What are you playing right now?

[Xevious]

Alright nevermind. The level scaling is just adjustable, you aren't able to disable it completely.

[lefty]

So they are going to release Streets of Rage 4 on Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC

[DJR210]

Is the loot system designed around microtransactions?

Yeah that's gay as fuck.. but I was on the pirate copy anyway so I couldn't even see the microtransaction shit

[DJR210]

So they are going to release Streets of Rage 4 on Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC

Welcome to 2019

[spurraider21]

Is the loot system designed around microtransactions?
yeah there's a window in the menu where you can buy shit, but i'd never spend a penny on microtransactions. only time i'd spend money on a game post-purchase is legit gameplay DLC (or back in COD days, map packs)

[spurraider21]

Alright nevermind. The level scaling is just adjustable, you aren't able to disable it completely.
yeah, that problem isn't necessarily difficulty. i chose the hard setting (not nightmare) because i dont want this to be a game where i just solo the whole game without having to learn.

but aside from reaching a certain threshold level to encounter a new area, there's no actual benefit from doing side content. no advantage in leveling up. all you do is make your epic/legendary gear outclassed and then have to spend resources to upgrade them (or stumble upon more epic/legendary gear). its stupid to find nice epic gear, spend hundreds/thousands of gold to upgrade it to your current level, and then 20 minutes later its completely outclassed by some random common club i picked up from a random enemy

its just poorly designed, not "hard." think they should have just stuck with the skill tree thing and have you encounter better gear in later sections (i think god of war nailed the leveling system in that regard)

i do think their skill tree is well thought out and still has good RPG elements since i dont think its really feasible/possible to unlock the full tree as opposed to other skill-tree based games like god of war/horizon/tomb raider. you still have to somewhat choose a play-style and optimize your build. the balance of having passive abilities and assigned abilities is pretty cool. i've been putting most of my skill points into passive skills at this point. since you can only assign 4 abilities (non-bow), it makes no use to unlock 5-6 different combat abilities. with that said, i'm still story-locked from upgrading some of my other stuff like the shield break (it says i need to progress further to upgrade it such that i can even break large shields)

my only issue with the skill system so far is the "critical assassination" which makes me feel like the regular assassinate attack is just inadequate

[lefty]

Welcome to 2019
The game isn’t released yet
So welcome to 2020

[ElNono]

went back to Nioh 2, tbh... has a learning curve, but great game if you like Souls style games

[apalisoc_9]

went back to Nioh 2, tbh... has a learning curve, but great game if you like Souls style games

I want to buy this but all stores closed :lol

Walmart doesn't have it and even if they did, I wouldn't go to walmart during a pandemic.

And the retarded thing is Canadian Credit Cards dont even work for PSN....

[baseline bum]

baseline bum

I thought mercy kill was already available in the original persona 5. I swear I'd crash into weaker enemies without having to fight them in mementos but they're saying it's a new feature. I don't really understand.

Just found out you can do the same shit in palaces in P5R. Eg if you're running at a weaker enemy from behind and hit them with your grappling hook it insta-kills them just like when driving Morgana in Mementos.

[ElNono]

I want to buy this but all stores closed :lol

Walmart doesn't have it and even if they did, I wouldn't go to walmart during a pandemic.

And the retarded thing is Canadian Credit Cards dont even work for PSN....

Amazon, tbh?

[baseline bum]

I want to buy this but all stores closed :lol

Walmart doesn't have it and even if they did, I wouldn't go to walmart during a pandemic.

And the retarded thing is Canadian Credit Cards dont even work for PSN....

What, is Gamestop not essential in Canada?

[Joseph Kony]

FF7 is pretty great thus far. Tifa is so got damn hot in this game. I never get boners for vg characters but fantasizing about her giant titties when i was 7 is probably why i prefer big breasts on girls now :lol but they did a great job on her character model tbh

[baseline bum]

FF7 is pretty great thus far. Tifa is so got damn hot in this game. I never get boners for vg characters but fantasizing about her giant titties when i was 7 is probably why i prefer big breasts on girls now :lol but they did a great job on her character model tbh

You should play Senran Kagura next

[Reck]

Just found out you can do the same shit in palaces in P5R. Eg if you're running at a weaker enemy from behind and hit them with your grappling hook it insta-kills them just like when driving Morgana in Mementos.

So definitely not worth the full price? If you already have P5?

[baseline bum]

So definitely not worth the full price? If you already have P5?

I don't know, I haven't gotten to the new semester yet. I do think it's quite a bit better than the base game since you can still do shit at night without Morgana hassling you to go to bed most of the time. Most of the palaces and boss fights are a little better, though they made the Okumura boss fight even more annoying. It's also a much easier platinum. Vanilla P5 took me three playthroughs to platinum but I should be able to do it in one on P5R. The one gripe I have about the game is the battle theme "Take Over" isn't very good compared to the original game's battle theme "Last Surprise." So I have played at least half of the game with the Gekkoukan High uniforms from Persona 3 so that it plays "Mass Destruction" from Persona 3 as the battle theme.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prEP0QsedJs


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


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFaoLrLzd4

[baseline bum]

So definitely not worth the full price? If you already have P5?

I forgot one of the things they added is being able to take the twins on dates, which are pretty funny. Then you can do lots of social things with your team to level up things like technical damage or baton pass power ups.

I'm pretty close to the end of the main story, just getting ready to fight Sae Niijima's shadow. Oh I also forgot you can't cheese the reaper in flu season in Mementos any more for experience and money.

[apalisoc_9]

Amazon, tbh?

hate the cuck bezos...I'll just play COD for now and soon as retail opens I'll buy nioh 2.

But man that could take a while.

[ElNono]

hate the cuck bezos...I'll just play COD for now and soon as retail opens I'll buy nioh 2.

But man that could take a while.

If they make you feel any better, they barely make any money on those.

[ElNono]

You can also buy a PSN card and add it to your account, tbh

[Reck]

Apoc really pulling a Chris here? :lol

[ElNono]

I'll look for a voucher, tbh

[Joseph Kony]

You should play Senran Kagura next
that game is nothing but jiggling anime titties though :lol

[redzero]

that game is nothing but jiggling anime titties though :lol

How far are you into it, and how distracting, if at all, were the time ghosts?

[ElNono]

hate the cuck bezos...I'll just play COD for now and soon as retail opens I'll buy nioh 2.

But man that could take a while.

bruh, check your PM

[baseline bum]

bruh, check your PM

At least ask him for nudes of his aunt first bro

[Reck]

lol Nono is such a faggot. Or he just hates me.

He never came through when I asked him for some freebies when I was a poorsung years back. Maricon

[baseline bum]

lol Nono is such a faggot. Or he just hates me.

He never came through when I asked him for some freebies when I was a poorsung years back. Maricon

Damn man he already sent me a code for God of War VII plus a devkit

[ElNono]

lol Nono is such a faggot. Or he just hates me.

He never came through when I asked him for some freebies when I was a poorsung years back. Maricon

lulz, just helping a canadian brotha in despair... I'll grab one for you next time.

[apalisoc_9]

Ready for nioh 2...

Elnono wtih the clutch hookup unlike manu and his 8 turnovers.

[spurraider21]

lulz, just helping a canadian brotha in despair... I'll grab one for you next time.
bernie sanders up in here... promising free shit and all

[baseline bum]

Maricon

He's Mexican. You're supposed to say joto. Maricon is some Poorto Rican shit.

[baseline bum]

For anyone who has a PS4, the Playstation Store is giving away the Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection and Journey for free from tomorrow until May 5th, and they're yours to keep. E.g., the games don't expire May 5th, that's just the last date you can claim them. The Uncharted collection is outstanding and Journey is an interesting casual game that lots of people seem to love (I'd give it maybe a 7/10, so pretty good).

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2020/04/14/announcing-the-play-at-home-initiative/

[Xevious]

On Odyssey, what's the point in doing the Athens/Sparta battles? Once you conquer one side or the other in a given area, you can turn around the do it again for the other side. There is no faction system for the player, and there doesn't seem to be any story consequences, so the only reason to spend time on this is to get some marginal gear. Am I missing something?

[baseline bum]

Assassins Creed II free on PC through your UPlay account. Amazing game BTW.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Seriously contemplating buyin a damn ps4 just to play final fantasy 7 the way I bought a damn 360 solely to play Skyrim.

fuck these exclusive releases

[Chris]

Assassins Creed II free on PC through your UPlay account. Amazing game BTW.

Ezio storyline was the best, AC:Revelations was a 10/10 for me

[apalisoc_9]

I played a couple hours of nioh last night and I enjoyed the combat. I played around with all the different types of weapons but ultimatey decided to go with odachi and the tonfa beause I just enjoyed playing with both. It was confusing to start because this game has 10X more the command and controls of Sekrio and It felt "crowded" contol wise specially trying to change weapons and stance. I love the contrast between the tonfa and odachi honestly.

My only complaint so far is water...I only fell once but still man. Allow me Swim or No instant death on water :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Also, I've defeated one "yokai" so far but I'm hoping it's possible to beat them without resorting to yokai power because I find the normal combat much more enjoyable.

So much potential with replaybility here.

[baseline bum]

Ezio storyline was the best, AC:Revelations was a 10/10 for me

Damn I was just looking it up and both Walmart and Best Buy have The Ezio Collection for $20 on PS4.

[Reck]

Damn I was just looking it up and both Walmart and Best Buy have The Ezio Collection for $20 on PS4.

Almost bought that a while ago but thought about how badly those sets of games aged.

[baseline bum]

Almost bought that a while ago but thought about how badly those sets of games aged.

I thought they aged brilliantly. I didn't play them until 2015 or 2016 and fucking loved AC II and AC Brotherhood. AC Revelations was pretty good too but the two in Italy were my favorites.

[Chris]

Only one that has aged poorly is the first Assassins Creed and that is because of limited mechanics. The rest hold up quite well, and Black Flag is still outstanding. I'm about to install AC: Syndicate and dive in on the PS4.

[Leetonidas]

FF7 is so good. Too bad the graphics are kinda shitty honestly. It looks like a game from 2015 :lol

[baseline bum]

Only one that has aged poorly is the first Assassins Creed and that is because of limited mechanics. The rest hold up quite well, and Black Flag is still outstanding. I'm about to install AC: Syndicate and dive in on the PS4.

Yeah the first AC sucks, same four or five missions over and over again. I gotta say I couldn't get further than two hours into AC III though. Ubisoft has given away so much of this series free over the last couple of years now on PC. I have II, III, Black Flag, and Unity free on my UPlay account. I should have done the Stadia trial to get Odyssey free too. Oh well. I don't have a gpu capable of playing anything on my PC right now anyways though after my 970 died and I don't want to buy an overpriced gpu at the end of a console gen when really good shit will be coming out later this year for cheaper.

[baseline bum]

FF7 is so good. Too bad the graphics are kinda shitty honestly. It looks like a game from 2015 :lol

Wow, it looked pretty impressive in all the previews I have seen. Though I have determined I won't play FF VII until my Japanese is good enough to play it in its native language, so I'm still a couple of years away I'd guess.

[Chris]

Yeah the first AC sucks, same four or five missions over and over again. I gotta say I couldn't get further than two hours into AC III though. Ubisoft has given away so much of this series free over the last couple of years now on PC. I have II, III, Black Flag, and Unity free on my UPlay account. I should have done the Stadia trial to get Odyssey free too. Oh well. I don't have a gpu capable of playing anything on my PC right now anyways though after my 970 died and I don't want to buy an overpriced gpu at the end of a console gen when really good shit will be coming out later this year for cheaper.

You didn't like AC3? I thought the antagonist for the Templars was an awesome character, and the hunting stuff was pretty cool. Stealth is incredibly difficult in AC3 imo especially around the Confederate soldiers. Other than that, it's a decent game and introduces naval combat which was what made Black Flag great.

