What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 9/24/2016 at 5:42 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

just acquired R·Type Final for PS2, it's really fun so far, hard as fuck though

YESH! Wicked game. Still play it semi-regularly.

  On 9/25/2016 at 6:14 PM, StephenG said:

 

  On 9/24/2016 at 5:42 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

just acquired R·Type Final for PS2, it's really fun so far, hard as fuck though

YESH! Wicked game. Still play it semi-regularly.

this might be the most stupid question is there a way to save your story mode progress or do you have to go through the whole thing every single time?

  On 9/25/2016 at 11:40 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

 

  On 9/25/2016 at 6:14 PM, StephenG said:

 

  On 9/24/2016 at 5:42 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

just acquired R·Type Final for PS2, it's really fun so far, hard as fuck though

YESH! Wicked game. Still play it semi-regularly.

 

this might be the most stupid question is there a way to save your story mode progress or do you have to go through the whole thing every single time?

 

IIRC no you can't save the story mode. =(

You could probably get it on an emulator, most emulators allow you to save at any point in time... 

  On 9/25/2016 at 11:40 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

 

  On 9/25/2016 at 6:14 PM, StephenG said:

 

  On 9/24/2016 at 5:42 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

just acquired R·Type Final for PS2, it's really fun so far, hard as fuck though

YESH! Wicked game. Still play it semi-regularly.

 

this might be the most stupid question is there a way to save your story mode progress or do you have to go through the whole thing every single time?

 

1CC it or gtfo

God almighty the voice acting in Mars: War Logs is TERRIBLE

I like the game though

Dragon Quest Builders demo out for PS4 / Vita for any Minecraft fans.

PS4

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/dragon-quest-builders-demo/cid=UP0082-CUSA05700_00-BUILDERS00000000

Vita

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/dragon-quest-builders-demo/cid=UP0082-PCSE00934_00-BUILDERS00000000

Back to Doom 4. Id knew what they were doing for sure, by developing their latest engine but also having studied the still-active mod community of the original game to get a feel of what fans desire. Out of all the 2016 shooters I've played, this one ought to be GotY.

Also beat Metroid Zero Mission on a GBA emulator for my smartphone. The latest Doom and Metroid seem to have common elements actually.

omg-i-can't-waaaaaaaaaaaaaait

  On 9/11/2016 at 10:24 PM, Bechuga said:

 

  On 9/11/2016 at 10:09 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 9/11/2016 at 1:14 PM, Bechuga said:

Playing Portal 2 Co-op with a friend and it's very fun. So satisfying when you figure out those puzzles and give each other a hi-five.

maybe add me on steam at some point? i'm trying to 100% this and i've only got a handful of coop achievements left to earn. probably be best to do it after you'd completed it with your friend.

 

 

Will do! My steam name is Bechuga, probably won't take us long to finish it.

 

Me and buddy have completed the coop courses (not the extra ones tho) so if you still want those achieves, let me know

figuring out the portal 2 co-op puzzles with my friends is one of my fondest vidya memories

Building portals across a corridor and then running through them like it was a Scooby Do scene was fun, as was building a bridge for my partner and then removing it when he was halfway across. Good times.

i was playing the new deux ex until I got some game breaking bug near the final level

the fact that i'm not that bothered about it summarises  how meh it all is IMHO, particularly the plot, which in summary is basically;

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some pretty buildings though, shame they're all full of videogamily predictable vents 

when will the reverse vampires learn not to make their buildings riddled with vents big enough for me to crawl through

Played Deus Ex 3 recently (very late) and it seems like a series of Pac Man rooms linked by tunnels. Adam Jensen probably uses emojis, snapchat, myspace etc

  On 10/3/2016 at 4:10 AM, Sally Vingoe said:

i was playing the new deux ex until I got some game breaking bug near the final level

the fact that i'm not that bothered about it summarises  how meh it all is IMHO, particularly the plot, which in summary is basically;

 

[youtubehd]RXVE01oOTAM[/youtubehd]

 

some pretty buildings though, shame they're all full of videogamily predictable vents 

 

when will the reverse vampires learn not to make their buildings riddled with vents big enough for me to crawl through

lol

Hyper Light Drifter is neat

just built a new gaming rig in one of these mini-itx cases:

i7 6700k, 16gb ram, mini 1070 gtx... running Fedora with gpu passthrough to a Windows 7 virtual machine. It's an absolute beast playing everything smoothly at 1080p. Currently tackling Dark Souls 3 (never completed the first few) and The Witness. Haven't really sat down and played a game in a while. Don't really want to waste my time with rehashes. Hopefully games like Routine, Scorn, and Agony will bring something new to the table

  On 10/5/2016 at 2:05 AM, viscosity said:

running Fedora with gpu passthrough to a Windows 7 virtual machine.

this is interesting. did virualization thru linux reach an acceptable stage already? did you have a chance to benchmark pure win7 vs virtualized?

started playing irl mtg with my wife again and then downloaded magic duels on steam. never played a digital mtg but it seems pretty fun so far. i've been going through the campaign and i haven't even gotten to any deck building but should be right around the bend. it's f2p but i haven't encountered anything that has inclined me to put real money into (not that i would even if i did).

