What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 8/31/2017 at 1:56 AM, Audioblysk said:

Perfect Dark. Trying to sample the horrible voice samples they make when they die. Found my 64 and all my old games last month when my parents moved out of the house I grew up in. It's been awesome getting all nostalgic. 

 

"I'M DYING?!"

Fuckkkkkk meeeeeeeee

No More Heroes 3 for Switch

  On 8/31/2017 at 12:48 AM, Nebraska said:

 

whoa! what kind of asshole move is this?

I don't find it that much of a dick move? 

Except for this:

"WARNING: Use of this reproduction game cartridge (the “Product”) on the SNES gaming hardware may cause the SNES console to overheat or catch fire. The SNES hardware is deemed a vintage collectible, so please exercise extreme caution when using the Product and make sure there is fire extinguishment equipment nearby. Use of the Product is at the sole risk of the user. "

Street Fighter 2 is on the SNES Classic, so maybe they're targeting players that couldn't get one?

oh shit so No More Heroes 3 is actually kinda maybe definitely happening! i never got to play the 2nd but the 1st is an amazing gem of a game.

"I should really make more room for more productive self-developing type activities in my life"

*5 mins later sees Witcher sales on Steam*

Absolver looks like it could be fun or terrible, but I don't have $30 to blow on it now anyway so maybe down the road when they improve some of the flaws that get brought up in every review I've seen.

I finally beat the final boss in the Dark Souls 3 Ringed City DLC, it took me far longer than it should've. Been playing a bit of this and that elsewhere in the game but I'm afraid to get back into PVP because I was never great at it and I'm way out of practice for it now.

Picked back up Hyper Light Drifter tonight and played for almost an hour, just trying to remind myself how the game works and where everything is on the map I've already found, etc. The obtuseness of the presentation of the game is endearing when you're heavily invested in it, but fucking hell is it not the sort of game you can just pick back up after months away. It really is gorgeous all around, the presentation of graphics, music, and general atmosphere is really perfect.

Absolver is fun. The 1v1 duels need a level matching system though. I was destroying lvl 3 players as a lvl 19 and I was getting destroyed by lvl 31 players.

It has a Dark Souls vibe to it, but not as soul crushingly difficult. I tried to get into Dark Souls a number of times but I couldn't stand the repetitious nature of it. Repetitious because I'm terrible at it. Absolver has a gradual learning curve in being a kick ass martial artist I can get into.

^I definitely heard the matching called out in various reviews. Getting wrecked by someone who's higher level or with high-level-weapons isn't unheard of in Dark Souls but always seemed to me a minor scar and just sort of part of the punishment of the game. In Absolver I can see it being a real issue not matching opponents better because it's truly focused on PVP, whereas that was just an aspect of DS. The fighting in Absolver really does seem interesting and unique, though, and I'm curious what other things the devs have in line for it. All the reviews mention that they're planning continuing free upgrades to the game, so if they really expand things beyond just more fight club modes or whatever then it could get interesting quickly.

Are the weapons any good paranerd? I know they're not the focus of the fighting but I've seen little about them, I get the impression they're nothing special?

I've purposely avoided dealing with weapons at this point to focus on simply getting better at fighting, so I don't know much about them. You can pick up weapons you come across, but I don't have the impression they give an advantage unless you learn how to fight with them.

There's a balance of being strong or being fast, how heavy your armor is, being good at defensive parrying against people who spam combos, knowing when to take a hit to let the opponent drain their stamina for a counter, when to dodge, knowing what attack is best in the particular stance you're in, etc etc. When paired with someone of equal caliber and lvl, it really feels like a fair and balanced combat system. And learning how to be defensive instead of button mashing rewards you by learning new moves faster to then have more options in building your combat deck.

I see, that was sort of the impression I had on the weapons. And thanks for that description, that's a bit more detailed and indicative of the player experience than what I was hearing in most or all reviews. Definitely sounds like it could be up my alley 

  On 8/31/2017 at 3:49 AM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

  On 8/31/2017 at 12:48 AM, Nebraska said:

 

whoa! what kind of asshole move is this?

 

I don't find it that much of a dick move? 

