What are you playing right now? [Archive] - Page 19

diego

01-31-2020, 02:50 PM

started fallen order last night...

as far as gameplay/story goes its pretty standard fare, generally nice level of polish to everything but nothing that particularly stands out either. im not a star wars nut but dont have anything against it either

Pretty amazed by the graphics. both in how good they are, and how theyve murdered my system. had to turn everything to minimum settings for it to run decently enough, and I would have lowered it further if given more options- even at those minimum levels i though the game looked pretty damn good (OTOH, i smoked a little more than i should have and since i recently made my kids play classic DOS games, now Im not sure if i should celebrate the graphics so much :lol). Im updating the drivers now to see if that helps performance any, which is passable as is but still subject to random stutters.

apalisoc_9

01-31-2020, 06:08 PM

Bioschock is free for ps plus. So Im gonna play the whole thing...

140

02-01-2020, 12:59 PM

baseline bum

02-01-2020, 01:10 PM

baseline bum

02-01-2020, 01:13 PM

CPU performance does look kind of shit though

https://i.ibb.co/v4Km3xv/cpufo.png

chunticakes

02-01-2020, 03:15 PM

I finally got around to beating RDR2. Took me a solid two weeks to finish it @ 89%. I was putting in ridiculous 12 hr shifts during the holidays. My gf hated me :lol

She got me the Star Wars game for my birthday. Pretty good game, albeit short.

I have a ridiculous backlog. I'm guessing I'll do HZD or God of War next.

SpursforSix

02-01-2020, 06:24 PM

Joseph Kony

02-01-2020, 09:35 PM

Ni No Kuni II is so damn good i think i'm going to have to find another JRPG to play after this. anyone play any of the Dragon Quest games? was looking into those

baseline bum

02-01-2020, 10:38 PM

Ni No Kuni II is so damn good i think i'm going to have to find another JRPG to play after this. anyone play any of the Dragon Quest games? was looking into those

You got a Switch? That's supposedly the definitive version of Dragon Quest XI. It's supposed to be an excellent port too, though obviously Switch only has the horsepower to push 30 fps while PS4 and PC can pretty easily do 60 fps. Though if you have a Switch a very cool JRPG to check out is Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Although now that I think of it, maybe you were the one who recommended it to me? :lol

Joseph Kony

02-01-2020, 11:30 PM

You got a Switch? That's supposedly the definitive version of Dragon Quest XI. It's supposed to be an excellent port too, though obviously Switch only has the horsepower to push 30 fps while PS4 and PC can pretty easily do 60 fps. Though if you have a Switch a very cool JRPG to check out is Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Although now that I think of it, maybe you were the one who recommended it to me? :lol

yep :lol

baseline bum

02-01-2020, 11:31 PM

yep :lol

Thanks :lol

That game was fucking great

spurraider21

02-02-2020, 06:52 PM

Just started Dark Souls Remastered

baseline bum

02-03-2020, 12:28 AM

Just started Dark Souls Remastered

Bend over, I'll give a dark soul.

Reck

02-03-2020, 05:08 AM

baseline bum

02-03-2020, 09:38 AM

I’m getting back into the groove of 100 percenting my games. Currently working on the second Spyro the dragon plat. baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) did you plat P5? That might be my next big project.

I dread doing all the persona compendium though. Seems like a major grind.

Yeah I got the platinum on P5 and completed the compendium while building personas for the secret boss fight. This close to the Persona 5 Royal release though might as well get that and plat it instead though.

I thought about trying to plat Yakuza 3 Remastered since I love doing all the side quests and activities in the series, but the side minigames are just too much. That game is taking me forever since I usually just waste time doing the baseball minigame or playing shogi or mahjong or golf or running the hostess club or all the other extra shit in it. I probably have 100 hours into it and I think I'm in Chapter 6. :lol

diego

02-03-2020, 04:36 PM

whats your system tbh?

2600k @4500, 1060 3gb, 1080p

As I mentioned in the build thread, it's just begun to show some difficulty running games at Max(ish) settings in the last year or so, but I could mostly get away with high settings with only minor performance problems. Fallen order is the first game I really had to start dialing everything down, to the point of leaving everything at minimum (except res.) and still having performance problems. Clearly it's a more cpu dependent game than what has mostly come out in the last 9 years :lol

I had already been eying the ryzens, this game isn't going to make me run out and upgrade but it is a sign the time has come

140

02-03-2020, 08:19 PM

2600k @4500, 1060 3gb, 1080p

As I mentioned in the build thread, it's just begun to show some difficulty running games at Max(ish) settings in the last year or so, but I could mostly get away with high settings with only minor performance problems. Fallen order is the first game I really had to start dialing everything down, to the point of leaving everything at minimum (except res.) and still having performance problems. Clearly it's a more cpu dependent game than what has mostly come out in the last 9 years :lol

I had already been eying the ryzens, this game isn't going to make me run out and upgrade but it is a sign the time has come
Ah that makes sense, after you posted I ended up getting the CODEX edition of the game to see how it would run here and I can run it on max settings at about 40 fps and at high at 55 fps or so and I have a r9 280 3gb which is much older than a 1060 but I recently upgraded to a ryzen so clearly it makes a big difference.

As for the game itself the graphics do look great indeed and even though I've never been interested in star wars it has been good fun so far, seems like a well made game tbh

apalisoc_9

02-03-2020, 08:56 PM

Hoping for a ratchet an clank tittle for ps5

baseline bum

02-03-2020, 09:00 PM

Hoping for a ratchet an clank tittle for ps5

Isn't that a rumored launch title? I'd buy that shit. Much better than another Killzone to launch with.

spurraider21

02-03-2020, 09:32 PM

how about another infamous release but going back to cole mcgrath

Reck

02-03-2020, 10:02 PM

Did you guys get the annual games review statistics Sony sends you? I didn't get it.

Odd because I played some serious games in 2019.

baseline bum

02-03-2020, 10:38 PM

Did you guys get the annual games review statistics Sony sends you? I didn't get it.

Odd because I played some serious games in 2019.

LOL. I had like 120 hours in God of War, 35 hours in Yakuza 3, and my third place was one hour on NieR Automata (played the intro in Japanese then realized I could barely understand anything, much less than Persona 5 in Japanese). Did most of my gaming on Switch last year. 2020 though gonna be mostly PS4 and PS5 other than Tokyo Mirage Sessions on Switch. Probably have at least 70-80 hours on Yakuza 3 this year.

Reck

02-03-2020, 10:44 PM

LOL. I had like 120 hours in God of War, 35 hours in Yakuza 3, and my third place was one hour on NieR Automata (played the intro in Japanese then realized I could barely understand anything, much less than Persona 5 in Japanese). Did most of my gaming on Switch last year. 2020 though gonna be mostly PS4 and PS5 other than Tokyo Mirage Sessions on Switch. Probably have at least 70-80 hours on Yakuza 3 this year.

Yeah between God of War and P5 I easily played over 150 hours roughly. P5 actualy took me 115 hours. I sunk a lot of time in the mememtos. Would've been nice to have that stat sent to me. Fags

baseline bum

02-03-2020, 10:47 PM

2600k @4500, 1060 3gb, 1080p

As I mentioned in the build thread, it's just begun to show some difficulty running games at Max(ish) settings in the last year or so, but I could mostly get away with high settings with only minor performance problems. Fallen order is the first game I really had to start dialing everything down, to the point of leaving everything at minimum (except res.) and still having performance problems. Clearly it's a more cpu dependent game than what has mostly come out in the last 9 years :lol

I had already been eying the ryzens, this game isn't going to make me run out and upgrade but it is a sign the time has come

Crazy how long the i7-2600k lasted. From 2011-2019 it was a really good gaming cpu. Shadow of the Tomb Raider had a couple of parts that could really rape framerate on a cpu that old, but for the most part even in 2019 that thing was fucking solid if you were targeting 60 fps. Hard to think of another gaming cpu as good for as long and also as good of a value. I guess if you bought one of those Kentsfield quadcores in late 2006 you were probably good until 2014 or so, but those were like $850 chips at launch.

baseline bum

02-03-2020, 10:57 PM

Yeah between God of War and P5 I easily played over 150 hours roughly. P5 actualy took me 115 hours. I sunk a lot of time in the mememtos. Would've been nice to have that stat sent to me. Fags

Might check your spam folder.

diego

02-03-2020, 11:58 PM

Crazy how long the i7-2600k lasted. From 2011-2019 it was a really good gaming cpu. Shadow of the Tomb Raider had a couple of parts that could really rape framerate on a cpu that old, but for the most part even in 2019 that thing was fucking solid if you were targeting 60 fps. Hard to think of another gaming cpu as good for as long and also as good of a value. I guess if you bought one of those Kentsfield quadcores in late 2006 you were probably good until 2014 or so, but those were like $850 chips at launch.

You made me check, it cost me 315 in Nov 2011 :lol

diego

02-04-2020, 06:03 PM

Made a little time to get fallen order working better... Drivers didn't make much difference, started reading about people with systems much better than mine experiencing problems, apparently the game also eats up ram and practically requires a SSD (I have 8gb and no SSD), until I came across a cpu limiter to keep cores at 96%- now almost all stuttering is gone...

I know my system is technically under minimum spec but damn that's some sloppy coding, especially if people with 1080 tis have to do this !!

baseline bum

02-04-2020, 07:43 PM

NASpurs

02-04-2020, 09:10 PM

baseline bum

02-04-2020, 10:21 PM

:lol just ran Breath of the Wild on CEMU and I'm amazed how good this emulator is. The game is just gorgeous and it runs at 60 fps. Playing this game on the computer is so nuts to me right now.

Never really been a Zelda fan but I'll give this a shot since everyone seems to like it.

One thing you're going to have to get setup though is motion controls, as they're needed in a few shrines. You can fake it with a mouse but it makes some puzzles very hard to complete. At least it did back when I played it on Cemu. I forgot the plugin I used, but it allowed me to run a wired DualShock3 which I only plugged into my PC for these specific motion controlled puzzles (I just played with a 360 controller the rest of the time). Otherwise, I hate the motion control for shooting arrows for instance, both on Cemu and on an actual Switch, so I turn them off for both. But the game should be fully playable on Cemu. I played about 200 hours of it and beat it back in mid 2018, though that was when the optimization was only good enough to play at 30 fps on my system.

ElNono

02-04-2020, 11:35 PM

Just grabbed Rage 2...

NASpurs

02-05-2020, 01:03 AM

One thing you're going to have to get setup though is motion controls, as they're needed in a few shrines. You can fake it with a mouse but it makes some puzzles very hard to complete. At least it did back when I played it on Cemu. I forgot the plugin I used, but it allowed me to run a wired DualShock3 which I only plugged into my PC for these specific motion controlled puzzles (I just played with a 360 controller the rest of the time). Otherwise, I hate the motion control for shooting arrows for instance, both on Cemu and on an actual Switch, so I turn them off for both. But the game should be fully playable on Cemu. I played about 200 hours of it and beat it back in mid 2018, though that was when the optimization was only good enough to play at 30 fps on my system.

