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The Video Game Thread
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It's great, the classes are a lot of fun and the natural encouragement to play as a team is really good
Mortal Kombat 11 was revealed last night at The Game Awards. CGI Trailer (no gameplay) but there are some screenshots (not in this trailer though) and the game looks cool so far... This may just be the first game I pre-order.
Trailer’s below, and in typical MK fashion, it is gory as hell.
Trailer’s below, and in typical MK fashion, it is gory as hell.
This game sucks. I'm super annoyed I opened it. The game is cool in terms of the graphics and story but the gameplay is slow and the controls are unbelievably bad. There are tons of controls and all of them are counter-intuitive. I mean on Xbox melee and reload are switched from X and B for no other reason? It's clunky and difficult enough that I'm reselling this immediately.
Borderlands 3:
TL ; DR
Worth the wait. Buy it.
Some franchises are going to get my money. Fallout? Thank you very much, take my cayyyyysh! ( except 76... nope .. not gonna do it. ) There are a few others as well but none of them compare to my love of Borderlands.
No other game has managed to mix humor, style and most importantly game play into one cohesive experience quite like the Borderlands franchise. The soundtrack? Yeah that's killer too. Voice acting? Unlike Skyrim and Fallout, you wont have constant deja vu with every other conversation. There are many voice actors and they are worth listening to. I have to play through the first time by myself in a new Borderlands game because 1.) the aforementioned voice acting and 2.) more than any other game they reward wanderlust and those that have to figure out "how to get there." The best Easter eggs in the game are usually reserved for the adventurous.
I'm 16 hours into the newest game and 1 hour in I knew it was going to be my favorite. The game play has been challenging ( I'm playing Amara ) and the story has been captivating. Meeting members of the previous games has been genius. I especially love the Easter eggs ( often references to pop culture or nods to classic or cult favorite movies ( Johnny Mnemonic ?!?
to name a very obvious one hidden in plain sight )
I'm on PC and I've seen a LOT of people whinging about FPS and video issues. I'm on a 4 year old rig with a 6gig 1070 GPU. I've never dropped below 65 FPS and usually hover right at 70 with most things on high. I can't understand how people with supposed top end systems ( some saying they have the newest GPUs and still can't manage 30 FPS?!? )
This game will keep my daughter and I occupied for a good, long while.
TL ; DR
Worth the wait. Buy it.
Some franchises are going to get my money. Fallout? Thank you very much, take my cayyyyysh! ( except 76... nope .. not gonna do it. ) There are a few others as well but none of them compare to my love of Borderlands.
No other game has managed to mix humor, style and most importantly game play into one cohesive experience quite like the Borderlands franchise. The soundtrack? Yeah that's killer too. Voice acting? Unlike Skyrim and Fallout, you wont have constant deja vu with every other conversation. There are many voice actors and they are worth listening to. I have to play through the first time by myself in a new Borderlands game because 1.) the aforementioned voice acting and 2.) more than any other game they reward wanderlust and those that have to figure out "how to get there." The best Easter eggs in the game are usually reserved for the adventurous.
I'm 16 hours into the newest game and 1 hour in I knew it was going to be my favorite. The game play has been challenging ( I'm playing Amara ) and the story has been captivating. Meeting members of the previous games has been genius. I especially love the Easter eggs ( often references to pop culture or nods to classic or cult favorite movies ( Johnny Mnemonic ?!?
to name a very obvious one hidden in plain sight )I'm on PC and I've seen a LOT of people whinging about FPS and video issues. I'm on a 4 year old rig with a 6gig 1070 GPU. I've never dropped below 65 FPS and usually hover right at 70 with most things on high. I can't understand how people with supposed top end systems ( some saying they have the newest GPUs and still can't manage 30 FPS?!? )
This game will keep my daughter and I occupied for a good, long while.
For a few years now the PS4 only gets used for streaming movies or TV, or watching blu-rays, but we got Sims 4 right before the holidays. Used it a day & then returned it.
It's geared for you to purchase the expansion-packs. For instance, if you want to see any action when the character goes to work, you need to buy the office expansion-pack.
