Video Games...Discuss Them

[Dukefrukem]

Whoa.

[Wryan]

They've done a pretty incredible job staying within the look and style of the world Jackson and WETA created. It's nice to see variety and personality on the orc side, which felt only just barely touched on here and there in the movies. But did they need to secure any rights from the Tolkien estate to do these games? I can't imagine after the Hobbit fiasco that the family would be willing to ever allow the rights to get away from them again. I didn't play the first game, tho I watched some people play it. Looked fun. Looks like there might be more variety in this one.

[Morris Schæffer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl4bkIGgiyc

This just shot up to Red Dead 2 levels of excitement.

"Our first objective would be to break through the main gate" the voiceover intones.

In the next shot we see our hero casually scaling the castle's wall in 1 second Ezio Auditore style.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Is this a different game from the Genesis version? Because the Genesis game is a wild-ass ride... it's actually more a Batman sh'mup than a platformer. Hard as hell.

Yep! The Genesis one has the same name but was produced/released by a different company. The SNES game is more deliberately paced but more stylistically impressive (I think).

[Dead & Messed Up]

Also, been dipping my toes back into gaming the past few months after years of not giving too many damns. Picking up on things I've missed that're considered classics. So far, Limbo was excellent, Braid stymied my brain too much (also, wasn't thrilled by the storytelling choice of just having you straight-up read text - more interested in holistic storytelling), almost done with the original Zelda (manageable once you make your own map with graph paper) and through two colossi in Shadow of the Colossus.

[Skitch]

I started Zelda: Skyward Sword last night.

[Idioteque Stalker]

It doesn't run perfectly, but Breath of the Wild keeps getting better. I've stopped playing Horizon because it's all I want to play.

[Idioteque Stalker]

Also, been dipping my toes back into gaming the past few months after years of not giving too many damns. Picking up on things I've missed that're considered classics. So far, Limbo was excellent, Braid stymied my brain too much (also, wasn't thrilled by the storytelling choice of just having you straight-up read text - more interested in holistic storytelling), almost done with the original Zelda (manageable once you make your own map with graph paper) and through two colossi in Shadow of the Colossus.

Great games. Limbo lovers need to play Inside if possible.

[Ezee E]

Great games. Limbo lovers need to play Inside if possible.

Yep. Been saying that for a while.

[Dukefrukem]

Pax East was a fun ride. Full Report later.

[Idioteque Stalker]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otfjpDz3Bms

Yep, Zelda's got me good.

[Morris Schæffer]

Took a break from Doom to get back into last of us remastered. So good. Yet to play left behind so excited to play something new in that universe.

[Dukefrukem]

This game is amazing.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BhHkvHcUfo

[Skitch]

Ive watched quite a few youtubes of people playing that game. Its...madness.

[Ezee E]

Tell me more about this game...

[Dukefrukem]

Tell me more about this game...

Pretty simple concept that has different levels of difficulty. You have a bomb. Your co-op partner(s) have the manual. You need to explain to them what you see and they will tell you how to defuse it. If you dont do it in the time allotted, you die. :)

[Ezee E]

Pretty simple concept that has different levels of difficulty. You have a bomb. Your co-op partner(s) have the manual. You need to explain to them what you see and they will tell you how to defuse it. If you dont do it in the time allotted, you die. :)

Sounds cool. Is that PS4?

[ledfloyd]

I got the PS4 remaster of the Tomb Raider reboot. What a fun game...

[Idioteque Stalker]

Tomb Raider is really fun. The sequel is also good.

[Dukefrukem]

I didn't think it was fun at all.

[Neclord]

I thought it was the most fun ever.

[Dead & Messed Up]

The original Zelda was actually a little more fun to catalogue than to play through and finish, with so many of those old-school techniques for gaming intact. Killing enemies for rupies and hearts got dull (yes, there are medicine bottles), the puzzle clues were often confusing, and a few important item discoveries amounted to the equivalent of the original Metroid's bomb-everything tedium. The designers do a hell of a lot with a little (the item-switching is forward-thinking), but I think this is another series that really found its mojo on subsequent systems (huge fan of Link to the Past and Link's Awakening, before the series got too hand-holdy with its helper characters).

[Idioteque Stalker]

I haven't played it, but with Breath of the Wild's do-anything open world in everyone's mind (not hand-holdy at all btw), the original Zelda seems to be an important touchstone these days. I enjoyed your analysis but doubt I would enjoy the game.

[Scar]

I picked up the Breath of the Wild guide for Wendy, so 'she doesn't miss anything'.

350+ pages, loads of pictures, and loads of small print. There is a LOT to that game. Maybe I'll have to try it, without the guide of course #DarkSouls4Life

[Dead & Messed Up]

I haven't played it, but with Breath of the Wild's do-anything open world in everyone's mind (not hand-holdy at all btw), the original Zelda seems to be an important touchstone these days. I enjoyed your analysis but doubt I would enjoy the game.

Yeah, Breath of the Wild is one of the reasons I wanted to go back and check it out.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Also, the colossi in Shadow of the Colossus are tough. Think I spent half an hour just on colossus number three (the one where you have to get it to club the ground, then race up its club). Let's not discuss how long I was shooting arrows at its midsection like a moron.

And love how uncomfortable I feel after beating one. Just jammed my sword into the beast's head, and it had this look on it like, "Hey, what happened?" (I know the twists to the game, but it still works.)

[ledfloyd]

I didn't think it was fun at all.
Are you sure you know what fun means?

[Dukefrukem]

Are you sure you know what fun means?

I know what I like in my Tomb Raider games. And it's not a girl who's afraid of Tombs.

[Idioteque Stalker]

To be fair the most recent two are the only Tomb Raider games I've played.

[Dukefrukem]

The latest video game controversy.

http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/18/14969390/mass-effect-andromeda-lead-animator-harassment

[ledfloyd]

Gamergaters are dumb.

