What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 9/16/2015 at 6:12 AM, Friendly Foil said:

 

  On 9/15/2015 at 8:38 PM, valleyinaire said:

Any fellow Brits tuning into that GTA thing on BBC2 tonight? Could be decent, could be shite. Not sure how I feel about Radcliffe as Sam Houser.

 

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A bunch of ex-Rockstar/DMA employees have been kicking off too haha

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/16/rockstar-games-bbc-grand-theft-auto-drama-gamechangers

  On 9/15/2015 at 11:31 PM, logakght said:

Mario Maker makes me want to buy a Wii U.

It is amazing how incredibly well-made and thought out the whole game is - and the fact there are so many hidden things and extras (like the fly-catching game) built into it... it's scary to think what Nintendo could do if they published for all consoles.

Destiny Year 2: The Taken King has so far been awesome, only had time to do a few missions last night, but damn have they improved this game. NPC's now have more development and personality, cutscene's help flesh out the story more. The missions themselves have been awesome so far, new areas look great and the Taken are pretty cool looking.

ah. well at least there's something. i don't really need another trailer, just reassurance that it's not going away for another 7 years: http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/16/9336859/the-last-guardian-at-tokyo-game-show-projection

  On 9/15/2015 at 11:27 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 9/15/2015 at 6:59 PM, Enter a new display name said:

Will From Software ever learn those giant bosses were uninteresting and looked the same in Bloodborne? I mean the game was really fun but starting a second playthrough was not as interesting as I would have thought.

Whaaa....?

 

How anyone can say "The One Reborn" and "Elbitras" are "the same" and "uninteresting" escapes me...

 

Those two bosses were ridiculous, especially The One Reborn. Defeating the giant bosses are based on the same tactics. All you have to do is dash to their side and spam R1 while the AI and the camera are confused by the weird perspective, and you dodge the few attacks from the boss.

Gascoigne was by far the most interesting boss. It felt like a duel since he's another hunter who basically has the same skills as you, and his beast mode brings intensity and evolution to the combat. Fighting hunters was the highlight of Bloodborne but they didn't exploit it enough.

In fact the whole game is played the same way. It lacks what Dark Souls had: meaningful combat decisions. The stamina bar is useless at this point since it recharges so fast and you can spam attacks a lot (which stagger the enemies most of the time). The dash also has way more invincibility frames than Dark Souls' roll. The intensity from the battles (against the knights particularly) in Dark Souls is long gone.

  On 9/16/2015 at 4:11 PM, ghOsty said:

Destiny Year 2: The Taken King has so far been awesome, only had time to do a few missions last night, but damn have they improved this game. NPC's now have more development and personality, cutscene's help flesh out the story more. The missions themselves have been awesome so far, new areas look great and the Taken are pretty cool looking.

Why can we only do level 20 legacy strikes though? =/

I can't do any higher than that. Daily heroic story and strikes are gone as well.

Bloodborne is better than any Dark Souls. And DS3 looks more like BB so the devs seem to feel the same. Therefore: Fact.

Also, Gerhman fight was great.

OT: Bully. It's a good game.

  On 9/16/2015 at 8:33 PM, Friendly Foil said:

Bloodborne is better than any Dark Souls. And DS3 looks more like BB so the devs seem to feel the same. Therefore: Fact.

 

Also, Gerhman fight was great.

 

OT: Bully. It's a good game.

Yeah, the final battle was great. And don't get me wrong: I really enjoyed Bloodborne, but the bosses and the Chalice Dungeons were in my opinion the main weaknesses of the game.

True, not even sure why they bothered including the dungeons. Some of the bosses down there are okay but I'd rather have seen a few more areas in the main game. Cainhurst was sweet but also felt kind of shallow... and even though I bet there's an "excellent" lore explanation, having the Pthumerian Queen tucked away at the end of a bunch of bland dungeons was dumb.

If they decide to make a sequel and include another set of dungeons they really need to add more variation to the layouts. Make it fun to play rather than something you force yourself through in the hope of a new boss at the end.

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Flol at the Nintendo searches.

The Walking Dead: Road to Survival is free right now on the App Store:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/walking-dead-road-to-survival/id969316884?mt=8

  On 9/16/2015 at 9:03 PM, Friendly Foil said:

True, not even sure why they bothered including the dungeons. Some of the bosses down there are okay but I'd rather have seen a few more areas in the main game. Cainhurst was sweet but also felt kind of shallow... and even though I bet there's an "excellent" lore explanation, having the Pthumerian Queen tucked away at the end of a bunch of bland dungeons was dumb.

