bum]

Super Mario Maker 2 has an interesting campaign so far. Better than New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe. :lol

[Reck]

Super Mario Maker 2 has an interesting campaign so far. Better than New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe. :lol

Nintendo always brings it when it comes to Mario games.

been watching a lot of speed runs of the Mario series lately. Love how these people break the game and have them beat in like 2 hours. :lol

[Splits]

Enjoying Phantom Pain the past week or so.

[ElNono]

Enjoying Phantom Pain the past week or so.

Great game, tbh

[midnightpulp]

60 hours later and finished Horizon. I appreciate how the game did the final mission right. I can't count how many games of this type I've played where I save up resources (ammo, health packs/potions, etc) in preparation for the final boss only for the game to essentially "script" the final battle in some way, making your planning and resource management useless.

Enjoyed the adventure. Hopefully melee combat is improved for the sequel.

[apalisoc_9]

60 hours later and finished Horizon. I appreciate how the game did the final mission right. I can't count how many games of this type I've played where I save up resources (ammo, health packs/potions, etc) in preparation for the final boss only for the game to essentially "script" the final battle in some way, making your planning and resource management useless.

Enjoyed the adventure. Hopefully melee combat is improved for the sequel.

The mele was atrocious. Definitely an afterthought in this game. Another thing they could work on is aftergame content. The replayability is not there.

There is an arena in the game that seemed like a decent lovation for an areana mode.. many suspect the devs took out in order to save for a DLC or a 2nd game. Maybe it wasnt polished enough to add.

Would have been nice to go into arena fighting a rockbreaker, Glinthawks, etc all at once.

[spurraider21]

60 hours later and finished Horizon. I appreciate how the game did the final mission right. I can't count how many games of this type I've played where I save up resources (ammo, health packs/potions, etc) in preparation for the final boss only for the game to essentially "script" the final battle in some way, making your planning and resource management useless.

Enjoyed the adventure. Hopefully melee combat is improved for the sequel.
Do you have The Frozen Wilds DLC? Difficulty ramps like crazy.

[midnightpulp]

Do you have The Frozen Wilds DLC? Difficulty ramps like crazy.

I do. Came with the purchase. I usually don't do DLC after beating the main game since I'm burnt out of that particular game for the time being.

[apalisoc_9]

I'm actually surprised no one has played divinity sin 2 here. Its apperently the GOAT tactical RPG. I just cant seem to find a copy for it though.

And apperently the ps4 version is just as good as the pc

[baseline bum]

Never would have suspected it, but Super Mario Maker 2 has IMO the best 2D Mario campaign since Super Mario World on SNES. The only 2D Mario game since that I'd put even close to as much fun as this one is New Super Mario Bros on the DS.

[DJR210]

I'm actually surprised no one has played divinity sin 2 here. Its apperently the GOAT tactical RPG. I just cant seem to find a copy for it though.

And apperently the ps4 version is just as good as the pc

Pretty late to the party there champ

D:OS > D:OSII

[vander]

I started D:OS2 while back, but the first characters that joined were too redundant with my own character. I couldn't defeat anything, was going to restart but then lost interest.

[spurraider21]

only a few hours in... arkham knight is a lot of fun. i completely agree with the complaints about the batmobile, though

[Reck]

I might go back to 100% that game. The Batmobile stunts and AR Challenges are hard af.

[baseline bum]

Think I'm going to do a playthrough of Persona 5 in full Japanese (text and voices). Thank god for PS3 CFW so I don't have to import a Japanese copy of the game. :lol

[Reck]

Think I'm going to do a playthrough of Persona 5 in full Japanese (text and voices). Thank god for PS3 CFW so I don't have to import a Japanese copy of the game. :lol

You speaka da japanese?

Any difference between the two ports?

[baseline bum]

You speaka da japanese?

Any difference between the two ports?

Not that well honestly. Doing it more for practice with native material way above my level.

[baseline bum]

You speaka da japanese?

Any difference between the two ports?

Also forgot one thing way different: in Japanese Playstation games circle means yes and X is to back out like with Nintendo's control scheme while in the US X means yes and circle is back out like XBox's control scheme. It's weird to get used to using Nintendo control scheme on a Playstation tbh.

