What are you playing right now?

[baseline bum]

Dragon's Crown, Ni No Kuni, and DS all within two months.


Ridiculous

Dragon's Crown is great. It cracks me up how that really thick bitch has an attack with her ass.

[baseline bum]

Fucking Days Gone got pushed back to 2019 :pctoss

[Reck]

Fucking Days Gone got pushed back to 2019 :pctoss

It's a massive project. They're touting 100s of zombies at once so you have to get it right.

Dont mind the wait when we already have 2 confirmed games for this year.

God of War 4 4/20
Detroit Become Human 5/25

[baseline bum]

It's a massive project. They're touting 100s of zombies at once so you have to get it right.

Dont mind the wait when we already have 2 confirmed games for this year.

God of War 4 4/20
Detroit Become Human 5/25

You forgot Yakuza 6 on 4/17.

[Leetonidas]

Fucking Days Gone got pushed back to 2019 :pctoss

dammit, one of the games im actually really horny for :pctoss

[Leetonidas]

Kingdom Come: Deliverance looks pretty good. Getting decent reviews and it's a historical game :tu probably the next rpg I will try first.

i heard its pretty good but the saving system is garbage and its pretty buggy still

[Leetonidas]

i'll probably still get it though :lol

[Leetonidas]

Nice. Should be getting 60 fps at high everywhere but Crookback Bog I'm guessing. Witcher 3 is fucking amazing on PC at 60 fps.

it really is. and there are definitely some areas that arent as smooth at ultra settings and i experienced stutters and framerate drops in some places but after tweaking a couple settings i think ive found a good balance

[baseline bum]

it really is. and there are definitely some areas that arent as smooth at ultra settings and i experienced stutters and framerate drops in some places but after tweaking a couple settings i think ive found a good balance

The graphics are so good in the PC version of Witcher 3 that it's as good as watching Cinemax when you visit the whorehouses.

Meanwhile I have gone in the opposite direction on graphics, as I'm currently playing Shin Megami Tensei IV on the 3DS as well as some Commodore 64 games I installed to my Raspberry Pi. :lol

I gotta say the New 3DS XL is a pretty badass system, at least with custom firmware and a 64GB flash so you can install all the good games on the system for free. :lol

[Chris]

Is Fallout 4 better than New Vegas?

[baseline bum]

Is Fallout 4 better than New Vegas?

Fuck no. Especially when you factor in FONV's epic DLC like Old World Blues and the one in Zion NP, though Dead Money is among the worst DLC I have ever played in a game. The canon Fallout games in order of quality are IMO

1. Fallout 2
2. Fallout New Vegas
3. Fallout
4. Fallout 3
5. Fallout 4

FO4 is still a good game, but nowhere near as good as FONV. FO4 has better graphics and I guess it works better as a FPS, but who plays Fallout like it's COD?

[Chris]

Damn that low on the list eh? :lol I've played them all, and I can see why you have Fallout 2 so high. Playing it on the PS4 fwiw.

[baseline bum]

Damn that low on the list eh? :lol I've played them all, and I can see why you have Fallout 2 so high. Playing it on the PS4 fwiw.

FO4 is still a solid 8/10 IMO. I thought the base game was awesome. The DLC was crap though, I wouldn't bother with any of it if you didn't buy the GOTY. Even if you did I'd still skip the DLC considering how many epic games have come out for PS4 in the last year. But the base game is fun other than the annoying radiant quests from Preston Garvey. The exploration is great and I still love the soundtrack even though it's 70% stuff from the Fallout 3 soundtrack.

I made Piper wear Nora's shit after giving her the wedding ring I pried off Nora's cold, dead hand. Here's a shot of us in our luxurious living room after.

https://image.ibb.co/khpA3S/Brody_And_Piper.jpg

[Chris]

As long as they still got the VATS and the open world quirky characters I will be happy. Exploration is always fun in Fallout, but I'm disappointed to hear that they are recycling old radio soundtrack. Hopefully lots of vault crawling and easter eggs.

[DJR210]

it really is. and there are definitely some areas that arent as smooth at ultra settings and i experienced stutters and framerate drops in some places but after tweaking a couple settings i think ive found a good balance

Please tell me you aren't doing the hair physics..

[DJR210]

The graphics are so good in the PC version of Witcher 3 that it's as good as watching Cinemax when you visit the whorehouses.

Meanwhile I have gone in the opposite direction on graphics, as I'm currently playing Shin Megami Tensei IV on the 3DS as well as some Commodore 64 games I installed to my Raspberry Pi. :lol

I gotta say the New 3DS XL is a pretty badass system, at least with custom firmware and a 64GB flash so you can install all the good games on the system for free. :lol

AC: Origins world > Witcher 3's world, and that's not to say anything bad about Witcher 3

[baseline bum]

I should definitely get a 3DS, only reason why I haven't is because of laziness. I would get a 2DS XL though, don't really care about the 3D stuff. But yeah, I'll check into it.

Damn the Citra 3DS emulator is looking pretty epic. This is night and day better than these games look on a real New 3DS XL screen.


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

This team is also working on a Switch emulator, though I imagine that's years from being very usable.

[Chris]

AC: Origins world > Witcher 3's world, and that's not to say anything bad about Witcher 3

I'm trudging along through AC: Unity. Would you say Origins is better than Revelations or Black Flag?

[DJR210]

I'm trudging along through AC: Unity. Would you say Origins is better than Revelations or Black Flag?

I haven't played any after Black Flag, but it's the best in the series by far for me.

[baseline bum]

I haven't played any after Black Flag, but it's the best in the series by far for me.

Check it, CODEX cracked a UWP game.

https://www.skidrowreloaded.com/gears-of-war-4-codex/

[apalisoc_9]

So no one tried fortnite yet?

Its a new gaming phenomena :lol

[ElNono]

Been playing Fortnite in Battle Royale mode... lots of fun... it's 100 players per session, last man standing wins, big map, great guns... good stuff...

Plus it was a free download from PSN...


So no one tried fortnite yet?

Its a new gaming phenomena :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Dobt you need ps plus to download fortnite?

[ElNono]

it's a free download if you have plus.

You need plus if you want to play online anyways, IIRC, on the PS4

[Reck]

I'm trudging along through AC: Unity. Would you say Origins is better than Revelations or Black Flag?

Origins saved this franchise from dissapearing. The last two games have done nothing but create hate for it. Unity and Syndicate were utter trash.

[Chris]

Origins saved this franchise from dissapearing. The last two games have done nothing but create hate for it. Unity and Syndicate were utter trash.

Unity was a transition from PS3 to PS4 so I give it a pass for that. The Co-Op missions are fun, but they departed from the naval battles probably out of laziness. The main protagonist is pretty boring, nowhere near as endearing as Ezio. I can't speak for Syndicate.

[Mikeanaro]

Check it, CODEX cracked a UWP game.

https://www.skidrowreloaded.com/gears-of-war-4-codex/
110 Gigs, WTF?
Are other games eating that much space?

[Reck]

110 Gigs, WTF?
Are other games eating that much space?

That's nothing new. Even console games are eating up 50-80 gibs these days.

[baseline bum]

110 Gigs, WTF?
Are other games eating that much space?

All the recent Microsoft games are like that. Forza 7 is another 100+ GB game. Quantum Break is nearly 200GB if you download the videos for offline use.

[baseline bum]

That's nothing new. Even console games are eating up 50-80 gibs these days.

100GB seems like it's becoming pretty standard for XBox One X games.

[Reck]

100GB seems like it's becoming pretty standard for XBox One X games.

LOL when did you get a lulbox?

[baseline bum]

LOL when did you get a lulbox?

LOL I wouldn't buy one of those pieces of shit, but I saw a review of the XBox One X on Digital Foundry's youtube channel where they showed most of the new AAA games they installed were 100+ GB.

[Mikeanaro]

That's nothing new. Even console games are eating up 50-80 gibs these days.
My PS4 games are eating 40 gig (Bloodborne, SW Battlefront, Driveclub), thats like a third.

[Mikeanaro]

All the recent Microsoft games are like that. Forza 7 is another 100+ GB game. Quantum Break is nearly 200GB if you download the videos for offline use.
Too much space for a video game, unless it has 8k textures I think its too much.
I remember the original Gears of War being 12 gigs on PC when games were around the 6 gig mark, another heavy space game was Turok 2008 was like 18 gig which is brutal for such a shitty game.
110 gig for a game... must be full of bloating, like those PS4 dummy disks.

[Chris]

Just beat Unity. Ending was shit.

[baseline bum]

Damn for anyone with PS Plus, they just put The Old Hunters DLC for Bloodborne on sale for $5.99. It's by far the best part of the game and is a steal at that price.

[baseline bum]

it's a free download if you have plus.

You need plus if you want to play online anyways, IIRC, on the PS4

Nah you don't need PS Plus for Free to Play games. I was surprised you can play Journey online without PS Plus also.

[ElNono]

Nah you don't need PS Plus for Free to Play games. I was surprised you can play Journey online without PS Plus also.

nice

[Reck]

Just beat Unity. Ending was shit.

You dont say?

Shit gameplay and story to go along with a shit ending. :lol

[Reck]

Nah you don't need PS Plus for Free to Play games. I was surprised you can play Journey online without PS Plus also.

I think that was grandfathered in.

Journey needs to be played online for the full experience and when that game came out on the PS3, the new rules didn't apply obviously.

I have Flower, Journey and Flow that I bought on the PS3 that became free to transfered on the PS4 and could be played online seemless without a PS+ sub.

[baseline bum]

I think that was grandfathered in.

Journey needs to be played online for the full experience and when that game came out on the PS3, the new rules didn't apply obviously.

I have Flower, Journey and Flow that I bought on the PS3 that became free to transfered on the PS4 and could be played online seemless without a PS+ sub.

Flower has multiplayer? Gotta say it's a surprisingly awesome game.

[Chris]

You dont say?

Shit gameplay and story to go along with a shit ending. :lol

It was really bad, just some crap about living our lives and taking responsibility for our actions. Also, not to rely on a higher power :tu Vanilla preachy garbage.

[Reck]

Flower has multiplayer? Gotta say it's a surprisingly awesome game.

No, that one doesn't. But Flow and Journey do as you may already know.

[apalisoc_9]

Nah you don't need PS Plus for Free to Play games. I was surprised you can play Journey online without PS Plus also.
I was trying to download fortnite and it keeps asking for a ps plus membership

[Reck]

I was trying to download fortnite and it keeps asking for a ps plus membership

That game isn't for free if you're not a PS+ user.

[baseline bum]

I was trying to download fortnite and it keeps asking for a ps plus membership


That game isn't for free if you're not a PS+ user.

Shit, my bad. In the past free to play online games haven't required PS Plus and I read an article saying this one didn't either.

[apalisoc_9]

Shit, my bad. In the past free to play online games haven't required PS Plus and I read an article saying this one didn't either.

Reddit and all articles say you dont need ps plus. So I have no idea.

[Reck]

Seems like there are multiple versions of the game.

There is one where its listed at full price. Another one is free through PS+ and this one is the feee one.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1477-CUSA07022_00-FORTNITETESTING1?smcid=pdc:us-en:pdc-games-detail-fortnite-ps4:buttonrow-free-download:fortnite:null:emcid_null

[apalisoc_9]

Seems like there are multiple versions of the game.

There is one where its listed at full price. Another one is free through PS+ and this one is the feee one.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1477-CUSA07022_00-FORTNITETESTING1?smcid=pdc:us-en:pdc-games-detail-fortnite-ps4:buttonrow-free-download:fortnite:null:emcid_null

Got it.

