What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 12/13/2014 at 10:40 PM, Rubin Farr said:

It looks like a slimmer Wii U Gamepad was outed on a new Mario Kart 8 commercial.

 

http://www.gonintendo.com/s/243595-what-is-up-with-the-gamepad-in-this-mario-kart-8-commercial

Why are they sitting so far from the TV? How big is their house?!

Faster Than Light is insanely addictive. thought i finally had the prick with a mixture my burst laser II + III mixed with a hull beam while the shields were down. took out the first two iterations of the boss ship in like 3 hits, but on the third one they transported 6 fuckers into my ship and ripped me to shreds from the inside.

 

 

beast of a game.

  On 12/11/2014 at 2:02 PM, Squee said:

CROSSY ROAD!!!

 

high score? i'm sitting on 231.

  On 12/13/2014 at 10:40 PM, Rubin Farr said:

It looks like a slimmer Wii U Gamepad was outed on a new Mario Kart 8 commercial.

 

http://www.gonintendo.com/s/243595-what-is-up-with-the-gamepad-in-this-mario-kart-8-commercial

 

I can't tell if it is thinner or not. But does this mean that they'll be slimmer packed in with newer Wii U consoles or will be able to buy them now? I wonder how much that would cost.

only for new wii u wee

 

finished p.t. for ps4. holy shit was that creepy and holy shit there's really no way to beat that without a guide. kojima be trippin'

I assume PT was made especially cryptic and not in a "this representative of how cryptic the game is going to be in general" kind of way to allow some extra mileage out of such a short game (it's legit like, 1 or 2ish rooms yeah?).

 

also, I sincerely hope Nintendo release a new gamepad.

the one we've got has a dent in the screen and it sometimes registers as an input, which interrupts some gamplay (ie. emulators, where the gamepad doesn't even need to be used but cannot be switched off) (and you can't buy a new gamepad) (and the only way to get it fixed is to ship it and pay for repairs).

  On 12/15/2014 at 2:54 AM, juiceciuj said:

only for new wii u wee

 

  On 12/15/2014 at 3:00 AM, bitroast said:

I assume PT was made especially cryptic and not in a "this representative of how cryptic the game is going to be in general" kind of way to allow some extra mileage out of such a short game (it's legit like, 1 or 2ish rooms yeah?).

 

yeah, at the end of p.t. there's a disclaimer that states that it's not representative of silent hills. i enjoyed the hell out of it for what it was. def recommended if you have a ps4 and decent sound system. i managed to steer clear of any spoilers/walkthroughs before playing it.

 

got a good deal on ground zeroes and wolfenstein. popped in gz and realized that i def need to beat peacewalker before i play it. haven't played wolfy yet

  On 12/14/2014 at 11:08 PM, bitroast said:

 

  On 12/11/2014 at 2:02 PM, Squee said:

CROSSY ROAD!!!

 

high score? i'm sitting on 231.

 

 

My girlfriend beat my original high score which was 174. She's at 270 or something like that now.

Phew sitting around same spot. I'm imagining the high scores are getting much higher (not even bothering checking ha)

Just played Far Cry 3 to find out what the big deal is.

 

Couldn't find it.

 

Seriously, does Ubisoft have some sort of template they use for every fucking game? You can draw so many parrallels to other Ubisoft games. And what the fuck was up with the "insanity is doing the same thing everyday, expecting things to change." line? Is this some sort of concious, self-depricating gag they added to make fun of themselves? Because they have a nack for making the exact same repetitive play-by-numbers shit, over and over again. I have the feeling they spend a lot of time on graphics, on how everything looks, lots of time on crafting details and maps. And when all that is complete, just place a bunch of samey forts and collectibles across the map. Bam, added 30 hours of gameplay. And make everything static, no time for adding physics, because they want to create the illusion of an open world game without actually providing that. And fuck me, did I almost go into a fit of rage when there was a "follow person without being seen" mission. That was about fucking %75 of the missions in AC:Black Flag. Seems they build all their games around AC, because that was a huge hit, so lets template shit around it so everything else becomes huge too! And why do they keep adding multiplayers? Multiplayer games are supposed to be something you can get into for a long time. But why bother spending time doing that with an Ubisoft game when they will release a brand new same game with different but same multiplayer one year later. Seriously, they are churning shit out at this point. Can't believe so many people gobble it up.