If they decide to make a sequel and include another set of dungeons they really need to add more variation to the layouts. Make it fun to play rather than something you force yourself through in the hope of a new boss at the end.

cainhurst was one of my favourite levels. bit detached and shallow maybe but man it was fun running around that dusty library beating up screaming ghosts and then running around outside on rooftops. felt kind of like it would've fitted more in dark souls than bloodborne but it was in the game anyway and i enjoyed it.

cool avatar. would love to see it printed on a t-shirt or something ?

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I've got you and flim followed on Mario Maker, I played the first 2 of your levels, I'll give the 3rd a whirl next time I'm on.

Your levels are getting better the more you make flim, keep em coming.

There are definitely more watmmers with Mario Maker levels than the 3 of us. Come on watmm, hit me up with that sweet Mario goodness ya got going on.

looking to scoop it in the next couple of days. not sure i'll put any time into it until i beat mgsv tho...

Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows DLC is now live

Finished Boson X. Phew! Now I need to find another game to play while I listen to podcasts.

  On 9/17/2015 at 8:37 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows DLC is now live

yaaaaaaa. think i'm gonna wait 'til i'm flyin' around next month and take that on the plane. haven't used my vita since i beat shovel knight

  On 9/17/2015 at 8:48 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 9/17/2015 at 8:37 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows DLC is now live

yaaaaaaa. think i'm gonna wait 'til i'm flyin' around next month and take that on the plane. haven't used my vita since i beat shovel knight

 

Here are the new cheat codes to bypass finishing the game first in order to access Plague Knight:

http://www.ign.com/wikis/shovel-knight/Cheats_and_Secrets?utm_source=IGN%20hub%20page&utm_medium=IGN%20%28front%20page%29&utm_content=29&utm_campaign=Blogroll

Star Fox Zero delayed til 2016, wtf is going on at Nintendo? I get they have a new Prez, who might have made this call, and they reshuffled the entire company this week, but Miyamoto HAS to know he's dicking with his legacy, what's their big Holiday title now? Jack shit? Glad I'm done with Wii U except for Zelda, the final nail in that coffin. Super Mario Maker will only carry them so far.

http://kotaku.com/star-fox-zero-has-been-delayed-to-2016-1731573129

  On 9/18/2015 at 6:20 AM, Rubin Farr said:

Star Fox Zero delayed til 2016, wtf is going on at Nintendo? I get they have a new Prez, who might have made this call, and they reshuffled the entire company this week, but Miyamoto HAS to know he's dicking with his legacy, what's their big Holiday title now? Jack shit? Glad I'm done with Wii U except for Zelda, the final nail in that coffin. Super Mario Maker will only carry them so far.

 

http://kotaku.com/star-fox-zero-has-been-delayed-to-2016-1731573129

games get delayed all the time.

Of course, but they already delayed Zelda, then they focused heavily on Star Fox @ E3 to fill that window, SMM is getting great reviews, and doubled Wii U sales in Japan. They have Yoshi's Wooly World left for November, but honestly who bought a hi def console to play 2D games? As the saying goes, a bad game is bad forever, while a delayed game is good eventually, but this will hurt them. Especially in the West. We'll see...

  On 9/16/2015 at 11:03 PM, Gocab said:

Flol at the Nintendo searches.

If there's one thing to be learned from this data, it's that women want a really romantic threesome with DP.

  On 9/18/2015 at 6:20 AM, Rubin Farr said:

Star Fox Zero delayed til 2016, wtf is going on at Nintendo? I get they have a new Prez, who might have made this call, and they reshuffled the entire company this week, but Miyamoto HAS to know he's dicking with his legacy, what's their big Holiday title now? Jack shit? Glad I'm done with Wii U except for Zelda, the final nail in that coffin. Super Mario Maker will only carry them so far.

 

http://kotaku.com/star-fox-zero-has-been-delayed-to-2016-1731573129

Apparently they're counting on Xenoblade X to be their big holiday title, especially with that amazing $90 collector's edition.... But it's not going to sell that well. I'm glad they delayed Star Fox if it isn't up to snuff. I'm not planning to buy it, but for the fans' sake, I want it to be great. I don't doubt that it will be with Platinum making it.