[baseline bum]

You didn't like AC3? I thought the antagonist for the Templars was an awesome character, and the hunting stuff was pretty cool. Stealth is incredibly difficult in AC3 imo especially around the Confederate soldiers. Other than that, it's a decent game and introduces naval combat which was what made Black Flag great.

I guess I got bored early. Tried to play it twice and abandoned it both times two hours in.

[Leetonidas]

I guess I got bored early. Tried to play it twice and abandoned it both times two hours in.

There are so many texture issues, and the hair looks like ass honestly. there are some things that look impressive but there are so many texture issues that it's really hard to ignore. but the game itself and the gameplay are top notch. im hoping they'll fix a lot of the texture issues with updates. i wish it had come out on PC instead though

[ElNono]

I played a couple hours of nioh last night and I enjoyed the combat. I played around with all the different types of weapons but ultimatey decided to go with odachi and the tonfa beause I just enjoyed playing with both. It was confusing to start because this game has 10X more the command and controls of Sekrio and It felt "crowded" contol wise specially trying to change weapons and stance. I love the contrast between the tonfa and odachi honestly.

My only complaint so far is water...I only fell once but still man. Allow me Swim or No instant death on water :lol

I've simplified a lot by simply playing only with odachi and using the front pose. It's nice that the depth is there for those that want it, but you can also level up nicely offering weapons and everything else you pick up, tbh

[apalisoc_9]

I've simplified a lot by simply playing only with odachi and using the front pose. It's nice that the depth is there for those that want it, but you can also level up nicely offering weapons and everything else you pick up, tbh

Did you try any other weapons? I'm honestly not sure what to spend on skill wise and it seems we already get samurai skill points to begin with without choosing the samurai swords in the beginning.

I'm already thinking about playing with the axe.

The tonfa is really nice in low stance. Just kills all the human and low level enemies very quickly and its so easy to block in this stance.

I was watching IGN review and they said you can choose how to fight..You can do long range too.

But after playing a decent amount, how in the world can anyone enjoy nioh 2 playing with a bow or any long range weapon? Combat is probably the strongest selling point of this game and you want people to play long range :lol

[apalisoc_9]

I've simplified a lot by simply playing only with odachi and using the front pose. It's nice that the depth is there for those that want it, but you can also level up nicely offering weapons and everything else you pick up, tbh

I didn't even realize you could offer weapon tbh. I'll probably do this next time. I've got way multiple tonfas and odachi just because I died multiple times against that monkey that throws the spears.

[redzero]

Wow, it looked pretty impressive in all the previews I have seen. Though I have determined I won't play FF VII until my Japanese is good enough to play it in its native language, so I'm still a couple of years away I'd guess.

The character models look good, but the background can look PS2-tier some times. People said there would be a patch to fix that, but I dunno.

[ElNono]

Did you try any other weapons? I'm honestly not sure what to spend on skill wise and it seems we already get samurai skill points to begin with without choosing the samurai swords in the beginning.

I'm already thinking about playing with the axe.

The tonfa is really nice in low stance. Just kills all the human and low level enemies very quickly and its so easy to block in this stance.

I was watching IGN review and they said you can choose how to fight..You can do long range too.

But after playing a decent amount, how in the world can anyone enjoy nioh 2 playing with a bow or any long range weapon? Combat is probably the strongest selling point of this game and you want people to play long range :lol


I started with Switchglaive, it's a cool looking weapon, but I was getting my ass kicked. The odachi is nice in that you can hit from relatively far range, and gives you more time to step back if needed. I tried the Axe too, but while they cause more damage, they're slow.

Then again, different bosses and enemies are easier to take down with different weapons, even ranged. Some of them are really tough hand to hand, and maintaining distance can be a bitch.

Also in later levels, it's just easier to snipe down some of the easy enemies with an arrow to move along quicker without risking health.

BTW, I think that's the digital deluxe version you got. You should've a theme to download and can also redeem the Demon Horde weapons from the "Boons" option in any shrine. I think Season Pass is included also.

[ElNono]

Oh, about skills, each skill matches to certain weapon. ie: Strength matches to Odachi, so I beefed that up a lot.

[SpursforSix]

Oh, about skills, each skill matches to certain weapon. ie: Strength matches to Odachi, so I beefed that up a lot.

Bend over, I'll fucking beef it up a lot.

[baseline bum]

Oh, about skills, each skill matches to certain weapon. ie: Strength matches to Odachi, so I beefed that up a lot.

Did you ever play the first? Wondering how this one compares. I liked the first Nioh, but I didn't think the control was as good as say Bloodborne. Does Nioh 2 have any cheap deaths? There was one infuriating stage in the first Nioh that was filled with instant death pits like it was an old NES game. And then another stage the enemies would cast sloth on you to basically make you a sitting duck which also felt cheap. Still overall Nioh 1 was a pretty good game though.

[ElNono]

Did you ever play the first? Wondering how this one compares. I liked the first Nioh, but I didn't think the control was as good as say Bloodborne. Does Nioh 2 have any cheap deaths? There was one infuriating stage in the first Nioh that was filled with instant death pits like it was an old NES game. And then another stage the enemies would cast sloth on you to basically make you a sitting duck which also felt cheap. Still overall Nioh 1 was a pretty good game though.

Haven't played the 1st one no. Kinda curious now.

[apalisoc_9]

I started with Switchglaive, it's a cool looking weapon, but I was getting my ass kicked. The odachi is nice in that you can hit from relatively far range, and gives you more time to step back if needed. I tried the Axe too, but while they cause more damage, they're slow.

Then again, different bosses and enemies are easier to take down with different weapons, even ranged. Some of them are really tough hand to hand, and maintaining distance can be a bitch.

Also in later levels, it's just easier to snipe down some of the easy enemies with an arrow to move along quicker without risking health.

BTW, I think that's the digital deluxe version you got. You should've a theme to download and can also redeem the Demon Horde weapons from the "Boons" option in any shrine. I think Season Pass is included also.

Nice. It was the regular version. My only complaint with the odachi is that high stance is supposed to be its best stance but it's poor with guarding.

So far I cant beat any bossess without transforming into yokai. Cant wait though.

[apalisoc_9]

Did you ever play the first? Wondering how this one compares. I liked the first Nioh, but I didn't think the control was as good as say Bloodborne. Does Nioh 2 have any cheap deaths? There was one infuriating stage in the first Nioh that was filled with instant death pits like it was an old NES game. And then another stage the enemies would cast sloth on you to basically make you a sitting duck which also felt cheap. Still overall Nioh 1 was a pretty good game though.

I didn't play nioh 1 but i read in terms of combat it's very similar control wise. Bloodborne control vs nioh 2 is much better. Like I said earlier, Nioh 2 control map can feel very overcrowded. Changing stance, changing weapons can get very confusing.

[baseline bum]

I didn't play nioh 1 but i read in terms of combat it's very similar control wise. Bloodborne control vs nioh 2 is much better. Like I said earlier, Nioh 2 control map can feel very overcrowded. Changing stance, changing weapons can get very confusing.

Yeah the stances were kind of weird to get used to in Nioh 1.

[apalisoc_9]

Yeah the stances were kind of weird to get used to in Nioh 1.

That said, just from playing the game right now. I think depending on how you play nioh 2, you could be looking at a combat system that's more "fun" than bloodborne.

I mean I'm having a lot of fun with the tonfa.

[spurraider21]

On Odyssey, what's the point in doing the Athens/Sparta battles? Once you conquer one side or the other in a given area, you can turn around the do it again for the other side. There is no faction system for the player, and there doesn't seem to be any story consequences, so the only reason to spend time on this is to get some marginal gear. Am I missing something?
just XP and loot. zero consequences. this game packed in so much shit/content that does absolutely nothing.

im usually fairy neurotic with side quests in these types of games, and making sure i exhaust side quests before continuing with main story, until i unlock more side quests... but in this game its just ridiculous. this game has what seems like hundreds of randomly created, generic side quests (the ones with the little black markers on the map) which is somebody saying "i need you to kill those soliders/bandits/animals"... and then you do it. and then alexios says the same fucking line every time. "i took care of them. every last one of them."

so i've completely stopped doing all side quests with the exception of the ones with the yellow markers, since those actually have some narrative depth to them.

[Xevious]

just XP and loot. zero consequences. this game packed in so much shit/content that does absolutely nothing.

im usually fairy neurotic with side quests in these types of games, and making sure i exhaust side quests before continuing with main story, until i unlock more side quests... but in this game its just ridiculous. this game has what seems like hundreds of randomly created, generic side quests (the ones with the little black markers on the map) which is somebody saying "i need you to kill those soliders/bandits/animals"... and then you do it. and then alexios says the same fucking line every time. "i took care of them. every last one of them."

so i've completely stopped doing all side quests with the exception of the ones with the yellow markers, since those actually have some narrative depth to them.
That's kind of where I'm at, and I haven't even uncovered a fourth of the map. Most of the quests/notice boards do nothing except clog my menu up. I accept most of them anyway, but don't actively try to finish them. I just let them finish on their own because they're all "kill x amount of bandits" or whatever.

I'm having fun hunting down the cult members right now.

[baseline bum]

Just finished the base game part of Persona 5 Royal, eg the part that was in the original Persona 5. Still took me about 135 hours but it's quite a bit less grindy than the original Persona 5. I forgot you have to wait until the last day of the base game to fuse Yoshitune though since you have to get Morgana to being a Level 10 confidant to fuse one of the prerequisites.

[baseline bum]

Wow Persona 5 Royal's new material after finishing the base game is pretty fucking wild so far. This looks like a much better expansion than Persona 4 Golden was over Persona 4.

[Leetonidas]

So this is probably a terrible idea but supposedly the new update for fallout 76 made it more like the fallout 3 / new Vegas so I'm gonna give it a try since it's finally on steam. Probably just wasted 40 bucks but not like I have shit else to do :lol

[Xevious]

So this is probably a terrible idea but supposedly the new update for fallout 76 made it more like the fallout 3 / new Vegas so I'm gonna give it a try since it's finally on steam. Probably just wasted 40 bucks but not like I have shit else to do :lol
You mean they made it single player and added NPCs and a storyline? Not sure what else they could've done... graphics and gameplay haven't changed in twelve years or so.

[baseline bum]

So this is probably a terrible idea but supposedly the new update for fallout 76 made it more like the fallout 3 / new Vegas so I'm gonna give it a try since it's finally on steam. Probably just wasted 40 bucks but not like I have shit else to do :lol

Yeah that sounds like a terrible idea. Could have just bought 40 tacos from Taco Bell and had way more fun vomiting that shit up at 3AM.

[baseline bum]

You mean they made it single player and added NPCs and a storyline? Not sure what else they could've done... graphics and gameplay haven't changed in twelve years or so.

Could have fixed the bugs too, though maybe leaving them makes it more like Fallout 3/NV, at least the console versions.

[Trainwreck2100]

Yeah the first AC sucks, same four or five missions over and over again. I gotta say I couldn't get further than two hours into AC III though. Ubisoft has given away so much of this series free over the last couple of years now on PC. I have II, III, Black Flag, and Unity free on my UPlay account. I should have done the Stadia trial to get Odyssey free too. Oh well. I don't have a gpu capable of playing anything on my PC right now anyways though after my 970 died and I don't want to buy an overpriced gpu at the end of a console gen when really good shit will be coming out later this year for cheaper.

I got an amazon warehouse 1050 ti from when i was going to build a computer, it's yours for $60

[baseline bum]

I got an amazon warehouse 1050 ti from when i was going to build a computer, it's yours for $60

Thanks for the offer but I'll most likely just stick with playing PS4 and Switch until Navi 2 and Ampere come out, and then I'll reassess whether I want to game on PC or buy a Series X or PS5.

