What are you playing right now?

[apalisoc_9]

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

How a game with very bad comabt ended up with 10s is beyond me. The Witcher 3 combat is beyond atrocious.

You Playing good of war, bloodborne just recently and specially sekiro the last game you played...

How do you even have the patience for witcher 3?

[Joseph Kony]

the combat in those games is not even that different. block, dodge, hack and slash, etc. its all fairly similar.

[spurraider21]

the combat in those games is not even that different. block, dodge, hack and slash, etc. its all fairly similar.
eh. the camera in witcher is very funky, doesnt stay behind you at all. also dont really feel any weight to your attacks. i just took out the griffin so im pretty early on. hopefully as i unlock more of those signs/abilities it will vary it up. the early parts of god of war (especially on higher difficulty) felt like a drag as well before you started getting runics and abilities

[spurraider21]

also Days of Play Sale is up. a lot of great deals tbh. some even better than black friday stuff, some not as good.

i already have a disc for Dark Souls 3 but its only the basic addition with no DLC, which has been highly recommended, so i'm just going to buy the deluxe edition here and get rid of the disc on amazon or something. shadow of the tomb raider deluxe edition for just under $20 seems like a great deal as well, i've never seen in remotely that low.

some of my recommendations would be

Arkham Knight for $4
Bioshock Collection for $12
Dark Souls Remastered for $20 is about as good as you're going to find it

Spiderman deluxe for $20
God of War for $15

I haven't played it yet, but $15 for Days Gone seems like a good deal as well

ends June 17 in NA


https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/comments/gvw6j5/days_of_play_sale_psn_us/

[Leetonidas]

Days Gone at 15 bucks is a steal. My favorite game of 2019 tbh :tu

[baseline bum]

Days Gone at 15 bucks is a steal. My favorite game of 2019 tbh :tu

Better than Gal Gun 2?

[baseline bum]

also Days of Play Sale is up. a lot of great deals tbh. some even better than black friday stuff, some not as good.


Days of Play looks kind of disappointing tbh. Guess Judgment is never getting the $20 treatment. Tempted to buy Uncharted Lost Legacy for $10, but I think I have seen it go to $5 a few times and I always want to be as joooze as possible when a game is going into the backlog. LOL at the pandemic driving so many console sales they didn't even put a system on sale this year.

[lefty]

Not playing much these days, but when I do I play some Sega retro games

[SpursforSix]

Has anyone played or been playing Outer Worlds? It's been available for X-Box / PS since Fall I think. But about to be released for Switch.

[baseline bum]

Not playing much these days, but when I do I play some Sega retro games

So you got that Genesis Mini?

[SpursforSix]

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

Start working on your fantasy football team.

[baseline bum]

Start working on your fantasy football team.

Gross. If I'm going to fantasize about a sports team it'll be Brazil's women's volleyball.

[SpursforSix]

Gross. If I'm going to fantasize about a sports team it'll be Brazil's women's volleyball.

https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/ZQB253_m6EJiC7aSoK3pAA--~B/aD0xNDgxO3c9MjA0ODtzbT0xO2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/622d5e9cffe3fbc944f79b1feae0fa03

[baseline bum]

https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/ZQB253_m6EJiC7aSoK3pAA--~B/aD0xNDgxO3c9MjA0ODtzbT0xO2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/622d5e9cffe3fbc944f79b1feae0fa03

You're showing the wrong side.

[ElNono]

Has anyone played or been playing Outer Worlds? It's been available for X-Box / PS since Fall I think. But about to be released for Switch.

I did. I played it through. It was fun.

[Joseph Kony]

Has anyone played or been playing Outer Worlds? It's been available for X-Box / PS since Fall I think. But about to be released for Switch.

it's ok but gets old real quick. it's basically fallout new vegas in space but the worlds are meh and the game mechanics are outdated, feels like a game from 2010 tbh. looks nice on PC tho

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/Zz6V2H2/IMG-20200605-WA0001.jpg

[SpursforSix]

I did. I played it through. It was fun.


it's ok but gets old real quick. it's basically fallout new vegas in space but the worlds are meh and the game mechanics are outdated, feels like a game from 2010 tbh. looks nice on PC tho

Not sure what to do now. Reviews have been pretty average for Switch. Mostly due to the lower resolution and slower frame rates on the Switch.

[ElNono]

Not sure what to do now. Reviews have been pretty average for Switch. Mostly due to the lower resolution and slower frame rates on the Switch.

Well, it depends if you like/enjoy those kind of games, tbh. JK is not wrong in that it's a lot like fallout new vegas. It's the typical quest-type game, with a story tree, etc.

It really isn't anything innovative or ground breaking, but I enjoy those kind of games every once in a while, and with Fallout 76 being shit when it released, it was a good way to get my fix.

I played it on a PS4 Pro though, not sure how the Switch version holds up. Don't expect anything earth-shattering graphics-wise anyways.

[spurraider21]

How a game with very bad comabt ended up with 10s is beyond me. The Witcher 3 combat is beyond atrocious.

You Playing good of war, bloodborne just recently and specially sekiro the last game you played...

How do you even have the patience for witcher 3?
all those games kinda spoiled me a bit, because i got used to the more static camera that just stays directly over your shoulder at all times, and thats really my main issue that im having struggling adjusting to. that and using the lock-on function doesnt seem to help matters all that much

the camera is more like the batman/spiderman games but doesnt seem to fit the combat mechanics of the game all that well. even AC odyssey had a better camera during combat

[baseline bum]

all those games kinda spoiled me a bit, because i got used to the more static camera that just stays directly over your shoulder at all times, and thats really my main issue that im having struggling adjusting to. that and using the lock-on function doesnt seem to help matters all that much

the camera is more like the batman/spiderman games but doesnt seem to fit the combat mechanics of the game all that well. even AC odyssey had a better camera during combat

Should prob abandon it if you don't like it then. Way too long of a game if it's not something you're invested in. It happens, that was how I came to feel about RDR2 despite everyone else loving it.

[spurraider21]

Should prob abandon it if you don't like it then. Way too long of a game if it's not something you're invested in. It happens, that was how I came to feel about RDR2 despite everyone else loving it.
nah, i'll probably get used to it. or just drop the difficulty from hard to normal (i forgot the names they use) if the combat is really getting that frustrating

[Reck]

nah, i'll probably get used to it. or just drop the difficulty from hard to normal (i forgot the names they use) if the combat is really getting that frustrating

Do you do that all the time?

Start from hard mode right off the bat without knowing the controls, gameplay system, etc?

I only do that when I know and get use to the developer's sauce.

Wolfenstein for example is pretty hard but once you get the enemy patterns, checkpoint spawn locations, you can pick it up rather quickly and that is true for all their games in the franchise.

[spurraider21]

Do you do that all the time?

Start from hard mode right off the bat without knowing the controls, gameplay system, etc?

I only do that when I know and get use to the developer's sauce.

Wolfenstein for example is pretty hard but once you get the enemy patterns, checkpoint spawn locations, you can pick it up rather quickly and that is true for all their games in the franchise.
my rule of thumb is that if it is just Easy-Normal-Hard then i will play Hard, and if there are more than 4 settings (usually something like easy-normal-hard-extreme) i will just pick the second highest difficulty, never the most extreme on a first playthrough.

some exceptions though... like i remember i didnt play TLOU on grounded or even survivor my first playthrough, so i just played on Hard. or on Horizon Zero Dawn i did play on the Very Hard difficulty which was the highest (though there is an ultra hard for NG+)

[Xevious]

tbh I always just start on Normal. I figure that's the baseline the developers intended. I'd rather enjoy the game and not get frustrated. I'll jack the difficulty up if I do repeat playthroughs. I think Grounded is the best way to experience TLOU, but I can't imagine attempting that as a first playthrough.

[baseline bum]

tbh I always just start on Normal. I figure that's the baseline the developers intended. I'd rather enjoy the game and not get frustrated. I'll jack the difficulty up if I do repeat playthroughs. I think Grounded is the best way to experience TLOU, but I can't imagine attempting that as a first playthrough.

Agreed on usually playing games normal. Hard modes are just usually making you a weakling and all the enemies bullet sponges. Every once in a while I'll play a game like God of War that just handles hard mode brilliantly to where it's the only way to really play the game, but for every God of War there are ten games where the hard mode is just annoying. Even NieR Automata, my second favorite game of this generation, has a hard mode that I think is awful.

[spurraider21]

Agreed on usually playing games normal. Hard modes are just usually making you a weakling and all the enemies bullet sponges.
this works better in some games than other, but making you die quicker also just forces you to become a better player, use all the tools/abilities that the devs put time and work into, instead of beating the whole game with the same 1-2 tactics over and over. but yeah in some games it just doesnt work well


Every once in a while I'll play a game like God of War that just handles hard mode brilliantly to where it's the only way to really play the game, but for every God of War there are ten games where the hard mode is just annoying. Even NieR Automata, my second favorite game of this generation, has a hard mode that I think is awful.
Give Me a Challenge on God of War felt like a perfect difficulty where it never truly felt TOO hard (except maybe Sigrun) but always made you work for it. GMGOW was pretty brutal though that's all i did on subsequent playthroughs, either on NG+ or just NG.

nier automata felt ok on hard, except for the intro section which had an absurdly punishing lack of checkpoints

[SpursforSix]

Well, it depends if you like/enjoy those kind of games, tbh. JK is not wrong in that it's a lot like fallout new vegas. It's the typical quest-type game, with a story tree, etc.

It really isn't anything innovative or ground breaking, but I enjoy those kind of games every once in a while, and with Fallout 76 being shit when it released, it was a good way to get my fix.

I played it on a PS4 Pro though, not sure how the Switch version holds up. Don't expect anything earth-shattering graphics-wise anyways.

I’m going to give it a shot regardless of the so-so reviews. Word is that it was rushed and maybe they’ll have some fixes. The graphics won’t bother me but lags would be frustrating. But seems like a game I’d like. Not having to pick up plants and trees and craft shit is pretty appealing to me.

[FrostKing]

Now you must press a button to accept your black lashing

https://i.ibb.co/yshD8pZ/52900.jpg

[ElNono]

Now you must press a button to accept your black lashing

https://i.ibb.co/yshD8pZ/52900.jpg

I bet that really hurt, tbh

[Reck]

Now you must press a button to accept your black lashing

https://i.ibb.co/yshD8pZ/52900.jpg

Dude I told you these notices are everywhere. So what are you going to do, Accept or delete? :lol

It's just words. They dont have to mean anything to you.

