What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 1/4/2017 at 1:34 PM, valleyinaire said:

The mrs got me a ps4 for krimbo, god bless her

 

Been playing Ratchet & Clank, always good fun. Gonna pick up TLOU and Uncharted 4 on my next trip into town. Any other PS exclusive recommendations?

You can find the Uncharted Collection for around $20 if you've never played the first three. 

Crosscode is a hidden gem I discovered browsing Steam. Lots of love and detail was put into it. It's a mix of Link to the Past and Chronotrigger but still very much it's own thing. It's early access, but doesn't feel incomplete other than they are still building the main story.

Picked up Doom in the Steam sale

How in the fuck did it take me so long to play this? Excellent game. Everything a modern Doom needs to be. It even tickles my grimdark lore guilty pleasure.

so yeah... while there's lots of stuff i didn't really like about ffxv i did beat the main story over the weekend... and then i went back to start doing the side quests... and i'm not really sure why. it's not a very good game by many measures and yet it beckons me to 100% it. 

pros:

• massive beautiful open world
• lots of sidequests/content
• good ost plus tons of hours of prior ff music you can listen to
• english voice acting isn't actually that horrible (except cindy)

cons:

• really loooong load times
• other things that take too long (getting in and out of the car, interactions w/npcs regarding quests, poorly designed environmental interactions)
• combat sucks. bad
• plot is very thin and all the "twists" in the second half are really poorly explained
• frame rate sucks (on standard ps4)
• combat is bad
• the world is so big that really basic quests take forever to transport to or end up being several instances of "fast travel" which ends up being 3-4 minutes of loading screens
• the combat sucks

so yeah. i dunno. i kinda just want to be done with it so i can start last guardian but on the other hand i keep going back to those goddamned sidequests... (there's so many sidequests...). luckily my wife is really into completing the most boring part of the game for me. the fishing side quests. apparently there are a couple of fish that take somewhere between 15-30 minutes to reel in. 

  On 1/4/2017 at 1:54 PM, DavieAddison said:

 

  On 1/4/2017 at 1:34 PM, valleyinaire said:

The mrs got me a ps4 for krimbo, god bless her

 

Been playing Ratchet & Clank, always good fun. Gonna pick up TLOU and Uncharted 4 on my next trip into town. Any other PS exclusive recommendations?

 

You can find the Uncharted Collection for around $20 if you've never played the first three. 

 

Still got the originals. Loved em, and I'm sure the remasters look great, but I think I'll pass

bloodborne has got to be pretty cheap nowadays,best ps4 game 

I just finished the main story of Dragon Quest 7 at about 75 hours, people weren't lying that this game is long. Now I have really hard bonus dungeons to do, let the grind fest begin!

I just finished "Hyper Light Drifter" and i really adored it. Challenging but not overwhelming, and just stunning. The music and visuals all strike a deep chord with me. The story of it's production is interesting too. I couldn't recommend this game more!
Next up for me is the Last Guardian. Shadow of the Colossus is one of my all time favorites. That fact, combined with general opinion and just finishing another game i hold in similar regard, i can't imagine i won't be underwhelmed.

  On 1/4/2017 at 7:49 PM, sunshine recorder said:

bloodborne has got to be pretty cheap nowadays,best ps4 game 

It was available for 10 USD over the holidays

  On 1/4/2017 at 1:34 PM, valleyinaire said:

The mrs got me a ps4 for krimbo, god bless her

 

Been playing Ratchet & Clank, always good fun. Gonna pick up TLOU and Uncharted 4 on my next trip into town. Any other PS exclusive recommendations?

If you like shmups and a modern take on Defender, Resogun is probably one of the best on PS4. Still playing it constantly after 3+ years (was a PS4 launch title).

  On 1/4/2017 at 9:10 PM, omnii said:

I just finished "Hyper Light Drifter" and i really adored it. Challenging but not overwhelming, and just stunning. The music and visuals all strike a deep chord with me. The story of it's production is interesting too. I couldn't recommend this game more!