[baseline bum]

might play Persona 5 royal...


I liked the original enough to do it again.

OK I just finished the game. The base game is pretty similar just with some quality of life improvements in Royal like still being able to study, craft, train, read books, watch movies, play games, etc to buff stats at times when Morgana would force you to sleep in the original game. So it makes it much easier to train your stats without missing out on leveling up your confidants. The two new characters (Kasumi and the school counselor) both have really interesting stories and Royal spends a lot more time with Akechi and expounding his story than P5 did. Guns are also good weapons in Royal since your ammo resets every fight other than your special shots. Whereas guns were pretty useless in the original P5. I don't like the P5R battle theme nearly as much as the P5 battle theme, but overall P5R is a step up in every other way. There are also three secret boss fights in the game whereas there was only one in P5. But only one of the secret boss fights in P5R is available in a first playthrough, and it wasn't as good as the one in P5. But the P5 boss fight is in P5R also.

P5R was marketed as having a new semester, but it's really just one extra month and a new palace, just like Persona 4 Golden was vs Persona 4. It's a pretty good palace and boss fight, though I still think Kamoshida's Palace is the best one in the game. Persona 4 Golden's extra palace sucked. The story is pretty wild in the new semester.

I wouldn't say it's a must play for someone who played P5 unless they're huge fans of P5. I rated P5 a 9.5/10 so I'd probably put P5R at a 9.6/10. No way the new material pushes it to a 10/10 game IMO. For anyone who hasn't played either though I'd definitely recommend P5R over P5 since the most frustrating part of the game (Morgana making you sleep all the time) has been mostly eliminated. Pretty good, worth picking up if you want to play Persona again. But not something I'd say to stick at the front of your must play list.

Also forgot: Persona 5 Royal is a much much easier platinum than Persona 5 is. Took me three playthroughs to finally get the plat in P5 but it was pretty easy to get on a first playthrough in P5R. Also cheesing the reaper in flu season doesn't work any more in P5R. :lol

[Chris]

Save up for the PS5

Silent Hills exclusive from the original creator

[Reck]

OK I just finished the game. The base game is pretty similar just with some quality of life improvements in Royal like still being able to study, craft, train, read books, watch movies, play games, etc to buff stats at times when Morgana would force you to sleep in the original game. So it makes it much easier to train your stats without missing out on leveling up your confidants. The two new characters (Kasumi and the school counselor) both have really interesting stories and Royal spends a lot more time with Akechi and expounding his story than P5 did. Guns are also good weapons in Royal since your ammo resets every fight other than your special shots. Whereas guns were pretty useless in the original P5. I don't like the P5R battle theme nearly as much as the P5 battle theme, but overall P5R is a step up in every other way. There are also three secret boss fights in the game whereas there was only one in P5. But only one of the secret boss fights in P5R is available in a first playthrough, and it wasn't as good as the one in P5. But the P5 boss fight is in P5R also.

P5R was marketed as having a new semester, but it's really just one extra month and a new palace, just like Persona 4 Golden was vs Persona 4. It's a pretty good palace and boss fight, though I still think Kamoshida's Palace is the best one in the game. Persona 4 Golden's extra palace sucked. The story is pretty wild in the new semester.

I wouldn't say it's a must play for someone who played P5 unless they're huge fans of P5. I rated P5 a 9.5/10 so I'd probably put P5R at a 9.6/10. No way the new material pushes it to a 10/10 game IMO. For anyone who hasn't played either though I'd definitely recommend P5R over P5 since the most frustrating part of the game (Morgana making you sleep all the time) has been mostly eliminated. Pretty good, worth picking up if you want to play Persona again. But not something I'd say to stick at the front of your must play list.

Also forgot: Persona 5 Royal is a much much easier platinum than Persona 5 is. Took me three playthroughs to finally get the plat in P5 but it was pretty easy to get on a first playthrough in P5R. Also cheesing the reaper in flu season doesn't work any more in P5R. :lol

So basically not worth the 60 bucks.

I still intend to plat P5 so when I feel in the mood for it I’ll just go that route to get my fill instead of buying royal and feel like I’m playing the same game over.

[baseline bum]

So basically not worth the 60 bucks.

I still intend to plat P5 so when I feel in the mood for it I’ll just go that route to get my fill instead of buying royal and feel like I’m playing the same game over.

P5 is a really hard plat though. You have to do things like read every book in one playthrough, beat every video game in one playthrough (and some are pretty hard to get the button combinations), beat the secret boss, complete the entire persona compendium, max all confidants in one playthrough, do every Mementos request in one playthrough, watch every DVD in one playthrough, etc. Took me about 400 hours in three playthroughs to plat.

[Reck]

P5 is a really hard plat though. You have to do things like read every book in one playthrough, beat every video game in one playthrough (and some are pretty hard to get the button combinations), beat the secret boss, complete the entire persona compendium, max all confidants in one playthrough, do every Mementos request in one playthrough, watch every DVD in one playthrough, etc. Took me about 400 hours in three playthroughs to plat.

What the hell. Did you not follow a guide?

https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/persona-5-a/309005-persona-5-trophy-guide-roadmap.html

Looks very doable to me from this. I missed quite a few of them. Over 20 but most of them are very obtainable if you know what you're looking for. Obviously my first playthrough was completely blind so I didn't know to pass the baton 3 times in a fight for a trophy for example.

[baseline bum]

What the hell. Did you not follow a guide?

https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/persona-5-a/309005-persona-5-trophy-guide-roadmap.html

Looks very doable to me from this. I missed quite a few of them. Over 20 but most of them are very obtainable if you know what you're looking for. Obviously my first playthrough was completely blind so I didn't know to pass the baton 3 times in a fight for a trophy for example.

Time is super tight in the original P5 to max out confidants and read books + play games + watch DVDs in one playthrough. I think I had to do the third playthrough to get the DVDs watched + books read. Also you can only do the secret boss fight on a second playthrough or later, and you better have some really killer personas built up with lots of elemental resistances to have much chance of winning that boss fight unless you set it to easy or something. P5 was definitely the hardest platinum I have gotten. Which is funny because P5R is maybe the easiest platinum I have gotten.

[baseline bum]

Oh yeah another reason I had to do a third playthrough of P5 for the plat is I got locked out of the secret boss fight on my second playthrough because I tried to do it after December 18th or 19th (forget which day).

[Xevious]

Jesus Christ the loading times times on Assassin's Creed Odyssey are unbearable. Every time you enter a conversation or pick up a quest you have to fucking load. And the cinematics aren't even that good... almost reminiscent of Dragon Age, just two people staring at each other with poorly animated facial/mouth movements. It makes you really appreciate how seamless everything is in GoW and RDR2.

[spurraider21]

Jesus Christ the loading times times on Assassin's Creed Odyssey are unbearable. Every time you enter a conversation or pick up a quest you have to fucking load. And the cinematics aren't even that good... almost reminiscent of Dragon Age, just two people staring at each other with poorly animated facial/mouth movements. It makes you really appreciate how seamless everything is in GoW and RDR2.
yeah its more like horizon zero dawn in that regard, but with gameplay nowhere near as engaging.

the game is all about quantity over quality, tbh. and you know what, for people looking to kill dozens of hours during an economic shutdown, probably worthwhile in that respect.

[baseline bum]

yeah its more like horizon zero dawn in that regard, but with gameplay nowhere near as engaging.

the game is all about quantity over quality, tbh. and you know what, for people looking to kill dozens of hours during an economic shutdown, probably worthwhile in that respect.

Horizon always struck me more like Far Cry than Assassins Creed. But it definitely has that go collect a bunch of random shit filler that Ubisoft games are legendary for.

[spurraider21]

Horizon always struck me more like Far Cry than Assassins Creed. But it definitely has that go collect a bunch of random shit filler that Ubisoft games are legendary for.
i was referring mainly to the style of the dialogue/cutscenes

[baseline bum]

i was referring mainly to the style of the dialogue/cutscenes

Oh ok, my bad.

[Xevious]

yeah its more like horizon zero dawn in that regard, but with gameplay nowhere near as engaging.

the game is all about quantity over quality, tbh. and you know what, for people looking to kill dozens of hours during an economic shutdown, probably worthwhile in that respect.
Yeah, the game is chock full of towns and shit with nothing to do other than generic "kill a guard" quests. The gameplay is fun and the story is alright, but this is definitely a game I'll never touch again after I beat it.

[spurraider21]

Yeah, the game is chock full of towns and shit with nothing to do other than generic "kill a guard" quests. The gameplay is fun and the story is alright, but this is definitely a game I'll never touch again after I beat it.
dont do any quests unless they're the yellow exclamation mark ones. those actually have some degree of narrative value

[Joseph Kony]

ashamed to admit how much i've enjoyed playing Fallout 76 thus far :depressed

[baseline bum]

ashamed to admit how much i've enjoyed playing Fallout 76 thus far :depressed

the fuck? Let me recommend Aliens: Colonial Marines, GTA IV, and Life of Black Tiger next.

[Joseph Kony]

the fuck? Let me recommend Aliens: Colonial Marines, GTA IV, and Life of Black Tiger next.

:lol you shouldnt be surprised, i'm also the one who loves Watchdogs

it has it flaws, the wastelanders update made the game playable and it's scratching and itch i've had. it's not a 10/10 or anything but it's a 6.5 or 7 out of 10 now and a decent timekiller. trying to take my time on FF7 so need something to play in between

[baseline bum]

:lol you shouldnt be surprised, i'm also the one who loves Watchdogs


oh yeah, next you'll tell me how amazing GTA IV was, especially the driving and main character :lol

[lefty]

I miss driving around at sunset with the radio on in GTA Vice City

No mission , just driving

[baseline bum]

So basically not worth the 60 bucks.

I still intend to plat P5 so when I feel in the mood for it I’ll just go that route to get my fill instead of buying royal and feel like I’m playing the same game over.

If you liked P5, prob still worth it for the new storyline though. Though if you're definitely not going to get the new one, check this hilarious video that has major major spoilers. Don't watch it if you think you'll actually get P5R though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHC-u1w5qjk

[Reck]

If you liked P5, prob still worth it for the new storyline though. Though if you're definitely not going to get the new one, check this hilarious video that has major major spoilers. Don't watch it if you think you'll actually get P5R though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHC-u1w5qjk

I'll save for later.

The longer I go without it, the less likely I'll get it. We'll see in a few weeks.

Tbh, right now I'm in the mood for sport games given our shitty situation. Playing a game of BB on any given day is just easier with music and you cant do that in the background with story heavy games.

[Chris]

AC:Syndicate 9/10

grappling hook is awesome

Karl Marx missions are not

Twins are memorable, and have different powers which makes for dynamic gameplay.

Leveling up and crafting is fun and the UI is perfect :tu

[chunticakes]

the fuck? Let me recommend Aliens: Colonial Marines, GTA IV, and Life of Black Tiger next.

I finally got around to beating GTA V this week now I'm gonna play the Witcher 3. I'm running out of shit to finish off my backlog.

[spurraider21]

i almost never take breaks mid-game, but i put AC odyssey off and played Journey yesterday. kinda neat game, but i dont necessarily buy the hype around it.

[baseline bum]

i almost never take breaks mid-game, but i put AC odyssey off and played Journey yesterday. kinda neat game, but i dont necessarily buy the hype around it.

Yeah Journey is one of the most overrated games ever. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was a cool game and easily worth the $5 I spent on it. But I always hear people saying it's the best game to come out on PS3.