[FrostKing]

Dude I told you these notices are everywhere. So what are you going to do, Accept or delete? :lol

It's just words. They dont have to mean anything to you.
Yes I probably will look back on it and laugh but at the moment these stunts are increasing in size and demands. Aren't they preaching a system change?

[IronMexican]

What was the last good 2k? I bought 20 and it's just not very fun. Seems like slashing PG's are next level.

[baseline bum]

What was the last good 2k? I bought 20 and it's just not very fun. Seems like slashing PG's are next level.

I stopped playing them after 2k11 or 2k12. I really can't put my finger on why they got boring. Maybe just same shit over and over? Didn't even enjoy 2k14 with that Spurs title team so it's not just the Spurs being a trainwreck right now.

[spurraider21]

not only have they been the same shit, but the games to me always feel like everybody is running in water. nothing feels authentically fast, everything is long drawn-out animations

and sports games are one of the genres where you cant just wait it out until prices come down, because by the time they do, the new one is out and the old one is obsolete. same with COD for example

[ElNono]

Yeah, haven't played 2K in years... just feels the same cookie cut thing over and over...

[140]

Have team sports games hit a wall? That's the feeling I get tbh

[Reck]

Have team sports games hit a wall? That's the feeling I get tbh

MLB the show is the only one who innovates from year to year.

But even they are starting to repeat themselves. There's just so much new shit you can come up with within the sport you're trying to recreate in a game.

[baseline bum]

Have team sports games hit a wall? That's the feeling I get tbh

Maybe we're just getting old. :lol

[IronMexican]

Maybe we're just getting old. :lol


i don't like this post. Not that I disagree.

[Xevious]

Maybe we're just getting old. :lol
I mean, yes, but what more can they really do with a basketball game? Update the rosters, polish the graphics, rinse and repeat.

[IronMexican]

I mean, yes, but what more can they really do with a basketball game? Update the rosters, polish the graphics, rinse and repeat.

I guess. It's just not enjoyable. The one sports game I can sill somewhat play is PES.

[baseline bum]

I mean, yes, but what more can they really do with a basketball game? Update the rosters, polish the graphics, rinse and repeat.

Maybe they can up the difficulty by having your star player die of COVID in Orlando?

[140]

Maybe we're just getting old. :lol
Always a possibility tbh :lol

I mean, yes, but what more can they really do with a basketball game? Update the rosters, polish the graphics, rinse and repeat.
I don't know, I feel like there must be a better way of doing it. 2K is not fluid at all. They also got lazy with no competition. Hopefully theres a leap with next gen coming

I guess. It's just not enjoyable. The one sports game I can sill somewhat play is PES.
Same tbh. PES seems to be trying to get better at least

[spurraider21]

left white orchard, entered velen. this game is massive... think it's going to be even bigger than AC Odyssey. the quality of the side quests/writing really stands out after playing odyssey. the voice acting is great too. im getting more used to the combat but i still dont think its even as good as odyssey's

[baseline bum]

Took me surprisingly long to finish my second playthrough of Persona 5 Royal. Was going to jump directly into Sekiro, but I think I need a palette cleanser before another long game so played a bit of Senran Kagura Estival Versus that I picked up in the CODEX sale instead.

[Leetonidas]

left white orchard, entered velen. this game is massive... think it's going to be even bigger than AC Odyssey. the quality of the side quests/writing really stands out after playing odyssey. the voice acting is great too. im getting more used to the combat but i still dont think its even as good as odyssey's

Combat will be better when you begin facing more difficult enemies imo. Basic combat is simple but at some point depending on the difficulty youre on you will need to start planning your spells and potions for battles with contract enemies

[spurraider21]

Took me surprisingly long to finish my second playthrough of Persona 5 Royal. Was going to jump directly into Sekiro, but I think I need a palette cleanser before another long game so played a bit of Senran Kagura Estival Versus that I picked up in the CODEX sale instead.
after sekiro play spiderman

[apalisoc_9]

after sekiro play spiderman

He hasnt played spiderman?

Wtf

[lefty]

So you got that Genesis Mini?
nah but I should

I bought/downloaded the Genesis collection online on my XBOX One , there was a big discount

Eventually I will get the Genesis Mini, better game catalogue than the collection the Genesis controllers are better for those old school games, and it's easy to install missing games

(evn though the catalog is good, I can't believe it doesn't include Super Hang On, Super Monaco GP and Outrun)

[Reck]

He hasnt played spiderman?

Wtf

My brother cucked me.

I haven't played it either. Well finish it.

I started it and got to the Kingpin fight. Then my bro asked me if I could lend it to him, I did and I have yet to get it back. lol

I'm still mulling getting Playstation Now. They currently have Spiderman so I'll probably finish it from there.

[baseline bum]

after sekiro play spiderman

Prob play Persona 4 Golden after Sekiro. Shit's coming out on PC.

[baseline bum]

My brother cucked me.

I haven't played it either. Well finish it.

I started it and got to the Kingpin fight. Then my bro asked me if I could lend it to him, I did and I have yet to get it back. lol

I'm still mulling getting Playstation Now. They currently have Spiderman so I'll probably finish it from there.

PS4 games are so cheap I don't see the point in getting Playstation Now.

[spurraider21]

My brother cucked me.

I haven't played it either. Well finish it.

I started it and got to the Kingpin fight. Then my bro asked me if I could lend it to him, I did and I have yet to get it back. lol

I'm still mulling getting Playstation Now. They currently have Spiderman so I'll probably finish it from there.
so you didnt even make it through the tutorial

[spurraider21]

PS4 games are so cheap I don't see the point in getting Playstation Now.
i used a free trial and then i think paid for 1 month so i could go back and play Infamous Second Son (also went back and replayed Infamous 1/2) and the original Red Dead Redemption

[baseline bum]

i used a free trial and then i think paid for 1 month so i could go back and play Infamous Second Son (also went back and replayed Infamous 1/2) and the original Red Dead Redemption

Prob makes sense if you don't have a PS3. Was the experience any good streaming that shit?

[Reck]

so you didnt even make it through the tutorial

Pretty much.

That was around the time I started playing P5 full time so I didn't mind lending it to him.

[Reck]

Prob makes sense if you don't have a PS3. Was the experience any good streaming that shit?

Runs great, imo.

I tried it even before it was a thing back when they first launched it and was a full 100 bucks. lol

As long as you have a decent and realible connection, you're good.

[baseline bum]

Pretty much.

That was around the time I started playing P5 full time so I didn't mind lending it to him.

Speaking of which, P5R is $40 now. それとも国語で言うのは・・・今、ペルソナ5ザ・ロイヤルは40ドルだよ。

https://www.amazon.com/Persona-5-Royal-Standard-PlayStation-4/dp/B085PS9F4H/

[Reck]

Speaking of which, P5R is $40 now. それとも国語で言うのは・・・今、ペルソナ5ザ・ロイヤルは40ドルだよ。

https://www.amazon.com/Persona-5-Royal-Standard-PlayStation-4/dp/B085PS9F4H/

I thought you said it wasn't worth buying Royal if you had P5?

[baseline bum]

I thought you said it wasn't worth buying Royal if you had P5?

Depends how much you liked P5. If you're a huge fan and looking to play through again it's definitely worth it. If you have played neither it's worth paying $40 for P5R instead of $8 for P5. If you liked P5 but wouldn't do a second playthrough then P5R will probably drag even with the new material. Though the new stuff in the new year is pretty awesome. It's less grindy than the original, has more funny moments, and the story is more fleshed out. If you loved P5, then P5R is worth a buy. If you liked the game but maybe wouldn't consider it top 5-10 for the gen, then I'd probably pass on it.

[spurraider21]

Prob makes sense if you don't have a PS3. Was the experience any good streaming that shit?
found very few issues streaming the games. i was able to download Second Son as that's a PS4 game, and i was licensed to play it until my membership was up, so didnt have to stream that.

but infamous 1/2 and RDR ran just fine for me.

[Joseph Kony]

i finally beat Pontiff Sulyvahn after being stuck on him for like 2 years in Dark Souls 3 :lol this whole time i didnt realize i could dodge so much better in a different set of armor. oof

[Xevious]

Depends how much you liked P5. If you're a huge fan and looking to play through again it's definitely worth it. If you have played neither it's worth paying $40 for P5R instead of $8 for P5. If you liked P5 but wouldn't do a second playthrough then P5R will probably drag even with the new material. Though the new stuff in the new year is pretty awesome. It's less grindy than the original, has more funny moments, and the story is more fleshed out. If you loved P5, then P5R is worth a buy. If you liked the game but maybe wouldn't consider it top 5-10 for the gen, then I'd probably pass on it.
Have you legally changed your name to Morgana yet?

[baseline bum]

Have you legally changed your name to Morgana yet?

Go to sleep already.

[baseline bum]

i finally beat Pontiff Sulyvahn after being stuck on him for like 2 years in Dark Souls 3 :lol this whole time i didnt realize i could dodge so much better in a different set of armor. oof

Man I just didn't even use armor in Dark Souls 1 with how much it would slow you down. Just used robes and shit to keep high agility. I'll probably try to do the same in Dark Souls III.

[Reck]

Now you must press a button to accept your black lashing

https://i.ibb.co/yshD8pZ/52900.jpg

Man, Netflix done did it now.
https://i.imgur.com/dLiMJqD.jpg

[Xevious]

Go to sleep already.
:lol

[lefty]

What was the last good 2k? I bought 20 and it's just not very fun. Seems like slashing PG's are next level.