[baseline bum]

Man Persona 5 in Japanese is a really good learning resource for me since it has a huge amount of kanji (even words like 貴方 = anata that are usually written in hiragana are written in kanji) and since I know the story so well I can pick up new words or new kanji from it a lot. Only problem is jotting down all this new shit as I play is going to make this 150 hour game into a 500 hour game. :lol

Funny hearing the different uses of "you" in the game so far:

1. When the cops are beating the shit out of me they keep saying お前 = omae = "oh my" which is really disrespectful. I think it's kind of like "you (asshole)" when between adults.
2. When Lavenza is speaking to me she uses the more polite 貴方 = anata for "you", like it's a professional relationship.
3. When Sae Niijima the prosecutor is interviewing me she uses 君 = kimi for "you" which is kind of a friendly way to say it even though at that part of the story she is interviewing me after being arrested. Kind of weird to see her call me that.

[apalisoc_9]

500hr for persona :lol

Cmon man...

[resistanze]

RE2 remake is the first game I've played since probably 2018. Fun as fuck tbh.

[vander]

RE2 remake is the first game I've played since probably 2018. Fun as fuck tbh.

2018 was a whole 0.6 years ago :lol but yeah that was the first game I played in a long time too, since Nier Automata and Prey.

btw anyone who hasn't played Prey needs to fucking play it.

[baseline bum]

500hr for persona :lol

Cmon man...

How fast you think you could read all that text in Japanese man?

[baseline bum]

RE2 remake is the first game I've played since probably 2018. Fun as fuck tbh.

Yeah fucking incredible game. Last shit I played before my 970 crapped out. :lol

[resistanze]

Yeah fucking incredible game. Last shit I played before my 970 crapped out. :lol

Damn brah, what card are you rocking? I'm still on my 970 from the PC I built when I moved to the Bay 4 years ago :lol

[baseline bum]

Damn brah, what card are you rocking? I'm still on my 970 from the PC I built when I moved to the Bay 4 years ago :lol

GeForce 8400GS :lol

I didn't think I would buy a replacement gpu for a while with Dying Light 2 being postponed until 2020 and with Turing prices ridiculous, but I'm kind of tempted now by the new RTX 2060 Super that came out of nowhere a couple of days ago being a barely cut down RTX 2070 for $400. Then RTX 2070 Super being a cutdown RTX 2080 for $500 is decent too. I'll probably still wait since the only 2019 game I care about much on PC is Sekiro and since I'd like to wait a bit to see what kind of Navi is in Poorstation 5, as it would piss me off to have to replace my card again in a couple of years to keep up with 60 fps gaming.

[resistanze]

2018 was a whole 0.6 years ago :lol but yeah that was the first game I played in a long time too, since Nier Automata and Prey.

btw anyone who hasn't played Prey needs to fucking play it.

Hey that's a long ass time brah....and that's assuming I played a game in December 2018. I actually have no idea what game I played last...my memory is failing me.

I need to play Prey and RE7 still.

[DC23]

Playing PUBG Mobile.

[Joseph Kony]

2018 was a whole 0.6 years ago :lol but yeah that was the first game I played in a long time too, since Nier Automata and Prey.

btw anyone who hasn't played Prey needs to fucking play it.

is it really that good? I caught Prey on a steam sale the other day and it has great reviews. but for some reason the game has shit support for my xbone controller so i cant really play it til i figure out how to get around that

[Joseph Kony]

finally beat shadow of war. nice wrap up to the game. then finished DMC5 as i had played the first 17 missions before taking a break. saw far from home yesterday so i think ima go back and finish Spiderman now

[DJR210]

I started D:OS2 while back, but the first characters that joined were too redundant with my own character. I couldn't defeat anything, was going to restart but then lost interest.

