What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 3/3/2016 at 2:31 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Nintendo is rumored to have bought the rights to Beyond Good & Evil 2, and will release it exclusively on the NX:

 

http://gonintendo.com/stories/253270-rumor-beyond-good-and-evil-2-being-funded-by-nintendo-exclusive

SNES games on the New 3DS oh nice!

March 3rd: Pilotwings, Super Mario World, F-Zero.

March 24th: Super Mario Kart, Earthbound, Donkey Kong Country.

April 14th: A Link To The Past, Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country 2.

There's also an SNES themed New 3DS XL

  On 3/4/2016 at 6:18 AM, ambermonk said:

Just pre-ordered No Man's Sky. Haters gonna hate, but I'm excited.

Ars Technica (I know I know) wrote about a preview that got to play a few days ago.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/03/no-mans-sky-finally-charts-its-star-path-with-major-gameplay-reveal/

Honestly, I'm still not 100% convinced the game will have lasting staying power. The way Sean Murray shows off his fancy planet generation engine and describing the algorithms behind it, combined with the slightly lacklustre description of actual gameplay and combat, feels like it's another case of a talented engineer who isn't a very good game designer. I really want to be wrong, though, they may be keeping stuff under wraps. I'll be waiting until more people play it before thinking about buying it at least.

I bet it'd be lush with VR though. Wandering a virtual planet the size of Earth with nooks, crannies, caves, forgotten factories and alien civilizations to explore is IDM as fuck.

If y'all looking for something similar to scratch that itch before NMS though, check out Noctis - Basically the same idea but much simplified and running in DOS, 16 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctis

  On 3/4/2016 at 12:42 PM, WeAreOceans said:

 

  On 3/4/2016 at 6:18 AM, ambermonk said:

Just pre-ordered No Man's Sky. Haters gonna hate, but I'm excited.

 

Ars Technica (I know I know) wrote about a preview that got to play a few days ago.

 

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/03/no-mans-sky-finally-charts-its-star-path-with-major-gameplay-reveal/

 

Honestly, I'm still not 100% convinced the game will have lasting staying power. The way Sean Murray shows off his fancy planet generation engine and describing the algorithms behind it, combined with the slightly lacklustre description of actual gameplay and combat, feels like it's another case of a talented engineer who isn't a very good game designer. I really want to be wrong, though, they may be keeping stuff under wraps. I'll be waiting until more people play it before thinking about buying it at least.

 

I bet it'd be lush with VR though. Wandering a virtual planet the size of Earth with nooks, crannies, caves, forgotten factories and alien civilizations to explore is IDM as fuck.

 

If y'all looking for something similar to scratch that itch before NMS though, check out Noctis - Basically the same idea but much simplified and running in DOS, 16 years ago.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctis

 

I played a lot of Noctis back in the day. NMS looks like what Noctis V was supposed to be and a lot more, so I'm excited to try it.

  On 3/4/2016 at 10:07 AM, Rubin Farr said:

SNES games on the New 3DS oh nice!

 

March 3rd: Pilotwings, Super Mario World, F-Zero.

 

March 24th: Super Mario Kart, Earthbound, Donkey Kong Country.

 

April 14th: A Link To The Past, Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country 2.

 

There's also an SNES themed New 3DS XL

Yes, and that lovely Super Famicom/SNES 3DS XL is Japan-only...

And in case anyone didn't realize, you can only play these SNES games on the "new" 3DS, not the older models. Surely if the DS can emulate a N64, a normal 3DS can run a Super Famicom/SNES emulator?

In other awesome news, Monster Boy (the classic Westone/SEGA franchise) is coming to PS4 and has Yuzo (Streets of Rage) Kashiro doing the music!