Defense AI in 2K20 pisses me off

Pick and roll defensive switch especially, your guy doesn’t stay with the slasher he just stops and let’s him drive to the hoop, I have to switch manually FFS

It’s also very easy to miss a layup in 2k20, you miss and open layup with a HOF player, CPU grabs the rebound, takes a full court shot at the buzzer and scores :lol

[spurraider21]

Man I just didn't even use armor in Dark Souls 1 with how much it would slow you down. Just used robes and shit to keep high agility. I'll probably try to do the same in Dark Souls III.
for most of the game i was doing midroll. i was using slow-ass black knight great sword so i think armor complemented it better. havel's armor in DS1 was absurd tbh, but freakishly heavy

[spurraider21]

Dark Souls 2 is on sale again for 9.99. with DS1 going for 20, DS2 (w/ all DLC) for 10, and DS3 (deluxe edition with all dlc) for ~14, you can get the whole trilogy with all DLC for $45

[baseline bum]

Dark Souls 2 is on sale again for 9.99. with DS1 going for 20, DS2 (w/ all DLC) for 10, and DS3 (deluxe edition with all dlc) for ~14, you can get the whole trilogy with all DLC for $45

I got em cheaper from the CODEX Store tbh

[spurraider21]

I got em cheaper from the CODEX Store tbh
:lol PoorC

[baseline bum]

:lol PoorC

You getting PoorStation 5 at launch?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRIvlIJd1xg

[spurraider21]

You getting PoorStation 5 at launch?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRIvlIJd1xg
dont know yet, still have some unanswered questions. since i have a pretty hefty ps4 backlog that could probably carry me into 2021, would have to know a few things

1 - price point, obviously. i have seen rumors that some canadian retailer website had pre-orders available for the equivalent of $400, which would be a pleasant surprise if true

2 - launch titles. why rush into a new console if the only new games are meh? with God of War/Horizon/Bloodborne/Spiderman being the PS4 exclusive behemoths, would love to know if any of those will have sequels available either at launch or at least within the first x months

3 - extent of backwards compatibility. they said some conflicting things about to what extent PS4 games will be playable on the PS5. first they said the most popular games will be (most of the top 100 titles), then they said they hoped for nearly all PS4 games to be available, so i'd have to compare that with my library

4 - in addition to backward compatibility, i wonder if playing PS4 games on the PS5 will have intrinsic performance boosts with things like load times. that alone would be an incentive to get the new console, not that i think the PS4 is terrible with that respect, but if i can upgrade the experience of the games i already have + have access to new stuff, its a consideration

with that said, its been ages since i've paid $50-60 for a game, and i dont anticipate PS5 games being cheap anytime soon...

[baseline bum]

dont know yet, still have some unanswered questions. since i have a pretty hefty ps4 backlog that could probably carry me into 2021, would have to know a few things

1 - price point, obviously. i have seen rumors that some canadian retailer website had pre-orders available for the equivalent of $400, which would be a pleasant surprise if true

2 - launch titles. why rush into a new console if the only new games are meh? with God of War/Horizon/Bloodborne/Spiderman being the PS4 exclusive behemoths, would love to know if any of those will have sequels available either at launch or at least within the first x months

3 - extent of backwards compatibility. they said some conflicting things about to what extent PS4 games will be playable on the PS5. first they said the most popular games will be (most of the top 100 titles), then they said they hoped for nearly all PS4 games to be available, so i'd have to compare that with my library

4 - in addition to backward compatibility, i wonder if playing PS4 games on the PS5 will have intrinsic performance boosts with things like load times. that alone would be an incentive to get the new console, not that i think the PS4 is terrible with that respect, but if i can upgrade the experience of the games i already have + have access to new stuff, its a consideration

with that said, its been ages since i've paid $50-60 for a game, and i dont anticipate PS5 games being cheap anytime soon...

Pretty much why I don't expect to be buying either. Mostly agree with your points:

1. Price Point - While $500 will be really good for that level of hardware, I'll probably still be playing at 1080p for a while and PC + PS4 should hold me there for a couple of years I'm thinking. Rocking a lower midrange gpu in my PC since there is a lot of shit I want to play now... eg Sekiro, Control, Dark Souls 3, Ace Combat 7, Persona 4 Golden PC (:lol) and figure the shit I'm running should be ok for a couple of years before PS5 really starts to look must buy when maybe we have new Horizon and God of War, new GTA, new Elder Scrolls, etc.

2. Launch Titles - Since Sony's M.O. is to show their good games off around two to three years before release, I'm not expecting shit in the way of interesting exclusives until 2022. Man the launch exclusives on PS4 weren't appealing at all to me: eg Killzone Shadow Fall, Knack, and InFamous Second Son. The only launch exclusive that I thought looked at all interesting was Ryse Son of Rome on XBox, but when I played it I got bored in about 30 minutes. Only Nintendo ever does launch titles right. Though if the Demon's Souls remake ends up having better bossfights than the original I might have to eat my words.

3. Backward Compatibility - I'm guessing it'll have pretty much full PS4 BC. But they probably won't have enough quality assurance testing done to certify things as 100% at launch for all but the most popular games. I don't care really at all about BC though unless there are PS5 patches for better framerate, better textures, etc for PS4 games. Which is probably unlikely considering the hot rumor is they're hyping a PS5 remaster of Bloodborne (prob for $40) instead of just a PS5 patch for free.

4. Load Times - I generally don't find load times a problem on PS4, though I don't play Bethesda games on console (and those are slow even with an i7 and an SSD) and don't play online shooters where people really seem to care about loading in quickly.

5. Game Price - Yeah good point. Always nice to buy a console when you have a ton of great $20 to $30 games to choose from.

[baseline bum]

Man haven't played a game that required reflexes since God of War early last year, and my parrying is shit so far in Sekiro. :lol

[spurraider21]

Pretty much why I don't expect to be buying either. Mostly agree with your points:

1. Price Point - While $500 will be really good for that level of hardware, I'll probably still be playing at 1080p for a while and PC + PS4 should hold me there for a couple of years I'm thinking. Rocking a lower midrange gpu in my PC since there is a lot of shit I want to play now... eg Sekiro, Control, Dark Souls 3, Ace Combat 7, Persona 4 Golden PC (:lol) and figure the shit I'm running should be ok for a couple of years before PS5 really starts to look must buy when maybe we have new Horizon and God of War, new GTA, new Elder Scrolls, etc.

5. Game Price - Yeah good point. Always nice to buy a console when you have a ton of great $20 to $30 games to choose from.
haven't done the math but i've probably spent less than $500 altogether on my PS4 and all the games i've bought for it... and that's a lot of content

would be pretty rash imo to drop 500 on a console and then another 200 just to have a few games. just doesnt make sense if i have enough content to last me for several months if not a year

[baseline bum]

haven't done the math but i've probably spent less than $500 altogether on my PS4 and all the games i've bought for it... and that's a lot of content

would be pretty rash imo to drop 500 on a console and then another 200 just to have a few games

LOL is there even anything out there that you don't own that you figure you'll buy other than stuff yet to release? (eg TLOU II, Cyberpunk)

I don't even usually give a shit about the big sales any more since I have pretty much everything I want thanks to sniping it when it was cheap. Judgment is the only game I'm still looking to buy and it just went on sale for $24, but I'm going to wait for the PC Gaming Show Saturday to see if Sega announces a PC port. Which I would then get not only for the 60 fps, but for the ability to play in Japanese too. Can't believe I can't play games in Japanese on PS4, especially for games like Yakuza and Persona that are fully voiced in Japanese. How hard would it have been to allow you turn on Japanese subs? But no gotta import from Japan if I want to play games in Japanese for the most part on PS4 (only non-Japan release PS4 game I have been able to play in full Japanese is NieR Automata).

[spurraider21]

LOL is there even anything out there that you don't own that you figure you'll buy other than stuff yet to release? (eg TLOU II, Cyberpunk)
the only thing i'm really still somewhat on the lookout for would be Hellblade, that should drop to 10-15 at some point. otherwise, Nioh 2, TLOU2 and Cyberpunk.

i had been price hunting for a lot of games (tomb raider trilogy, dark souls trilogy) which i found good deals on and bought cheap. some random solo titles that i had been recommended either here or elsewhere (stick of truth, dying light)

and thats kind of the point, i basically got every game i wanted on this console (havent done any online gaming like COD) AND the console for collectively what just the console alone might cost for the ps5. doesnt make sense to dive in and start buying everything at launch retail prices. there would have to be a huge surprise launch title to really convince me

[baseline bum]

the only thing i'm really still somewhat on the lookout for would be Hellblade, that should drop to 10-15 at some point. otherwise, Nioh 2, TLOU2 and Cyberpunk.

i had been price hunting for a lot of games (tomb raider trilogy, dark souls trilogy) which i found good deals on and bought cheap. some random solo titles that i had been recommended either here or elsewhere (stick of truth, dying light)

and thats kind of the point, i basically got every game i wanted on this console (havent done any online gaming like COD) AND the console for collectively what just the console alone might cost for the ps5. doesnt make sense to dive in and start buying everything at launch retail prices. there would have to be a huge surprise launch title to really convince me

Shit, forgot Nioh 2. Prob wait for that one to come to PC though. Kind of surprised Hellblade hasn't gotten really cheap yet.

[apalisoc_9]

Man haven't played a game that required reflexes since God of War early last year, and my parrying is shit so far in Sekiro. :lol

:lol

Welcome to sekiro scrah

[baseline bum]

:lol

Welcome to sekiro scrah

Pretty good game so far. Def need to get good tho.

[ElNono]

the only thing i'm really still somewhat on the lookout for would be Hellblade, that should drop to 10-15 at some point. otherwise, Nioh 2, TLOU2 and Cyberpunk.

i had been price hunting for a lot of games (tomb raider trilogy, dark souls trilogy) which i found good deals on and bought cheap. some random solo titles that i had been recommended either here or elsewhere (stick of truth, dying light)

and thats kind of the point, i basically got every game i wanted on this console (havent done any online gaming like COD) AND the console for collectively what just the console alone might cost for the ps5. doesnt make sense to dive in and start buying everything at launch retail prices. there would have to be a huge surprise launch title to really convince me

You're gonna need to make some room in your backlog soon, tbh...

[baseline bum]

You're gonna need to make some room in your backlog soon, tbh...

Knack 3 confirmed?

[baseline bum]

You're gonna need to make some room in your backlog soon, tbh...

OK if God of War VII is a launch title I reserve the right to go back on my word about waiting.

[spurraider21]

You're gonna need to make some room in your backlog soon, tbh...
https://i.imgur.com/QQeZcZL.gif

[spurraider21]

OK if God of War VII is a launch title I reserve the right to go back on my word about waiting.
if there was a single piece of news that would change my tune from "yeah... i doubt i'm picking it up anytime near launch" to "i already got my pre-order in" that would probably be it tbh :lol

[spurraider21]

Pretty good game so far. Def need to get good tho.
oh yeah... steep learning curve for sure. the parry window did feel a bit more forgiving than other soulsborne titles, but it better be considering how central the mechanic is.

[Reck]

OK if God of War VII is a launch title I reserve the right to go back on my word about waiting.

That's for the Playstation 9.

[baseline bum]

if there was a single piece of news that would change my tune from "yeah... i doubt i'm picking it up anytime near launch" to "i already got my pre-order in" that would probably be it tbh :lol

Either that or Persona 3 FES port would get me to buy

[spurraider21]

Either that or Persona 3 FES port would get me to buy
https://media.giphy.com/media/lcEOc2TvWhZV3tzq4W/giphy.gif

[baseline bum]

https://media.giphy.com/media/lcEOc2TvWhZV3tzq4W/giphy.gif

Oh shit :lol

https://twitter.com/corybarlog/status/1270409730201010176

Also this nigga was engineering lead on God of War 2018

https://twitter.com/theshroffage/status/1270225543279984642

[spurraider21]

Oh shit :lol

https://twitter.com/corybarlog/status/1270409730201010176

Also this nigga was engineering lead on God of War 2018

https://twitter.com/theshroffage/status/1270225543279984642
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AbsoluteIncompatibleBluefish-max-1mb.gif

[ElNono]

Was actually talking about a PS4 title. I'll expand once I'm allowed.

