What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

Shigeru Miyamoto making his first movie, a Pikmin CG short film:

http://kotaku.com/shigeru-miyamoto-is-making-an-animated-movie-1633397643

  On 9/11/2014 at 9:34 AM, jasondonervan said:

 

Gave the Super Smash Bros. demo a bosh last night, it's lots of fun! Tempted to pick up the Japanese version (digital) on Saturday when it's released, get a 3 week lead-time on everyone before it arrives here in Oct...

How easy is it to get a Japanese eShop account? Should I bother?

You need a Japanese 3DS

Will Ferrell doing a Twitch stream to fight cancer:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/will-ferrell-s-supermegablastmax-gamer-challenge

  On 9/11/2014 at 6:46 PM, Joyrex said:

How easy is it to get a Japanese eShop account? Should I bother?

  On 9/11/2014 at 6:58 PM, Rubin Farr said:

You need a Japanese 3DS

Aye, sorry - Nintendo and their archaic region locking practices. EU/US versions are out in 3 weeks.

Good old time zone difference.

(still downloading...)

Sim City - dos version and newest version back to back

http://live.nintendo.com/

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/destiny/critic-reviews

Ouch ouch ouch, Bungie.

Fucking Destiny man...

I both think it's really fun and a waste of time, if that makes any sense.

I mean the mechanics are rock solid and overall feel of the shooting is some of the best you can have in a shooter. And it's absolutely gorgeous.

But then there's the repetitiveness , the complete lack of any sort of interesting story, and the slightly boring lootsystem and RPG-elements. And the exploration is not something to write home about either. It's pretty clear that Bungie only has experience in making linear shooters, and not RPGs.

All that being said, I still think the game is fun to play, because of the FPS part of the game is just so good and refined.

But is it this groundbreaking and amazing game that it was promised to be?... Hell no.

I think that's why it's getting some quite bad reviews, because Bungie definitely has falled victim to overhyping their own game. But I wouldn't say it's a bad or even just average game... it's good, but ultimately a huge disappoint because of what was promised.

I can't believe this game took like 5-6 years to develop though, that's quite worrying. But also because of Halo: Reach, I think it's clear that Bungie is not this amazing and innovative studio anymore. There are other and better developers out there right now.

Destiny sounds like Diablo 3. A fun yet repetitively boring game where the punishment and reward system of better loot keeps you slightly involved.

i've been playing destiny for about 4 hours now and i keep returning to the same map (story missions). what's up with that? i hate starting a new missions and just being plonked down in the same familiar spot every time. makes me feel like im not making any progress. other than that im having fun with it, the FPS aspects of it are really, really good.

  On 9/13/2014 at 4:08 PM, data said:

i've been playing destiny for about 4 hours now and i keep returning to the same map (story missions). what's up with that? i hate starting a new missions and just being plonked down in the same familiar spot every time. makes me feel like im not making any progress. other than that im having fun with it, the FPS aspects of it are really, really good.

MMO-lite, repetitiveness comes with the (limited) territory.

I think Destiny is best played with mates in co-op, otherwise it's quite a lonely trek playing it solo, even with the randoms showing up from time to time.

Super Smash Bros 3DS codes are going out to Club Nintendo members in US, I believe platinum members are getting them first.

Edit: jeez people are selling these codes for up to $100 each!

http://kotaku.com/wow-people-are-actually-trying-to-buy-smash-bros-demo-1634215477

I dunno if this has been mentioned but Microsoft are supposedly about to buy Mojang.

I could see this going very badly for Minecraft.

  On 9/11/2014 at 12:49 AM, yek said:

so does anyone think that Minecraft will come to the Wii U ??

With Notch taking shots at Nintendo on Twitter, I seriously doubt it.

  On 9/13/2014 at 9:26 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Super Smash Bros 3DS codes are going out to Club Nintendo members in US, I believe platinum members are getting them first.

 

Edit: jeez people are selling these codes for up to $100 each!

 

http://kotaku.com/wow-people-are-actually-trying-to-buy-smash-bros-demo-1634215477

A friend gave me one of his codes. It's really fun. Very fast. I just wish I could play with more than 4 characters.

I've just started destiny on ps4 as well. Played the beta on a 360 and just couldn't resist. Add me please, I only know one guy with a PS4, and he doesn't play Destiny :-/ I suck.

  On 9/14/2014 at 3:41 AM, flim said:

 

  On 9/11/2014 at 12:49 AM, yek said:

 

so does anyone think that Minecraft will come to the Wii U ??

With Notch taking shots at Nintendo on Twitter, I seriously doubt it.

 

  On 9/13/2014 at 9:26 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Super Smash Bros 3DS codes are going out to Club Nintendo members in US, I believe platinum members are getting them first.

 

Edit: jeez people are selling these codes for up to $100 each!