[spurraider21]

Yeah Journey is one of the most overrated games ever. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was a cool game and easily worth the $5 I spent on it. But I always hear people saying it's the best game to come out on PS3.
it was a free download sony gave out, along with the nathan drake collection, so i figured as good a time to give it a shot, particularly since the MP element doesnt even require PS+

i guess at $5 for a 1-2 hour game its kind of like a cheap movie ticket, but i dont see much replay value in it besides that fact that its pretty short

[Reck]

i almost never take breaks mid-game, but i put AC odyssey off and played Journey yesterday. kinda neat game, but i dont necessarily buy the hype around it.

Well, did you play it with a partner?

If you go through the Journey alone, it still good in my opinion but not as impactful.

[spurraider21]

Well, did you play it with a partner?

If you go through the Journey alone, it still good in my opinion but not as impactful.
turns out i had like 6-7 partners throughout.

not unlike trebek's mother

[baseline bum]

it was a free download sony gave out, along with the nathan drake collection, so i figured as good a time to give it a shot, particularly since the MP element doesnt even require PS+

i guess at $5 for a 1-2 hour game its kind of like a cheap movie ticket, but i dont see much replay value in it besides that fact that its pretty short

I think Flower is probably the most fun game from that studio that made Journey. To me Journey actually looks better on PS3 than PS4 because there is some quirk of the PS3 that makes the sand render way differently than it does on PS4. Even though PS4 doubles the framerate it completely changes the art style. When it comes to casual indie games though I think the best one on PS4 is What Remains of Edith Finch? Pretty cool storytelling and some creative minigames. I'd say the best indie game on the system I have played is probably Guacamelee, but it's hard and is definitely designed to induce that NES level frustration in parts of it.

[baseline bum]

8==D

[baseline bum]

turns out i had like 6-7 partners throughout.

not unlike trebek's mother

:lmao

[Reck]

For me it's

1.Journey
2.Flower

And a very distant third: Flow

Bought it as a bundle back on the PS3.

[baseline bum]

Now playing Persona 5 Royal in Japanese, and Morgana is hilarious in the original version of the game. For instance, Morgana always calls himself ワガハイ = wagahai = I (MY LORDSHIP), where I added the caps since that's what it means to write a regular Japanese word in katakana. The normal way of writing of wagahai is 吾輩. In Japanese you almost never use pronouns so not only is Morgana calling attention to himself by practically screaming an elite usage of the word I, but even saying it period which draws attention to yourself. The wagahai comes from a famous Japanese book from the early 1900s called 吾輩は猫である= I am a Cat about a cat from a regular Japanese family that has somehow convinced himself his owners are Japanese royalty. :lol

Morgana always calls Ann by アン殿 = an dono = something like Duchess Ann.

Another thing that's really funny is a phrase universally used at the end of a day of work in Japan is お疲れ様 = otsukare sama which means "thank you for your hard work" though it's literally something more like "you must be tired." It's a universally used phrase. But then sometimes when you finish killing some enemies Morgana will say ご苦労様 = gokurou sama which also means "thank you for your hard work", but is something a superior would tell a subordinate. So fucking Morgana is talking down to you after battle. :lmao

[Reck]

Now playing Persona 5 Royal in Japanese, and Morgana is hilarious in the original version of the game. For instance, Morgana always calls himself ワガハイ = wagahai = I (MY LORDSHIP), where I added the caps since that's what it means to write a regular Japanese word in katakana. The normal way of writing of wagahai is 吾輩. In Japanese you almost never use pronouns so not only is Morgana calling attention to himself by practically screaming an elite usage of the word I, but even saying it period which draws attention to yourself. The wagahai comes from a famous Japanese book from the early 1900s called 吾輩は猫である= I am a Cat about a cat from a regular Japanese family that has somehow convinced himself his owners are Japanese royalty. :lol

Morgana always calls Ann by アン殿 = an dono = something like Duchess Ann.

Another thing that's really funny is a phrase universally used at the end of a day of work in Japan is お疲れ様 = otsukare sama which means "thank you for your hard work" though it's literally something more like "you must be tired." It's a universally used phrase. But then sometimes when you finish killing some enemies Morgana will say ご苦労様 = gokurou sama which also means "thank you for your hard work", but is something a superior would tell a subordinate. So fucking Morgana is talking down to you after battle. :lmao

So what you’re saying is he’s using Keigo wrong.

I just learned that.

[baseline bum]

So what you’re saying is he’s using Keigo wrong.

I just learned that.

Always using wagahai goes beyond using the wrong keigo though. It's kind of being an attention-whore like "I do this, I think that, I'm going here..." since using a pronoun to refer to yourself in Japanese is calling attention onto yourself, putting special emphasis on you. And then wagahai is a really arrogant way to refer to oneself. But it's a reference to that famous Japanese book. It makes Morgana pretty funny. Now I want to post a Morgana spoiler for revenge. :lol

jk, I'm not mad bro

[Xevious]

So I just finished AC Odyssey (well, there's more to do, but I finished the main storyline and anything else I actually wanted to accomplish). The main story was fine, the gameplay was fun... but I'm still confused by the modern day stuff. And to make matters worse, the modern day/Atlantis storyline takes hours to complete and it ends in a cliffhanger for a DLC that I have no intention of purchasing. Had I known that I was going to get cockblocked by a paywall, I would've saved some time.

Anyway... why are the AC games still using this framing device? Does Ubisoft even have a plan? I played the first game at release and thought the concept was cool. As Desmond gained more and more ability through AC 1 and the Ezio trilogy (and learning more about the first civilization), I thought they were prepping for an entirely modern-day AC where you play as Desmond... then they killed him in AC 3. I stopped playing AC games and now in Odyssey I see that storyline has not gone anywhere in four or five games. From reading online, there's fucking comic books to fill players in on what's going on. I don't get it. It just seems like a waste of time at this point. It's more of an annoyance than anything when you're playing and get pulled out of the the animus. Just drop that gimmick already.

[Reck]

Now I want to post a Morgana spoiler for revenge. :lol

Wait, there is anything to spoiled from Morgana that's not in P5? Anything significant?

[Reck]

I might get it btw. I just got some free money from Uncle Sam so I can blow some of this stimulus money.

[baseline bum]

Wait, there is anything to spoiled from Morgana that's not in P5? Anything significant?

Yeah, the new semester is pretty crazy. Though it's only playable from Jan 1st to around February 5th or so if I remember right.

[baseline bum]

I might get it btw. I just got some free money from Uncle Sam so I can blow some of this stimulus money.

If you want to get the new content in the game you have to do the following two things:

1. Get your school counselor Maruki up to a level 9 confidant by around November 18th or so
2. Get the new girl Kasumi up to a level 5 confidant by mid December or so (5 is the max you can get her until the new year)

You'll also probably really want to get Akechi up to level 8 by mid November. All three of these characters have really cool stories in Royal that weren't there in the original.

Here is the counselor Maruki at the 1:25 mark of the reveal video they did at Persona Super Live 2019. Also there are some really funny Showtime Attacks like you see at the 1:41 mark and the 2:20 mark. And :lol arrogant Morgana can be heard saying wagahai a lot of times in the video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tjCr6bQvf4

[spurraider21]

So I just finished AC Odyssey (well, there's more to do, but I finished the main storyline and anything else I actually wanted to accomplish). The main story was fine, the gameplay was fun... but I'm still confused by the modern day stuff. And to make matters worse, the modern day/Atlantis storyline takes hours to complete and it ends in a cliffhanger for a DLC that I have no intention of purchasing. Had I known that I was going to get cockblocked by a paywall, I would've saved some time.

Anyway... why are the AC games still using this framing device? Does Ubisoft even have a plan? I played the first game at release and thought the concept was cool. As Desmond gained more and more ability through AC 1 and the Ezio trilogy (and learning more about the first civilization), I thought they were prepping for an entirely modern-day AC where you play as Desmond... then they killed him in AC 3. I stopped playing AC games and now in Odyssey I see that storyline has not gone anywhere in four or five games. From reading online, there's fucking comic books to fill players in on what's going on. I don't get it. It just seems like a waste of time at this point. It's more of an annoyance than anything when you're playing and get pulled out of the the animus. Just drop that gimmick already.
i picked up the gold edition when it was on sale for $25, comes with all the DLC and remasters of AC 3 and liberations.

i think im close to the end of the story, but have saved the DLC for after that.

i agree that the modern parts are stupid at this point. AC 1 and 2 only prior to this one, and there was at least some progression with desmond's story. i know i've missed a huge chunk of games, but there doesnt really seem to be any immersion to those parts of the game, especially since in Odyssey, there is no concept of assassins or templars like there were in the earlier games. in that sense it barely even feels like assassins creed (no hidden blade). just some open world game.

[Reck]

Since we're on the Assassin's creed theme, here's the first trailer for AC Valhalla that just dropped.


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

[baseline bum]

Since we're on the Assassin's creed theme, here's the first trailer for AC Valhalla that just dropped.


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

Typical Ubisoft jaw dropping cutscene trailer when the game will actually look nothing like that.

[baseline bum]

Acutally Reck man, you might need to get Kasumi to level 5 by mid November and not mid December. Can't remember which. Since you beat the base game you'll probably know why though.

[Xevious]

i picked up the gold edition when it was on sale for $25, comes with all the DLC and remasters of AC 3 and liberations.

i think im close to the end of the story, but have saved the DLC for after that.

i agree that the modern parts are stupid at this point. AC 1 and 2 only prior to this one, and there was at least some progression with desmond's story. i know i've missed a huge chunk of games, but there doesnt really seem to be any immersion to those parts of the game, especially since in Odyssey, there is no concept of assassins or templars like there were in the earlier games. in that sense it barely even feels like assassins creed (no hidden blade). just some open world game.
I watched some youtube videos and it seems like one of the DLCs is more of an ending than the core game is, with some ties to other AC games. Which is weird also, the main storyline is almost a side note... Alexio/Kassandra trying to reunite his/her family and rid Greece of the cult threat. Anything having to do with the overall AC lore or the Isu is only in DLC or optional content.

[Xevious]

Typical Ubisoft jaw dropping cutscene trailer when the game will actually look nothing like that.
Yep

[spurraider21]

cinematic trailers have no meaning to me. only thing i got out of that trailer is it looks like they actually have the hidden blade thingy again which was missing in odyssey

[baseline bum]

cinematic trailers have no meaning to me. only thing i got out of that trailer is it looks like they actually have the hidden blade thingy again which was missing in odyssey

That's why I used to love Sony's E3 presentations. Everyone else would just show trailers that were 90% cutscenes but in Sony's presentations you'd see actual realtime gameplay to see what the games looked like in action. Now that they're going to State of Play videos though it's the same cutscene trailers everyone else does.

[ElNono]

Typical Ubisoft jaw dropping cutscene trailer when the game will actually look nothing like that.

:lol beat me to it

[baseline bum]

Nintendo just had a bunch of data stolen for the N64, Gamecube, and Wii. Wonder if this will really help the state of N64 emulation, since it's currently pretty fucking bad on devices like the Raspberry Pi and the Switch.

[baseline bum]

Damn a native PC port of Super Mario 64 just released. No emulation.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/super-mario-64-pc-port-has-been-released.564235/

[baseline bum]

Man sometimes Ryuji has this really perv voice in Persona 5 Royal when using Japanese voices. And the Engrish is hilarious too. In the scene where they call the maid service to come over to that empty apartment, which they call "Operation Maidwatch" in English, in Japanese they call it メードルキーンぐパーティ、or "Meedo Ruukingu Paatii" (Maid Looking Party). God Japanese kills me hearing English words pronounced in the Japanese syllabary. :lol

[slick'81]

Streets of rage 4 baby

[baseline bum]

Inside XBox right now is such a shitshow. A bunch of fucking cutscene trailers that don't show anything interesting about what the games actually look like.