[baseline bum]

Was actually talking about a PS4 title. I'll expand once I'm allowed.

Bend over, I'll allow you to expand.

[spurraider21]

Was actually talking about a PS4 title. I'll expand once I'm allowed.
bruh dont give me hope like that

[Reck]

Was actually talking about a PS4 title. I'll expand once I'm allowed.

AKA when everyone else knows.

[ElNono]

AKA when everyone else knows.

Pretty much. Just giving raider a heads up he might need to make some room soon, tbh

[Reck]

Pretty much. Just giving raider a heads up he might need to make some room soon, tbh

Give a vague sense of what type of game it is, nigga.

Platforming, shooter. Give us something to work with. :lol

[spurraider21]

trying to make sense of this... a new PS4 title that we're not aware of? timing is odd with PS5 around the corner.

this is like when pro athletes tweet the open eyes emoji and nothing else :lol

[Reck]

trying to make sense of this... a new PS4 title that we're not aware of? timing is odd with PS5 around the corner

Indie game..maybe?

Those are the only ones I can think of that have release games without a major annoucement. They just sort of drop.

[baseline bum]

Indie game..maybe?

Those are the only ones I can think of that have release games without a major annoucement. They just sort of drop.

ElNono probably hyping the rumored Persona 4 Golden port to spurraider21. And he should get it, that game is awesome. :toast

[ElNono]

can't say much more without completely tipping my hand, especially since this is a franchise sr21 has mentioned he liked many times :lol

look at it from the angle that it's likely good news, and something exciting to look forward to :)

[baseline bum]

can't say much more without completely tipping my hand, especially since this is a franchise sr21 has mentioned he liked many times :lol

look at it from the angle that it's likely good news, and something exciting to look forward to :)

You pretty much just did tip your hand man. :lol

Though if it's the game I'm thinking of it's not like it was some big secret.

[spurraider21]

Portal 3 confirmed

[ElNono]

You pretty much just did tip your hand man. :lol

Though if it's the game I'm thinking of it's not like it was some big secret.

No idea what the rumors are out there anymore... now that I'm on the other side of the fence, you really hear wild shit :lol

[baseline bum]

Portal 3 confirmed

Sorry man, Valve hates the number 3.

[Reck]

Sorry man, Valve hates the number 3.

Besides, they already blew their load on Alyx.

[baseline bum]

Damn apalisoc_9 was right to give me shit for putting off Sekiro. This has to be one of the most addicting games I have played since Dying Light.

[spurraider21]

Damn apalisoc_9 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11260) was right to give me shit for putting off Sekiro. This has to be one of the most addicting games I have played since Dying Light.
I remember i was trying to be disciplined and play ds2 and ds3 before playing sekiro but caved. Ended up playing through 3 times and getting platinum :lol

First playthrough probably took 4x longer than subsequent runs. Really was a great game.

[baseline bum]

I remember i was trying to be disciplined and play ds2 and ds3 before playing sekiro but caved. Ended up playing through 3 times and getting platinum :lol

First playthrough probably took 4x longer than subsequent runs. Really was a great game.

Damn and you give me shit for doing a second playthrough of Persona? :lol

With all the shit I have played this gen I can't believe I'm still finding absolute top notch gaming like this that I haven't gotten to. I'm kind of sad to see this gen end, because it has been way stronger than any gen I have seen other than the PS2 / OG XBox / Gamecube / Dreamcast gen.

[spurraider21]

Damn and you give me shit for doing a second playthrough of Persona? :lol

With all the shit I have played this gen I can't believe I'm still finding absolute top notch gaming like this that I haven't gotten to. I'm kind of sad to see this gen end, because it has been way stronger than any gen I have seen other than the PS2 / OG XBox / Gamecube / Dreamcast gen.
That’s because another persona playthrough is several dozens of hours while my third Sekiro playthrough was probably less than 10 hours

[baseline bum]

That’s because another persona playthrough is several dozens of hours while my third Sekiro playthrough was probably less than 10 hours

About 170 hours :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Damn apalisoc_9 was right to give me shit for putting off Sekiro. This has to be one of the most addicting games I have played since Dying Light.

It’s a really short game scrah. Platinum probably is around 80hrs.

[chunticakes]

Damn apalisoc_9 was right to give me shit for putting off Sekiro. This has to be one of the most addicting games I have played since Dying Light.

You may have just convinced me to pull the trigger. I'm so glad I experienced Dying Light despite my hate for FPS. Is Sekiro unbearably hard? Bloodbourne made me tap tf out.

[baseline bum]

You may have just convinced me to pull the trigger. I'm so glad I experienced Dying Light despite my hate for FPS. Is Sekiro unbearably hard? Bloodbourne made me tap tf out.

Why did you quit Bloodborne? Did you not bring the doll to life so you could level up? If you quit that early just look up a video on how to run to Cleric Beast and get killed so you can get that point of insight and start leveling up. Bloodborne is far and away the best game this generation IMO and I was really close to quitting it early on too because you have no idea WTF to do at the beginning.

Sekiro is quite difficult. I can't really say which is harder between it and Bloodborne since I'm still really early in Sekiro.

[chunticakes]

Why did you quit Bloodborne? Did you not bring the doll to life so you could level up? If you quit that early just look up a video on how to run to Cleric Beast and get killed so you can get that point of insight and start leveling up. Bloodborne is far and away the best game this generation IMO and I was really close to quitting it early on too because you have no idea WTF to do at the beginning.

Sekiro is quite difficult. I can't really say which is harder between it and Bloodborne since I'm still really early in Sekiro.

I'll pick it back up later. Speaking of picking up, I never picked up the doll lol. Prior to playing Bloodborne I hadn't played a scrolls game. I ended up quitting the game in favor of Witcher 3.

[baseline bum]

I'll pick it back up later. Speaking of picking up, I never picked up the doll lol. Prior to playing Bloodborne I hadn't played a scrolls game. I ended up quitting the game in favor of Witcher 3.

By the doll I mean the doll in the Hunter's Dream portal world. You have to gain a point of insight before she'll come to life, and you can most easily get that point of insight by running to Cleric Beast and getting killed. Until then you're just kind of spinning your wheels in the game as you cannot level up until then, which makes progress hard unless you're really good at these kind of games.

I'd recommend finishing Bloodborne before buying Sekiro. If you still find Bloodborne too much of a pain in the ass to finish I doubt you'd like Sekiro much honestly. Though if you liked God of War on the Give Me a Challenge or Give Me God of War you might enjoy Sekiro too.

[baseline bum]

Sekiro reminds me a lot of Dark Souls 1 in that the game map layout is very vertical.

[spurraider21]

Sekiro reminds me a lot of Dark Souls 1 in that the game map layout is very vertical.
DS1’s whole world outside of Anor Londo was so interwoven though.

Re: difficulty, i would go so far to say the following:

sekiro feels much much more linear and it’s not as convoluted to figure out what you’re supposed to do next, as opposed to bloodborne/DS1

the combat is more challenging at first, and my first run through Sekiro was probably more difficult than my first run through bloodborne when just factoring combat. However once you “learn” the combat and each enemy, it can be trivialized. My NG+ and NG++ runs felt significantly easier

[140]

Been playing a lot of Top Spin 4 on RPCS3, fun game tbh. Also some skate 3. Tried GT6 but couldn't get it to work for some reason

[baseline bum]

Been playing a lot of Top Spin 4 on RPCS3, fun game tbh. Also some skate 3. Tried GT6 but couldn't get it to work for some reason

What are your specs and does it run well? I haven't run RPCS3 since my 970 died, should probably try it again now that I'm running a 1660 Super. Then again I have a CFW PS3 with a big hard drive so not too into RPCS3 until it can get to Dolphin level emulation tbh. Still interested to see what kind of hardware it needs to run smooth though.

[Joseph Kony]

playing through Shadow of the Tomb Raider since i had never beaten it and tbh its better than i remembered it being, although it feels like there is a lot less combat than ROTR which was definitely the best of the series. i'm like 2/3 through the main story though so i do have a ways to go. trying to get some of these games i started and never finished out of the way before LoU2 next week

[140]

What are your specs and does it run well? I haven't run RPCS3 since my 970 died, should probably try it again now that I'm running a 1660 Super. Then again I have a CFW PS3 with a big hard drive so not too into RPCS3 until it can get to Dolphin level emulation tbh. Still interested to see what kind of hardware it needs to run smooth though.

Ryzen 5 1600AF/16gb ram/R9 280x

TS4 runs pretty smoothly, skate 3 can have a dip on the fps sometimes depending on the area im in. I have experienced occasional freezes on both games but overall they are pretty much playable tbh

[baseline bum]

Ryzen 5 1600AF/16gb ram/R9 280x

TS4 runs pretty smoothly, skate 3 can have a dip on the fps sometimes depending on the area im in. I have experienced occasional freezes on both games but overall they are pretty much playable tbh

Good to hear. Been eyeing those Ryzen hexacores to replace my 4C/8T Xeon E3-1231v3. Prob wait for the Ryzen5 4600 though.

[redzero]

I'm winding down towards the end of Red Dead 2 (I'm in the epilogue), so I think I will finally play through Horizon Zero Dawn. I bought it and Monster Hunter World two years ago and barely played it. I put almost 500 hours in MHW and maybe 2 in HZD.

[baseline bum]

Man the flaming bull is surprisingly difficult in Sekiro. Nearly killed it on my first attempt and thought it was going to be an easy mini-boss but got killed like ten times after that. I could never get the parry timing down consistently for his charge so mostly had to stick to his ass and chase him around from behind, but if it gets you with the horns then you come back to life in front of the horns and get killed for good almost immediately.

[redzero]

Man the flaming bull is surprisingly difficult in Sekiro. Nearly killed it on my first attempt and thought it was going to be an easy mini-boss but got killed like ten times after that. I could never get the parry timing down consistently for his charge so mostly had to stick to his ass and chase him around from behind, but if it gets you with the horns then you come back to life in front of the horns and get killed for good almost immediately.

I think the Blazing Bull fight, like many others, varies vastly on each player. I had no problem with him, but the optional ninja in Hirata Estate took me over an hour to beat.

Being tilted is a huge part of the problem. When I'm fighting a boss, I can make a mistake, know I am making it, but still make it over and over again.

