What are you playing right now?

[Reck]

The Shenmue collection is a glitchy mess. I haven't been able to play that since I bought it. They are working on a patch to fix all the major issues but is taking longer than expected.

The PC version already fix theirs.

I'm going to start Dreamfall Chapters fairly soon.

[Joseph Kony]

just killing time til Spiderman comes out. Finally beat God of war the other day. Beat Watchdogs again. Was trying to play Sniper elite 4 but shit is fucking up on my pc. maybe i'll finish shadow of war

[DJR210]

just killing time til Spiderman comes out. Finally beat God of war the other day. Beat Watchdogs again. Was trying to play Sniper elite 4 but shit is fucking up on my pc. maybe i'll finish shadow of war

Sniper Elite 4 is dope, I love that game.. if you like methodical, planning and patience you'll love it. It has varied level design as well.

[Reck]

just killing time til Spiderman comes out. Finally beat God of war the other day. Beat Watchdogs again. Was trying to play Sniper elite 4 but shit is fucking up on my pc. maybe i'll finish shadow of war

I might be able to get the game a few days earlier. Cant wait.

I cant believe the nerds are out in full force mad about the game not having more puddle of water. :cry Cucks

[DJR210]

I might be able to get the game a few days earlier. Cant wait.

I cant believe the nerds are out in full force mad about the game not having more puddle of water. :cry Cucks

So worried about max graphics but on a console still.. stupidest crowd in gaming TBH

[diego]

Nice collection. Is that a TI-99/4a on the second-to-last picture, on the left? I did my first ever programming on one of those. Good times.

Whoever made this game was thinking of you:

http://www.zachtronics.com/tis-100/

[Reck]

Spider Man is getting high marks. Definitely a day 1 get.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzBWZA5qCGM

[baseline bum]

Spider Man is getting high marks. Definitely a day 1 get.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzBWZA5qCGM

I was surprised to see IGN give it only an 8.7. Sony must not have bought enough ad space.

[Reck]

I was surprised to see IGN give it only an 8.7. Sony must not have bought enough ad space.

Everything I'm hearing about this game is superb. But the announcing and the consequent DLC trailer reveal turns me off honestly.

Depending on how much I enjoy the game, I might get it for completion sake but I really hate this practice.

[ElNono]

some freebies here if you have a PSN account:
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/store/countdown-to-launch/marvels-spider-man/

scroll down to giveaways

[Reck]

some freebies here if you have a PSN account:
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/store/countdown-to-launch/marvels-spider-man/

scroll down to giveaways

Pretty cool. Seems like every new games, or I should say every Sony exclusive games are giving away free dynamic themes. They did the same with Shenmue. Thanks for the headsup.

[baseline bum]

What the hell is up with the shortage of PS4 Pros right now? Best Buy doesn't have any. A few hours ago I saw there was one in stock in San Antonio / Austin area Targets. There are a few Gamestops in the city that have a Pro but most are sold out.

[DJR210]

What the hell is up with the shortage of PS4 Pros right now? Best Buy doesn't have any. A few hours ago I saw there was one in stock in San Antonio / Austin area Targets. There are a few Gamestops in the city that have a Pro but most are sold out.

I've seen a few people saying this going back to June or something.. They're probably going to make limited quantities then time it closer to Xmas

[Chris]

Just started Yakuza 5 on PS3. This is my first yakuza game so I'm hoping they will fill me in on the back story. Time to go buy a gift and apologize to Tenjin Transportation.

[baseline bum]

I've seen a few people saying this going back to June or something.. They're probably going to make limited quantities then time it closer to Xmas

It seems pretty recent. I wonder if it's the dotard tariff getting Sony to put the brakes on production. Extremely doubtful they make any profit selling the PS4 Pro at $400 and a 25% tariff on all their boards, power supplies, capacitors, and such is going to really put them in the red. At least the chips themselves don't come from China, they're likely from Singapore this gen with GloFo and will be from Taiwan next gen with AMD moving to TSMC for 7nm production.

[baseline bum]

Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne is fucking hard. The later bosses are such wars of attrition and take so much setup to be able to get a clean and strong attack against. I can see why SMT fans consider Persona players to be casuals. This game feels like a turn based RPG equivalent to Bloodborne.

[JakeCuenca]

Spiderman PS4.

9.5/10 for me.

Minus 0.5 because the boss battlers are decent but depending on boss, the game doesnt force you to use your complete arsenal. Sometimes a move or two is enough which makes upgrading stupid

[baseline bum]

DJR210 man, they got a good deal on 2k19 today in the CODEX sale.

[DJR210]

DJR210 man, they got a good deal on 2k19 today in the CODEX sale.

Bout time something worthy dropped.. I think the last game I've seen cracked that was worth shit was Dead Rising 4

[baseline bum]

Bout time something worthy dropped.. I think the last game I've seen cracked that was worth shit was Dead Rising 4

Voksi_Bulgarian was the one cracking everything for a while, but that nigga got arrested. CODEX has shown they can crack Denuvo 4.9 based on an updated version of Shadow of War they released a couple of days ago, so I imagine they'll start releasing new shit again once the heavy hitters for this year like AC Odyssey, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Hitman 2 come out. Also 2k never puts any DRM other than Steam's DRM on their NBA 2k games, so you knew that would be a Day 0 release.

[DJR210]

Voksi_Bulgarian was the one cracking everything for a while, but that nigga got arrested. CODEX has shown they can crack Denuvo 4.9 based on an updated version of Shadow of War they released a couple of days ago, so I imagine they'll start releasing new shit again once the heavy hitters for this year like AC Odyssey, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Hitman 2 come out. Also 2k never puts any DRM other than Steam's DRM on their NBA 2k games, so you knew that would be a Day 0 release.

Yeah I expected NBA 2k19.. I'm not even interested in downloading it right now.. maybe when basketball season starts..

[spurraider21]

Spider Man is getting high marks. Definitely a day 1 get.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzBWZA5qCGM
looks good... but very heavy on animations. having great effects in cutscenes is fine, but at the risk of going full midnightpulp (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=5430) i'm not a fan of cinematic, drawn out animations during gameplay.

but basically looks like a remaster/upgrade to Spiderman 2 (PS2) which imo is the best spiderman video game ever made. if i ever got around to buying a ps4 i'd look into this

edit: of course i immediately jump to google and read this


When I asked Intihar if Insomniac referenced previous Spider-Man titles when making this game, he responded with a resounding yes. The creative director cited Activision's 2004 Spider-Man 2 game as a particularly big inspiration, as that title laid the groundwork for what an open-world Spidey experience could be. "That's the [first] game that really made you feel like Spider-Man," said Intihar. "We played a lot of those [games] and did research on what people liked and wanted to see improved."

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/1191-spider-man-ps4-story-gameplay-details.html#s4

[Reck]

Got Spidey today....almost bought NBA2K19 but they said they would be getting it later today and I wasn't about to stick around late for just that game.

[ElNono]

Spiderman is nice...

[baseline bum]

Spiderman is nice...

They fix the puddles?

[baseline bum]

OMG this minigame from Yakuza Kiwami 2 :rollin


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

[DJR210]

They fix the puddles?

Fuck the puddles, what about that terrible costume they gave him..

[Joseph Kony]

spiderman is pretty enjoyable thus far tbh. really dig the iron spider suit

[Reck]

I'm finding myself swinging from point A to point B and exploring the city and ignoring the missions. :lol

The swinging flow is down right therapeutic. Feels good.

[Xevious]

Are you free to roam and explore as much as you like, or are there time constraints on starting/completing missions?

[Xevious]

Fuck the puddles, what about that terrible costume they gave him..
Which one? He has many suits in the game.

[ElNono]

Are you free to roam and explore as much as you like, or are there time constraints on starting/completing missions?

so far, no contraints

[Xevious]

so far, no contraints
Is there a lot to do to keep busy?

[ElNono]

Is there a lot to do to keep busy?

oh yeah, pretty open world and plenty of side missions...

[Chris]

Dead by Daylight 10/10

[DJR210]

Which one? He has many suits in the game.

I just checked out the suits in game, and it's the default Insomniac version that I don't like.. The game has a ton of suit options but where tf is the Symbiote?

[TDMVPDPOY]

so whats the best mini retro system to get?

nes
snes
sega mega drive
neo geo

wasting time and money sending nephew and niece to those arcade amusement stores wasting money on games... they prefer racing games like mario cart and fighting games like tekken

[baseline bum]

so whats the best mini retro system to get?

nes
snes
sega mega drive
neo geo

wasting time and money sending nephew and niece to those arcade amusement stores wasting money on games... they prefer racing games like mario cart and fighting games like tekken

The Mega Drive Classic is made by a crap company called AtGames. The controllers are terrible, the sound quality is way off, and the emulation is bad. Too bad Sega doesn't do one themselves that actually respects the amazing library the Genesis/Megadrive has. The Neo Geo looks like shit with that tiny screen and who wants a bunch of fighting games? The NES Classic is awesome but you can dual boot the NES Classic on an SNES Classic, plus you get two controllers with more buttons and much longer cords in addition to being able to play SNES games. The SNES Classic is by far the best of the four you listed. However, the Raspberry Pi is probably the best solution if you don't mind a lot of tinkering, since you can play the following systems really well on it:

* NES
* SNES
* Playstation
* Famicom Disk System
* Genesis / Mega Drive
* Sega Master System
* Neo Geo arcade
* MAME arcade
* Atari 2600/5200/7800
* Commodore 64
* Apple ][
* DOS
* Amiga
* PC Engine / TurboGrafx 16
* Virtual Boy
* TI-99/4A

I heard you can play Nintendo DS games on the Raspberry Pi also, but I never tried it. Retropie is really a jack of all trades for gaming on SNES generation and older (with Playstation thrown in as well).

[baseline bum]

Anyone playing the Battlefield V open beta?

[Reck]

Anyone playing the Battlefield V open beta?

That game seems to go from controversy to controversy.

People have posted screen shots of them going full jsw by censoring words like dlc, nazi and white man. :lmao

[DJR210]

That game seems to go from controversy to controversy.

