What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 5/15/2015 at 7:02 PM, paranerd said:

Anyone try Invisible, Inc. yet?

 

[youtubehd]WZ8b_J7DS64[/youtubehd]

Naw, but I've been seeing reviews and stuff on it for the past couple weeks, it looks great. Wish it was on console (PS4 specifically) because I really don't enjoy playing games on my Mac. Having to use a keyboard interface to play a game is generally a deal breaker for me. Gamepad or bust.

You can use gamepads with mac. Playstation pads sync automatically via bluetooth.

  On 5/19/2015 at 11:53 PM, auxien said:

 

  On 5/15/2015 at 7:02 PM, paranerd said:

Anyone try Invisible, Inc. yet?

 

[youtubehd]WZ8b_J7DS64[/youtubehd]

Naw, but I've been seeing reviews and stuff on it for the past couple weeks, it looks great. Wish it was on console (PS4 specifically) because I really don't enjoy playing games on my Mac. Having to use a keyboard interface to play a game is generally a deal breaker for me. Gamepad or bust.

 

You can also buy USB gamepads that work with PC's (I'm assuming some if not all are compatible with Mac) and you can buy an adapter that enables you to use wireless xbox controllers with PC for $10, which there might also be a Mac compatible version. The adapter is a bitch to install though. Very odd. Had to watch a russian dude explain it on youtube.

  On 5/20/2015 at 12:01 AM, donk said:

You can use gamepads with mac. Playstation pads sync automatically via bluetooth.

You just made my day, donk. I think I knew this at some point but had totally forgotten it once I did get a PS4. Awesome. ​

  On 5/20/2015 at 12:13 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 5/19/2015 at 11:53 PM, auxien said:

 

  On 5/15/2015 at 7:02 PM, paranerd said:

Anyone try Invisible, Inc. yet?

 

[youtubehd]WZ8b_J7DS64[/youtubehd]

Naw, but I've been seeing reviews and stuff on it for the past couple weeks, it looks great. Wish it was on console (PS4 specifically) because I really don't enjoy playing games on my Mac. Having to use a keyboard interface to play a game is generally a deal breaker for me. Gamepad or bust.

 

 

You can also buy USB gamepads that work with PC's (I'm assuming some if not all are compatible with Mac) and you can buy an adapter that enables you to use wireless xbox controllers with PC for $10, which there might also be a Mac compatible version. The adapter is a bitch to install though. Very odd. Had to watch a russian dude explain it on youtube.

 

Yeah I was definitely not wanting to do the bullshit of trying to make it work...but it looks like the PS4<->Mac connection is very simple. Going to try it tonight :)

I have no idea why I'm suddenly so interested in Bloodborne, considering I hated Dark Souls with a passion. I'm at a point now where I know I'm getting it and I can already feel my blood pressure rising to a dangerous level. Tsk tsk...

  On 5/19/2015 at 6:19 AM, bitroast said:

They added n tweaked the gameplay heaps. The NES game was very open and let you explore the levels and stumble onto the secrets (but most were never too detrimental to beating the level or progressing forward). The remastered game alters the level flow a bit and sort of guides (forces??) you a bit more into covering the levels a bit more thoroughly and covering all the secrets..

 

The remastered game is pretty lovingly done and the animation is gorgeous but the alterations to the original gameplay take away from the charm quite a bit for me at least !! ) plus the constant cutscenes/dialogue is a bit too interrupting for me.

Definitely feels like a remake more than a mere remaster job.

 

Its a weird game. I wanna hate on it and tear it apart but it looks so nice and gorgeous plus a lot of people seem to genuinely love it ? Ducktales nes for life !!!! For me, imo. At least :)

yeah the numerous "story" interactions were a bit much. you're totally right, the newer interactions basically forced you to explore the entire game which is why i managed to find all the health upgrades. the only one i ever used to find was the one in transylvania (for some reason i always just assumed this was the only one). beat it last nite. decent way to spend a few hours. they really harped on the moon theme during the credits :)

  On 5/19/2015 at 11:53 PM, auxien said:

 

  On 5/15/2015 at 7:02 PM, paranerd said:

Anyone try Invisible, Inc. yet?

 

[youtubehd]WZ8b_J7DS64[/youtubehd]

Naw, but I've been seeing reviews and stuff on it for the past couple weeks, it looks great. Wish it was on console (PS4 specifically) because I really don't enjoy playing games on my Mac. Having to use a keyboard interface to play a game is generally a deal breaker for me. Gamepad or bust.

 

It's fun. Looks great, the voice acting is good, quick games with replayability. It's essentially passive stealth X-Com with variety and scalable difficulty.

Gonna sit down and try to play some Witcher 3 tonight. Haven't had a change to try it out yet, soon hoping it's good.