Next up for me is the Last Guardian. Shadow of the Colossus is one of my all time favorites. That fact, combined with general opinion and just finishing another game i hold in similar regard, i can't imagine i won't be underwhelmed.

I've wanted to pick up the Last Guardian but I have a huge backlog. You're lucky you waited because I read that they just released a patch that fixes the camera and framerate issues

  On 1/4/2017 at 9:21 PM, DavieAddison said:

 

  On 1/4/2017 at 9:10 PM, omnii said:

I just finished "Hyper Light Drifter" and i really adored it. Challenging but not overwhelming, and just stunning. The music and visuals all strike a deep chord with me. The story of it's production is interesting too. I couldn't recommend this game more!

Next up for me is the Last Guardian. Shadow of the Colossus is one of my all time favorites. That fact, combined with general opinion and just finishing another game i hold in similar regard, i can't imagine i won't be underwhelmed.

 

I've wanted to pick up the Last Guardian but I have a huge backlog. You're lucky you waited because I read that they just released a patch that fixes the camera and framerate issues

 

oh shit i didn't know that. i had heard the framerate on standard ps4 was really bad.

  On 1/4/2017 at 9:20 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 1/4/2017 at 1:34 PM, valleyinaire said:

The mrs got me a ps4 for krimbo, god bless her

 

Been playing Ratchet & Clank, always good fun. Gonna pick up TLOU and Uncharted 4 on my next trip into town. Any other PS exclusive recommendations?

If you like shmups and a modern take on Defender, Resogun is probably one of the best on PS4. Still playing it constantly after 3+ years (was a PS4 launch title).

 

Kinda reminds me of Super Stardust on the PS3. Looks great, cheers

  On 1/5/2017 at 5:55 PM, valleyinaire said:

 

  On 1/4/2017 at 9:20 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 1/4/2017 at 1:34 PM, valleyinaire said:

The mrs got me a ps4 for krimbo, god bless her

 

Been playing Ratchet & Clank, always good fun. Gonna pick up TLOU and Uncharted 4 on my next trip into town. Any other PS exclusive recommendations?

If you like shmups and a modern take on Defender, Resogun is probably one of the best on PS4. Still playing it constantly after 3+ years (was a PS4 launch title).

 

 

Kinda reminds me of Super Stardust on the PS3. Looks great, cheers

 

Resogun and Super Stardust are made by the same team/people. I also highly recommend it. =)

Is it just me or is Afterbirth+ insanely hard to play ? I thought I was getting used to Afterbirth, tried playing with The Lost quite a few times...But since the expansion came out I did not make it past the second area. Not to mention the greedier mod - nor the challenges !

I know a balance update is supposed to come out very soon but it seems like Isaac definitely turned into a rage machine (which is a good thing btw).

Mass Effect 2 is currently free on Origin:

https://www.origin.com/irl/en-us/store/free-games/on-the-house

  On 1/5/2017 at 7:50 PM, StocKo said:

Is it just me or is Afterbirth+ insanely hard to play ? I thought I was getting used to Afterbirth, tried playing with The Lost quite a few times...But since the expansion came out I did not make it past the second area. Not to mention the greedier mod - nor the challenges !

I know a balance update is supposed to come out very soon but it seems like Isaac definitely turned into a rage machine (which is a good thing btw).

ive been getting absolutely pummeled by it. i finished one lost run, i almost sacked it off because it was a slow start, but ended up so overpowered i did 3 victory laps to see if they get harder. the new characters item seems like it would be OP as fuck, but i still havent managed to get further than moms heart yet. 

cool, I never played any Mass Effect games. Do I need to play the first one for ME2 to make sense?

btw, someone posted about replaying Dishonored a while ago.. My girlfriend mentioned it recently so I decided to check it out, despite the style not usually being my kind of thing. I'm enjoying it so far since it basically seems like a re-skinned Deus Ex, lol. 