Battle royal is the popular version anyway. Gonna download it tonight :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Sony is playing dirty. If you search fortnite the battle royal free game doesnt show up. Always the one with ps plus

[baseline bum]

Sony is playing dirty. If you search fortnite the battle royal free game doesnt show up. Always the one with ps plus

I typed Fortnite Battle Royale into store.playstation.com and this was the first place it took me. It doesn't appear to require PS Plus. It just says you need a PSN account.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1477-CUSA07022_00-FORTNITETESTING1

[baseline bum]

Figure you'd be interested in this news, Chris

https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2018/03/14/sega-mega-drive-classics-featuring-over-50-iconic-games-hits-ps4-on-29th-may/#sf184514768

I'd have liked to see the two Earthworm Jim games plus NHL 94 but otherwise it looks like a pretty solid Genesis collection.

[baseline bum]

Get in here DJR210

973937807373819907

[Chris]

Figure you'd be interested in this news, Chris

https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2018/03/14/sega-mega-drive-classics-featuring-over-50-iconic-games-hits-ps4-on-29th-may/#sf184514768

I'd have liked to see the two Earthworm Jim games plus NHL 94 but otherwise it looks like a pretty solid Genesis collection.

Phantasy Star 2 omg I may just buy it for that. Great RPG - I had to rent it from Hastings so I never beat it. Big time late fees :lol I would have like to seen Shadowrun on this list.

[Leetonidas]

Get in here DJR210

973937807373819907
:wow

[Leetonidas]

so i've been playing Just Cause 3 on the PC and it's actually pretty fun but im getting really annoying now because i keep getting some bullshit crashing error because of infinite loop in the gpu? wtf? the top suggestion ive seen to fix this is to underclock my PC. :pctoss this is ghey as fuck

[apalisoc_9]

I kinda wanna play just cause 3 too. I like the exagerated action stuff. :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Im also selling monster hunter.

Great game but man it requires lots of committment.

[baseline bum]

I kinda wanna play just cause 3 too. I like the exagerated action stuff. :lol

It's supposed to be horrible on PS4. It was free on PS Plus a few months ago too, you didn't pick it up?

[DJR210]

so i've been playing Just Cause 3 on the PC and it's actually pretty fun but im getting really annoying now because i keep getting some bullshit crashing error because of infinite loop in the gpu? wtf? the top suggestion ive seen to fix this is to underclock my PC. :pctoss this is ghey as fuck

Turn off screen space reflections.. it causes crashing with that error code on certain systems. I enjoy JC3 a lot, I love rigging massive bridges with bombs and taking out hordes of cops in one go :tu

[baseline bum]

:wow

What a disappointment. The announcement turned out to be Geralt being a playable character in the next Soul Caliber.

974268997695868929

[DeadlyDynasty]

with my cock

[DJR210]

What a disappointment. The announcement turned out to be Geralt being a playable character in the next Soul Caliber.

974268997695868929

Would have preferred Geralt in MK X tbh

[Leetonidas]

Turn off screen space reflections.. it causes crashing with that error code on certain systems. I enjoy JC3 a lot, I love rigging massive bridges with bombs and taking out hordes of cops in one go :tu

Some of the posts in the steam community said to make sure it was on :lol I guess it's different for everyone. I'll try that though hopefully it works :tu

[Leetonidas]

What a disappointment. The announcement turned out to be Geralt being a playable character in the next Soul Caliber.

974268997695868929

I saw that.... I am stoked for SC6 as I've always been a fan and now am really stoked for Geralt to be in it but highly disappointed by their Twitter post.... They knew what they were implying :lol

[Leetonidas]

I kinda wanna play just cause 3 too. I like the exagerated action stuff. :lol

It's fun. Story is meh but it's about the ridiculous game play and blowing shit up. It was free on PS plus a few months ago like bb said. I got the complete edition on steam for ten bucks. I wouldn't pay more than that though

[baseline bum]

Yeah I'll have to check out Nocturne then. Have you played or seen gameplay of the first SMT on the SNES? I was expecting a top down view or isometric Final Fantasy style game but it's more of a Wolfenstein 3D with RPG elements. Fucking crazy. Totally not what I expected.

Just saw the trailer for the new SMT on the Switch; looks pretty fucking crazy. You know what, I could see why some would like this series more than the Persona series if they're the types to just enjoy dungeon crawlers without all the social fluff. I could see myself getting into it especially if I'm in the mood in just playing a dungeon crawler and nothing more but having that same art/style of the Persona series but a little more in the darker side.

But yeah, I'm on the second story of Persona 5, the one with the painter/artist dude.

I should definitely get a 3DS, only reason why I haven't is because of laziness. I would get a 2DS XL though, don't really care about the 3D stuff. But yeah, I'll check into it.

I just finished Shin Megami Tensei IV, and got damn that game makes Persona's battles look like child's play. I think I still like the Persona series better overall for the characters, music, stories, and setting, but the battle system is so much more fun in SMT IV. Instead of having a party with one fixed persona each you have a team full of demons and you have to build them as well as your own character to complement each other well or you'll get completely fucked by the later game demons. The dialogue when you get to Mara is fucking hilarious. :lmao

https://image.ibb.co/dCx14c/mara_sm.jpg

[NASpurs]

I just finished Shin Megami Tensei IV, and got damn that game makes Persona's battles look like child's play. I think I still like the Persona series better overall for the characters, music, stories, and setting, but the battle system is so much more fun in SMT IV. Instead of having a party with one fixed persona each you have a team full of demons and you have to build them as well as your own character to complement each other well or you'll get completely fucked by the later game demons. The dialogue when you get to Mara is fucking hilarious. :lmao

https://image.ibb.co/dCx14c/mara_sm.jpg

Jesus, that green penis monster is the stuff of nightmares.

That battle system sounds interesting. Sounds like it's a lot more to juggle if each party member has the ability to have a team full of demons but that sounds pretty cool by itself. Obviously that's how the game was meant to be played if that's how the original games handled the battle system (I'm guessing). I'll keep this game in mind once I'm finished P5 (about halfway through) and get the RPG dungeon crawler itch again. :tu

[baseline bum]

Jesus, that green penis monster is the stuff of nightmares.

That battle system sounds interesting. Sounds like it's a lot more to juggle if each party member has the ability to have a team full of demons but that sounds pretty cool by itself. Obviously that's how the game was meant to be played if that's how the original games handled the battle system (I'm guessing). I'll keep this game in mind once I'm finished P5 (about halfway through) and get the RPG dungeon crawler itch again. :tu

Your demons themselves are your party members. You can have three at a time fight with you and the number you can carry with you is dependent somewhat on level. The main character instead of having a bunch of personas/demons to cast magic/skills casts them himself. He learns the magic/battle skills from his demons from a mechanic called demon whisper, which is where your demon will teach you all his skills once he has leveled up enough to learn everything he can. So with demon whisper you can not only learn new skills, but upgrade them as well. So for instance agidyne+8 is a lot stronger than regular agidyne, and takes less MP to cast. A +8 skill seems to be about equivalent to around the next skill unupgraded, eg agilao+8 is pretty much equal to agidyne. Buffs/debuffs are absolutely essential in this game while in Persona 4/5 you could pretty easily blast through the game only using offensive spells and heal spells.

So how many times do you want to strangle Morgana was he makes you go to sleep? :lol

[Joseph Kony]

Turn off screen space reflections.. it causes crashing with that error code on certain systems. I enjoy JC3 a lot, I love rigging massive bridges with bombs and taking out hordes of cops in one go :tu
didnt work :cry

good thing i scored it for free on PSN awhile back i guess

[baseline bum]

Playstation just got another big 2018 exclusive:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGA3XZm1GPk

[Chris]

Finishing up Skyrim then moving on to The Evil Within

[NASpurs]

Your demons themselves are your party members. You can have three at a time fight with you and the number you can carry with you is dependent somewhat on level. The main character instead of having a bunch of personas/demons to cast magic/skills casts them himself. He learns the magic/battle skills from his demons from a mechanic called demon whisper, which is where your demon will teach you all his skills once he has leveled up enough to learn everything he can. So with demon whisper you can not only learn new skills, but upgrade them as well. So for instance agidyne+8 is a lot stronger than regular agidyne, and takes less MP to cast. A +8 skill seems to be about equivalent to around the next skill unupgraded, eg agilao+8 is pretty much equal to agidyne. Buffs/debuffs are absolutely essential in this game while in Persona 4/5 you could pretty easily blast through the game only using offensive spells and heal spells.

So how many times do you want to strangle Morgana was he makes you go to sleep? :lol

So basically what you're saying is that the Persona battle system has been dumb down a bit to please the masses. Yeah I've noticed I've barely used any of the buffs in this Persona game and just powering through the game by spamming my offensive spells. With you explaining the battle system for SMT IV, that sounds a lot better and more strategic, less spammy. Definitely need to try it out.

Jesus that was infuriating with Morgana. Stop ending my day motherfucker! I like to bone my homeroom teacher right after getting done with a dungeon, you don't know me! (I still haven't boned her yet but I can see it leading there :lol) Aigis > Teddy >>>>>>>> Morgana. Totally not a fan of this character at all.

[baseline bum]

So basically what you're saying is that the Persona battle system has been dumb down a bit to please the masses. Yeah I've noticed I've barely used any of the buffs in this Persona game and just powering through the game by spamming my offensive spells. With you explaining the battle system for SMT IV, that sounds a lot better and more strategic, less spammy. Definitely need to try it out.

Jesus that was infuriating with Morgana. Stop ending my day motherfucker! I like to bone my homeroom teacher right after getting done with a dungeon, you don't know me! (I still haven't boned her yet but I can see it leading there :lol) Aigis > Teddy >>>>>>>> Morgana. Totally not a fan of this character at all.

SMT IV is definitely more grindy than Persona games, especially to get those +8 skills. By the end game I had my team setup so myself plus my two best demons would cast strings of buffs and debuffs with my fourth demon either for a critical attack or a pass turn to my main character for a concentrated attack. I was doing a magic build so I'd put 3 points into magic, 1 into agility, and 1 into luck every time I leveled (you get 5 skill points per level). Though in the late game I had to dump all my points into agility for 4-5 levels since agility controls who goes first in battles and there are some demons who will completely wipe your party out if they get the first attack. Even if you have level 99 demons.

You're playing Persona 5 with the Japanese voices and still chose Kawakami for the romance option? It's funny because I was reading she's not very popular with Japanese players but is extremely popular with American players because of her voice in the American dub. I chose Ann just to piss Morgana off. Tell me when you beat the game; I have a question about it but it involves the very late game so I don't want to ask now.

[NASpurs]

SMT IV is definitely more grindy than Persona games, especially to get those +8 skills. By the end game I had my team setup so myself plus my two best demons would cast strings of buffs and debuffs with my fourth demon either for a critical attack or a pass turn to my main character for a concentrated attack. I was doing a magic build so I'd put 3 points into magic, 1 into agility, and 1 into luck every time I leveled (you get 5 skill points per level). Though in the late game I had to dump all my points into agility for 4-5 levels since agility controls who goes first in battles and there are some demons who will completely wipe your party out if they get the first attack. Even if you have level 99 demons.

You're playing Persona 5 with the Japanese voices and still chose Kawakami for the romance option? It's funny because I was reading she's not very popular with Japanese players but is extremely popular with American players because of her voice in the American dub. I chose Ann just to piss Morgana off. Tell me when you beat the game; I have a question about it but it involves the very late game so I don't want to ask now.

See that sounds pretty cool. Right now, it's real fucking easy on P5. I just have every type of element monster, find the weakness of the monster, then do an all-out attack. Lather, rinse, repeat, etc. But that's also probably due to me playing these games before and knowing the "routine" of these games I guess. I just don't feel challenged right now even with the bosses.