People have posted screen shots of them going full jsw by censoring words like dlc, nazi and white man. :lmao

The head of DICE challenging fans to "not buy it if they don't like it" didn't exactly help them either.. and to be affiliated with EA they're already walking a fine line. I couldn't give a fuck less about the franchise, and I have spent so many hundreds of hours playing Bad Company 2 - Battlefield 4.

[baseline bum]

Too bad PS4 Pro is impossible to find right now, as Gamestop is offering $300 credit for PS4 500 GB tomorrow. I'd sell them my PS4 in a second to get a brand new PS4 Pro with a bigger hard drive and a new year of warranty for $133 after tax.

[FrostKing]

That game seems to go from controversy to controversy.

People have posted screen shots of them going full jsw by censoring words like dlc, nazi and white man. :lmao
Only Polish video game programmers have the integrity and balls



Meanwhile the Witcher series on Netflix: "Netflix is looking "for a 16 or 15 year old BAME (black, Asian, minority ethnic) girl who can play down to 13/14." The listing adds that the applicant must be under 18."

[vander]

Only Polish video game programmers have the integrity and balls



Meanwhile the Witcher series on Netflix: "Netflix is looking "for a 16 or 15 year old BAME (black, Asian, minority ethnic) girl who can play down to 13/14." The listing adds that the applicant must be under 18."

for ciri? or that lesbian gangster girl?

[Cry Havoc]

Switch games I'm playing:

Zelda (still haven't beaten lol)
Dead Cells -- holy shit get this game
Hollow Knight -- holy shit get this game

PC Games:

Witcher 3 -- finally finding the time to get through the story
Rocket League -- needs no intro, this game keeps getting better
Subnautica

On deck: Smash for Switch. Gonna sink so many hours into that game.

[baseline bum]

Switch games I'm playing:

Zelda (still haven't beaten lol)


You can play it better on PC now. My cpu can only get it to 50 fps in the worst areas, but anyone with an unlocked i5 or i7 Skylake or newer should be able to run that shit 60 fps.

[Joseph Kony]

bout fire up some shadow of the tomb raider

[baseline bum]

bout fire up some shadow of the tomb raider

You bought a special edition? I'd only get one of those if they came with Lara's panties tbh.

[Joseph Kony]

You bought a special edition? I'd only get one of those if they came with Lara's panties tbh.

:lol

unfortunately yes...i have a hard on for the newer TR games tbh

[JakeCuenca]

Wow, the Photo mode in spiderman is the best.

Just crazy creativity.

[Cry Havoc]

You can play it better on PC now. My cpu can only get it to 50 fps in the worst areas, but anyone with an unlocked i5 or i7 Skylake or newer should be able to run that shit 60 fps.

Haha. The entire reason I bought the Switch was for portability.

[baseline bum]

Haha. The entire reason I bought the Switch was for portability.

I'm getting tempted by the Switch. Right now there are four games I'm interested in on the system: Super Mario Odyssey, Project Octopath Traveler, Bayonetta 2, and The World Ends With You Remix. But the Tokyo Game Show next week might determine whether I buy a Switch in the next six months. Because I'm hoping we get a flood of JRPG on it soon like we have on 3DS (which is a fucking amazing handheld because of this huge Japanese game library). On 3DS you have five killer Shin Megami Tensei games, two great Bravely games, I think three Fire Emblems, and so on. But the big one for me is Shin Megami Tensei V. If I don't have a Switch the day that launches I'll probably buy one just for it. Also I think there is a Nintendo Direct today at 5PM CST. Hopefully it's not more indie crap or Smash Bros.

Another thing that would get me to jump on Switch immediately would be if Atlus ported Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 FES to the Switch at 1080p, since P4G doesn't look great on Playstation TV at 492p and since P3 FES is 4:3 aspect ratio being a PS2 game. I could see it happening now that Sega owns Atlus and with how much Sega loves publishing games on Nintendo consoles.

[Xevious]

I traded in some games for Spiderman (actually the first time ever I've traded in anything to Gamestop). The webslinging and crowd combat is really fun. It's cool to be able to freeroam around Manhattan and see real recognizable landmarks alongside Marvel locations like Oscorp, the Avengers building, Rand enterprises, etc. I haven't gone too far into the storyline though.

[Cry Havoc]

I'm getting tempted by the Switch. Right now there are four games I'm interested in on the system: Super Mario Odyssey, Project Octopath Traveler, Bayonetta 2, and The World Ends With You Remix. But the Tokyo Game Show next week might determine whether I buy a Switch in the next six months. Because I'm hoping we get a flood of JRPG on it soon like we have on 3DS (which is a fucking amazing handheld because of this huge Japanese game library). On 3DS you have five killer Shin Megami Tensei games, two great Bravely games, I think three Fire Emblems, and so on. But the big one for me is Shin Megami Tensei V. If I don't have a Switch the day that launches I'll probably buy one just for it. Also I think there is a Nintendo Direct today at 5PM CST. Hopefully it's not more indie crap or Smash Bros.

Another thing that would get me to jump on Switch immediately would be if Atlus ported Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 FES to the Switch at 1080p, since P4G doesn't look great on Playstation TV at 492p and since P3 FES is 4:3 aspect ratio being a PS2 game. I could see it happening now that Sega owns Atlus and with how much Sega loves publishing games on Nintendo consoles.

The Switch is so fucking awesome. There are so many details that went into it's creation -- Nintendo clearly made it for gamers and listened to a lot of feedback. Everything is so well thought out and fast. It's super pleasing to be able to just hit "power" and go. I know the DS had that but they aren't even in the same league of systems. I don't feel like I'm compromising with a Switch. When I pop the controllers off I can fit it into my pocket, which makes it even more portable than the OG DS.

HIGHLY recommend Dead Cells and Hollow Knight both btw, if you haven't played them. Super fun and very challenging.

[baseline bum]

The Switch is so fucking awesome. There are so many details that went into it's creation -- Nintendo clearly made it for gamers and listened to a lot of feedback. Everything is so well thought out and fast. It's super pleasing to be able to just hit "power" and go. I know the DS had that but they aren't even in the same league of systems. I don't feel like I'm compromising with a Switch. When I pop the controllers off I can fit it into my pocket, which makes it even more portable than the OG DS.

HIGHLY recommend Dead Cells and Hollow Knight both btw, if you haven't played them. Super fun and very challenging.

It still needs exclusives. I couldn't give a shit about using the Switch to play indie games I can get off Steam. But it's not XBox with nothing interesting in the tank, it should become a great console at some point.

[Reck]

Too bad PS4 Pro is impossible to find right now, as Gamestop is offering $300 credit for PS4 500 GB tomorrow. I'd sell them my PS4 in a second to get a brand new PS4 Pro with a bigger hard drive and a new year of warranty for $133 after tax.

https://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-Pro-1TB-Limited-Console-4/dp/B07FQ1BZF3/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1536866035&sr=8-2&keywords=ps4+pro

Bundle though. Running out soon too.

Honestly I need a PS4 Pro myself but right now I wouldn't notice the difference because my TV is a pretty lame normal 40 inch HDTV.

[baseline bum]

Didn't see anything new and must buy in today's Nintendo Direct. Are they just going to bring every Wii U game to the Switch? Now New Super Mario Bros U? That series is so tired, only the first two on the DS and the Wii were good.

[Joseph Kony]

man, what a great time for games. spiderman last week, tomb raider this week. red dead/soul calibur next month, fallout 76 the month after, etc.

[baseline bum]

man, what a great time for games. spiderman last week, tomb raider this week. red dead/soul calibur next month, fallout 76 the month after, etc.

Not sure if srs, that game looks like complete shit.

[Joseph Kony]

does it? tbh i havent looked much into it, just figured it would be a decent game because its fallout. but even if it looks like shit, just cause 4 is in december and i really enjoyed the last one so im looking forward to that also

[baseline bum]

does it? tbh i havent looked much into it, just figured it would be a decent game because its fallout. but even if it looks like shit, just cause 4 is in december and i really enjoyed the last one so im looking forward to that also

It looks like another crap online survival game. It has no NPCs and Todd Howard said you make the story as you go. No motherfucker, you guys make the story and the characters, that's why I pay your asses $60 for Fallout games. Just Cause 4 I can see getting excited about. Probably want to get that one on PC though, the PC version of Just Cause 3 was far superior to the console versions because of the horrible cpu bottleneck in the consoles.

[TDMVPDPOY]

notice how nvidia is trying to create a new market/price for its rtx cards...fkn idiots like apple

look at the miners flooding the market to get rid of their video cards...

[baseline bum]

Turing is going to be such a shitty generation. Nvidia won't allow reviews to go up until the 19th. Probably so people won't have time to cancel their preorders before they're charged and the cards shipped since the 20th is launch date. LOL at Nvidia pulling a Ubisoft. DJR210 has gotta be rolling in his grave at Nvidia's faggotry.

[Cry Havoc]

Turing is going to be such a shitty generation. Nvidia won't allow reviews to go up until the 19th. Probably so people won't have time to cancel their preorders before they're charged and the cards shipped since the 20th is launch date. LOL at Nvidia pulling a Ubisoft. DJR210 has gotta be rolling in his grave at Nvidia's faggotry.

I mean, the 10xx series from Nvidia was phenomenal, but the 9xx was subpar, and the 7xx series was absolutely horrific.

Hopefully AMD can catch up.

[baseline bum]

I mean, the 10xx series from Nvidia was phenomenal, but the 9xx was subpar, and the 7xx series was absolutely horrific.

Hopefully AMD can catch up.

I disagree with you on 900 vs 1000 series. 900 series was awesome since they got big performance gains on the same 28 nm node as the 600/700 series while cutting the price down pretty significantly from Kepler. Pascal was just Nvidia piggybacking off TSMC's node shrink to 14 nm and all the cards got big price increases. Kepler and Pascal tried to make GeForce buyers pay for compute while Maxwell was pretty much just gaming cards. Now Nvidia took it to the extreme with the 2000 series though making gamers pay for hardware designed for their Quadro cards. Hopefully Navi will be decent because I'm not paying $600 for fucking midrange Nvidia cards.