I picked up Bloodborne yesterday. I'm not sure these From games are for me. Repetitively killing the same villagers over and over again trying to figure out what I'm supposed to do next and repeatedly dying is not my brand of fun.

[Sycophant]

Gamergaters are vile, hateful, disgusting, and so terribly inhuman in the most achingly, pathetically human ways.

[TGM]

Wait, gamergate is seriously still a thing? O.o

[Dukefrukem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-msmx9yW5Q

[Winston*]

Gamergaters are dumb.

I picked up Bloodborne yesterday. I'm not sure these From games are for me. Repetitively killing the same villagers over and over again trying to figure out what I'm supposed to do next and repeatedly dying is not my brand of fun.

Are you sure you know what fun means?

[Morris Schæffer]

Are you sure you know what fun means?

Is it a stretch to think bloodbourne, more than any other game, isn't for anyone? They're tough by reputation, this can't be denied. I tried it found myself under duress, uncomfortable even from the sheer challenge and sure super thrilled when i got a little further but i didn't persevere. It was too much. Great game but not for me. So give the guy a break.

[Morris Schæffer]

Latest ps4 firmware adds 3D in VR!

[Lazlo]

Latest ps4 firmware adds 3D in VR!

Huh? The VR has always been in 3D.

[Ezee E]

Duke, did you ever do a recap of the convention you went to?

[Dukefrukem]

Crap. No I didn't.

[Winston*]

Is it a stretch to think bloodbourne, more than any other game, isn't for anyone? They're tough by reputation, this can't be denied. I tried it found myself under duress, uncomfortable even from the sheer challenge and sure super thrilled when i got a little further but i didn't persevere. It was too much. Great game but not for me. So give the guy a break.

Was a joke. Look further back in the thread.

[Morris Schæffer]

Was a joke. Look further back in the thread.

Aight.:D

[Dukefrukem]

I played Mass Effect for 5 hours yesterday and I still haven't started "the game" yet.

[Ezee E]

I played Mass Effect for 5 hours yesterday and I still haven't started "the game" yet.

That doesn't seem like a good thing.

[bac0n]

I played Mass Effect for 5 hours yesterday and I still haven't started "the game" yet.

Just toolin' around, checking things out, exploring?

[Dukefrukem]

That doesn't seem like a good thing.

I get what they're doing. There's a huuuuuuuuuuge build, because they want to specifically explain why this group of people are different than the Shepard games. So there's a ton of information they are trying to throw at you. But I think I'm around the point where they are actually going to let me play now.


The facial animations are reallly distracting.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MEKM2amQ2E

[Ezee E]

Ha, I didn't watch all ten minutes, but I'm disappointed too.

[ledfloyd]

Was a joke. Look further back in the thread.
I appreciated it. Unfortunately, I've apparently given you too much rep.

[Scar]

I'll get to Mass Effect one of these years. Instead, I dropped 5.99 on the Evil Within on PSN.

[Scar]

I'll get to Mass Effect one of these years. Instead, I dropped 5.99 on the Evil Within on PSN.

Ok, I've got a KABAR. I'm going to sneak up behind this guy, plunge it in his neck.... And I'm dead.

I think I died at least six times before the opening credits.

[[ETM]]

People are hung up on the Andromeda facial "animations" but I've seen so many incredibly stupid and HUGE bugs in the game in all these playthrough videos that it's kinda obvious that the game was still some way from finished when it was released. It's like they gave up on the characters because there were so many game breakers to resolve.

[Dukefrukem]

The bugs are awful. IT is not a polished game. IT's frustrating to play.

[Morris Schæffer]

There are leaked pictures shown of a WWII Call of Duty.

http://charlieintel.com/2017/03/24/rumor-leaked-art-work-suggest-cod-2017-will-called-call-duty-wwii/

[bac0n]

I picked up Andromeda the day it came out, but haven't popped it in yet cuz I'm out of town until 16 April for work/vacation. Looks like that was a good idea.


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[Dukefrukem]

This is kind of an understatement but Andromeda playable world is unbelievably huge. Technical bugs aside, the game does not do a good job explaining the economy system (which is broken), consumables, weapons, weapon mods, armor, armor mods, etc. Takes a while to figure all that out and what's valuable and what isn't.

That being said, I'm still playing the shit out of this game.

[megladon8]

Persona 5 is getting insane reviews.

I've read more than one saying it's the best JRPG ever.

I've never played a Persona title before, but colour me interested.

[Morris Schæffer]

Some insane crazy set pieces in Doom. And it's true. If you don't move you're history.

It's really, really thrilling. Feels a bit like God of War at times, especially because some foes are vaguely reminiscent and in the way you 'finish' certain adversaries.

[Idioteque Stalker]

Persona 5 tonight. :)

2017 is outrageous. This generation has really hit its stride.

[Sycophant]

Yeah, I'm getting my Persona 5 tomorrow but I'm not going to be able to get to it until I'm good and done with Nier Automata. On the third playthrough now, so maybe I can start P5 next week. If I can also start actually working on the things in my life that matter, that is.

What's weird about this thread is no one's talking about Nier Automata. It's maybe the most interesting thing I've played since... well, Nier. If you're interested in seeing cool things done with video games and narrative, you should probably be playing Nier Automata.

[Stay Puft]

I just picked up a copy of the first Nier recently. I'm looking forward to playing them, they certainly seem to be right up my alley.

[Dukefrukem]

Just a couple of the bugs I've run into. This game is a mess.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGq8mo7NFcw

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

[Scar]

Picked up Skryim Special Edition for PS4 for thirty bucks in the PSN. It's like visiting an old friend.

[Idioteque Stalker]

First Nioh happened. Fantastic game.

Then Nioh got Horizoned.

Then Horizon got Breath of the Wilded.

Now Zelda has been Persona Fived.

Ridiculous. I haven't finished even one.

[Winston*]

Anyone played Everything?

[Watashi]

First Nioh happened. Fantastic game.