Wait you're only allowed to choose one? I remember in the other ones, I boned all of the chicks that I was allowed to bone... meaning I maxed out all of my confidant levels. :lol Are you limited to one or something in this game? But yeah, I chose the homeroom teacher not really caring about her voice or whatever. Probably says a lot about me as a person. :lol Hey, she moonlights as a escort or whatever and I'm a 17 year old kid in the game knowing her after-school secret. And as a 17 year old kid, you know this older professional chick knows some shit in the sack. :lol Actually now that I think about it, I may have had a crush on my homeroom teacher back in high school too lol

[baseline bum]

See that sounds pretty cool. Right now, it's real fucking easy on P5. I just have every type of element monster, find the weakness of the monster, then do an all-out attack. Lather, rinse, repeat, etc. But that's also probably due to me playing these games before and knowing the "routine" of these games I guess. I just don't feel challenged right now even with the bosses.

Wait you're only allowed to choose one? I remember in the other ones, I boned all of the chicks that I was allowed to bone... meaning I maxed out all of my confidant levels. :lol Are you limited to one or something in this game? But yeah, I chose the homeroom teacher not really caring about her voice or whatever. Probably says a lot about me as a person. :lol Hey, she moonlights as a escort or whatever and I'm a 17 year old kid in the game knowing her after-school secret. And as a 17 year old kid, you know this older professional chick knows some shit in the sack. :lol Actually now that I think about it, I may have had a crush on my homeroom teacher back in high school too lol

But what did you say when Nanako proposed on March 20th? Come to think of it, it probably is funnier to have multiple bitches in Persona 5.

[NASpurs]

But what did you say when Nanako proposed on March 20th? Come to think of it, it probably is funnier to have multiple bitches in Persona 5.

:lol dunno, it's all a haze with being a 10 year old game for me now. I just remember being team Rise and everyone else took a back seat to her.

As for P5, I'm going the homeroom teacher then that goth-looking doctor. Ann's for the Japanese dudes who like that exotic blonde look lol.

[baseline bum]

:lol dunno, it's all a haze with being a 10 year old game for me now. I just remember being team Rise and everyone else took a back seat to her.

As for P5, I'm going the homeroom teacher then that goth-looking doctor. Ann's for the Japanese dudes who like that exotic blonde look lol.

Takemi is one of the most important social links to upgrade pretty early in P5 since you get the MP regeneration accessories from her. Those make sure you never have to make more than one trip into a dungeon (other than the second trip for the boss fight). Pretty critical if you want to bang all the confidants, though that'll be pretty difficult on a first playthrough.

[apalisoc_9]

Finally played fortnite. Game is lit.

Cant believe this is for free...

:wow

[baseline bum]

Finally played fortnite. Game is lit.

Cant believe this is for free...

:wow

You ever get into the Yakuza games? I just started playing 0 and it's nonstop beating the shit out of everyone. It's like they took one of BUMP's old posts and made it into a game.

[IronMexican]

Ni No Kuni getting great reviews.

Just bought 2k, have monster hunter and want to play P5 first. Gonna have to wait. Maybe till the summer.

[IronMexican]

You ever get into the Yakuza games? I just started playing 0 and it's nonstop beating the shit out of everyone. It's like they took one of BUMP's old posts and made it into a game.

:lol


Miss reading BUMP and stretch'post

[baseline bum]

A couple of days in and Yakuza 0 is feeling massively overrated. The minigames are mostly boring other than the Sega games you can play when you walk into an arcade and the cool shit I saw in the reviews like picking up bikes and beating the shit out of people with them can only be done in this fighting stance called "beast" where the control is super slow and unresponsive. The control feels pretty bad in this game too. Some times you can't use the right thumbstick to spin around your view fully and it feels kind of random when it will work vs when it won't. The camera can be terrible. There is this one guy who tries to rob you on the street and fighting him is reasonable when you have a good camera angle but if you run past him or he runs past you getting the camera back on him so you can see what you're doing can take forever. The control at times feels almost like a late PS1 or early PS2 game, which is completely at odds with the modern graphics and sound. The story is really cool so far but the control seems to badly hold this game back.

[baseline bum]

After a couple more days I'm starting to really like Yakuza 0. The camera is still annoying as hell but the story is cool and the combat becomes a lot more fun when you unlock some moves.

[apalisoc_9]

Im still playing monster hunter. :lol

Its one of those games where the hunt itself is so fun that its almost like one game of 2k.

The non-existant story makes it diffuclt for me to play it any longer than an hour though.

[Joseph Kony]

I started playing Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice. interesting concept for a game tbh

[midnightpulp]

https://media1.nin-nin-game.com/914-pos_thickbox/gradius-deluxe-pack-saturn-used-good-condition-en.jpg

Beat Gradius 1 on Saturn Easy and Easy (it's not Easy). Working on Normal now.

[Chris]

Gradius brings back memories. That game was at every bowling alley in Texas during the 80's.

[ElNono]

Been playing Hob... really nice Zelda-style game, tbh... jeebus

[NASpurs]

Takemi is one of the most important social links to upgrade pretty early in P5 since you get the MP regeneration accessories from her. Those make sure you never have to make more than one trip into a dungeon (other than the second trip for the boss fight). Pretty critical if you want to bang all the confidants, though that'll be pretty difficult on a first playthrough.

Such a fucking great game. I’ve been playing it a night and before I know it, five hours have passed and it’s 2 AM.

I just beat the Egyptian-themed palace with the shut-in girl. I fucking loved everything about this level. It was actually kind of difficult too which I enjoyed and the puzzle elements were nice. A really dark story coinciding with this level too. Hopefully the game doesn’t go down hill from here. I’m on a high.

And these motherfuckers need to stop wasting my days. I’m trying to get all of my girl confidants maxed out. :lol

[baseline bum]

Such a fucking great game. I’ve been playing it a night and before I know it, five hours have passed and it’s 2 AM.

I just beat the Egyptian-themed palace with the shut-in girl. I fucking loved everything about this level. It was actually kind of difficult too which I enjoyed and the puzzle elements were nice. A really dark story coinciding with this level too. Hopefully the game doesn’t go down hill from here. I’m on a high.

And these motherfuckers need to stop wasting my days. I’m trying to get all of my girl confidants maxed out. :lol

Yeah any time I fired up Persona 5 I knew I was playing it for 6 hours. :lol

[apalisoc_9]

https://media1.nin-nin-game.com/914-pos_thickbox/gradius-deluxe-pack-saturn-used-good-condition-en.jpg

Beat Gradius 1 on Saturn Easy and Easy (it's not Easy). Working on Normal now.

Just play a modern game man. Stop this charade :lol

[resistanze]

ElNono is your nerd ass at GDC? Too many neckbeards in my neighborhood this week tbh

[spurraider21]

disclaimer: i'm well aware that i'm quite outdated :lol... i haven't actively gamed, or even bought a new game since i started law school in 2014. i was an avid ps3 gamer, but decided not to buy a ps4 because i didnt want a new distraction. to date, my "newest" console is still a ps3. that said, i finally decided to wipe the dust and hook it up in my living room. wife spends her evenings studying for the mcat, so i no longer have issues hogging the tv.

anyway, main thing i've been playing for past couple of weeks is fallout 3 (game of the year edition with all the DLC material), and i've been having a blast. that said, i'm not really convinced i want to invest in a PS4 yet, since i'd have no games for it, and buying enough games to have a decent library would be its own investment. i'd have to get the new god of war game, was a big fan of the infamous series, so i'd pick up the two releases. i used to be a COD player, but i think i've gotten tired of that. but getting a PS4 is another decision for another day. (also, just to confirm, PS4 > Xbox, right?)

with that being said, i never played new vegas. i've enjoyed the shit out of fallout 3 despite some of its glitchiness/laginess. you guys recommend me picking up new vegas?

[baseline bum]

disclaimer: i'm well aware that i'm quite outdated :lol... i haven't actively gamed, or even bought a new game since i started law school in 2014. i was an avid ps3 gamer, but decided not to buy a ps4 because i didnt want a new distraction. to date, my "newest" console is still a ps3. that said, i finally decided to wipe the dust and hook it up in my living room. wife spends her evenings studying for the mcat, so i no longer have issues hogging the tv.

anyway, main thing i've been playing for past couple of weeks is fallout 3 (game of the year edition with all the DLC material), and i've been having a blast. that said, i'm not really convinced i want to invest in a PS4 yet, since i'd have no games for it, and buying enough games to have a decent library would be its own investment. i'd have to get the new god of war game, was a big fan of the infamous series, so i'd pick up the two releases. i used to be a COD player, but i think i've gotten tired of that. but getting a PS4 is another decision for another day. (also, just to confirm, PS4 > Xbox, right?)

with that being said, i never played new vegas. i've enjoyed the shit out of fallout 3 despite some of its glitchiness/laginess. you guys recommend me picking up new vegas?

As a Fallout fan who has played all five main games and all DLCs, I can say Fallout 4 isn't as good as Fallout 3, so no need for you to rush out to get a PS4 for it. But Fallout New Vegas is better in every way compared to Fallout 3 IMO. It's far and away the best 3D Fallout game, though my favorite in the series is the isometric game Fallout 2. Getting a GOTY version is a must since New Vegas has the two most interesting DLC in the entire series (Old World Blues and Honest Hearts), though it also has the worst DLC episode I have ever played in a game (namely Dead Money, it's horrible). But you'll spend through the nose to buy the DLC separately. I liked the setting, story, and music much better in FONV. Mechanically they're pretty similar games.

I don't see why you'd worry about having to buy a new library right away if you get a PS4 though. Just play one game at a time. The only reason to buy more games is if they're on too good a sale to pass up and you know you'll play them later. PS4 games go down in price pretty rapidly. Bloodborne is arguably the best game on the system and it's only $20. The PSN Store puts the inFAMOUS game and its expansion on sale all the time. inFAMOUS Second Son is $10 and inFAMOUS First Light is $9 until 3/27 on the PSN Store. Plus there is a 20% off coupon code you can get.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/865j3w/20_off_one_transaction_made_at_playstation_store/

Just pick up God of War a couple of months after release when you'll find it for $30.

If you're into RPGs I highly recommend Persona 5. Plus it's available on PS3. Check the review below, it's a pretty cool game.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tP4UkC6dB0

[baseline bum]

And yeah, XBox One sucks in comparison to PS4 unless you're really into Forza or Gears of War.

[baseline bum]

https://media1.nin-nin-game.com/914-pos_thickbox/gradius-deluxe-pack-saturn-used-good-condition-en.jpg

Beat Gradius 1 on Saturn Easy and Easy (it's not Easy). Working on Normal now.

Go beat Japan's Super Mario Bros 2. They took Super Mario Bros and turned up the difficulty to a ridiculous level with lots of leaps of faith and jumps you miss by one pixel if you're at all off.

[spurraider21]

As a Fallout fan who has played all five main games and all DLCs, I can say Fallout 4 isn't as good as Fallout 3, so no need for you to rush out to get a PS4 for it. But Fallout New Vegas is better in every way compared to Fallout 3 IMO. It's far and away the best 3D Fallout game, though my favorite in the series is the isometric game Fallout 2. Getting a GOTY version is a must since New Vegas has the two most interesting DLC in the entire series (Old World Blues and Honest Hearts), though it also has the worst DLC episode I have ever played in a game (namely Dead Money, it's horrible). But you'll spend through the nose to buy the DLC separately. I liked the setting, story, and music much better in FONV. Mechanically they're pretty similar games.