Yeah I use a DS3 as my game pad so thanks for the heads up concerning those puzzles. Had totally forgot it had motion control abilities, it’s been a while (10 years?) since I’ve used it. :lol

baseline bum

02-05-2020, 01:04 AM

Just grabbed Rage 2...

Bend over, I'll give you Rage 2.

NASpurs

02-05-2020, 01:07 AM

Just grabbed Rage 2...

I thought it was a very mediocre game. It really doesn’t do one thing or another well. It’s like it grabbed bits and pieces from other games, was put in a blender and a ooze of mediocre just poured out. I hope you have more fun than I did. I bailed like ten hrs in.

baseline bum

02-05-2020, 01:10 AM

I thought it was a very mediocre game. It really doesn’t do one thing or another well. It’s like it grabbed bits and pieces from other games, was put in a blender and a ooze of mediocre just poured out. I hope you have more fun than I did. I bailed like ten hrs in.

Longer than I lasted with RDR2.

Reck

02-05-2020, 01:14 AM

Longer than I lasted with RDR2.

You really didn’t like rdr2 huh?

I also played it, finished it and shelved it. I mean it’s pretty good. Damn good but the extreme hype this got was ridiculous.

I’ll take God of War 4 for 300, Alex. Thanks

baseline bum

02-05-2020, 01:26 AM

You really didn’t like rdr2 huh?

I also played it, finished it and shelved it. I mean it’s pretty good. Damn good but the extreme hype this got was ridiculous.

I’ll take God of War 4 for 300, Alex. Thanks

It reminded me too much of GTA IV with the laggy controls. Which sucks because unlike GTA IV, RDR2 actually had an interesting lead character, story, and world. I'll probably give it another try some time, but I already sold my PS4 copy since it can play much better on PC (and probably PS5 when Rockstar's greedy ass double dips). Hopefully there will be mods on PC to fix the controls at some point.

ElNono

02-05-2020, 02:09 AM

Xevious

02-05-2020, 07:57 AM

You really didn’t like rdr2 huh?

I also played it, finished it and shelved it. I mean it’s pretty good. Damn good but the extreme hype this got was ridiculous.

I’ll take God of War 4 for 300, Alex. Thanks
I feel the opposite. I know I'm in the minority here, but the story and immersion of RDR2 got me way more than the gameplay of GoW.

baseline bum

02-05-2020, 11:32 AM

Fuck, Persona 5 Strikers looks legit. A three hour demo just dropped on the JP Store.

spurraider21

02-05-2020, 01:32 PM

I feel the opposite. I know I'm in the minority here, but the story and immersion of RDR2 got me way more than the gameplay of GoW.
i loved RDR2... but it had its tedious points. hunting for perfect skins? the map was enormous, and even traveling by horse took a lot of time.

there was almost never a lull in god of war

NASpurs

02-05-2020, 02:23 PM

Shiiiit, I just put in 2 hours of BotW and I don't know where my time went. It's going to be one of those types of games huh.

baseline bum

02-05-2020, 02:43 PM

Shiiiit, I just put in 2 hours of BotW and I don't know where my time went. It's going to be one of those types of games huh.

Best thing to do in that game is nothing. Eg screwing around and climbing mountains, jumping off shit with the glider, etc. Very different from any other Zelda game where you're usually laser focused on some goal.

spurraider21

02-05-2020, 05:51 PM

rang the first bell in dark souls... met the blacksmith. got my stats high enough to make use of the Black Knight Sword... it's quite strong

Xevious

02-05-2020, 06:52 PM

i loved RDR2... but it had its tedious points. hunting for perfect skins? the map was enormous, and even traveling by horse took a lot of time.

there was almost never a lull in god of war
Hunting for skins was 100% optional... and they've added fast travel from your campfire, so you can move around the map pretty quickly.

I don't think anybody who prefers GoW over Red Dead is wrong. I can fully admit that GoW is way more polished and has impressive combat. Santa Monica earned the game of the year award. I just tend to enjoy story-centric games more. My days of breaking my NES controller against the wall trying to beat Ghosts n Goblins just because it was a challenge are over. That's why I've avoided the Dark Souls games... just not my thing.

baseline bum

02-05-2020, 10:53 PM

Just starting up ペルソナ5スクランブル・ザファントムストライカーズ (eg Persona 5 Scramble The Phantom Strikers). Music is fucking great again.

NASpurs

02-06-2020, 12:23 AM

rang the first bell in dark souls... met the blacksmith. got my stats high enough to make use of the Black Knight Sword... it's quite strong

First time playing DS? Kudos to you if you beat it without a guide.

spurraider21

02-06-2020, 12:27 AM

First time playing DS? Kudos to you if you beat it without a guide.
yeah. i've played bloodborne... but i have the full DS trilogy i want to play through before playing sekiro

NASpurs

02-06-2020, 12:31 AM

yeah. i've played bloodborne... but i have the full DS trilogy i want to play through before playing sekiro

Compared to Bloodborne, DS is slow and methodical as you probably already know. I recommend watching a lore video after beating the game; it’s crazy for a game with no real storytelling or a traditional narrative. It’s actually deep and interesting.

spurraider21

02-06-2020, 12:35 AM

Compared to Bloodborne, DS is slow and methodical as you probably already know. I recommend watching a lore video after beating the game; it’s crazy for a game with no real storytelling or a traditional narrative. It’s actually deep and interesting.
yeah, its much slower. the shields are quite powerful. the one thing that i really miss from bloodborne is the ability to just do a side-step evade instead of having to roll.

Reck

02-06-2020, 12:45 AM

Just starting up ペルソナ5スクランブル・ザファントムストライカーズ (eg Persona 5 Scramble The Phantom Strikers). Music is fucking great again.

LOL Switch.

redzero

02-06-2020, 05:06 AM

I beat DMC3 a few days ago. The final Vergil fight was annoying as fuck. He was a complete C-Note. Teleporting bastard. Coming from somebody who played Bayonetta first, the level of quality of 3 relative to the first two games in the series, is staggering. I actually wanted to keep playing after I beat it (being able to play as Vergil also helped). I look forward to 4 and 5. Then I might try to beat Sekiro and Nioh.

baseline bum

02-06-2020, 08:14 AM

LOL Switch.

Why LOL Switch? It's an awesome console with lots of great exclusives.

Reck

02-06-2020, 07:25 PM

Why LOL Switch? It's an awesome console with lots of great exclusives.

Breaking balls mostly.

How is that thing aging anyways? The PS4 itself is aging like a latina. (Who can still get it)

baseline bum

02-06-2020, 07:34 PM

Breaking balls mostly.

How is that thing aging anyways? The PS4 itself is aging like a latina. (Who can still get it)

It's great for JRPG, for Nintendo games, and for playing indies on a portable. AAA third party stuff like Witcher 3, Doom, and Wolfenstein looks like shit on it. I was really fucking skeptical of the hybrid design, but if I want to play AAA third party games with graphics that blow me away I'd go PC anyways. Switch had a lot of really good games for 2019, but for 2020 so far all I'm that interested in are Tokyo Mirage Sessions, Persona 5 Scramble, and Bravely Default 2 (not expecting Shin Megami Tensei V this year). Though if we get a Bayonetta 3 or a Super Mario 3D World port I'd be all over those too.

Switch game prices suck though. They never fucking go down like Playstation games do. Thank god for fusee gelee.

apalisoc_9

02-07-2020, 03:40 AM

i might get a switch...I wonder how much a vita would cost nowadys

baseline bum

02-07-2020, 07:57 AM

i might get a switch...I wonder how much a vita would cost nowadys

Vita only makes sense if you're really into JRPG. If not it's a pretty trash library. If you like JRPG though the library is awesome. They're easy to hack though so you could have a portable Suikoden machine.

apalisoc_9

02-07-2020, 11:10 AM

DMC

02-07-2020, 05:08 PM

TuJb10K6mKg

:lmao

DJR210

02-08-2020, 09:26 AM

Vita only makes sense if you're really into JRPG. If not it's a pretty trash library. If you like JRPG though the library is awesome. They're easy to hack though so you could have a portable Suikoden machine.

It's hard to recommend it as an emulation device these days either, as they have a ton of new models out for less than a bill that are strong enough to play PS1 titles with ease

baseline bum

02-08-2020, 11:09 PM

It's hard to recommend it as an emulation device these days either, as they have a ton of new models out for less than a bill that are strong enough to play PS1 titles with ease

Vita is a great emulation handheld IMO. You get an official PS1 emulator, an official PSP emulator, and it plays NES, SNES, and Genesis well too. Haven't tried it with Mame but I see no reason it couldn't run well if a Raspberry Pi can. Only better emulation handheld is an unpatched Switch, though it can't play PSP or Vita games. Though for connecting to a TV, short of PC nothing touches the Nvidia Shield.

Reck

02-09-2020, 03:07 AM

baseline bum

02-09-2020, 07:32 AM

baseline bum Was looking around amazon for deals and shot and got recommended The Yakuza collection. Was interested but saw it was games 3-5. What would I be missing story wise? Are games 1-2 necessary to know the story?

Yes, 0-2 are 100% necessary for the story of 3-5. Every game builds directly off the previous numbered game in the series. PSN has the Yakuza 0-2 bundle for $35 right now if you're interested in getting into the series, and all three are outstanding. Yakuza 3-5 are also 60 fps remasters of PS3 games. Even remastered, 3 feels like an early gen PS3 game with a resolution bump, so it's absolutely not something I'd recommend as a jumping off point in the series. Haven't played 4 yet and the 5 remaster doesn't drop for two more days. 5 seems to be regarded as amazing by the fanbase, with 3 the weakest. Though I'm still really enjoying 3, which I'm currently playing.

Here is the 0-2 bundle.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0177-CUSA05070_00-00000YAKUZA0K1K2

Considering Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami typically go for $20 each and Yakuza Kiwami 2 goes for $30, this is a real deal for $35. Hell I paid $45 for Yakuza 0, $40 for Yakuza Kiwami, and $50 for Yakuza Kiwami 2 and thought they were absolutely worth that amount, much less getting all three for $35.

Aren't you a big Shenmue fan? I always hear this series called a spiritual successor to Shenmue.

Reck

02-09-2020, 02:11 PM

Yes, 0-2 are 100% necessary for the story of 3-5. Every game builds directly off the previous numbered game in the series. PSN has the Yakuza 0-2 bundle for $35 right now if you're interested in getting into the series, and all three are outstanding. Yakuza 3-5 are also 60 fps remasters of PS3 games. Even remastered, 3 feels like an early gen PS3 game with a resolution bump, so it's absolutely not something I'd recommend as a jumping off point in the series. Haven't played 4 yet and the 5 remaster doesn't drop for two more days. 5 seems to be regarded as amazing by the fanbase, with 3 the weakest. Though I'm still really enjoying 3, which I'm currently playing.