[TDMVPDPOY]

some benchmarks are leaked, 4k above 60fps, seriously that raytracing is currently non existent in todays games and they trying to set this new technology as the new standard, when ppl are to busy focusing on the action then the rendered gameplay thats not in their view of site...

amd needs to focus on achieving 4k 60fps or higher....

i think nvidia give the rtx that new price range, due to wanting to get rid of that existing 1000 series stock, till they start to decrease the rtx range...currently there is no competition so they can do whatever they want...

would u guys buy a used card thats been used for mining?? even if the card still has warranty on it? do companies cover cards thats used for mining where it had its bios tweaked?

[DJR210]

Turing is going to be such a shitty generation. Nvidia won't allow reviews to go up until the 19th. Probably so people won't have time to cancel their preorders before they're charged and the cards shipped since the 20th is launch date. LOL at Nvidia pulling a Ubisoft. DJR210 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=42671) has gotta be rolling in his grave at Nvidia's faggotry.

I've never rooted for AMD more tbh.. Nvidia pulled some straight up faggotry this round

[baseline bum]

I've never rooted for AMD more tbh.. Nvidia pulled some straight up faggotry this round

I'm hoping Navi is some killer shit next year because I'm itching to upgrade my 970 and will jump all over an RX 680 if they can offer something splitting the difference between 1080 and 1080 Ti performance for $350 or less (which should be doable on 7nm). I doubt we even get a Turing 2060, I bet the 2060 will be a rebrand of the 1060 for $250.

[Reck]

I'm getting my ass whooped in Spiderman and I'm playing on normal. lol

It's all about timing. Sometimes I can get through a wave of enemies without being touched and executing moves like I'm fucking Thor out there and in the same session get everything wrong and die within 3 hits. :lol

[Xevious]

I'm getting my ass whooped in Spiderman and I'm playing on normal. lol

It's all about timing. Sometimes I can get through a wave of enemies without being touched and executing moves like I'm fucking Thor out there and in the same session get everything wrong and die within 3 hits. :lol
Those fucking brutes mess everything up. :lol

[baseline bum]

Finally finished Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne. Holy fuck that was the hardest RPG I have ever played. Quite a bit more difficult than Fallout 2 or Shin Megami Tensei IV. Probably the darkest RPG I have played also.

[TDMVPDPOY]

FCK RTX 2080ti benchmarks are out, its like 20-30% improvements over 1080ti in non 4k

4k? avgs +60fps

[Cry Havoc]

I disagree with you on 900 vs 1000 series. 900 series was awesome since they got big performance gains on the same 28 nm node as the 600/700 series while cutting the price down pretty significantly from Kepler. Pascal was just Nvidia piggybacking off TSMC's node shrink to 14 nm and all the cards got big price increases. Kepler and Pascal tried to make GeForce buyers pay for compute while Maxwell was pretty much just gaming cards. Now Nvidia took it to the extreme with the 2000 series though making gamers pay for hardware designed for their Quadro cards. Hopefully Navi will be decent because I'm not paying $600 for fucking midrange Nvidia cards.

We can review the individual cards if you want.

960: Nothing special. Not great performance. Expensive and hot in laptops for the m variant as well.

970: Complete trainwreck for months thanks to the onboard memory debacle.

980: Solid card but hot and heavy.

The AMD 290/290x was the best card of the entire generation, which is why I think Nvidias offerings weren't very good. They came out a year before the 900 series, completely destroyed the 7xx cards especially as they aged, and then actually ended up being faster than the 900s except for the 980ti.

10xx was brilliant though, AMD had no answer as they were pushing the CPUs, and fitting the desktop variants into a laptop config was a stroke of genius. I'm typing this from a laptop with a 1050ti and it's just a marvelous card. Lightweight laptop under 5 pounds, gets 6 hours of battery life, and can play Witcher 3 on high with no problems. For $620 that is a damn steal.

[baseline bum]

We can review the individual cards if you want.

960: Nothing special. Not great performance. Expensive and hot in laptops for the m variant as well.

970: Complete trainwreck for months thanks to the onboard memory debacle.

980: Solid card but hot and heavy.

The AMD 290/290x was the best card of the entire generation, which is why I think Nvidias offerings weren't very good. They came out a year before the 900 series, completely destroyed the 7xx cards especially as they aged, and then actually ended up being faster than the 900s except for the 980ti.

10xx was brilliant though, AMD had no answer as they were pushing the CPUs, and fitting the desktop variants into a laptop config was a stroke of genius. I'm typing this from a laptop with a 1050ti and it's just a marvelous card. Lightweight laptop under 5 pounds, gets 6 hours of battery life, and can play Witcher 3 on high with no problems. For $620 that is a damn steal.

I disagree man.

960: Complete dogshit, one of the worst cards ever put out in that price bracket. Too bad AMD's card was terrible too, the R9 285. They should have just stuck with the awesome R9 280 instead. Though I imagine 2060 will be much worse than even 960.

970: They lied like hell about the memory architecture but the thing could still overclock to 980 performance.

980: Overpriced IMO.

980 Ti: A card that monstered everything else on the market and aftermarket models could often be overclocked to 1080 level performance

1000 series is when Nvidia started their monopoly pricing. Eg jacking up 70 series price from $330 to $450 and 80 series from $550 to $700.

[JakeCuenca]

I'm getting my ass whooped in Spiderman and I'm playing on normal. lol

It's all about timing. Sometimes I can get through a wave of enemies without being touched and executing moves like I'm fucking Thor out there and in the same session get everything wrong and die within 3 hits. :lol

Noob

[Reck]

Noob

What's up Apolipso. Still trying to beat God of War?

:lol

[Leetonidas]

Really enjoying SotTR. Haven't played spiderman much since I got it tbh

[baseline bum]

Really enjoying SotTR. Haven't played spiderman much since I got it tbh

Is it as good as TR2013 or ROTR?

[Joseph Kony]

Is it as good as TR2013 or ROTR?

hard to make that choice since i havent completed it. TR2013 was great. i fuckin loved ROTR. this is a bit different for me as i always play on hard, and that removes any senses or hints so i'm probably missing tombs and shit which is why it doesnt seem like ive found any. but i feel like this one focuses on the ambiance of the jungle a lot more. they definitely added more ways to stealth kill which is great because i love that. gunplay is meh, bows are fun but the guns are fairly bland, but im more of a stealth player so it doesnt matter. this game also introduces merchants and being able to purchase normal items in various places, which is cool because you can just buy salvage to upgrade your shit instead of having to find it, if you wanna upgrade something quick.

at this point whether or not its as good for me as the previous titles, will depend on how long it is and how epic the creatures are when i finally find them

[baseline bum]

hard to make that choice since i havent completed it. TR2013 was great. i fuckin loved ROTR. this is a bit different for me as i always play on hard, and that removes any senses or hints so i'm probably missing tombs and shit which is why it doesnt seem like ive found any. but i feel like this one focuses on the ambiance of the jungle a lot more. they definitely added more ways to stealth kill which is great because i love that. gunplay is meh, bows are fun but the guns are fairly bland, but im more of a stealth player so it doesnt matter. this game also introduces merchants and being able to purchase normal items in various places, which is cool because you can just buy salvage to upgrade your shit instead of having to find it, if you wanna upgrade something quick.

at this point whether or not its as good for me as the previous titles, will depend on how long it is and how epic the creatures are when i finally find them

How does it run on your system? On ROTR I had to put a couple of settings to medium and the rest on high to get a locked 60 fps on my 970, but this game looks way harder to run with its heavy use of shadows.

[Cry Havoc]

I disagree man.

960: Complete dogshit, one of the worst cards ever put out in that price bracket. Too bad AMD's card was terrible too, the R9 285. They should have just stuck with the awesome R9 280 instead. Though I imagine 2060 will be much worse than even 960.

970: They lied like hell about the memory architecture but the thing could still overclock to 980 performance.

980: Overpriced IMO.

980 Ti: A card that monstered everything else on the market and aftermarket models could often be overclocked to 1080 level performance

I thought you said the 900 series was good? You kinda smashed em with that review. Also the 980/ti were super hot cards.

[baseline bum]

I thought you said the 900 series was good? You kinda smashed em with that review. Also the 980/ti were super hot cards.

The 970 offered 780 Ti performance at $330 so was an absolute killer card despite the lies from Nvidia about the memory architecture. The 1070 was a bigger jump over the 970 than the 970 was over the 770 (~60% vs ~40%), but they also jacked the price way up to $450 and that big jump was to be expected with the node shrink to 14nm from 28nm. I don't get complaint about the heat generated by the 980 Ti after you were propping the R9 290x considering the 980 Ti was a way stronger gpu and consumed significantly less power than the R9 290x. As pissed as I was about Nvidia lying about the 970's memory this year is the first time I have seriously considered replacing it. But I'll wait to see what Navi brings in late 2019 / early 2020 thanks to Nvidia's faggotry with Turing.

[ElNono]

Still have a 960 at home and 970 at the office, tbh... solid cards... I'll prolly upgrade soon though, but mostly coz I want to toy with new tech, and because I just recently upgraded cpu/mobo/ram on these boxes and the GPU is the only thing kinda lacking ATM...

[baseline bum]

Still have a 960 at home and 970 at the office, tbh... solid cards... I'll prolly upgrade soon though, but mostly coz I want to toy with new tech, and because I just recently upgraded cpu/mobo/ram on these boxes and the GPU is the only thing kinda lacking ATM...

I can't justify spending $600 on a gpu this gen. Fucking 70 series jumping to 80 Ti prices is ridiculous, especially when the $1200 2080 Ti is only pulling 30-50 fps in Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p with RT turned on. I can't see the point of being such an early adopter for a tech that's years away.

[Joseph Kony]

How does it run on your system? On ROTR I had to put a couple of settings to medium and the rest on high to get a locked 60 fps on my 970, but this game looks way harder to run with its heavy use of shadows.

runs pretty good on my PS4, too bad i have to pick between high res or high framerate :lol

i only got it on ps4 because i have the other collector editions on PS so wanted to continue the tradition. i figured it may be taxing on my system plus ive been having internet issues (ATT is trash) so didnt want to download this one. though i probably will regret it :lol i always end up buying the same games on PC that i have on my consoles anyway when theres a nice steam sale

[ElNono]

I can't justify spending $600 on a gpu this gen. Fucking 70 series jumping to 80 Ti prices is ridiculous, especially when the $1200 2080 Ti is only pulling 30-50 fps in Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p with RT turned on. I can't see the point of being such an early adopter for a tech that's years away.

yeah, this stuff is mostly work setups. I just also upgraded my home box but mostly because I do quite a bit of work from home too a lot of times.