  On 1/6/2017 at 1:00 AM, modey said:

cool, I never played any Mass Effect games. Do I need to play the first one for ME2 to make sense?

 

yeah, kinda. They are a trilogy, all linked.

  On 1/4/2017 at 10:15 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 1/4/2017 at 9:21 PM, DavieAddison said:

 

  On 1/4/2017 at 9:10 PM, omnii said:

I just finished "Hyper Light Drifter" and i really adored it. Challenging but not overwhelming, and just stunning. The music and visuals all strike a deep chord with me. The story of it's production is interesting too. I couldn't recommend this game more!

Next up for me is the Last Guardian. Shadow of the Colossus is one of my all time favorites. That fact, combined with general opinion and just finishing another game i hold in similar regard, i can't imagine i won't be underwhelmed.

 

I've wanted to pick up the Last Guardian but I have a huge backlog. You're lucky you waited because I read that they just released a patch that fixes the camera and framerate issues

 

oh shit i didn't know that. i had heard the framerate on standard ps4 was really bad.

 

I played Hyper Light Drifter on a standard PS4 and was never bothered by any frame rate issues. If they were there, they seemed so natural to the graphical style that they didn't feel noteworthy. 

Just downloaded Party Hard. 'Bout to get down with this party killing action.

  On 1/6/2017 at 1:10 AM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

  On 1/6/2017 at 1:00 AM, modey said:

cool, I never played any Mass Effect games. Do I need to play the first one for ME2 to make sense?

 

yeah, kinda. They are a trilogy, all linked.

yeh i'll agree with this.

1 is also a smidge buggy and can be a bit rough around the edges. i managed to get myself kind of locked into a particular quest where i either couldn't leave a planet or for some reason found it really difficult to leave, but going forward meant doing a boss fight that i felt under prepared for and kept dying on. was stuck in that one area for a good while and had to sort of brute force cheese my way through the fight and it damn near almost ruined the game for me.

lesson learnt? keep multiple saves cos the game is kinda rough !!

but theyre also pretty heavy story games and i would agree that 1 is required before 2. the whole series is great and well worth checking.

i'm pretty sure there's a comic or some recap thing at the start of 2 if you choose to skip 1. but ye play 1 imo xD

+1 on that, ME1 is rough around the edges for sure. Actually that's the first thing I told my gf when getting her to play the trilogy is to power through it, take it for what it is, enjoy the story, but look forward to ME2 and ME3 to be WAY more polished.

I still really enjoyed ME1 but yeah, lol.. some parts...

ye. 1 is great. but it's like recommending Curb Your Enthusiasm or some tv show when the first season is rough and not indicitive of why you like the show.

been messing about in soundstage on the vive. 

started playing witcher 3 again, it seems to have replaced skyrim as my go-to never-ending game.

  On 1/6/2017 at 4:12 AM, bitroast said:

 

  On 1/6/2017 at 1:10 AM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

  On 1/6/2017 at 1:00 AM, modey said:

cool, I never played any Mass Effect games. Do I need to play the first one for ME2 to make sense?

yeah, kinda. They are a trilogy, all linked.

 

yeh i'll agree with this.

 

1 is also a smidge buggy and can be a bit rough around the edges. i managed to get myself kind of locked into a particular quest where i either couldn't leave a planet or for some reason found it really difficult to leave, but going forward meant doing a boss fight that i felt under prepared for and kept dying on. was stuck in that one area for a good while and had to sort of brute force cheese my way through the fight and it damn near almost ruined the game for me.

 

lesson learnt? keep multiple saves cos the game is kinda rough !!

 

but theyre also pretty heavy story games and i would agree that 1 is required before 2. the whole series is great and well worth checking.

 

i'm pretty sure there's a comic or some recap thing at the start of 2 if you choose to skip 1. but ye play 1 imo xD

 

the friendly AI in ME1 was fooken rubbash. good game though.