[baseline bum]

I think the Blazing Bull fight, like many others, varies vastly on each player. I had no problem with him, but the optional ninja in Hirata Estate took me over an hour to beat.

Being tilted is a huge part of the problem. When I'm fighting a boss, I can make a mistake, know I am making it, but still make it over and over again.

I literally got the bull down to maybe 3-4 hits left on my first attempt and was wrecking it with firecrackers, thinking fuck this mini-boss, this is so easy. But later on I figured out firecrackers are a great way to get your ass gored in that fight if you use them other than when the bull has just smashed into the wall. :lol

[IronMexican]

for most of the game i was doing midroll. i was using slow-ass black knight great sword so i think armor complemented it better. havel's armor in DS1 was absurd tbh, but freakishly heavy

I think the "best" armor as far as weight compared to damage absorption is the giant armor, with one of the masks from Pinwheel. I just went for pure aesthetics, though. Armor matters a lot more on DS than DSIII, which isn't saying much.

[redzero]

I literally got the bull down to maybe 3-4 hits left on my first attempt and was wrecking it with firecrackers, thinking fuck this mini-boss, this is so easy. But later on I figured out firecrackers are a great way to get your ass gored in that fight if you use them other than when the bull has just smashed into the wall. :lol

Imagine getting a boss down to 2-3 hits and then dying. Now imagine that that boss has 3 health bars and can one-shot you. That's what you are in store for.

[IronMexican]

Still have not played Sekiro. Need to get to it. Dark Souls is the only game I've played in the past year, besides Football Manager that hasn't bored me

[IronMexican]

BTW, Outer Worlds is not that fun a game.

Does Obisdian just get unjust love? I know FO3 was more linear, but I enjoyed it ever so slightly more than NV

[baseline bum]

Imagine getting a boss down to 2-3 hits and then dying. Now imagine that that boss has 3 health bars and can one-shot you. That's what you are in store for.

Haha, hopefully I won't be shit at the game by the time I get that far.

[baseline bum]

BTW, Outer Worlds is not that fun a game.

Does Obisdian just get unjust love? I know FO3 was more linear, but I enjoyed it ever so slightly more than NV

Damn I liked New Vegas a lot more than 3, though I had just played Fallout 2 which was my favorite game in the series and New Vegas felt like a sequel to Fallout 2 instead of Fallout 3.

[IronMexican]

Damn I liked New Vegas a lot more than 3, though I had just played Fallout 2 which was my favorite game in the series and New Vegas felt like a sequel to Fallout 2 instead of Fallout 3.

NV was great. Think I just hated the desert, which was why I preferred 3. And I was a jobless loser when 3 was out, so I had more time for fucking around.

[IronMexican]

Imagine getting a boss down to 2-3 hits and then dying. Now imagine that that boss has 3 health bars and can one-shot you. That's what you are in store for.

What Midir and Gael and Sister Friede(well, she literally is this, and moves like a BB character) feel like

[redzero]

What Midir and Gael and Sister Friede(well, she literally is this, and moves like a BB character) feel like

I wish Gael was as hard as the last three bosses of Sekiro
The only DS3 boss I have left is Midir, and I feel like cheesing him (if I ever fight him).

[IronMexican]

I wish Gael was as hard as the last three bosses of Sekiro
The only DS3 boss I have left is Midir, and I feel like cheesing him (if I ever fight him).

It literally took me about 40 times the first time.


Then I beat him right on my first try on NG+ and ++ before beating him(?) on a new character.

All the moves, bro. Sister Fride is the cunt who is impossible to read and stupid fast.

[apalisoc_9]

Man the flaming bull is surprisingly difficult in Sekiro. Nearly killed it on my first attempt and thought it was going to be an easy mini-boss but got killed like ten times after that. I could never get the parry timing down consistently for his charge so mostly had to stick to his ass and chase him around from behind, but if it gets you with the horns then you come back to life in front of the horns and get killed for good almost immediately.

Imo, one of two sekiro bosess that didnt feel like it was a sekiro boss

[apalisoc_9]

I think the Blazing Bull fight, like many others, varies vastly on each player. I had no problem with him, but the optional ninja in Hirata Estate took me over an hour to beat.

Being tilted is a huge part of the problem. When I'm fighting a boss, I can make a mistake, know I am making it, but still make it over and over again.

That ninja was even worse in ashina. ( where you start the game)

[SpursforSix]

BTW, Outer Worlds is not that fun a game.

Does Obisdian just get unjust love? I know FO3 was more linear, but I enjoyed it ever so slightly more than NV

I gave up on OW pretty early. I had downloaded it and Borderlands 2 at about the same time. And ended up playing BL instead of OW. Even though I'd already played it on the Vita.

[spurraider21]

That ninja was even worse in ashina. ( where you start the game)
those ninja's kicks completely destroy your posture even when you perfect parry

one thing that i didnt realize until my 2nd playthrough was that even if your posture meter is full, it will literally never break if you keep doing perfect deflects.

[spurraider21]

NV was great. Think I just hated the desert, which was why I preferred 3. And I was a jobless loser when 3 was out, so I had more time for fucking around.
Fallout 3 was one of my favorite games on the PS3. enjoyed it more than NV. capital wasteland was such an epic setting

[apalisoc_9]

those ninja's kicks completely destroy your posture even when you perfect parry

one thing that i didnt realize until my 2nd playthrough was that even if your posture meter is full, it will literally never break if you keep doing perfect deflects.

That’s like living in the edge. I will say at least 25% of the bossess dont take advantage of your broken posture so sometimes it doesnt really matter. You jusy dodge when your posture is broken.

[Chris]

Silent Hill chapter just released for DBD; Midwich School map is outstanding :tu

Pyramid Head's sword dragging on the ground is pretty awesome

[Joseph Kony]

beat Shadow of the Tomb Raider finally. a much better game than i had originally thought on my first half playthrough but it was actually on par with the first, maybe slightly better. less combat but still enough that it wasnt absent or anything. ROTR is still the best though.

trying to pick up FF7 again before LoU2 comes on Friday. i just feel like playing this is a chore, which sucks because i was beyond hyped for it. but the shitty graphics coupled with radically altered and sometimes slow story make it hard to play for me, and i grew up playing the original. the original is far superior imo

[Reck]

Cyberpunk 2077 delayed to November.

[baseline bum]

Cyberpunk 2077 delayed to November.

:pctoss

[Texas_Ranger]

my friend gave me the money to buy last of us 2, cause he doesnt have a ps4... so i'll try it out. I think it will make me depressed after i saw all the leaks...

[IronMexican]

Gonna check out Divinity: Original Sin 2

[baseline bum]

Man some of the minibosses are harder than the bosses (eg the ones who display 忍殺 after killing them) in Sekiro. That flaming bull was way more of a pain in the ass than Lady Butterfly from Hirata Estate for example and that boss on the horse was easier than any of the minibosses so far. Then this ninja in purple who jumps from the roof of a pagoda in Hirata Estate continually fucks me up in so I just grabbed the prosthetic tool inside and ran lol.

[apalisoc_9]

Man some of the minibosses are harder than the bosses (eg the ones who display 忍殺 after killing them) in Sekiro. That flaming bull was way more of a pain in the ass than Lady Butterfly from Hirata Estate for example and that boss on the horse was easier than any of the minibosses so far. Then this ninja in purple who jumps from the roof of a pagoda in Hirata Estate continually fucks me up in so I just grabbed the prosthetic tool inside and ran lol.

Lol. There’s millions of those ninjas

[ElNono]

Lol. There’s millions of those ninjas

nig, did you ever finish Nioh 2?

[apalisoc_9]

nig, did you ever finish Nioh 2?

No scrah. I got married recently so the past couple months have been marriage preperation. Plus Ramadan.

I think I stopped at about 20% of the game before my schedule changed. Have you finished the game? I think it’s better than Dark souls even from the limited playing time.

[baseline bum]

Lol. There’s millions of those ninjas

Those bitches are fast. How do you like to kill them?

[ElNono]

No scrah. I got married recently so the past couple months have been marriage preperation. Plus Ramadan.

I think I stopped at about 20% of the game before my schedule changed. Have you finished the game? I think it’s better than Dark souls even from the limited playing time.

I've got to the last boss and stopped there... needed to take a break from it.

[baseline bum]

I've got to the last boss and stopped there... needed to take a break from it.

Is the last boss frustrating as hell? The first Nioh had a brutally difficult second boss and then the game got a lot easier from there. At least until the post game content where you'd fight two bosses at once, those fights were fucking hard.

[baseline bum]

Are you supposed to be a god in Sekiro? Everyone calls me ookami which can mean wolf, but it can also mean god. If ookami is written 狼 it means wolf and if it's written in hiragana as おおかみ it usually also means wolf. But if ookami is written 大神 (like in the game Okami) it means god.

EDIT: nevermind, changed the text to Japanese and I see Ema calls me 狼殿 = ookami dono = something like "Lord wolf" or "Your highness, wolf".

Still think they have to be working on a pun though between wolf and god.

[ElNono]

Is the last boss frustrating as hell? The first Nioh had a brutally difficult second boss and then the game got a lot easier from there. At least until the post game content where you'd fight two bosses at once, those fights were fucking hard.

You guys probably would enjoy it more than me. It's been a grind since midway through the game. I like a challenge, but this is grinding shit, and I don't have the time right now.

[apalisoc_9]

Are you supposed to be a god in Sekiro? Everyone calls me ookami which can mean wolf, but it can also mean god. If ookami is written 狼 it means wolf and if it's written in hiragana as おおかみ it usually also means wolf. But if ookami is written 大神 (like in the game Okami) it means god.

EDIT: nevermind, changed the text to Japanese and I see Ema calls me 狼殿 = ookami dono = something like "Lord wolf" or "Your highness, wolf".

Still think they have to be working on a pun though between wolf and god.

Wolf.

Should have played in english. Sekrio has the best lore and story out of all souls games

[apalisoc_9]

Those bitches are fast. How do you like to kill them?

Sabimaru poison

[spurraider21]

Man some of the minibosses are harder than the bosses (eg the ones who display 忍殺 after killing them) in Sekiro. That flaming bull was way more of a pain in the ass than Lady Butterfly from Hirata Estate for example and that boss on the horse was easier than any of the minibosses so far. Then this ninja in purple who jumps from the roof of a pagoda in Hirata Estate continually fucks me up in so I just grabbed the prosthetic tool inside and ran lol.
its crazy how different it is for everybody. lady butterfly was the wall i couldnt break through for quite some time. but yeah some of the minibosses are very challenging. the first red eye ogre guy beat the fuck out of me in my first run, but i remember beating the first horse boss in one try and the bull in 2.