 

http://kotaku.com/wow-people-are-actually-trying-to-buy-smash-bros-demo-1634215477

A friend gave me one of his codes. It's really fun. Very fast. I just wish I could play with more than 4 characters.

 

http://kotaku.com/super-smash-bros-is-wrecking-some-peoples-3ds-handheld-1634549128

Of course they are. I hate the circle pad. I was very disappointed that you can't use the d-pad for movement in the game. The circle pad is so weak and imprecise that I prefer not to use it. A game like Super Mario 3D Land would have been so much better if that pad weren't so crappy. I know they couldn't put a real stick in it, but certainly they could make something better. Maybe that new nub they're adding to the "NEW" 3DS will be better.

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I really want to like Destiny more than I do... I mean, I am enjoying it currently, the gameplay really is great, but there's kind of a lack of content. The campaign is pretty short overall and as of right now the endgame is a bit repetitive. I wouldn't mind so much if the loot system was more rewarding, I've been playing all week and have yet to see a single exotic or legendary item... It'd probably be a lot more fun if I had people to regularly party up with but none of my friends seem to have a PS4, so often times I'm going solo unless doing a strike.

All that said, for now I am enjoying it, the FPS elements are top notch, and the game does look gorgeous... hit me up on PSN if you wanna do some strikes/raids (raids start on tuesday)

I take back some of my previous ambivalence, about Destiny...

I'm now loving this game the way I wanted to, the strike playlists are pretty fun as is the crucible PvP. When you choose to take full advantage of everything there is to do, there's quite a bit there and always a way to challenge yourself more. Also now after a bit of research, I understand how to go about leveling in the endgame better and it's actually a pretty deep system. Also I hear the "raids" that have now been unlocked are pretty damn challenging but equally awesome and I like that they require a full team to complete (it's been said that unless you're level 26 you shouldn't even bother as you will get wasted). I also read Bungie's plan is to roll out periodic story mission events and such into the world throughout the coming months to expand the experience, and that is pretty cool. New missions for the "Awoken Queen" are announced to be coming in the next few weeks also the 2 expansions on the horizon... It's a unique plan of unrolling content I'll give them that, I guess I'm with it as it keeps things fresh throughout the life of the game.

  On 9/16/2014 at 7:49 PM, ghOsty said:

I take back some of my previous ambivalence, about Destiny...

 

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It's a unique plan of unrolling content I'll give them that, I guess I'm with it as it keeps things fresh throughout the life of the game.

So many people were expecting The Second Coming of Halo, and when that didn't happen, Destiny is unfairly written off. One. Week. Your point about rolling out of content is especially relevant - it's a game that will be tinkered with by Bungie as much behind the scenes as it is through announced additional content, much like (but not to the extent of) a full-blown MMO.

The levelling system appears to have gone over several heads as well. Few seem to understand the perks benefits of gear levelling, how to maximise bounties, strikes, how ranking works beyond lv20, etc. Yet another example of a vocal, impatient group of people who think that if a game doesn't deliver instant gratification to them in a Candy Crush-esque explosion of bright colours and big numbers within minutes of release that it's a failure somehow.

  On 9/16/2014 at 7:57 PM, jasondonervan said:

 

  On 9/16/2014 at 7:49 PM, ghOsty said:

I take back some of my previous ambivalence, about Destiny...

 

...

 

It's a unique plan of unrolling content I'll give them that, I guess I'm with it as it keeps things fresh throughout the life of the game.

 

So many people were expecting The Second Coming of Halo, and when that didn't happen, Destiny is unfairly written off. One. Week. Your point about rolling out of content is especially relevant - it's a game that will be tinkered with by Bungie as much behind the scenes as it is through announced additional content, much like (but not to the extent of) a full-blown MMO.

 

The levelling system appears to have gone over several heads as well. Few seem to understand the perks benefits of gear levelling, how to maximise bounties, strikes, how ranking works beyond lv20, etc. Yet another example of a vocal, impatient group of people who think that if a game doesn't deliver instant gratification to them in a Candy Crush-esque explosion of bright colours and big numbers within minutes of release that it's a failure somehow.

 

I think some of the average reviews are kind of exaggerated in terms of negativity.

It's a very good game, giving it below a 7 just seems slightly silly, because objectively speaking it's way too competent for that. I think of a lot of worse games are getting higher scores on a weekly basis. But I'm not saying the game is for absolute top scores either, because parts of it are disappointing, that doesn't make it a bad game though.

But again, it's the ridicules amounts of hype backfiring. When you've built you're game up enough, to the point where anything else but groundbreaking is going to be disappointing, you've kind of shot yourself in the foot before the game is even out.

But honestly most people I've talked to that has actually played it, seem to really like it, including myself.

Also... This game is probably a case of a new IP having to find its footing. I think we've seen that with a lot new series in recent years, and lot of them has had masterpieces of sequels released after the original turned out to be a slight disappointment to some. I predict Destiny 2 will be pretty darn amazing and actually will be groundbreaking.