Just put a X299 mobo, i9-7940X, 32GB, EVO 960 1TB NVMe, and the 960 is kinda lacking in that setup lol.

[baseline bum]

yeah, this stuff is mostly work setups. I just also upgraded my home box but mostly because I do quite a bit of work from home too a lot of times.

Just put a X299 mobo, i9-7940X, 32GB, EVO 960 1TB NVMe, and the 960 is kinda lacking in that setup lol.

LOL the 960 is the cheapest component in that setup :lol

[ElNono]

LOL the 960 is the cheapest component in that setup :lol

:lol just realized that, good point

[baseline bum]

I've never rooted for AMD more tbh.. Nvidia pulled some straight up faggotry this round

Man fuck these new Nvidia gpus. Now that the benchmarks are out:

GTX 970 offered GTX 780 Ti performance at half the price
GTX 1070 offered GTX 980 Ti performance for $200 less
RTX 2080 offers GTX 1080 Ti performance for $100 more

[TDMVPDPOY]

they can charge those prices cause they want to clear pascal stock, and no amd card out to compete them...

hence why dont they just decrease the pascal cards below rrp? trying to protect the used cards market?

[baseline bum]

The GTX 2080 seriously has to be the worst card I have ever seen. I could have gotten GTX 2080 performance a year and a half ago for $100 less with a GTX 1080 Ti.

[Chris]

Dead by Daylight free on Steam for a week. Highly recommend this game - re-playability and originality is off the charts.

[TDMVPDPOY]

isnt turing a step down card cause they couldnt get volta out on time?...shit now imagine volta.....how much would they charge for that shit

[Cry Havoc]

Dead by Daylight free on Steam for a week. Highly recommend this game - re-playability and originality is off the charts.

Good call, been meaning to check this out.

[Cry Havoc]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/544610/Battlestar_Galactica_Deadlock/

Just picked this up. Looks pretty awesome.

[baseline bum]

Started playing Yakuza Kiwami 2 finally. The game feels totally different on the Yakuza 6 engine than the series did on the Yakuza 0 engine that was also used for Yakuza Kiwami. It's funny as shit picking enemies up, swinging them around, and then throwing them through some shop's windows. :lol

[redzero]

Octopath Traveler is fun, but I don't know why a 2D game costs $60 in 2018. The concept is unique, with the 8 different paths, but it's annoying that the playable characters in an RPG don't interact much.

[baseline bum]

Octopath Traveler is fun, but I don't know why a 2D game costs $60 in 2018. The concept is unique, with the 8 different paths, but it's annoying that the playable characters in an RPG don't interact much.

Because Nintendo.

[DJR210]

Started playing Yakuza Kiwami 2 finally. The game feels totally different on the Yakuza 6 engine than the series did on the Yakuza 0 engine that was also used for Yakuza Kiwami. It's funny as shit picking enemies up, swinging them around, and then throwing them through some shop's windows. :lol

Have those Yakuza games been cracked yet or nah? I haven't been checking..

[baseline bum]

Have those Yakuza games been cracked yet or nah? I haven't been checking..

Only Yakuza 0 is out right now and hasn't been cracked. It's supposed to be a pretty solid port though, with midrange systems able to run it at 1080p 120 fps. Which isn't surprising since it ran at mostly 1080p60 on my PS4 Slim.

[Chris]

Good call, been meaning to check this out.

It has a huge community and terrific dev team. You will not be disappointed.

[DJR210]

I bought Wildlands while 60% off.. It's actually pretty damn fun

[Luka Doncic]

90% through Spider-Man, and it’s really fun until about halfway through, and then all the side objectives start getting incredibly tedious.

[baseline bum]

DJR210 man, you gonna get AC Odyssey?

https://www.pcgamesn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/assassins-creed-odyssey-zeus-580x334.jpg

[Xevious]

90% through Spider-Man, and it’s really fun until about halfway through, and then all the side objectives start getting incredibly tedious.
Yeah I finished it. Once you get to the third chapter or so, all the crime encounters start to get real repetitive.

And fuck the Taskmaster's challenges. I did them all just to get a few challenge tokens, but no way am I maxing those things out. Not that it really matters. The different suits are all cosmetic anyway. And there are only a handful of good suit powers.

[DJR210]

DJR210 man, you gonna get AC Odyssey?

https://www.pcgamesn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/assassins-creed-odyssey-zeus-580x334.jpg

:lmao after that pic I might even purchase the collector's edition

I just bought Wildlands (awesome game, not worthy of the hate it recieved after launch) and I just picked up Jurassic World Evolution from the Codex sale. I'll be busy for a while.

[ElNono]

Wildlands was a great game, IMO...

I'm working my way through SOtTR...

[baseline bum]

I'm working my way through SOtTR...

Getting your 35 fps at 1080p with the $1200 RTX 2080 Ti and RT turned on?

[ElNono]

Getting your 35 fps at 1080p with the $1200 RTX 2080 Ti and RT turned on?

lmao no, playing at 1440p 28fps (aka '4K') on my Pro... haha...

Game is beautiful, but honestly, game feels more and more like a cross of AC and Uncharted (not a bad thing) than the usual TR...

[baseline bum]

:lmao after that pic I might even purchase the collector's edition


Dude there are like 10 or 15 special editions of the game.

[DJR210]

Wildlands was a great game, IMO...

I'm working my way through SOtTR...

Yeah, missions ain't too special.. but it's just a damn fun game with 4 like minded players, the graphics are amazing, the bullet physics and rag doll physics are on point, and it's just a lot of fun raiding AI compounds together

[DJR210]

Dude there are like 10 or 15 special editions of the game.

Whichever one comes with an exclusive mechanical keyboard for 500 bucks is the one I want

[DJR210]

If you guys like city builders, check out that Jurassic Park Evolution, it's a lot of fun.. modifying genomes to create the ultimate alpha dinosaur and watching them battle it out for the parks amusement is pretty damn fun.

[baseline bum]

lmao no, playing at 1440p 28fps (aka '4K') on my Pro... haha...

Game is beautiful, but honestly, game feels more and more like a cross of AC and Uncharted (not a bad thing) than the usual TR...

Damn the usual TR feels like a clone of Uncharted. I gotta play AC Origins. I was holding off on it waiting to do a gpu upgrade with Turing, but that's out of the question now with the 2070 being a $600 midrange card. What the fuck selling a TU106 based card for nearly what 80 Ti cards have gone for the last three generations? I guess I'll put Final Fantasy XV at the top of my backlog too since I don't see myself buying a new card until Navi now. Unless AMD decides midrange cards are $500+ also.

[ElNono]

Damn the usual TR feels like a clone of Uncharted. I gotta play AC Origins. I was holding off on it waiting to do a gpu upgrade with Turing, but that's out of the question now with the 2070 being a $600 midrange card. What the fuck selling a TU106 based card for nearly what 80 Ti cards have gone for the last three generations? I guess I'll put Final Fantasy XV at the top of my backlog too since I don't see myself buying a new card until Navi now. Unless AMD decides midrange cards are $500+ also.

I tell you, my 960 is still rocking, and the 970 at work too. I know some people are very picky about 60fps, and I'd love to have 60fps lock at 4k, but the reality is 30fps will give you a great experience (non-VR), and shader work is way more important for better gfx. I'm currently working on an exclusive game that has such amazing gfx. I can't even believe the PS4 still holds up to run this thing. And sure, when and if better hardware comes around, it'll look even better and nicer, but I'm still surprised daily on the kind of stuff you can still pull off with that generation (PS4 level, Maxwell). Obviously, this is the end of the road for those chips, but looking back the jump from Kepler to Maxwell was pretty massive.

I still don't see a major need to upgrade either, these cards support DX12, and run pretty much everything. Maybe in a year or so, we'll get some monster new games that up the ante, but right now, I'm pretty happy the run I've got for my money off them.

[baseline bum]

I tell you, my 960 is still rocking, and the 970 at work too. I know some people are very picky about 60fps, and I'd love to have 60fps lock at 4k, but the reality is 30fps will give you a great experience (non-VR), and shader work is way more important for better gfx. I'm currently working on an exclusive game that has such amazing gfx. I can't even believe the PS4 still holds up to run this thing. And sure, when and if better hardware comes around, it'll look even better and nicer, but I'm still surprised daily on the kind of stuff you can still pull off with that generation (PS4 level, Maxwell). Obviously, this is the end of the road for those chips, but looking back the jump from Kepler to Maxwell was pretty massive.

I still don't see a major need to upgrade either, these cards support DX12, and run pretty much everything. Maybe in a year or so, we'll get some monster new games that up the ante, but right now, I'm pretty happy the run I've got for my money off them.

60 fps is night and day better to me than 30 fps. I don't care much about resolution, it really feels like diminishing returns since I mostly play games on the couch on my TV whether console or PC which minimizes the impact of the greater pixel density since I'm not a foot away from the screen like if I gamed at my desk. I wish dynamic resolution was a thing on PC outside of DLSS on these ridiculously overpriced Turing cards. I greatly preferred playing Nioh at 60 fps with dynamic resolution (but mostly at 720p) on my PS4 vs the 1080p30 mode and wish I could use dynamic resolution on games like Final Fantasy XV that are extremely punishing to everything out there. What I want out of a gpu is something that will be able to play 1080p high at 60 fps locked for 3-4 years. Eg I want double console performance since console settings are usually equivalent to PC high settings, which is why I'm willing to pay around the price of a console for my gpu alone. But I'm not going to ever pay double console price for a graphics card.

Obviously I can play 30 fps and enjoy it or I wouldn't have a PS4, but my 970 is starting to enter a no man's land where it's way too powerful for 30 fps but not quite enough for 60 fps at high. Being just a little under that 60 fps threshold adds pretty noticeable stuttering with VSync on, which is the only way I play my PC games since adaptive VSync adds tear lines near the top of the image and having no sync period looks horrific IMO. The only real advantage to me for PC gaming is running at 60 fps. I guess you could point to piracy too, but multiplats tend to go on sale for $20 to $30 pretty quickly on PS4 so it's not that big IMO.