Here is the 0-2 bundle.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0177-CUSA05070_00-00000YAKUZA0K1K2

Considering Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami typically go for $20 each and Yakuza Kiwami 2 goes for $30, this is a real deal for $35. Hell I paid $45 for Yakuza 0, $40 for Yakuza Kiwami, and $50 for Yakuza Kiwami 2 and thought they were absolutely worth that amount, much less getting all three for $35.

Aren't you a big Shenmue fan? I always hear this series called a spiritual successor to Shenmue.

Thanks bro. I'll look into it.

I've been toying with the idea of buying/getting into this series precisely because people keep comparing this to Shenmue but never really put efforts to play this.

I've been stocking up on new games (Maybe to my detriment) and on the past month alone I've bought Spyro and Crash bundled trilogy and a few indie games. Easily have blown 200 dollars on games already.

And of course now the Spyro and Crash Bandicoot collection are 50% off. :lol my shit luck

spurraider21

02-09-2020, 03:28 PM

Fuck Blighttown.

Also, I’ve been wearing light gear to try to maintain having the fast roll. How imperative is that?

baseline bum

02-09-2020, 05:27 PM

Fuck Blighttown.

Also, I’ve been wearing light gear to try to maintain having the fast roll. How imperative is that?

I always play Souls games with light gear for agility. I found heavy gear doesn't give you much more wiggle room with the damage you take in combat, at least in Dark Souls 1, so I strongly prefer the agility from not wearing armor and wearing things like robes instead.

baseline bum

02-09-2020, 05:29 PM

Man Persona 5 Scramble really plays like a sequel to the original Persona 5 (not to Royal, which is a separate timeline). Very hard to play in Japanese though with my sophomore level understanding of the language. Hope we get English localization by the fall.

baseline bum

02-09-2020, 05:32 PM

Thanks bro. I'll look into it.

I've been toying with the idea of buying/getting into this series precisely because people keep comparing this to Shenmue but never really put efforts to play this.

I've been stocking up on new games (Maybe to my detriment) and on the past month alone I've bought Spyro and Crash bundled trilogy and a few indie games. Easily have blown 200 dollars on games already.

And of course now the Spyro and Crash Bandicoot collection are 50% off. :lol my shit luck

Dude just get it. Yakuza 0 alone is worth the $35 asking price, much less getting Kiwami and Kiwami 2 also.

ElNono

02-09-2020, 08:08 PM

TuJb10K6mKg

:lmao

:lol that was great

spurraider21

02-09-2020, 08:13 PM

I always play Souls games with light gear for agility. I found heavy gear doesn't give you much more wiggle room with the damage you take in combat, at least in Dark Souls 1, so I strongly prefer the agility from not wearing armor and wearing things like robes instead.
from fucking around with equipment i've figured out there's basically 3 different "stages" of agility. i recently said fuck it and starting using some heavier gear where i'm in that middle tier. i just got out of blighttown and rang the second bell

baseline bum

02-09-2020, 08:34 PM

from fucking around with equipment i've figured out there's basically 3 different "stages" of agility. i recently said fuck it and starting using some heavier gear where i'm in that middle tier. i just got out of blighttown and rang the second bell

Maybe they changed things in the remaster, but in the original game I found armor to be completely worthless and only good for encumbering you.

spurraider21

02-09-2020, 08:58 PM

Maybe they changed things in the remaster, but in the original game I found armor to be completely worthless and only good for encumbering you.
:lol you said the same thing about bloodborne items being cosmetic

baseline bum

02-09-2020, 09:23 PM

:lol you said the same thing about bloodborne items being cosmetic

That's because they were when it came to armor.

NASpurs

02-09-2020, 09:37 PM

from fucking around with equipment i've figured out there's basically 3 different "stages" of agility. i recently said fuck it and starting using some heavier gear where i'm in that middle tier. i just got out of blighttown and rang the second bell

What do you mean? The three stages of rolling? Light roll, medium roll and fat roll?

spurraider21

02-09-2020, 10:06 PM

What do you mean? The three stages of rolling? Light roll, medium roll and fat roll?
i guess if those are the official terms. ive tried not looking up as much stuff as possible. only thing i did look up was to take the master key as the starting item :lol

its been a lot of trial and error. i was getting my shit pushed in by the skeleton dudes right next to firelink at the start of the game, till i realized that its not where i needed to go. also took me a good 30 minutes trying to figure out where i was supposed to go next after ringing the first bell (the door opened with the "basement key" at the end of the bridge with the dragon)

SpursforSix

02-10-2020, 01:53 PM

spurraider21

02-10-2020, 01:55 PM

Playing Witcher 3 since they ported it for Switch.

Great game but very much like Breath of the Wild. I think I like the story development better in BOW but I've only just started W3. I also liked the puzzle aspect of BOW in general and with all of the shrines. And the ability to fly and climb.
But the combat is wayyyyyy better in Witcher. In BOW, I'd end up just avoiding hand to hand combat because it sucked. In W3, I find myself looking for more confrontations.

Was thinking it was kind of small at first. But then started the 2nd main quest.
i haven't played witcher 3 yet, though i have the complete edition in my backlog... but from everything i've heard about it "small" would be a laughable way to describe it.

meanwhile, dark souls is fucking massive as well. but very different types of games.

baseline bum

02-10-2020, 02:05 PM

Playing Witcher 3 since they ported it for Switch.

Great game but very much like Breath of the Wild. I think I like the story development better in BOW but I've only just started W3. I also liked the puzzle aspect of BOW in general and with all of the shrines. And the ability to fly and climb.
But the combat is wayyyyyy better in Witcher. In BOW, I'd end up just avoiding hand to hand combat because it sucked. In W3, I find myself looking for more confrontations.

Was thinking it was kind of small at first. But then started the 2nd main quest.

You gotta be the only person I have ever heard compliment the story of BOTW man. About the only thing I could be interested by in that story was how Zelda boned Mipha back when they were a thing.

https://www.zeldadungeon.net/Zelda16/Walkthrough/04/028.jpg

NASpurs

02-10-2020, 02:07 PM

i guess if those are the official terms. ive tried not looking up as much stuff as possible. only thing i did look up was to take the master key as the starting item :lol

its been a lot of trial and error. i was getting my shit pushed in by the skeleton dudes right next to firelink at the start of the game, till i realized that its not where i needed to go. also took me a good 30 minutes trying to figure out where i was supposed to go next after ringing the first bell (the door opened with the "basement key" at the end of the bridge with the dragon)

Yeah one of the fun elements of Dark Souls that would be taken away is the exploration and trial and errors part of it if you were googling stuff. Good to hear you're not doing it :lol

What kind of build are you using for this run through? Most people play their first run-through as strength, vitality and endurance focused which is understandable for this type of game.

spurraider21

02-10-2020, 03:01 PM

Yeah one of the fun elements of Dark Souls that would be taken away is the exploration and trial and errors part of it if you were googling stuff. Good to hear you're not doing it :lol

What kind of build are you using for this run through? Most people play their first run-through as strength, vitality and endurance focused which is understandable for this type of game.
yeah... strength/vitality/endurance :lol. i did the same on bloodborne. its more satisfying swinging a big-dick weapon for massive damage than a lot of little pokes, or magic/spells, imo. in bloodborne i chose the hunter axe and used that weapon the whole way. black knight sword is nice. theres also the black knight greatsword which is even bigger... might toy around with that too

the first black knight i killed dropped the black knight sword which required something like 16 or 18 dexterity on top of good strength, so i had to put some points into that too. otherwise its been a lot of endurance/vit. i have it up to +4 now. only thing that sucks is that for whatever reason i cant use the buff resin things on it... doesnt appear compatible with those things. after i've cleared an area, i have looked back at some videos to see what i missed, though. like bullshit illusory walls

one thing i keep forgetting is to 2-hand my weapon. i got so used to the bloodborne switch-weapons, and i keep forgetting that 2-handing a weapon is effectively the same mechanic.

SpursforSix

02-10-2020, 03:16 PM

You gotta be the only person I have ever heard compliment the story of BOTW man. About the only thing I could be interested by in that story was how Zelda boned Mipha back when they were a thing.

I guess I didn't mean the story itself but the way it plays out during the game if that makes sense. How the map lays out and having to take out the 4 Divine Beasts and how it progresses. The different characters relative to each area they lived, etc. I also liked having to locate the different areas to capture the pictures.

That being said, I just finished the first quest and the second portion looks to have a shitload more to do.

I don't really care too much (in most games) what the actual story is as told during the background. That was one frustration with BOW in that you couldn't skip in many parts and you had long scenes to wait through. Witcher does a good job of letting you skip to end of each dialog portion and just speed read what they're talking about.

SpursforSix

02-10-2020, 03:20 PM

i haven't played witcher 3 yet, though i have the complete edition in my backlog... but from everything i've heard about it "small" would be a laughable way to describe it.

meanwhile, dark souls is fucking massive as well. but very different types of games.

Yeah...it's not small. I based that while playing the first map. Not a ton of side quests. But the second quest has 4 different lands (I think). And just the one map I'm on now is huge. By itself, it looks almost as large as the whole BOW world.

Joseph Kony

02-10-2020, 03:23 PM

Yeah...it's not small. I based that while playing the first map. Not a ton of side quests. But the second quest has 4 different lands (I think). And just the one map I'm on now is huge. By itself, it looks almost as large as the whole BOW world.

The first part in white orchard is literally a tutorial, you are just barely getting your feet wet in the main game. add in Toussiant in the DLC and Witcher 3 is massive in terms of both places to explore and amount of quests to undertake/things to collect/monsters to kill. BoW is like a child's version of Witcher 3 :lol

SpursforSix

02-10-2020, 03:41 PM

The first part in white orchard is literally a tutorial, you are just barely getting your feet wet in the main game. add in Toussiant in the DLC and Witcher 3 is massive in terms of both places to explore and amount of quests to undertake/things to collect/monsters to kill. BoW is like a child's version of Witcher 3 :lol

One thing I hate about both is having to collect shit. Especially plants. I don't know if I should stop and get everything I see or just the ones that I happen to walk directly across. Plus, without knowing what I'm going to need to make, I collect every single piece of loot I see. Broken bottles, ashes...I have 8 rope ladders.

SpursforSix

02-10-2020, 03:52 PM

Plus, where's all the naked hotties?

spurraider21

02-10-2020, 03:57 PM

Yeah...it's not small. I based that while playing the first map. Not a ton of side quests. But the second quest has 4 different lands (I think). And just the one map I'm on now is huge. By itself, it looks almost as large as the whole BOW world.
one thing i've enjoyed about the limited soulsborne experience i have is that the worlds are huge, but also interconnected. there's a lot of verticality to the world design. you feel like you're in this totally new area far away from where you started, and next thing you know you unlock an elevator that brings you right back where you started. everything ties in together.

whereas some games like fallout, horizon, red dead have big worlds, but when they add more space, its kind of like "oh... just go EVEN farther west"

Joseph Kony

02-10-2020, 03:57 PM

One thing I hate about both is having to collect shit. Especially plants. I don't know if I should stop and get everything I see or just the ones that I happen to walk directly across. Plus, without knowing what I'm going to need to make, I collect every single piece of loot I see. Broken bottles, ashes...I have 8 rope ladders.