Those bitches are fast. How do you like to kill them?
yeah, the purple guys are probably the second hardest non-boss enemies in the game (at this point they are showing up as minibosses but there is a later stage in the game where they become more common). you will face the hardest guys when you reach Senpou Temple.

as for how to beat them... yeah it can get pretty tough. apa mentioned the poison, which is a prosthetic tool i dont recall using. the fights were tough but it just comes down to parry timing and countering their perilous attacks. when they have that delayed kick, that counts as a thrust which you can Mikiri Counter. or when they do a sweep make sure you jump off them to get the posture damage up, instead of just dodging away. i generally refrained from using combat arts against them, they are too punishing. i think i mostly just used shuriken prosthetics against them when they jump

theres also a trend when it comes to switching from attack to defense. when you start swinging, you may or may not get 1-2 hits on, but usually they start blocking. they'll usually block 2 or 3 regularly, and eventually you'll hear a different clang sound which sounds a lot like a parry/deflect, and thats when you know you have to stop attacking because they're about to go on the offensive. so make sure you dont stop hitting them prematurely, keep stacking the posture damage. you can keep hacking without fear until you hear they deflected one of yours

[baseline bum]

its crazy how different it is for everybody. lady butterfly was the wall i couldnt break through for quite some time. but yeah some of the minibosses are very challenging. the first red eye ogre guy beat the fuck out of me in my first run, but i remember beating the first horse boss in one try and the bull in 2.


yeah, the purple guys are probably the second hardest non-boss enemies in the game (at this point they are showing up as minibosses but there is a later stage in the game where they become more common). you will face the hardest guys when you reach Senpou Temple.

as for how to beat them... yeah it can get pretty tough. apa mentioned the poison, which is a prosthetic tool i dont recall using. the fights were tough but it just comes down to parry timing and countering their perilous attacks. when they have that delayed kick, that counts as a thrust which you can Mikiri Counter. or when they do a sweep make sure you jump off them to get the posture damage up, instead of just dodging away. i generally refrained from using combat arts against them, they are too punishing. i think i mostly just used shuriken prosthetics against them when they jump

theres also a trend when it comes to switching from attack to defense. when you start swinging, you may or may not get 1-2 hits on, but usually they start blocking. they'll usually block 2 or 3 regularly, and eventually you'll hear a different clang sound which sounds a lot like a parry/deflect, and thats when you know you have to stop attacking because they're about to go on the offensive. so make sure you dont stop hitting them prematurely, keep stacking the posture damage. you can keep hacking without fear until you hear they deflected one of yours

That's funny, I got Lady Butterfly on my second attempt. You just dodge one way when she attacks, hit her, move a little bit in the same direction, hit her again, move a bit in the same direction, hit her again, and you can literally keep doing this until her health bar is gone. Even in the second stage when she summons all those ghosts I just kind of avoided them and then went back to the same method and I could take about 1/3 of her health bar off before she'd summon the ghosts again and I had to play defense. Then go back and take 1/3 of the health bar again x2. Jizou the Drunk was kind of similar though with him I'd just go to his backside and get a hit in, circle around to his back again and get a hit, and so on. Those two were so easy to cheese. The enemy that's given me the second most hell (with that ninja in Hirata Estates being worst) was Flaming Bull. You fuck up once and get the horns and die then when you resurrect you immediately get them again since he's hard to dodge when that close to his head. :lol

[redzero]

I went from dying to that ninja in Hirata estate for hours, to being able to take on three ninjas and several samurai fencers at the same time. Understanding the combat system can make a world of difference.

[spurraider21]

I went from dying to that ninja in Hirata estate for hours, to being able to take on three ninjas and several samurai fencers at the same time. Understanding the combat system can make a world of difference.
the more difficult ninja was the one down in the reservoir because it was so cramped... but there was a way to skirt half of that battle

[baseline bum]

Injustice Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition is free for PS4:

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1018-CUSA00079_00-INJUSTICEULTIMAT

Not really into fighting games nor (western) comics, but some of you guys might be interested.

[apalisoc_9]

the more difficult ninja was the one down in the reservoir because it was so cramped... but there was a way to skirt half of that battle

Lol. Yeah. There’s also a way to cheese him. But I think that ninja was the most difficult in if you dont do any of that.

[apalisoc_9]

I found the most enjoyment in beating jinzuke and the mini bossess similiar to him. It was so awesome. Lol

Wonder how BaselineBum handles him :lol

[baseline bum]

So you knew I was getting this once it came to Steam :lol

https://i.ibb.co/jJqHr0H/20200619233736-1.jpg

[DJR210]

I stopped playing them after 2k11 or 2k12. I really can't put my finger on why they got boring. Maybe just same shit over and over? Didn't even enjoy 2k14 with that Spurs title team so it's not just the Spurs being a trainwreck right now.

I've been playing since 2K on Dreamcast.. 2K19 was more of the same, but was starting to get too recycled.. 2K20 came out, and it wasn't even worth my fucking HDD space it was so shitty.. To me the deal break in that game was the shitty ass pause it has between a sprint into a layup animation.. your running full speed, and then it slows down to start whatever layup animation it determines and it was just way worse than any of the previous games animation issues. Was a complete deal breaker for me and I deleted it. Won't buy (pirate I mean) until they completely rebuild from the ground up.

[Joseph Kony]

LoU 2 :tu :tu :tu

not sure what everyone is so triggered about, having a good time playing this so far

[Reck]

LoU 2 :tu :tu :tu

not sure what everyone is so triggered about, having a good time playing this so far

Details.

What are you liking so far?

[chunticakes]

LoU 2 :tu :tu :tu

not sure what everyone is so triggered about, having a good time playing this so far

How far in are you son?

[Joseph Kony]

How far in are you son?

i'm in Seattle, just after running into WLF for the first time, so like 4 hours in.


Details.

What are you liking so far?

Graphics are nice for console, though i wish i had the option like in ROTR to prefer performances over graphics, because 30fps hurts my eyes now especially with all the damn motion blur :lol

the gameplay is on point with the first, and i really enjoy 3rd person shooter/stealth games like this so i am glad not much was changed. the delivery of the story can be intense at times. the banter between characters while they're doing stuff is nice.


there is a lot of time for the story to suck i guess :lol like i said i'm only 4 hours in but most of the leak complaints i'm not really feeling yet tbh. i wont post anything about the spoilers in this thread since its not a spoiler thread but i get that people were upset with how Joel's perception of others went from being extremely cautious to seemingly trusting, though given what is happening prior to him meeting Abby i think it can be explained as "not many other choices" i guess

[baseline bum]

i'm in Seattle, just after running into WLF for the first time, so like 4 hours in.



Graphics are nice for console, though i wish i had the option like in ROTR to prefer performances over graphics, because 30fps hurts my eyes now especially with all the damn motion blur :lol

the gameplay is on point with the first, and i really enjoy 3rd person shooter/stealth games like this so i am glad not much was changed. the delivery of the story can be intense at times. the banter between characters while they're doing stuff is nice.


there is a lot of time for the story to suck i guess :lol like i said i'm only 4 hours in but most of the leak complaints i'm not really feeling yet tbh. i wont post anything about the spoilers in this thread since its not a spoiler thread but i get that people were upset with how Joel's perception of others went from being extremely cautious to seemingly trusting, though given what is happening prior to him meeting Abby i think it can be explained as "not many other choices" i guess

Sorry man, PoorStation 4 doesn't have the cpu to run many games at 60 fps. PS5 will though.

[ElNono]

I started playing too, just got to Seattle, about 2-3 hours in. The game is a technical masterpiece, especially in what's an aging console, tbh... but it's a heavily story driven game, if you're more into action, this might be too slow a pace...

Then there's the stuff everyone heard about (no spoilers) like clam bumpers, weed, a synagogue... I know who won't be playing this game lmao

[TimDunkem]

^ :lmao

[Leetonidas]

The reviews are pretty ridiculous. I'm sure it won't end up a 9.5/10 it's definitely not a 3/10 or 1 star game.

[baseline bum]

I can't make myself pay $60 for a 20 hour game. Normally don't like to buy PS4 games for more than $20 but I'll probably jump on TLOU Part II as soon as I can find it for $30 though. I always really enjoy Naughty Dog games, but I play them once and never touch them again after. Whereas almost everything I buy from FromSoft, Atlus, or Sega I'm down for multiple playthroughs.

[ElNono]

Yeah, there's nothing to replay here unless you absolutely love the story, which I doubt you will.

[Reck]

Yeah, there's nothing to replay here unless you absolutely love the story, which I doubt you will.

BB is a little bit of a trophy hunter, such as myself so there's that.

As I understand it, the online component is not in yet. One thing I hated about the first game was the emphasis on multiplayer. More than half the trophies were dedicated toward online.

[baseline bum]

Yeah, there's nothing to replay here unless you absolutely love the story, which I doubt you will.

What's not to love about 19 year-old muff-diving though? Those have been some of my favorite movies I have ever seen.

[baseline bum]

BB is a little bit of a trophy hunter, such as myself so there's that.

As I understand it, the online component is not in yet. One thing I hated about the first game was the emphasis on multiplayer. More than half the trophies were dedicated toward online.

Honestly, I'm not a big trophy hunter unless I'm really into the game. I think my only platinums on PS4 have been Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR Automata, Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal, God of War, and maybe Yakuza Kiwami (I forget if I got it or not, though probably did since I fought and beat Jo Amon). Actually never did get the plat in Bloodborne since it requires three playthroughs.

[spurraider21]

plot of witcher 3 started getting way too dense during the whole Dandelion/Novigrad questlines. i just started skipping through the dialogue. something with Djikstra and Whoreson and Menge and Triss and Radovid and yawn yawn. its been good besides that though :lol

[baseline bum]

plot of witcher 3 started getting way too dense during the whole Dandelion/Novigrad questlines. i just started skipping through the dialogue. something with Djikstra and Whoreson and Menge and Triss and Radovid and yawn yawn. its been good besides that though :lol

Speaking of Witcher 3 on PS4, I wonder if it allows you to stream the fuck scenes in the whorehouses?

[Xevious]

The reviews are pretty ridiculous. I'm sure it won't end up a 9.5/10 it's definitely not a 3/10 or 1 star game.
Like I said in the other thread, just a bunch of bitter losers down-voting something they had no intention of playing because they got triggered by a few leaks. The game will never be as beloved as the first, and the storyline/characters may have taken a few steps back, but it sure as hell isn't a 3/10 game.

