What are you playing right now?

[Leetonidas]

The fall from grace of baseline bum..

Smh tbh

[baseline bum]

The fall from grace of baseline bum..

I bought four other Ratchet & Clank games man. Dope series.

[DJR210]

baseline bum_9

Dude probably flew to attend that Pokemon Go festival too

[baseline bum]

baseline bum_9

Dude probably flew to attend that Pokemon Go festival too

Fuck I missed it

[Joseph Kony]

baseline bum_9

Dude probably flew to attend that Pokemon Go festival too
:lmao

[DJR210]

Spurstalk chapter of the PC Master Race. I am calling on you to come forward and offer your prayers and support for our brother, baseline bum, who has fallen on an extremely dark time in his life. We must act quickly before Spyro's greatest hits goes on sale.

[apalisoc_9]

Heard there was shootings in the festival?

That's rough...

[baseline bum]

Spurstalk chapter of the PC Master Race. I am calling on you to come forward and offer your prayers and support for our brother, baseline bum, who has fallen on an extremely dark time in his life. We must act quickly before Spyro's greatest hits goes on sale.

Not a fan of PS1 bro.

[baseline bum]

Spurstalk chapter of the PC Master Race. I am calling on you to come forward and offer your prayers and support for our brother, baseline bum, who has fallen on an extremely dark time in his life. We must act quickly before Spyro's greatest hits goes on sale.

Man 2017 has not been a good year for the PC so far. Not like a couple of years ago when I was blown away by Dying Light in Feb 2015. And then as soon as I finished that GTA V released on PC in April and completely blew the 360 version of the game I already had out of the water. Then Witcher 3 launched a month later and I was playing that shit forever until Fallout 4, which was also top notch shit. This year man Resident Evil 7 and Prey haven't excited me at all and the only games I played on PC have been Dark Souls 1 (incredible but old), What Remains of Edith Finch (an awesome casual game but only 2-3 hours long), and then NieR Automata (highly recommended 80-100 hour action RPG). Are you going to try to tell me crap like Ghost Recon Wildlands or For Honor is worth playing? We'll be getting some really solid PC releases starting in a couple of months with Wolfenstein II, South Park Fractured But Whole, COD WWII (I can't believe that game actually looks epic), and Shadow of War, but man it's been a slow year on PC so far outside of NieR. Even in a down year like 2016 we still had epic DLC for Dying Light and The Witcher 3 as well as releases of Dark Souls III and Rise of the Tomb Raider plus one of the best puzzle games I have ever played in The Witness in the first half of the year.

[midnightpulp]

Man 2017 has not been a good year for the PC so far. Not like a couple of years ago when I was blown away by Dying Light in Feb 2015. And then as soon as I finished that GTA V released on PC in April and completely blew the 360 version of the game I already had out of the water. Then Witcher 3 launched a month later and I was playing that shit forever until Fallout 4, which was also top notch shit. This year man Resident Evil 7 and Prey haven't excited me at all and the only games I played on PC have been Dark Souls 1 (incredible but old), What Remains of Edith Finch (an awesome casual game but only 2-3 hours long), and then NieR Automata (highly recommended 80-100 hour action RPG). Are you going to try to tell me crap like Ghost Recon Wildlands or For Honor is worth playing? We'll be getting some really solid PC releases starting in a couple of months with Wolfenstein II, South Park Fractured But Whole, COD WWII (I can't believe that game actually looks epic), and Shadow of War, but man it's been a slow year on PC so far outside of NieR. Even in a down year like 2016 we still had epic DLC for Dying Light and The Witcher 3 as well as releases of Dark Souls III and Rise of the Tomb Raider plus one of the best puzzle games I have ever played in The Witness in the first half of the year.

It's shit. Every AAA port is pile of unoptimized mess, PC is NEVER the lead platform in development, and the community in multiplayer games die after like 2 months, unless it's fuckin' Counterstrike or LoL, which PC neckbeards can't seem to pull themselves away from.

Aside from the games you mentioned, PC gaming has been going downhill since 2014. I remember how clean the ports were for the Arkham games. We got Physx, DX11, and everything ran like butter. Then Arkham Knight was released with a shitload of expectation and was a glitchy pile of shit. Seemed to be a watershed event. Ever since then, the attitude toward PC gaming from publishers/developers is, "Release now, patch a year from now, if ever. Doesn't matter, the PC gaming community will fix our laziness."

That said, it's still worth investing in a PC for anyone on the fence. So MANY games to play from the last 20 years, from the original Half Life, Fallout series, Stalker series, Witcher, Left4Dead, Bioshock, all the great strategy games, like the Total War series and Company of Heroes, etc, etc. And all can be had for dirt cheap on Steam, as you know.

[baseline bum]

It's shit. Every AAA port is pile of unoptimized mess, PC is NEVER the lead platform in development, and the community in multiplayer games die after like 2 months, unless it's fuckin' Counterstrike or LoL, which PC neckbeards can't seem to pull themselves away from.

Aside from the games you mentioned, PC gaming has been going downhill since 2014. I remember how clean the ports were for the Arkham games. We got Physx, DX11, and everything ran like butter. Then Arkham Knight was released with a shitload of expectation and was a glitchy pile of shit. Seemed to be a watershed event. Ever since then, the attitude toward PC gaming from publishers/developers is, "Release now, patch a year from now, if ever. Doesn't matter, the PC gaming community will fix our laziness."

That said, it's still worth investing in a PC for anyone on the fence. So MANY games to play from the last 20 years, from the original Half Life, Fallout series, Stalker series, Witcher, Left4Dead, Bioshock, all the great strategy games, like the Total War series and Company of Heroes, etc, etc. And all can be had for dirt cheap on Steam, as you know.

Ah so you're one of the people who likes Half Life 1 better than 2 also? Have you played Black Mesa yet? I'm going to wait until they finish Xen but I'm really interested to see it. Man I love Half Life 1.

[baseline bum]

But man, PC getting lousy ports has existed for as long as I can remember, going back to the 80s. That shit didn't start in 2014.

[midnightpulp]

Ah so you're one of the people who likes Half Life 1 better than 2 also? Have you played Black Mesa yet? I'm going to wait until they finish Xen but I'm really interested to see it. Man I love Half Life 1.

I would rank them equally. I played Mesa, but the first version that didn't include Xen.

[midnightpulp]

But man, PC getting lousy ports has existed for as long as I can remember, going back to the 80s. That shit didn't start in 2014.

80's were bad, with those shoddy Mega Man DOS ports and the like. But 90's PC was good. EA always took care when porting their sports games. That said, the two platforms really didn't crossover much in the 90's. Consoles actually got more PC ports (Mechwarrior, a lot of those full motion video games, Doom, Quake, Duke Nuke 'Em etc) than vice-versa.

[Ed Lover]

COD WWII (I can't believe that game actually looks epic)

Are you fucking serious? Please explain why, and if you haven't seen the gameplay you should check it out. It's another shitty reskin with screeching female voices. There will be no dedicated servers, no modding, and zero chance for immersion with what will almost certainly be a shit campaign. The player count on PC will be gone after 2 months. Buy it for your poorstation/peasantbox instead where the player count will stay high.

If you want a good WW2 PvP shooter, check out Day of Infamy instead

[baseline bum]

80's were bad, with those shoddy Mega Man DOS ports and the like. But 90's PC was good. EA always took care when porting their sports games. That said, the two platforms really didn't crossover much in the 90's. Consoles actually got more PC ports (Mechwarrior, a lot of those full motion video games, Doom, Quake, Duke Nuke 'Em etc) than vice-versa.

The 90s was a minefield too. Street Fighter II for DOS is probably the worst port I have ever played.

[baseline bum]

Are you fucking serious? Please explain why, and if you haven't seen the gameplay you should check it out. It's another shitty reskin with screeching female voices. There will be no dedicated servers, no modding, and zero chance for immersion with what will almost certainly be a shit campaign. The player count on PC will be gone after 2 months. Buy it for your poorstation/peasantbox instead where the player count will stay high.

If you want a good WW2 PvP shooter, check out Day of Infamy instead

I only play the campaigns in COD games.

[Ed Lover]

I only play the campaigns in COD games.

The only thing they've released about the campaign was that cinematic trailer that had like 5 seconds of gameplay, unless I'm missing something. Not sure you can get much outta that, but okay. Paying 60 for a 5 hour campaign isn't my cup of tea. Just pirate it (if possible) instead. I have zero trust in Sledgehammer. The campaign in Advanced Warfare was awful, and comments from the devs about how they've handled things this time gives me zero hope

[ElNono]

Been playing ME:A... game had a lot of bad rep, but it's not halfway bad, IMO

[Chris]

all the great strategy games, like the Total War series

TW is my shit. I'm playing a mod for Medieval II called Europa Barbarorum II which is incredibly accurate on history.

[Leetonidas]

Been playing ME:A... game had a lot of bad rep, but it's not halfway bad, IMO

Maybe I'll circle back to it. I played it for a couple days and honestly just found it boring

[apalisoc_9]

Zelda's so tempting right now...but hard to justify buying a console for one game.

Right now i'm jist going through some Ps1 and Ps2 JRPG classics...Suikoden, Final Fantasy 10...

Man didn't realize how atrocious the story is for FF games and FF10 is one of my all tome favojrote games...:lol

Suikoden 2 Still holds a lot of punch. The more time flies the mpre I lean towards Suikoden 2 as by far and away the best JRPG for Ps1.

They made a brilliant and killer move by Staying 2D. It still easy to appreciate the art compared to games like FF7 and other 3d games where everything looks Garbage.

[Reck]

Zelda's so tempting right now...but hard to justify buying a console for one game.

So watch on youtube.

[apalisoc_9]

So watch on youtube.

I don't enjoy that..I want to play the game. :lol

I think Ill just finish suikoden 2 first and then Ill make a decision. :lol

[midnightpulp]

The 90s was a minefield too. Street Fighter II for DOS is probably the worst port I have ever played.

Fighting games were bad on the pc then. All we had were those 4 button gravis gamepads. Remember those :lol

[baseline bum]

Zelda's so tempting right now...but hard to justify buying a console for one game.


Super Mario Odyssey looks like it's going to be pretty killer too.

[baseline bum]

Fighting games were bad on the pc then. All we had were those 4 button gravis gamepads. Remember those :lol

LOL the Gravis Gamepads with the screw in joystick. I used those things until I bought a 360. Man Street Fighter II was such a slideshow on DOS and the music sounded like I was playing on a 2600.

[NASpurs]

Fighting games were bad on the pc then. All we had were those 4 button gravis gamepads. Remember those :lol

I do, those gamepads were stiff as shit and the fighting games were complete shit too. I remember playing FX Fighter on the PC back in the day, which also was complete shit. It was very floaty from what I remember, the characters moved around like they were underwater. I also remember 4D boxing :lol, man so horrible yet I was oddly addicted to that game. The concept was new enough for me, despite the game being horrible, for me to have fun with it.

Back to the gamepad though, I remember getting a Microsoft Sidewinder and it was a lot better than those Gravis gamepads but the D-pad was horrible for fighting games. Good times though despite the struggle.