[Cry Havoc]

I tell you, my 960 is still rocking, and the 970 at work too. I know some people are very picky about 60fps, and I'd love to have 60fps lock at 4k, but the reality is 30fps will give you a great experience (non-VR), and shader work is way more important for better gfx. I'm currently working on an exclusive game that has such amazing gfx. I can't even believe the PS4 still holds up to run this thing. And sure, when and if better hardware comes around, it'll look even better and nicer, but I'm still surprised daily on the kind of stuff you can still pull off with that generation (PS4 level, Maxwell). Obviously, this is the end of the road for those chips, but looking back the jump from Kepler to Maxwell was pretty massive.

I still don't see a major need to upgrade either, these cards support DX12, and run pretty much everything. Maybe in a year or so, we'll get some monster new games that up the ante, but right now, I'm pretty happy the run I've got for my money off them.

30 fps is almost unplayable for me. It looks so damn jerky, esp on first/third person titles.

[ElNono]

30 fps is almost unplayable for me. It looks so damn jerky, esp on first/third person titles.

I rather have 60 too, tbh, but I don't mind dropping to 30 for 4K... As long as there's no tearing, I don't have much of an issue...

Then again, as I said, I know some people that are pretty picky about it, that's fine by me.

[TDMVPDPOY]

trumps tariffs will also be hitting pc parts apparently... buy a used video card now or wait till 10-25% grab her by the pussy tax comes in

[baseline bum]

trumps tariffs will also be hitting pc parts apparently... buy a used video card now or wait till 10-25% grab her by the pussy tax comes in

The Dotard Tax is 10% on everything Chinese coming to our shores in a couple of hours and turns to 25% on January 1st. Perfect timing with gpu and RAM prices already through the fucking roof.

[Cry Havoc]

I rather have 60 too, tbh, but I don't mind dropping to 30 for 4K... As long as there's no tearing, I don't have much of an issue...

Then again, as I said, I know some people that are pretty picky about it, that's fine by me.

It really depends on the game, honestly. 30fps looks WAY worse when it's moving an entire world/scope around your character. Not terrible for an RPG with a limited camera sweep. Way worse for a game like GTA or Zelda or any FPS.

[baseline bum]

It really depends on the game, honestly. 30fps looks WAY worse when it's moving an entire world/scope around your character. Not terrible for an RPG with a limited camera sweep. Way worse for a game like GTA or Zelda or any FPS.

I always thought you were a big BOTW fan? If you have an 8700k you can supposedly get a locked 60 fps playing it on CEMU 1.13.2 now.

[Cry Havoc]

I always thought you were a big BOTW fan? If you have an 8700k you can supposedly get a locked 60 fps playing it on CEMU 1.13.2 now.

BOTW is awesome, but the 30fps kinda sucks. Definitely affects it, I try to play it docked AMAP.

I don't really play it on PC, because I bought the switch for mobile gaming for the most part.

[Cry Havoc]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/334540/Vox_Machinae/

Holy shit guys. This is amazing.

It's fucking hilarious to control a mech the way they set this up in game. It's fantastic. SO MUCH FUN.

[baseline bum]

These mods make me want to get Yakuza 0 for PC


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6r2vq770tY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onBt3f18df4

[baseline bum]

DJR210 get in here, CODEX just cracked Madden NFL 19. :lol

[baseline bum]

Shadow Warrior 2 Free for PC

https://www.gog.com/game/shadow_warrior_2

[DJR210]

DJR210 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=42671) get in here, CODEX just cracked Madden NFL 19. :lol

I bought it on launch.. living rosters are worth the purchase :tu

[baseline bum]

I bought it on launch.. living rosters are worth the purchase :tu

Do you get to shoot yourself from CTE at the end of the My Career mode?

[baseline bum]

I bought it on launch.. living rosters are worth the purchase :tu

CODEX just released WWE-2k19 too if you're into that shit.

[resistanze]

Looks like I'll be testing out the ol' Google Fiber connection tbh

[resistanze]

Shadow Warrior 2 Free for PC

https://www.gog.com/game/shadow_warrior_2

Man Lo Wang is awesome.

[Cry Havoc]

I'm dumping HOURS into Vox Machinae right now. It really is that damn good.

[DJR210]

CODEX just released WWE-2k19 too if you're into that shit.

It's legit the same game they've released for four years straight.. fuck that shit, won't even pirate

[baseline bum]

It's legit the same game they've released for four years straight.. fuck that shit, won't even pirate

That's every sports game ever bro.

[Chris]

I'm late to the party, but Fallout 4 might be my favorite over New Vegas. About 10-15 hours in though...

[baseline bum]

I'm late to the party, but Fallout 4 might be my favorite over New Vegas. About 10-15 hours in though...

I'm one of the few who seemed to really like Fallout 4, though I didn't like any of the DLC. Have you ever played Fallout 2? That one's amazing, great storyline. Though it's an ancient isometric RPG.

[Chris]

I'm one of the few who seemed to really like Fallout 4, though I didn't like any of the DLC. Have you ever played Fallout 2? That one's amazing, great storyline. Though it's an ancient isometric RPG.

Yeah I played them all - Fallout 4 goes back to its roots on this one and I like the man out of time storyline so far.

[baseline bum]

Yakuza Kiwami 2 is pretty cool so far, except for this one RTS mini game in it. Playing an RTS with a controller fucking sucks. I have also been playing Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey redux on my 3DS. The battle system and difficulty is watered down a bit from mainline Shin Megami Tensei games, but it's still probably a 7/10 or 8/10 and worth playing.

[baseline bum]

Looks like I'll be testing out the ol' Google Fiber connection tbh

Never knew you were a handegg fan.

[resistanze]

Never knew you were a handegg fan.

Haven't paid Madden in over a decade, but I don't see it on PC usually, tbh

Just wanted to see 70MB/s torrent speeds tbh

[NASpurs]

I got accepted to Google's Project Stream. Let's see if this shit is worth it.

[baseline bum]

LMAO. In Yakuza Kiwami 2 you can buy videotapes to learn new fighting moves, and one of them is a movie with Segata Sanjiro. It's funny because Kiwami 2 takes place in 1995 which is right in the middle of the Sega Saturn generation where Sega made a character called Segata Sanshiro for its Saturn commercials.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc3AK8k90xw

[DJR210]

Haven't paid Madden in over a decade, but I don't see it on PC usually, tbh

Just wanted to see 70MB/s torrent speeds tbh

I haven't played since 09' and I must say it's a pretty damn good game. The running takes a long time to get used to but once you master the momentum and physics you can break some nice runs

[diego]

Been playing ac origins... The scale and setting are awesome but really, the combat and writing are pretty bad. If it doesn't improve soon I don't think I'll finish

I find it funny they put in a feature to let the horses drive themselves... On one hand it's practical to take a little break between quests, on the other hand the AI is terrible at finding a path and it just feels weird that a game will encourage you to watch it play itself

[diego]

Oh also been playing overcooked series with the kids.. good fun for those who enjoy local multiplayer

[Leetonidas]

Playing assassins creed Odyssey atm... Really fun game. Pretty much like Origins but better. Only thing they fucked up is they took the shield out and you can only do a timed parry instead of a block which is lame

[Reck]

Playing assassins creed Odyssey atm... Really fun game. Pretty much like Origins but better. Only thing they fucked up is they took the shield out and you can only do a timed parry instead of a block which is lame

I saw a couple of hours of gameplay of it to convince myself to get it but ultimately decided against it because the voice acting just took me out of it. Third string voice actors ruining the experience.

There isn't enough of a change from Origins to this game. They're fairly similar in play style and story. The length of Odyssey really plays no part on making this game a get or not for me.

Sometimes less is more.

[baseline bum]

Playing assassins creed Odyssey atm... Really fun game. Pretty much like Origins but better. Only thing they fucked up is they took the shield out and you can only do a timed parry instead of a block which is lame

Did you climb up Zeus' dick yet?

[JakeCuenca]

Playing Persona 5 right now. Awesome JRPG, but dialouge and script is too much. Way too much talking. Probably the best combat system in all of JRPGs too.

I noticed you increase you knwoeldge etc but I dont see any stats for it in the menu? And how does that even help?

It's weird seeing White People In japanese highschools. Never understood why japs love emasculating themselves.


I fused arsene with some nobody and then had to buy him back again. Smdh.

Playing on hard mode and it can get grindy.

[baseline bum]

Playing Persona 5 right now. Awesome JRPG, but dialouge and script is too much. Way too much talking. Probably the best combat system in all of JRPGs too.

I noticed you increase you knwoeldge etc but I dont see any stats for it in the menu? And how does that even help?

It's weird seeing White People In japanese highschools. Never understood why japs love emasculating themselves.


I fused arsene with some nobody and then had to buy him back again. Smdh.

Playing on hard mode and it can get grindy.

Your stats like knowledge and charisma increase pretty slowly and the menu will only show when it goes up one full level (I think there are five levels for each of those stats). I forget where in the menu it is, but the status screen looks like this:

https://pm1.narvii.com/6484/ab015ec541d5fd8cce1068a65c3901f69c7f965a_hq.jpg

The only white person in the high school I can remember was Ann, everyone else is Japanese.

[Xevious]

Playing Persona 5 right now. Awesome JRPG, but dialouge and script is too much. Way too much talking. Probably the best combat system in all of JRPGs too.

I noticed you increase you knwoeldge etc but I dont see any stats for it in the menu? And how does that even help?

It's weird seeing White People In japanese highschools. Never understood why japs love emasculating themselves.


I fused arsene with some nobody and then had to buy him back again. Smdh.

Playing on hard mode and it can get grindy.
Those stats indirectly help combat by allowing you to advance through your real-world relationships, which unlock different abilities and combat moves as you level the relationships up. I don't think it's possible to max everybody out as there are a lot of playable and non-playable characters that want to spend time with you at different stages in the game. So you might want to look up who provides what abilities and plan your time wisely.