Then Nioh got Horizoned.

Then Horizon got Breath of the Wilded.

Now Zelda has been Persona Fived.

Ridiculous. I haven't finished even one.

Hell, I'm still catching up on games from 5 years ago.

I'm finally playing Dishonored. Fun, but a bit repetitive and the locales never change. Feels like a stealth Bioshock clone.

[Morris Schæffer]

I'm probably nearing the end of Doom. It's so thrilling.

What to play afterwards. Possibly Metal Gear Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain. That said, I wish I would still care about the narrative in those games. Lost track of it all. Who can blame me?

[Dukefrukem]

The Metal Gear series is the hardest continuity to follow in gaming.

[Morris Schæffer]

Well, completed Doom. Too bad there was the obligatory big bad guy at the end. Great game, hilarious that the end credits show a special thanks to Robert Altman. Probably not the same dude.

[Morris Schæffer]

Oh and I'll probably start The Division next. Playing it solo probably.

[Morris Schæffer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kae-JjbLsgA

By the way, chaps, Star Wars Battlefront 2 trailer looking really sweet! There's a SP campaign now, you actually play as the bad guys and word is the team is making amends for all shortcomings of the previous game.

[Ezee E]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kae-JjbLsgA

By the way, chaps, Star Wars Battlefront 2 trailer looking really sweet! There's a SP campaign now, you actually play as the bad guys and word is the team is making amends for all shortcomings of the previous game.

All things said, I liked everything about 1. I figure this is just a rehash of new characters and a single player mode. But playing with Darth Maul and Yoda sure seems fun.

[ledfloyd]

Debating between MGSV and Witcher 3 for my next game.

[Idioteque Stalker]

Witcher has the better world, Metal Gear the better gameplay. I prefer Witcher by a good margin, but they're both overrated imo.

[megladon8]

So Nintendo discontinuing the NES Classic is just more confirmation that they've lost their ability for rational thought.

[TGM]

So Nintendo discontinuing the NES Classic is just more confirmation that they've lost their ability for rational thought.

Yeah, this was very disappointing to learn. Such a blunder of a potential major success, and there's really no reason for it. :\

[megladon8]

Everyone and their mother wants one! We have multiple generations of people willing - BEGGING to pay us cold hard cash for one of these things!

Let's discontinue it!

[Sycophant]

More like let's discontinue it, driving the demand for it higher than even before, because scarcity will be an even greater threat when people know we're willing to take our ball and go home. Then we wait till we need a cash injection, announce the same model/a sequel model, and get a guarantee to sell out every single unit.

Either that or they've got a plan that they think will redirect that traffic to the Switch.

[Dukefrukem]

Rumor has it they are working on an N64 classic, which will sell 23423423423x the NES Classic.

I have an NES Classic sitting next to me NIB. I was going to give it as a gift. Should I stick it in the vault?

[megladon8]

If you genuinely don't want it I'll take it. Never even got a chance at one.

[Irish]

By the way, chaps, Star Wars Battlefront 2 trailer looking really sweet! There's a SP campaign now, you actually play as the bad guys and word is the team is making amends for all shortcomings of the previous game.

"We avenge our emperor"---great line. That's what "Rogue One" should have been.

(Why is it that the Star Wars video games are often more interesting than the movies?)

[Ezee E]

Yeah, I was all about getting a NES Classic if I saw it in a store. Humph.

We'll see if a SNES or N64 one come out I guess. I think my brother still has N64 saved.

[Skitch]

Once I saw the length of those controller cords I was out. I'd rather have a SNES classic anyway.

[Dukefrukem]

Yeah, I was all about getting a NES Classic if I saw it in a store. Humph.

We'll see if a SNES or N64 one come out I guess. I think my brother still has N64 saved.

Yup


According to Eurogamer—a publication with an excellent track record for this sort of thing—“sources close to Nintendo” confirmed that a mini SNES is planned for a Christmas launch. Eurogamer says that its sources indicate development is well on its way.

[megladon8]

Hopefully they make more than 5 of them.

[Scar]

I had seen the NES classic on shelves, but passed.
However, I may throw an elbow to get a SNES one.

[Ezee E]

Ha. Didn't realize the Third Telltale season of Walking Dead is fully out. Swiped that up.

[Winston*]

What is the appeal of the NES classic? Can't you just get a classic controller and play those games on the Wii or whatever? Is it just nostalgia?

[megladon8]

The internet reaction to the SNES classic is pretty funny and on point. Some of my favorite tweets:

"We at Nintendo have decided to discontinue the SNES mini before any have been made because y'all were just too excited to give us more money."

"Breaking: 10 Lucky Winners who find one of these Golden Tickets in Switch boxes will be given opportunity to purchase the SNES Classic."

"All these rumors about an SNES mini coming out later this year. You ready to tell everyone that you were into Earthbound before it was cool?"

[Sycophant]

What is the appeal of the NES classic? Can't you just get a classic controller and play those games on the Wii or whatever? Is it just nostalgia?

At $60 USD and with thirty games (which Nintendo sells on each of its consoles for $5 or so a shot), the NES Classic costs considerably less than the $150 just getting the games legally on your Wii/Wii U/Switch will (of course, most likely, you're interested in 10 to 15 of the games at most, but still it's not a bad deal when though of that way). Further, it includes the console and a controller, so that's a lot of savings if you don't have a console. The market for something like this consists, I think, of a lot of people who have no interest in keeping up to date with contemporary consoles (my wife, for example), in addition to some Nintendo diehards. Its easy portability and the shared nostalgia for the games is a huge factor.

Also, it looks like an NES (but smaller and therefore cuter) and has an authentic-looking NES controller. The nostalgia value on something like that is really high. Like really goddamn high.

Edit: I do wonder how successful a SNES and N64 classic would be. They have, I think, overall a less iconic set of games and less generation-defining nostalgia value. But then I didn't have a SNES growing up and I'm in my mid-thirties, so I probably don't have the best perspective on this.