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/03/04/monster-boy-launching-on-ps4-this-year/

Hell yeah - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (the SMS/Game Gear/PC Engine one) was my first introduction to Metroidvania games before I'd even played a Metroid game

No Man's Sky retail release for PS4, and a Limited Edition available for preorder:

  On 2/21/2016 at 7:39 PM, doublename said:

Is Final Fantasy X:2 the most camp game ever? Playing the HD remaster right now. Combat and character development are both p lush at least.

yes and i love it ... so japanese

*sigh* XCOM in a nutshell

Looks like Dreamworks doing a Rambo CGI cartoon

  On 3/7/2016 at 5:00 PM, mcbpete said:

Looks like Dreamworks doing a Rambo CGI cartoon

*jots it down, sends proposal to Dreamworks*

had a wee play of Broforce on ps4.

??? what the hell. it feels as unfinished and un-optimised as it ever did in Early access. constant lag. inconsistent audio levels. shoddy online play.

kind of sad to see the promise on this one left up in air.

I wish Assault Android Cactus had won

really wish the PSN+ free games was never given poll choosing.

the joy of the free games (for me at least) was landing on games i'd never think about actually buying.

oh well. whatever.

yeah. plus has been pretty shit since rocket league.

...

but rocket league

My son pleaded with me to get 'Who's Your Daddy?'

http://store.steampowered.com/app/427730/

It's a strange game to play with your son. We were laughing like crazy. I'm curious how far they're going to push this idea.

*ahem*

looking forward to nintendo virtual console hitting the 3DS.

earthbound and super metroid in particular are games are want on my handheld.

  On 3/7/2016 at 8:34 PM, bitroast said:

*ahem*

 

looking forward to nintendo virtual console hitting the 3DS.

earthbound and super metroid in particular are games are want on my handheld.

You're better off running a SNES emulator on an old PSP with custom firmware. Screen is better too.

i don't have an old PSP tho. was always skeptical of getting one because i knew the later versions/firmwares didn't allow it as well.

but... you are probably right.

the nintendo ds couldn't do snes emu at all just about.

  On 3/7/2016 at 8:40 PM, bitroast said:

i don't have an old PSP tho. was always skeptical of getting one because i knew the later versions/firmwares didn't allow it as well.

 

but... you are probably right.

 

the nintendo ds couldn't do snes emu at all just about.

If you want to go the easy route, find a PSP model 2000 (the 3000 models can be hacked, but are a bit harder), and AFAIK, all firmwares up to the last one 6.36? have been cracked.

I've got a sexy Japanese "Felicia Blue" PSP 2000 already modded with a ROOT battery I *might* want to let go of (running NEO GEO and CPS2 emulators on it at the moment) - here's a picture of it (not mine, a stock photo):

thanks for the tips. will look into it.

((( i am currently in ' trying-to-save-money' mode and not impulsively spend $$$ on the first thing that catches my attention ... but ... this has caught my attention )))

i believe there's an exploit that runs on all models all fws of psp. chickhen or something? it's what i had running on my pspgo. it was great for a while except the hold switch is now borked and none of my button presses do anything unless i'm holding the hold switch which makes it unplayable.

oh

hacking guide: https://gbatemp.net/threads/psp-hacking-modding-f-a-q-start-here.268289/

anyways read the rules

  On 3/3/2016 at 12:18 PM, mcbpete said:

 

  On 3/3/2016 at 12:15 PM, tec said:

Does anyone know an easy way to change back from being a vampire in Skyrim?

Yep -

 

 

Thanks but I've already gone full vampire, try as I may to sneak into people's houses to suck their blood to get my level down it just isn't happening as they always wake up. What happened to cheat codes in games?!

  On 3/9/2016 at 12:41 PM, tec said:

 

  On 3/3/2016 at 12:18 PM, mcbpete said:

 

  On 3/3/2016 at 12:15 PM, tec said:

Does anyone know an easy way to change back from being a vampire in Skyrim?

Yep -

 

 

 

Thanks but I've already gone full vampire, try as I may to sneak into people's houses to suck their blood to get my level down it just isn't happening as they always wake up. What happened to cheat codes in games?!

 

Are you playing on PC? The console is the ultimate cheat code. There's likely a command for whatever you need.