FWIW, this game nearly killed video games for me. 120+ hours to complete a fairly linear single player game (and I don't feel like I was spending an excessive amount of time doing side quests and stuff) was just too much. The only thing that kept me going was the combat, which I really enjoyed. But there are blocks of hours where you are trapped in dialogue loops and the only breaks you get are when you're standing in your bedroom, and literally your only two options are to save the game or go to bed (which starts the next day into dialogue hell).

I had to take a break from games for a few months after I beat P5.

[JakeCuenca]

Those stats indirectly help combat by allowing you to advance through your real-world relationships, which unlock different abilities and combat moves as you level the relationships up. I don't think it's possible to max everybody out as there are a lot of playable and non-playable characters that want to spend time with you at different stages in the game. So you might want to look up who provides what abilities and plan your time wisely.

FWIW, this game nearly killed video games for me. 120+ hours to complete a fairly linear single player game (and I don't feel like I was spending an excessive amount of time doing side quests and stuff) was just too much. The only thing that kept me going was the combat, which I really enjoyed. But there are blocks of hours where you are trapped in dialogue loops and the only breaks you get are when you're standing in your bedroom, and literally your only two options are to save the game or go to bed (which starts the next day into dialogue hell).

I had to take a break from games for a few months after I beat P5.

Its weird how combat is the reason why we keep on coming back. That never haapens in jrpg. A testment to how good the combat is.

I wonder with more budget if they'd be able to open up the game and provide more freedom. This is the most linear JRPG ive played ever. 80% of the time, the game gives you very limited options on what to do specially in the first couple palaces

[Xevious]

Its weird how combat is the reason why we keep on coming back. That never haapens in jrpg. A testment to how good the combat is.

I wonder with more budget if they'd be able to open up the game and provide more freedom. This is the most linear JRPG ive played ever. 80% of the time, the game gives you very limited options on what to do specially in the first couple palaces
The only real freedom you're given is while you have an active palace ongoing. Then you basically have two blocks of time after school to level up stats or spend time with somebody. Going to mementos or the palace eliminates that time for the day.

[baseline bum]

Those stats indirectly help combat by allowing you to advance through your real-world relationships, which unlock different abilities and combat moves as you level the relationships up. I don't think it's possible to max everybody out as there are a lot of playable and non-playable characters that want to spend time with you at different stages in the game. So you might want to look up who provides what abilities and plan your time wisely.

FWIW, this game nearly killed video games for me. 120+ hours to complete a fairly linear single player game (and I don't feel like I was spending an excessive amount of time doing side quests and stuff) was just too much. The only thing that kept me going was the combat, which I really enjoyed. But there are blocks of hours where you are trapped in dialogue loops and the only breaks you get are when you're standing in your bedroom, and literally your only two options are to save the game or go to bed (which starts the next day into dialogue hell).

I had to take a break from games for a few months after I beat P5.

If you like the combat but hate all the side stuff the Shin Megami Tensei series might be something you'd enjoy more. It's the series Persona was split off from and has a similar (though superior IMO) battle system. They're pretty hardcore dungeon crawlers with much more difficult combat than the Persona games and none of the life sim / dating sim stuff. Plus minimal use of cutscenes and none of the long sequences of dialogue (as much as I love Persona I fucking hate the class trips that are 45 minutes of pressing X to get through the dialogue). The new one is a Switch exclusive that we won't see until 2019 or 2020 most likely. It only has a short reveal trailer so far:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TepXZN3Pw8o

I think the best game in the series is Nocturne on PS2 (though you can also buy it off PSN if you have a PS3).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhqo6yTOg4U

Shin Megami Tensei IV is really cool too if you have a 3DS


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey72hC6Dyos

[Xevious]

It isn't that I hate dialogue-heavy games with life/dating sim stuff, I just feel like the pacing was way off. There were blocks of hours with nothing to do but click through dialogue. There should have been a better balance between storytelling and gameplay IMO.

[baseline bum]

It isn't that I hate dialogue-heavy games with life/dating sim stuff, I just feel like the pacing was way off. There were blocks of hours with nothing to do but click through dialogue. There should have been a better balance between storytelling and gameplay IMO.

Well you might still get a real kick out of Shin Megami Tensei games if you're into the combat. Persona games all have those kind of dragging story moments (at least since the PS2 and newer). In the Persona games you can always get away with making simple offensive minded character builds but you'll get wrecked in the Shin Megami Tensei games without good team design around buffs and debuffs. I like that you can't level your way out of shit in it either. In SMT IV even at level 99 with level 99 teammates you'll get routinely destroyed by all bosses in the last third of the game if you don't build a team with good and complementary buffs and debuffs.

[ElNono]

Playing assassins creed Odyssey atm... Really fun game. Pretty much like Origins but better. Only thing they fucked up is they took the shield out and you can only do a timed parry instead of a block which is lame

:lol Greeks
:lol Goats everywhere
:lol KillBillPana

[baseline bum]

:lol Greeks
:lol Goats everywhere
:lol KillBillPana


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbX_PsMRRK4

[Xevious]

Well you might still get a real kick out of Shin Megami Tensei games if you're into the combat. Persona games all have those kind of dragging story moments (at least since the PS2 and newer). In the Persona games you can always get away with making simple offensive minded character builds but you'll get wrecked in the Shin Megami Tensei games without good team design around buffs and debuffs. I like that you can't level your way out of shit in it either. In SMT IV even at level 99 with level 99 teammates you'll get routinely destroyed by all bosses in the last third of the game if you don't build a team with good and complementary buffs and debuffs.
Will check it out if the opportunity comes up. Having to use strategy and plan out these long boss battles is one of the things I used to enjoy with turn-based JRPGs (have mostly only played western RPGs in over a decade). Even though I like P5's combat, the boss battles were nothing to write home about. They just basically all had a ton of health and you'd have to find out their resistances. That's about it.

[baseline bum]

Damn Analogue is coming out with an FPGA Genesis clone which also plays Master System games. Their NES and SNES clones are supposed to be fucking flawless since you're basically playing in hardware. Get in here Chris, this system sounds amazing.


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

Especially if you pair it with an Everdrive.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuHA3k-y6PE

[Chris]

Damn Analogue is coming out with an FPGA Genesis clone which also plays Master System games. Their NES and SNES clones are supposed to be fucking flawless since you're basically playing in hardware. Get in here Chris, this system sounds amazing.


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

Especially if you pair it with an Everdrive.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuHA3k-y6PE

If it can run Phantasy Star 2 or Shadowrun I'm in :tu

[baseline bum]

If it can run Phantasy Star 2 or Shadowrun I'm in :tu

Not too bad for $189 plus shipping. Everdrive will probably cost you another $100 if you want to play roms off an SD card, though no need if you already have a bunch of Genesis cartridges.

[Chris]

Not too bad for $189 plus shipping. Everdrive will probably cost you another $100 if you want to play roms off an SD card, though no need if you already have a bunch of Genesis cartridges.

Luckily genesis cartridges are still going relatively cheap. I'm seeing both at around $20.

[baseline bum]

Considering the Genesis Mini Sega is releasing next year will probably be around $80 and using software emulation that Analogue Genesis at $189 looks like a fucking hell of a deal. Especially with an 8BitDo controller included, those are awesome.

[Sable84]

Mobile Legends.

[diego]

gave up on origins last night.. began skipping through dialogues and there just wasnt anything else there beyond sightseeing.. its basically a witcher 3 clone with crappy writing, they lost all of the crazy political conspiracy shit that made the series interesting IMO. The AI/combat were way too easy and monotonous

one of my kids friends lead me to shaolin vs wutang... a lot of fun for anyone who likes fighting games / martial arts movies

[baseline bum]

FFFFFFFFuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkkkkk Days Gone just got pushed back to April 26th because apparently Sony is scared of competing with Anthem, Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, and The Division 2 in February 2016 on its initial launch date? I could understand when they decided not to launch in Fall 2018 to keep from having to compete with Red Dead Redemption 2, but to run scared from B-level releases in February? This game must suck.

[redzero]

Your stats like knowledge and charisma increase pretty slowly and the menu will only show when it goes up one full level (I think there are five levels for each of those stats). I forget where in the menu it is, but the status screen looks like this:

https://pm1.narvii.com/6484/ab015ec541d5fd8cce1068a65c3901f69c7f965a_hq.jpg

The only white person in the high school I can remember was Ann, everyone else is Japanese.

Ann is partially Japanese.

Persona 5 is probably the longest game I have ever played. I don't know why I played it on Hard Mode, because I KNEW that it was just going to be grinding.

[Reck]

FFFFFFFFuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkkkkk Days Gone just got pushed back to April 26th because apparently Sony is scared of competing with Anthem, Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, and The Division 2 in February 2016 on its initial launch date? I could understand when they decided not to launch in Fall 2018 to keep from having to compete with Red Dead Redemption 2, but to run scared from B-level releases in February? This game must suck.

Probably an excuse because the game still not ready.

They had no problem with God of War 4 and Spiderman. Both were released along tough competition and still took a shit on them.

[Joseph Kony]

bout to fire up some soul calibur vi. been waiting for this sequel for awhile tbh. gonna go master using Geralt

[JakeCuenca]

Wallahi I hate Morgana. The things I dont like about the game..morgana is always the tool. Why cant i do stuff after a palace infiltration or going to mementos?

Oh and Ruyji talks a lot...like a lot.

[baseline bum]

Wallahi I hate Morgana. The things I dont like about the game..morgana is always the tool. Why cant i do stuff after a palace infiltration or going to mementos?

Oh and Ruyji talks a lot...like a lot.

Morgana is annoying as fuck, true. Persona games (at least since 3) are heavily about time management. It's impossible to 100% the game on a first playthrough anyways, so I wouldn't worry too much about not being able to do things after combat. There actually is one way to still do things after spending time in a palace or mementos, but it'll be a major spoiler if I tell you how. If you want to know I'll post it though.

[DJR210]

Considering the Genesis Mini Sega is releasing next year will probably be around $80 and using software emulation that Analogue Genesis at $189 looks like a fucking hell of a deal. Especially with an 8BitDo controller included, those are awesome.

Picked up an SNES Classic for my kids bday, added an additional 40 or so games.. Pretty cool little system, I just wish it had more filters.