I don't see why you'd worry about having to buy a new library right away if you get a PS4 though. Just play one game at a time. The only reason to buy more games is if they're on too good a sale to pass up and you know you'll play them later. PS4 games go down in price pretty rapidly. Bloodborne is arguably the best game on the system and it's only $20. The PSN Store puts the inFAMOUS game and its expansion on sale all the time. inFAMOUS Second Son is $10 and inFAMOUS First Light is $9 until 3/27 on the PSN Store. Plus there is a 20% off coupon code you can get.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/865j3w/20_off_one_transaction_made_at_playstation_store/

Just pick up God of War a couple of months after release when you'll find it for $30.

If you're into RPGs I highly recommend Persona 5. Plus it's available on PS3. Check the review below, it's a pretty cool game.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tP4UkC6dB0

:tu thanks man. think i'll pick up new vegas for the time being (obviously game of year edition. the DLC's, good or bad, are still worthwhile)

and i didn't realize you could get games that cheap. not something i had explored... something to consider, tho will probably still mull that one over a bit. also i read your earlier post about god of war... 2 and 3 were both blasts. enjoy


And yeah, XBox One sucks in comparison to PS4 unless you're really into Forza or Gears of War.
thanks... and nah, i've never owned any version of xbox so never got attached to their exclusives like gears or halo

[baseline bum]

and i didn't realize you could get games that cheap. not something i had explored... something to consider, tho will probably still mull that one over a bit

I rarely pay more than $35 for PS4 games, and often $20 or less, though I usually buy games only on sale or when I get a coupon from Sony. If you want to load up on PS3 games do it quick while they're still really cheap at Gamestop. I just got a PS3 last January and Gamestop's selection of PS3 games seems to be about 1/3 of what it was last year at the three Gamestops I buy from due to their firesales of PS3 games over the last year. So expect their prices to start increasing in say another year.

[ElNono]

ElNono is your nerd ass at GDC? Too many neckbeards in my neighborhood this week tbh

I was invited, but I'm in crunch time ATM, so couldn't go. My cousin is there tho.

[leemajors]

I rarely pay more than $35 for PS4 games, and often $20 or less, though I usually buy games only on sale or when I get a coupon from Sony. If you want to load up on PS3 games do it quick while they're still really cheap at Gamestop. I just got a PS3 last January and Gamestop's selection of PS3 games seems to be about 1/3 of what it was last year at the three Gamestops I buy from due to their firesales of PS3 games over the last year. So expect their prices to start increasing in say another year.

are there any deals at toys r us bankruptcy sale? just a thought

[spurraider21]

I rarely pay more than $35 for PS4 games, and often $20 or less, though I usually buy games only on sale or when I get a coupon from Sony. If you want to load up on PS3 games do it quick while they're still really cheap at Gamestop. I just got a PS3 last January and Gamestop's selection of PS3 games seems to be about 1/3 of what it was last year at the three Gamestops I buy from due to their firesales of PS3 games over the last year. So expect their prices to start increasing in say another year.
hmm, i've been out of the loop for some time, so can't really think off the top of my head what games i missed out on. i went through a good amount of the ps3 notables. main series i never bothered playing was ratchet and clank. also never played red dead redemption that was supposed to be a big deal. also i remember playing arkham asylum and loving it, but never played arkham city

also how do amazon prices compare to game stop?

[baseline bum]

hmm, i've been out of the loop for some time, so can't really think off the top of my head what games i missed out on. i went through a good amount of the ps3 notables. main series i never bothered playing was ratchet and clank. also never played red dead redemption that was supposed to be a big deal. also i remember playing arkham asylum and loving it, but never played arkham city

also how do amazon prices compare to game stop?

Red Dead Redemption is amazing. If you like GTA you'll like it too. Shit man I was about to recommend getting it at Gamestop since they had been selling it for $5 used forever, but now they jacked the price up to $15. You can get it for $12.89 from the PSN Store right now in digital form. I guess that rise in price for PS3 games is already starting to happen, as The Last of Us was $5 for the longest time (must play PS3 game, though the PS4 version is a lot better thanks to being 60 fps) but is now $10 used at Gamestop. Amazon is great for buying new PS4 games since they often set their price to match the sale prices for Best Buy, Gamestop, the PSN Store, etc, but for used PS3 games I prefer walking into a Gamestop so I can look at the disc before buying.

The only Ratchet & Clank I have played is the PS4 game, which was really good. I do own four different Ratchet & Clank PS3 games, but haven't played them. :lol I bought them on the PSN Store for like $3 each last year when the PSN Store had all kinds of crazy PS3 deals. Those PSN Store sales for PS3 games have since long dried up though.

If I had to recommend a few awesome late gen PS3 games (eg 2013 or later) that you probably missed, I'd go with

1. Persona 5 (best game on the PS3 IMO)
2. The Last of Us (second best game on the PS3)
3. Bioshock Infinite
4. Odin Sphere Leifhtrasir
5. South Park: The Stick of Truth
6. Metal Gear Solid V Phantom Pain
7. Tomb Raider (2013)
8. Dragon's Crown
9. Guacamelee

South Park The Stick of Truth might be the best licensed game I have ever played. You can tell Trey Parker and Matt Stone were heavily involved in it, as it plays just like a new season of the show. It's short but extremely funny and the battle mechanic is a lot like Super Mario RPG if you ever played that old shit.

[baseline bum]

I was invited, but I'm in crunch time ATM, so couldn't go. My cousin is there tho.

Nice, making enough to pay off the coyote to get him across the river?

[spurraider21]

Red Dead Redemption is amazing. If you like GTA you'll like it too. Shit man I was about to recommend getting it at Gamestop since they had been selling it for $5 used forever, but now they jacked the price up to $15. You can get it for $12.89 from the PSN Store right now in digital form. I guess that rise in price for PS3 games is already starting to happen, as The Last of Us was $5 for the longest time (must play PS3 game, though the PS4 version is a lot better thanks to being 60 fps) but is now $10 used at Gamestop. Amazon is great for buying new PS4 games since they often set their price to match the sale prices for Best Buy, Gamestop, the PSN Store, etc, but for used PS3 games I prefer walking into a Gamestop so I can look at the disc before buying.

The only Ratchet & Clank I have played is the PS4 game, which was really good. I do own four different Ratchet & Clank PS3 games, but haven't played them. :lol I bought them on the PSN Store for like $3 each last year when the PSN Store had all kinds of crazy PS3 deals. Those PSN Store sales for PS3 games have since long dried up though.

If I had to recommend a few awesome late gen PS3 games (eg 2013 or later) that you probably missed, I'd go with

1. Persona 5 (best game on the PS3 IMO)
2. The Last of Us (second best game on the PS3)
3. Bioshock Infinite
4. Odin Sphere Leifhtrasir
5. South Park: The Stick of Truth
6. Metal Gear Solid V Phantom Pain
7. Tomb Raider (2013)
8. Dragon's Crown
9. Guacamelee

South Park The Stick of Truth might be the best licensed game I have ever played. You can tell Trey Parker and Matt Stone were heavily involved in it, as it plays just like a new season of the show. It's short but extremely funny and the battle mechanic is a lot like Super Mario RPG if you ever played that old shit.
yeah i missed all of those.

and damn, one thing i usually do is look at game completion times on howlongtobeat.com ... and they have persona as 100+ hours (over 200 for completionists). holy shit. for reference, fallout games are usually like 70 hours, scratching 115 or so for completionists. rarely see anything like that on ps3 games...

[baseline bum]

yeah i missed all of those.

and damn, one thing i usually do is look at game completion times on howlongtobeat.com ... and they have persona as 100+ hours (over 200 for completionists). holy shit. for reference, fallout games are usually like 70 hours, scratching 115 or so for completionists. rarely see anything like that on ps3 games...

Persona 5 is huge. My playthrough was 160 hours or so. Being a completionist requires you to play through the entire game at least twice. Persona 5 is more a modern gen game size-wise, as it released in the US last year and in Japan in 2016.

[baseline bum]

yeah i missed all of those.

and damn, one thing i usually do is look at game completion times on howlongtobeat.com ... and they have persona as 100+ hours (over 200 for completionists). holy shit. for reference, fallout games are usually like 70 hours, scratching 115 or so for completionists. rarely see anything like that on ps3 games...

One thing I forgot to mention about those nine games I listed: 8 of them are also out for PS4 right now, and the ninth (Dragon's Crown) will also come out on PS4 this summer I think. The PS4 version of Bioshock Infinite may only be available in the Bioshock Collection of remasters though. That collection of the three Bioshock games for PS4 is only $20 though.

https://www.gamestop.com/ps4/games/bioshock-the-collection/132022

[spurraider21]

One thing I forgot to mention about those nine games I listed: 8 of them are also out for PS4. Dragon's Crown will also come out on PS4 this summer I think. The PS4 version of Bioshock Infinite may only be available in the Bioshock Collection of remasters though.
are those still worth picking up on the ps3, though?

my experience when a game is released on an older and newer console is that the one dedicated for the older one generally sucks complete ass. for instance, one of my favorite games to replay over and over again growing up was Spiderman 2 on the PS2. when spiderman 3 was coming out, they released it for the ps2 and ps3. while the ps3 version was nothing special, the ps2 one was complete donkey balls.

also like i said, i used to be a big COD fanboy, and i bought Ghosts for the ps3, which was a steaming pile of shit compared to what they put out for the ps4

[baseline bum]

God PS4 has so many PS3 games remastered :lol

[spurraider21]

God PS4 has so many PS3 games remastered :lol
i remember when one of my ps3 controllers started falling apart and i had to get another one, i found an incredible bundle deal to get God of War 1, 2, and 3 + a controller for 60 bucks, that was fantastic. playing GOW 1 and 2 remastered for ps3 was pretty nice

[baseline bum]

are those still worth picking up on the ps3, though?

my experience when a game is released on an older and newer console is that the one dedicated for the older one generally sucks complete ass. for instance, one of my favorite games to replay over and over again growing up was Spiderman 2 on the PS2. when spiderman 3 was coming out, they released it for the ps2 and ps3. while the ps3 version was nothing special, the ps2 one was complete donkey balls.

also like i said, i used to be a big COD fanboy, and i bought Ghosts for the ps3, which was a steaming pile of shit compared to what they put out for the ps4

Depends.

1. Persona 5 - Pretty much the same game on PS3 with a slightly lower framerate in the city streets.
2. The Last of Us - Night and day better on PS4 since it runs at 60 fps vs struggling really hard to get to 30 fps on PS3. The PS4 version also includes the Left Behind DLC which adds a cool couple of hours of backstory.
3. Bioshock Infinite - The PS4 version supposedly brings the game on par with the PC version at 1080p with better textures and better framerate than PS3.
4. Odin Sphere Leifhthrasir - Pretty much the same game with a slightly lower framerate in parts on PS3.
5. South Park: The Stick of Truth - Exact same game on PS3/PS4/PC/XBox360/XBox One.
6. Metal Gear Solid V Phantom Pain - I imagine the textures are a lot better on PS4 and the framerate too probably.
7. Tomb Raider (2013) - Same as MGS V
8. Dragon's Crown - The PS4 remaster is supposed to have an orchestral remix of the soundtrack, but the game plays great on my PS3.
9. Guacamelee - It's a pretty simple indie game so I doubt PS3 has any problems running it, though I played it on PC.