:lol none of that shit is important. you can pick a lot of random shit up which i used to do in the beginning of the game just to sell since its hard to come across coin when youre a noob. but really unless you need the ingredients for a potion which you only ever need against really powerful monsters or shit to improve your armor, you dont really need to pick up anything laying around. rope ladders, broken bottles, ashes, etc. thats all garbage. shovels, pick axe, etc. all garbage also. unless its in a shiny chest its probably crap anyway

spurraider21

02-10-2020, 04:14 PM

i will say the worst part of FromSoftware games is when they try to make you platform or walk across tightropes, when the game doesnt really do a good job with such precise movement controls

SpursforSix

02-10-2020, 04:21 PM

:lol none of that shit is important. you can pick a lot of random shit up which i used to do in the beginning of the game just to sell since its hard to come across coin when youre a noob. but really unless you need the ingredients for a potion which you only ever need against really powerful monsters or shit to improve your armor, you dont really need to pick up anything laying around. rope ladders, broken bottles, ashes, etc. thats all garbage. shovels, pick axe, etc. all garbage also. unless its in a shiny chest its probably crap anyway

Thanks my nigga. I was worried that somewhere I was not going to be able to make some magic shit if I didn't have that extra piece of wire and a broken bottle. I bet I have spent a couple of hours using my witcher sense to find every damn burlap sack in the world.

What about old swords off of dead bodies? Just sell them?

SpursforSix

02-10-2020, 04:24 PM

one thing i've enjoyed about the limited soulsborne experience i have is that the worlds are huge, but also interconnected. there's a lot of verticality to the world design. you feel like you're in this totally new area far away from where you started, and next thing you know you unlock an elevator that brings you right back where you started. everything ties in together.

whereas some games like fallout, horizon, red dead have big worlds, but when they add more space, its kind of like "oh... just go EVEN farther west"

I hear you. I don't know where Witcher will fall in that group.

baseline bum

02-10-2020, 04:28 PM

i will say the worst part of FromSoftware games is when they try to make you platform or walk across tightropes, when the game doesnt really do a good job with such precise movement controls

Boy you'll really hate one of the stages in Nioh then. :lol

baseline bum

02-10-2020, 04:29 PM

Plus, where's all the naked hotties?

Go to the whorehouses.

spurraider21

02-10-2020, 04:43 PM

Boy you'll really hate one of the stages in Nioh then. :lol
that ones pretty far down my backlog, but thanks for the heads up :lol

i dont inherently dislike platforming, but the control schemes just dont seem compatible with that gameplay element

baseline bum

02-10-2020, 04:44 PM

that ones pretty far down my backlog, but thanks for the heads up :lol

i dont inherently dislike platforming, but the control schemes just dont seem compatible with that gameplay element

There is one infuriating stage in Nioh filled with holes (including the boss fight). Still a pretty good game though. It's no Dark Souls, but worth playing for the $10 or so it often sells for now.

Joseph Kony

02-10-2020, 04:54 PM

Thanks my nigga. I was worried that somewhere I was not going to be able to make some magic shit if I didn't have that extra piece of wire and a broken bottle. I bet I have spent a couple of hours using my witcher sense to find every damn burlap sack in the world.

What about old swords off of dead bodies? Just sell them?

:tu

and yeah, i usually just take the swords to sell them. armor too. at a certain point you probably wont really need to do that

SpursforSix

02-12-2020, 10:35 AM

I just took a quick break from the Witcher to play Turing Test. If you liked Portal 2, it's similar. Not as good but still excellent.

spurraider21

02-12-2020, 12:09 PM

Just unlocked the fast travel feature after beating the double bosses.

Thank god theres fast travel :lol

also the giant blacksmith sells the material used to upgrade my black knight sword... so i grinded that region a bit and got it up to +5

baseline bum

02-12-2020, 03:21 PM

spurraider21

02-12-2020, 03:51 PM

Ornstein & Smough has to be one of the greatest boss fights ever in a game.
really? didnt feel that way for me. i only died one time, though to be fair i did summon an NPC in my second attempt. i dont care about guilt/shame in doing that in a game like this :lol

im probably gonna stay in that area and grind so i can buy more of the twinkling titanite, which is the ingredient used to upgrade a lot of the equipment i have. i just got my black knight sword to +5 which appears to be the max, but now im considering switching to the black knight greatsword. it has better strength scaling. like i said in an earlier post, the most satisfying feeling to me is to smash fuckers with a big dick weapon, more so than poking them with quicker swords.

NASpurs

02-12-2020, 04:06 PM

Ornstein & Smough has to be one of the greatest boss fights ever in a game.

So iconic getting ran train by those two.

baseline bum

02-12-2020, 05:52 PM

really? didnt feel that way for me. i only died one time, though to be fair i did summon an NPC in my second attempt. i dont care about guilt/shame in doing that in a game like this :lol

im probably gonna stay in that area and grind so i can buy more of the twinkling titanite, which is the ingredient used to upgrade a lot of the equipment i have. i just got my black knight sword to +5 which appears to be the max, but now im considering switching to the black knight greatsword. it has better strength scaling. like i said in an earlier post, the most satisfying feeling to me is to smash fuckers with a big dick weapon, more so than poking them with quicker swords.

If you're wrecking Ornstein & Smough on the second attempt there is absolutely no reason you need to be grinding your character.

spurraider21

02-12-2020, 06:04 PM

If you're wrecking Ornstein & Smough on the second attempt there is absolutely no reason you need to be grinding your character.
with the NPC constantly distracting one, it was just a one on one fight tbh... the big one with the hammer was slow as fuck, so making that 1 on 1 simplified it a lot

Reck

02-14-2020, 06:16 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUAKG9gCoIk

Intriguing. But pricy.

spurraider21

02-14-2020, 06:29 PM

catacombs are fucking ridiculous with the respawning skeletons... had to run around like a madman finding the dudes that summoned them. reminded me of an area of bloodborne with the bell maidens doing the same thing

eventually made my way to the tomb of the giants but had to call it a night.

Reck

02-14-2020, 08:35 PM

My quick reflexes are shit these days.

I've also regressed a ton in platforming games. Crash Bandicoot is owning me hard. :lol

NASpurs

02-16-2020, 10:16 PM

One thing you're going to have to get setup though is motion controls, as they're needed in a few shrines. You can fake it with a mouse but it makes some puzzles very hard to complete. At least it did back when I played it on Cemu. I forgot the plugin I used, but it allowed me to run a wired DualShock3 which I only plugged into my PC for these specific motion controlled puzzles (I just played with a 360 controller the rest of the time). Otherwise, I hate the motion control for shooting arrows for instance, both on Cemu and on an actual Switch, so I turn them off for both. But the game should be fully playable on Cemu. I played about 200 hours of it and beat it back in mid 2018, though that was when the optimization was only good enough to play at 30 fps on my system.

I've got to some of the shrines that use the motion controller and I'm frustrated as fuck. Is there a better way? Am I doing something wrong or didn't set it up correctly?

This is what I'm using:

https://cemuhook.sshnuke.net/padudpserver.html

I read you can use the gyroscope of an Android phone. I might have to try that because the DS3 is making me want to toss it on the wall.

baseline bum

02-16-2020, 10:34 PM

I've got to some of the shrines that use the motion controller and I'm frustrated as fuck. Is there a better way? Am I doing something wrong or didn't set it up correctly?

This is what I'm using:

https://cemuhook.sshnuke.net/padudpserver.html

I read you can use the gyroscope of an Android phone. I might have to try that because the DS3 is making me want to toss it on the wall.

I could only get the motion control for the DS3 working when I had the controller plugged into my PC over USB.

baseline bum

02-16-2020, 10:41 PM

Damn that Persona 5 Scramble demo was short as hell. It's kind of funny how Morgana keeps using wagahai for "I" instead of the common words "ore", "boku", or "watashi" for "I" (though boku and watashi are kind of submissive, so understandable why they wouldn't be used I guess). But "wagahai" is pretty fucking arrogant. Especially since Morgana always says it in katakna, which is Japanese writing equivalent to boldface. Funny how different a character Morgana is in the Japanese games than in the western localization. At least it's not as cringe as if he used "ware" or "wareware".

spurraider21

02-17-2020, 03:29 AM

theres a good remaster/retro sale on the PS store right now

i picked up the spyro remaster collection for $20 and tomb raider definitive edition for $5

spurraider21

02-17-2020, 03:34 AM

ive been doing my best not to use guides for dark souls (i'll look some stuff up only after i've cleared an area to see if i missed something like a secret room).

but i finally broke and had to look up what the fuck to do in new londo ruins... there's an area where i stepped through the fog and it had a spiral staircase with a dead end. when i tried jumping off i kept dying. turned out i was supposed to have a specific ring equipped to make it through the fall, sort of like holding that particular stone in boodborne and letting the amygdala pick you up from the cathedral

baseline bum

02-17-2020, 08:03 AM

theres a good remaster/retro sale on the PS store right now

i picked up the spyro remaster collection for $20 and tomb raider definitive edition for $5

If you don't have the Yakuza 0-2 games, the Yakuza Origins Digital Bundle with 0-2 for $35 is a ridiculously good deal in that sale.

spurraider21

02-17-2020, 11:42 AM

If you don't have the Yakuza 0-2 games, the Yakuza Origins Digital Bundle with 0-2 for $35 is a ridiculously good deal in that sale.
I have 0 and Kiwami

spurraider21

02-17-2020, 04:38 PM

i will generally say that Dark Souls: Remastered holds up incredibly well. my main complaint with how the game has aged, as i mentioned before, only really comes into play when there are platforming sections or when you have to tightrope across a beam or something. the movement can get quite choppy when making very subtle direction changes, which can be very frustrating when i have to walk a pretty considerable distance on a very narrow path. otherwise, the controls feels more or less as smooth as bloodborne

i liked the combat in bloodborne better. the faster pace makes the game much more enjoyable, and the boss fights actually exhilarating. the ability for a quick side-step to dodge instead of having to full on roll every time was a welcomed feature of bloodborne that is absent in dark souls. you either have to strafe/block or roll. there's no side step or dodge, which kinda sucks.

the slower combat pace and lack of a quick dodge make the boss battles less fun too, imo. it feels like a foregone conclusion that you just have to tank some hits with your shield and find time to heal up. tank/block and find a window to get an attack or two in... whereas with bloodborne the boss fights were much more frantic and imo much more rewarding, because you had to know how to dodge/parry instead of just holding up your shield.

what dark souls does better though, imo, is the healing vial system where you get a preset number after a bonfire instead of farming health potions. dark souls world/layout is much more clever and interconnected than bloodborne, with firelink shrine serving as an actual hub, while bloodborne's "hunters dream" was just a lazy warp point that wasnt actually connected to the game world. while bloodborne did a great job having a bunch of shortcuts within areas, dark souls does a much more intricate jobs of having shortcuts that connect different sections together... the only time i remember that in bloodborne was the shortcut between the forbidden woods and the starting area in central yarnham. in dark souls, you have a bunch of shortcuts tying remote locations together, with the exception of anor lando kinda being its own thing off the grid

im pretty sure i'm nearly done with the game... still want to get through DS2 and DS3 before playing sekiro. definitely gonna need some filler content between these behemoths though

Reck

02-17-2020, 09:54 PM

https://i.imgur.com/Ww6aIve.jpg

2 of 3 games platted. 1 to go.

