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Fuckin' Goliaths in Borderlands 2. Just got to Thousand Cuts when I encountered two Caustic Goliaths and chucked a grenade at them. The explosion launched both their helmets straight up into the air like 50 feet, and then they just stood there vomiting on each other for a full minute, and I lost my shit. Fuck I wish I'd gotten a video recording of it.

  On 2/19/2015 at 8:15 PM, Joyrex said:

In news that will probably shock no one, The Order: 1886 is getting roundly thrashed in reviews, confirming what everyone suspected the game's major flaws were to be...

 

I've been playing a lot of Guilty Gear Xrd Sign on PS4 - picked it up for 24.00 on a PSN one-day Flash Sale.

i toyed w/buying xrd but don't want to shell out for a new stick when there's absolutely no reason my old one shouldn't work other than greed. especially for a fg i won't take too seriously

  On 2/19/2015 at 10:24 PM, ambermonk said:

Fuckin' Goliaths in Borderlands 2. Just got to Thousand Cuts when I encountered two Caustic Goliaths and chucked a grenade at them. The explosion launched both their helmets straight up into the air like 50 feet, and then they just stood there vomiting on each other for a full minute, and I lost my shit. Fuck I wish I'd gotten a video recording of it.

ripping 2 of their heads off in a busy bit and letting them become godliaths was pretty fun though. i got some pretty cool weapons that way

Played Garry's Mod for the first time tonight with some friends. I guess I'll need lots of time to really handle the sandbox mode but we tried some cool game mods - any suggestions on mods we should try perhaps WATUM ?

  On 2/19/2015 at 9:49 PM, data said:

[youtubehd]FV-u5tvQC34[/youtubehd]

 

:D

So good!

lol

The Order looks cool enough. Not something I'll pay full price for, but on a sale, totally. Visuals are sweet.

Playing through TT's Walking Dead Season 2 atm. It's good.

  On 2/19/2015 at 10:36 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 2/19/2015 at 8:15 PM, Joyrex said:

In news that will probably shock no one, The Order: 1886 is getting roundly thrashed in reviews, confirming what everyone suspected the game's major flaws were to be...

 

I've been playing a lot of Guilty Gear Xrd Sign on PS4 - picked it up for 24.00 on a PSN one-day Flash Sale.

i toyed w/buying xrd but don't want to shell out for a new stick when there's absolutely no reason my old one shouldn't work other than greed. especially for a fg i won't take too seriously

 

Yeah, that's my only frustration with the game - playing on a DualShock 4 is no way to play a fighting game. Hopefully a driver update will allow all the MadCatz fightsticks to work with PS4 - the SkullGirls devs actually have a working driver...

  On 2/20/2015 at 4:34 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 2/19/2015 at 10:36 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 2/19/2015 at 8:15 PM, Joyrex said:

In news that will probably shock no one, The Order: 1886 is getting roundly thrashed in reviews, confirming what everyone suspected the game's major flaws were to be...

 

I've been playing a lot of Guilty Gear Xrd Sign on PS4 - picked it up for 24.00 on a PSN one-day Flash Sale.

i toyed w/buying xrd but don't want to shell out for a new stick when there's absolutely no reason my old one shouldn't work other than greed. especially for a fg i won't take too seriously

 

Yeah, that's my only frustration with the game - playing on a DualShock 4 is no way to play a fighting game. Hopefully a driver update will allow all the MadCatz fightsticks to work with PS4 - the SkullGirls devs actually have a working driver...

 

yup and they're giving it away to developers so there's no legitimate excuse. but the fact remains that there's little incentive for developers to implement it when they'll be wanting to sell newer ggxrd, sf5, tk7 branded sticks ;\

tekken 7 has had a beta prelaunch this week in asian arcades w/full arcade release slated for mid march (18th i think?). it's mainly designed to test out the online functionality of the cabs as they're straight up not allowing local matches for the prerelease so people who are sitting side-by-side in an arcade absolutely cannot play against each other. while most matches have seemed to run just fine it has inevitably led to this:

they've also overhauled the throw mechanic to make throw breaking significantly easier compared to ttt2 (thank god). now all generic throws can be broken with either punch button instead of having to visually check the reaching hand to press the corresponding button. doesn't apply to command grabs though, you still have to visually check those but i think they've extended the window for breaking across the board

  On 2/19/2015 at 11:58 PM, Squee said:

 

  On 2/19/2015 at 9:49 PM, data said:

[youtubehd]FV-u5tvQC34[/youtubehd]

 

:D

So good!

 

hah

This is why I am careful with games that get promoted with a large emphasis on super fancy looking graphics... If there's a lot of time and money spent on the graphics, you can be sure there's less time and money spend on the rest. This game seems the ultimate and most shameless example of that.