[spurraider21]

thanks. next thing i'll probably pick up is New Vegas, will pick up persona 5 after that if i'm up for it

[ElNono]

Nice, making enough to pay off the coyote to get him across the river?

many laps, tbh, imo

[Reck]

As a Fallout fan who has played all five main games and all DLCs, I can say Fallout 4 isn't as good as Fallout 3, so no need for you to rush out to get a PS4 for it. But Fallout New Vegas is better in every way compared to Fallout 3 IMO. It's far and away the best 3D Fallout game, though my favorite in the series is the isometric game Fallout 2. Getting a GOTY version is a must since New Vegas has the two most interesting DLC in the entire series (Old World Blues and Honest Hearts), though it also has the worst DLC episode I have ever played in a game (namely Dead Money, it's horrible). But you'll spend through the nose to buy the DLC separately. I liked the setting, story, and music much better in FONV. Mechanically they're pretty similar games.

I don't see why you'd worry about having to buy a new library right away if you get a PS4 though. Just play one game at a time. The only reason to buy more games is if they're on too good a sale to pass up and you know you'll play them later. PS4 games go down in price pretty rapidly. Bloodborne is arguably the best game on the system and it's only $20. The PSN Store puts the inFAMOUS game and its expansion on sale all the time. inFAMOUS Second Son is $10 and inFAMOUS First Light is $9 until 3/27 on the PSN Store. Plus there is a 20% off coupon code you can get.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/865j3w/20_off_one_transaction_made_at_playstation_store/

Just pick up God of War a couple of months after release when you'll find it for $30.

If you're into RPGs I highly recommend Persona 5. Plus it's available on PS3. Check the review below, it's a pretty cool game.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tP4UkC6dB0

:lol Thinking God of War 4 will be 30 bucks in a few months.

In fact, Persona 5 which is like a year old at this point, it's still selling at 50 bucks new. 45 or so used.

I would definitely reccomend spurraider21 (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905) to get PS+ along with the PS4 if he ends up buying it. They're listing AAA games on their free line up now which has me thinking I also should re-sub.

Another way to ease into the PS4 is to buy indie games which are very cheap. 10, 15 bucks at pop for a solid game. You definitely should try the Telltale games. Life Is Strange is a must buy.

[Chris]

New Vegas is easily the best game in the series imo

[baseline bum]

:lol Thinking God of War 4 will be 30 bucks in a few months.

In fact, Persona 5 which is like a year old at this point, it's still selling at 50 bucks new. 45 or so used.

I would definitely reccomend spurraider21 (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905) to get PS+ along with the PS4 if he ends up buying it. They're listing AAA games on their free line up now which has me thinking I also should re-sub.

Another way to ease into the PS4 is to buy indie games which are very cheap. 10, 15 bucks at pop for a solid game. You definitely should try the Telltale games. Life Is Strange is a must buy.

The competition between Gamestop, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Amazon, Newegg, and the PSN Store is pretty strong and if you follow the PS4Deals reddit you can almost always find games for low prices a couple of months after launch (and often sooner). Persona 5 has been on sale for $30 pretty regularly the last couple of months. You're nuts if you pay MSRP for any PS4 game with as much competition as there is for game sales today. I don't pay MSRP even when I buy games Day 1.

[Xevious]

Yeah any time I fired up Persona 5 I knew I was playing it for 6 hours. :lol
That's why I haven't played it in a while. I had shit to do around the house and P5 literally sucked away every waking hour I had. I'll beat it someday.

[baseline bum]

That's why I haven't played it in a while. I had shit to do around the house and P5 literally sucked away every waking hour I had. I'll beat it someday.

The only game I have played that was worse for being a time sink once you started is Minecraft. But at least you know you have been playing for 6 hours when playing Persona 5. Minecraft you could play for 5 or 6 hours and feel like it was only 90 minutes. I can't count how many times I played Minecraft in the early days and I'd look at the clock and see it was midnight and I still hadn't eaten shit for dinner. Even though I loved the game I had to quit playing it, that shit was like heroin. I'd start fucking around with the redstone and making all these circuits out of it and using it to make killing machines and shit and it would be 5 hours later in no time.

[baseline bum]

New Vegas is easily the best game in the series imo

Dude you gotta play Fallout 2. Any PC can play it and it goes on sale for $2.99 all the time on GOG. It's a really old school turn based RPG but so satisfyingly violent once you up the level of your character. Though you should play the first Fallout before Fallout 2 since FO2 is a direct sequel. FONV felt like a bit of a throwback to the original Fallout 1 & 2 with the different ammo types and weapon mods and all other kinds of tweaks you can make.

If I was going to rank the Fallout games in order from best to worst (but still pretty good), I'd probably go:

1. Fallout 2
2. Fallout New Vegas
3. Fallout 1
4. Fallout 3
5. Fallout 4

[baseline bum]

thanks. next thing i'll probably pick up is New Vegas, will pick up persona 5 after that if i'm up for it

New Vegas is pretty epic. They just absolutely nailed the setting. And then P5 is even better.

[apalisoc_9]

Pick up Horizon or Bloodbrone Spursraider. If you own a ps4, you need to.

[leemajors]

The only game I have played that was worse for being a time sink once you started is Minecraft. But at least you know you have been playing for 6 hours when playing Persona 5. Minecraft you could play for 5 or 6 hours and feel like it was only 90 minutes. I can't count how many times I played Minecraft in the early days and I'd look at the clock and see it was midnight and I still hadn't eaten shit for dinner. Even though I loved the game I had to quit playing it, that shit was like heroin. I'd start fucking around with the redstone and making all these circuits out of it and using it to make killing machines and shit and it would be 5 hours later in no time.

my daughter got me into it. even just digging down for shit became obsessive. the monsters in it were even fun.

[jeebus]

Been playing Hob... really nice Zelda-style game, tbh... jeebus (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=22786)

Looks decent enough. Tried watching some lets play vids on youtube but its tough when you got some annoying fag commentating every single thing he does.

[Xevious]

The only game I have played that was worse for being a time sink once you started is Minecraft. But at least you know you have been playing for 6 hours when playing Persona 5. Minecraft you could play for 5 or 6 hours and feel like it was only 90 minutes. I can't count how many times I played Minecraft in the early days and I'd look at the clock and see it was midnight and I still hadn't eaten shit for dinner. Even though I loved the game I had to quit playing it, that shit was like heroin. I'd start fucking around with the redstone and making all these circuits out of it and using it to make killing machines and shit and it would be 5 hours later in no time.
Nothing compares to MMOs though. I sadly was into Everquest and then WoW when they were big. Nothing is quite as sickening as realizing you've put nearly 100 days into one character.

[ElNono]

Looks decent enough. Tried watching some lets play vids on youtube but its tough when you got some annoying fag commentating every single thing he does.

Playing through it... it's a bit buggy, tbh... other than that it's pretty nice, exploration, etc... it's no Zelda, but it's pretty good on it's own...

[Chris]

Dude you gotta play Fallout 2. Any PC can play it and it goes on sale for $2.99 all the time on GOG. It's a really old school turn based RPG but so satisfyingly violent once you up the level of your character. Though you should play the first Fallout before Fallout 2 since FO2 is a direct sequel. FONV felt like a bit of a throwback to the original Fallout 1 & 2 with the different ammo types and weapon mods and all other kinds of tweaks you can make.

If I was going to rank the Fallout games in order from best to worst (but still pretty good), I'd probably go:

1. Fallout 2
2. Fallout New Vegas
3. Fallout 1
4. Fallout 3
5. Fallout 4

:lol Yeah we actually talked about this not too long ago ITT. I agree on Fallout 2 for nostalgic reasons and I love turn based strategy games, but New Vegas was a masterpiece for me.

[baseline bum]

:lol Yeah we actually talked about this not too long ago ITT. I agree on Fallout 2 for nostalgic reasons and I love turn based strategy games, but New Vegas was a masterpiece for me.

LMAO. Shit, I tell everyone they gotta try Fallout 2 after ElNono convinced me to play it. :lol

Yeah New Vegas is incredible, especially 3 of the 4 DLC. Man I fucking hated Dead Money though.

[ElNono]

New Vegas is great, tbh... but I'd love a UHD remaster of Fallout 2, IMO...

[spurraider21]

Picked up New Vegas ultimate edition (DLC’s included) for $13 at Walmart tbh :lol... had it in their bargain bin

[baseline bum]

Damn, nice!

[DJR210]

https://media1.nin-nin-game.com/914-pos_thickbox/gradius-deluxe-pack-saturn-used-good-condition-en.jpg

Beat Gradius 1 on Saturn Easy and Easy (it's not Easy). Working on Normal now.

Gradius > R-Type

[apalisoc_9]

Pubg on my android
FORTNITE on ps4
Monster hunter on ps4
Recently started palying age of empires too in PC

[Joseph Kony]

installing Far Cry 5 tbh....hope it doesnt suck

[Joseph Kony]

Pubg on my android
FORTNITE on ps4
Monster hunter on ps4
Recently started palying age of empires too in PC

the first age of empires? havent played that in awhile but will always be a classic :tu

[baseline bum]

The side activities in Yakuza 0 :lmao


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfo1KH6A3ZI

[spurraider21]

:lmao

[Joseph Kony]

man, after getting ahold of the mechs, Just Cause 3 is one of the better, more fun and entertaining games ive played for awhile. cant believe it took me so long, when it first came out i played it and thought it was meh. But if you want to just blow shit up and cause havoc, not much better than that this. :tu that bavarium mech is nuts :lol

[Reck]

The next couple of months are going to rape my wallet. :lol

God of War this month and Detroit Become Human next month.

[baseline bum]

The next couple of months are going to rape my wallet. :lol

God of War this month and Detroit Become Human next month.

The two new games I'm most excited about buying are God of War and Yakuza 6, but I doubt I'll buy either before I find them somewhere for $30 since I have Yakuza 1-5 and God of War 2 & 3 to play first. I may not buy anything until October when Red Dead Redemption 2 hopefully comes out. Days Gone getting delayed to 2019 sucked, that was the Playstation game I most wanted this year.

[Chris]

Mad Max free to play for PS+ looks cheesy

If it's anything like the old PC Carmageddon games then it may be alright.

[DJR210]

man, after getting ahold of the mechs, Just Cause 3 is one of the better, more fun and entertaining games ive played for awhile. cant believe it took me so long, when it first came out i played it and thought it was meh. But if you want to just blow shit up and cause havoc, not much better than that this. :tu that bavarium mech is nuts :lol

I was unaware of the mechs tbh.. I will have to fire this shit up again soon. Have you tried AC Origins yet? Another good one to push that GPU

[Joseph Kony]

I was unaware of the mechs tbh.. I will have to fire this shit up again soon. Have you tried AC Origins yet? Another good one to push that GPU

Man, the mechs come in with the expansion, so once you start doing black hand quests, you'll get them as rebel drops after liberating a few areas and theyre ridiculously OP :lol

I have AC origins on PS4 before I got the PC....was really tempted to buy it during Ubi's steam sale but considering im already like 40 hours into it on PS4 i didnt wanna start over

[baseline bum]

Man, the mechs come in with the expansion, so once you start doing black hand quests, you'll get them as rebel drops after liberating a few areas and theyre ridiculously OP :lol

I have AC origins on PS4 before I got the PC....was really tempted to buy it during Ubi's steam sale but considering im already like 40 hours into it on PS4 i didnt wanna start over

What kind of gpu and cpu you run?

[Joseph Kony]

What kind of gpu and cpu you run?

Geforce 1050 Ti / i7-7700HQ tbh

[baseline bum]

Geforce 1050 Ti / i7-7700HQ tbh

Oh yeah, that should rape the shit out of the PS4 in AC Origins.