[baseline bum]

I do, those gamepads were stiff as shit and the games were complete shit too. I remember playing FX Fighter on the PC back in the day.

Back to the gamepad though, I remember getting a Microsoft Sidewinder and it was a lot better than those Gravis gamepads but the D-pad was horrible for fighting games. Good times though despite the struggle.

Man those Gravis Gamepads were so much better than the Logitech F310 that I bought a year or so ago when my 360 controller dongle for PC started acting shitty. That fucking thing had triggers so stiff it hurt your fingers to hold them down. I remember playing Assassins Creed Revelations where you're constantly holding the right trigger down to run and jump and shit and my finger was just fucking dead after 15 minutes holding that trigger down.

[midnightpulp]

I do, those gamepads were stiff as shit and the fighting games were complete shit too. I remember playing FX Fighter on the PC back in the day, which also was complete shit. It was very floaty from what I remember, the characters moved around like they were underwater. I also remember 4D boxing :lol, man so horrible yet I was oddly addicted to that game. The concept was new enough for me, despite the game being horrible, for me to have fun with it.

Back to the gamepad though, I remember getting a Microsoft Sidewinder and it was a lot better than those Gravis gamepads but the D-pad was horrible for fighting games. Good times though despite the struggle.

I bought FXFighter on release, as well. Virtua Fighter 2 blew me away in the arcades so much, that I needed a 3D fighter, no matter how shitty. FXFighter held me over until I got a Sega Saturn.

[baseline bum]

I bought FXFighter on release, as well. Virtua Fighter 2 blew me away in the arcades so much, that I needed a 3D fighter, no matter how shitty. FXFighter held me over until I got a Sega Saturn.

Ouch, the Saturn was such a flop in the US. I was surprised to find out it did pretty well in Japan though.

[NASpurs]

I bought FXFighter on release, as well. Virtua Fighter 2 blew me away in the arcades so much, that I needed a 3D fighter, no matter how shitty. FXFighter held me over until I got a Sega Saturn.


Ouch, the Saturn was such a flop in the US. I was surprised to find out it did pretty well in Japan though.

:lol the Saturn, I had that piece of shit too. I remember being at Toys R Us with my dad in the summer of '95 I think. I saw the Saturn there and I was like "holy shit" and begged my dad to get it for me that same day. He got it for me, for the low price of $399 in 1995, which with inflation today would be like $600 I'm guessing. I was a kid, I didn't know how much money was back then. Anyway, I feel bad for him since $400 was a ton of money and the thing was such a fucking flop that I rarely played because the games mostly sucked but there was a good year or so where I had a lot of fun.

I think the launch games that I got were Clockwork Knights and Virtua Fighter. CK was just a horrible game, holy shit. VF had its problems but it was fun. Then months later, Sega released VF Remix which was Virtua Fighter but with updated graphics and wow, that game blew my mind. But yeah, the best one was Virtua Fighter 2. I also had a lot of fun with Virtual On, Fighting Vipers and Fighters Megamix. I remember you could fight freaking Daytona USA cars against one another in Fighters Megamix. :lol Fighting Vipers was also great game, it had a gimmick where your characters' armor just started to breakaway if you were hit enough. But the most fun I had was with Virtual On, that game was an acquired taste from what I gathered throughout the years. You either liked it or you didn't but back then but to me, it was so much fun. Fighting mechs with the camera behind in a 3rd person view and each mech were unique enough that you favored one over the other because of their strengths and weaknesses. Such a great game.

But apparently what made the Saturn (and I didn't know until way later) were the Saturn imports from Japan. Like baseline bum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) said, the Saturn was huge over there and it had such a huge library. But fuck if I knew anything about importing games back in '95. The American version only had 258 games while the Japanese version had 1,265 games.

[midnightpulp]

Ouch, the Saturn was such a flop in the US. I was surprised to find out it did pretty well in Japan though.

No ouch at all. The Saturn library was stronger than playstation's for the first couple of years. All those great Sega arcade ports (VF2, Virtual On, Virtua Cop, Sega Rally, Fighting Vipers, etc). And since the Saturn had a better 2d chip than the PS1, the best ports of Darkstalkers and Sf alpha were on there.

And then you had original ips like nights and panzer dragoon. Saturn also had the best baseball and soccer games in world series baseball and worldwide soccer 97, which stomped fifa in the reviews.

Really underrated system.

[midnightpulp]

:lol the Saturn, I had that piece of shit too. I remember being at Toys R Us with my dad in the summer of '95 I think. I saw the Saturn there and I was like "holy shit" and begged my dad to get it for me that same day. He got it for me, for the low price of $399 in 1995, which with inflation today would be like $600 I'm guessing. I was a kid, I didn't know how much money was back then. Anyway, I feel bad for him since $400 was a ton of money and the thing was such a fucking flop that I rarely played because the games mostly sucked but there was a good year or so where I had a lot of fun.

I think the launch games that I got were Clockwork Knights and Virtua Fighter. CK was just a horrible game, holy shit. VF had its problems but it was fun. Then months later, Sega released VF Remix which was Virtua Fighter but with updated graphics and wow, that game blew my mind. But yeah, the best one was Virtua Fighter 2. I also had a lot of fun with Virtual On, Fighting Vipers and Fighters Megamix. I remember you could fight freaking Daytona USA cars against one another in Fighters Megamix. :lol Fighting Vipers was also great game, it had a gimmick where your characters' armor just started to breakaway if you were hit enough. But the most fun I had was with Virtual On, that game was an acquired taste from what I gathered throughout the years. You either liked it or you didn't but back then but to me, it was so much fun. Fighting mechs with the camera behind in a 3rd person view and each mech were unique enough that you favored one over the other because of their strengths and weaknesses. Such a great game.

But apparently what made the Saturn (and I didn't know until way later) were the Saturn imports from Japan. Like baseline bum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) said, the Saturn was huge over there and it had such a huge library. But fuck if I knew anything about importing games back in '95. The American version only had 258 games while the Japanese version had 1,265 games.

I had all those games. See my reply to bum. The saturn was really good actually. A lot of great arcade ports. PS1 didn't start to pull away library wise until 97. Ff7 was their killer app. Funny enough, panzer dragoon saga is the better game.

[baseline bum]

:lol the Saturn, I had that piece of shit too. I remember being at Toys R Us with my dad in the summer of '95 I think. I saw the Saturn there and I was like "holy shit" and begged my dad to get it for me that same day. He got it for me, for the low price of $399 in 1995, which with inflation today would be like $600 I'm guessing. I was a kid, I didn't know how much money was back then. Anyway, I feel bad for him since $400 was a ton of money and the thing was such a fucking flop that I rarely played because the games mostly sucked but there was a good year or so where I had a lot of fun.

I think the launch games that I got were Clockwork Knights and Virtua Fighter. CK was just a horrible game, holy shit. VF had its problems but it was fun. Then months later, Sega released VF Remix which was Virtua Fighter but with updated graphics and wow, that game blew my mind. But yeah, the best one was Virtua Fighter 2. I also had a lot of fun with Virtual On, Fighting Vipers and Fighters Megamix. I remember you could fight freaking Daytona USA cars against one another in Fighters Megamix. :lol Fighting Vipers was also great game, it had a gimmick where your characters' armor just started to breakaway if you were hit enough. But the most fun I had was with Virtual On, that game was an acquired taste from what I gathered throughout the years. You either liked it or you didn't but back then but to me, it was so much fun. Fighting mechs with the camera behind in a 3rd person view and each mech were unique enough that you favored one over the other because of their strengths and weaknesses. Such a great game.

But apparently what made the Saturn (and I didn't know until way later) were the Saturn imports from Japan. Like baseline bum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) said, the Saturn was huge over there and it had such a huge library. But fuck if I knew anything about importing games back in '95. The American version only had 258 games while the Japanese version had 1,265 games.

Man wasn't the Daytona USA port terrible on Saturn? I remember loving that game in the arcade with its smooth 60 fps (back before I knew what fps were) and then playing console ports it felt like it was stuck in molasses.

[apalisoc_9]

No ouch at all. The Saturn library was stronger than playstation's for the first couple of years. All those great Sega arcade ports (VF2, Virtual On, Virtua Cop, Sega Rally, Fighting Vipers, etc). And since the Saturn had a better 2d chip than the PS1, the best ports of Darkstalkers and Sf alpha were on there.

And then you had original ips like nights and panzer dragoon. Saturn also had the best baseball and soccer games in world series baseball and worldwide soccer 97, which stomped fifa in the reviews.

Really underrated system.

What? The Ps1 had some killer games in 97. Fifa 97 was neat and world cup 98 is one of the goats..

[NASpurs]

I had all those games. See my reply to bum. The saturn was really good actually. A lot of great arcade ports. PS1 didn't start to pull away library wise until 97. Ff7 was their killer app. Funny enough, panzer dragoon saga is the better game.

That's the problem though, it had a lot of great arcade ports but severely lacked traditional games. Too bad it was a bitch to program for and it was severely lacking in the 3D department. Sony knew that gaming was headed towards 3D while Sega didn't really make the Saturn with that in mind. But as far as 2D games were concerned, the Saturn versions of 2D games were way better than the PSX versions. But yeah, Panzer Dragoon was a really good game. Nights was alright, it was cool and used that weird Saturn 3D controller that came packed in with the game. I remember buying that. Speaking of which, the regular six button Saturn controller was so fucking good. One of the best controllers ever made imo.

So many quirky things too, those Sega Saturn game cases always fucking broke. They were so flimsy. And I still remember the intro and menu when you powered the system to insert the CD. Good times despite its short life.

[NASpurs]

Man wasn't the Daytona USA port terrible on Saturn? I remember loving that game in the arcade with its smooth 60 fps (back before I knew what fps were) and then playing console ports it felt like it was stuck in molasses.

Yeah I remember it sucking ass on the Saturn as well. Arcade games were always so far ahead of the consoles back in the 90s though. Eventually consoles caught up to the arcades in the late 90s when the Dreamcast came out. The Dreamcast will always be my #1 system. So fucking good.

[DJR210]

:lol hell no the Saturns lineup was not better than the PS1's, especially the first year.. Sega threw a fucking curveball at the world and launched 9 months early to try and get the advantage on Sony..

My friend had a Saturn, I had a PS1, and there was almost nothing worthy of playing on that piece of shit other than the Sega arcade ports like VF, Daytona, etc..

[DJR210]

The Dreamcast was an amazing console though.. So many good games, and the jump to the Dreamcast graphically was a larger margin than any other I'd seen besides maybe watching NBA 2K6 in motion on 360 for the first time. Watching that opening level on Sonic with the orca jumping behind you was epic IMO.. Resident Evil Code Veronica while fried on acid was one of my best moments in gaming as well.