Joseph Kony

02-17-2020, 10:32 PM

finally at the very end of the main story of ni no kuni 2, or rather have the ability to begin the end of the main story quest. part of me wants to dump another 30 hours into maxing my kingdom and finding 100 citizens, finish all the sidequests, but fuck its so daunting. grinding is kinda difficult in this game, the easiest way being facing tainted monsters which if you're not at least 5 levels above them they'll probably one hit kill you. and all of the ones left are above me :lol i barely have my main characters at lvl 47-53 but overall i have thoroughly enjoyed dumping 70 hours into this game and if you enjoy JRPG games and want a break from all the dark and violent games, i highly recommend this one. :tu

starting to play Greedfall now since i caught it on sale. i like it but the character models and mouth animations are weird as fuck. seems like it has a lot of potential though, it has that Bioware RPG feel to it

SpursforSix

02-18-2020, 05:52 PM

Finished with Witcher 3.

Reck

02-18-2020, 06:38 PM

Finished with Witcher 3.

How many hours per day did you put into it? That was insanely quick turnaround. It took me nearly a year to finished the base game, let alone the DLCs. :lol

Joseph Kony

02-18-2020, 10:27 PM

Finished with Witcher 3.

that was fast :lol did you dump tons of hours into recently or just speed through it?

spurraider21

02-19-2020, 12:02 AM

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMU41taZJLw

SpursforSix

02-19-2020, 12:52 AM

that was fast :lol did you dump tons of hours into recently or just speed through it?

Neither. I just gave up. :lol

I play in spurts and sometimes go a week or two without playing. This doesn’t seem like the kind of game that lends itself to that.

Which sucks because I know this is a great game. Hopefully I’ll pick it back up when I can devote some serious time to it.

baseline bum

02-19-2020, 09:32 AM

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

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

Her Yakuza video is the best one :lol

Xevious

02-20-2020, 01:39 AM

Her Yakuza video is the best one :lol
Watch the Fallout 76 one if you haven't.

DJR210

02-20-2020, 04:24 PM

https://i.imgur.com/Ww6aIve.jpg

2 of 3 games platted. 1 to go.

:lol

Reck

02-20-2020, 08:59 PM

:lol

Just making apac a little jealous. I mean, Spyro is no Rachet and Clank but hey. :lol

apalisoc_9

02-21-2020, 01:38 AM

Just making apac a little jealous. I mean, Spyro is no Rachet and Clank but hey. :lol

if dem fags dont release a new ratchet and clank for ps5...:flipoff

Reck

02-22-2020, 06:47 AM

https://i.imgur.com/Ww6aIve.jpg

2 of 3 games platted. 1 to go.

And done with the third. By far the less fun of the 3. Too many mini game challenges that were basically broken and most were repetitive and not very intuitive.

Playing Crash full time now but probably won’t plat these. Can’t be bothered to play each level 3 times over.

spurraider21

02-22-2020, 07:17 AM

And done with the third. By far the less fun of the 3. Too many mini game challenges that were basically broken and most were repetitive and not very intuitive.

Playing Crash full time now but probably won’t plat these. Can’t be bothered to play each level 3 times over.
Replaying Spyro 1 is decently nostalgic but tbh the gliding/supercharge jumping is pretty bullshit. The combat is way too simple. Then again it’s supposed to be a kids game. I remembered it being a lot more challenging back then

Reck

02-22-2020, 04:35 PM

Replaying Spyro 1 is decently nostalgic but tbh the gliding/supercharge jumping is pretty bullshit. The combat is way too simple. Then again it’s supposed to be a kids game. I remembered it being a lot more challenging back then

Yeah you say that now but just wait. It gets a little more complex later on and definitely in the later games. Tbh, I have no idea how kids are supposed to figure out how to do certain puzzles/get to the next area.

apalisoc_9

02-22-2020, 05:24 PM

SpursforSix

02-24-2020, 05:34 PM

Yeah you say that now but just wait. It gets a little more complex later on and definitely in the later games. Tbh, I have no idea how kids are supposed to figure out how to do certain puzzles/get to the next area.

Is this game actually fun? My daughter bought the bundle for the Switch. I watched her play and it looked sort of fun but pretty simple. Watched her get through a couple of levels on the first series.

Reck

02-24-2020, 07:15 PM

Is this game actually fun? My daughter bought the bundle for the Switch. I watched her play and it looked sort of fun but pretty simple. Watched her get through a couple of levels on the first series.

Yeah it's fun but it can get bogged down by bad camera angles, bad level design and it gets repetitive but otherwise, mindless fun.

An actual game you can play while listening to music as the focus here is collecting gems that are litered throughout the levels. It actually enhances the playthrough.

I will say though that from the second game on, bosses and challenges become significantly more difficult.

spurraider21

02-27-2020, 07:05 AM

I originally wanted to make sure i played the full dark souls series before sekiro with the concern that the older games just wouldn’t feel as good after playing the newest title, but considering how well dark souls remastered held up... screw that.

Once i wrap up Spyro 1, gonna jump into Sekiro

diego

03-04-2020, 08:13 PM

Leetonidas

03-04-2020, 08:26 PM

Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary dropped on PC finally. gonna fire it up for the ol nostalgia feels

FrostKing

03-06-2020, 04:59 AM

https://i.ibb.co/6wZGXYz/5ed571a.png

leemajors

03-06-2020, 11:21 AM

Diabotical closed beta on weekends.

spurraider21

03-06-2020, 01:33 PM

i played through the Spider-Man DLC... i thought the content was solid, but probably not worth the $25 price tag (i picked it up cheaper during a sale).

there is definitely a difficulty spike from the main game, which kept it engaging. though it took me time to get used to the combat again after playing the much slower paced, less button-mashy dark souls. i was also playing on the "ultimate" NG+ difficulty, so i was getting my ass kicked during the first hour or two while i was trying to re-acclimate myself with the controls. i appreciated how much more difficult the mob fights were, because it actually forced me to use gadgets way more than i ever did during the main game, where i was doing ok with basic attack/dodge and the default webshooter

i liked that they threw in screwball challenges... basically the same thing as the taskmaster challenges from the main game, but good god her voice was annoying and every time i replayed a challenge for gold, i had to keep hearing the same soundbites, over and over again. probably my only real criticism aside from the price point

im also glad i bought the whole package (there are 3 chapters that were released one my one) because the length of the DLC campaign felt quite good, but i could imagine feeling like i got shorted if i waited for a chapter to get released and it was done within a few hours. collectively it felt like one strong DLC

onto sekiro next

Reck

03-06-2020, 04:23 PM

Been craving an MLB game. Last basebal game I played was the show 09 like 10 years ago. I'm definitely looking to buy MLB The Show 20 when it comes out next week.

baseline bum

03-06-2020, 04:32 PM

Been craving an MLB game. Last basebal game I played was the show 09 like 10 years ago. I'm definitely looking to buy MLB The Show 20 when it comes out next week.

Why not just buy MLB The Show 19 cheap? Also can't wait for this to hit PC so modders can put trash cans and whistling in the game.

Reck

03-06-2020, 05:18 PM

Why not just buy MLB The Show 19 cheap? Also can't wait for this to hit PC so modders can put trash cans and whistling in the game.

New game is supposed to be less grindy. Let's you earn more rewards by giving you more opportunities and such.

From the makers themselves. Watch first 2 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZI3oWZVaeU&t

Joseph Kony

03-06-2020, 07:26 PM

decided to fire up Watchdogs 2 and play through the DLC. been wanting to play something GTA-ish that isnt GTA (and not red dead). still think its an underrated game

baseline bum

03-06-2020, 07:56 PM

About to finish Yakuza 3 (I'd rate it 7/10), not sure what to play while waiting for Persona 5 The Royal on 3/31. Was thinking Spiderman since it seems short enough to finish in 3 weeks.

Reck

03-06-2020, 07:58 PM

baseline bum

03-06-2020, 08:16 PM

Oh shit P5 Royal comes out at the end of the month? I thought this was going to be release in the fall or some shit.

Nah 3/31. Already have the steelbook edition pre-ordered.

Joseph Kony

03-06-2020, 08:16 PM

did any of y'all play the FF7 demo? spider robot was harder than i thought it would be

spurraider21

03-06-2020, 08:18 PM

About to finish Yakuza 3 (I'd rate it 7/10), not sure what to play while waiting for Persona 5 The Royal on 3/31. Was thinking Spiderman since it seems short enough to finish in 3 weeks.
:tu spiderman is quite good

just depends on how much of a completionist you really want to be.

iirc you have to nearly 100% the game if you want to unlock everything (all suits/powers, gadget upgrades, etc) in one playthrough. otherwise you can NG+ it, and beating the game unlocks the "ultimate" difficulty which tbqh is not that hard.

the unlockable gear in the DLC is purely cosmetic

baseline bum

03-06-2020, 08:19 PM

did any of y'all play the FF7 demo? spider robot was harder than i thought it would be

Prob will wait for Black Friday for that game. Hopefully it'll be 1080p60 on PS5.

baseline bum

03-06-2020, 08:19 PM

:tu spiderman is quite good

Are load times ridiculous? Seem to remember hearing that back when Sony was showing how quick it loaded on PS5.

spurraider21

03-06-2020, 08:53 PM

Are load times ridiculous? Seem to remember hearing that back when Sony was showing how quick it loaded on PS5.
not really. i dont think they were really highlighting the actual gameplay loading, but rather how quickly the area renders if you theoretically warped across the map at speeds faster than you can travel. if you're a fan of the batman arkham series i think it's kind of just a better version of those. faster combat. more fun traversal. city is more vibrant and "alive"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwEWOEbI3Uk

spurraider21

03-06-2020, 08:57 PM

Grand theft auto, 1. I forgot how much fun i had with this when it came out ! In a way its actually more twisted than the 3d games, i got it to prank my oldest kid and now im not sure if ill let him play or not :lol

fallen order was pretty good. i had to lower my resolution and really dig into the nvidia control panel to get it to work well enough to play it, bosses were impossible without being able to time counters and dodges well. but overall it was a polished action adventure.
yeah... when it was first announced i wasnt excited because i cant remember the last time i actually enjoyed a star wars games, but the reviews were strong and the gameplay i've seen looks fantastic. something i'll be looking towards picking up later as i burn through my backlog

baseline bum

03-07-2020, 01:02 AM

:tu spiderman is quite good

just depends on how much of a completionist you really want to be.