[baseline bum]

God Yakuza 0 is filled with ridiculous missions. There was one where this Chinese hooker was complaining that her pimp stole her bassport and so she needed a bizza to work in Japan, to which the main character responds by grabbing her a pizza instead of the visa she needed. :lol

[baseline bum]

CROFL there is a mission where you have to buy a porno mag out of a vending machine for a little kid who wants it while sneaking past judgmental Japanese women. Then he tells the kid not to hide the porno mag under his bed. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWDk1MaS2nE

[DJR210]

Man, the mechs come in with the expansion, so once you start doing black hand quests, you'll get them as rebel drops after liberating a few areas and theyre ridiculously OP :lol

I have AC origins on PS4 before I got the PC....was really tempted to buy it during Ubi's steam sale but considering im already like 40 hours into it on PS4 i didnt wanna start over

The game actually runs really well for me, it's just the CPU heavy sections of huge cities like Alexandria that ever drop me below 60 FPS.. But if you already own it that far in, I don't know about buying it again just for improved graphics and frames.

[baseline bum]

First episode of Persona 5: The Animation is up on Crunchyroll. Get in here NASpurs.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/persona5-the-animation/episode-1-i-am-thou-thou-art-i-768985

[NASpurs]

First episode of Persona 5: The Animation is up on Crunchyroll. Get in here NASpurs (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=386).

http://www.crunchyroll.com/persona5-the-animation/episode-1-i-am-thou-thou-art-i-768985

No man, I can't do that! Playing an 100 hr game and then watching the anime attached to it is too much for me. :lol That shit would burn me out.

[midnightpulp]

Just play a modern game man. Stop this charade :lol

What charade? I play plenty of modern games, but I approach modern AAA games like I'm watching a movie, something to play as passive relaxation (just finished Uncharted 3 and the Order not too long ago. Two decent movie games). I have a classic games collection that I need to work through, and when I'm in the mood for a real single player challenge, the classics it is.

[midnightpulp]

Go beat Japan's Super Mario Bros 2. They took Super Mario Bros and turned up the difficulty to a ridiculous level with lots of leaps of faith and jumps you miss by one pixel if you're at all off.

Classic platformers are my worst genre, but I'll give it a shot one of these days.

[apalisoc_9]

What charade? I play plenty of modern games, but I approach modern AAA games like I'm watching a movie, something to play as passive relaxation (just finished Uncharted 3 and the Order not too long ago. Two decent movie games). I have a classic games collection that I need to work through, and when I'm in the mood for a real single player challenge, the classics it is.

The order is not a good game man..C'mon bro.

You should play Bloodborne. You sound like a bloodbrone guy.

[baseline bum]

No man, I can't do that! Playing an 100 hr game and then watching the anime attached to it is too much for me. :lol That shit would burn me out.

Speaking of the anime, I think I was a little hasty writing off the Persona 4 Golden Animation. Apparently that was written under the assumption the audience already knows the base story of Persona 4 so the P4G animation focuses mostly on the new character Marie. So that makes some sense why they would skip over a lot of the main story of Persona 4, such as Kanji's bathhouse and Rise's strip club.

[baseline bum]

The order is not a good game man..C'mon bro.

You should play Bloodborne. You sound like a bloodbrone guy.

I gotta second that. It's such a great game and challenging but not in a cheap way. Plus once you get comfortable with the base game and start feeling like you're good the DLC will kick the shit out of you for a while, since its bosses don't have the kind of exploitable flaws you can find for the bosses in the base game.

[Joseph Kony]

>>modern games
>uncharted 3
>the order


lolwut

[midnightpulp]

>>modern games
>uncharted 3
>the order


lolwut

The Order came out a couple of years ago. And Uncharted hasn't evolved from the first installment to the most recent, so UC3 isn't fundamentally different from 4.

[Joseph Kony]

exactly :lol you said "plenty of modern games" and cited a game from 3 years ago and a game from the previous gen of consoles...

[apalisoc_9]

Lol Midngithpulp has no idea games today are way more complex gameplay wise. Lol he thinks every game is like uncharted. :lol

[midnightpulp]

Lol Midngithpulp has no idea games today are way more complex gameplay wise. Lol he thinks every game is like uncharted. :lol

http://i.imgur.com/AW6kK.png

:lol Thinking I don't play modern games. I don't play trash like the Battle Royale genre (PUBG, Fortnite), but if it's a modern AAA franchise, I probably played it. Now make your claim, instead of handwave with an unbacked opinion, like you do in the soccer/baseball arguments. How are games "more complex gameplay wise?"

Let's examine this.

Modern "tactical shooters," like CoD, the Battlefield series, and Rainbow Six Siege vs. this:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UK-6AN4PicE/maxresdefault.jpg

And one hit, you're dead. None of this shitty regenerating health bullshit. The Ghost Recon series kept some remnants of the original R6's planning stages, but streamlined it immensely to make it more user and casual friendly.

Modern RPGs. Lol. Level up fests. Nothing more. There was a time where you actually had to draw your own maps and intimately know the RnG system in order to get anywhere. I've never really been a player of that genre before Diablo, but shit like Wizardry, Ultima, and the SSI gold box games have a much steeper learning curve than the Witcher 3 or any JRPG grindfest to come out over the last two decades.

Modern "action" games. Mostly dominated by the sandbox genre, which is built more around exploration and "player freedom," than anything else. There was a time when you needed to learn a relatively complex (for an action game genre, at least) combat system to succeed at the game. Ninja Gaiden Black, Godhand, the early DMCs, Otogi, Gun Valkyrie. You can't sleepwalk through these games even on Easy, like you can in GTA, Saints Row, and the newer Tomb Raiders. The other 3rd person action game variants (stealth, survival horror) have also been dumbed down, like the Splinter Cell and Metal Gear series. And when Resident Evil 6 came out, it was nick-named Gears of Evil. And lol God of War. I enjoy the series, but you can beat the game spamming the same attack. It's basically another movie game.

Platformers? :lol The main element that added difficulty and pressured the player in that genre was knowing that if you fuck up a difficult jump/sequence of jumps too many times, it's game over and you have to start all over. There's absolutely nothing challenging about modern platformers because you get infinite continues and respawn at a close checkpoint.

RTSes? The Koreans still play StarCraft 2 for a reason. Most of the modern RTSes, especially by Relic, took the whole micromanagement element out of the genre and basically turned the genre into a isometric squad based combat genre (Dawn of War, Company of Heroes).

The racing genre has certainly got more complex, so really no arguments there.

[apalisoc_9]

Not this again...

Bloodbrone and Monster hunter alone shit on all older games gameplay wise.

Look man its ok if you are out of touch but you very clearly dont play new games anymore.

[apalisoc_9]

Show me an older game that is more complex than GTA V?

[midnightpulp]

Show me an older game that is more complex than GTA V?

:lol What's complex about a sandbox game? What mechanics do you have to learn in GTA V or the series as a whole to succeed at the game? Any sophisticated combo system in GTA? No. Are there moves that require multiple button and joystick inputs performed in sequence to execute? No. Do "bosses" in that game have unintuitive patterns of attack that take a few tries (or dozens) to figure out so that you can exploit? No. Even the driving is shitty. You can literally drive like an idiot, crashing into everything, and still evade 5 star police chases. Regarding the driving, do you have to master cornering, drifting, braking, racing lines to drive well? No. Does the gameplay force you out of a mechanic "comfort zone," and challenge you to use a variety of mechanics you might not be comfortable using (ala Ninja Gaiden Black) to beat a boss/section? No.

You're likely confusing game design complexity with technical/graphical complexity.

[apalisoc_9]

:lol What's complex about a sandbox game? What mechanics do you have to learn in GTA V or the series as a whole to succeed at the game? Any sophisticated combo system in GTA? No. Are there moves that require multiple button and joystick inputs performed in sequence to execute? No. Do "bosses" in that game have unintuitive patterns of attack that take a few tries (or dozens) to figure out so that you can exploit? No. Even the driving is shitty. You can literally drive like an idiot, crashing into everything, and still evade 5 star police chases. Regarding the driving, do you have to master cornering, drifting, braking, racing lines to drive well? No. Does the gameplay force you out of a mechanic "comfort zone," and challenge you to use a variety of mechanics you might not be comfortable using (ala Ninja Gaiden Black) to beat a boss/section? No.

You're likely confusing game design complexity with technical/graphical complexity.

I think you fail to realize that modern gaming is not limited to triple A games or Sanbox games. There's amazing games out there like Resogun and Rocket league for dudes that enjoy classical gaming.

Modern gaming is legit because developers can develop fuxk all...Resogun is probably better than any 90s game in terms of gameplay complexity or difficulty.

[ElNono]

Just finished FarCry 5, tbh... was ok

[midnightpulp]

I think you fail to realize that modern gaming is not limited to triple A games or Sanbox games. There's amazing games out there like Resogun and Rocket league for dudes that enjoy classical gaming.

Modern gaming is legit because developers can develop fuxk all...Resogun is probably better than any 90s game in terms of gameplay complexity or difficulty.

I haven't played Resogun (I know the game well though, and it doesn't look like any more complex of a shooter than Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, etc. Resogun uses a pretty basic scoring multiplier mechanic. Nothing like Ikaruga's color absorbing mechanic, or Silvergun's chaining mechanic. You probably haven't played many Shmups if you think Resogun is highly complex. They modelled it after Defender, to be an easy to learn, difficult to master type of arcade game. A lot of the Jap shooters are basically logic puzzles in shooter form), but I've played a lot of the indie heavy hitters: Hotline Miami Series, Axiom Verge, Outland, the Shank series, Bastion, the Trine series, Magicka, Mark of the Ninja, games that try to blend modern gaming with old school sensibility, and while they're fun and good, the lack the one thing all the classic games had: punishment. After your lives run out, it's not back to the beginning of the game or the level, but to a close checkpoint. And games like Trine and Bastion are basically impossible to lose at.

[midnightpulp]

It's also worth noting that when I say "modern games," I more referring to the general game design philosophy many modern developers adhere to and not games simply made in today's era (many of the indie games Apa mentioned follow a more old school game design, but those games are exceptions to the rule). Modern game design is heavily story, exploration, and progress driven, basically rewarding a player for time spent with the game rather than rewarding an improvement in skills.

To get neckbeard-y for a moment, let's think about what a "game" is supposed to be. Traditionally, it's an activity that tests physical and/or mental ability in some fashion, involves a learning curve where the player sees his skill level incrementally increase as he practices and/or studies the game. When you play a shump (from any era), you're usually mediocre to start, after a couple of hours of play (depending on the game's difficulty), you might reach level 3's boss with a life left, but it kicks your ass since you haven't gotten its pattern down. The next play session, you get to this boss with more lives, start to get the pattern and rhythm down, and eke out a victory. Then you get a bit further and further each time you play, just like a person learning basketball might incrementally improves his shooting percentage every day he plays.

Modern game design doesn't challenge you in this way. The way you beat bosses and levels today is simply though some kind of progress system reward structure (better weapons, armor, attributes, etc) rather than through the learning of the combat system, defensive system, enemy patterns, etc. In short, it's about having the right gear and not the right skills. To again compare to basketball, it would be like our practicing player getting a +5 shooting ability or a magic basketball simply by shooting a certain number of shots (regardless or whether or not he learns to shoot properly). In modern action games (Tomb Raider, GTA, Gears, Uncharted, Far Cry etc) there's really no pressure to "play well," since you're afforded infinite continues at generous checkpoints. You could always issue a personal challenge to yourself, but the combat systems in modern action games are pretty shallow (duck, cover, shoot, run away and hide to regain health) that it's not even rewarding to put in the effort to do a pistol only Uncharted run or something.

That said, this doesn't apply to all big games, as I know the Souls, Bloodbornes, etc actually punish you, but it does to most of the games we see on the various "Best of the Year" lists. And no, I don't dislike modern gaming. I play them as much as the "classics," because I don't always feel like getting my ass to handed to me by Japanese shumps and merciless, quarter crunching arcade games.