[DJR210]

baseline bum remember that dumbass song on the title screen for Clockwork Knights?? Wellllll welllllll.. Still gives me nightmares

[baseline bum]

baseline bum remember that dumbass song on the title screen for Clockwork Knights?? Wellllll welllllll.. Still gives me nightmares

Never heard of that game

[DJR210]

Never heard of that game

My bad, it was NASpurs post

[baseline bum]

Wow Just Cause 3 is one of the included PS Plus games for August. You almost never see a big budget PS4 game on the PS Plus list. Though I heard the PS4 and XB1 versions are supposed to have really bad framerates (my PC plays it at a pretty solid 60 fps).

[DJR210]

Wow Just Cause 3 is one of the included PS Plus games for August. You almost never see a big budget PS4 game on the PS Plus list. Though I heard the PS4 and XB1 versions are supposed to have really bad framerates (my PC plays it at a pretty solid 60 fps).

Is JC3 worth the download? I loved JC 2.. the storyline was god awful along with the cutscenes and voice acting but I mainly just like doing stunts and killing people in amusing ways..

[ElNono]

Is JC3 worth the download? I loved JC 2.. the storyline was god awful along with the cutscenes and voice acting but I mainly just like doing stunts and killing people in amusing ways..

JC2 is MILES better, but JC3 wasn't bad, IMO... just way cheesier...

[midnightpulp]

:lol hell no the Saturns lineup was not better than the PS1's, especially the first year.. Sega threw a fucking curveball at the world and launched 9 months early to try and get the advantage on Sony..

My friend had a Saturn, I had a PS1, and there was almost nothing worthy of playing on that piece of shit other than the Sega arcade ports like VF, Daytona, etc..

Yes it was (in the first two years, not overall) Did you read Next Generation back then? (if you don't know, Next Gen was considered the "mature" magazine for hardcore gamers in contrast to mags like Gamepro and EGM, which were targeted toward kids). In 1996, they released their 100 greatest games of all-time issue (I have it right here). 5 games made the list from the Playstation's library, with the highest being Tekken 2 at #22. 7 games from the Saturn's library made the list, with VF2 ranking the highest at #6. I can also dig out my 1996 buying guide from Gameplayers that does recommend gamers to buy a PS1 since its future looks brighter, but also states that the Saturn's current library is stronger.

I'm sure you remember that 5th generation consoles back then were built around fighting games, racing games, and sports games. Genres like FPSes (on consoles), third person shooters, and RPGs were either terrible (FPSes on consoles), in their infancy, or niche. And developers were still figuring out how to do 3D platformers right.

Taste is subjective, obviously, but VF2 and Fighting Vipers out-rated Tekken 2 and Toshinden in virtually all the mags. Sega Rally out-rated Ridge Racer. You had games like Virtua Cop and Virtual On. The best ports of Capcom's 2D fighters were on the Saturn. The best reviewed soccer and baseball games were on the Saturn (I would also personally put NBA Action ahead of Live and Showdown, but Saturn had nothing like NFL Gameday). Panzer Dragoon was a better rail shooter than Warhawk (which was a big game for the PS1 in its formative days) and Nights was better than Jumping Flash. The really only killer exclusives Playstation had at this time were Resident Evil and Wipeout XL.

Obviously, the Playstation would pull massively ahead in the coming years, but from 1995-1997, the Saturn's library was stronger (per reviews, obviously. If you like Ridge Racer more than Sega Rally, or Tekken better than VF, then more power to ya. It's subjective at the end of the day).

[baseline bum]

Is JC3 worth the download? I loved JC 2.. the storyline was god awful along with the cutscenes and voice acting but I mainly just like doing stunts and killing people in amusing ways..

I only played it long enough to see how it performed on my PC, so I can't comment. Fitgirl has an 18GB repack of it, though her repacks can take a couple of hours to install even if you have an overclocked i7.

[Xevious]

The Dreamcast was an amazing console though.. So many good games, and the jump to the Dreamcast graphically was a larger margin than any other I'd seen besides maybe watching NBA 2K6 in motion on 360 for the first time. Watching that opening level on Sonic with the orca jumping behind you was epic IMO.. Resident Evil Code Veronica while fried on acid was one of my best moments in gaming as well.
Dreamcast was amazing, much better graphically than anything else at the time. Plus the VMU was so unique.

[Xevious]

Been playing ME:A... game had a lot of bad rep, but it's not halfway bad, IMO
Not exactly a glowing endorsement, but good to hear nonetheless. I still plan on picking it up when it bottoms out in price.

[ElNono]

Not exactly a glowing endorsement, but good to hear nonetheless. I still plan on picking it up when it bottoms out in price.

It's not the greatest game, tbh, but if you liked some of the older ME, this is basically on par... like ME3 had a terrible ending, but the game was more or less enjoyable...

[DJR210]

I only played it long enough to see how it performed on my PC, so I can't comment. Fitgirl has an 18GB repack of it, though her repacks can take a couple of hours to install even if you have an overclocked i7.

The steampunks installs are ridiculous, but not 2 hours.. Damn.

Sniper Elite 4 runs great and is definitely worth the download. The game is a lot of fun of you like sniping or stealthish games in general.

[baseline bum]

The steampunks installs are ridiculous, but not 2 hours.. Damn.

Sniper Elite 4 runs great and is definitely worth the download. The game is a lot of fun of you like sniping or stealthish games in general.

Steampunks doesn't do any of the packing, they just crack the games. Fitgirl's repacks take forever to install because in the case of JC3 you're decompressing 60GB worth of data that was packed into 18GB. Fitgirl tries to squeeze them into the smallest possible size without losing data (eg all her compression is lossless). Corepacks compresses their repacks too but not as much as Fitgirl, and their repacks usually install more quickly (though nowhere near as fast as the uncompressed games you get from places like skidrowreloaded.com, igg-games.com, or nosteam.ro).

[baseline bum]

Damn DJR210 and Cry Havoc, they're still making updates for Dying Light. If they end up putting out a large DLC I might have to do a third playthrough of this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8tnYojv8Uc

Man if y'all haven't played The Following yet you gotta jump on that shit. Damn I can't wait for Dying Light 2.

[NASpurs]

baseline bum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) remember that dumbass song on the title screen for Clockwork Knights?? Wellllll welllllll.. Still gives me nightmares

I had blocked most of the game from my memory outside of remembering how awful it was. So I had to look up the opening, are you talking about this? This game... fuck it was so horrible. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpRTflGSMk0

[NASpurs]

And another great thing about the Saturn was the crazy Japanese commercials with Segata if y'all haven't seen it. They're so fucking great. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNEe04UwJ6Q

[baseline bum]

And another great thing about the Saturn was the crazy Japanese commercials with Segata if y'all haven't seen it. They're so fucking great. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNEe04UwJ6Q

:lmao The commercial where he's choking that kid

[leemajors]

Dreamcast was amazing, much better graphically than anything else at the time. Plus the VMU was so unique.

best part about the dreamcast was the utter lack of security.

[leemajors]

baseline bum

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/07/wolfenstein-2-pc-gameplay-preview/

BJ in a wheelchair still owning Nazis :lol

I've been having fun playing as BJ in Quake Champions, his dual wield ability is awesome.

[Reck]

Dreamcast was amazing, much better graphically than anything else at the time. Plus the VMU was so unique.

That was great.

I remember playing Shenmue and fighting the 70 men. The VMU would showed how many I had defeated.

Also would tell me how to learn a move. Pretty useful tool that served as a memory card.

The Dreamcast was way ahead of it's time which was why it was so easily hackable.

[DJR210]

Damn DJR210 and Cry Havoc, they're still making updates for Dying Light. If they end up putting out a large DLC I might have to do a third playthrough of this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8tnYojv8Uc

Man if y'all haven't played The Following yet you gotta jump on that shit. Damn I can't wait for Dying Light 2.

I know i told you like a month ago they have 10 free DLC's planned because half a million ppl are still playing

[DJR210]

I had blocked most of the game from my memory outside of remembering how awful it was. So I had to look up the opening, are you talking about this? This game... fuck it was so horrible. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpRTflGSMk0

Yeah, once you press start it only gets worse. Bug was the much better platformer.

[apalisoc_9]

Anyone still play AOE 2?

:lol

Don't know why but really want to play AOE. I heard they still have a community...

[baseline bum]

Anyone still play AOE 2?

:lol

Don't know why but really want to play AOE. I heard they still have a community...

Occasionally. I'm not usually very into strategy games but that one is amazing.

[Chucho]

Minesweeper on a Windows 98 machine.

[redzero]

Bayo 2, Persona 5, FFXV, BoTW, and now FFXII.

I am never going to beat The Witcher. :lol

[redzero]

Oh, I forgot Nioh. I also haven't finished Dark Souls 3's last DLC.

[hater]

Civ 5 tbqh

Civ 6 sucks imo cant even finish 1 damn game

Civ 5 i played like 300 games

[Xevious]

Anyone still play AOE 2?

:lol

Don't know why but really want to play AOE. I heard they still have a community...
Used to play that shit coop with friends all the time.

[diego]

VF2 had a pretty good windows (98 or 95, not sure) port, IIRC it had software and hardware rendering depending on gfx card.

the saturn was awesome, i was living in china in 95-96 and one of my friends brought it from japan, we used to spend hours high and wasted playing vf and panzer dragoon. i found an emulator on a nostalgia trip, but wasnt able to get it running.

a good technical fighter for PC now is guilty gear X.

i started playing AC syndicate, but Im already getting bored with it, this franchise really went to shit IMO.

[Xevious]

i started playing AC syndicate, but Im already getting bored with it, this franchise really went to shit IMO.
Inevitable when they churn out a new game every 12 months. I stopped trying to keep up after AC 3.

[apalisoc_9]

What kind of emulators can one downlaod now with Android?

I have GBA emulator now and just have Pokemon firered...looking to download ff6 after that.

Can android phones emulate psx games now?

[DJR210]

Yes. There are Android emulators for pretty much everything now

[baseline bum]

I started playing Drakengard on the PCSX2 emulator yesterday and forgot how shitty PCSX2 is sometimes. I'm tempted to buy a fat PS2 and a cheap 250GB IDE hard drive and use free mcboot to be able to play ISOs off the drive.

[ElNono]

I started playing Drakengard on the PCSX2 emulator yesterday and forgot how shitty PCSX2 is sometimes. I'm tempted to buy a fat PS2 and a cheap 250GB IDE hard drive and use free mcboot to be able to play ISOs off the drive.

Check out The Surge, if you're a Dark Souls aficionado...

[apalisoc_9]

I started playing Drakengard on the PCSX2 emulator yesterday and forgot how shitty PCSX2 is sometimes. I'm tempted to buy a fat PS2 and a cheap 250GB IDE hard drive and use free mcboot to be able to play ISOs off the drive.

Obssessed with Nier? PCX2 had some dope games man.

[baseline bum]

Obssessed with Nier? PCX2 had some dope games man.

Yeah I do want to play the Nier storyline leading up to Automata. Supposedly the chain goes Drakengard 1 -> Nier -> NieR Automata. Mostly the performance is pretty good on Drakengard on PCSX2, but occasionally in big fights I get brief slowdowns where the music turns weird, and I know that's not the PS2 but the emulator causing them. Plus I have heard Persona 4 is pretty bad on PCSX2.