Today I bought Civilization VI & also noticed that if you want to play The Most powerful tribe, the Zulus, you need to buy an expansion-pack.
Bought it anyway & now regret it, $20 down the drain practically. I sat here & played it for an hour & already lost interest. You can't even choose the race you want to play anymore!
It's geared for you to purchase the expansion-packs. For instance, if you want to see any action when the character goes to work, you need to buy the office expansion-pack.
Today I bought Civilization VI & also noticed that if you want to play The Most powerful tribe, the Zulus, you need to buy an expansion-pack.
Bought it anyway & now regret it, $20 down the drain practically. I sat here & played it for an hour & already lost interest. You can't even choose the race you want to play anymore!
I LOVED Splinter Cell. Chaos Theory was the best in the series. After that, the games sort of went downhill. I also started playing Fallout when Fallout 4 came out. Sank alot of time into that. I'm a poser though, I'm on Xbox, not PC 
Forgot about this thread. Thanks @Killed_by_Death and yeah, too many games nowadays are trying to get you to buy you the DLC or something extra, and a lot of times (or most of the time), it’s not worth it.
The only DLC I’m glad I bought was the DLC for Zelda BOTW (a must purchase IMO), Doom Eternal (which damn, is an amazing game, my GOTY), and any fighting game I’m really into.
Grabbed FF7R on the PSN holiday sale and saw the DLC and skipped that. The game is fun so far though. It’s my first FF game, and so far I’m not a huge fan of pulling up menus during battle to heal people and use spells and certain attacks, but I like the story so far.
The only DLC I’m glad I bought was the DLC for Zelda BOTW (a must purchase IMO), Doom Eternal (which damn, is an amazing game, my GOTY), and any fighting game I’m really into.
Grabbed FF7R on the PSN holiday sale and saw the DLC and skipped that. The game is fun so far though. It’s my first FF game, and so far I’m not a huge fan of pulling up menus during battle to heal people and use spells and certain attacks, but I like the story so far.
I was reminded of why I stopped playing games on the PS4 this morning
For a couple of days I was trying to link my 2K account to the game, & finally realized it wouldn't let me, because I'm not a Playstation Plus subscriber.
I'm not paying a monthly fee to access internet from within games, that's Bull!
Wishing now that I had bought Civ6 on Steam, but their year-end sale just ended this morning.
For a couple of days I was trying to link my 2K account to the game, & finally realized it wouldn't let me, because I'm not a Playstation Plus subscriber.
I'm not paying a monthly fee to access internet from within games, that's Bull!
Wishing now that I had bought Civ6 on Steam, but their year-end sale just ended this morning.
Really? It won't let you link accounts without PS Plus? Man, 2K is on something else. That is BS.
I play a lot of multiplayer games, so I have it to play with friends with, but just about the only thing it's allowed me to do aside from multiplayer is upload/download saved data to the cloud so I can retrieve it if ever needed (which has never been needed, lol).
I play a lot of multiplayer games, so I have it to play with friends with, but just about the only thing it's allowed me to do aside from multiplayer is upload/download saved data to the cloud so I can retrieve it if ever needed (which has never been needed, lol).
I think it's more on Sony, for limiting internet access if you're not a Plus subscriber.
2K on the other-hand, makes it so if you want the good leaders, you have to buy the expansion-pack.
I'm about ready to pay for one month of EA-Play, which would give me access to Sims-4, & Jedi Fallen Order.
2K on the other-hand, makes it so if you want the good leaders, you have to buy the expansion-pack.
I'm about ready to pay for one month of EA-Play, which would give me access to Sims-4, & Jedi Fallen Order.
For folk that also like atmospheric, ambient horror games like the Silent Hill and Fatal Frame (aka Project Zero) style horror, I may have found a contender.
Called "Song of Horror". Coming out for PS4 and Xbox One on 28 May. Has been out for awhile on Steam (more than 960 reviews with "Very Positive" rating) and PC's. Some of you may have already played it.
Wife and I are kinda stoked. She doesn't play, but loves to watch and help. Said once these type games "are like watching an interactive horror movie.". LOL
Hope you take some time and see if "Song of Horror" is for you or not.