[baseline bum]

Platformers? :lol The main element that added difficulty and pressured the player in that genre was knowing that if you fuck up a difficult jump/sequence of jumps too many times, it's game over and you have to start all over. There's absolutely nothing challenging about modern platformers because you get infinite continues and respawn at a close checkpoint.


I gotta disagree with this part. Japanese Super Mario Bros 2 on the Famicom Disk System from 1986 is by far the hardest platformer I have ever played, and it has infinite continues. If you don't know the story of Super Mario Bros 2 USA vs Japan, it's pretty interesting.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUYSN5aFcE

[midnightpulp]

I gotta disagree with this part. Japanese Super Mario Bros 2 on the Famicom Disk System from 1986 is by far the hardest platformer I have ever played, and it has infinite continues. If you don't know the story of Super Mario Bros 2 USA vs Japan, it's pretty interesting.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUYSN5aFcE

Yeah, I know the story. We got Doki-Doki Panic renamed. When you continue in Super Mario 2 Japan, do they start you where you died or at the beginning of the level?

[baseline bum]

Yeah, I know the story. We got Doki-Doki Panic renamed. When you continue in Super Mario 2 Japan, do they start you where you died or at the beginning of the level?

Beginning.

[midnightpulp]

But yeah, this shit looks infuriating, especially if they start you at the beginning of the world (i.e. die on 5-4, get sent back to 5-1).


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

You beat it clean, Bum or with save states?

[baseline bum]

But yeah, this shit looks infuriating, especially if they start you at the beginning of the world (i.e. die on 5-4, get sent back to 5-1).


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

You beat it clean, Bum or with save states?

I made a save state at the start of each level, as the game is madness without the fireball flower. The first couple of worlds play out like a hard Super Mario Bros but the game starts getting trollish around world 3 if I remember right.

[baseline bum]

Fucking Yakuza 0 :rollin

http://www.thejimquisition.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/06-1.jpg

[baseline bum]

Sega just announced a Genesis/Megadrive Classic

984972055777918976

Get in here Chris

Google translate of it

https://image.ibb.co/k3H0CS/translated.png

Also:

https://image.ibb.co/cA9ae7/shenmue.jpg

[Joseph Kony]

playing FFXV on PC since steam had a nice sale on it. game is pretty graphically demanding, one of the few games im having trouble running smoothly at highest settings :depressed

[baseline bum]

playing FFXV on PC since steam had a nice sale on it. game is pretty graphically demanding, one of the few games im having trouble running smoothly at highest settings :depressed

You don't have a chance of running it smoothly on a 1050 Ti high settings. On my 970 I had to put it to medium settings to get 60 fps average on the benchmark. Square Enix games are never well optimized for PC.

[IronMexican]

Sega just announced a Genesis/Megadrive Classic

984972055777918976

Get in here Chris

Google translate of it

https://image.ibb.co/k3H0CS/translated.png

Also:

https://image.ibb.co/cA9ae7/shenmue.jpg

:lol needing three disks to play the original on Dreamcast

[Xevious]

Also:

https://image.ibb.co/cA9ae7/shenmue.jpg
Really can't wait for the third one. :tu

[Reck]

Also:

https://image.ibb.co/cA9ae7/shenmue.jpg

Wait...they're releasing Shenmue 1 and 2 as remaster?

[Xevious]

Would be awesome too if your saves carry over to the third game the way it was supposed to work on Dreamcast.

[Chris]

Sega just announced a Genesis/Megadrive Classic

984972055777918976

Get in here Chris

Google translate of it

https://image.ibb.co/k3H0CS/translated.png

Also:

https://image.ibb.co/cA9ae7/shenmue.jpg



Would be worth owning just to play those classic RPGs: Phantasy Star 2, Shadowrun, Buck Rogers Countdown to Doomsday (criminally underrated)

plus Toejam and Earl, Star Control II, Out of this World, Flashback lots others I can't remember.

Hope it's not more than $200

[ElNono]

Wait...they're releasing Shenmue 1 and 2 as remaster?

Not remasters, just ports...

[Reck]

Not remasters, just ports...

Ah. Well, no matter. This is an automatic get for me.

[redzero]

Monster Hunter World is a tremendous way to mindlessly kill time. It's like if Persona 5 only had dungeons and nothing else.

[baseline bum]

It's like if Persona 5 only had dungeons and nothing else.

That's what Shin Megami Tensei IV is like.

[baseline bum]

Would be worth owning just to play those classic RPGs: Phantasy Star 2, Shadowrun, Buck Rogers Countdown to Doomsday (criminally underrated)

plus Toejam and Earl, Star Control II, Out of this World, Flashback lots others I can't remember.

Hope it's not more than $200

Ugh after reading some more I see it's another piece of shit from AtGames. They already have three revisions of their Genesis Flashback and all are complete dogshit with mushy controllers and horrific sound emulation. I was getting excited because I thought it was Sega actually making their own, something that they would put time and care into and actually give a shit about creating a first rate product that would be worth spending $80 on. Not some piece of shit to sell in Dollar General to people who don't know any better for $39. <b><a href="http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1656" target="_blank">Chris</a></b> man, if you want good Genesis emulation check RetroPie on the Raspberry Pi 3B+. It's great on the RetroPie 3B and the 3B+ is a little faster. I don't know the best controller for Genesis gaming on the Pi though. If you buy one of the Raspberry Pi 3B+ kits and only need an 8GB or 16GB microSD card (and either would be plenty for loading up your system with Genesis games) you can easily do one of those systems plus a really nice iBuffalo SNES style wired controller for $80 or so. Though it's worth it to spend the extra on a 64GB or 128GB flash so you can put lots of PS1 games on too. Though you'd need to get a 360/PS3/PS4/XB1 controller or one of the 8Bitdo controllers for games using the DualShock.


Review of a previous revision: :vomit:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdsU0nn4MVA

It really sucks not seeing a great Genesis mini console with how epic the NES Classic and SNES Classic are. The SNES Classic feels just like the real thing. They really nailed the controllers in the SNES Classic and the emulation is outstanding, with excellent sound quality. Genesis deserves so much better than this AtGames crap.

[Chris]

Ugh after reading some more I see it's another piece of shit from AtGames. They already have three revisions of their Genesis Flashback and all are complete dogshit with mushy controllers and horrific sound emulation. I was getting excited because I thought it was Sega actually making their own, something that they would put time and care into and actually give a shit about creating a first rate product that would be worth spending $80 on. Not some piece of shit to sell in Dollar General to people who don't know any better for $39. <b><a href="http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1656" target="_blank">Chris</a></b> man, if you want good Genesis emulation check RetroPie on the Raspberry Pi 3B+. It's great on the RetroPie 3B and the 3B+ is a little faster. I don't know the best controller for Genesis gaming on the Pi though. If you buy one of the Raspberry Pi 3B+ kits and only need an 8GB or 16GB microSD card (and either would be plenty for loading up your system with Genesis games) you can easily do one of those systems plus a really nice iBuffalo SNES style wired controller for $80 or so. Though it's worth it to spend the extra on a 64GB or 128GB flash so you can put lots of PS1 games on too. Though you'd need to get a 360/PS3/PS4/XB1 controller or one of the 8Bitdo controllers for games using the DualShock.


Review of a previous revision: :vomit:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdsU0nn4MVA

It really sucks not seeing a great Genesis mini console with how epic the NES Classic and SNES Classic are. The SNES Classic feels just like the real thing. They really nailed the controllers in the SNES Classic and the emulation is outstanding, with excellent sound quality. Genesis deserves so much better than this AtGames crap.

Might as well get an original console tbh

https://item.mercari.com/gl/m47561716451/?utm_source=pla&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=860520439&utm_content=t0&adgroup=44259517100&network=g&device=m&merchant_id=117149509&product_id=m47561716451&product_id=293946777986&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9ra477DA2gIVxLrACh0MPgk-EAQYDyABEgK2a_D_BwE


Original games aren't very expensive afaik


I would like to play the original Dreamcast. Totally missed out on that because I had a PlayStation.

[baseline bum]

Permanent price drops on a bunch of PS4 games:

https://s14.postimg.cc/cp63fs3y9/IMG_20180418_120856.jpg

[Reck]

Permanent price drops on a bunch of PS4 games:

https://s14.postimg.cc/cp63fs3y9/IMG_20180418_120856.jpg

After lending my copy of Horizon to my bro, I still haven't gotten it back so I've been trying to buy it again but haven't had the incentive to go buy it but I might when I go pick up God of War 4 on Friday.

How come that game is listend twice at 30 and 40 there? The ultimate edition maybe?

[baseline bum]

After lending my copy of Horizon to my bro, I still haven't gotten it back so I've been trying to buy it again but haven't had the incentive to go buy it but I might when I go pick up God of War 4 on Friday.

How come that game is listend twice at 30 and 40 there? The ultimate edition maybe?

Yeah it's $29.99 for the base game, $39.99 for the complete edition.

[Joseph Kony]

Permanent price drops on a bunch of PS4 games:

https://s14.postimg.cc/cp63fs3y9/IMG_20180418_120856.jpg

Good call :tu been wanting to play Nioh but dont want to pay 50 bucks for it.

[Joseph Kony]

I caught Wildlands on a steam sale over the weekend and its actually not terrible tbh. game looks real nice on ultra settings

[baseline bum]

Good call :tu been wanting to play Nioh but dont want to pay 50 bucks for it.

Nioh is on PC now also.

[Chris]

This guy says AT will not be involved fwiw


bQJ35NPDFFk

[baseline bum]

This guy says AT will not be involved fwiw


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AtGames was claiming it in a Facebook post, but it has since been removed. I guess we'll see. Anything from AtGames needs to be avoided like the plague though.

[Xevious]

Still playing Persona 5. I'm at 115 hours last I checked. :wow

I just have to send the calling card for the last palace then whatever happens afterwards. I'm really ready for this game to end. It's fun... it's just too hard to spend this much time on one game.

[Joseph Kony]

GoW or Wildlands atm. Wildlands is actually a lot of fun. glad i caught it on sale and decided to give it a shot. really enjoy stealth killing everyone

[ElNono]

GoW or Wildlands atm. Wildlands is actually a lot of fun. glad i caught it on sale and decided to give it a shot. really enjoy stealth killing everyone

Wildlands was great, tbh, dunno why it didn't get more hype...

[Chucho]

A lot of simple games off the XBox gamepass. Fun stuff on there and great value for $10 per.

[diego]

Been playing hellblade... The game is kind of mediocre really but the premise and presentation are so good that I've been plowing through it. You constantly have voices commenting on everything that's going on, it's creepy and very well done. Between that and the norse mythology / journey to hell, I recommend it as a rental

[baseline bum]

Just finished Yakuza 0 last night. Pretty good story and fun minigames combined with a lot of brawling. I'd give it an 8.5/10. Not GOTY material but still good enough that I bought the other five games in the series that are currently out (the PS4 remake of Yakuza 2 doesn't drop until August though).

[Joseph Kony]

Just finished Yakuza 0 last night. Pretty good story and fun minigames combined with a lot of brawling. I'd give it an 8.5/10. Not GOTY material but still good enough that I bought the other five games in the series that are currently out (the PS4 remake of Yakuza 2 doesn't drop until August though).
Good, go play GoW now :lol

[baseline bum]

Good, go play GoW now :lol

Getting ready to start Persona 3 FES tonight since the Cleveland - Toronto series looks like a wrap.