 

I did like taking over those outposts tho. I almost always got the extra unseen XP. But that was about it when it comes to fun. Storywise I had a lot of moments where I went "oh, fuck off". I could go on tho. I expect Far Cry 4 to be the exact same shit of doing the exact same shit over and over again, but "different". I don't expect this shit to change. That would be a bit crazy amirite.

Played Thief (the new one). I'll probably never get good at stealth games but I do enjoy breaking them, because this one really doesn't handle you going full-Rambo very well. Also, they crammed COD-like set pieces in there with you falling through roofs and buildings collapsing all around you in one level, which was super cool and fitting for a game where you play as a sneaky thief. There was also some exciting stuff about blue crystals that turn your girlfriend or sister or whatever into a ghost, resulting in spooky hallucinations.

Great game.

My son and I are determined to beat Binding of Issac: Rebirth 100% - been doing some insane runs, and have almost unlocked all the challenges. Amazing little game.

 

Finally got to the fourth level in Geometry Wars 3 - game is brutal.

 

Also, Amazon has the Playstation TV for 70USD - tempted to get one to play all those free Vita games I got with PS Plus...

  On 12/15/2014 at 3:36 PM, Joyrex said:

My son and I are determined to beat Binding of Issac: Rebirth 100%

Good luck with The Lost, you'll need it...

  On 12/15/2014 at 9:44 AM, triachus said:

Just played Far Cry 3 to find out what the big deal is.

 

Couldn't find it.

 

Seriously, does Ubisoft have some sort of template they use for every fucking game? You can draw so many parrallels to other Ubisoft games. And what the fuck was up with the "insanity is doing the same thing everyday, expecting things to change." line? Is this some sort of concious, self-depricating gag they added to make fun of themselves? Because they have a nack for making the exact same repetitive play-by-numbers shit, over and over again. I have the feeling they spend a lot of time on graphics, on how everything looks, lots of time on crafting details and maps. And when all that is complete, just place a bunch of samey forts and collectibles across the map. Bam, added 30 hours of gameplay. And make everything static, no time for adding physics, because they want to create the illusion of an open world game without actually providing that. And fuck me, did I almost go into a fit of rage when there was a "follow person without being seen" mission. That was about fucking %75 of the missions in AC:Black Flag. Seems they build all their games around AC, because that was a huge hit, so lets template shit around it so everything else becomes huge too! And why do they keep adding multiplayers? Multiplayer games are supposed to be something you can get into for a long time. But why bother spending time doing that with an Ubisoft game when they will release a brand new same game with different but same multiplayer one year later. Seriously, they are churning shit out at this point. Can't believe so many people gobble it up.

 

I did like taking over those outposts tho. I almost always got the extra unseen XP. But that was about it when it comes to fun. Storywise I had a lot of moments where I went "oh, fuck off". I could go on tho. I expect Far Cry 4 to be the exact same shit of doing the exact same shit over and over again, but "different". I don't expect this shit to change. That would be a bit crazy amirite.

My brother really enjoyed the 2nd and 3rd games, so I ordered the new one for him for Christmas. I actually feel guilty to encourage Ubisoft Montreal by purchasing one of their fully priced games.

Check out some absolutely atrocious voice acting in the new English dub of FF 15 - http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/final_fantasy_15/news/final_fantasy_xvs_english_voiceover_is_terrible.html

  On 12/15/2014 at 6:17 PM, mcbpete said:

Check out some absolutely atrocious voice acting in the new English dub of FF 15 - http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/final_fantasy_15/news/final_fantasy_xvs_english_voiceover_is_terrible.html

ffx/x-2 were the last ff games i could stomach. really miss rpgs w/o voiceovers

  On 12/15/2014 at 6:31 PM, juiceciuj said:

ffx/x-2 were the last ff games i could stomach. really miss rpgs w/o voiceovers

Yep me too - Though Ni No Kuni does a pretty good job even that sometimes slips into the naffness. Whereas text only RPGs the writing usually seems more palatable.

  On 12/15/2014 at 6:36 PM, mcbpete said:

 

  On 12/15/2014 at 6:31 PM, juiceciuj said:

ffx/x-2 were the last ff games i could stomach. really miss rpgs w/o voiceovers

Yep me too - Though Ni No Kuni does a pretty good job even that sometimes slips into the naffness. Whereas text only RPGs the writing usually seems more palatable.

 

listened to ni no in japanese to spare myself. really wish more rpgs were like zelda in regards to voiceover.