[Winston*]

Thank you. That makes sense.

[Dukefrukem]

If people are interested, I made a number of videos showcasing the glitches, bugs and problems I've encountered in Mass Effect 4

A couple of them are really funny. The Game Breaking Ones are not.

Glitch: https://youtu.be/xGq8mo7NFcw - Enemy Stuck in Object (repeatable)
Glitch: https://youtu.be/lCfarntAReM - Character T-Pose
Bug: https://youtu.be/qfaz5DwgtQE - Invisible Enemies
Bug: https://youtu.be/AJ-qMjw31rE - Map / Clipping Issues (repeatable)
Glitch: https://youtu.be/ItQRSYA9V8Y - Dialog Camera Angels (repeatable)
Glitch: https://youtu.be/4pLfbdkZO2w - Sound Issues
Game Breaking Bug : https://youtu.be/zoSx3kL-e78 - Game Crash
Glitch: https://youtu.be/dL0unHAmMzs - Character T-Pose
Glitch: https://youtu.be/uVIW9231y50 - Character Issue
Game Breaking Bug: https://youtu.be/Cbth5GBXSz0 - Need to Close Application from PS4 menu to fix
Glitch: https://youtu.be/U-me2p_x9dU - Character Issue <--- Funny
Glitch: https://youtu.be/GiDKE_eCHtQ - Character Issue
Bug: https://youtu.be/2_r56dzmOGI - Map / Clipping Issues (repeatable)
Game Breaking Bug: https://youtu.be/somCs-JX-oU - Interaction Issue (Need to Exit or Kill self to fix)
Bug: https://youtu.be/cm9qeK9Bctk - Character Issue (need to exit game to address) <--- Funny
Game Breaking Bug: https://youtu.be/NxXK4hfXNuc - Interaction Issue (Need to Close Application from PS4 menu to fix)

[Morris Schæffer]

April 26th is the Call Of Duty: World War II reveal.

[Morris Schæffer]

The missions in The Division, even early on, are some the tensest and toughest around. Feels like a real accomplishment when I complete one. All alone I might add.

[Morris Schæffer]

Call of duty reveal in 3 minutes!!

[Dukefrukem]

Morris I think you're alone on the excrement here.

[Idioteque Stalker]

Morris I think you're alone on the excrement here.

I'm not waiting with bated breath or anything, but I bet the game will be really good.

[Dukefrukem]

excrement ? How did I type that??

[Scar]

It was a truly awesome Freudian Slip. Rep worthy, but I need to spread that excrement around.

[Idioteque Stalker]

I assumed it was intentional lol

[Morris Schæffer]

excrement ? How did I type that??

I have super fond memories of the first cod on pc back in 2003. Hopefully this will bring that back. That said, the beach landings again!? Really!?

[Ezee E]

Call of Duty needs to get medieval.

[Morris Schæffer]

Just by dicking around in The Division early on I was able to put down a goon who had a big old sniper rifle. Makes life so much easier during encounters now. Mission are really tough, but I feel pretty smug when completed. It's supposed to be a co-op game, and perhaps there will come a time when progress will be halted permanently, but I never liked co-op. I want to beat missions all alone, I wanna have that feeling of total superiority.

[Idioteque Stalker]

More copies of Breath of the Wild for Switch have been sold than Switches. (http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/04/27/nintendo-switch-sells-274-million-units-in-under-a-month) Weird.

[TGM]

I am a little surprised by how easy it is to find Switches, particularly considering how impossible it was to find the Wii for such a long time after release, not to mention how impossible it was to find an NES Classic before it just recently became literally impossible, on account of them no longer being made. I see Switches all the damn time, though. *shrug*

[Dukefrukem]

Hah. I just bought a Wii and Wii U on let it go for $70.

[bac0n]

Hah. I just bought a Wii and Wii U on let it go for $70.

Great, now that fucking song is going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. THANKS A LOT, DUKE.

[megladon8]

More copies of Breath of the Wild for Switch have been sold than Switches. (http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/04/27/nintendo-switch-sells-274-million-units-in-under-a-month) Weird.

Not really.

The game is readily available but I still have nowhere locally I can get the system.

[Idioteque Stalker]

But that means there are more copies in the wild than there are systems to play then on.

[megladon8]

But that means there are more copies in the wild than there are systems to play then on.

Exactly.

They didn't make enough systems. This has been like, widely reported since it came out.

[Skitch]

Maybe possible that knowing nintendo always is short on stuff, quantities were bought up to resale at higher price?

[Dukefrukem]

This looks rad.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&v=kZlM78biLWI

[Stay Puft]

I know people who own copies of Breath of the Wild for the Switch but do not own a Switch. Yes, multiple people.

I played Bomberman on the Switch with some people at a pub a couple weeks ago, it was fun. It's a pretty neat console. I will almost certainly buy one when the new Mario game is out.

[megladon8]

RE4 still holds up crazy well.

[Dukefrukem]

SO funny


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKRMVeoY_U8

[bac0n]

Yeah, that Injustice 2 DarkSeid video was awesome. His omega beams are SOOOO COOOOOL.

I'm super tempted to get this name now. There are a LOT of great new additions: FireStorm, Professor Fate, Atrocitus, Swamp Thing...

[Skitch]

Damn Omega Beams!! Now I want to rewatch Justice League: War.

[Morris Schæffer]

This looks rad.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&v=kZlM78biLWI

Saw a Green Lantern vs. Arrow vid yesterday and felt the same way. Rad, cool, awesome super moves. I sure miss the days when me and my friends would gather around a television and play Dreamcast Soul Calibur or Mortal Kombat 3 and I'd be crazy good with a particular character.

I keep thinking someday I'll once again buy a well-reviewed beat-em-up, master a few characters and strut my stuff online. And by playing against you guys, regardless of the the different timezones we're in, I wouldn't necessarily be playing against strangers.

[Ezee E]

Swamp Thing eh...