[baseline bum]

Check out The Surge, if you're a Dark Souls aficionado...

Have you played it? If so, what are your thoughts on the game?

[ElNono]

Have you played it? If so, what are your thoughts on the game?

It's a futuristic version of Dark Souls, IMO... haven't played it a ton though

[NASpurs]

Yeah I do want to play the Nier storyline leading up to Automata. Supposedly the chain goes Drakengard 1 -> Nier -> NieR Automata. Mostly the performance is pretty good on Drakengard on PCSX2, but occasionally in big fights I get brief slowdowns where the music turns weird, and I know that's not the PS2 but the emulator causing them. Plus I have heard Persona 4 is pretty bad on PCSX2.

You might get Persona fatigue but don't skip out on Persona 3 FES if you're hooking up your PS2. I don't know how PS3 FES performs on PCSX2 and you really don't need to play it per se seeing as there's no continuity of the Persona series from one game to another like the Final Fantasy series but I liked PS3 FES a little bit better than Persona 4 which says a lot since I really really liked Persona 4.

[baseline bum]

You might get Persona fatigue but don't skip out on Persona 3 FES if you're hooking up your PS2. I don't know how PS3 FES performs on PCSX2 and you really don't need to play it per se seeing as there's no continuity of the Persona series from one game to another like the Final Fantasy series but I liked PS3 FES a little bit better than Persona 4 which says a lot since I really really liked Persona 4.

LOL I actually bought Persona 5 a month ago but still haven't started it. I don't have a PS2, I gotta try to find a decent fat model for sale. Speaking of PS2 fats, are they known to have high failure rates in anything besides the laser?

[baseline bum]

It's a futuristic version of Dark Souls, IMO... haven't played it a ton though

Does the combat compare well to say Bloodborne?

[ElNono]

Does the combat compare well to say Bloodborne?

You have the usual combat mechanics: dodge, no ranged weapons... also, if you lose, you can go back where you were killed and grab your stuff. It has an upgrade system, etc.

Get the demo at fitgirl if you wanna check it out, it's like 3GB...

[Leetonidas]

I've been playing FF7 again on my vita the last couple weeks. I cant believe I played it so many times in the past without ever getting raped at the honey bee inn:lol

[Trainwreck2100]

Titanfall 2

[Leetonidas]

Titanfall 2

Solid game. I wish the campaign was longer but the multiplayer was legit :tu

[DJR210]

I borrowed a copy of Far Cry Primal.. Spent a few hours in game exploring, testing out the combat.. Made me wanna play Dying Light again..

Jesus Christ playing Dying Light then going back to Far Cry's meleee system is impossible. What a shitty piece of crap game.

Dying Light's physics system is satisfying as fuck, anywhere you hit the zombie their bodies react appropriately.. Sorry ass Primal doesn't even make you feel like you're hitting anything with their shitty giant hit box and shit death animations.

I forgot how good Dying Light is, especially now playing thru on Hard.. I'm already 11 hours in, and I barely got to a point where I can kill basic ass biters. Good challenging game that doesnt feel cheap.

[baseline bum]

I borrowed a copy of Far Cry Primal.. Spent a few hours in game exploring, testing out the combat.. Made me wanna play Dying Light again..

Jesus Christ playing Dying Light then going back to Far Cry's meleee system is impossible. What a shitty piece of crap game.

Dying Light's physics system is satisfying as fuck, anywhere you hit the zombie their bodies react appropriately.. Sorry ass Primal doesn't even make you feel like you're hitting anything with their shitty giant hit box and shit death animations.

I forgot how good Dying Light is, especially now playing thru on Hard.. I'm already 11 hours in, and I barely got to a point where I can kill basic ass biters. Good challenging game that doesnt feel cheap.

God damn I want a Dying Light 2 in the next 2-3 years. They have to make one considering how well the first game sold and how it ended.

[DJR210]

God damn I want a Dying Light 2 in the next 2-3 years. They have to make one considering how well the first game sold and how it ended.

You KNOW they're already making it. Zombie games and movies are too popular, and they're on to something with the mix of parkour.

I just stumbled upon a sword in DL called the EXPcalibur :lol

It's on a tiny island on the SE corner of the map.. 324 damage and LAUNCHES people with a physics blast

[Chris]

So Just Cause 3 is free on PS4. Wondering if I should play the first 2 games before diving in?

[baseline bum]

So Far Cry 3 is free on PS4. Wondering if I should play the first 2 games before diving in?

You mean Just Cause 3, right? Far Cry 3 didn't come out on PS4 I don't think.

[Chris]

You mean Just Cause 3, right? Far Cry 3 didn't come out on PS4 I don't think.

Yeah i get em mixed up :lol

[DJR210]

So Just Cause 3 is free on PS4. Wondering if I should play the first 2 games before diving in?

Nah the storyline is god awful. The stunts and graphics are the main thing in JC

[Chris]

Nah the storyline is god awful. The stunts and graphics are the main thing in JC

Awesome thanks:tu

[baseline bum]

Anyone playing Hellblade? That shit looks interesting as hell. Maybe the most intriguing PC release since NieR Automata?

[NASpurs]

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has to be up there for GOTY. I think it's #1 on Steam and is up there on Twitch as far as streams go. I just can't get enough of it in all forms be it playing it or watching high level players on TWITCH and I've been hooked for a couple of months now :lol

I think it started as a mod for ARMA2, don't really know the history behind the game. And I fucking hate shooters but this one, holy shit.

[DJR210]

Battlegrounds has a huge following.. I haven't played it, but will probably check it out when its finished

[leemajors]

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has to be up there for GOTY. I think it's #1 on Steam and is up there on Twitch as far as streams go. I just can't get enough of it in all forms be it playing it or watching high level players on TWITCH and I've been hooked for a couple of months now :lol

I think it started as a mod for ARMA2, don't really know the history behind the game. And I fucking hate shooters but this one, holy shit.

I don't think I would enjoy playing it, but it is fun to watch on twitch and a lot of the high level quake/cs/UT players love it.

[Reck]

Anyone playing Hellblade? That shit looks interesting as hell. Maybe the most intriguing PC release since NieR Automata?

http://kotaku.com/hellblade-will-erase-your-save-if-you-die-too-many-time-1797632509

Trolling much? :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Anyone playing Hellblade? That shit looks interesting as hell. Maybe the most intriguing PC release since NieR Automata?

wow..

Might purchase this..Just watched some vids on youtube.

Looks good.

[ElNono]

That The Surge is pretty good, tbh... if you like Dark Soul style grinding games... baseline bum

[baseline bum]

That The Surge is pretty good, tbh... if you like Dark Soul style grinding games... baseline bum

Playing Heavenly Sword right now bro. Gamestop has a 4 games for $10 deal going on PS3 shit. Then RELOADED has Hellblade on special next. Good time to be a cheap motherfucker tbh.

[Reck]

Playing Heavenly Sword right now bro. Gamestop has a 4 games for $10 deal going on PS3 shit. Then RELOADED has Hellblade on special next. Good time to be a cheap motherfucker tbh.

Did they fix the way you have to use the sixasis to throw arrows and shit?

There is a section that made me rage quit that game and I never went back to it because it was infuriating the way you had to do it.

[baseline bum]

Did they fix the way you have to use the sixasis to throw arrows and shit?

There is a section that made me rage quit that game and I never went back to it because it was infuriating the way you had to do it.

I see what you mean. I'm at the section where I'm firing cannonballs into catapults and using the sixaxis to control the cannonballs is annoying AF. Man the only Playstation game I have played that got motion controls right is Flower on PS3/PS4.

[baseline bum]

Did they fix the way you have to use the sixasis to throw arrows and shit?

There is a section that made me rage quit that game and I never went back to it because it was infuriating the way you had to do it.

You can turn the motion controls off in the options, thank god. The game instantly becomes way better without that sixaxis bullshit.

[Reck]

You can turn the motion controls off in the options, thank god. The game instantly becomes way better without that sixaxis bullshit.

Must have been an add on perhaps. Or I was too pissed to even check.

I know they did the same with the shitty game Lair. It was entirely only playable using the motion control. They later patched it so you can control it with the d-pad

[Chris]

Halfway through Resident Evil 6... had to re-watch the cut-scenes because I completely lost the plot even after completing Leon's campaign. It's not a bad game, it's just nowhere near the brilliance of RE:4 and the puzzle solving from RE:5. It's mostly quicktime events with an annoying cover system. I have RE:7 on the shelf waiting to be played.

[Cry Havoc]

I bought an Oculus Rift over the weekend.

It's literally all I've been playing since. The hype was completely justified. VR is fucking incredible. Echo Arena is already a ridiculous amount of fun and it's free.

New rig to go with it and run VR on high -- will be posting the specs as soon as my GPU comes in the mail. :tu

[baseline bum]

New rig to go with it and run VR on high -- will be posting the specs as soon as my GPU comes in the mail. :tu

So you finally went Nvidia huh? Get in here DJR210. :lol

[DJR210]

:lol bout time

[baseline bum]

:lol bout time

Still sad news on the Nvidia front. In a conference call with investors Jen-Hsun Huang confirmed they're going to still be selling Pascal gpus for the holiday season, so I doubt we see Volta GeForce cards until Computex 2018. So I guess I'll stick with my 970 for another year, because I'm not paying $500 for a fucking 1080 and the 1070 at $450 is flat out retarded when the 1080 is 20% better for $50 more.

[DJR210]

Yeah I couldn't care less, I'm good with my 1060 at this point. Once I start struggling at 1080p/60FPS I'll pay attention to Nvidia's road map

[Reck]

Anyone playing Hellblade? That shit looks interesting as hell. Maybe the most intriguing PC release since NieR Automata?

I've seen some gameplay of it. I think you'd like this one.

It has shades of Bloodborne in it. At least the enemies.

[baseline bum]

I have been playing the first Gears of War the last few days, since I just bought the two sequels in this crazy cheap sale Gamestop had. I can't believe I never beat that game. I bought Gears 1 for $60 back in 2006 and I'm just now doing my first full playthrough when the game is readily available complete in box for $2.50. :lol

Man Gears has aged really well over these 11 years. It's still really impressive on a bigscreen with a remotely decent sound system. I forgot how ridiculous this looked back in 2006 when it was cutting edge.

[apalisoc_9]

Gears :lol

They all look like they are about to take a massive dump when they run.


Not playing anything right now. But I look forward to Monster Hunter world in 2018. Might have to purchase PS plus again Just to play it online.

[Joseph Kony]

24 hours til I can play Uncharted Lost Legacy

[apalisoc_9]

24 hours til I can play Uncharted Lost Legacy

is that a 60 dollar game

[baseline bum]

is that a 60 dollar game

$40

[apalisoc_9]

$40

probably an 8 hour long game then..