iirc you have to nearly 100% the game if you want to unlock everything (all suits/powers, gadget upgrades, etc) in one playthrough. otherwise you can NG+ it, and beating the game unlocks the "ultimate" difficulty which tbqh is not that hard.

the unlockable gear in the DLC is purely cosmetic

I was trying to be a completionist in Yakuza 3 but ended up abandoning the plat because I didn't think the combat was as good as Yakuza 0-2. I can see why Yakuza 3 is generally regarded as the black sheep in the series. Probably still probably worth playing for the story since it comes in a package with the much more highly regarded Yakuza 4 & 5 anyways. But definitely not worth doing the whole thing to get to the secret boss fight (all mainline Yakuza games have a pretty difficult secret boss fight AFAIK).

redzero

03-07-2020, 06:12 AM

did any of y'all play the FF7 demo? spider robot was harder than i thought it would be

Yeah, I was worried that the game would be too easy at first, but it throws enough enemy types at the player to keep things interesting. This game is a completely different experience compared to FF7, which is a good thing, I guess.

spurraider21

03-07-2020, 05:17 PM

Sekiro feels significantly more difficult than bloodborne and dark souls 1 so far

Joseph Kony

03-07-2020, 05:45 PM

Sekiro feels significantly more difficult than bloodborne and dark souls 1 so far

parry parry parry

once you get good at timed parry its not that bad.

spurraider21

03-08-2020, 09:07 PM

ive been stuck on this butterfly hoe for quite some time... maybe i should have finished the castle area and gotten more skills before coming to this "memory" level

for the most part i'm able to get her to her 2nd form but get raped there pretty easily

spurraider21

03-09-2020, 01:56 PM

i gave up on butterfly for now :lol... continued on towards the castle and beat the horseback dude in one try. crazy how some bosses feel so much more difficult than others

apalisoc_9

03-09-2020, 10:45 PM

i gave up on butterfly for now :lol... continued on towards the castle and beat the horseback dude in one try. crazy how some bosses feel so much more difficult than others

finally playing GOATkiro

Much Harder than BB in first playthrough. So much more easier in 2nd playthrough though

DJR210

03-10-2020, 01:49 AM

i gave up on butterfly for now :lol... continued on towards the castle and beat the horseback dude in one try. crazy how some bosses feel so much more difficult than others

The best part is when you think you've finally defeated her, and she gets a brand new health bar :tu

spurraider21

03-10-2020, 02:21 AM

The best part is when you think you've finally defeated her, and she gets a brand new health bar :tu
That wasn’t that big an issue for me tbh.

spurraider21

03-10-2020, 02:24 AM

finally playing GOATkiro

Much Harder than BB in first playthrough. So much more easier in 2nd playthrough though
It’s quite good. It’s a lot more like bloodborne than dark souls in that it really incentivizes aggression. But yeah it’s a beast to pick up on, but i see what you’re saying. There’s very limited rpg elements so it’s not like you’d really have to grind and level up in a second playthrough.

ElNono

03-10-2020, 05:18 AM

i gave up on butterfly for now :lol... continued on towards the castle and beat the horseback dude in one try. crazy how some bosses feel so much more difficult than others

I've got so frustrated with that bitch, that's when I stopped playing the game. Normally you feel like you're making progress fighting an enemy like that, but I must've done 50+ fights, and was still on square one.

That's the fine line for me, between fun/challenging, and completely frustrating.

baseline bum

03-10-2020, 11:09 AM

Horizon Zero Dawn officially coming to PC this summer

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151640/Horizon_Zero_Dawn_Complete_Edition/

Get in here DJR210, Cry Havoc, 140

spurraider21

03-10-2020, 11:32 AM

lol PoorC people waiting around for years

lefty

03-10-2020, 11:46 AM

NBA 2K19 and Povertyball 20 tbh....

T:lolday's action/adventure games are way too time consuming tbh, and toy have to remember all those control combos when you switch games....

apalisoc_9

03-10-2020, 11:53 AM

I've got so frustrated with that bitch, that's when I stopped playing the game. Normally you feel like you're making progress fighting an enemy like that, but I must've done 50+ fights, and was still on square one.

That's the fine line for me, between fun/challenging, and completely frustrating.

apparently if you've played BB and Dark Souls before lady butterfly becomes a very hard enemy to beat. Or any sekiro boss really

Dodges in the game are situational and boses abuses you if dodge too much.

apalisoc_9

03-10-2020, 12:03 PM

NBA 2K19 and Povertyball 20 tbh....

T:lolday's action/adventure games are way too time consuming tbh, and toy have to remember all those control combos when you switch games....

PES or FIFA?

i probably destroy you in both.

I got 2k19 too but got bored. lol

Wanna go spurs vs Clippers? :lol

lefty

03-10-2020, 12:13 PM

PES or FIFA?

i probably destroy you in both.

I got 2k19 too but got bored. lol

Wanna go spurs vs Clippers? :lol
FIFA 20 tbh
Can't use option files on Xbox One :lol

To keep 2k19 interesting, I play sometimes with plumber era teams :lol

NASpurs

03-10-2020, 12:27 PM

2k is going to make NFL games again? Crazy!

baseline bum

03-10-2020, 12:59 PM

lol PoorC people waiting around for years

Fuck, posted in wrong thread, meant to put it in the LOLPC thread

baseline bum

03-10-2020, 10:16 PM

Goodbye E3. Not like it was going to be worth watching without Sony anyways.

1237544646475051016

Reck

03-10-2020, 10:23 PM

Goodbye E3. Not like it was going to be worth watching without Sony anyways.

1237544646475051016

What's next? No more brazzers porn coming either?

Leetonidas

03-10-2020, 10:52 PM

i read there is a massive overhaul coming to Ghost Recon Breakpoint that will get rid of the Division tiered loot bullshit and actually make the game more similar to Wildlands like it was meant to be. I thoroughly enjoyed Wildlands so thought i'd check out breakpoint since the gold edition i got for 25 bucks on the epic store.

Not bad at all tbh. once they get rid of the tiered loot system it'll be way better too. really enjoy the stealth and tactics of taking down a base of assholes. the drone doesnt have a look inversion setting which is pretty annoying since everything else does but solid game thus far

spurraider21

03-11-2020, 01:58 AM

This genechiro Ashino fight is frustrating. I’m able to flawless his first 2 health bars but his electric form absolutely fucks me

Reck

03-11-2020, 02:36 AM

I’m going to pick up Nioh 2 along with MLB20 this weekend.

Nioh always looked more fun to me than Sekiro.

baseline bum

03-11-2020, 07:35 AM

I’m going to pick up Nioh 2 along with MLB20 this weekend.

Nioh always looked more fun to me than Sekiro.

The first Nioh had one super cheap attack called Sloth that was infuriating when used against you and that if you used turned the game into training wheels mode. I'm disappointed to hear it's in the sequel too.

apalisoc_9

03-11-2020, 07:58 AM

This genechiro Ashino fight is frustrating. I’m able to flawless his first 2 health bars but his electric form absolutely fucks me

side step yo. or Make sure you pick the item after fighting jinzuke and parry his lightning.

apalisoc_9

03-11-2020, 08:00 AM

I’m going to pick up Nioh 2 along with MLB20 this weekend.

Nioh always looked more fun to me than Sekiro.

nioh is cheap. you can be way too overpowered in that game.

Sekiro is practiclly a fighting game ala Tekken i think but better

spurraider21

03-11-2020, 11:32 AM

side step yo. or Make sure you pick the item after fighting jinzuke and parry his lightning.
He also takes damage a lot quicker. I’m sure I’ll break through but it’s such a chore going through his first form because he is very defensive

apalisoc_9

03-11-2020, 03:16 PM

He also takes damage a lot quicker. I’m sure I’ll break through but it’s such a chore going through his first form because he is very defensive

Are you trying to lower his health in his first form?

I'd focus only on posture so you need to be constantly on the attack. This is the fastest way to beat enemies in sekiro. I'd also strongly consider ichimonji in this fight. It eats up the enemy posture damage.

spurraider21

03-11-2020, 03:45 PM

Are you trying to lower his health in his first form?

I'd focus only on posture so you need to be constantly on the attack. This is the fastest way to beat enemies in sekiro. I'd also strongly consider ichimonji in this fight. It eats up the enemy posture damage.
obviously posture is the way to kill :lol... you're not going to kill anything by chipping away at vitality. but posture also recovers a lot faster when they're at full health. so chipping away ~25% of their health also lets you pile onto their posture meter more efficiently.

apalisoc_9

03-11-2020, 04:31 PM

obviously posture is the way to kill :lol... you're not going to kill anything by chipping away at vitality. but posture also recovers a lot faster when they're at full health. so chipping away ~25% of their health also lets you pile onto their posture meter more efficiently.

except for raging bull.

Lol at trying to beat that with posture :lol

spurraider21

03-11-2020, 04:40 PM

except for raging bull.

Lol at trying to beat that with posture :lol
i did. you just have to man up and deflect him head-on. you take some burn effect, but any swings you get right at his head did a LOT to his posture

apalisoc_9

03-11-2020, 05:52 PM

i did. you just have to man up and deflect him head-on. you take some burn effect, but any swings you get right at his head did a LOT to his posture

I killed that bull Dark souls style with butt pokes. Pissed me off honestly. Felt like a significantly more difficult boss than lady butterfly

spurraider21

03-11-2020, 05:56 PM

I killed that bull Dark souls style with butt pokes. Pissed me off honestly. Felt like a significantly more difficult boss than lady butterfly
i still have to go back to butterfly :lol

i'll probably go straight back to hirata estate after i finish off geneshiro. only other enemy i've avoided at this point is Headless. otherwise i've fought everybody i've come agross. seven spears guy was quite a pain, but the hardest W so far was the lone shadow longsword fucker who i have to fight in the tiny area where i started the game. i found a way to drop on him for a stealth kill for one of his bars, but that guy was relentless and even when i parried his attacks, my posture meter was glowing red REALLY quick. even when i realized i could do the mikiri on his kick thrusts, he was otherwise putting in so much posture damage that i couldn't keep up. that and the tiny room made the camera angles unbearable

apalisoc_9

03-11-2020, 06:07 PM

i still have to go back to butterfly :lol

i'll probably go straight back to hirata estate after i finish off geneshiro. only other enemy i've avoided at this point is Headless. otherwise i've fought everybody i've come agross. seven spears guy was quite a pain, but the hardest W so far was the lone shadow longsword fucker who i have to fight in the tiny area where i started the game. i found a way to drop on him for a stealth kill for one of his bars, but that guy was relentless and even when i parried his attacks, my posture meter was glowing red REALLY quick. even when i realized i could do the mikiri on his kick thrusts, he was otherwise putting in so much posture damage that i couldn't keep up. that and the tiny room made the camera angles unbearable

youll find lone shadow a few more times..Different variations.