[bac0n]

Is anybody still playing Mass Effect Andromeda? I got a late start (was in TX for three weeks the week after it came out) and haven't had much time to play it, but I just opened up my first vault, and the game has gotten a lot more interesting.

Love the design of the first vault, tho. It was like being on the Tron Legacy grid.

[Idioteque Stalker]

Haha that Clueless Gamer segment. "Enter a world where you're uncoordinated!"

[Dukefrukem]

Is anybody still playing Mass Effect Andromeda? I got a late start (was in TX for three weeks the week after it came out) and haven't had much time to play it, but I just opened up my first vault, and the game has gotten a lot more interesting.

Love the design of the first vault, tho. It was like being on the Tron Legacy grid.

Yes. Im on my third play-through (unfortunately).

Let's chat about it on Skype to spare these nice people on MC the pain of how terrible this game is...

[Skitch]

THERES A DARKSIDERS 3. THERES A DARKSIDERS 3. *heavy breathing*

[megladon8]

THERES A DARKSIDERS 3. THERES A DARKSIDERS 3. *heavy breathing*

I know right?

I would have thought that would be big news here.

[megladon8]

I have yet to see a single final review for Prey.

What gives? Does it suck?

[Idioteque Stalker]

Bethesda no longer gives out review copies early.

[Ezee E]

I have the demo ready to play, just haven't tried it out.

[Morris Schæffer]

I have yet to see a single final review for Prey.

What gives? Does it suck?

There's a few out there. Doesn't suck at all.

[Dukefrukem]

Except that it can be beaten in under 10 minutes. Heh.

[Idioteque Stalker]

Super Mario World can be beaten in under 10 minutes too. Prey must be a new GOAT.

[Dukefrukem]

Super Mario World can be beaten in under 10 minutes too. Prey must be a new GOAT.

I mean, a 1990 side scroller is a bit different than a 2017 open world horror game but you get the idea. Speed Runners are good


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

[Idioteque Stalker]

I may or may not end up buying it on a deep discount at the end of the year, but if I do I'm certain I will meticulously cover every nook and cranny of that game. From what I understand, the level design will be my main draw. Never been interested in speedrunning even my favorite games.

[megladon8]

As mentioned earlier, RE4 held up really well.

Onto RE5, which I've never played before.

[Scar]

As mentioned earlier, RE4 held up really well.

Onto RE5, which I've never played before.

Oh boy.....

[Skitch]

Yeah thats a step down.

[megladon8]

I'm predicting there's going to be some very uncomfortable racial stuff.

[Ezee E]

Huge step down, but I did play it the whole way through.

[Skitch]

Me too. Its worth a playthrough. Part 6 though, didn't pass my demo test.

[Scar]

Huge step down, but I did play it the whole way through.

I played it multiple times to unlock all the guns, even though the game was meh.:o

[Dukefrukem]

OMG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrX67Gltb-A

[Skitch]

amazing

[Morris Schæffer]

Yeah that T2 vid is pretty slick down to the little details.

[Dukefrukem]

Destiny 2 reveal is going on right now and it's basically a $60 expansion pack to Destiny - nothing major going on here, more missions, raids, colors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g0JJyT94Iw

[Ezee E]

Destiny 2 reveal is going on right now and it's basically a $60 expansion pack to Destiny - nothing major going on here, more missions, raids, colors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g0JJyT94Iw

Would you have expected otherwise?

[megladon8]

Fans of the Souls games must check out Slain: Back From Hell.

Bonus points if you are a metal fan.

[Skitch]

Slain: Back From Hell.


That sounds like a metal album.

[Morris Schæffer]

Far Cry 5 has gotten some promo vids. They say "Welcome to Hope County, Montana."

I appreciate the setting after Nepal, the stone age. Just good old America.

[Idioteque Stalker]

Looking forward to it. Read Dead provides an obstacle if that is indeed the setting.

[Morris Schæffer]

Looking forward to it. Read Dead provides an obstacle if that is indeed the setting.

This means what? :)

[Idioteque Stalker]

This means what? :)

I mean, I'm going to buy them both, but that's two huge westerns releasing near each other.

[Dukefrukem]

I mean, I'm going to buy them both, but that's two huge westerns releasing near each other.

Red Dead Redemption 2 delayed until Spring 2018

[Morris Schæffer]

I mean, I'm going to buy them both, but that's two huge westerns releasing near each other.

Is Far Cry 5 a western?! Perhaps an Urban western, but the promo movies do not hint at a traditional western in the least. In fact, it reminded me more of the upcoming game Days Gone and possibly even a sort of The Division with a world gone to hell, humans turned into killers, a sort of Mad Max, but set in Montana.

I got small The Last of Us vibes also, and even some Resident Evil 4.

[bac0n]

Red Dead Redemption 2 delayed until Spring 2018

Cuss it t'all tarnation!

[Ezee E]

Far Cry 5 has gotten some promo vids. They say "Welcome to Hope County, Montana."

I appreciate the setting after Nepal, the stone age. Just good old America.

Montana has the option of cold AF weather. Red Dead seems more like Arizona.

[Dukefrukem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdaoe4hbMso

[Morris Schæffer]

Damn it Duke. Beat me to it!! :D

[Morris Schæffer]

Looks like a must play. Love the setting. I skipped primal but this will draw me back.

[megladon8]

Unless there's something really special about this one, I'm so done with Far Cry.

[Ezee E]

Yeah, I feel like you pick this or Red Dead. I'll wait it out for Red Dead.

[Dukefrukem]

Unless there's something really special about this one, I'm so done with Far Cry.

This.

[megladon8]

A few years late to the game, but man, Axiom Verge is super cool.

[bac0n]

I watched that Far Cry trailer on You Tube, but the most amusing thing was below in the comments, when someone referred to it as "Red Neck Redemption".

[Milky Joe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvD8NZN9Zsg

YEAH! GO FAST!