[baseline bum]

Picked up an SNES Classic for my kids bday, added an additional 40 or so games.. Pretty cool little system, I just wish it had more filters.

You can dual boot with NES Classic and add NES games too. The internals are exactly the same on the NES and SNES Classics. You can also use NES Classic controllers with the SNES Classic, though the cable length is only 2.5 feet on the NES Classic controller. Still, they're only $10 and then 6 to 10 foot extensions will run you another $10 or so. You can actually put the Famicom Mini OS on too and get the Japenese versions of Zelda and Metroid with better music as well as the Japanese version of Zelda II which has some real differences to the US version.

I like the look of the CRT filter (especially the one on the NES Classic), but I can feel it adding input lag so I turn it off.

[DJR210]

You can dual boot with NES Classic and add NES games too. The internals are exactly the same on the NES and SNES Classics. You can also use NES Classic controllers with the SNES Classic, though the cable length is only 2.5 feet on the NES Classic controller. Still, they're only $10 and then 6 to 10 foot extensions will run you another $10 or so. You can actually put the Famicom Mini OS on too and get the Japenese versions of Zelda and Metroid with better music as well as the Japanese version of Zelda II which has some real differences to the US version.

I like the look of the CRT filter (especially the one on the NES Classic), but I can feel it adding input lag so I turn it off.

I was in poverty at that age so I actually never owned an NES.. I was limited to mooching off my friends copies of Super Mario 3 at their houses.. But good to know.

[baseline bum]

I was in poverty at that age so I actually never owned an NES.. I was limited to mooching off my friends copies of Super Mario 3 at their houses.. But good to know.

I never had one either. I got really good at the Vs Super Mario Bros arcade game and then couldn't believe how much easier the NES version of Super Mario Bros was when I'd go to friends' houses. :lol

First time I really played a lot of NES was back in 1997 when I ran Nesticle to play NES roms on my gaming PC. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsTgE2g19FY

[DJR210]

I never had one either. I got really good at the Vs Super Mario Bros arcade game and then couldn't believe how much easier the NES version of Super Mario Bros was when I'd go to friends' houses. :lol

First time I really played a lot of NES was back in 1997 when I ran Nesticle to play NES roms on my gaming PC. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsTgE2g19FY

I used to troll my friends mom on Mario Bros. by pausing the game with controller 2 everytime she tried to jump over a pit

[baseline bum]

bout to fire up some soul calibur vi. been waiting for this sequel for awhile tbh. gonna go master using Geralt

1053154302481612801

[baseline bum]

LOL at Bethesda admitting Fallout 76 is going to be a bug ridden pos

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqI-EfqXgAAM5P6.jpg:large

[Chris]

LOL at Bethesda admitting Fallout 76 is going to be a bug ridden pos

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqI-EfqXgAAM5P6.jpg:large

They lost me when they announced no NPC's only human interactions.

Fallout is all about interaction with NPCs :lol

[baseline bum]

They lost me when they announced no NPC's only human interactions.

Fallout is all about interaction with NPCs :lol

Oh well I'll get RDR2 this week and I bet God of War will be somewhere for $20 in a month since Sony just dropped its MSRP to $39.99. When Todd Howard said "you create your own stories in Fallout 76" at E3 I knew this game wasn't for me. The whole point of Fallout games is the storytelling IMO. Black Isle Studios are rolling in their grave seeing their amazing series turned into another bland survival game. Between this and not getting an Elder Scrolls game this gen (fuck that crap MMO) Bethesda is dead to me.

[Chris]

Yeah those trailers for RDR2 look great :wow

I'm not ready to throw Bethesda under the bus yet though

[baseline bum]

Yeah those trailers for RDR2 look great :wow

I'm not ready to throw Bethesda under the bus yet though

I haven't even looked at them. I probably won't even read or watch the reviews as I want no spoilers. I'll probably buy and preload the game tomorrow as I'm starting to prefer digital to physical when they're the same price. Only games where I like physical are the Yakuza games since they have steelbooks with awesome artwork (though the art book from the physical release of Yakuza 6 sucks so I might buy that one digital).

[ElNono]

AC: Odyssey is fucking massive. Not sure if it's as good as the Egypt one, which was dope, but this one is just such a huge fucking map. Still playing it, and enjoying it, tbh...

[DJR210]

Codex with another great Halloween sale :tu

[Reck]

AC: Odyssey is fucking massive. Not sure if it's as good as the Egypt one, which was dope, but this one is just such a huge fucking map. Still playing it, and enjoying it, tbh...

Easy for you to say bro. You get these triple A games for free as us peasants have to shell out the cash for it.

I'm selective with my game buys these days. I always look for A, Wait at least a week to get it unless we're talking about games like God of War and hard hitting good looking games. (Bare minimum of glitches)

B, All about story, online component second. And C, no microtransactions.

[baseline bum]

Codex with another great Halloween sale :tu

You pick up Soulcalibur VI?

[DJR210]

You pick up Soulcalibur VI?

Yeah, downloading now

[DJR210]

Easy for you to say bro. You get these triple A games for free as us peasants have to shell out the cash for it.

I'm selective with my game buys these days. I always look for A, Wait at least a week to get it unless we're talking about games like God of War and hard hitting good looking games. (Bare minimum of glitches)

B, All about story, online component second. And C, no microtransactions.

AC:O hasn't been cracked yet

[ElNono]

:lol I actually bought AC:O and the Egypt one too, tbh... I'll probably fork off the money for RDR2 also...

I normally take them as long-plays, since I'm swamped with work, but didn't really expect this AC to be this big. It's actually good news.

[Chris]

I haven't even looked at them. I probably won't even read or watch the reviews as I want no spoilers. I'll probably buy and preload the game tomorrow as I'm starting to prefer digital to physical when they're the same price. Only games where I like physical are the Yakuza games since they have steelbooks with awesome artwork (though the art book from the physical release of Yakuza 6 sucks so I might buy that one digital).

Not a big fan of digital anything unless it's a free game from ps plus...the trailers are relatively spoiler free fwiw

[DJR210]

Not a big fan of digital anything

Walking around your house with a lantern

[Leetonidas]

Walking around your house with a lantern

:lol

[baseline bum]

Walking around your house with a lantern

On second thought I think I will buy the physical version so I can sell it after beating it. Then pirate the good version when it comes out on PC in a year.

[TDMVPDPOY]

benchmarks out for amd 590 cards sits between gtx1070-1080, if its more between a 1070ti-1080 with a $300 rrp? thats a real winner of a card to get

and those new 27 4k hdr 144hz from asus/acer fkn $2000-3000rrp, u might as as well go buy yourself a brand new +65 OLED 4k hdr tv and go console gaming?.. the only thing u g ive up is 144hz rfr, and response time..

[baseline bum]

benchmarks out for amd 590 cards sits between gtx1070-1080, if its more between a 1070ti-1080 with a $300 rrp? thats a real winner of a card to get

and those new 27 4k hdr 144hz from asus/acer fkn $2000-3000rrp, u might as as well go buy yourself a brand new +65 OLED 4k hdr tv and go console gaming?.. the only thing u g ive up is 144hz rfr, and response time..

Dude it loses to the 1060 6GB at 1440p in the Final Fantasy XV benchmark. Where are you seeing between 1070 and 1080 performance?

1440p high
https://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AMD-Radeon-RX-590-FFXV-1440p-High-740x441.png

https://wccftech.com/amds-radeon-rx-590-final-fantasy-benchmarks-beats-out-the-geforce-gtx-1060-at-4k/

[Reck]

Welp the benefit of buying games through the PS store is gone.

Just got an email from Sony saying they will start collection state taxes from every purchase made online. Very shitty.

A great way to save money. No incentive to buy from the store anymore. If I'm paying 60+ taxes then I rather actually get the physical copy of the game.

[NASpurs]

Destiny 2 is free for PC

[baseline bum]

Welp the benefit of buying games through the PS store is gone.

Just got an email from Sony saying they will start collection state taxes from every purchase made online. Very shitty.

A great way to save money. No incentive to buy from the store anymore. If I'm paying 60+ taxes then I rather actually get the physical copy of the game.

PS Store still has good enough sales that it can beat physical sometimes. Plus I prefer having digital copies of games if they're the same price or lower unless the physical version has amazing artwork or something (eg the Yakuza steelbooks).

[baseline bum]

Just picked up a Switch today and it's a model from before Nintendo patched the hardware bug allowing for CFW on the system. It's great, Nintendo can't patch this bug through a firmware update. :lol

[Chris]

Friday the 13th free on PSPlus for only a few more days...

Game is pretty addictive, just sucks you have to wait until the end of the match to get your xp.

[baseline bum]

Friday the 13th free on PSPlus for only a few more days...

Game is pretty addictive, just sucks you have to wait until the end of the match to get your xp.

No way that game sucked. Man, that fucking rock :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1raUvGNbZFg

[Chris]

No way that game sucked. Man, that fucking rock :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1raUvGNbZFg

Sad part is I played this game when I was 7 years old and kept getting lost in the forest :lol

People are incredibly toxic on the mic for the new Jason unfortunately but easily muted.

[kelvinpalmer]

I'm playing LIFE :spin OK silly joke. I play Candy Crush with my kid and he's getting quite good at it

[140]

The sims

[baseline bum]

Sad part is I played this game when I was 7 years old and kept getting lost in the forest :lol

People are incredibly toxic on the mic for the new Jason unfortunately but easily muted.

The cave is just as bad. But worst thing about that game was the fucking rock that flew over the enemies' heads.

[Chris]

The cave is just as bad. But worst thing about that game was the fucking rock that flew over the enemies' heads.

I forgot about that damned cave :lol

I think one time I got Jason to run away from a cabin but that was the extent of my adventures. I never minded the rocks too much as it was pretty easy to get a knife or something else.

[baseline bum]

Wow Super Mario Odyssey is fucking incredible. I scoffed the Switch before but it's a pretty nice system now that I have my hands on one.

[Joseph Kony]

I'm playing LIFE :spin OK silly joke. I play Candy Crush with my kid and he's getting quite good at it

faggot

[Reck]

Wow Super Mario Odyssey is fucking incredible. I scoffed the Switch before but it's a pretty nice system now that I have my hands on one.