No surprise to anybody, but Playstation VR's initial reviews aren't looking too good... mostly centered around the fact they are using 6 and 3 year old tech (PS Move controllers and PS Camera), plus the PS4 being underpowered to run decent VR.

Of course, Sony's answer will be "Well, the definitive PSVR experience can be had on the Playstation Pro..."

I suspect there will be a lot of VR headsets in closets a year from now...

  On 10/5/2016 at 4:51 PM, juiceciuj said:

started playing irl mtg with my wife again and then downloaded magic duels on steam. never played a digital mtg but it seems pretty fun so far. i've been going through the campaign and i haven't even gotten to any deck building but should be right around the bend. it's f2p but i haven't encountered anything that has inclined me to put real money into (not that i would even if i did).

The main gripe I have with MtG and similar CCG games is need for land cards to do anything. There might be ways to mitigate that aspect of the game, but I moved on to Android:Netrunner by then. In Netrunner, you always have the ability to gain credits instead of drawing cards in the hope to have enough money to do your actions. It still has all the usual foibles of deck builders, but I feel the variety of ways to build decks and play the game is larger and more interesting than MtG.

It's a definitely a rabbit hole once you get into it though.

  On 10/5/2016 at 5:06 PM, paranerd said:

 

  On 10/5/2016 at 4:51 PM, juiceciuj said:

started playing irl mtg with my wife again and then downloaded magic duels on steam. never played a digital mtg but it seems pretty fun so far. i've been going through the campaign and i haven't even gotten to any deck building but should be right around the bend. it's f2p but i haven't encountered anything that has inclined me to put real money into (not that i would even if i did).

The main gripe I have with MtG and similar CCG games is need for land cards to do anything. There might be ways to mitigate that aspect of the game, but I moved on to Android:Netrunner by then. In Netrunner, you always have the ability to gain credits instead of drawing cards in the hope to have enough money to do your actions. It still has all the usual foibles of deck builders, but I feel the variety of ways to build decks and play the game is larger and more interesting than MtG.

 

It's a definitely a rabbit hole once you get into it though.

eh. at this point the nostalgia factor is too strong with mtg as i've been playing on and off for about 20 years. can't really see myself getting into another card game or trying to get any of friends into one =\

  On 10/5/2016 at 5:28 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 10/5/2016 at 5:06 PM, paranerd said:

 

  On 10/5/2016 at 4:51 PM, juiceciuj said:

started playing irl mtg with my wife again and then downloaded magic duels on steam. never played a digital mtg but it seems pretty fun so far. i've been going through the campaign and i haven't even gotten to any deck building but should be right around the bend. it's f2p but i haven't encountered anything that has inclined me to put real money into (not that i would even if i did).

The main gripe I have with MtG and similar CCG games is need for land cards to do anything. There might be ways to mitigate that aspect of the game, but I moved on to Android:Netrunner by then. In Netrunner, you always have the ability to gain credits instead of drawing cards in the hope to have enough money to do your actions. It still has all the usual foibles of deck builders, but I feel the variety of ways to build decks and play the game is larger and more interesting than MtG.

 

It's a definitely a rabbit hole once you get into it though.

eh. at this point the nostalgia factor is too strong with mtg as i've been playing on and off for about 20 years. can't really see myself getting into another card game or trying to get any of friends into one =\

 

Understood! I only got into deck building games in my mid 30s! I can't imagine where I'd be if I looked into CCGs in my teens. :P

  On 10/5/2016 at 4:57 PM, Joyrex said:

No surprise to anybody, but Playstation VR's initial reviews aren't looking too good... mostly centered around the fact they are using 6 and 3 year old tech (PS Move controllers and PS Camera), plus the PS4 being underpowered to run decent VR.

 

Of course, Sony's answer will be "Well, the definitive PSVR experience can be had on the Playstation Pro..."

 

I suspect there will be a lot of VR headsets in closets a year from now...

Yah, too many wires, but it does look like drunk fun with friends. Rez Infinite seems like one of the highlights so far.

  On 10/5/2016 at 4:57 PM, Joyrex said:

I suspect there will be a lot of VR headsets in closets a year from now...

I'm guessing that this is going to happen no matter what. Sure there'll be some that stick to the experience and probably a few interesting games, but I'm betting this will be a step on the road to good tech 10 years from now, but that's all.