Video Games...Discuss Them

[Morris Schæffer]

The final boss makes this one look like a game for toddlers.

Blimey! Did you play on hard? You seem to have come out unscathed. . Any pre-emptive tips are welcome. I'll let you know how it goes when I get there. I Tell myself I defeated the Valkyrie queen in God of war so I'm ready for all kinds of trouble.

@eric: game can be glitchy but I never had this issue. Sometimes I'd be close to the boundary of the level and I'd see a shrub or tree but rolling away immediately took care of that.

[megladon8]

Blimey! Did you play on hard? You seem to have come out unscathed. . Any pre-emptive tips are welcome. I'll let you know how it goes when I get there. I Tell myself I defeated the Valkyrie queen in God of war so I'm ready for all kinds of trouble.

@eric: game can be glitchy but I never had this issue. Sometimes I'd be close to the boundary of the level and I'd see a shrub or tree but rolling away immediately took care of that.

I just played on the standard difficulty.

I ended up getting the Platinum trophy, which surprisingly didn't require beating the game on the hardest difficulty.

If it had, I don't think I could have done it.

[Morris Schæffer]

Jedi fallen order is really tense and scary. I hadn't expected that at all.

Edit: lol this has to be the first Boss fights where the Boss is like 'no way I'm outta here.

[Morris Schæffer]

Fuuuck this is insanely cool. When in a flashback order 66 is executed, this exact music plays as you try to escape with young Cal. Really just badass!

[megladon8]

I'm dying to feel the PS5 controller and its haptic feedback.

[Dukefrukem]

[Morris Schæffer]

What is it Duke? A Waterheater? An espresso machine?

[megladon8]

Can't wait.

[Dukefrukem]

What is it Duke? A Waterheater? An espresso machine?

All signs point towards a remaster of the original Mass Effect Trilogy for next gen hardware.

[Dukefrukem]

Ugh. Spring of 2021

[megladon8]

What are some of your favorite forgotten game series'?

Back on NES I was a big fan of Blaster Master. Still remember the music.

[Skitch]

I played the shit outta Captain Skyhawk on nes, and I never hear anyone talk about that game.

[megladon8]

I played the shit outta Captain Skyhawk on nes, and I never hear anyone talk about that game.

Never even heard of it!

Another NES one that was a fave of mine was Dragon Spirit.

[Skitch]

Never even heard of it!

Another NES one that was a fave of mine was Dragon Spirit.

Now that I think about it...that might have been the first game I ever beat. Maybe. Fuck I loved that game

[Dukefrukem]

Ohh sick.

Remote play from the PS4 to your PS5 might be a thing.

[Morris Schæffer]

I would have answered the Turrican series but there's a huge anthology series on the way for consoles in March. Pricey but may pick it up. Made by the team that would eventually make the Rogue leader games. Some of the most amazing tunes ever heard.

[Morris Schæffer]

Has Jedi Fallen Order's exciting and challenging combat been the trigger? Or was I always destined to give it another chance? Or maybe I've just become a better player in past years? When I defeated all Valkyries in God of War I felt like a million bucks. Or perhaps Demon's Souls stunning-looking remake on PS5 prompted a re-appraisal even though I'm not planning to get a PS5 yet?

But the fact is that yesterday I began playing Bloodbourne again after giving it a few feeble attempts back when it came out. I remember those initial levels. I was mortified of dying, but especially of losing all my hard-won blood echoes. I didn't get that concept. I admired the game back then, but it didn't seem my idea of a good challenge.

I seem to be doing much better now even though I'm still way in the early stages of the game. But it is supremely thrilling and hacking away is just colossally satisfying. The atmosphere is so thick you can cut it with a knife although there is some stutter and it gets jittery sometimes when making a quick turn. Which is fair enough, game is 5 years old, but looks great all the same.

Still not sure what happens when I lose all blood echoes and fail to reclaim them. I understand blood echoes are the game's currency, but not like experience points. So I wouldn't be able to buy anything, but I wouldn't suddenly lose all my xp points. So I suppose best would be to immediately spend them on something, anything as soon as I have the chance right?

EDIT: not done jet with Jedi. I'm close to getting my 8th stim canister which Means I'd be maxed out on that front. Then it's probably on to the final stretch.

[Scar]

Don’t you use blood echoes to level up like souls in Dark Souls?

[Morris Schæffer]

Don’t you use blood echoes to level up like souls in Dark Souls?

Yup figured out where to do that yesterday. Which is a Load off my back. Question is only whether I should spend them all or keep some.

[Morris Schæffer]

A new R-Type coming out March 2021.

A legendary series returns. Looks slick.

[megladon8]

I always wanted to get into bullet hell shmups, but I am just so, so bad at them.

[megladon8]

I would pay a full $70 price tag to get my hands on F Zero X on the Switch.

Nintendo closing their extensive downloadable library when they ended Wii online services was such a stupid move.

[Morris Schæffer]

I always wanted to get into bullet hell shmups, but I am just so, so bad at them.

Oh they're nasty as hell, but I always considered R-Type to be a bit below the Do Don Pachis of this world in terms of difficulty.

Still tough, but more manageable.

F-Zero X, also not exactly an easy game, I remember it was hell trying to reach the #1 spot and stay there. But awesome game.

[Morris Schæffer]

It blows my mind that the first reveal of Cyberpunk 2077 came out 7 years ago. Love the coda at the end.

release: When it's ready.

[Scar]

Yup figured out where to do that yesterday. Which is a Load off my back. Question is only whether I should spend them all or keep some.

Spend spend spend spend