Saw a full playthrough of it. Loved it so much Nintendo almost made me buy a Switch for it.

But I got over that feeling fairly quickly when I weigh in the fact I barely play my PS4 to begin with. :lol

[baseline bum]

Saw a full playthrough of it. Loved it so much Nintendo almost made me buy a Switch for it.

But I got over that feeling fairly quickly when I weigh in the fact I barely play my PS4 to begin with. :lol

WTF how do you barely play PS4 when you're here talking about it all the time?

[NASpurs]

Wow Super Mario Odyssey is fucking incredible. I scoffed the Switch before but it's a pretty nice system now that I have my hands on one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-TXzpfc_so

[baseline bum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-TXzpfc_so

Yeah I played a little on Yuzu and it's really impressive how fast this emulator is coming along, but it still has a ton of graphical bugs in SMO and the framerate is lousy. It'll be amazing within a couple of years I bet though. If you don't want to wait CFW is doable on Switch if you get a model manufactured before July 2018. You can tell by the serial number, which is posted on the box. Plus the bug is in hardware so Nintendo can't fix it through firmware updates, and you can keep updating your firmware as new games come along. Unlike say PS4 where you're stuck on 5.05 if you want CFW (last game to come out on 5.05 was God of War back in April).

You checked out Cemu yet? Cemu 1.14.x gives you the best way to play Breath of the Wild if you have a strong cpu. With an i7-8700k overclocked you can run that game at 60 fps pretty much locked and also at 1080p/1440p/4k depending on gpu. Both the Switch and Wii U versions of the game run at 30 fps and can't lock there.

[Reck]

WTF how do you barely play PS4 when you're here talking about it all the time?

I talk about certain games, not all.

I still buy most exclusive games but I don’t play them right away. For example, Nier and P5 are still yet to be finished by me.

I’ve played about oh 3-4 hours of each. Basically I install and test how good the games are and then I leave them for later. My game backlog is in the 40s at the moment with triple A games and digital combined.

I finished Uncharted 4 just a few months ago. :lol

When I play a game I play for them plats so I’m kind of meticulous like that.

[baseline bum]

Damn Target has the PS4 Slim with Spiderman for $200 this Black Friday. Walmart likely will too since they accidentally put that deal up on their website last week.

[DJR210]

Damn Target has the PS4 Slim with Spiderman for $200 this Black Friday. Walmart likely will too since they accidentally put that deal up on their website last week.

Damn that's worth fighting far west side mexicans over..

[ElNono]

Damn that's worth fighting far west side mexicans over..

lmao... bet you microsoft comes out with their own shit too...

[baseline bum]

lmao... bet you microsoft comes out with their own shit too...

Emphasis on shit. LMAO that games library on XBox.

[ElNono]

Emphasis on shit. LMAO that games library on XBox.

Forza 22 my nig... rofl

[JakeCuenca]

Not sure if im close to the end but i just finished the 6th palace in persona 5.

Great boss battle but he was much easier than all other boses. I mean i have like overpowered personas at this point in the game.

I kinda wish i just stuck with my normal personas instead of fusing and fusing. A few of my personas are way too strong and op and im already playing hard mode.

It sucks that merciless is locked in dlc. I would have changed the difficulty once i noticed a enemies were getting easier

[Chris]

Yakuza Kiwami free for psplus...worth downloading?

[baseline bum]

Yakuza Kiwami free for psplus...worth downloading?

Fuck yes. Though you should get Yakuza 0 and play it first since Kiwami is the direct sequel. Yakuza 0 is on sale for $15.99 right now for PS Plus members on PSN. They're both great games. Think of a modern day Streets of Rage with some Japanese humor thrown in. Like an open world beat 'em up with lots of comedy mixed in. Here is one mission from Yakuza 0 that killed me:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y0m-DnOdms

If you find you like 0 & Kiwami 1 there is Kiwami 2 already out plus announced remasters for 3-5 and then 6 is already out on PS4 in the US. Plus these games seem to drop in price quickly. Yakuza 6 is already pretty easy to find for $35.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Damn Target has the PS4 Slim with Spiderman for $200 this Black Friday. Walmart likely will too since they accidentally put that deal up on their website last week.

BF sales is better then boxing day, and end of financial year sales right??

[spurraider21]

Damn Target has the PS4 Slim with Spiderman for $200 this Black Friday. Walmart likely will too since they accidentally put that deal up on their website last week.
wow... that's actually an incredible deal.

here's a q though, does that system have any level of backwards compatibility?

[Reck]

wow... that's actually an incredible deal.

here's a q though, does that system have any level of backwards compatibility?

None whatsoever. No PS4 versions have any backwards compatibility.

The closest to backwards comp is to get Playstation Now. The library is pretty huge by now.

[spurraider21]

None whatsoever. No PS4 versions have any backwards compatibility.

The closest to backwards comp is to get Playstation Now. The library is pretty huge by now.
damn. either way, that seems like a great deal. im pretty sure i paid around $200 for my ps2 back in the day :lol

just out of curiosity, roughly how long are we anticipating until the next gen is in the works?

[NASpurs]

damn. either way, that seems like a great deal. im pretty sure i paid around $200 for my ps2 back in the day :lol

just out of curiosity, roughly how long are we anticipating until the next gen is in the works?

Next gen stuff (rumors mostly) is already leaking out so it's already in the works. Whether or not they're coming out soon, that's a totally different question. Probably 2020 at the earliest.

[baseline bum]

damn. either way, that seems like a great deal. im pretty sure i paid around $200 for my ps2 back in the day :lol

just out of curiosity, roughly how long are we anticipating until the next gen is in the works?

Probably 2020 or 2021.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol blizzcon
lol mobile diablo
lol dev kent looks fkn loss on he podddddium

[DJR210]

lol mobile diablo

:lol "we know how dedicated our fan base is"
:lol "we know exactly what they want"
:lol "we will do exact opposite of what they want"

[TDMVPDPOY]

so what are you guys opinions on pay-2-win in games?

as in buying extre gear/skins whether for looks or have something rare that the poor free-2-play gamer cant afford or doesnt wanna spend money on items?

dont u hate it when they make them items stuck to you account and cant be tradeable...

a poor guy who grinds their character will never be that strong or will have to put in either years or farming years of money to buy max stat gears...

[Xevious]

so what are you guys opinions on pay-2-win in games?

as in buying extre gear/skins whether for looks or have something rare that the poor free-2-play gamer cant afford or doesnt wanna spend money on items?

dont u hate it when they make them items stuck to you account and cant be tradeable...

a poor guy who grinds their character will never be that strong or will have to put in either years or farming years of money to buy max stat gears...
Just one of the few reasons why I don't play multiplayer games anymore.

[baseline bum]

Just one of the few reasons why I don't play multiplayer games anymore.

Sucks the platinum trophy is locked behind online play in RDR2. I fucking hate MP too; I haven't been into it since COD 4 and Gears of War.

[Xevious]

Sucks the platinum trophy is locked behind online play in RDR2. I fucking hate MP too; I haven't been into it since COD 4 and Gears of War.
Eh, I don't worry about plats. Every game, no matter how good, always has some collection or time sensitive quests that are just too annoying for me to complete.

[ElNono]

Eh, I don't worry about plats. Every game, no matter how good, always has some collection or time sensitive quests that are just too annoying for me to complete.

I only Platinum God of War, tbh, well worth it.

[ElNono]

Might do the same with Spiderman...

[Xevious]

Might do the same with Spiderman...
Speaking of time sensitive quests, trying to max out those taskmaster challenges... fuck that.

[Reck]

I only Platinum God of War, tbh, well worth it.

Easier than I thought it would be. Not having to do the god challenges like the other games is a load off.

I have platted God of War 1, 3 and 4. For some reason I never finished the challenges in the second game despite the fact you can actually save after each. if i go back I can probably get it since I have gotten way better at these types of games now.

[baseline bum]

CPY just cracked AC Odyssey. Get in here DJR210

[baseline bum]

:lol

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[DJR210]

CPY just cracked AC Odyssey. Get in here DJR210 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=42671)

:tu

[baseline bum]

God damn I hate that Nintendo shit NEVER drops in price, but Super Mario Odyssey alone justifies a Switch purchase. This is easily the best platformer I have played since Super Mario Bros back in 1986.

[baseline bum]

Damn that $200 Poorstation 4 plus Spiderman deal is going to be a going live this Friday and until the 26th everywhere.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF_vKXrOtY8

[baseline bum]

Anyone who has an OG PS4 500 GB should go sell that shit to Gamestop this week since they're paying $175 in trade credit. Then you'd be paying a little more than $40 after taxes to upgrade to a PS4 Slim with a 1TB drive and a physical copy of Spiderman on Friday, plus you'd get another year of warranty.

[Reck]

Damn that $200 Poorstation 4 plus Spiderman deal is going to be a going live this Friday and until the 26th everywhere.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF_vKXrOtY8

I might pick this up. I had to do some operation on my original PS4.

I was one of the people affected by the ejecting disc issue they were having when it first launched. I had to crack it open and put electrical tape over the ejection button chip and it worked. :lol

Are these PS4 Pros? I was waiting to get one of those instead though.

[Will Hunting]

Does anyone remember Age of Empires II (the Age of Kangs)? I downloaded it since I’m currently serving out my notice period at work not doing anything during the day and forgot how addictive it was :lol

[baseline bum]

Does anyone remember Age of Empires II (the Age of Kangs)? I downloaded it since I’m currently serving out my notice period at work not doing anything during the day and forgot how addictive it was :lol

That's still easily my favorite strategy game ever made. I wish the sequels were even half as good. I like the cheat where you can field an army of Shelby Cobras with machine guns to mop the floor with any enemies.

[Reck]

So I'm going to channel my inner apalisoc(RIP) and say the remake Spyro games look great and I might buy it. :lol

Probably not but maybe.

[Will Hunting]

That's still easily my favorite strategy game ever made. I wish the sequels were even half as good. I like the cheat where you can field an army of Shelby Cobras with machine guns to mop the floor with any enemies.
I used to use cheat codes a lot when I played it years ago now I’m trying to play it legitimately just for the sake of creating a challenge :lol

Being really good with excel actually helps with this game because using hot keys saves a lot of time.