[vander]

I have been playing the first Gears of War the last few days, since I just bought the two sequels in this crazy cheap sale Gamestop had. I can't believe I never beat that game. I bought Gears 1 for $60 back in 2006 and I'm just now doing my first full playthrough when the game is readily available complete in box for $2.50. :lol

Man Gears has aged really well over these 11 years. It's still really impressive on a bigscreen with a remotely decent sound system. I forgot how ridiculous this looked back in 2006 when it was cutting edge.

never played Gears, but just yesterday I heard that Mazzy Star song, and it's surprising how vividly I remember some of those Gears trailers
they got the one with Mad World, the one with the Into Dust, and they one with How it Ends.

[vander]

playing Prey, it's the most wannabe SS2 game ever, and that's a great thing. I'm mostly enjoying it, except that the last game I played was Nier Automata, so obviously this and any other game would seem pretty generic, boilerplate, and uninspired in comparison.

[baseline bum]

Final Fantasy XV confirmed for PC today by Square Enix for an early 2018 release. Get in here DJR210, Cry Havoc, 140.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhmPkYomz3I

[DJR210]

Too bad I wouldn't play FF to save a loved ones life

[Cry Havoc]

Final Fantasy XV confirmed for PC today by Square Enix for an early 2018 release. Get in here DJR210, Cry Havoc, 140.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhmPkYomz3I

170 fucking gigs to install! Unbelievable.

[baseline bum]

170 fucking gigs to install! Unbelievable.

I hope that's bullshit. I also saw the rumor saying 1080 Ti was the recommended gpu. I thought Gears of War 4 was bad at 100 GB.

[baseline bum]

Turns out the recommended specs for FF XV are for playing at 4k.

[ElNono]

Playing TCGR: Wildlands, surprisingly good, outside of the vehicle physics...

[Cry Havoc]

So you finally went Nvidia huh? Get in here DJR210. :lol

Well it's either a 1080 or Vega 56 right now. Just waiting for the Vega 56 launch... and for prices to stop rising because of fucking miners. :lol

[Cry Havoc]

http://i.imgur.com/ls8Mj5R.jpg

Not a bad little setup.

L to R: 2 Rift sensors, Beyerdynamic DT660 (criminally underrated and I got them for nothing), a pair of JBL SLR305 Reference Monitors, under the monitor is a ps4 remote, Audioengine D1, and an objective o2 headphone amplifier, LG 34" Ultrawidescreen Freesync Monitor, Hifiman 400i headphones on the right.

[ElNono]

Love those ultra wide monitors...

[Cry Havoc]

Love those ultra wide monitors...

I'm at pretty much end-game with the system as it stands other than having a new GPU for VR.

There's more to it, I might re-add the second monitor back at some point if I buy a larger table or get some stands for the speakers -- but for now 34" is plenty, I can run two windows in parallel with no problem, and I prefer the incredible sound the JBL's put out to having a 2nd display anyway, so I'll deal with the amount of space they take up.

It's absolutely bonkers that you can have a legitimately killer audio rig for so cheap these days. I would feel confident about putting the 305s in a much larger room, they throw down something fierce and bat WAY above their price range for sound quality. I would instantly recommend them to anyone... though in full disclosure they're the newest part of the setup so I'm a little biased. :lol

[baseline bum]

Well it's either a 1080 or Vega 56 right now. Just waiting for the Vega 56 launch... and for prices to stop rising because of fucking miners. :lol

Why buy a 1080 if you have a FreeSync monitor? Man if you're rocking a 3440x1440 monitor you should be looking Vega 64, fuck Vega 56. I just wouldn't even bother with watercooling it though, I mean Vega 64 has already been pushed to its limits in the reference card considering it's 85W higher power consumption than Vega 56.

[baseline bum]

Now I remember why I didn't finish Gears 1: without much of a storyline it really overstays its welcome. It's great in small doses but gets so repetitive when you play your way through it for a while.

[Chris]

Anyone ITT play Fallout 4 and is it better than New Vegas?

[Leetonidas]

Most of the regular posters here have played Fallout 4. Those who have played previous titles tend to lean toward new vegas as being overall a better game story wise iirc. I've only played 4 though and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Just recently started playing it but probably won't again until I finish Uncharted

[Cry Havoc]

Why buy a 1080 if you have a FreeSync monitor? Man if you're rocking a 3440x1440 monitor you should be looking Vega 64, fuck Vega 56. I just wouldn't even bother with watercooling it though, I mean Vega 64 has already been pushed to its limits in the reference card considering it's 85W higher power consumption than Vega 56.

Unfortunately Vega 64 is ridiculously expensive at the moment thanks to miners.

Hoping to land an early 56 before they sell out. It's the better price/performance for the time being, it also works better with my system.

[baseline bum]

Anyone ITT play Fallout 4 and is it better than New Vegas?

New Vegas is way better, especially when you factor in some of the epic DLC New Vegas has like Old World Blues, Honest Hearts, and Lonesome Road (Dead Money is horrifically bad though). Fallout 4 is a really good game but not an epic one like New Vegas IMO. New Vegas had some of the devs from the original two Fallout games from before Bethesda bought the series, and you can really see the older Fallouts in New Vegas with the customization options for weapons and ammo and just the overall better story. If you do get Fallout 4 the base game is solid, but the only DLC worth getting is Nuka World. If I had to rate the Fallout canon games in order, from best to worst, I would rank and score them:

1. Fallout 2 (10/10)
2. Fallout New Vegas (9.5/10)
3. Fallout 1 (8.5/10)
3. Fallout 3 (8.5/10)
5. Fallout 4 (8/10)

[Chris]

New Vegas is way better, especially when you factor in some of the epic DLC New Vegas has like Old World Blues, Honest Hearts, and Lonesome Road (Dead Money is horrifically bad though). Fallout 4 is a really good game but not an epic one like New Vegas IMO. New Vegas had some of the devs from the original two Fallout games from before Bethesda bought the series, and you can really see the older Fallouts in New Vegas with the customization options for weapons and ammo and just the overall better story. If you do get Fallout 4 the base game is solid, but the only DLC worth getting is Nuka World. If I had to rate the Fallout canon games in order, from best to worst, I would rank and score them:

1. Fallout 2 (10/10)
2. Fallout New Vegas (9.5/10)
3. Fallout 1 (8.5/10)
3. Fallout 3 (8.5/10)
5. Fallout 4 (8/10)

Nice, I've played them all as well. I think it's inevitable I give it a go, but I've heard from others that it's low on the totem pole. Sure wish they would re-do FO:1 & 2 tbh

[baseline bum]

Nice, I've played them all as well. I think it's inevitable I give it a go, but I've heard from others that it's low on the totem pole. Sure wish they would re-do FO:1 & 2 tbh

Well on my grading scale I'd consider 8/10 something highly worth buying, a really enjoyable game. From looking at reviews and previews if I guess a I would rank a game 9.5 or higher I buy it right that second for the full $60. If I expect it to be around a 9 I'll buy it once I find it for $50 or less. If I expect it to be an 8 I buy at $40. If I expect it to be a 7/10 I buy it at $25-$30. Of course I made that mistake with Fallout 4, I bought the game and the DLC right as I was finishing New Vegas since I was expecting a 9.5/10 game based on the E3 reveal. :lol Though I think I paid $70 instead of the $90 full price at least.

[ElNono]

New Vegas is way better, especially when you factor in some of the epic DLC New Vegas has like Old World Blues, Honest Hearts, and Lonesome Road (Dead Money is horrifically bad though). Fallout 4 is a really good game but not an epic one like New Vegas IMO. New Vegas had some of the devs from the original two Fallout games from before Bethesda bought the series, and you can really see the older Fallouts in New Vegas with the customization options for weapons and ammo and just the overall better story. If you do get Fallout 4 the base game is solid, but the only DLC worth getting is Nuka World. If I had to rate the Fallout canon games in order, from best to worst, I would rank and score them:

1. Fallout 2 (10/10)
2. Fallout New Vegas (9.5/10)
3. Fallout 1 (8.5/10)
3. Fallout 3 (8.5/10)
5. Fallout 4 (8/10)

Agreed. F3 and F4 are a wash, IMO, with the base story.

[baseline bum]

Unfortunately Vega 64 is ridiculously expensive at the moment thanks to miners.


It's not just miners. AMD did a price increase they didn't tell any of their reviewers about. The $499 price tag on Vega 64 was only good for the first couple of days as a promotional price, thanks to a rebate they were offering retailers those first couple of days. I'm not sure they can make a profit selling Vega 64 at $499. It must be much more expensive to produce than the 1080 Ti is considering the cost of HMB2 and considering it's a larger die than GP102 from a much worse fab (GloFo is a fucking trainwreck compared to TSMC).



Hoping to land an early 56 before they sell out. It's the better price/performance for the time being, it also works better with my system.

And I really can't imagine they can make a profit selling Vega 56 at $399, so expect the same crap with it too.

[Cry Havoc]

It's not just miners. AMD did a price increase they didn't tell any of their reviewers about. The $499 price tag on Vega 64 was only good for the first couple of days as a promotional price, thanks to a rebate they were offering retailers those first couple of days. I'm not sure they can make a profit selling Vega 64 at $499. It must be much more expensive to produce than the 1080 Ti is considering the cost of HMB2 and considering it's a larger die than GP102 from a much worse fab (GloFo is a fucking trainwreck compared to TSMC).



And I really can't imagine they can make a profit selling Vega 56 at $399, so expect the same crap with it too.

AMD said they are standing by the $499 and are looking into why prices have jumped. Mostly it seems to be due to demand + lack of stock but the MSRP will be $399 & $499 going forward according to official sources.

[Arcadian]

Uncharted Lost Legacy, Splatoon 2, and Sonic Mania

[baseline bum]

Uncharted Lost Legacy

How does it compare to Uncharted 4?

[ElNono]

I've got a code for UTLL, but probably won't touch it for another two weeks...

[Arcadian]

How does it compare to Uncharted 4?

It looks and feels very similar because it was originally going to be DLC for Uncharted 4 until they decided to release it as a standalone title. When you get to chapter 3, it opens up into a nonlinear mission where you get to choose which order to do things.

[apalisoc_9]

How does it compare to Uncharted 4?

hipster ign gave it a 7.5 because it was too similar to uc4:lol

[baseline bum]

hipster ign gave it a 7.5 because it was too similar to uc4:lol

I don't really trust IGN reviews. I only watch them for the gameplay footage but when it comes to actual reviews I trust Gamespot more.

[baseline bum]

It looks and feels very similar because it was originally going to be DLC for Uncharted 4 until they decided to release it as a standalone title. When you get to chapter 3, it opens up into a nonlinear mission where you get to choose which order to do things.

Do you think it's as impressive graphically? Uncharted 4 has to be one of the most impressive games I have ever played graphically, and it's easily the best looking console game ever made IMO.

[Arcadian]

Do you think it's as impressive graphically? Uncharted 4 has to be one of the most impressive games I have ever played graphically, and it's easily the best looking console game ever made IMO.

Yeah, LL looks just as great. I've been taking lots of screenshots.

[baseline bum]

Yeah, LL looks just as great. I've been taking lots of screenshots.

Nice. If you zoom in do you get some nice camel toe shots?