 

Except for this:

 

"WARNING: Use of this reproduction game cartridge (the “Product”) on the SNES gaming hardware may cause the SNES console to overheat or catch fire. The SNES hardware is deemed a vintage collectible, so please exercise extreme caution when using the Product and make sure there is fire extinguishment equipment nearby. Use of the Product is at the sole risk of the user. "

 

yeah, and for $100. couldn't they have made it $20 since it's most likely to set your house on fire?

  On 8/31/2017 at 11:49 AM, usagi said:

"I should really make more room for more productive self-developing type activities in my life"

 

*5 mins later sees Witcher sales on Steam*

lol. QFT

Everybody's Golf on PS4... it's another Hot Shots Golf, basically. Don't like the new Mii-esque character models. Can't figure out what took them so long to make this game.

BUT

It's Everybody's Golf, and is fun as hell.

  On 8/31/2017 at 7:39 PM, Joyrex said:

Everybody's Golf on PS4... it's another Hot Shots Golf, basically. Don't like the new Mii-esque character models. Can't figure out what took them so long to make this game.

 

BUT

 

It's Everybody's Golf, and is fun as hell.

finally dried off, eh?

  On 8/31/2017 at 6:21 PM, Nebraska said:

 

  On 8/31/2017 at 3:49 AM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

  On 8/31/2017 at 12:48 AM, Nebraska said:

 

whoa! what kind of asshole move is this?

 

I don't find it that much of a dick move? 

 

Except for this:

 

"WARNING: Use of this reproduction game cartridge (the “Product”) on the SNES gaming hardware may cause the SNES console to overheat or catch fire. The SNES hardware is deemed a vintage collectible, so please exercise extreme caution when using the Product and make sure there is fire extinguishment equipment nearby. Use of the Product is at the sole risk of the user. "

 

 

yeah, and for $100. couldn't they have made it $20 since it's most likely to set your house on fire?

 

lol for setting your house on fire it should be free I suppose.

  On 8/31/2017 at 10:01 PM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

  On 8/31/2017 at 6:21 PM, Nebraska said:

 

  On 8/31/2017 at 3:49 AM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

  On 8/31/2017 at 12:48 AM, Nebraska said:

 

whoa! what kind of asshole move is this?

 

I don't find it that much of a dick move? 

 

Except for this:

 

"WARNING: Use of this reproduction game cartridge (the “Product”) on the SNES gaming hardware may cause the SNES console to overheat or catch fire. The SNES hardware is deemed a vintage collectible, so please exercise extreme caution when using the Product and make sure there is fire extinguishment equipment nearby. Use of the Product is at the sole risk of the user. "

 

 

yeah, and for $100. couldn't they have made it $20 since it's most likely to set your house on fire?

 

lol for setting your house on fire it should be free I suppose.

 

bring back the StephenG alias.

  On 8/31/2017 at 7:56 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 8/31/2017 at 7:39 PM, Joyrex said:

Everybody's Golf on PS4... it's another Hot Shots Golf, basically. Don't like the new Mii-esque character models. Can't figure out what took them so long to make this game.

 

BUT

 

It's Everybody's Golf, and is fun as hell.

finally dried off, eh?

 

Never got wet, actually - where we live, we didn't get any flooding - some pooling of water, main exterior roads a bit inundated (but not passable), but came out of it unscathed. Very lucky compared to most.

The new Uncharted was very good. It had baby elephants!!

Received my copy of NieR. Once I've finished Hollow Knight--which might take a while--gonna plunge into it with relish. So many good games, all in a row. I feel spoilt!

  On 8/31/2017 at 11:38 PM, NorthernFusion said:

 

 

bring back the StephenG alias.

 

Did I do something bad? =(

np AC: black flag. Way better than the last AC I played (revelations).

Also patiently waiting for the Grim Dawn expansion. gimme gimme gimme!

grim dawn is good then? im looking for something after thoroughly enjoying divinity:original sin. 

Grim Fandango nikka

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grim dawn is good then? im looking for something after thoroughly enjoying divinity:original sin.

it's a lot like Diablo 2. much less story/RPG than original sin (great game indeed), though the story that is there works well imo