Destiny player gets his save files deleted via Shareplay

https://games.yahoo.com/news/horror-scenes-destiny-player-deletes-143900008.html

  On 2/20/2015 at 11:45 PM, bitroast said:

Playing the new majora's mask 3d release on 3DS. this port seems even more polished and cleaned up then the ocarina of time port. a lot of tweaks and little things going on to improve the gameplay. the saving and fast travel is a lot more convenient now. the bombers notebook is also greatly improved, giving hints all over the place pushing you to explore certain directions or talk to different people. all of which was in the original game but sometimes it was a bit cryptic and you really did have to talk to everyone/someone at a specific time to figure something. the point out the obviousness of the new notebook does remove a bit of allure and mystery of the original but having already played the original and having spent months on it as a kid trying to 100% everything and really taking my time, i think i might prefer the simplified and friendly version of the game.

 

the graphics have a really nice polish to them as well. textures and colours all look alot sharper and some of the colours really jump out. one thing i really love is the slight modifications to the environment. replacing flat walls of trees with more detailed shrubbery and bushes and etc. the placement of walls. really minor things.. it looks a lot better...

 

this is a fantastic port man. perfect for anyone new to the game or familiar with the n64 version. the improved notebook and hints system really helps my foggy brain remember which direction to go sometimes. only played it for a day and already got bunny ears to help speed things up (this was always a priority for me as a kid when starting a new game.. impatient kid)

are they confirmed working on a twilight princess remake? and for what console(s)?

  On 2/21/2015 at 1:33 PM, Rubin Farr said:

 

 

Hats off to Aonuma's team, hoping the Twilight Princess remake gets this much love.

agreed x100. the polishing and fine tuning going on in this 3d remake is so brilliant it really feels just short of being a new zelda game altogether.

removing the little road blocks and speeding things up in the gameplay really makes a big difference and has turned the good but flawed game into the brilliant classic it always was meant to be :) which is a weird little surprise.

what twilight princess remake are you referring to? i've been thinking about this and i can't get my head around where a twilight princess remake would belong. on the wii u ala wind waker, or on the 3ds ala ocarina/majoras.

the top down, 2d style zelda games transitioned to the handheld flawlessly. the only thing holding back 3d zelda games from making the transition to handheld was the hardware. now that we have the 3ds pulling off 3d zelda so well, i honestly think i would prefer a twilight princess remake (and wind waker for that matter) sitting on handheld instead of telly/wii u. i think i'd play it more/enjoy it more..

It's probly scheduled for 3DS, they know they need AAA catalogue titles to keep that console chugging along. It's basically their remake console now, although Aonuma is being cagey again, and saying what title gets remastered next is up to "fan demand". I can't see them doing an HD remake, bc most of EAD3 is toiling away on Zelda Wii U. So that leaves 3DS, or its successor.

well, the 3DS has been given some new life pumped into it with the NEW system release.

traded my 3DS xl for the NEW 3DS xl just last week along with getting majoras mask and holy shit the system upgrade is heavily recommended. the 3d effect is spot on now. been playing majoras mask with 3D on full and able to use gyro for bow etc and it's been a pleasure and amazing to look at the whole way through (the same can not be said for my playing experience with ocarina of time when playing it on the original 3ds xl).

i hope more great stuff comes out for the 3DS cos it really is a great system.

looking forward to playing resident evil and monster hunter next (both games i was leaving aside cos i didn't like not having camera support).

really hope they add the n3dsmall to usa soon. everytime i'm thinking of entering the 3ds ecosystem nintendo does something to make me second guess it and i had so much fun with my dslite. vita has been keepin' me pretty busy.

my vita gets a lot of love lately though. gave rogue legacy a few more tries and it clicked w/me. kinda the same story i had w/boi. didn't care for it all at first but spent a little more time w/it and started to enjoy myself. it does seem like a bit of an excessive grind to get through though. think i'm around lvl 80 and have only beaten two of the bosses ;\

would also totally be down w/a wii u twilight though

get the XL ! it's like the small one but better suited for people with medium > large monkey hands :)

eh... ionno. i'm def not in the larger category and the dslite was a really nice size for me as far as both playability and portability were concerned.

ah well, maybe if you get the opportunity to check one out at a shop something, this is me recommending it :) /nintendorepresenting

Valve are unveiling some VR hardware at GDC in a couple of weeks, along with the final Steam Controller design. Should be pretty interesting...

http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/23/8094763/valve-steam-machine-steamvr-controller-gdc-2015

I'm playing almost all my games on Steam lately so I might well stump up for the console. But don't most PC gamers hate consoles? How are they gonna feel to having a controller instead of mouse / keyboard?

Looks like with this final build they've finally put Cinematic Mod to rest, so am playing through this 11 year old game again looking oh so lovely and new:

No idea how it maintains such a good frame rate on my old laptop too ...

  On 2/24/2015 at 1:54 AM, mcbpete said:

No idea how it maintains such a good frame rate on my old laptop too ...

they did a really good job making Source scalable. I'm due for an HL2 replay too. damn, it's been over 10 years. if we can get new AFX, surely the next HL can't be long now.