[David Hogg]

TLOU2 Incel Review :lol Spoiler Warning obviously. It’s pretty damn accurate tbh. There are a few really baffling narrative choices, but most of the rage over this game is “:cry muh male protagonists” and “:madrun women can’t have muscles!”

https://www.vg247.com/2020/06/22/the-last-of-us-part-2-incel-impressions/ (https://www.vg247.com/2020/06/22/the-last-of-us-part-2-incel-impressions/)

[ElNono]

TLOU2 Incel Review :lol Spoiler Warning obviously. It’s pretty damn accurate tbh. There are a few really baffling narrative choices, but most of the rage over this game is “:cry muh male protagonists” and “:madrun women can’t have muscles!”

https://www.vg247.com/2020/06/22/the-last-of-us-part-2-incel-impressions/ (https://www.vg247.com/2020/06/22/the-last-of-us-part-2-incel-impressions/)

:lmao

[baseline bum]

Reck man, weren't you looking for deals on the Yakuza games? Here is a bundle of Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami , and Yakuza Kiwami 2 for $30. All three of these games are outstanding.

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

[baseline bum]

Actually, you could buy the entire Yakuza series on sale for $82 today, though the deal on 6 is only good through tonight.

Yakuza 0-2 for $30
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0177-CUSA05070_00-00000YAKUZA0K1K2

Yakuza 3-5 for $42
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0177-CUSA15325_00-YAKUZAREMASTERED

Yakuza 6 for $10
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0177-CUSA09032_00-YAKUZA6SONGOFLEN

[Reck]

Reck (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412) man, weren't you looking for deals on the Yakuza games? Here is a bundle of Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami , and Yakuza Kiwami 2 for $30. All three of these games are outstanding.

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

Done.

EDIT:

Never mind, what is this shit? Won't let me queue it up for download.

https://i.imgur.com/L6wQY2K.jpg

[Reck]

Actually, you could buy the entire Yakuza series on sale for $82 today, though the deal on 6 is only good through tonight.

Yakuza 0-2 for $30
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0177-CUSA05070_00-00000YAKUZA0K1K2

Yakuza 3-5 for $42
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0177-CUSA15325_00-YAKUZAREMASTERED

Yakuza 6 for $10
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0177-CUSA09032_00-YAKUZA6SONGOFLEN

Damn what a sweet deal.

I had to manually switch on the PS4 and had to go directly to the store and get it from there.

Usually buy the game and add it to my queue and it automatically does it. Weird, that's never happened to me before.

I'm buying the rest of them now. :lol

BTW, add me to your friend's list because for some reason I'm not getting notifications from you when you quote or name check me.

[baseline bum]

Damn what a sweet deal.

I had to manually switch on the PS4 and had to go directly to the store and get it from there.

Usually buy the game and add it to my queue and it automatically does it. Weird, that's never happened to me before.

I'm buying the rest of them now. :lol

BTW, add me to your friend's list because for some reason I'm not getting notifications from you when you quote or name check me.

That's weird, I get notified every time Dr.tholdren or derp quotes my shit. :lol

[Reck]

That's weird, I get notified every time Dr.tholdren or derp quotes my shit. :lol

Had to set it to friends only notifications because derp the faggot would send me 50 mentions a day. Gets annoying after a while.

I'm trusting in you that this shit is really good, son. :lol 2 games downloaded and installed. 4 to go.

[baseline bum]

Had to set it to friends only notifications because derp the faggot would send me 50 mentions a day. Gets annoying after a while.

I'm trusting in you that this shit is really good, son. :lol 2 games downloaded and installed. 4 to go.

Ah.. wakarimashita.

0 and Kiwami 2 are amazing, Kiwami 1 is really good, 3 was kind of so-so (but it's widely regarded as the weakest in the series), while I haven't played 4-6 yet. I have heard 5 is great though and fucking huge and then 6 has the same newer engine used in Kiwami 2. All four of the games I have played in the series have great stories and top notch voice acting, plus these games have hilarious side quests and some of them even have Sega arcade games built into them that you can play by going into Sega arcades around the city. Combat is pretty fun too, kind of feels like a Streets of Rage style brawler brought into the 2010's. Getting platinums is a huge pain in the ass though in this series and I'd advise against trying to get them. Also it's funny, in the hostess clubs some of the girls you sit with are real life porn stars. Like Kana Momonogi is one of the girls to date in Yakuza 3. :lol

Hoping that 0-2 bundle goes on sale in the Steam sale tomorrow so I can play the games in Japanese (eg subtitles and UI in Japanese, not just voice). Can't play them in full Japanese on PS4/PS3 unless you buy the Japanese versions of the game.
:pctoss

[TimDunkem]

Actually, you could buy the entire Yakuza series on sale for $82 today, though the deal on 6 is only good through tonight.

Yakuza 0-2 for $30
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0177-CUSA05070_00-00000YAKUZA0K1K2

Yakuza 3-5 for $42
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0177-CUSA15325_00-YAKUZAREMASTERED

Yakuza 6 for $10
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0177-CUSA09032_00-YAKUZA6SONGOFLEN

:wow Eff you, BB. I was trying not to spend any money today. :pctoss

[baseline bum]

:wow Eff you, BB. I was trying not to spend any money today. :pctoss

If you want to wait there is a big Steam Sale rumored to start tomorrow so you might be able to get 0-2 on PC if you prefer playing there. 0 and Kiwami both run 60 fps on PS4 though, but Kiwami 2 is 30 on PS4 while it's 60 fps or better on PC if you have a decent video card, say RX 580 / GTX 1660 / GTX 1070 or better. None of 3-6 has been announced for PC yet though... however 7 has. But 7 is called Yakuza Like a Dragon in the US and is a turn based RPG with a new character Ichiban instead of Kiryu.

[apalisoc_9]

Done.

EDIT:

Never mind, what is this shit? Won't let me queue it up for download.

https://i.imgur.com/L6wQY2K.jpg

You havent played Yakuza 0? Smdh. I thought you were into good stories.

Imo yakuza 0 has the 2nd best story of all time. Only behind suikoden 2.

[TimDunkem]

If you want to wait there is a big Steam Sale rumored to start tomorrow so you might be able to get 0-2 on PC if you prefer playing there. 0 and Kiwami both run 60 fps on PS4 though, but Kiwami 2 is 30 on PS4 while it's 60 fps or better on PC if you have a decent video card, say RX 580 / GTX 1660 / GTX 1070 or better. None of 3-6 has been announced for PC yet though... however 7 has. But 7 is called Yakuza Like a Dragon in the US and is a turn based RPG with a new character Ichiban instead of Kiryu.

Oh really? Thanks for the info. I already have Kiwami so I'll take my chances and wait for 0 and 2 on PC since I'd rather play it there. I have a 2070 Super myself.

[Reck]

Getting platinums is a huge pain in the ass though in this series and I'd advise against trying to get them. Also it's funny, in the hostess clubs some of the girls you sit with are real life porn stars. Like Kana Momonogi is one of the girls to date in Yakuza 3. :lol

I play the first playthrough my way without a guide but then I head to pstrophies for a guide for the hidden trophies and which way is the optimal etc.

https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/yakuza-zero/302000-yakuza-zero-road-map-trophy-guide.html

125+ hours :wow

If I like it enough I'll probably go for it but unlikely since I am going to play all 6 games and that will take me possibly a year or more. :lol

[Reck]

You havent played Yakuza 0? Smdh. I thought you were into good stories.

Imo yakuza 0 has the 2nd best story of all time. Only behind suikoden 2.

God of War 4 says hi. HZD, etc.

Shenmue 1+2 as well.

[apalisoc_9]

God of War 4 says hi. HZD, etc.

Shenmue 1+2 as well.

Scrah I’ve played those games.

Good of war is a 10/10 for me
HZD a 9.5/10

Im a fanboy of both games

And I think

Yakuza 0 is 8/10 game but I can still say with confidence it is a better story. The execution too was top notch.

[baseline bum]

Oh really? Thanks for the info. I already have Kiwami so I'll take my chances and wait for 0 and 2 on PC since I'd rather play it there. I have a 2070 Super myself.

Shit man you already got a PS5 equivalent gpu, you're set for a while man. 0 & 2 are already out on PC. Shit 0 was $3.99 on Steam a few weeks ago but I didn't grab it since I didn't have a working gpu at the time.

[baseline bum]

God of War 4 says hi. HZD, etc.

Shenmue 1+2 as well.

Yakuza 0's story is way better than the story in either God of War 4 or Horizon Zero Dawn. Never played Shenume 1+2 though so can't comment there other than to say I always hear Yakuza called the spiritual successor of Shenmue.

[Reck]

https://i.imgur.com/QnnJx1G.jpg

:lol I can honestly say this is the first time ever downloaded so many games at once and of the same series. Fuck you BB you bastard.

[TimDunkem]

Shit man you already got a PS5 equivalent gpu, you're set for a while man. 0 & 2 are already out on PC. Shit 0 was $3.99 on Steam a few weeks ago but I didn't grab it since I didn't have a working gpu at the time.

Wait for the sale I mean and, yeah, hopefully that sale starts soon because I just bit the bullet and got 3-6 on PS4. :lol

I can't believe I missed it too. Honestly, I totally forgot that Yakuza was on PC. Smh

[TimDunkem]

Yakuza 0's story is way better than the story in either God of War 4 or Horizon Zero Dawn. Never played Shenume 1+2 though so can't comment there other than to say I always hear Yakuza called the spiritual successor of Shenmue.

I can't believe you've never played Shenmue. :lol Some of my best gaming memories are from playing the first on Dreamcast and the sequel on the first Xbox.

[TimDunkem]

https://i.imgur.com/QnnJx1G.jpg

:lol I can honestly say this is the first time ever downloaded so many games at once and of the same series. Fuck you BB you bastard.

Dude made Sega a lot of money today. :lol

[baseline bum]

Scrah I’ve played those games.

Good of war is a 10/10 for me
HZD a 9.5/10

Im a fanboy of both games

And I think

Yakuza 0 is 8/10 game but I can still say with confidence it is a better story. The execution too was top notch.

Dude Kiwami 1 and especially Kiwami 2 are awesome on story too. Also Kiwami 2 has some really cool story tie-ins to 0.

[baseline bum]

Dude made Sega a lot of money today. :lol

No shit, I should send Sega to this thread and ask for a Yakuza: Like a Dragon Steam code for compensation. :lol

[baseline bum]

I can't believe you've never played Shenmue. :lol Some of my best gaming memories are from playing the first on Dreamcast and the sequel on the first Xbox.