[apalisoc_9]

Been playing hellblade... The game is kind of mediocre really but the premise and presentation are so good that I've been plowing through it. You constantly have voices commenting on everything that's going on, it's creepy and very well done. Between that and the norse mythology / journey to hell, I recommend it as a rental


Getting ready to start Persona 3 FES tonight since the Cleveland - Toronto series looks like a wrap.

Smdh.

[Chris]

Rayman Legends and Beyond: Two Souls free on PS+ looking forward to playing the latter very soon.

[Chris]

XCOM 2 free for the weekend on Steam

[Reck]

XCOM 2 free for the weekend on Steam

I never got used to top down games. I played Dead Nation for a few hours. A good game that gets ruined by the top down view.

[Chris]

I never got used to top down games. I played Dead Nation for a few hours. A good game that gets ruined by the top down view.

XCOM is much better than Dead Nation imo. Strategical turn based RTS with RPG progression elements. I haven't played part 2 yet though.

[baseline bum]

Picked up a PoorStation 2 today. Damn I gotta find a decent set of component cables, composite looks like ass on a modern TV. apalisoc_9 get in here and tell me what you use since you're always pimping the PS2 here.

[apalisoc_9]

Picked up a PoorStation 2 today. Damn I gotta find a decent set of component cables, composite looks like ass on a modern TV. apalisoc_9 get in here and tell me what you use since you're always pimping the PS2 here.

Bought a 2003 tv from some granny a couple years back tbh still have all the cables from my ps2. It's that easy.

It was 20 dollars. I got a gaming room though.

Do you have space for another tv?

All classic consoles should be played in older tvs man.

[baseline bum]

Bought a 2003 tv from some granny a couple years back tbh still have all the cables from my ps2. It's that easy.

It was 20 dollars. I got a gaming room though.

Do you have space for another tv?

All classic consoles should be played in older tvs man.

I can't go back to gaming on a 19 inch screen like I did as a kid and I don't want some giant fucking 100 pound 30 inch. I love how little space a modern LED TV takes up and I'm not going back. Thanks anyways.

[apalisoc_9]

I do it mostly for nostalgia and room design tbh. :lol

[baseline bum]

I do it mostly for nostalgia and room design tbh. :lol

I play PS1 and Genesis on a Raspberry Pi and it looks amazing on a modern TV. SNES and NES on an SNES Classic which is great with the scanline filter turned on. Then Gamecube and Wii on the Dolphin emulator which is flawless. But the PCSX2 emulator kind of sucks.

[ElNono]

Finished God of War... amazing... playing Destiny 2.

[Joseph Kony]

Finished God of War... amazing... playing Destiny 2.
how soon after you finally travel to joutenheim is the end of the game? i think im about at that point since i finally fucked baldur up

[spurraider21]

Picked up a PoorStation 2 today. Damn I gotta find a decent set of component cables, composite looks like ass on a modern TV. apalisoc_9 (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11260) get in here and tell me what you use since you're always pimping the PS2 here.
poorstation 2 <3

[Chris]

Currently on Chapter 5 of The Evil Within. The engine immediately reminded me of Red Dead Redemption but the game plays more like Resident Evil mixed with the stealth from the Last of Us. Good jump scares and story - highly recommend :tu

[ElNono]

how soon after you finally travel to joutenheim is the end of the game? i think im about at that point since i finally fucked baldur up

right there

[Joseph Kony]

right there
damn :depressed can i continue doing quests in the world if i beat it? i still have all these other realms to travel to, how can it be over :cry

[ElNono]

damn :depressed can i continue doing quests in the world if i beat it? i still have all these other realms to travel to, how can it be over :cry

yes... I'm actually like 98% complete. Hit a bug on Tyr's Temple that prevented me from advancing, but the game is so good, I just kept doing side stuff and collecting goodies until they fixed it.

The Valkyrie fights are epic, and really, lots of Bloodborne on those.

I actually kinda grossed out a bit when I jumped from God of War to Destiny 2... it's just that game set a new bar, IMO.

[ElNono]

And yeah, forget about HZD... God of War is just epic.

[Xevious]

Would you recommend playing GoW3 before this one? I've not played a single game in the series.

[DJR210]

Far Cry 5 has been fun.. The shooting is lethal and satisfying

[Leetonidas]

yes... I'm actually like 98% complete. Hit a bug on Tyr's Temple that prevented me from advancing, but the game is so good, I just kept doing side stuff and collecting goodies until they fixed it.

The Valkyrie fights are epic, and really, lots of Bloodborne on those.

I actually kinda grossed out a bit when I jumped from God of War to Destiny 2... it's just that game set a new bar, IMO.

Destiny 2 was ok. Kinda boring after awhile.

I found a valkyrie earlier and it fucked me up. Where do you find all these materials needed to craft legendary gear? If I'm at the end of the game I feel like I should have found it by now.

There are a few things I can't figure out how to get to still because I can't get a good angle on a fire pot.

[ElNono]

Would you recommend playing GoW3 before this one? I've not played a single game in the series.

Haven't played previous GoW too much myself. You can pick this one up without background.

[ElNono]

Destiny 2 was ok. Kinda boring after awhile.

I found a valkyrie earlier and it fucked me up. Where do you find all these materials needed to craft legendary gear? If I'm at the end of the game I feel like I should have found it by now.

There are a few things I can't figure out how to get to still because I can't get a good angle on a fire pot.

Niflheim has the best armor in the game, IIRC... that said, two of my missing trophies are 'get XXXX armor set'...

Valkyries actually become more accessible if you play them towards the end and you're well equipped (level 8 everything). The valkyrie queen is still a bitch at any level, tbh, but beating her really gives you that Bloodborne warm fuzzy feeling of achievement.

[ElNono]

So I finally Platinum'ed this thing... only game I ever Platinum...

[midnightpulp]

I do it mostly for nostalgia and room design tbh. :lol

Is it an old school CRT TV? If so, it has function beyond just looking "vintage." If you play games that demand a lot of precise reaction or are looking to score chase in a game like Resogun, you'll want to hook up the system to that television. I can only break 200MS (lowest is 197MS) on this test (https://www.topendsports.com/testing/reaction-timer.htm) on my relatively "fast" Dell Ultrasharp (a gaming monitor, which is equal to modern tvs in game mode) like once in 20 times, and my average is around 220ms. And that's with a wired gaming mouse. On my CRT monitor that I use for MAME arcade games, my average is about 180ms (lowest is 166MS) using a wireless mouse.

LCD/LEDs also look like complete shit in non-native resolution.

[IronMaxipad]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

[apalisoc_9]

Is it an old school CRT TV? If so, it has function beyond just looking "vintage." If you play games that demand a lot of precise reaction or are looking to score chase in a game like Resogun, you'll want to hook up the system to that television. I can only break 200MS (lowest is 197MS) on this test (https://www.topendsports.com/testing/reaction-timer.htm) on my relatively "fast" Dell Ultrasharp (a gaming monitor, which is equal to modern tvs in game mode) like once in 20 times, and my average is around 220ms. And that's with a wired gaming mouse. On my CRT monitor that I use for MAME arcade games, my average is about 180ms (lowest is 166MS) using a wireless mouse.

LCD/LEDs also look like complete shit in non-native resolution.

Tv matters for performance?

You serious breh?

[Leetonidas]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

:tu

I was surprised how solid this game was. Nice combat system and decent story. I still have a ways to go

[midnightpulp]

Tv matters for performance?

You serious breh?

Matters a lot.

[DJR210]

Matters a lot.

This guy thinks PS4 is cutting edge, don't expect him to understand things like the different response and input times on different types of screens.

[Joseph Kony]

Decided to give Elder Scroll online another whirl on the pc this time. Its actually pretty decent, much more enjoyable on the pc vs console. the playable map is basically all of tamriel which is gigantic

[apalisoc_9]

Decided to give Elder Scroll online another whirl on the pc this time. Its actually pretty decent, much more enjoyable on the pc vs console. the playable map is basically all of tamriel which is gigantic

You done with GOW? That was quick.

Sucks there is no overall playtime in GOW. My guess I probably have played 20hrs and Im only half way through

[Joseph Kony]

You done with GOW? That was quick.

Sucks there is no overall playtime in GOW. My guess I probably have played 20hrs and Im only half way through
I'm not yet tbh but i play a lot of games at once, depending on my mood. im at the end of GOW and i dont want to beat it yet and be done with it :lol im also trying to get badass armor and stuff in Niflheim but its fairly difficult on higher difficulties tbh. i'll probably beat it this weekend though

[DJR210]

Decided to give Elder Scroll online another whirl on the pc this time. Its actually pretty decent, much more enjoyable on the pc vs console. the playable map is basically all of tamriel which is gigantic

Check out Far Cry 5.. fun as hell, and will run great on your system on ultra. It's 100% off over at the site baseline bum linked me to

[Reck]

Detroit Become Human has insane graphics.

Pretty straight forward game but I have always loved these type of games. This time, the branching story is much more fleshed out and defintely the replayability of this game is high. The 65 bucks is a bit high but meh.

[ElNono]

Detroit Become Human has insane graphics.

Pretty straight forward game but I have always loved these type of games. This time, the branching story is much more fleshed out and defintely the replayability of this game is high. The 65 bucks is a bit high but meh.

I should be getting my copy soon, tbh...

There's a free demo on the PS4 store, if you wanna check it out.

[Reck]

I should be getting my copy soon, tbh...

There's a free demo on the PS4 store, if you wanna check it out.

I quit playing demos ages ago. :lol

I got this game over the weekend after deciding I should get it despite initially thinking I shouldn't.

[Reck]

Did baseline bum dieded or something?

I know he talked about this game a lot in the past. I'd fingure he be all up in that.

[baseline bum]

Did baseline bum dieded or something?

I know he talked about this game a lot in the past. I'd fingure he be all up in that.

I don't buy games when they're $60 and I'm not buying God of War until I play 2 & 3.

[Joseph Kony]

i heard detroit become human is just a movie with choice options. sounds boring as fuck

[Reck]

I don't buy games when they're $60 and I'm not buying God of War until I play 2 & 3.

I hear you on the price.

I was surprised when I went to get God of War 4. It was nearly 70 dollars. I dont know why, maybe it was because they got it a couple of days early and thought they could squeeze some more money out of people or what but I almost didn't buy it because of that.

[Reck]

i heard detroit become human is just a movie with choice options. sounds boring as fuck

I mean, it's from the guys who made Heavy Rain and Two souls so yeah, it's like a movie but like I said, this game is much more open then other prior games of theirs. It's quasi open world. You can explore large areas and discover things.

[ElNono]

i heard detroit become human is just a movie with choice options. sounds boring as fuck

It is your prototypical Quantic Dreams game, tbh... movie-like, multi-path levels... some people love it, some people hate it.. def not an action game...

Plus, after God of War any game will disappoint to a large extent...

[Chris]

Heavy Rain was quality- I might have to add Detroit to my que on gamefly.

[Reck]

Heavy Rain was quality- I might have to add Detroit to my que on gamefly.

:lol Gamefly

They never have enough copies of games and you have to wait months to get a game from the queue. Granted I tried them like in 2010 so they might have changed their ways since then. But overall my experience with them was nightmarish.

[Chris]

:lol Gamefly

They never have enough copies of games and you have to wait months to get a game from the queue. Granted I tried them like in 2010 so they might have changed their ways since then. But overall my experience with them was nightmarish.

Usually takes about 4 days to get a game and I've never had problems with waiting for copies. Might want to give them a second chance. $25 a month for two games.

Also you can buy the game if you like it for pretty cheap.

[baseline bum]

I wonder if we're getting a Fallout 5, a Fallout 3 remaster, or some shit Fallout mobile game.

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