[megladon8]

The Surge is pretty darn cool.

Any Souls fans should check it out. Combat is awesome (with focusing on attacking / ripping off body parts being a very neat addition to the formula), big interconnected world, and awesome gear and loot.

[Morris Schæffer]

Still playing The Division. This is the most exhilarating game I have played in a looong time that involves shooting weapons.

[Dukefrukem]

Other companies following Nintendo

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/KukutMDjFinT0mP1WfJe3oyigak=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8658745/FB3680_box.png

[Ezee E]

Not as excited.

[Skitch]

If it has controllers with more than 1.5' cables I'm more interested.

Fantasy Star IV? Was that a big seller I missed? Also, Golden Axe overrated.

Edit: Oh, wireless controllers. Need full title list. "85 games" reeks of the generic versions that have been around for years where 65 of those games are throwaway cell phone garbage games.

[Ezee E]

If it has controllers with more than 1.5' cables I'm more interested.

Fantasy Star IV? Was that a big seller I missed? Also, Golden Axe overrated.

Edit: Oh, wireless controllers. Need full title list. "85 games" reeks of the generic versions that have been around for years where 65 of those games are throwaway cell phone garbage games.

Exactly. Is that Bejeweled as one of the featured games in the bottom right??

[TGM]

Isn't that just a re-release of that real shitty version that's been out for years now?

[Dukefrukem]

Well now we know what Bioware's A-team was working on over Mass Effect Andromeda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi0Uq7QmKm4

[Dukefrukem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHht8480cEo

[Dukefrukem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7JbFBq4NAo

[Dukefrukem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUuKIpCM2o0

[Dukefrukem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYiiqor-VMk

[Dukefrukem]

$500 for Microsoft's XBox One X

[Ezee E]

Xbox One X is just funny to say.

[Skitch]

Exactly. Is that Bejeweled as one of the featured games in the bottom right??

I think its Columns, maybe?

[Skitch]

Xbox One X is just funny to say.

Xbox 1-10.

Maybe next one will be so hardcore it will be the Xbox Ten X.


http://i.imgur.com/TXmtjI3.jpg

[Morris Schæffer]

Shit Beyond Good and Evil 2!!!

[Dukefrukem]

Shit Beyond Good and Evil 2!!!

I cannot believe it took them this long to make it. But wow. It looks glorious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYN08YoaV8

[Dukefrukem]

OKay. Here we go. Sony event time!

[Dukefrukem]

Right out of the gate with three great videos. All previously announced games.

Uncharted Lost legacy

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds

Dead Gone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd0d0CKwsk8

[Dukefrukem]

Capcom Announces Monster Hunter World for PS4. Early 2018

[Dukefrukem]

Did they remake Shadow of the Colossus??

[Dukefrukem]

Did they remake Shadow of the Colossus??

HD Remaster. Coming "2018"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1qnTPVVh9U

[Dukefrukem]

Marvel vs Capcom Infinite - Coming Sept 2017

[Dukefrukem]

World War II game, hope it's not COD. I heard they were going back to WWII.

[Dukefrukem]

World War II game, hope it's not COD. I heard they were going back to WWII.

UGh... Activison and Sledgehammer Games.... so COD.

[Dukefrukem]

Weird. They made a Final Fantasy VR fishing game called Monsters of the Deep. lol.

[Dukefrukem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN3Xr1zrpfA

[Dukefrukem]

Here come God of War!

Early 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyfeHouV7_M

[Dukefrukem]

I hope this is Detroit: Become Human

[Dukefrukem]

I hope this is Detroit: Become Human

Looks like you can create your own story line with different consequences.

[Dukefrukem]

Destiny 2 now... Zzzzzzzzzzz

[Dukefrukem]

Oh shit. This new Spider-man game in the vein of the Arkham games looks glorious.

[Dukefrukem]

Pretty weak Sony event this year. Very safe, barely any talking.

[Ezee E]

Oh shit. This new Spider-man game in the vein of the Arkham games looks glorious.

Yussss!

[Skitch]

Thanks for coverage Duke!

[Morris Schæffer]

I have phantasized about Gabe Newell coming on stage and announcing Half-Life 3. True story.

I also keep daydreaming about a Portal 2 remaster with VR support.

[Morris Schæffer]

Oh shit. This new Spider-man game in the vein of the Arkham games looks glorious.

Fuck yes. Looks really ace! Web powers look varied and totally ace!

SHAAEEET! That thing with the crane!! :cool:

[Morris Schæffer]

I'm really thrilled that Native 4K and 60 FPS is on the horizon apparently. At least for Forza 7.

There's a good chance I'm gonna get a 65" OLED 4K TV in the coming weeks.

[Dukefrukem]

Right out of the gate with three great videos. All previously announced games.

Uncharted Lost legacy



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8qzBkHjk_0

[Dukefrukem]

Marvel vs Capcom Infinite - Coming Sept 2017


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aitivuTgL-w

[Dukefrukem]

Oh shit. This new Spider-man game in the vein of the Arkham games looks glorious.

This was the highlight of the night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4zm30yeHHE

[Dukefrukem]

I hope this is Detroit: Become Human


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayCsD43qjxI

[Dukefrukem]

Capcom Announces Monster Hunter World for PS4. Early 2018

Never played this game, but apparently this franchise is huge and it being on PS is a big deal. I think it's also coming to PC too.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7H0baXn5P4

[Dukefrukem]

Weird. They made a Final Fantasy VR fishing game called Monsters of the Deep. lol.

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8H_JFIxco0

[Morris Schæffer]

Nintendo is on now. It's just frustrating to watch. Pokemon, Kirby!!!! Show Mario already.

And at least one nice surprise.

[Morris Schæffer]

METROID PRIME 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

This is seconds after my previous post . lool

[Dead & Messed Up]

METROID PRIME 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

This is seconds after my previous post . lool

I'M LOSING MY GODDAMN MIND

[Morris Schæffer]

I'M LOSING MY GODDAMN MIND

No images, nothing, just the words. Insta boner!!