Yeah that small area fighting lone shadow was a drag. Problem his movement is so random. Its impossible to easily mikiri his thrust.

I think at your current progress headless is a bit too much. You can beat him but better to hold off till halfway point. Hes easy to beat once you find a particular prosthetic or an item or both.

spurraider21

03-11-2020, 06:54 PM

youll find lone shadow a few more times..Different variations.

Yeah that small area fighting lone shadow was a drag. Problem his movement is so random. Its impossible to easily mikiri his thrust.

I think at your current progress headless is a bit too much. You can beat him but better to hold off till halfway point. Hes easy to beat once you find a particular prosthetic or an item or both.
i didnt find his movements/speed to be the problematic part... it was that even when i did a perfect deflect/parry i would still suffer pretty severe posture damage. only other time that happened was with the raging bull, but that was expected with a beast of that size

Reck

03-11-2020, 07:02 PM

The first Nioh had one super cheap attack called Sloth that was infuriating when used against you and that if you used turned the game into training wheels mode. I'm disappointed to hear it's in the sequel too.

nioh is cheap. you can be way too overpowered in that game.

Sekiro is practiclly a fighting game ala Tekken i think but better

I did say looks more fun.

I'm just an Onimusha fanboy and Nioh reminds me of it big time.

apalisoc_9

03-11-2020, 07:17 PM

i didnt find his movements/speed to be the problematic part... it was that even when i did a perfect deflect/parry i would still suffer pretty severe posture damage. only other time that happened was with the raging bull, but that was expected with a beast of that size

are you utilizing prostetics? They make the game so fun to play. I know some barely use it but its honestly fun

spurraider21

03-11-2020, 07:18 PM

Sekiro is practiclly a fighting game ala Tekken i think but better
tbh sekiro feels more like guitar hero than anything. precisely timed button tapping... with the perilous attacks basically being QTEs

spurraider21

03-11-2020, 07:25 PM

are you utilizing prostetics? They make the game so fun to play. I know some barely use it but its honestly fun
honestly not so much. shurikens were nice against butterfly, the axe is good against shield idiots. firecracker made the horseback boss guy very easy. but generally, i barely use them.

apalisoc_9

03-11-2020, 08:22 PM

honestly not so much. shurikens were nice against butterfly, the axe is good against shield idiots. firecracker made the horseback boss guy very easy. but generally, i barely use them.

theres some cool ones left but the limited emblems does force you to use it situationally. theres a couple that i used a ton late game though that required 1 emblem

spurraider21

03-11-2020, 09:27 PM

theres some cool ones left but the limited emblems does force you to use it situationally. theres a couple that i used a ton late game though that required 1 emblem
i have the flamethrower and spear ones too. flamethrower was good against that tied up ogre with red eyes. its interesting getting tips from eavesdropping. those soldiers said that guy is scared of fire... the guy with the dead horse revealed that firecrackers really fuck with beasts right before boss battle with the horse guy

apalisoc_9

03-11-2020, 09:35 PM

i have the flamethrower and spear ones too. flamethrower was good against that tied up ogre with red eyes. its interesting getting tips from eavesdropping. those soldiers said that guy is scared of fire... the guy with the dead horse revealed that firecrackers really fuck with beasts right before boss battle with the horse guy

yeah. Most boses have a prosthetic weakness if not a weakness a prosthetic that is extremely useful. They're not impossible like some journalist suggest. It just understanding weakneses and getting good parry and understanding when to dodge

Never understood the Difficulty hate this game received. It takes a while but i honestly think its only slightly more difficult than BB.

spurraider21

03-11-2020, 10:12 PM

yeah. Most boses have a prosthetic weakness if not a weakness a prosthetic that is extremely useful. They're not impossible like some journalist suggest. It just understanding weakneses and getting good parry and understanding when to dodge

Never understood the Difficulty hate this game received. It takes a while but i honestly think its only slightly more difficult than BB.
The sweet blood, oh it sings to me.

spurraider21

03-12-2020, 02:45 AM

Cleared geneshiro and butterfly back to back

NASpurs

03-12-2020, 07:55 AM

I have 50 hours in BoTW and it's great, don't get me wrong but I've fallen into the Skyrim trap of trying to do all the side quests and feel like quitting on the game because I feel like I've seen all I need to see.

apalisoc_9

03-12-2020, 07:57 AM

Cleared geneshiro and butterfly back to back

nice....once you beat genishiro..game becomes easy. most players learn the system in the genishiro fight

baseline bum

03-12-2020, 08:01 AM

NASpurs

03-12-2020, 08:04 AM

The four main dungeons are highly worth doing.

You mean the Divine Beasts right?

Yeah I should at least finish those. I did the Zora one with the water and it was fun and now I have the thunder helm to do the one in the desert. I'll probably just finish those, go to Hyrule and beat the game.

baseline bum

03-12-2020, 08:07 AM

You mean the Divine Beasts right?

Yeah I should at least finish those. I did the Zora one with the water and it was fun and now I have the thunder helm to do the one in the desert. I'll probably just finish those, go to Hyrule and beat the game.

Yeah the divine beasts are awesome. That's what I meant.

apalisoc_9

03-12-2020, 02:32 PM

Yeah the divine beasts are awesome. That's what I meant.

yo, start playing sekiro man. What the...

Still replaying persona for the 20th time?

spurraider21

03-12-2020, 03:46 PM

yo, start playing sekiro man. What the...

Still replaying persona for the 20th time?
but theres the new re-release of the golden deluxe version that is exactly the same with different cover art or some shit that he has to platinum all over again!

baseline bum

03-12-2020, 08:47 PM

but theres the new re-release of the golden deluxe version that is exactly the same with different cover art or some shit that he has to platinum all over again!

It's got a huge amount of new stuff.

baseline bum

03-12-2020, 08:48 PM

Still replaying persona for the 20th time?

Not until 3/31

spurraider21

03-12-2020, 08:52 PM

It's got a huge amount of new stuff.
there are huger amounts of new stuff in different games tbh

apalisoc_9

03-12-2020, 09:51 PM

there are huger amounts of new stuff in different games tbh

man i think you're having an easier time with these boses.

iirc except for butterfly

Gyobu = 10-15 tries
Butterfly = 5-8 tried
Genishiro = 25-30 times
Bull = 10-15 times
Drunkard = 5-7 times

Cant remeber the exact numbers but genishiro and gyobu took a while.

apalisoc_9

03-12-2020, 09:53 PM

seven spears probably 10 times too... Cant wait too see you go against what many souls players consider the hardest boss ever :lol

took me 2 weeks..probably around 8 hrs of total fight time.

spurraider21

03-13-2020, 12:05 AM

seven spears probably 10 times too... Cant wait too see you go against what many souls players consider the hardest boss ever :lol

took me 2 weeks..probably around 8 hrs of total fight time.
I took out Gyobu in one shot tbh :lol

bull took 5-6

geneshiro probably close to 20. Got to second form after maybe 8-9 attempts. By 15 i was getting there consistently and was almost flawlessinh his 2 life bars

seven Spears probably like 15 for me

drunkard close to 10

butterfly lost count but when i came back after geneshiro maybe 3 tries

ElNono

03-13-2020, 12:05 AM

Got my Nioh 2 code today, tbh... and will be working from home for the next 2 weeks... bad combo :lol

apalisoc_9

03-13-2020, 12:41 AM

I took out Gyobu in one shot tbh :lol

bull took 5-6

geneshiro probably close to 20. Got to second form after maybe 8-9 attempts. By 15 i was getting there consistently and was almost flawlessinh his 2 life bars

seven Spears probably like 15 for me

drunkard close to 10

butterfly lost count but when i came back after geneshiro maybe 3 tries

maybe cause you spent some time in hirata practicing the combat before fighting gyobu. I took butterfly out after gyobu so i had a good foundation of the system and it made the butterfly fight easier.

I think nono quit way too early. if he stuck with it and fought other bossess when butterfly was bodying him, he could have easily defeated butterfly.

Maybe increase posture damage.

apalisoc_9

03-13-2020, 12:43 AM

but ElNono would have probably quit on last boss :lol

I did almost quit on last boss too. Actually took a few days rest from playing sekiro thinking it was impossible to beat :lol

spurraider21

03-13-2020, 03:33 AM

Guardian ape down. Took maybe 6 tries.

I was suffering some absurd frame rate issues when there was that pack of 10-12 monkeys on one platform

Reck

03-13-2020, 04:02 AM

Got my Nioh 2 code today, tbh... and will be working from home for the next 2 weeks... bad combo :lol

They advice you to not work on your PJs or normal clothes and instead get in your suit or work uniform to kill the sense of Lull and laziness one feels around the house.

I can’t imagine we last another week without getting the go ahead to stay home here. My work can be done from home easily.

ElNono

03-13-2020, 04:50 AM

lol @ work uniform... I've worked from home plenty before, tbh... I'll be ok

apalisoc_9

03-13-2020, 07:32 AM

They advice you to not work on your PJs or normal clothes and instead get in your suit or work uniform to kill the sense of Lull and laziness one feels around the house.

I can’t imagine we last another week without getting the go ahead to stay home here. My work can be done from home easily.

never worked from home but looking like thats going to be the case with the new gig. tough tbh.

spurraider21

03-13-2020, 12:42 PM

They advice you to not work on your PJs or normal clothes and instead get in your suit or work uniform to kill the sense of Lull and laziness one feels around the house.

I can’t imagine we last another week without getting the go ahead to stay home here. My work can be done from home easily.
:lol fuck that

i've been working from home since august and have never worn anything that would be appropriate to leave the house in

apalisoc_9

03-13-2020, 01:06 PM

Guardian ape down. Took maybe 6 tries.

I was suffering some absurd frame rate issues when there was that pack of 10-12 monkeys on one platform

man that guy took me 10-15 tries. You playing this better than i did.

See how stupid those journalist were saying this was an impossible game. lol

spurraider21

03-13-2020, 01:09 PM

man that guy took me 10-15 tries. You playing this better than i did.

See how stupid those journalist were saying this was an impossible game. lol
the raging bull was good training to know that you can deflect punches/slams from big beasts instead of worrying about having to dodge.

after the first game (where i learned the hard way about the ape's fart and poop attacks), i consistently got to the second phase. just a matter of getting used to the move set.

for the most part i've struggled more in miniboss encounters than the actual bosses :lol... only butterfly made me feel like i couldnt win that first time around. geneshiro was tough but mostly felt fair

DMC

03-13-2020, 08:20 PM

Been playing groundwar on CoD MW. Tried Warzone but it's 2 minutes fighting, 20 minutes waiting, plus it's just PubG on steroids.

DMC

03-13-2020, 08:23 PM

Got my Nioh 2 code today, tbh... and will be working from home for the next 2 weeks... bad combo :lol

Someone on your teleconference "Did you say strafing?"