 

only games i've really been able to tolerate were mgs and even those aren't as strong as they used to be.

 

oh and pat stew in lords of shadow even thought the writing was redonk

Destiny is Trailer Park Boys in Space

Hunter=Julian
1) Use handguns
2) Cares about the way they look
3) Known for drinking

Warlock=Ricky
1) Un-killable
2) Uses Space "Magic"
3) Is always lighting up

Titan=Bubbles
1) Makes a bubbles that can be used as a protective shed.
2) Fight like the Green Bastard (from parts unknown) with punches and Fist of Havoc
3) Basically blind

Fallen=Mr. Lahey
1) Fell from glory
2) Get substance from a processed liquid
3) Fascinated with giant orbs

Vex= Randy
1) Annoying
2) Gut is weak spot
3)Try to control everything
4) Don't wear shirts

Hive=Cyrus
1) Try to invade but fail
2) Try to start fights
3) Jerks

Cabal=Sam
1) Look like Cavemen
2) Smells
3) Theme sounds like caveman music

oh, so i'm still relatively new to ps4, but do the fans usually run full bore when playing modern games? it's super quiet playing boi, or sportfriends or similar. but modern stuff seems to send it over the edge after a few minutes. it's in a pretty standard entertainment center with and inch or so of space in every direction and a hole in the back for wires.

  On 12/15/2014 at 8:40 PM, juiceciuj said:

oh, so i'm still relatively new to ps4, but do the fans usually run full bore when playing modern games? it's super quiet playing boi, or sportfriends or similar. but modern stuff seems to send it over the edge after a few minutes. it's in a pretty standard entertainment center with and inch or so of space in every direction and a hole in the back for wires.

I've heard it a few times, but nothing worth noting - you might want to make sure it has at least several inches of space on the front and sides, and ideally an open back versus a hole for ventilation (since that's where most of the hot air is blown out).

My PS4 gets somewhat noisy when playing Dragon Age. Sometimes. I think it's pretty normal.

 

In Dragon Age's case I think it's because of all the heavy lore.

I'm really not that much of a gamer, but this weekend I tried a couple of games. First of all was Half Life: Deathmatch. No complaints there. Still brilliant. Now, with my new laptop I can finally play Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3, and after two months of owning them I haven't played more than two hour each, but as far as I can judge they are brilliant. More of a SC fan though, so I'm getting that done first.

After that I was giving NFS: Hot Pursuit a shot: bought it from Steam for close to nothing a while ago because sometimes I just want to have a quick race game where I can drive like an idiot for an hour and be done with it. It might be me and my lack of knowledge of modern games, but I think this was the most annoying game I've ever played. My entire prejudice about modern gaming bundled in one shitty game.

 

First you have to set up some account, turned out I already had one, didn't remember password, didn't receive a reset mail after waiting for an hour, made another account, had to enter the keycode, keycode already in use with another account... Yada yada yada, no online account for me. I'm probably better off that way.

Then the entire menu only works with the up and down arrow, which takes loads of work and is completely rubbish because they didn't built a keyboard with this laptop for nothing.

After that you get countless intros / videos that you can't skip. Just impossible. More precious time down the drain. But it doesn't end there. Now all the other bullshit around it comes about: achievements, more intros and advertising for the cars you can't skip, etc. Just when I think I can finally just play, somebody decided that the controls should be completely different then any other (racing) game, so first I have to reset that. Now I can finally start having fun...

...That is, if endless explanation is your idea of fun. This is like the Christopher Nolan of games. After so many years of NFS they suddenly have to PAUSE the entire game to show you there is a cop car coming? With the message that you should avoid it?! C'mon, what were they thinking? And why do you receive points if you take any place that isn't last? How is that an achievement? And then there's the horrible music...

Still, like a soldier I carried on playing, unlocking more car commercials everytime I won. And I won every 10 races I played because it was dead easy as well and just quit. Never again. Back to Super Turrican II.

played some new dragon age origins, and it's just some some more consolized bullshit. gps trackers on everything, medieval radars, highlighted items, absolutely fucking retarded interface and controls for pc, dull combat. i just can't see myself enjoying collecting shit to upgrade shit for hours, there are better ways to inflate gameplay hours. give us a fucking proper high budget rpg already, not a story with a lame excuse for gameplay.

 

back to gothic 3 it's clunky as fuck and outdated but at least it's challenging, you actually need to explore and think ahead...the world feels natural.

Edited December 16, 2014 by eugene