[baseline bum]

Nice. Yakuza Like a Dragon will be a launch title. Freaking weird seeing it called Yakuza Like a Dragon though since the entire series is called 龍が如く = Like a Dragon and not Yakuza over in Japan. :lol

[spurraider21]

I watched some youtube videos and it seems like one of the DLCs is more of an ending than the core game is, with some ties to other AC games. Which is weird also, the main storyline is almost a side note... Alexio/Kassandra trying to reunite his/her family and rid Greece of the cult threat. Anything having to do with the overall AC lore or the Isu is only in DLC or optional content.
:lmao DLC straight up has a new "Cultist" menu with virtually the same mechanic with a different group called "Order of the Ancient"

even with the DLC, this game is quantity over quality

[Xevious]

:lmao DLC straight up has a new "Cultist" menu with virtually the same mechanic with a different group called "Order of the Ancient"

even with the DLC, this game is quantity over quality
It was a fun time waster and all... but I think I'm going to go back to ignoring the AC series. The reasons I enjoyed the early AC games are no longer there or have been played out, and there are far better open world games out there.

[spurraider21]

It was a fun time waster and all... but I think I'm going to go back to ignoring the AC series. The reasons I enjoyed the early AC games are no longer there or have been played out, and there are far better open world games out there.
im this far in, going to go ahead and complete the DLC... but yeah i'm with you. i have too much of a backlog to justify playing another AC game if they are just going to be time eaters. i still have Skyrim and Witcher 3 on my backlog, among other things

[Xevious]

im this far in, going to go ahead and complete the DLC... but yeah i'm with you. i have too much of a backlog to justify playing another AC game if they are just going to be time eaters. i still have Skyrim and Witcher 3 on my backlog, among other things
Hope you have a free year for Witcher 3. :lol

I'm both looking forward to and dreading Cyberpunk. I stop doing anything productive when I get into these big ass games.

[baseline bum]

im this far in, going to go ahead and complete the DLC... but yeah i'm with you. i have too much of a backlog to justify playing another AC game if they are just going to be time eaters. i still have Skyrim and Witcher 3 on my backlog, among other things

Two longest games I have ever played :lol

[baseline bum]

Hope you have a free year for Witcher 3. :lol

I'm both looking forward to and dreading Cyberpunk. I stop doing anything productive when I get into these big ass games.

I'm not going to play Cyberpunk until there is a next gen version with raytracing, hopefully in 2021. Because there is still good stuff to play this year but 2021 and 2022 are probably going to be shitty gaming years since the first couple of years in a new generation usually are. So one of those can be the year of Cyberpunk for me. :lol

[spurraider21]

I'm not going to play Cyberpunk until there is a next gen version with raytracing, hopefully in 2021. Because there is still good stuff to play this year but 2021 and 2022 are probably going to be shitty gaming years since the first couple of years in a new generation usually are. So one of those can be the year of Cyberpunk for me. :lol
the year of skyrim and witcher 3 for me maybe :lol

[Xevious]

I'm not going to play Cyberpunk until there is a next gen version with raytracing, hopefully in 2021. Because there is still good stuff to play this year but 2021 and 2022 are probably going to be shitty gaming years since the first couple of years in a new generation usually are. So one of those can be the year of Cyberpunk for me. :lol
Yeah I might do the same.

[baseline bum]

the year of skyrim and witcher 3 for me maybe :lol

So what are your backlog power rankings right now? I think my Top 5 goes:

1. Yakuza 4 on PS4
2. ペルソナ5スクランブル・ザファントムストライカーズ on Switch (no English localization even announced yet :cry)
3. Yakuza 5 on PS4
4. Kingdom Hearts on PS4
5. Drakengard 3 on PS3

Might end up waiting for PS5 to play Spiderman.

[spurraider21]

So what are your backlog power rankings right now? I think my Top 5 goes:

1. Yakuza 4 on PS4
2. ペルソナ5スクランブル・ザファントムストライカーズ on Switch (no English localization even announced yet :cry)
3. Yakuza 5 on PS4
4. Kingdom Hearts on PS4
5. Drakengard 3 on PS3

Might end up waiting for PS5 to play Spiderman.
you're going to play P5 again before playing Spiderman? bruh

[vander]

wow, Gears Tactics didn't even try. It's just the missions, there's nothing else to it.
This is less than an expansion of XCOM, this would be a side story DLC of XCOM

[spurraider21]

i still dont know what order i'm going to approach my backlog...

BioShock Collection (likely staggered between bigger games)
Witcher 3
Dark Souls 2
Dying Light
Yakuzo 0
Skyrim
Nioh
Metal Gear Solid V
Dark Souls 3
Fallout 4

baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) is there any concern about Skyrim being so dated that i should try playing it before the other titles, or do you think it will hold up? i thought Dark Souls: Remastered held up quite well

[baseline bum]

you're going to play P5 again before playing Spiderman? bruh

ペルソナ5スクランブル・ザファントムストライカーズ is a different game, it's an action game that is a sequel to the original Persona 5. Kind of like a Dynasty Warriors kind of game but in the Persona 5 universe. I played the demo and it was surprisingly awesome. Usually the Persona spinoffs are pretty boring like the Arena series and Dancing series. Only problem is my Japanese is nowhere even close to fluent so I can only really understand about half the sentences in it.

Spiderman I'm thinking I have waited this long anyways and hopefully it'll get a 60 fps patch to go along with the load times being zeroed out.

[spurraider21]

ペルソナ5スクランブル・ザファントムストライカーズ is a different game, it's an action game that is a sequel to the original Persona 5. Kind of like a Dynasty Warriors kind of game but in the Persona 5 universe. I played the demo and it was surprisingly awesome. Usually the Persona spinoffs are pretty boring like the Arena series and Dancing series. Only problem is my Japanese is nowhere even close to fluent so I can only really understand about half the sentences in it.

Spiderman I'm thinking I have waited this long anyways and hopefully it'll get a 60 fps patch to go along with the load times being zeroed out.
spiderman isn't a very long and laborious game. shouldnt take anything more than 25-30 hours and is one of the best games on the console

[baseline bum]

i still dont know what order i'm going to approach my backlog...

BioShock Collection (likely staggered between bigger games)
Witcher 3
Dark Souls 2
Dying Light
Yakuzo 0
Skyrim
Nioh
Metal Gear Solid V
Dark Souls 3
Fallout 4

baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) is there any concern about Skyrim being so dated that i should try playing it before the other titles, or do you think it will hold up? i thought Dark Souls: Remastered held up quite well

Skyrim is kind of a tough call, but I think you'll like it since you're a graphics nut. It looks old for sure, but I'll take art style and environment over graphical fidelity any day, and Skyrim is a beauitfully designed world. Sometimes I would just like to go climb mountains and see the world instead of fighting shit. I don't think it has aged as well as Dark Souls and it's not even in the same universe for combat. Combat is like medievil Fallout without VATS and focused mostly on close combat (though you can be an archer too, I usually am). As well as magic. But the environent is really immersive, the story is awesome, and the music is great too. I think it's a really impressive world that's the real star of the show.

It's funny, Bioshock is even older, but Bioshock's graphics absolutely hold up today 13 years later.

[spurraider21]

Skyrim is kind of a tough call, but I think you'll like it since you're a graphics nut. It looks old for sure, but I'll take art style and environment over graphical fidelity any day, and Skyrim is a beauitfully designed world. Sometimes I would just like to go climb mountains and see the world instead of fighting shit. I don't think it has aged as well as Dark Souls and it's not even in the same universe for combat. Combat is like medievil Fallout without VATS and focused mostly on close combat (though you can be an archer too, I usually am). As well as magic. But the environent is really immersive, the story is awesome, and the music is great too. I think it's a really impressive world that's the real star of the show.

It's funny, Bioshock is even older, but Bioshock's graphics absolutely hold up today 13 years later.
bioshock is also not nearly as ambitious in scope, as far as i'm aware, so its easier to make a neat, pretty game if its all scripted

[baseline bum]

bioshock is also not nearly as ambitious in scope, as far as i'm aware, so its easier to make a neat, pretty game if its all scripted

Still, pretty fucking impressive considering it was an early last-gen game. Bioshock's lighting really helps it here. It's such a dark game but I couldn't imagine it working nearly as well any other way. Bioshock Infinite is a much brighter game but I think the graphics hold up on it too. Infinite was a little beyond the capabilities of the 360 and PS3 though considering how much they had to dumb down textures. Should definitely be awesome on PS4 considering how easy it was to run on PC.

[chunticakes]

bioshock is also not nearly as ambitious in scope, as far as i'm aware, so its easier to make a neat, pretty game if its all scripted

I bought the collection myself, it was only like $15. I need to play it.

[Xevious]

Inside XBox right now is such a shitshow. A bunch of fucking cutscene trailers that don't show anything interesting about what the games actually look like.
:lol Is that where this Valhalla trailer came from? It's labeled as a "gameplay" trailer, but has zero shots of actual gameplay.

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[apalisoc_9]

you're going to play P5 again before playing Spiderman? bruh

Dis nigga has spiderman in a backlog?

:lmao
baseline bum

You enjoyed Ratchet and Clank, I can tell you spiderman better. I recall you saying you enjoyed R&C weapon system or something to that nature and spiderman borrows from R&C in that area.

[apalisoc_9]

i still dont know what order i'm going to approach my backlog...

BioShock Collection (likely staggered between bigger games)
Witcher 3
Dark Souls 2
Dying Light
Yakuzo 0
Skyrim
Nioh
Metal Gear Solid V
Dark Souls 3
Fallout 4

baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) is there any concern about Skyrim being so dated that i should try playing it before the other titles, or do you think it will hold up? i thought Dark Souls: Remastered held up quite well

Put Yakuza 0 fist. It was designed for ps3. You dont want to play it in 2023 when you own a ps5. :lol

Yakuza 0 is really like a masterpiece netflix series though. Once you get to a certain chapter you just wanna finish it :lol...but baseline bum told me i missed out because i only focused on narrative..

I heard all the other yakuzas don't even come close to yakuza 0 narrative, writing, acting so i never bothered with the other yakuza games...

[baseline bum]

Put Yakuza 0 fist. It was designed for ps3. You dont want to play it in 2023 when you own a ps5. :lol

Yakuza 0 is really like a masterpiece netflix series though. Once you get to a certain chapter you just wanna finish it :lol...but baseline bum told me i missed out because i only focused on narrative..

I heard all the other yakuzas don't even come close to yakuza 0 narrative, writing, acting so i never bothered with the other yakuza games...

Yakuza Kiwami and Kiwami 2 are pretty good stories too. They both focus on the rise of characters from 0 and Kiwami 2 even has a nice story with one of the other characters from 0. 3 is kind of weak on story, but then 3 is kind of weak on everything relative to the rest of the series I have played.

[baseline bum]

Dis nigga has spiderman in a backlog?

:lmao baseline bum

You enjoyed Ratchet and Clank, I can tell you spiderman better. I recall you saying you enjoyed R&C weapon system or something to that nature and spiderman borrows from R&C in that area.

I have been studying Japanese for a year so playing Japanese games with Japanese voices (and Japanese text when I can) is an easy way to put some study hours in while playing shit. One of the reasons I'm really interested in doing so is there are two Yakuza samurai games (龍が如く見参 and 龍が如く維新) that are supposed to be incredible but will never get localization outside of Japan. They take characters like Kiryu, Majima, Ryudo, and so on and put them in the time of the Meiji Restoration and they're badass samurai brawlers that play like the mainline Yakuza games in the same engines.