[Cry Havoc]

Games I'm playing:

Oculus Rift

Echo Arena: An absolutely brilliant multiplayer game similar to Ender's Game with a frisbee.

Lone Echo: The single-player of Echo Arena -- probably the best VR game ever made in many respects. Awesome.

Thrill of the Fight: A boxing sim that actually feels like boxing. My HR hit 176 playing it a few days ago. It's the real deal.

Elite Dangerous: I'll never not play it in VR again. Just a huge difference in feel.

Soundboxing: Boxing meets DDR. A blast and you can create your own sound charts.

Robo Recall: Makes you feel like fucking Neo. So damn good especially for a free game.

Non VR Games:

Dark Souls 1
Titanfall 2
Heroes of the Storm

And that's about it for Non-VR

[baseline bum]

Games I'm playing:

Oculus Rift

Echo Arena: An absolutely brilliant multiplayer game similar to Ender's Game with a frisbee.

Lone Echo: The single-player of Echo Arena -- probably the best VR game ever made in many respects. Awesome.

Thrill of the Fight: A boxing sim that actually feels like boxing. My HR hit 176 playing it a few days ago. It's the real deal.

Elite Dangerous: I'll never not play it in VR again. Just a huge difference in feel.

Soundboxing: Boxing meets DDR. A blast and you can create your own sound charts.

Robo Recall: Makes you feel like fucking Neo. So damn good especially for a free game.

Non VR Games:

Dark Souls 1
Titanfall 2
Heroes of the Storm

And that's about it for Non-VR

How do you play so many games at once? I play one game and either beat it or get sick of it and then move on.

[Cry Havoc]

How do you play so many games at once? I play one game and either beat it or get sick of it and then move on.

:lol I'm the opposite. I get sick of games after a couple hours usually. So I move on. I usually have games I focus on through the week and then the weekend is for games I can really sink my teeth into.

Oh, I also got a Switch so I'm playing Zelda too. :lol

[Reck]

I really want to buy that Uncharted spinoff but at the same time, I dont feel its worth it.

What to do..

[baseline bum]

:lol I'm the opposite. I get sick of games after a couple hours usually.

That's why I thank god for skidrow. If I can stand a PC game for two hours then I buy it. Unless it's like the game I'm currently playing (Drakengard) since I'm playing it on emulator and probably don't want to buy a PS2 after doing some research and seeing it's about the shittiest looking console on a modern TV. For console games I only buy them if either they're $5 or I know 99% I'm going to love the game.

[Reck]

How do you play so many games at once? I play one game and either beat it or get sick of it and then move on.

I used to be obssesed with 100 percenting every game I played. I used to put myself through some real bullshit. LOL

I've gotten better at letting some games sit at 20% or even 15%.

I think what broke the camels back for me was The Last of Us. I beat that game and only have like 5%. Most of the trophies are collectibles and multiplayer. Fuck that shit.

[baseline bum]

I used to be obssesed with 100 percenting every game I played. I used to put myself through some real bullshit. LOL

I've gotten better at letting some games sit at 20% or even 15%.

I think what broke the camels back for me was The Last of Us. I beat that game and only have like 5%. Most of the trophies are collectibles and multiplayer. Fuck that shit.

Yeah 100% is nonsense for most games. I think I was around 20% on all the Uncharted games. The only platinum I have is Horizon Zero Dawn and the only one I'll probably get out of games I have is Bloodborne, since I'm most of the way to the platinum: I just need to complete the game twice more. :lol

[Cry Havoc]

That's why I thank god for skidrow. If I can stand a PC game for two hours then I buy it. Unless it's like the game I'm currently playing (Drakengard) since I'm playing it on emulator and probably don't want to buy a PS2 after doing some research and seeing it's about the shittiest looking console on a modern TV. For console games I only buy them if either they're $5 or I know 99% I'm going to love the game.

Oh, I mean that I play a game for a couple of hours, then stop playing for a few days/week, not that I get entirely sick of it. Haha.

Right now I'm playing Echo Arena more than anything else. It's absolutely awesome.

[baseline bum]

Oh, I mean that I play a game for a couple of hours, then stop playing for a few days/week, not that I get entirely sick of it. Haha.

Right now I'm playing Echo Arena more than anything else. It's absolutely awesome.

How long can you play Project Cars on the Rift without getting sick? First person driving games and flight simulators are the kind of games I would think would be great in VR, though I wonder if not feeling the acceleration when you make a hard turn fucks with your brain too much.

[Cry Havoc]

How long can you play Project Cars on the Rift without getting sick? First person driving games and flight simulators are the kind of games I would think would be great in VR, though I wonder if not feeling the acceleration when you make a hard turn fucks with your brain too much.

the only sickness I've had is when my 290x can't handle the frame rate. :lol If it's smooth I can play for hours.

[Cry Havoc]

7fSfpffep_c

Kind of a lame trailer but still, shows how awesome the game is.

[baseline bum]

Yeah, LL looks just as great. I've been taking lots of screenshots.

http://i.imgur.com/1vXQQyr.jpg

[Leetonidas]

I've been playing Lost Legacy. Supposedly it's the same length as uncharted 4. I'm really enjoying it as I thought uncharted 4 was amazing. I don't see the need to change anything gameplay wise with uncharted so if that's what people are bitching about that's dumb:lol

[baseline bum]

I've been playing Lost Legacy. Supposedly it's the same length as uncharted 4. I'm really enjoying it as I thought uncharted 4 was amazing. I don't see the need to change anything gameplay wise with uncharted so if that's what people are bitching about that's dumb:lol

I heard it's shorter than Uncharted 1.

[Leetonidas]

I suppose it you don't actually play uncharted the right way and dont go exploring and looking for the other treasures in the open-ish area of the game and just going straight through it could be quick. I also always start on hard. And since I really only have an hour or two after work and the weekends to play games its just seems longer maybe. But most of the uncharted games are only like 6 to 8 hour campaigns

[baseline bum]

I suppose it you don't actually play uncharted the right way and dont go exploring and looking for the other treasures in the open-ish area of the game and just going straight through it could be quick. I also always start on hard. And since I really only have an hour or two after work and the weekends to play games its just seems longer maybe. But most of the uncharted games are only like 6 to 8 hour campaigns

Uncharted 4 was like 18 hours man.

[Leetonidas]

Was it? Maybe i need to play it again :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Monster hunter has an online feature where teams can hunt mosters.

Spurstalk tech should form a team :cry

[Chris]

Someone tried to hack my steam account. :lol First time in like 15 years. Thank God for email authentication.

[Reck]

I've been playing Lost Legacy. Supposedly it's the same length as uncharted 4. I'm really enjoying it as I thought uncharted 4 was amazing. I don't see the need to change anything gameplay wise with uncharted so if that's what people are bitching about that's dumb:lol

No way. This game is 40 bucks.

Also read that it was supposed to be a DLC for U4.


I suppose it you don't actually play uncharted the right way and dont go exploring and looking for the other treasures in the open-ish area of the game and just going straight through it could be quick. I also always start on hard. And since I really only have an hour or two after work and the weekends to play games its just seems longer maybe. But most of the uncharted games are only like 6 to 8 hour campaigns

These games always seem short to me too.

I played these games a lot. When you know where everything is, and where enemies are/spawn you fly through them.

[SpursforSix]

Having just finished Horizon Zero Dawn the other day, I wanted to jump back into the Souls series, so I started playing Demon's Souls yesterday. Great game so far. The controls aren't as tight as in Bloodborne, but it's still pretty damn good. I guess that's just a thing with the Souls series, where you have to go through a first stage with a weak character before you can level up at all. Though that first stage is quite a bit easier in Demon's Souls than it was in Bloodborne, especially the boss fight. Maybe that's just what I have always heard from Souls players, that the first Souls game you play is always the hardest. It definitely seems to have aged pretty well considering this game was released in 2009.

Has this thread title always said "whar"? I've never noticed it until today.

[Cry Havoc]

So you finally went Nvidia huh? Get in here DJR210. :lol

Well I finally broke down and bought a GTX 1080. Got a great deal on it. Fuck you guys. :lol

:lol Cry Havoc

[baseline bum]

You know AMD is fucked when Cry jumps off their bandwagon. :lmao

[Cry Havoc]

You know AMD is fucked when Cry jumps off their bandwagon. :lmao

It's a win/loss for them. They put their eggs in the processor basket and completely destroyed Intel (well as much as a small company can destroy a monolith). Honestly it's probably the right call -- they're going to sell 100x more processors than they will GPUs.

[baseline bum]

It's a win/loss for them. They put their eggs in the processor basket and completely destroyed Intel (well as much as a small company can destroy a monolith). Honestly it's probably the right call -- they're going to sell 100x more processors than they will GPUs.

Yeah, they weren't competing well with Nvidia even when their gpus were better in the HD 4000, HD 7000, and R9 200 series. And now Nvidia has just smoked them ever since Maxwell. Ryzen has put some serious fear into Intel though, as in Coffee Lake's upcoming desktop line the current quadcore i5 are being moved to the i3 line, the i5 is going to six cores, and the consumer grade i7 is going to six cores with hyperthreading.

[baseline bum]

Wow Bloodborne is $8 right now. I'd pay $120 for that game if what's it cost. Honestly, it's worth buying a PS4 just for this game.

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/bloodborne/cid=UP9000-CUSA00900_00-BLOODBORNE000000


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1iKYjVFigM

[baseline bum]

Man this is a pretty strong sale this weekend at the Playstation Store.

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/pax-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALE17LP

Get in here Reck. Don't know who else plays PS4 to tag other than ElNono, but he seems to get all his shit for free since he develops for the PS4. :lol

[Reck]

Man this is a pretty strong sale this weekend at the Playstation Store.

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/pax-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALE17LP

Get in here Reck (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412). Don't know who else plays PS4 to tag other than ElNono (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054), but he seems to get all his shit for free since he develops for the PS4. :lol

Damn, the PS4 titles available are dogshit.

I may be interested in Dreamfall Chapters though. That was an episodic game I was looking forward to for years but grew tired of it getting delayed year after year.

For 14 bucks, I think I can grab it. Thanks for letting me know, bro.

[baseline bum]

Damn, the PS4 titles available are dogshit.

I may be interested in Dreamfall Chapters though. That was an episodic game I was looking forward to for years but grew tired of it getting delayed year after year.

For 14 bucks, I think I can grab it. Thanks for letting me know, bro.

You're crazy, there's lots of badass PS4 games in that sale.

[ElNono]

Man this is a pretty strong sale this weekend at the Playstation Store.

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/pax-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALE17LP

Get in here Reck. Don't know who else plays PS4 to tag other than ElNono, but he seems to get all his shit for free since he develops for the PS4. :lol

Might have to check out Just Dance, tbh

/apa

[Reck]

You're crazy, there's lots of badass PS4 games in that sale.

Most of them are indie games. Not that into them.

Sony made sure I got sick of them when they spent like 2 years releasing them for free for PS+ subscribers. Most of them weren't very good.

The few full retail ones are already available on PS Now.