Never had a Dreamcast nor OG XBox, I think I was a PC only gamer that gen and didn't even buy a PS2 until a couple of years ago. :lol

[baseline bum]

I play the first playthrough my way without a guide but then I head to pstrophies for a guide for the hidden trophies and which way is the optimal etc.

https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/yakuza-zero/302000-yakuza-zero-road-map-trophy-guide.html

125+ hours :wow

If I like it enough I'll probably go for it but unlikely since I am going to play all 6 games and that will take me possibly a year or more. :lol

Still, google Kana Momonogi

[baseline bum]

https://i.imgur.com/QnnJx1G.jpg

:lol I can honestly say this is the first time ever downloaded so many games at once and of the same series. Fuck you BB you bastard.

God damn, you should tweet that image to Sega :lol

Or maybe not since you'd have stalkers from here :lol

[NASpurs]

I can't believe you've never played Shenmue. :lol Some of my best gaming memories are from playing the first on Dreamcast and the sequel on the first Xbox.

Yeah same here, have great memories of that era of gaming because of Shenmue and Soul Calibur.

The second one on the Xbox is my gem. Have it saved in my collection.

https://i.imgur.com/Ha4fACU.jpg

[NASpurs]

Never had a Dreamcast nor OG XBox, I think I was a PC only gamer that gen and didn't even buy a PS2 until a couple of years ago. :lol

Yeah never had an OG Xbox but that game was backwards compatible with the 360 which is how I played it years later.

[baseline bum]

Yeah never had an OG Xbox but that game was backwards compatible with the 360 which is how I played it years later.

Bend over, I'll show you backwards compatible.

[Reck]

It's good to have some shenmue fans along with me here. :tu

I bought the PAL version of Shenmue 2 since it wasn't available immediately in the states. I bought the Xbox version as well years later.

I love how easy it was to play non regional games on the Dreamcast. Al you needed to do was run an import disc, pop it out and insert the game and it would read and play it. :lol Oh Sega, god bless you.

[TimDunkem]

Yeah same here, have great memories of that era of gaming because of Shenmue and Soul Calibur.

The second one on the Xbox is my gem. Have it saved in my collection.

https://i.imgur.com/Ha4fACU.jpg
Brings back a lot of memories. I wish I still had mine and the rest of my old Xbox collection. I don't care what anyone says, that OG Xbox was a great console.

[baseline bum]

Brings back a lot of memories. I wish I still had mine and the rest of my old Xbox collection. I don't care what anyone says, that OG Xbox was a great console.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otysqrBT7ko

[NASpurs]

It's good to have some shenmue fans along with me here. :tu

I bought the PAL version of Shenmue 2 since it wasn't available immediately in the states. I bought the Xbox version as well years later.

I love how easy it was to play non regional games on the Dreamcast. Al you needed to do was run an import disc, pop it out and insert the game and it would read and play it. :lol Oh Sega, god bless you.

Man, talk about flooding my head with memories. I spent so many CDRs on burning games for the Dreamcast :lol Just had to find the cue/bin files (thanks newsgroups!), burn at the slowest speed possible to improve the readability of the CDs and then use the Utopia boot disk to run the games... or they eventually became self-booting if I remember correctly.

It was also a blast playing NBA 2k on dial up :lol

If you have a Dreamcast nowadays and you want to save your GDRom from wear and tear, you can take it out and mod it with something called GDEMU that reads game images from a memory card. I'm kind of itching to try it out just for the hell of it.

[Joseph Kony]

I'm guessing I'm maybe over a third or close to halfway thru LoU2 and it's been pretty excellent imo thus far. i know a lot of the complaints with the story are in the second half of the game but honestly i'm having a blast playing this so far. nothing more enjoyable than taking out an entire group of fuckers all in stealth :tu

damn those flashbacks though. :cry happy birthday kiddo :cry

[baseline bum]

I'm guessing I'm maybe over a third or close to halfway thru LoU2 and it's been pretty excellent imo thus far. i know a lot of the complaints with the story are in the second half of the game but honestly i'm having a blast playing this so far. nothing more enjoyable than taking out an entire group of fuckers all in stealth :tu

damn those flashbacks though. :cry happy birthday kiddo :cry

Dude there is another thread to post spoilers in :lol

[Joseph Kony]

Dude there is another thread to post spoilers in :lol

whoops...my bad :lol not much of a spoiler though

[baseline bum]

Oh really? Thanks for the info. I already have Kiwami so I'll take my chances and wait for 0 and 2 on PC since I'd rather play it there. I have a 2070 Super myself.

Yakuza 0 is $4.99 on Steam, Yakuza Kiwami 2 is $14.99 on Steam now

[TimDunkem]

Yakuza 0 is $4.99 on Steam, Yakuza Kiwami 2 is $14.99 on Steam now

Yessss. I bought them as soon as that shit hit. :lmao

[Reck]

Yakuza 0 is $4.99 on Steam, Yakuza Kiwami 2 is $14.99 on Steam now

Going to start my Yakuza playthrough as soon as I get back from my afternoon run here shortly. I'll let you know my first impressions of the game tonight or tomorrow.

[NASpurs]

Yakuza 0 is $4.99 on Steam, Yakuza Kiwami 2 is $14.99 on Steam now

Shit, for $5, why not. I played 1-3 already so I’m guessing Zero is a prequel?

[NASpurs]

Ok got the game.

It’s been years since I last played a Yakuza game so I’ve forgotten everything. :lol

All I remember is something about an orphanage.

[baseline bum]

Shit, for $5, why not. I played 1-3 already so I’m guessing Zero is a prequel?

Yeah. Best game in the series of the four I have played (0-3). The introduction of Majima is particularly outstanding.

[baseline bum]

Yessss. I bought them as soon as that shit hit. :lmao

Yeah I just bought 0 and Kiwami 2 also. Already have them on PS4 but I want to play those motherfuckers in Japanese and on the US PS4 versions you can't do subtitles, menu, UI, etc in Japanese. :pctoss

Still, don't really mind sending a few bucks extra Sega's way.

[TimDunkem]

Yeah I just bought 0 and Kiwami 2 also. Already have them on PS4 but I want to play those motherfuckers in Japanese and on the US PS4 versions you can't do subtitles, menu, UI, etc in Japanese. :pctoss

Still, don't really mind sending a few bucks extra Sega's way.
Buy anything else? I bought too much shit. Few indie titles, Yakuza, bunch of old, some new. I never really indulged in these sales too much before, but I have a new PC now and in need of some games to throw at it so I said fuck it. :lol

[baseline bum]

Buy anything else? I bought too much shit. Few indie titles, Yakuza, bunch of old, some new. I never really indulged in these sales too much before, but I have a new PC now and in need of some games to throw at it so I said fuck it. :lol

Actually this funny, I found a way to work one of their promotions to get Yakuza Kiwami for $5 also. :lol

Namely, they're doing a spend $30 and get $5 off deal. So I bought the Yakuza 0-2 bundle for $26.97. Then had to figure out a way to get that just to $30 before tax so I got some random cheap visual novel games to push that right above $30 to get the $5 discount and bring my total down to $25. :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Buy anything else? I bought too much shit. Few indie titles, Yakuza, bunch of old, some new. I never really indulged in these sales too much before, but I have a new PC now and in need of some games to throw at it so I said fuck it. :lol

Wish I could reexperience yakuza 0. You’re in for a treat.

I would say Yakuza 0 is BaselineBum return of favor after i pushed him to playing Ratchet and Clank :lol

[baseline bum]

Wish I could reexperience yakuza 0. You’re in for a treat.

I would say Yakuza 0 is BaselineBum return of favor after i pushed him to playing Ratchet and Clank :lol

:toast

Yeah your insistence is about the only reason I bought Ratchet & Clank on PS4, but damn it was pretty awesome. Can't wait for the PS5 game to release.

[NASpurs]

Actually this funny, I found a way to work one of their promotions to get Yakuza Kiwami for $5 also. :lol

Namely, they're doing a spend $30 and get $5 off deal. So I bought the Yakuza 0-2 bundle for $26.97. Then had to figure out a way to get that just to $30 before tax so I got some random cheap visual novel games to push that right above $30 to get the $5 discount and bring my total down to $25. :lol

Should had just gotten Just Cause 2 and 3 if you didn’t have them. So much fun

[NASpurs]

Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition too is normally insanely cheap. The ratio of $$$ to fun is off the charts for Sleeping Dogs and Just Cause.

[baseline bum]

Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition too is normally insanely cheap. The ratio of $$$ to fun is off the charts for Sleeping Dogs and Just Cause.

Best cheap games IMO are Portal 2 for $1.99, Half Life for $0.99, and Half Life 2 for $1.99.

[NASpurs]

Best cheap games IMO are Portal 2 for $1.99, Half Life for $0.99, and Half Life 2 for $1.99.

No doubt, I just assume everyone already has those three games :lol

[140]

Best cheap games IMO are Portal 2 for $1.99, Half Life for $0.99, and Half Life 2 for $1.99.

Just got Portal 2, cheers for the heads up tbh

[NASpurs]

2013 Tomb Raider is there for $2.99

https://store.steampowered.com/app/203160/Tomb_Raider/

[baseline bum]

Just got Portal 2, cheers for the heads up tbh

Dude drop everything and play that shit ASAP if you haven't already. God that game is legendary. Funny as hell too.

[baseline bum]

2013 Tomb Raider is there for $2.99

https://store.steampowered.com/app/203160/Tomb_Raider/

Bayonetta for $5 is a deal too. You can run that a 60fps even on a dogshit gpu like a 7770.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/460790/Bayonetta/

[baseline bum]

Mirror's Edge for $1.99 is really cool too. Heard the sequel was kind of shitty but this original was fun.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/17410/Mirrors_Edge/

[NASpurs]

Bayonetta for $5 is a deal too. You can run that a 60fps even on a dogshit gpu like a 7770.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/460790/Bayonetta/

They’re bundling Bayonetta with Vanquish ($8.99) which is supposed to be a really good game.

[NASpurs]

Burnout Paradise Remastered and Mad Max for $4.99 are no-brainers too.

[spurraider21]

Just got Portal 2, cheers for the heads up tbh
probably one of my top 5-10 games of all time tbh

outstanding game, witty writing. just great. even has very fun co-op

[baseline bum]

probably one of my top 5-10 games of all time tbh

outstanding game, witty writing. just great. even has very fun co-op

Damn didn't know it had co-op. Is it online co-op, or couch? Might have to pay the $2 for it instead of playing my pirated version. :lol

[baseline bum]

Anyone played Nights into Dreams on PC? Is the port as good as the Saturn original? Still have a few bucks sitting in my Steam account and might as well use them in the sale. Chris? I know you're a big Sega fan.