Here is 龍が如く維新！(Like a Dragon: Restoration)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkrwacqSWB8

[slick'81]

Just started streets of rage 4 on switch

[Joseph Kony]

i'm addicted to Fallout 76...help me... :depressed :lol

[Xevious]

i'm addicted to Fallout 76...help me... :depressed :lol
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[Joseph Kony]

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:lol :lol

that's pretty funny, but i'm assuming this was made before the wastelanders update. the bugs in this video are hilarious though, i haven't had any issues like that but :lmao :lmao worst bug i've encountered really is a floating set of power armor

[spurraider21]

Gotta give props where due. Fate of Atlantis DLC is great so far. Best part of the game

[spurraider21]

just picked up Rise of the Tomb Raider (20 year celebration, comes with DLC) for $9 off the PS store. there are some decent deals right now. this sale ends tomorrow morning

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/comments/gac1p7/games_under_20_sale_na_psn_ends_513_8am_pt/

[baseline bum]

just picked up Rise of the Tomb Raider (20 year celebration, comes with DLC) for $9 off the PS store. there are some decent deals right now. this sale ends tomorrow morning

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/comments/gac1p7/games_under_20_sale_na_psn_ends_513_8am_pt/

I like how The Evil Within 2 is $29.99 in that Games Under $20 Sale. ROTR is pretty awesome. I don't think it's quite as good as Tomb Raider 2013, especially without the snuff film death cutscenes, but still a great game.

[spurraider21]

I like how The Evil Within 2 is $29.99 in that Games Under $20 Sale. ROTR is pretty awesome. I don't think it's quite as good as Tomb Raider 2013, especially without the snuff film death cutscenes, but still a great game.
from what i've read people consider Rise to be the best of the 3. but even if its only 80% as good as Tomb Raider 2013 thats still well worth $9

[baseline bum]

from what i've read people consider Rise to be the best of the 3. but even if its only 80% as good as Tomb Raider 2013 thats still well worth $9

I'd put it more at like 95% as good as TR 2013. They're close. I do like the setting a lot more in ROTR though.

[Joseph Kony]

ROTR is the best of three imho. i am actually going to play it on PC for the first time when i run out of new stuff to play

[apalisoc_9]

just picked up Rise of the Tomb Raider (20 year celebration, comes with DLC) for $9 off the PS store. there are some decent deals right now. this sale ends tomorrow morning

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/comments/gac1p7/games_under_20_sale_na_psn_ends_513_8am_pt/

8.5/10 game. you'll enjoy it.

[baseline bum]

from what i've read people consider Rise to be the best of the 3. but even if its only 80% as good as Tomb Raider 2013 thats still well worth $9

Did you play the Ezio trilogy of AC games? If not, this is a fucking deal. AC2 and AC Brotherhood are incredible. AC Revelations is pretty good but not at the level of the other two.

https://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Creed-Ezio-Collection-PlayStation-4/dp/B01LXHDC8I

EDIT: Nevermind, I see this goes on sale cheaper a lot on PSN.

[spurraider21]

Did you play the Ezio trilogy of AC games? If not, this is a fucking deal. AC2 and AC Brotherhood are incredible. AC Revelations is pretty good but not at the level of the other two.

https://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Creed-Ezio-Collection-PlayStation-4/dp/B01LXHDC8I

EDIT: Nevermind, I see this goes on sale cheaper a lot on PSN.
i played AC2, and AC3 remastered came with my purchase of Odyssey

[baseline bum]

i played AC2, and AC3 remastered came with my purchase of Odyssey

AC3 isn't Ezio Trilogy, it's whole new storyline. Too bad you can't get AC Brotherhood by itself for PS4, I think it's even better than AC II and is the direct sequel to AC II.

[spurraider21]

AC3 isn't Ezio Trilogy, it's whole new storyline. Too bad you can't get AC Brotherhood by itself for PS4, I think it's even better than AC II and is the direct sequel to AC II.
ah, i never played brotherhood. a good friend of mine loved brotherhood and for some time was the top ranked player on the MP ladder in that

[spurraider21]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/comments/gj1k1n/extended_play_sale_na_psn_ends_526/

more good deals... for those who dont have it the Batman Arkham Collection for $18 is amazing value. 3 very good games.

witcher 3 complete edition going for $15 again. it's the lowest i've seen it, and how much i bought if for during one of those PS+ double savings sales


also, 1 year of PS Plus for $30 here

https://www.cdkeys.com/playstation-network-psn/playstation-plus/1-year-playstation-plus-membership-ps3-ps4-ps-vita-digital-code?mw_aref=jktoys (https://www.cdkeys.com/playstation-network-psn/playstation-plus/1-year-playstation-plus-membership-ps3-ps4-ps-vita-digital-code?mw_aref=jktoys)

[Reck]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur0pQblaZcE

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[Xevious]

:tu

[baseline bum]

Hopefully Sucker Punch does as good a job with their first try into Souls like combat with Tsushima that Santa Monica was able to accomplish with God of War. Every trailer I see for Tsushima looks amazing. Too bad it got fucking pushed back a month because of the TLOU II leaks. :pctoss

[Reck]

Showtime niggas.

[baseline bum]

This looks way cutdown graphically from the E3 presentation in 2018.

[baseline bum]

IDK, this looks like a maybe pick up when it's $20 if I have nothing else to play kind of game. Looks like a massive massive graphical downgrade and cookie cutter stealth and close range combat. I did think the Akira Kurosawa windy stormy black and white film-grain mode looked interesting though. Probably play it like that if I do get the game.

[Reck]

That's it? :lol I thought State of Play was a full event at least an hour long.

Game looks good. Stream was spotty. Lots of frame drops on my end.

[baseline bum]

That's it? :lol I thought State of Play was a full event at least an hour long.

Game looks good. Stream was spotty. Lots of frame drops on my end.

It looked like 360 gen Assassins Creed in Japan with mid-gen PS4 graphics. Very unimpressed with everything but the black and white mode. Was expecting so much more out of Sucker Punch. つまんねー

[Xevious]

Yeah I don't know. For some reason I'm even less excited after watching that. I did like that the combat is largely one-hit kills instead of hacking away at people. But I got a huge Assassins Creed vibe from the gameplay, and having just played through Odyssey, I have no interest in playing another game like that for a while. This may be a next-gen purchase for me.

Props for actually showing gameplay though. LOL Ubisoft.

[baseline bum]

Yeah I don't know. For some reason I'm even less excited after watching that. I did like that the combat is largely one-hit kills instead of hacking away at people. But I got a huge Assassins Creed vibe from the gameplay, and having just played through Odyssey, I have no interest in playing another game like that for a while. This may be a next-gen purchase for me.

Props for actually showing gameplay though. LOL Ubisoft.

Even comparing it to AC seems kind of out of line on second thought. I haven't played any of the current gen AC, but last gen AC at least had a lot of interesting vertical exploration. This looks like poor man's AC. Also not a fan of the slow motion kills trying to copy the style of the movie 300. I went and watched it again because the Playstation live stream was pretty awful and this still looks like a 6/10 game to me. Passable, but nothing I'm particularly interested in. Even though I'm hugely interested in games about Japan. :lol

So far 2020 looks like a dud. Persona 5 Royal was awesome but Ghost of Tsushima looks like crap, Dying Light 2 probably doesn't come out this year, and TLOU Part II sounds a bit disappointing. The only must buy for me this year after P5R is Yakuza 7, which looks incredible in everything I have seen about it. And hopefully Cyberpunk lives up to the hype. Probably the only other games I'm hyped about are the rumored Switch remasters of Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2. :lol

EDIT: I guess if we count Japan-only games, Persona 5 Scramble is a pretty awesome 2020 game too. Too bad no announcement of western localization yet.

[apalisoc_9]

The Pros

Cuztomization and exploration seems decent. Ghost mode definitly looks interesting.

Cons

Really have no idea how fluid the sword combat is. No idea who is initiating slow down and very little info really.

Could be a 10/10 game if combat is good with great narrative..

Most likely

an 8.5./9 game

As low as

7/10 though if the combat is trash and intenresting.

[Xevious]

Even comparing it to AC seems kind of out of line on second thought. I haven't played any of the current gen AC, but last gen AC at least had a lot of interesting vertical exploration. This looks like poor man's AC. Also not a fan of the slow motion kills trying to copy the style of the movie 300. I went and watched it again because the Playstation live stream was pretty awful and this still looks like a 6/10 game to me. Passable, but nothing I'm particularly interested in. Even though I'm hugely interested in games about Japan. :lol
To me it looks remarkably similar to Odyssey.. like the way they describe exploration. Odyssey attempted something similar, they make you look for visual cues and marking objectives with your eagle instead of just following waypoints around. To me it didn't work real well and you were constantly staring at the map anyway. The combat also looks similar though the enemies seem less spongy. Even the mundane task of collecting plants/wood has the exact same visual style.

[Xevious]

dp

[baseline bum]

dp

Bend over, I'll show you dp.

[Xevious]

:lol

[Joseph Kony]

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that was...not what i expected lol. game looks okay though, not sure thats gonna be a day one purchase for me tho tbh

[ElNono]

Haven't played it yet, but from that video I get a RDR-type of game set in feudal japan. We'll see what they put into the story.

[spurraider21]

Just finished AC Odyssey including both DLCs

im not going to pretend to understand the “modern” storyline whatsoever. I thought the combat in the 2nd DLC was deeper because enemies could fuck with your adrenaline meter and the bosses were actually somewhat challenging (i played on Hard, not Nightmare).

The game as a whole is the epitome of quantity over quality. IMO has zero replay value and felt like a chore to play at times. Gameplay as a whole was mind numbingly repetitive and voluminous, with virtually no narrative value to keep you engaged. Great way to kill time during a pandemic but not a good game imo. Not a game I’d particularly recommend unless you love open world games with icon littered maps and very button mashy combat. Very shallow rpg elements besides the skill trees that somewhat get you to commit to specific combat styles. Choices have little impact. Leveling up does nothing. Gear is instantly obsolete.

Just bad.

looking forward to eventually playing Witcher 3 so i can play a massive open world game apparently done right. Not right away though, going to play bioshock next

[apalisoc_9]

Just finished AC Odyssey including both DLCs

im not going to pretend to understand the “modern” storyline whatsoever. I thought the combat in the 2nd DLC was deeper because enemies could fuck with your adrenaline meter and the bosses were actually somewhat challenging (i played on Hard, not Nightmare).

The game as a whole is the epitome of quantity over quality. IMO has zero replay value and felt like a chore to play at times. Gameplay as a whole was mind numbingly repetitive and voluminous, with virtually no narrative value to keep you engaged. Great way to kill time during a pandemic but not a good game imo. Not a game I’d particularly recommend unless you love open world games with icon littered maps and very button mashy combat. Very shallow rpg elements besides the skill trees that somewhat get you to commit to specific combat styles. Choices have little impact. Leveling up does nothing. Gear is instantly obsolete.

Just bad.

looking forward to eventually playing Witcher 3 so i can play a massive open world game apparently done right. Not right away though, going to play bioshock next

witcher 3 combat is so underwhelming. Almost poor tbh. Maybe because I keep on comapring it to God of war.

[Xevious]

Just finished AC Odyssey including both DLCs

im not going to pretend to understand the “modern” storyline whatsoever. I thought the combat in the 2nd DLC was deeper because enemies could fuck with your adrenaline meter and the bosses were actually somewhat challenging (i played on Hard, not Nightmare).

The game as a whole is the epitome of quantity over quality. IMO has zero replay value and felt like a chore to play at times. Gameplay as a whole was mind numbingly repetitive and voluminous, with virtually no narrative value to keep you engaged. Great way to kill time during a pandemic but not a good game imo. Not a game I’d particularly recommend unless you love open world games with icon littered maps and very button mashy combat. Very shallow rpg elements besides the skill trees that somewhat get you to commit to specific combat styles. Choices have little impact. Leveling up does nothing. Gear is instantly obsolete.