New game console coming soon in Japan that plays all the old classic console games:

http://www.cybergadget.co.jp/retrofreak/

This is by far the most impressive retro console I have seen yet.

  On 5/20/2015 at 4:49 PM, Joyrex said:

New game console coming soon in Japan that plays all the old classic console games:

 

http://www.cybergadget.co.jp/retrofreak/

 

This is by far the most impressive retro console I have seen yet.

Aw sweet!

I was thinking about buying the Retron 5 about a month ago, but I've hard it can be a piece of poo. The controller looks kinda shitty.

Now that I think of it, didn't it turn out that they had stolen some code from some MAMEs?

I'm guessing this is another emulator, but the added bonus of being able to read carts is nice for folks who still own the physical stuff.

It plays TurboGrafx cards, that's awesome

  On 5/20/2015 at 4:57 PM, Joyrex said:

I'm guessing this is another emulator, but the added bonus of being able to read carts is nice for folks who still own the physical stuff.

I still have all my old GameBoy games so this would be a pretty nifty thing to own.

i think i read that it only plays famicom carts so you have to get an adapter for nes

  On 5/20/2015 at 4:04 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 5/19/2015 at 6:19 AM, bitroast said:

They added n tweaked the gameplay heaps. The NES game was very open and let you explore the levels and stumble onto the secrets (but most were never too detrimental to beating the level or progressing forward). The remastered game alters the level flow a bit and sort of guides (forces??) you a bit more into covering the levels a bit more thoroughly and covering all the secrets..

 

The remastered game is pretty lovingly done and the animation is gorgeous but the alterations to the original gameplay take away from the charm quite a bit for me at least !! ) plus the constant cutscenes/dialogue is a bit too interrupting for me.

Definitely feels like a remake more than a mere remaster job.

 

Its a weird game. I wanna hate on it and tear it apart but it looks so nice and gorgeous plus a lot of people seem to genuinely love it ? Ducktales nes for life !!!! For me, imo. At least :)

yeah the numerous "story" interactions were a bit much. you're totally right, the newer interactions basically forced you to explore the entire game which is why i managed to find all the health upgrades. the only one i ever used to find was the one in transylvania (for some reason i always just assumed this was the only one). beat it last nite. decent way to spend a few hours. they really harped on the moon theme during the credits :)

Aha nice!

Now wheres Ducktales 2 Remastered :)

there was ducktales 2?!

  On 5/19/2015 at 4:50 AM, data said:

played witcher 3 for a bit. crashed to desktop twice and showed artifacts a couple of times. im on a brand new i7 4790k / 16gb ram / gtx 970. fucking goddamnit.

Ya it's crashing for me too. i7 2600k, 8gb ram, GTX 970. At one point it restarted my computer it crashed so hard. When i tried to boot up, it beeped at me and nothing was showing up on screen. Scared the crap outta me. I turned it right off, unplugged it for a few seconds, plugged it back in and hit the power button with fingers crossed. It booted up ok. I'm too scared to run the game now. I might wait for a patch before i try again.

PC master race ftw

glad I didn't pre-order

waiting for patches + cheaper price master race ftw

yeah fuck paying 50 quid. il wait 6 months and grab it for 30 hopefully.

actually i got dragon age inquisition from a weird game key site that looked like a scam for 28.99 three weeks after it came out. might try that again.

played it just for three hours, crashed once. but i really like it, feels very tight, quests are not generic and each one has a deep connection to the world. pretty graphics, especially the forest. the physicality of the trees adds so much, it feel just so alive. all of it looks very vivid in fact. i'm still bummed that they just don't go for full immersion and decide to implement all of this typical bethesda console rpg shit like GPS, map markers, defined quest areas, insta horse summon, fast travel. all of those could have been replaced with in game dialogue and a few npcs and some non immersion breaking mechanics.

btw, that nvidia hairworks thing is an absolute fps destroyer, thought it's something minor, especially when set to gerald only and i was really bummed at the low fps even at medium settings. but when i turned it off i think i've easily gained 20 fps and cranked pretty much all other options to ultra and high. plays very smooth on my radeon hd7950 @1900*1200.

Played it for an hour yesterday. Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus, the controls are clonky and the music is already starting to annoy me. I'll give it another shot tonight.

  On 5/21/2015 at 11:23 AM, messiaen said:

yeah fuck paying 50 quid. il wait 6 months and grab it for 30 hopefully.

actually i got dragon age inquisition from a weird game key site that looked like a scam for 28.99 three weeks after it came out. might try that again.

Kinguin ? I got Dark Souls 2 from there, it's legit !

  On 5/21/2015 at 12:10 PM, Squee said:

the music is already starting to annoy me.