What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 11/15/2017 at 4:28 AM, sweepstakes said:

 

  On 11/15/2017 at 4:25 AM, ambermonk said:

Dark Forces from 1995 was the one Star Wars game that didn't feel like a cookie cutter dev project. Lucas Arts were genuinely innovating with it in the game industry at the time. I could(n't) care less if it didn't have light sabers and Jedi powers.

That was 22 years ago, the cash printing machines are extremely well oiled now and their owners are rich and fat.

 

 

eh? the old republic games were no good? =/

  On 11/15/2017 at 5:48 AM, usagi said:

replaying Resident Evil 4 for the first time since it came out, really enjoying it. it puzzles me though that there's supposed to be a bit where Ashley wears a suit of armor but that didn't happen at all on my playthrough. maybe I missed some optional bit.

 

apart from some manky textures in some places, and some reeeally grimy low-quality cutscenes in Separate Ways (seriously looks like a puddle of brown), the HD version keeps up nicely even now. I attribute this to Japanese horror game design/aesthetics from back, including effective use of fog and rain.

IIRC you can unlock Ashley's suit of armor by completing the game on Medium. Not the sexiest apparel option, but rendering her basically invincible makes up for it. Which is nice, because having to babysit her for half of the game was RE4's greatest letdown IMHO.

 

 

  On 11/15/2017 at 6:19 AM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

  On 11/15/2017 at 4:28 AM, sweepstakes said:

 

  On 11/15/2017 at 4:25 AM, ambermonk said:

Dark Forces from 1995 was the one Star Wars game that didn't feel like a cookie cutter dev project. Lucas Arts were genuinely innovating with it in the game industry at the time. I could(n't) care less if it didn't have light sabers and Jedi powers.

That was 22 years ago, the cash printing machines are extremely well oiled now and their owners are rich and fat.

 

 

eh? the old republic games were no good? =/

 

I wouldn't know. Haven't played them.

I thought they were great. They're basically what led to the mass effect games (having been made by bioware). Almost identical mechanics. They were fairly long.

 

Basically Mass Effect but set in the star wars universe? I mean, they're kind of dated at this point in time, but at the time I really thought they were like nothing else.

Never played any of the Mass Effects either. Guess I've always been rather picky with gaming. Sometimes a game overlaps between popularity and personal appeal, and sometimes it doesn't. But either way I usually choose based on the latter.

Since finishing Wolf 2: TNC I've been playing Day R Survival on mobile exclusively. It's basically Fallout in Russia in an alternate 1990s. And you can explore the whole country. It's all text and pictures though; no animations except for player cursor on the map.
I'm taking on the steepest quest in the game right now, trying to gather a shitload of materials to help some dude build a nuclear-powered strip mine dump truck. Just now got done delivering the last nuclear reactor part from Chernobyl, but still have a ways to go in order to complete the grocery list. Plus I need a bunch of materials to build a steel forge just to produce all the steel required for this behemoth.

Edited November 15, 2017 by ambermonk

Beat the final Chalice stuff in Bloodborne. It was pretty garbage but the last boss was cool. Should've put her in the main game instead of hiding her away like that.

  On 11/15/2017 at 10:30 PM, Friendly Foil said:

Beat the final Chalice stuff in Bloodborne. It was pretty garbage but the last boss was cool. Should've put her in the main game instead of hiding her away like that.

I liked that they did some really cool/difficult/unique bosses in the chalice dungeons, really made them worth visiting imo. I liked running the chalices more than most people though so my opinion is maybe skewed against the norm.

still holding out for a PC port someday.

  On 11/13/2017 at 11:55 AM, WeAreOceans said:

 

  On 11/13/2017 at 6:33 AM, Rubin Farr said:

is anyone getting Rocket League for Switch? Cross platform play will be cool, just wondering if there will be a sustained player base for an older game, warranting the purchase.

Can you link accounts across platforms? ie get all your stats tracked and cosmetic stuff on any platform you buy it on?