[Dead & Messed Up]

No images, nothing, just the words. Insta boner!!

And the music...

THAT GLORIOUS MUSIC

[Morris Schæffer]

And the music...

THAT GLORIOUS MUSIC

Yes, it's really funny, but I heard those typical Metroid-esque sounds and my ears perked up. Then I saw the 4, and I remembered that Corruption was #3, so hm.

They call this a dealmaker. I now have to get a Switch. :D

[Morris Schæffer]

The fog in Mario Odyssey's New Donk level is ugly. It's like the background isn't even completed and is just placeholder.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Yes, it's really funny, but I heard those typical Metroid-esque sounds and my ears perked up. Then I saw the 4, and I remembered that Corruption was #3, so hm.

They call this a dealmaker. I now have to get a Switch. :D

Yep, time for me to start setting aside money.

[Dead & Messed Up]

YOU GUYS THERE'S A SECOND METROID COMING

I'm so sorry for the all-caps, but this is what it felt like in 2002 Nintendo said, "It's been eight years, have two of them."

[Dukefrukem]

So that might be the biggest E3 announcement this year. Nintendo wins E3?

[Morris Schæffer]

So that might be the biggest E3 announcement this year. Nintendo wins E3?

Without showing fuck all. :D

[Morris Schæffer]

Yep, time for me to start setting aside money.

It's a new team, not Retro but same producer as MP 1-3.

[Morris Schæffer]

Yep, time for me to start setting aside money.

It's a new team, not Retro but same producer as MP 1-3.

[TGM]

I've never been more intrigued by the Switch. I do love me some Metroid.

[Skitch]

What are everyones thoughts on the Metroid Prime series? I adored part one, immediately jumped to part two and quit after a couple hours (felt it was redux of one with parallel levels to make it an annoying maze). Part three has been on shelf for years.

[TGM]

Really dug the hell out of the first game, thought the third game was alright. I actually never got around to playing the 2nd one.

I also know I'm in the huge minority on this, but I absolutely loved Other M. God damn that game was such a damn good game, and by far my favorite game on the Wii (in fact, it might be the only game on the system that I actually liked, outside of Wii Sports. The Wii fucking sucked, y'all), yet everyone else seems to hate it. :(

[Dead & Messed Up]

Really dug the hell out of the first game, thought the third game was alright. I actually never got around to playing the 2nd one.

I also know I'm in the huge minority on this, but I absolutely loved Other M. God damn that game was such a damn good game, and by far my favorite game on the Wii (in fact, it might be the only game on the system that I actually liked, outside of Wii Sports. The Wii fucking sucked, y'all), yet everyone else seems to hate it. :(

I don't know how we'd even begin to have a conversation about Other M. Apart from the charge pickups and post-game exploratory phase, I despised it.

[Morris Schæffer]

What are everyones thoughts on the Metroid Prime series? I adored part one, immediately jumped to part two and quit after a couple hours (felt it was redux of one with parallel levels to make it an annoying maze). Part three has been on shelf for years.

I have probably never before felt a more profound sense of exploration than in those games. I'm talking hairs on the back of your neck stuff, like Indiana Jones in the map room discovering the location of the arc of the covenant.

Admittedly, I skipped the 2nd one, but part 3 is a classic, just like the first one. Love the pervasive sense of loneliness during my travels, the desolate beauty on display, the stunning control methods with the lock on function and the tough, but awe-inspiring boss encounters. And yes, the Wii's control methods added a totally chill icing on the cake.

Knowing what I know now, and that you adored part I, I must respectfully inform you that it's a mistake not playing part 3.

Remasters of all 3 for the Switch would not be unwelcome.

[Dukefrukem]

I don't think I've ever played a single one of those games.

[Skitch]

Knowing what I know now, and that you adored part I, I must respectfully inform you that it's a mistake not playing part 3.

.

I was just afraid it would be like part 2. I'll get on it. Still need to finish up Skyward Sword.

[TGM]

From what I recall, Prime 3 was more similar to Prime Hunters for the DS in terms of its overall layout, which was also a pretty fun, if more simplified, version of the Prime games.

[TGM]

Gosh that Mario Odyssey trailer doesn't look the least bit appealing to me. :|

[bac0n]

That open world Spidey game looks like a huge amount of fun. If we get to do things like try and stop Rhino as he rampages down a crowded street, or have a sky scraper to sky scraper battle with Doc Ock, I am so in.

[Dead & Messed Up]

What are everyones thoughts on the Metroid Prime series? I adored part one, immediately jumped to part two and quit after a couple hours (felt it was redux of one with parallel levels to make it an annoying maze). Part three has been on shelf for years.

I love the first one and mostly enjoyed the two sequels. My favorite bits of Prime were its holistic key/gate system (the classic Samus thing where barriers are environmental and you "unlock" them with new physical abilities or weapon systems), the faux-organic level design, and how the new scan system made me feel like a space archaeologist. The only complaint I could level against it is that it's almost an exact schematic duplicate of Super Metroid, but who cares?

Echoes had some great design and the same excellent control scheme, but the key/lock system became more basic, and the portal-hopping resulted in some needlessly obtuse level design (e.g. a lot of one-way-only rooms). In that way, I completely agree with you. And the Dark World itself got awfully boring in a hurry, with its uniform purple/black color scheme and ambient noise (instead of score).

[Once you get the Light Suit, it graduates from "fun" to "excellent."]

Corruption, again, great design, excellent control, fair utilization of Wiimote mechanics, but overcompensated for Echoes' sometimes-maddening world design with a way-too-directed sense of action and loss of exploration. It takes about an hour of Federation directives before you actually head off on your own. Once you do, it levels up and satisfies. Big fan of how a "satellite" room lets you launch probes into space and learn the locations of pickups you've missed.