Just bad.

looking forward to eventually playing Witcher 3 so i can play a massive open world game apparently done right. Not right away though, going to play bioshock next
What I found odd too was that they took out any thought or planning to the climbing/parkour. You just hold down X/A/or whatever and climb up any smooth surface. And then after lvl 20, there's no fall damage. IIRC, you had to plan your routes a little better in the older games.

[spurraider21]

playing through BioShock for the first time, it's quite good. it actually feels quite a bit like Portal when it comes to the art/design of the world, the telling of the story through audiotapes, etc. very good stuff

as for the gameplay, the shooting mechanics are very basic, but the different weapons and ammo types add some good variety. in the very early stages of the game it almost felt like a survival/horror game as i was constantly scrounging for ammo. however, by this point in the game (i'm in the garden area), im almost always up to full capacity on all things with the exception of certain ammo types like armor piercing rounds

i also find the vita chamber system to be possibly the most forgiving checkpoint system i can ever remember in a game tbh :lol... even on hard difficulty. could literally chip away at a big daddy's health with the wrench, die, respawn, repeat, over and over again if you want to kill one without using any ammo or health packs. would take quite a while, though

it also took me a while to realize that big daddies keep respawning and that you dont actually have to engage them :lol

[baseline bum]

Supposedly Playstation State of Play Sale starts May 25th.

[baseline bum]

Shit, meant Days of Play Sale.

[spurraider21]

playing through BioShock for the first time, it's quite good. it actually feels quite a bit like Portal when it comes to the art/design of the world, the telling of the story through audiotapes, etc. very good stuff

as for the gameplay, the shooting mechanics are very basic, but the different weapons and ammo types add some good variety. in the very early stages of the game it almost felt like a survival/horror game as i was constantly scrounging for ammo. however, by this point in the game (i'm in the garden area), im almost always up to full capacity on all things with the exception of certain ammo types like armor piercing rounds

i also find the vita chamber system to be possibly the most forgiving checkpoint system i can ever remember in a game tbh :lol... even on hard difficulty. could literally chip away at a big daddy's health with the wrench, die, respawn, repeat, over and over again if you want to kill one without using any ammo or health packs. would take quite a while, though

it also took me a while to realize that big daddies keep respawning and that you dont actually have to engage them :lol
finished the game. all things considered held up pretty well, and i imagine it would have been mind blowing if i played it around 2007-2008 around its release. same thought after having played shadow of the colossus.

i wonder if the later installments have better aim-down-sights features than this one.

[baseline bum]

finished the game. all things considered held up pretty well, and i imagine it would have been mind blowing if i played it around 2007-2008 around its release. same thought after having played shadow of the colossus.

i wonder if the later installments have better aim-down-sights features than this one.

It was amazing at launch, at least on 360. Easily the second most impressive game I had seen that gen at the time (Elder Scrolls Oblivion was #1). If you're going to continue the series right now I have to warn 2 feels very much like 1, especially in setting. Infinite is brightly colored and vibrant though and in combination with the skyhook, the game feels quite different from the first while still having plasmids and the weird hacking minigames. Not that 2 is a bad game, I find it hugely underrated.

[spurraider21]

It was amazing at launch, at least on 360. Easily the second most impressive game I had seen that gen at the time (Elder Scrolls Oblivion was #1). If you're going to continue the series right now I have to warn 2 feels very much like 1, especially in setting. Infinite is brightly colored and vibrant though and in combination with the skyhook, the game feels quite different from the first while still having plasmids and the weird hacking minigames. Not that 2 is a bad game, I find it hugely underrated.
nah, not going to jump straight into 2.

i like the idea of a linear FPS to break up the monotony between larger open world games. i also picked up The Stick of Truth for about $9 recently as another palate-cleanser.

from the more massive games/titles, i still have Dark Souls 2/3, Nioh, Witcher 3, Fallout 4, Skyrim, Metal Gear Solid V, Days Gone.

still also have Dying Light, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Yakuza 0 and Kiwami

[ElNono]

yeah, BioShock was great, tbh... I wasn't much into FPS back them but those had an enjoyable story and very well done...

[baseline bum]

nah, not going to jump straight into 2.

i like the idea of a linear FPS to break up the monotony between larger open world games. i also picked up The Stick of Truth for about $9 recently as another palate-cleanser.

from the more massive games/titles, i still have Dark Souls 2/3, Nioh, Witcher 3, Fallout 4, Skyrim, Metal Gear Solid V, Days Gone.

still also have Dying Light, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Yakuza 0 and Kiwami

Stick of Truth is awesome, easily the funniest game I have ever played and the turn based combat is really good too. The combat is very similar to Super Mario RPG if you ever played that back on the SNES (another great RPG by the way). Though Persona 5 Royal is the gold standard for turn based RPGs on PS4.

[baseline bum]

yeah, BioShock was great, tbh... I wasn't much into FPS back them but those had an enjoyable story and very well done...

You ever played Bioshock Infinite? I liked it even more than the first. Also, on a 1-10 scale, with 10 being an alltime great game like God of War and 1 being GTA IV, what would you rate Nioh 2? Did you finish it?

[spurraider21]

You ever played Bioshock Infinite? I liked it even more than the first. Also, on a 1-10 scale, with 10 being an alltime great game like God of War and 1 being GTA IV, what would you rate Nioh 2? Did you finish it?
:lol your hate boner for that game is pretty absurd

[spurraider21]

Stick of Truth is awesome, easily the funniest game I have ever played and the turn based combat is really good too. The combat is very similar to Super Mario RPG if you ever played that back on the SNES (another great RPG by the way). Though Persona 5 Royal is the gold standard for turn based RPGs on PS4.
im not going to touch persona until i finish every game i have already listed on my backlog + TLOU2 + nioh 2

[baseline bum]

im not going to touch persona until i finish every game i have already listed on my backlog + TLOU2 + nioh 2

So never basically? :lol

[baseline bum]

:lol your hate boner for that game is pretty absurd

Niko drives like an Asian woman.

[ElNono]

You ever played Bioshock Infinite? I liked it even more than the first. Also, on a 1-10 scale, with 10 being an alltime great game like God of War and 1 being GTA IV, what would you rate Nioh 2? Did you finish it?

Yes, I played all of them. Just excellent games.

I would rate Nioh 2 a 7. I didn't finish it yet, but I took a break from it to play some new games. I'm actually back at it today.

I think you would enjoy it way more than I am.

[Reck]

Spurraider get yourself Dishonored if you haven't played it. Arkane studios, the same guys responsible for Bioshock iirc.

[spurraider21]

So never basically? :lol
:tu

[baseline bum]

Yes, I played all of them. Just excellent games.

I would rate Nioh 2 a 7. I didn't finish it yet, but I took a break from it to play some new games. I'm actually back at it today.

I think you would enjoy it way more than I am.

I liked but didn't love the first. Maybe I'll grab Nioh 2 when it's $20 or when it hits the CODEX store. Will be $40 in the Days of Play Sale next month but I ain't paying $40 for anything going in the backlog tbh.

[baseline bum]

Spurraider get yourself Dishonored if you haven't played it. Arkane studios, the same guys responsible for Bioshock iirc.

Is Dishonored kind of a stealth game or what?

[Reck]

Is Dishonored kind of a stealth game or what?

It’s both.

you can bulldoze your way through the game or you can go unnoticed and not kill one pixel.

The killing route makes the game more challenging but it’s not done in a punitive way. Each way has its own perks too.

the fun in this game comes in the way of it not getting in your way. It doesn’t dictate how you can approach a mission or how to eliminate (or not) your targets. You can kill them, set them up so the law can deal with them or let them go.

All of which have consequences later in the game.

[ElNono]

It’s both.

you can bulldoze your way through the game or you can go unnoticed and not kill one pixel.

The killing route makes the game more challenging but it’s not done in a punitive way. Each way has its own perks too.

the fun in this game comes in the way of it not getting in your way. It doesn’t dictate how you can approach a mission or how to eliminate (or not) your targets. You can kill them, set them up so the law can deal with them or let them go.

All of which have consequences later in the game.

I liked the first one, played it through, but couldn't get into the 2nd one, tbh...

[ElNono]

I liked but didn't love the first. Maybe I'll grab Nioh 2 when it's $20 or when it hits the CODEX store. Will be $40 in the Days of Play Sale next month but I ain't paying $40 for anything going in the backlog tbh.

Haven't played the first one. There was some DLC announced for Nioh 2 recently, so while eventually it'll inevitably come down in price, it might take a bit.

[Reck]

I liked the first one, played it through, but couldn't get into the 2nd one, tbh...

Exactly. I'm the same way.

I was going to mention that the first one is the one but didn't want to sound discouraging and make it sound the second game is bad. It's good, just not as good.

[Joseph Kony]

Welp, looks like my fallout 76 run is over tbh. 91 hours of fun and now have a game breaking bug and cannot even play the fucking game now :lol shoulda known

[baseline bum]

Damn just installed Sekiro and I see you can play in full Japanese on the PC version. Is the story all that interesting in Sekiro? If it has a really great story I'll play in English but otherwise I'd rather play in Japanese to get some reading practice. apalisoc_9? spurraider21?

[spurraider21]

Damn just installed Sekiro and I see you can play in full Japanese on the PC version. Is the story all that interesting in Sekiro? If it has a really great story I'll play in English but otherwise I'd rather play in Japanese to get some reading practice. apalisoc_9 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11260)? spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905)?
as far as the story... its no Last of Us, God of War, Horizon... but its miles better than Dark Souls/Bloodborne (yes i know those games supposedly have fantastic lore if you read item descriptions. sekiro has some of that as well)

from what i've read a lot of players still play in full japanese and just use english subs for a more authentic experience. its not that dialogue heavy regardless.

[baseline bum]

its not Last of Us, God of War, Horizon... but its miles better than Dark Souls/Bloodborne (yes i know those games supposedly have fantastic lore if you read item descriptions. sekiro has some of that as well)

from what i've read a lot of players still play in full japanese and just use english subs for a more authentic experience. its not that dialogue heavy.

Nah by full Japanese I meant playing with Japanese voices, Japanese subs, and Japanese UI. If the story isn't mind-blowing I'll just play it like that then and whatever I don't understand I guess I'll miss. My Japanese is only at a JLPT N4 level so I'll miss a lot. Probably need to be more like N3 level to not get lost a lot, though if it's really artsy (like Persona 5) it might be using a lot of N1 level grammar and vocabulary.

That's probably the only big thing I don't like about Playstation: that I can't play a game from one region in multiple languages. PC games you almost always can select language. I can usually play US region Switch games in full Japanese (eg voices + subs + ui) by setting the system language to Japanese. But on PS4 the only game I have played where you can have Japanese subs is NieR Automata.

[spurraider21]

Nah by full Japanese I meant playing with Japanese voices, Japanese subs, and Japanese UI. If the story isn't mind-blowing I'll just play it like that then and whatever I don't understand I guess I'll miss. My Japanese is only at a JLPT N4 level so I'll miss a lot. Probably need to be more like N3 level to not get lost a lot, though if it's really artsy (like Persona 5) it might be using a lot of N1 level grammar and vocabulary.

That's probably the only big thing I don't like about Playstation: that I can't play a game from one region in multiple languages. PC games you almost always can select language. I can usually play US region Switch games in full Japanese (eg voices + subs + ui) by setting the system language to Japanese. But on PS4 the only game I have played where you can have Japanese subs is NieR Automata.
oh. well part of the dialogue is going to tell you what you're supposed to do next... so you have to be able to keep up to some extent. but the story itself isn't anything special

[apalisoc_9]

Damn just installed Sekiro and I see you can play in full Japanese on the PC version. Is the story all that interesting in Sekiro? If it has a really great story I'll play in English but otherwise I'd rather play in Japanese to get some reading practice. apalisoc_9? spurraider21?