If you thought it had potential until running into the retarded early game bs with D:OS2, go play the first one. It doesn't have that retarded armor mechanic, and instead the difficulty is in choosing the correct areas of the map to explore that are appropriate for your level. D:OS2 I had to adjust the difficulty because I couldn't progress w/ shitty teammates and every enemy in armor

[baseline bum]

Hah, that's funny. I just started playing Yakuza 3 and they changed the name of Kazama to Fuma so I guess western players wouldn't get confused by Kazama's family name being so close to Kiryu's familiar name (eg Kazuma). What's funny is Kazama is written 風間, but so is Fuma. It's just an alternate reading of the kanji. :lol

[Reck]

Hah, that's funny. I just started playing Yakuza 3 and they changed the name of Kazama to Fuma so I guess western players wouldn't get confused by Kazama's family name being so close to Kiryu's familiar name (eg Kazuma). What's funny is Kazama is written 風間, but so is Fuma. It's just an alternate reading of the kanji. :lol

How can you juggle so many long games at once? You're already playing P5 and now you're playing another long ass game too? :lol

[baseline bum]

How can you juggle so many long games at once? You're already playing P5 and now you're playing another long ass game too? :lol

Got kind of sick of playing P5 in Japanese. I think I'm going to hold off on it a while until my language skills are better. Have been studying the jouyou kanji but only about 1200 in (there are 2200 of them).

[spurraider21]

arkham knight is really fucking fun tbh

the free-flow combat does feel very simple or dumbed down after having (relatively) recently played God of War... but there's enough enemy variety to force you do approach situations differently so it keeps you on your toes enough to keep it interest (between brutes, shielded enemies, armed enemies, guys with shock batons, guys with swords, etc)

the batmobile play doesn't compare to the regular stuff, but it hasn't been quite as bad an experience as i had read about, though to be fair i did dump most of my early experience points into batmobile upgrades, to make those long battle sequences less of a chore. the open world is big, but its fun enough to grapnel/glide through it, especially when you get the grapnel upgrades. there's also a really solid amount of side content beyond the main story. its at least as good as asylum/city so far, though i havent really had boss encounters yet (unless you count some of the armored vehicles like those massive drones/choppers). the boss battles in asylum/city were quite fun.

[ElNono]

arkham knight is really fucking fun tbh

the free-flow combat does feel very simple or dumbed down after having (relatively) recently played God of War... but there's enough enemy variety to force you do approach situations differently so it keeps you on your toes enough to keep it interest (between brutes, shielded enemies, armed enemies, guys with shock batons, guys with swords, etc)

the batmobile play doesn't compare to the regular stuff, but it hasn't been quite as bad an experience as i had read about, though to be fair i did dump most of my early experience points into batmobile upgrades, to make those long battle sequences less of a chore. the open world is big, but its fun enough to grapnel/glide through it, especially when you get the grapnel upgrades. there's also a really solid amount of side content beyond the main story. its at least as good as asylum/city so far, though i havent really had boss encounters yet (unless you count some of the armored vehicles like those massive drones/choppers). the boss battles in asylum/city were quite fun.

Game got a bad rep on release, but I also recall having a lot of fun with it.

[Reck]

Game got a bad rep on release, but I also recall having a lot of fun with it.

The PC version got a bad rep. This game was an instant hit.

Batmobile was the peak of the complaints iirc.

[baseline bum]

Game got a bad rep on release, but I also recall having a lot of fun with it.

PC port got a well-deserved bad rep thanks to getting farmed out to some crap mobile games studio. Arkham Knight on PC is the entire reason Steam had to introduce refunds and the game got pulled from sale for months until Rocksteady went and did the port themselves. :lol

[baseline bum]

Yakuza 3 is pretty cool so far. But man is it ever awful graphically being a low budget early PS3 game. Also the localization is weird since for instance everyone goes by their first name when Japanese people usually go by their family names. So it's weird seeing Majima call Kiryu by the name Kazzy (eg for Kazuma) instead of Kiryu-chan (which is what he calls him in the actual voice track and in the PS4 games). I hope Yakuza 4 & 5 have localization more in line with the PS4 games.