I'd grade them as A+, B+, and B+. They're all worth playing, though, and the Metroid Prime Trilogy disc is one of the best things ever, if you have a Wii.

[Dead & Messed Up]

I don't think I've ever played a single one of those games.

I'd definitely recommend the original Prime if you have a Cube or a Wii.

[Skitch]

Duke I can't imagine you wouldn't like the first Prime. I adored it. Especially everything DaMU said. It had a feel of Zelda in a way, when you obtain that new tool, you can then get in the next area.

With your description of part three, I'm definitely going to play that next.

[Ezee E]

Yeah, I think it was the gamecube one that kept me with that system for a little bit longer.

I think it was Resident Evil 4 that was the final game for that system for me.

[Dukefrukem]

Yeah, I think it was the gamecube one that kept me with that system for a little bit longer.

I think it was Resident Evil 4 that was the final game for that system for me.

Heh. RE4 was the only reason I bought a game cube. Then capcom fucked me and announced it for PS2 like a month later.

[Skitch]

Eternal Darkness. Another title so good it validated owning the system on its own.

[Dead & Messed Up]

There were quite a few killer games. I enjoyed the hell out of Metroid Prime, Echoes, Rogue Leader, Smash Melee, Eternal Darkness, RE4 (although Duke points out Capcom dropped the exclusivity in the final months), Viewtiful Joe, F-Zero GX, and the Resident Evil remake. Also enjoyed non-exclusives like Spider-Man 2 and Tony Hawk 3, with its absurd combos.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Eternal Darkness. Another title so good it validated owning the system on its own.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Skitch again.

[TGM]

God I loved the Gamecube.

[Morris Schæffer]

Corruption, again, great design, excellent control, fair utilization of Wiimote mechanics, but overcompensated for Echoes' sometimes-maddening world design with a way-too-directed sense of action and loss of exploration. It takes about an hour of Federation directives before you actually head off on your own. Once you do, it levels up and satisfies. Big fan of how a "satellite" room lets you launch probes into space and learn the locations of pickups you've missed.

I'd grade them as A+, B+, and B+. They're all worth playing, though, and the Metroid Prime Trilogy disc is one of the best things ever, if you have a Wii.

Skytown was a great world and introduced a rail-type travelling system long before Bioshock Infinite would repeat it.

The MP games trigger the imagination. It wouldn't be exagerated to say that, while at work, I was daydreaming about whether a possible solution that was coalescing in my mind would be the right one.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Skytown was a great world and introduced a rail-type travelling system long before Bioshock Infinite would repeat it.

The MP games trigger the imagination. It wouldn't be exagerated to say that, while at work, I was daydreaming about whether a possible solution that was coalescing in my mind would be the right one.

For sure. The sequels each had one jaw-dropping new alien location. Corruption had Skytown, and Echoes had that microchippy Sanctuary Fortress.

[Morris Schæffer]

Reggie on MP4's early announcement:

https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/15/15813568/nintendo-metroid-prime-4-switch-e3-2017

[Morris Schæffer]

In yet more news, Shadow of the Colossus PS4 won't be a remaster, but a full-blown remake with for instance a more modernized control scheme.

[ledfloyd]

Still playing The Division. This is the most exhilarating game I have played in a looong time that involves shooting weapons.
I feel that way about Overwatch.

Picked up Horizon: Zero Dawn this week. Still super early on, but it seems promising.

[Watashi]

After 130 hours clocked in, I finally beat Persona 5. That... was a long game.

[Stay Puft]

Hyuna in Just Dance 2018 is the real megaton of E3.

I mostly agree with DaMu on the Prime trilogy. I'd probably drop Echoes to a B- tho because the dark world stuff really bummed me out. Everything else was solid. Corruption is definitely worth playing and my second favorite of the trilogy and Metroid fans should not be sleeping on that. I really liked the boss fights against the Hunters, too. Something a little different for the series but it works. Very cool atmosphere.

Very curious to see what Nintendo does now with a Prime 4.

[Ezee E]

After 130 hours clocked in, I finally beat Persona 5. That... was a long game.


Good?

[Dukefrukem]

After 130 hours clocked in, I finally beat Persona 5. That... was a long game.

Impressive.

[ledfloyd]

So, I'm enjoying Horizon Zero Dawn quite a bit, but it's not sucking me in like my favorite games.

Which got me thinking, I seem to find open-world games a bit less engrossing than games with a more linear storyline (e.g. Uncharted). I even liked Rise of the Tomb Raider less than Tomb Raider because it was more open-worldy.

Having to run around and level-grind or gather supplies or even getting distracted by side quests seems to take away from a game's impact for me. It doesn't help that no matter how much thought is put into a game, the side-quests eventually begin to feel like chores.

Given the larger trend toward open-world games, I'm probably relatively alone in this. But I just want to be told a good story with inventive gameplay (I think Uncharted and The Last of Us are really the pinnacle of this). I don't need a simulacrum of how the character would actually survive in the world.

The way things are going, the next Metroid: Prime will probably be open-world.

[Lazlo]

So, I'm enjoying Horizon Zero Dawn quite a bit, but it's not sucking me in like my favorite games.

Which got me thinking, I seem to find open-world games a bit less engrossing than games with a more linear storyline (e.g. Uncharted). I even liked Rise of the Tomb Raider less than Tomb Raider because it was more open-worldy.

Having to run around and level-grind or gather supplies or even getting distracted by side quests seems to take away from a game's impact for me. It doesn't help that no matter how much thought is put into a game, the side-quests eventually begin to feel like chores.

Given the larger trend toward open-world games, I'm probably relatively alone in this. But I just want to be told a good story with inventive gameplay (I think Uncharted and The Last of Us are really the pinnacle of this). I don't need a simulacrum of how the character would actually survive in the world.

The way things are going, the next Metroid: Prime will probably be open-world.

I'm with you on this, for sure. Well put. Tomb Raider was way superior to Rise of the Tomb Raider and that's probably the main reason.