I did just buy Dreamfall Chapters. :tu

[baseline bum]

Most of them are indie games. Not that into them.

Sony made sure I got sick of them when they spent like 2 years releasing them for free for PS+ subscribers. Most of them weren't very good.

The few full retail ones are already available on PS Now.

I did just buy Dreamfall Chapters. :tu

Dude Bloodborne, Shadow of Mordor, XCom 2, the Borderlands series, Dragons Crown, the Tales of series, there is some pretty good non-indie shit in this sale too.

[Reck]

Dude Bloodborne, Shadow of Mordor, XCom 2, the Borderlands series, Dragons Crown, the Tales of series, there is some pretty good non-indie shit in this sale too.

Bloodborne is the only game I haven't played.

That game looks amazing and I have thought about trying it but it intimidates me. I keep away from games like Dark Souls.

Shit, I like a real challenge but from what I hear those games are beyond ridiculous.

[baseline bum]

Bloodborne is the only game I haven't played.

That game looks amazing and I have thought about trying it but it intimidates me. I keep away from games like Dark Souls.

Shit, I like a real challenge but from what I hear those games are beyond ridiculous.

The difficulty of the Souls games is very overhyped. They're nowhere near as hard as say the Mega Man games from NES for example. The one really hard thing in Bloodborne is the very beginning, when you're thrown into Central Yharnam without knowing what to do. So early on I was just killing enemies and running back to buy armor and shit with their blood echoes, which was a waste because armor doesn't really matter in the game. Just wear whatever looks best to you. But I couldn't level up, and the first couple of hours I played were really frustrating because of that. So I went online and found out you have to gain one point of insight to be able to level up. You can get a point of insight by finding a Madman's Knowledge in the first level (I think there are three of them in the level) but the easiest way is to make it towards the boss. He'll kill you pretty quickly most likely, but you get a point of insight from dying to him and then you're allowed to start leveling up. That's when the game starts becoming reasonable. So if I would have just ran to that first boss I wouldn't have wasted those first couple of hours of gameplay.

[baseline bum]

After that Bloodborne is still hard enough that you'll get killed every time you let multiple enemies attack at once and you have to take every single fight seriously, but it's not cheap. You die because you did something stupid, not because say your jump was two pixels too short like in the old NES games where the difficulty came a lot from cheapness.

[baseline bum]

Man Drakengard on PS2 is fucking weird. Yoko Taro cracks me up.

[baseline bum]

Yoko Taro is a bastard, the final boss in Drakengard is insane to kill.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OPW-RdzStA

[DJR210]

Well I finally broke down and bought a GTX 1080. Got a great deal on it. Fuck you guys. :lol

:lol Cry Havoc

Lmaooooo

:cry "muh price to performance ratio" :lol

[DJR210]

CPY had some really good deals over the weekend.. Went ahead and picked up Arkham Knight and RE7 during the CPY summer sale

[DJR210]

Oh yeah and I've been gifted a Xbox One aka Madden 18 player

[apalisoc_9]

Just replaying a Ps1 Classic Suikoden 2....

thank god that game was on 2d. I can never replay shitty 3d graphics...

[baseline bum]

Oh yeah and I've been gifted a Xbox One aka Madden 18 player

What, did you find one in the dumpster behind Gamestop?

[Xevious]

Now I remember why I didn't finish Gears 1: without much of a storyline it really overstays its welcome. It's great in small doses but gets so repetitive when you play your way through it for a while.
Gears is meant to be played coop with friends. I see it as almost a successor to games like Contra. Weak on storyline, but fun gameplay as long as you are working with somebody.

The cooperative mode is a casualty of games becoming bigger and more complex, but I miss playing games like that via LAN with friends.

[baseline bum]

I have been playing the first NieR the last few days. The lead character has to be the ugliest motherfucker I have ever seen in a game. :lol

https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gamelife/2010/05/nier-nier-kaine-emil-weiss-visit-facade.jpg

It's too bad this game never caught on, it would be awesome to see bitches doing Kaine in cosplay.

[Cry Havoc]

The difficulty of the Souls games is very overhyped. They're nowhere near as hard as say the Mega Man games from NES for example. The one really hard thing in Bloodborne is the very beginning, when you're thrown into Central Yharnam without knowing what to do. So early on I was just killing enemies and running back to buy armor and shit with their blood echoes, which was a waste because armor doesn't really matter in the game. Just wear whatever looks best to you. But I couldn't level up, and the first couple of hours I played were really frustrating because of that. So I went online and found out you have to gain one point of insight to be able to level up. You can get a point of insight by finding a Madman's Knowledge in the first level (I think there are three of them in the level) but the easiest way is to make it towards the boss. He'll kill you pretty quickly most likely, but you get a point of insight from dying to him and then you're allowed to start leveling up. That's when the game starts becoming reasonable. So if I would have just ran to that first boss I wouldn't have wasted those first couple of hours of gameplay.

MegaMan is stupid hard, though. As in you can win just based on finding the one pattern that works. It's a platformer with bullet hell properties.

The reason dark souls is hailed as being *so* difficult is how they built in the learning curve with the difficulty. Bosses force you to try new tactics and really gauge distances. There's not a lot of active learning in MegaMan games - it's just trial and error until you find out "oh hey Woodman does in 3 hits to metalman's weapon."

Dark souls is an experience that's much more about learning the nuances of combat, especially if you don't use a guide on every boss to win.

[Reck]

I AM thinking about getting Nioh though. That game has a nice balance.

[baseline bum]

I AM thinking about getting Nioh though. That game has a nice balance.

Nioh is alright, but it's not in the class of Bloodborne or Dark Souls 1. It's not even as good as Demon's Souls IMO. I wasn't that into the story either. Some Scottish guy becomes the top samurai in Japan?

[baseline bum]

MegaMan is stupid hard, though. As in you can win just based on finding the one pattern that works. It's a platformer with bullet hell properties.

The reason dark souls is hailed as being *so* difficult is how they built in the learning curve with the difficulty. Bosses force you to try new tactics and really gauge distances. There's not a lot of active learning in MegaMan games - it's just trial and error until you find out "oh hey Woodman does in 3 hits to metalman's weapon."

Dark souls is an experience that's much more about learning the nuances of combat, especially if you don't use a guide on every boss to win.

Man you really gotta get Bloodborne plus its DLC if you like Dark Souls boss fights. This one boss (initials are OOK for anyone who has played Bloodborne) is way harder to come up with a winning strategy against than say Ornstein & Smough if you have played DS1.

[Cry Havoc]

Man you really gotta get Bloodborne plus its DLC if you like Dark Souls boss fights. This one boss (initials are OOK for anyone who has played Bloodborne) is way harder to come up with a winning strategy against than say Ornstein & Smough if you have played DS1.

Don't have a PS4 and no plan to get one.

[baseline bum]

Don't have a PS4 and no plan to get one.

You're nuts man, they'll probably be $199 for Christmas and Bloodborne is never any more than $20 now.

[monosylab1k]

In the new South Park game, adjusting the difficulty will change your character's skin color :lmao

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6yoa4m/in_south_park_the_fractured_but_whole_the/?st=J7AV9YJ7&sh=c417e6f5


Ubisoft said they were told the difficulty of the game affects the amount of money you receive and the way other characters speak to you throughout the course of the game.

During the difficulty selection Eric Cartman will comment: "Don't worry, this doesn't affect combat. Just every other aspect of your whole life."

[ElNono]

I talked to a guy that has seen that new South Park game and he said they basically did everything that could potentially gross you out plus more... :lol

[baseline bum]

In the new South Park game, adjusting the difficulty will change your character's skin color :lmao

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6yoa4m/in_south_park_the_fractured_but_whole_the/?st=J7AV9YJ7&sh=c417e6f5

:lmao

[Reck]

https://i.imgur.com/TAwqvqc.gif

:lmao Hahahahhahahahhahahah

[Chris]

Has this thread title always said "whar"? I've never noticed it until today.

It fucks with my autism every time. :lol

[baseline bum]

I can't decide if I want to buy Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 remix on the PS4 or stick to my pirate roots and just play the PS2 versions at higher resolution through PCSX2 emulation. Reck man, what do you think of the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 remaster on PS4? I know your ass plays those games. Worth the $40?

[baseline bum]

It fucks with my autism every time. :lol

Fucking hell, you can't edit thread titles here. Shit drives me nuts every time I see it too. :lol

[baseline bum]

Oh man, it looks like Okami is getting a port to PC/XB1/PS4. I highly recommend this game. Any somewhat modern PC should kill this game at 60 fps considering the lowly PS3 could render it at 4k at a locked 30 fps. I can't wait to see this game at 60 fps. It's like a more Japanese Zelda, though Amaterasu is a much better main character than faggy Link. It has such an awesome art style to look like a watercolor painting and is a game I will definitely be playing again when it gets a PC launch.

http://gematsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Okami-HD-PS4-XBO-PC-Rating-Korea_09-08-17.jpg



http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-09-08-okami-hd-spotted-for-pc-ps4-xbox-one
Okami HD spotted for PC, PS4, Xbox One
Time to let the dog out.

By Tom Phillips Published 08/09/2017

Artful adventure Okami looks set to make a return on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later this year.

That's according to a listing on the ever-reliable Korean Ratings Board (via Gematsu), which regularly leaks upcoming announcements.

Okami originally launched for PlayStation 2 back in 2006, before ports for Wii in 2008 and then PS3 in 2012. It was critically-acclaimed for its painterly cel-shaded design and for lovable wolf protagonist Amaterasu.

This latest edition is again listed as HD, just as the PS3 version was five years ago. Perhaps this will be even more HDer?

"Buy it anyway," Oli wrote of Okami's 2012 re-release. "It's a classic game and an essential part of any collection, especially in this flawless, gorgeous reissue."

[Reck]

I can't decide if I want to buy Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 remix on the PS4 or stick to my pirate roots and just play the PS2 versions at higher resolution through PCSX2 emulation. Reck (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412) man, what do you think of the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 remaster on PS4? I know your ass plays those games. Worth the $40?

TBH, I bought them for the PS3 when they first came out a few years ago. Cant speak for how they look on the PS4.

But I do have the final mix which has Dream Drop Distance and it looks pretty crisp and that game was from the Nintendo 3DS. :lol

Had no idea they were going to release those games of the PS4 otherwise I would have bought them there.

[SpursforSix]

It fucks with my autism every time. :lol


Fucking hell, you can't edit thread titles here. Shit drives me nuts every time I see it too. :lol

It's fucking with me because I never noticed it until the other day.

That same day, I saw my thread titled, "Racist Davis Carr" in the NFL Forum. And I was pretty sure I had spelled it right originally.

So I was debating whether or not it was the Mandela Effect. My second thought was that a mod was subtlety fucking with me. But that seemed pretty paranoid.

Then I forgot all about it until you guys brought it back up. Now I have to go through the thought process again.