[Joseph Kony]

is Prey supposed to be hard, or do i just suck at this game :lol

[vander]

is Prey supposed to be hard, or do i just suck at this game :lol

I think it needs to be difficult to make it long enough, would be a pretty short game if you just blow through the enemies modern FPS style

[vander]

If you thought it had potential until running into the retarded early game bs with D:OS2, go play the first one. It doesn't have that retarded armor mechanic, and instead the difficulty is in choosing the correct areas of the map to explore that are appropriate for your level. D:OS2 I had to adjust the difficulty because I couldn't progress w/ shitty teammates and every enemy in armor

yeah I played 1 back in the day, it was pretty good. I vaguely recall screwing up my characters early on in that one too, but was able to barely struggle along until I got them right.

[baseline bum]

God damn. Amazon has PS4 Pro + God of War + Days Gone for $350 today for Prime Day.

[spurraider21]

God damn. Amazon has PS4 Pro + God of War + Days Gone for $350 today for Prime Day.
If days gone was a better hit that would be more awesome. But i don’t think I’m ever upgrading to PS4 pro. Will just go straight to ps5 eventually when those go on their first big sale a few years in

[RD2191]

What do you think the SNES classic will be worth in the future? Do you think it'll be a desired retro console? Would you pull the trigger on 17 new classics in box for $1,900?:lol

[baseline bum]

What do you think the SNES classic will be worth in the future? Do you think it'll be a desired retro console? Would you pull the trigger on 17 new classics in box for $1,900?:lol

The desired retro console will be the real SNES. Don't buy a box of SNES Classics to hoard thinking they'll get expensive. Tons of people have them and they're not the real thing. They're great though if you're looking for a cheap and easy way to play every SNES and NES game you ever wanted on a modern TV, including the Japanese games.

[RD2191]

The desired retro console will be the real SNES. Don't buy a box of SNES Classics to hoard thinking they'll get expensive. Tons of people have them and they're not the real thing. They're great though if you're looking for a cheap and easy way to play every SNES and NES game you ever wanted on a modern TV, including the Japanese games.

Tbh I might pull the trigger just because I like them so much. :lol but yeah you're right, especially since emulation is also pretty easy to do these days

[baseline bum]

Tbh I might pull the trigger just because I like them so much. :lol but yeah you're right, especially since emulation is also pretty easy to do these days

WTF are you going to do with the other 16? :lol

[ElNono]

Just grabbed a copy of Dishonored 2... we'll see what it looks like

[baseline bum]

Just grabbed a copy of Dishonored 2... we'll see what it looks like

God bless the CPY sales

[RD2191]

WTF are you going to do with the other 16? :lol

Pulga time hermano. :lol jk. Idk yet, probably try and load a few of them off to the local retro games store.

[baseline bum]

Pulga time hermano. :lol jk. Idk yet, probably try and load a few of them off to the local retro games store.

Why would you buy 17 systems at $111.76 each? I can go buy one at Gamestop right now for $75.

EDIT: I take it back, can't get one at Gamestop unless I drive to Austin. :lol

[vander]

Just grabbed a copy of Dishonored 2... we'll see what it looks like
I'm trying to go the no kill route, and never spotted by enemies. So I'm hitting that f5 constantly, and usually checking to make sure still 0 kills, but during the last mission I forgot to check near the end. suddenly It shows 2 dead, and I didn't do any real saves since like 10 minutes into the mission
:bang

[Chris]

PS1 classic console is $20 :lol


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[Chris]

I'm trying to go the no kill route, and never spotted by enemies. So I'm hitting that f5 constantly, and usually checking to make sure still 0 kills, but during the last mission I forgot to check near the end. suddenly It shows 2 dead, and I didn't do any real saves since like 10 minutes into the mission
:bang

No kill/stealth is the only way to fly :tu

[baseline bum]

PS1 classic console is $20 :lol


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Still overpriced.

[Leetonidas]

Been playing GTA V on the PC. It's been like 4 years since I last played it on the ps4. I forgot how fun and hilarious this game is

[Reck]

Any of you played any of the Wolfenstein games before? Namely the current gen ones.

I'm thinking of picking the first 2 plus the new one next week. I wanna shoot some fools.

[baseline bum]

Gotta say Yakuza 3 is a big step down from Yakuza 0, Kiwami, and Kiwami 2. At least in the early game. It's so fucking saccharine with Kiryu running an orphanage and Haruka being the one who keeps the place glued together. None of the substories in Okinawa have been interesting and the encounter rate for random streetfights is over the top. I'll keep playing it just to get the story and hope it picks up once I'm back in Tokyo, but damn I hope Yakuza 4-5 are better.