Someone in your game "dude, what's pro forma? Is that a team? Can I join?'

spurraider21

03-13-2020, 09:43 PM

Been playing groundwar on CoD MW. Tried Warzone but it's 2 minutes fighting, 20 minutes waiting, plus it's just PubG on steroids.
i used to play a lot of COD in ps3 days, but ground war then was the "big lobby" that held up to 16 people :lol

cant even fathom the scope of the current ground war with what... 50+ players in each lobby? sounds intense

apalisoc_9

03-13-2020, 11:18 PM

baseline bum

03-14-2020, 10:25 AM

Got my Nioh 2 code today, tbh... and will be working from home for the next 2 weeks... bad combo :lol

落命は何回ありますか？

DMC

03-14-2020, 02:59 PM

i used to play a lot of COD in ps3 days, but ground war then was the "big lobby" that held up to 16 people :lol

cant even fathom the scope of the current ground war with what... 50+ players in each lobby? sounds intense

Ground war is stupid too. Every match has someone cheating or boosting for a nuke by playing with friends and respawning for headshots against each other. It's rife with aimbots and wall hacks. You cannot get 20 feet sometimes without being shot from beneath the map. There are some good co-op missions that are hard to finish, unless you get lucky with a cohesive team. Otherwise potluck will pair you with at least one person who is letting their 3 year old play with the controller or they decide they are a sniper in an urban combat situation where everyone needs to stack.

ElNono

03-14-2020, 05:07 PM

落命は何回ありますか？

None, AFAIK, if you're asking about the company. I guess it's all the social distancing thing going on.

spurraider21

03-14-2020, 05:12 PM

Ground war is stupid too. Every match has someone cheating or boosting for a nuke by playing with friends and respawning for headshots against each other. It's rife with aimbots and wall hacks. You cannot get 20 feet sometimes without being shot from beneath the map. There are some good co-op missions that are hard to finish, unless you get lucky with a cohesive team. Otherwise potluck will pair you with at least one person who is letting their 3 year old play with the controller or they decide they are a sniper in an urban combat situation where everyone needs to stack.
xxNoScopez69xx

baseline bum

03-14-2020, 05:26 PM

None, AFAIK, if you're asking about the company. I guess it's all the social distancing thing going on.

Was talking about Nioh 2. :lol

落命 = rakumei = (you have) died / lost your life is what flashes on the screen after every death, and I know anyone playing Nioh 2 is going to see that a lot.

ElNono

03-14-2020, 05:29 PM

Was talking about Nioh 2. :lol

落命 = rakumei = (you have) died / lost your life is what flashes on the screen after every death, and I know anyone playing Nioh 2 is going to see that a lot.

oh, lol. I installed it and played it only a bit. Looks good, but not sure yet what's it all about.

Joseph Kony

03-14-2020, 07:44 PM

Modern Warfare is probably the best PvP FPS out right now tbh. Just wish it wasn't like 200gb lol

apalisoc_9

03-14-2020, 10:51 PM

cant believe they're skipping DLC for sekiro

smdh.

spurraider21

03-15-2020, 02:43 AM

cant believe they're skipping DLC for sekiro

smdh.
brah i just beat Owl and Owl (father)... holy shit

this game is pretty incredible. its really rewarding feeling your progress while learning the boss fights. the first few times you get completely stomped and you slowly learn the appropriate counters and start really understanding how to progress through the battles. its like a crazy intense game of bop-it with how fast you need to react and in an exact way.

its somewhat reminiscent of the vaklyrie fights in god of war, but much faster paced

owl felt like something of a drag though, because he rarely did anything that let you punish him. no perilous attacks, so you cant mikiri counter or jump-off counters. just a grind. owl (father) was more engaging, but more fast paced, too. but having all the columns around helped quite a bit because if you positioned yourself right you could create healing opportunities

what i hate about FromSoft is how obscure the quest line are, and if i played completely blind there's no way i would have known what to do access the Owl (father) boss fight. i've tried my best to go through areas blind all the way until the boss, and then at that point i pull up a guide and see what steps i missed along the way.

ElNono

03-15-2020, 05:32 AM

cant believe they're skipping DLC for sekiro

smdh.

bro, check out Nioh 2 if you can. I'm just about to throw my controller to the TV.

apalisoc_9

03-15-2020, 07:29 AM

brah i just beat Owl and Owl (father)... holy shit

this game is pretty incredible. its really rewarding feeling your progress while learning the boss fights. the first few times you get completely stomped and you slowly learn the appropriate counters and start really understanding how to progress through the battles. its like a crazy intense game of bop-it with how fast you need to react and in an exact way.

its somewhat reminiscent of the vaklyrie fights in god of war, but much faster paced

owl felt like something of a drag though, because he rarely did anything that let you punish him. no perilous attacks, so you cant mikiri counter or jump-off counters. just a grind. owl (father) was more engaging, but more fast paced, too. but having all the columns around helped quite a bit because if you positioned yourself right you could create healing opportunities

what i hate about FromSoft is how obscure the quest line are, and if i played completely blind there's no way i would have known what to do access the Owl (father) boss fight. i've tried my best to go through areas blind all the way until the boss, and then at that point i pull up a guide and see what steps i missed along the way.

Realisticly youd have to play the game 3 times to fight all boses if you choose not to look at guides. 2 if you decide to look at guides.

You're practiclly at 90% of the game now after owl i think.

When you fight genishiro again in the 2nd playthrough at the very beginning... Even if you do it without uogrades..Hes going to be so easy. Litterally this game is 80% understanding the system. I thought taking out the RPG elements was a genuis move. really forced players to learn instead of trying to level up.

it is scrah. Learning the combat system and how to approach every boss is crazy rewarding. Dont forget to run around before the final boss. Theres another optional boss that many consider is 2nd hardest in the game..no spoilers

apalisoc_9

03-15-2020, 07:31 AM

bro, check out Nioh 2 if you can. I'm just about to throw my controller to the TV.

Yeah planning on playing nioh 2. Most likely summer though. Only have time now for COD..like short 20 minute games..smdh.

If i get long stretches in the summer. Ill play it.

apalisoc_9

03-15-2020, 07:36 AM

brah i just beat Owl and Owl (father)... holy shit

this game is pretty incredible. its really rewarding feeling your progress while learning the boss fights. the first few times you get completely stomped and you slowly learn the appropriate counters and start really understanding how to progress through the battles. its like a crazy intense game of bop-it with how fast you need to react and in an exact way.

its somewhat reminiscent of the vaklyrie fights in god of war, but much faster paced

owl felt like something of a drag though, because he rarely did anything that let you punish him. no perilous attacks, so you cant mikiri counter or jump-off counters. just a grind. owl (father) was more engaging, but more fast paced, too. but having all the columns around helped quite a bit because if you positioned yourself right you could create healing opportunities

what i hate about FromSoft is how obscure the quest line are, and if i played completely blind there's no way i would have known what to do access the Owl (father) boss fight. i've tried my best to go through areas blind all the way until the boss, and then at that point i pull up a guide and see what steps i missed along the way.

since you already beat owl...The umbrella actually kills him pretty quick. It does really good damage whenever he goes for his jump. Id use the umbrella and return the damage to him.

It made the fight a cake walk..but it took me a while to figure out. I had to go through a few prosthetics to realize he was weak against umbrella.

baseline bum

03-15-2020, 09:32 AM

bro, check out Nioh 2 if you can. I'm just about to throw my controller to the TV.

Wait until they start using sloth on you bro

baseline bum

03-15-2020, 09:32 AM

brah i just beat Owl and Owl (father)... holy shit

So Sekiro still way harder than Bloodborne? Even counting Bloodborne The Old Hunters?

spurraider21

03-15-2020, 02:56 PM

since you already beat owl...The umbrella actually kills him pretty quick. It does really good damage whenever he goes for his jump. Id use the umbrella and return the damage to him.

It made the fight a cake walk..but it took me a while to figure out. I had to go through a few prosthetics to realize he was weak against umbrella.
Ah i never tried that.

Did you ever access his other fight in the second Hirata estate memory?

ElNono

03-15-2020, 03:39 PM

Wait until they start using sloth on you bro

Bro, this game is ridiculous. Two hits, you're done.

It has a lot of depth though, tons of options, and I feel I'm missing some.

spurraider21

03-15-2020, 04:21 PM

So Sekiro still way harder than Bloodborne? Even counting Bloodborne The Old Hunters?
They’re different. I don’t know about harder but it’s much more rigid in that you really have to master the combat system. Bloodborne bosses mostly boiled down to butt pokes on big bosses and it felt less mechanical than sekiro. Sekiro combat almost feels like a puzzle.

Trainwreck2100

03-15-2020, 05:22 PM

if there's an offline game you want to play for stay at home week, and you haven't installed it, i suggest you do, something tells me these servers weren't made to withstand worldwide quarantine.

baseline bum

03-15-2020, 05:52 PM

if there's an offline game you want to play for stay at home week, and you haven't installed it, i suggest you do, something tells me these servers weren't made to withstand worldwide quarantine.

P5R doesn't allow me to start downloading until 3/28 :pctoss

apalisoc_9

03-15-2020, 05:53 PM

Ah i never tried that.

Did you ever access his other fight in the second Hirata estate memory?

no. im still on my 2nd playthrough.

Sucks cause i have no time right now but OWL father is apperently 3rd hardest boss in the game so i want to fight him when my schedule opens up.

You will miss 2 boss fights since you picked to fight owl...

spurraider21

03-15-2020, 10:13 PM

no. im still on my 2nd playthrough.

Sucks cause i have no time right now but OWL father is apperently 3rd hardest boss in the game so i want to fight him when my schedule opens up.

You will miss 2 boss fights since you picked to fight owl...
It’s lame since the game is all autosave. I’d love to have made a separate save file at the pivotal moment so i don’t have to completely replay

who in their right mind would side with owl :lol

apalisoc_9

03-15-2020, 10:20 PM

It’s lame since the game is all autosave. I’d love to have made a separate save file at the pivotal moment so i don’t have to completely replay

who in their right mind would side with owl :lol

2nd playthrough you can do in less than 7 hrs if your goal is just to fight the two main boses you missed in first playthrough..but i know what you mean

but i think youd like beating genishiro early game. From impossible to beat to walk in the park.

I think fom designed this game with 2nd playthrough in mind

spurraider21

03-17-2020, 03:21 AM

2nd playthrough you can do in less than 7 hrs if your goal is just to fight the two main boses you missed in first playthrough..but i know what you mean

but i think youd like beating genishiro early game. From impossible to beat to walk in the park.

I think fom designed this game with 2nd playthrough in mind
demon of hatred legit feels like a bloodborne boss... very frustrating battle

both times i got him to his 3rd stage, and then i inevitably die. when im in the middle of my resurrect animation he puts me on fire so i instantly spawn and die. that happened twice in a row. and because he has so much damn health the battle is such a grind