Don't think so ! I bought it yesterday and the game immediately created my profile based on my Switch account. You also can only create lobbies with your Switch friends (for now at least).

But it's a BLAST to play it on handheld mode !!

LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 is great fun, and features a ton of obscure characters, so great for Marvel fans.

free Ruiner DLC is out.

Bomberman R on Switch for a healthy helping of free DLC as well.

  On 11/14/2017 at 12:43 PM, WeAreOceans said:

Imagine if this amount of energy and outrage was poured into literally anything else

Best comment I've read in all this mess

https://m.imgur.com/a/N2Ue9

 

Garbage won't embed. Nothing ever works but the click is worth it.

Edited November 18, 2017 by Friendly Foil

  On 11/18/2017 at 2:02 PM, Friendly Foil said:

always there 4 my fellow gamers

Edited November 18, 2017 by span

by definition

Reddit has the power to make a change. It can change whether or not your point score is a plus or a minus.

 

Also, you know these people will play it anyway. They have no willpower to resist, and EA knows this.

lol. I played game today.

so EA has suspended micro transactions entirely in BF2 for now.

 

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-11-17-ea-suspends-micro-transactions-in-star-wars-battlefront-ii-hours-before-game-launch

^ good!

 

i played a few hours of shovel knight on the switch yesterday and still had 57 % battery left when i quit

 

#winning

  On 11/18/2017 at 2:46 AM, usagi said:

free Ruiner DLC is out.

 

I've been stuck on the base game for ages. Some fight with constant ninjas dropping in. Been a while since a game has kicked my ass so hard. Might have to revert to normal mode like a loser.

 

Same with XCOM 2 actually, decided to finally give it a go and I'm finding it brutal.

  On 11/19/2017 at 2:54 PM, WeAreOceans said:

 

  On 11/18/2017 at 2:46 AM, usagi said:

free Ruiner DLC is out.

 

I've been stuck on the base game for ages. Some fight with constant ninjas dropping in. Been a while since a game has kicked my ass so hard. Might have to revert to normal mode like a loser.

 

shield bash!

 

I was just replaying the sewer level with the rats in Mother Russia Bleeds and as I pressed O repeatedly to try and grab someone, I accidentally grabbed a rat that was jumping at me out of midair and threw it at an enemy. I lol'd. lots of nice little design features in this game.

got sucked into destiny 2 on pc

which is like the diablo 3 of shooters

simple but fun, with the added skinner box of gear unlocking

Biggest let down of Destiny 2's loot system is all gear is static, unfortunately. You can change the odd thing like sights or barrel but all options are pre-set. Once you've got a specific gun, there's no reason to chase it for a better roll.

  On 11/19/2017 at 5:35 PM, WeAreOceans said:

Biggest let down of Destiny 2's loot system is all gear is static, unfortunately. You can change the odd thing like sights or barrel but all options are pre-set. Once you've got a specific gun, there's no reason to chase it for a better roll.

 

Agreed. I have a feeling the expansion packs are going to add more than in D1 though. I think upgrading the weapons (including better use of the weapon mods etc) might be coming? Even still, disappointing that it's like that at launch.

 

I don't have many complaints though, I bought it for multiplayer (competitive mostly) and enjoying it thoroughly. I do wish the "guided" PVE stuff wasn't so buggy though. 

  On 11/19/2017 at 4:39 PM, usagi said:

 

  On 11/19/2017 at 2:54 PM, WeAreOceans said:

 

  On 11/18/2017 at 2:46 AM, usagi said:

free Ruiner DLC is out.

 

I've been stuck on the base game for ages. Some fight with constant ninjas dropping in. Been a while since a game has kicked my ass so hard. Might have to revert to normal mode like a loser.

 

shield bash!

 

I was just replaying the sewer level with the rats in Mother Russia Bleeds and as I pressed O repeatedly to try and grab someone, I accidentally grabbed a rat that was jumping at me out of midair and threw it at an enemy. I lol'd. lots of nice little design features in this game.