Video game side story: A picture was taken decades ago of my two young daughters, maybe 8 and 9, holding hands with my wife. It was taken from behind them with the Navy ship I was on, in the background, heading to sea for a 6 month cruise. Pic and story made the newspaper with a sad story of a family being left behind while husband goes to sea, etc. She even sent me a copy while I was away. Kinda got to me. Oh my poor, unhappy children watching daddy go away for so long.
Many years later, one daughter and I ran into that paper (she had a copy). She told me, "Yeah, I remember that. We kept bugging mom to go home so we could play video games.". Ouch...LOL
Called "Song of Horror". Coming out for PS4 and Xbox One on 28 May. Has been out for awhile on Steam (more than 960 reviews with "Very Positive" rating) and PC's. Some of you may have already played it.
Wife and I are kinda stoked. She doesn't play, but loves to watch and help. Said once these type games "are like watching an interactive horror movie.". LOL
Hope you take some time and see if "Song of Horror" is for you or not.
Video game side story: A picture was taken decades ago of my two young daughters, maybe 8 and 9, holding hands with my wife. It was taken from behind them with the Navy ship I was on, in the background, heading to sea for a 6 month cruise. Pic and story made the newspaper with a sad story of a family being left behind while husband goes to sea, etc. She even sent me a copy while I was away. Kinda got to me. Oh my poor, unhappy children watching daddy go away for so long.
Many years later, one daughter and I ran into that paper (she had a copy). She told me, "Yeah, I remember that. We kept bugging mom to go home so we could play video games.". Ouch...LOL
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Just finished Assassins Creed:Valhalla and now eagerly awaiting the first expansion, as it takes place in Ireland (first time Ireland has featured in any 'big' game, I believe!)
It's my first AC game, and while I absolutely loved most of it, playing a Viking in Norway then England, (excellent world-building, fun side-stories, lots to explore, lots of interesting people (including many real historical figures), I'll admit I've zero interest in the bits set today where the actual Assassin vs Templar story is fleshed out.
Happily just skipping through those admittedly very few sections didn't take long.
It's my first AC game, and while I absolutely loved most of it, playing a Viking in Norway then England, (excellent world-building, fun side-stories, lots to explore, lots of interesting people (including many real historical figures), I'll admit I've zero interest in the bits set today where the actual Assassin vs Templar story is fleshed out.
Happily just skipping through those admittedly very few sections didn't take long.
I got into PC games with Doom, Quake, Tombraider, and similar. I always had computers that were a couple of years outdated so I played games after everyone else had been at them for awhile.
My favorites were:
Jedi Knight Fark Forces II
Doom 2, Doom 3
Quake, Quake 3 Arena.
Dark stone
Flight Unlimited 2, Flight Unlimited 3
Sometime after Y2k, I gave up on video games because of the amount of time required to go through levels and get to the end.
My favorites were:
Jedi Knight Fark Forces II
Doom 2, Doom 3
Quake, Quake 3 Arena.
Dark stone
Flight Unlimited 2, Flight Unlimited 3
Sometime after Y2k, I gave up on video games because of the amount of time required to go through levels and get to the end.
I still fire up MAME on my laptop now and then to play some Tempest, Galaga, Excitebike, Dragon's Lair, and Metal Slug. Oh, Shinobi too.
Donkey Kong also. Oh my garsh, and Gravitar. The SpaceX Dragon docking simulator reminded me of Gravitar.
-Mike
Donkey Kong also. Oh my garsh, and Gravitar. The SpaceX Dragon docking simulator reminded me of Gravitar.
-Mike
Fatal Frame title "The Maiden of Black Water" finally got released worldwide last month on multiple platforms. Was originally released on only Nintendo Wii U in 2015.
Downloaded it on Playstation 4 two days ago. Also available on Playstation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Steam.
Wife and I already looking forward to late night/early morning marathons LOL.
Also keep reading low-level scuttlebutt on a new Silent Hill. Hints, nothing firm.
Downloaded it on Playstation 4 two days ago. Also available on Playstation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Steam.
Wife and I already looking forward to late night/early morning marathons LOL.
Also keep reading low-level scuttlebutt on a new Silent Hill. Hints, nothing firm.
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