[Reck]

Oh man, it looks like Okami is getting a port to PC/XB1/PS4. I highly recommend this game. Any somewhat modern PC should kill this game at 60 fps considering the lowly PS3 could render it at 4k at a locked 30 fps. I can't wait to see this game at 60 fps. It's like a more Japanese Zelda, though Amaterasu is a much better main character than faggy Link. It has such an awesome art style to look like a watercolor painting and is a game I will definitely be playing again when it gets a PC launch.

http://gematsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Okami-HD-PS4-XBO-PC-Rating-Korea_09-08-17.jpg

Awesome news.

I played this on PS2 and was blown away but somehow I never got to finish this game. My PS2 broke and I never got the chance to finish it so I had to sell pretty much all my games + add my own money to re-buy the console.

[baseline bum]

TBH, I bought them for the PS3 when they first came out a few years ago. Cant speak for how they look on the PS4.

But I do have the final mix which has Dream Drop Distance and it looks pretty crisp and that game was from the Nintendo 3DS. :lol

Had no idea they were going to release those games of the PS4 otherwise I would have bought them there.

After watching some gameplay videos, I think I'm going to pass on Kingdom Hearts for PS4. The blocky geometry just looks too weird on PS4 with high resolution textures and texture filtering, and I think I'd rather play the game on the PCSX2 emulator and maybe force some AA through the Nvidia Control Panel.

[Joseph Kony]

i fucked up and ordered Destiny 2 y'all lol its probably gonna be trash but fuck it, i need something to do until shadow of war comes out next month

[Leetonidas]

Destiny 2 has been pretty good thus far. Much improved over the last piece of trash

[ElNono]

Codex has a sale on 2K18, tbh

[baseline bum]

Codex has a sale on 2K18, tbh

Not bad, though CPY, Baldman, and SteamPunks have the best storefronts on PC now tbh.

[baseline bum]

Currently playing NieR on 360. The combat is nowhere near as good as Platinum's work on NieR Automata but it's got an epic soundtrack and a completely off the fucking wall story. Man Yoko Taro is awesome.

[DJR210]

Took advantage of Skidrowreloaded's 100% Off End of Summer sale.. Got Divinity Original Sin II for an amazing price :tu

[DJR210]

2K18 runs beautifully on my 1060, fully maxed including 8X AA..

On a side note.. Jesus Fuck what did they do Pop??? Why is his hair such a challenge for 2K to replicate? Now they got the style right, they made the color 20 shades too dark :lol

[baseline bum]

2K18 runs beautifully on my 1060, fully maxed including 8X AA..

On a side note.. Jesus Fuck what did they do Pop??? Why is his hair such a challenge for 2K to replicate? Now they got the style right, they made the color 20 shades too dark :lol

What's your framerate? Both ingame and in cutscenes.

[DJR210]

In game is around 100 fps, with dips to no lower than 80.. Cutscenes I'd have to check

[baseline bum]

Damn the first NieR is pretty epic. Not as good as NieR Automata, but I gotta put it as my second favorite RPG of last gen (Skyrim still has to be #1). Well, not counting Souls games. If you consider Dark Souls an RPG I guess I'd drop NieR to #3.

[baseline bum]

Playing through NieR Automata a second time now. I think the only games I have ever started a second playthrough on so quickly are Skyrim and Dying Light.

[NASpurs]

Playing through NieR Automata a second time now. I think the only games I have ever started a second playthrough on so quickly are Skyrim and Dying Light.

Have you been keeping up with the game "Code Vein"? It's been called a "Dark Souls" with an anime facade. Yeah that last part isn't exactly a selling point but the Dark Souls part sounds interesting. Anyway if you haven't, you should definitely check out some of the vids.

[baseline bum]

Have you been keeping up with the game "Code Vein"? It's been called a "Dark Souls" with an anime facade. Yeah that last part isn't exactly a selling point but the Dark Souls part sounds interesting. Anyway if you haven't, you should definitely check out some of the vids.

It looks kind of interesting but I have never heard of the dev. I'm kind of leery of hearing games compared to the Soulsborne series. I found Nioh to be really disappointing after all the hype about it being a Souls quality game.

[baseline bum]

Damn the Switch has officially become a must buy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKWBv-djiKk

I want them to put SNES games on it though too. A Link to the Past, Final Fantasy III, F-Zero, and Super Mario World would be amazing to play in handheld mode.

[TDMVPDPOY]

2K18 runs beautifully on my 1060, fully maxed including 8X AA..

On a side note.. Jesus Fuck what did they do Pop??? Why is his hair such a challenge for 2K to replicate? Now they got the style right, they made the color 20 shades too dark :lol

whats ur cpu?

im still holding out from upgrading my comp cause of the prices for gpu overpriced

I wonder whats the highest card I should get b4 it bottlenecks with my quad core i5-3470 ivybridge cpu? 1080gtx?

[vander]

finished XCOM 2 War of the Chosen

first final battle against one of the Chosen was the least fun I've ever had playing a video game :pctoss, I had to put the game down for a couple weeks.

they still haven't addressed the fact that every encounter mostly comes down to who ran into who's line of sight. and with all the crazy weapons and abilities, cover and flanking hardly matter anymore, when you encounter a group of enemies, they better not survive the turn to even take a shot at you.

it was pretty fun/satisfying in the end though, the extra abilities you can add to your favorite soldiers really make them overpowered, my two snipers just mowed down that final mission..

[baseline bum]

whats ur cpu?

im still holding out from upgrading my comp cause of the prices for gpu overpriced

I wonder whats the highest card I should get b4 it bottlenecks with my quad core i5-3470 ivybridge cpu? 1080gtx?

If you're targeting 60 fps there is no reason to upgrade your cpu. Now if you have a GSync monitor or a 144 Hz monitor and are willing to pay for the gpu to drive those kind of framerates you should grab an i7-8700k or i5-8600k when they launch.

[Cry Havoc]

Contemplating getting 2k18 for the Switch. I love me some mobile sports games.

Anyone remember this?

3LZBcfBdtNI

[baseline bum]

Contemplating getting 2k18 for the Switch. I love me some mobile sports games.

Anyone remember this?

3LZBcfBdtNI

IDK man, 2k18 seems like the exact kind of game that wouldn't work on portables. Scaling big console games to a small screen is why I thought PSP sucked. I think I'd buy a Switch for playing BOTW, Super Mario Odyssey, and Bayonetta 2 on the big screen and then smaller indie games as well as old school 2D games for portable. I was extremely impressed playing Zelda BOTW on the big screen with my brother's Switch but wasn't feeling it in handheld mode. 2k would probably be the same for me. Now Tecmo Super Bowl or NHL 94 in handheld mode would be incredible.

[DJR210]

whats ur cpu?

im still holding out from upgrading my comp cause of the prices for gpu overpriced

I wonder whats the highest card I should get b4 it bottlenecks with my quad core i5-3470 ivybridge cpu? 1080gtx?

3570k @ 4.5 ghz

This processor sucks balls on a lot of games now.. I've been testing the performance of games that I get occasional stutter from, example being GTA V and Witcher 3 among others, and it's the CPU spiking up to 100% that's causing it.. It's time for an upgrade.

[Cry Havoc]

IDK man, 2k18 seems like the exact kind of game that wouldn't work on portables. Scaling big console games to a small screen is why I thought PSP sucked. I think I'd buy a Switch for playing BOTW, Super Mario Odyssey, and Bayonetta 2 on the big screen and then smaller indie games as well as old school 2D games for portable. I was extremely impressed playing Zelda BOTW on the big screen with my brother's Switch but wasn't feeling it in handheld mode. 2k would probably be the same for me. Now Tecmo Super Bowl or NHL 94 in handheld mode would be incredible.

The switch's screen is pretty good size. I can also slot it into my 55" TV for big screen gaming. I LOVE Zelda in handheld mode though, it's comfortable and glorious.

From what I've heard 2k is amazing for game play and even the switch version runs on the same engine and looks awesome.

[baseline bum]

Damn Cuphead looks fucking epic.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hizcUBk04lA

[leemajors]

The switch's screen is pretty good size. I can also slot it into my 55" TV for big screen gaming. I LOVE Zelda in handheld mode though, it's comfortable and glorious.

From what I've heard 2k is amazing for game play and even the switch version runs on the same engine and looks awesome.


Super Mario Odyssey, $48 for Prime Members
Super Mario Odyssey is only about a month away, and here’s a friendly reminder that if you have Amazon Prime, you can preorder it for $12 off (discount shown at checkout). This deal is valid up until release day, but Amazon’s been known to sell out of preorders of popular Nintendo games in the past, so it might behoove you to place your order early.

[Chris]

MGS V:Phantom Pain and Amnesisa:Collection free on psplus :tu

[Chris]

finished XCOM 2 War of the Chosen

first final battle against one of the Chosen was the least fun I've ever had playing a video game :pctoss, I had to put the game down for a couple weeks.

they still haven't addressed the fact that every encounter mostly comes down to who ran into who's line of sight. and with all the crazy weapons and abilities, cover and flanking hardly matter anymore, when you encounter a group of enemies, they better not survive the turn to even take a shot at you.

it was pretty fun/satisfying in the end though, the extra abilities you can add to your favorite soldiers really make them overpowered, my two snipers just mowed down that final mission..

Sounds like fun. 2 sniper, 2 assault, and 2 medic was my loadout in the first XCOM. Looking forward to playing the sequels.

[baseline bum]

MGS V:Phantom Pain and Amnesisa:Collection free on psplus :tu

That's been free from Skidrow for months tbh

[Chris]

That's been free from Skidrow for months tbh

Cool

[DJR210]

That's been free from Skidrow for months tbh

:lol

[ElNono]

Phantom Pain was pretty awesome, IMO

[Leetonidas]

Couldn't get into phantom pain. Seemed pretty boring gameplay wise

[apalisoc_9]

Damn Cuphead looks fucking epic.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hizcUBk04lA

Xbox really fucked up with available on windwos thing. The thought of purcasing xbox crossed my mind but then I realizd this is available on windows so....

[NASpurs]

Anyone playing Divinity: Original Sin 2? The amount of 9s and 10s it's been receiving seems crazy and people throwing around words like "all-time classic" and "masterpiece". I'm playing the first one since I wanted to jump into the series and I'm having trouble getting into this kind of RPG game. The style just seems so antiquated but that's my fault I guess. It just reminds me of old ass games like Neverwinter Nights for example which I liked a lot but that was in a place and time, like 15 years ago.

[Mikeanaro]

Cuphead is great, if you are a Contra/Gunstar Heroes fan this is the game to play.

[Reck]

Xbox really fucked up with available on windwos thing. The thought of purcasing xbox crossed my mind but then I realizd this is available on windows so....

You really thought about buying a console for a 20 dollar game? :lol

[apalisoc_9]

You really thought about buying a console for a 20 dollar game? :lol

people are selling them for 190$ around here :lol

Why not...

[Leetonidas]

Playing the new digital version of FF9 that came out recently. I dont think I'll ever grow out of playing old FF games tbh

[baseline bum]

Wow Nioh is getting a PC release in November. That ran 60 fps on my Poorstation 4 so it should really fly on PC. Get in here DJR210.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/485510/Nioh_Complete_Edition___Complete_Edition/