[RD2191]

Still overpriced.

:lol what's the deal with those "crackhead" mini usb sticks? Are they legit?

[baseline bum]

:lol what's the deal with those "crackhead" mini usb sticks? Are they legit?

???

Don't buy any fake mini consoles. The only good mini consoles on the market right now are the NES Classic, SNES Classic, and a Raspberry Pi with Retropie is pretty killer for games not sensitive to a couple of extra frames of input lag. Note the Raspberry Pi 4 just came out a couple of weeks ago and it's quite a bit more powerful than the Raspberry Pi 3B, but Retropie still hasn't been ported to it yet. Also the Genesis Mini is probably going to be really fucking good too considering the team Sega put in charge of it is absolute first rate in their Switch ports. Can't remember the name right off hand, but that's probably going to be a pretty epic mini console too.

[RD2191]

???

Don't buy any fake mini consoles. The only good mini consoles on the market right now are the NES Classic, SNES Classic, and a Raspberry Pi with Retropie is pretty killer for games not sensitive to a couple of extra frames of input lag. Note the Raspberry Pi 4 just came out a couple of weeks ago and it's quite a bit more powerful than the Raspberry Pi 3B, but Retropie still hasn't been ported to it yet. Also the Genesis Mini is probably going to be really fucking good too considering the team Sega put in charge of it is absolute first rate in their Switch ports. Can't remember the name right off hand, but that's probably going to be a pretty epic mini console too.

Supposed to be a usb stick with ps1 games.

https://www.truebluemini.com/

And yeah, I've been looking at the pi4 but they seem to be sold out everywhere. Definitely looking forward to the sega mini, should be pretty badass.

[baseline bum]

Supposed to be a usb stick with ps1 games.

https://www.truebluemini.com/

And yeah, I've been looking at the pi4 but they seem to be sold out everywhere. Definitely looking forward to the sega mini, should be pretty badass.

Still no idea when Retropie will even work on the Pi4. If you really want a killer PS1 box just buy a hackable PS3 and put CFW on it. CECH-21XX Slim and older can have CFW put on them. Any PS3 fat can have CFW put on it. Also the 120GB and 250GB Slims can, but not the 160GB nor 320GB Slims. No PS3 Super Slim can have CFW put on it.

What makes the PS3 killer for PS1 emulation is it has a built in PS1 emulator and you have a great PS1 wireless controller with the DualShock 3. Though I would buy a 1TB 2.5 inch drive and install that. For instance, this PS3 Slim would be great. Just double check that it's a CECH-20XX or CECH-21XX model.

https://www.gamestop.com/ps3/consoles/playstation-3-system-250gb/108168

Then you could put CFW and play all the free PS1 and PS3 games you want. Though 250GB isn't much, I'd definitely add a 1TB 2.5 inch drive like I said. If you're doing that you could save $10 and get the 120GB model instead:

https://www.gamestop.com/ps3/consoles/playstation-3-system-120gb-slim/113366

Just again double check that it's CECH-20XX or CECH-21XX.

A Raspberry Pi 3 will cost you $50 + cost of controller anyways, so $110 to $120 for a PS3 that can play all PS1, PS3 games as well as a fucking lot of PS2 games is a deal.

Surprisingly a PS2 is actually a pretty shitty way to play PS1 roms even though most PS2 are hardware BC with PS1. Because the hack for PS2 uses the built-in PS1 hardware to either read roms from the hard drive or your network. But if you're into PS2 games a hacked PS2 is super easy to do.

[IronMexican]

Picked up Dark Souls Remastered the other day. Been playing it a lot. Got to Anor Londo.

[Reck]

Any of you played any of the Wolfenstein games before? Namely the current gen ones.

I'm thinking of picking the first 2 plus the new one next week. I wanna shoot some fools.

So picked these up from the store. Fairly cheap too. Enjoying it.

[baseline bum]

A little more than a month out from Astral Chain now. God I can't fucking wait for this game.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5P8xSymqoI