It's better than Bloodborne and Dark Souls, but it's no last of us.

I would recommend English imo.

The voice acting in english is surprisingly decent

[baseline bum]

It's better than Bloodborne and Dark Souls, but it's no last of us.

I would recommend English imo.

The voice acting in english is surprisingly decent

English voice acting in Japanese games has come a long way since Shenmue. :lol

Can't think of any game I have played in years where I thought the English voice acting was bad. I was just wondering if it was like Nioh, which has great action but the stupidest story, one so bad I could give a shit if I was playing it in Russian or Cantonese or Vulgar Latin.

[baseline bum]

oh. well part of the dialogue is going to tell you what you're supposed to do next... so you have to be able to keep up to some extent. but the story itself isn't anything special

I can probably handle directions and commands in Japanese. If not I'll just look up a walkthrough. :lol

[Reck]

English voice acting in Japanese games has come a long way since Shenmue. :lol

Can't think of any game I have played in years where I thought the English voice acting was bad. I was just wondering if it was like Nioh, which has great action but the stupidest story, one so bad I could give a shit if I was playing it in Russian or Cantonese or Vulgar Latin.

The voice in Shenmue is completely fine. The problem was the tone and robotic delivery.

Corey Marshal has an awesome gaming voice. The voice actress for Nozomi is also well done.

Hell the entire english cast is good sans Tom.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwZv-xic6JA

I'LL ALLOW YOU TO DIE LIKE A WARRIOR!

EPIC!!

[Heath Ledger]

Ive been playing modern warfare on a ASIS ROG GX701 WITH THESE SPECS

CPU
Intel Core i7-8750H (6C / 12T @ up to 4.1 GHz), 9M Cache, 45W TDP, 14nm
RAM
16GB 2666MHz DDR4 + 8GB Soldered Onboard RAM
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 8GB GDDR6
Storage
1TB PCIe G3X4 NVMe SSD
Display
17.3″ FHD (1920 X 1080) 144Hz Anti-Glare IPS Wide View Pantone Validated display with G-Sync (3ms response, 100% sRGB)


GOOD TIMES! I PICKED THIS 3500 LAPTOP UP FOR $1000 AND A GLOCK I HAD 500 INTO.

[spurraider21]

I can probably handle directions and commands in Japanese. If not I'll just look up a walkthrough. :lol
A walkthrough is probably needed to access one of the optional bosses which was probably the best fight in the game

[apalisoc_9]

I can probably handle directions and commands in Japanese. If not I'll just look up a walkthrough. :lol

There's a few optional mini boss fights and some optional major boss fights that would require a walkthrough anyway.

Sekiro story has some substance. It's not nioh :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Let me put this way, I actually found the story enjoyable.

[baseline bum]

A walkthrough is probably needed to access one of the optional bosses which was probably the best fight in the game

Shit prob will look at a walkthrough then. I don't care much about the story, just want all the good fights like in Bloodborne.

[baseline bum]

A walkthrough is probably needed to access one of the optional bosses which was probably the best fight in the game

Shit prob will look at a walkthrough then. I don't care much about the story, just want all the good fights like in Bloodborne.

[apalisoc_9]

spurraider21 Baseline bum

I remember watching advent childen ff7 movie and watching all the combats in those movies and wondered if we will ever find a combat system that will be as fluid.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2hmmn7nQKk


There is slight spoiler here...dont watch baseline bum if you care for story.

It's basically cloud vs sephrioth in sekiro.

[spurraider21]

Shit prob will look at a walkthrough then. I don't care much about the story, just want all the good fights like in Bloodborne.
Only matters near the end

[apalisoc_9]

CJ vs Big Smoke in Sekrio


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


:lol

[apalisoc_9]

Only matters near the end

If you want all mini bosses, you might need a walkthrough imo. Some of the locations are so random. Like the ninja in hirata state

[spurraider21]

If you want all mini bosses, you might need a walkthrough imo. Some of the locations are so random. Like the ninja in hirata state
Yeah that one too. But that’s just a miniboss. You can also miss some headless easily

[Xevious]

The voice in Shenmue is completely fine. The problem was the tone and robotic delivery.

Corey Marshal has an awesome gaming voice. The voice actress for Nozomi is also well done.

Hell the entire english cast is good sans Tom.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwZv-xic6JA

I'LL ALLOW YOU TO DIE LIKE A WARRIOR!

EPIC!!
Compare that to this:
P59BhyfweAU
Night and day. The English voice acting in Shenmue was always shit. And the secondary/background characters were even worse.

[Reck]

This is America, Paulie!

Japanese sounds better in just about any context. The language is just....flowy.

YAMERU!!

Shout it and tell me that doesn’t sound badass.

[Xevious]

This is America, Paulie!

Japanese sounds better in just about any context. The language is just....flowy.

YAMERU!!

Shout it and tell me that doesn’t sound badass.
It's more than that. Japanese is a beautiful sounding language, and it sounds more authentic in this context... but the acting itself is just better, less cheesy.

[baseline bum]

This is America, Paulie!

Japanese sounds better in just about any context. The language is just....flowy.

YAMERU!!

Shout it and tell me that doesn’t sound badass.

You sure you're not thinking of "yamero!!"? Yameru is a verb meaning to stop doing something, but "yamero" is a command that can be like "stop it" between friends and family but is more like "fucking stop this shit" in other contexts where it's extremely rude. You'll probably also hear "yamete" which is also the "stop" command, but it has kind of an implied "please". It's still pretty rude but not outwardly aggressive like "yamero" would be. The nicer way to say "please stop" would be "yamete kudasai" which you might also hear too. The "kudasai" is the explicit "please" there.

[Reck]

You sure you're not thinking of "yamero!!"? Yameru is a verb meaning to stop doing something, but "yamero" is a command that can be like "stop it" between friends and family but is more like "fucking stop this shit" in other contexts where it's extremely rude. You'll probably also hear "yamete" which is also the "stop" command, but it has kind of an implied "please". It's still pretty rude but not outwardly aggressive like "yamero" would be. The nicer way to say "please stop" would be "yamete kudasai" which you might also hear too. The "kudasai" is the explicit "please" there.

I just gave it the quick google translate.

I was going to go with "matte" since that's the word I most often hear but wanted to sound more badass. :lol

Back in the day I used to watch a lot of anime in japanese and the language always fascinated me. Still does but like you said, it's such a complex language to learn I just gave up.

I can probably pick up a handful of words but no way could I follow even a simple conversation.

It was like trying to learn italian. Similar to spanish but written in a completely different way. Very confusing.

[baseline bum]

I just gave it the quick google translate.

I was going to go with "matte" since that's the word I most often hear but wanted to sound more badass. :lol

Back in the day I used to watch a lot of anime in japanese and the language always fascinated me. Still does but like you said, it's such a complex language to learn I just gave up.

I can probably pick up a handful of words but no way could I follow even a simple conversation.

It was like trying to learn italian. Similar to spanish but written in a completely different way. Very confusing.

"Matte" is the command "wait", a little rude but with the implied please. "Mate" is a much ruder, aggressive command for "wait", with no implied please. Where you'll often hear matte is in "chotto matte" = wait a sec or "chotto matte kudasai" = wait a second please (with the explicit please).

A few other useful words:

ore: I (informal, masculine)
ware: I (formal, cringy anime-speak)
omae: you (more like "you bastard" though unless between friends)
kisama: you (more like "you piece of shit" though)
kuso: shit, god damnit, feces
ttaku: jesus christ (not literally, but used the same way, like jesus christ my order is taking a long time)
sugoi / sugei / yabai / yabei: wow

[baseline bum]

Rumor going around that the XBox is going to be launched in Japan as a Sega console. Oh man that would be awesome since it would mean both XBox and PC would likely get a ton of Japanese games that are what has made Playstation so appealing to me this gen. Damn if XBox and PC can start getting the 龍が如く series (eg Yakuza) first run and then all the Atlus games too...

[spurraider21]

Rumor going around that the XBox is going to be launched in Japan as a Sega console. Oh man that would be awesome since it would mean both XBox and PC would likely get a ton of Japanese games that are what has made Playstation so appealing to me this gen. Damn if XBox and PC can start getting the 龍が如く series (eg Yakuza) first run and then all the Atlus games too...
Have you started Sekiro?

[baseline bum]

Have you started Sekiro?

Not yet, gonna do a ninth playthrough of Persona 5 first.

[spurraider21]

Not yet, gonna do a ninth playthrough of Persona 5 first.
:lol

[ElNono]

got to the final battle of Nioh 2, and i'm so burned out. I downloaded the DLCs for AC Odyssey and gonna play that for a while.

[Reck]

Not yet, gonna do a ninth playthrough of Persona 5 first.

What's your favorite soundtrack of the game?

Shido's palace theme is life. The main theme is also great. This game has the chillest music in any video game I have ever played. And trust me, coming from a guy who thinks Shenmue's soundtrack is at the top.

Come to think of it, they are very similar. They both make good use of jazzy vibey music.

[spurraider21]

got to the final battle of Nioh 2, and i'm so burned out. I downloaded the DLCs for AC Odyssey and gonna play that for a while.
from what i read people were mostly shitting on the lore elements of the DLCs but i dont pretend to understand the lore anyway. i think the legacy of the first blade dlc was bland and nothing new gameplay wise. fate of atlantis was actually refreshing/new imo. new map areas for each of its 3 chapters

[baseline bum]

What's your favorite soundtrack of the game?

Shido's palace theme is life. The main theme is also great. This game has the chillest music in any video game I have ever played. And trust me, coming from a guy who thinks Shenmue's soundtrack is at the top.

Come to think of it, they are very similar. They both make good use of jazzy vibey music.

I liked the theme from Futaba's palace, it's like you hear her scream from pain and then hear her sadness in the theme. Though I also really like the theme in Kamoshida's palace, and the final theme from Royal is amazing too right before the final bossfight. Best battle theme is Rivers in the Desert by far, though I still haven't done the third hidden bossfight in Royal and I wonder if that one might have a unique battle theme I haven't heard.

[ElNono]

from what i read people were mostly shitting on the lore elements of the DLCs but i dont pretend to understand the lore anyway. i think the legacy of the first blade dlc was bland and nothing new gameplay wise. fate of atlantis was actually refreshing/new imo. new map areas for each of its 3 chapters

:tu just need a chance of pace... got tired of the constant grinding.

[apalisoc_9]

:tu just need a chance of pace... got tired of the constant grinding.

Play FIFA with ronaldo as your striker

[baseline bum]

:tu just need a chance of pace... got tired of the constant grinding.

Bend over, I'll show you constant grinding.

[IronMexican]

Nope, IronMexican hates it just as much.

Thanks for the shoutout, man.


It's shit

[SpursforSix]

I'm almost done dominating Yoshi's Crafted World.

[chunticakes]

Finally finished Witcher 3 plus both DLCs. Only took me 209 hours. Now my life feels empty. :lol

[Reck]

Finally finished Witcher 3 plus both DLCs. Only took me 209 hours. Now my life feels empty. :lol

That does not seem very long.

Persona 5 is a much shorter and self contained game and that one only took me around 105 hours. Took me a month or so.

From first trophy to last according to psn profile:

22nd Sep 2019
8:35:31 AM


16th Oct 2019
7:08:18 AM

[spurraider21]

Finally finished Witcher 3 plus both DLCs. Only took me 209 hours. Now my life feels empty. :lol
i just started. its going to take a while to adjust. the menu feels clunky to go through. i hate games with big crafting systems, too much shit to learn. and remembering the damn symbols of my magic abilities... the combat is pretty weak too imo. but the voice acting in this has been very good in the early going