What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 4/27/2018 at 4:09 PM, autopilot said:

Counting down the days to Dark Souls Remastered.

str is easy mode. roll dex

hmm...

an actual cool forum feature would be to give you a warning when you're responding to the last post on a page

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  On 4/27/2018 at 5:07 PM, auxien said:

 

  On 4/27/2018 at 4:09 PM, autopilot said:

Counting down the days to Dark Souls Remastered.  Still haven't beaten 3... getting my ass handed to me in Irithyll.

Looking forward to playing the remaster at some point too...just may wait til it's on sale in a few months though. Everyone's saying good things about the remaster's quality so that's great.

 

Irithyll wasn't too bad, but definitely has a few stretches that are treacherous. What kind of build are you playing?

 

I have a few builds but the one I got the furthest in (to Irithyll) is a dex sword & shield build.  I have an "easy mode" pyromancer build that I play on when I just want to have fun and not cry, but only made it to the Cathedral of the Deep with that one.

  On 4/27/2018 at 5:11 PM, Squee said:

So I've received my PS4... I've hooked it up... I've bought Shadows of the Colossus... and I have no fucking desire to play anything.

Yup. Every time.

Ah, damn, dex should do you well enough there. Not sure what's tripping you up but of course the old method of run past everything until you make it to the next bonfire then backtrack is an option :) Ranged weapons helped me there, just a decent bow to trigger individuals or wear them down from far away at some of the mob areas. A fun area all around though imo. PVP was pretty hype there, could always get a friendly to help you through if you're just sick of it :P

played some frostpunk. very moody and atmospheric, nice artwork, writing and design. but gameplay wise, in the shadow of rimworld it seems very shallow and lacking replayability, it's all very linear and doesn't allow the player to entertain different play styles. the interface is also pretty bad and was probably the main reason i ditched it, you simply have a hard time getting the information you need to manage shit efficiently.

  On 3/20/2018 at 12:24 PM, mcbpete said:

I’d say ….. it depends! I can definitely see people finding the whole thing a soulless slog, but for me the atmosphere of it that has kept me going for the 8+ hours (still have a chapter or two to go).

 

It’s *very* English, tonally it feels like if Threads crossed over with The Archers, but as a child of the 80s growing up and wandering around the same quaint village/towns for much of my life it had an instant emotional connection. It’s a huge step up from The Chinese Room’s previous Dear Ester, but definitely similar in tone – So if you played that and it did little for you then you may find this title lacking as well.

Just chiming in to say I finally got around to finishing this (Everybody's Gone to the Rapture) last night and absolutely loved it. Beautiful game too, I could explore those environments forever.

Was initially a bit fucked off to discover the lack of manual save (I lost 2hrs of gameplay early on) but then worked out significant events triggered the autosave, so I accommodated my sessions around that.

Didn't want to open another thread for that but anybody here grabbed Korg Gadget on Switch? I'd love to collaborate with some WATMMers on tracks over the web!

  On 4/25/2018 at 1:27 PM, cloud capture said:

 

  On 4/24/2018 at 3:51 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/24/2018 at 12:20 AM, cloud capture said:

I'm so close to spending $60 on god of war

Get it on Amazon Prime for 48.00

 

  On 4/24/2018 at 3:44 AM, ghOsty said:

Boo bought me the God of War edition PS4 Pro for my bday, should be here next week, can't wait!

That's awesome!

 

hi Joyrex, do you have a link for that, I'm currently using a free month trial of Prime, but can't find the deal.

 

Should be available to Prime members 20 days prior and 20 after release (the preorder price, 20% off) - are you in the US or UK? Might not apply to UK residents.

Newegg I think currently has it for that price too

  On 4/29/2018 at 4:02 PM, StocKo said:

Didn't want to open another thread for that but anybody here grabbed Korg Gadget on Switch? I'd love to collaborate with some WATMMers on tracks over the web!

i saw it recently but the review seemed to gripe about the fact that there was no cloud backup/export feature. didn't realize you could do remote collabs. i'm interested in it if it's possible.

looked it up on the korg site and didn't see anything about any easy way to collab remotely. demo videos is all pretty vague. supposedly the only way to export audio is to record from the line out -_-

  On 4/30/2018 at 3:50 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 4/29/2018 at 4:02 PM, StocKo said:

Didn't want to open another thread for that but anybody here grabbed Korg Gadget on Switch? I'd love to collaborate with some WATMMers on tracks over the web!

i saw it recently but the review seemed to gripe about the fact that there was no cloud backup/export feature. didn't realize you could do remote collabs. i'm interested in it if it's possible.

looked it up on the korg site and didn't see anything about any easy way to collab remotely. demo videos is all pretty vague. supposedly the only way to export audio is to record from the line out -_-

 

Yeah looks like I misread the info on their website. You can work on a song on a split-screen mode up to 4 players, and you can also send/receive song files from a Switch to another (which could be a way to collab on a track, although I don't know if you can really send tracks where you want or if it's just some local emission which would be rather shitty).

However I really like that software despite all its limitations. It's exactly what I wanted it to be : a self-contained virtual studio within my Switch. It doesn't sound that bad and it's quite fun imho !

EDIT : and yeah you can only record the line out audio, which sucks but I assume this is more Nintendo's fault and I don't expect it to be fixed !

I got an SNES classic recently, so I've been playing all the games I grew up with - mostly Link to the Past, Final Fantasy III and Secret of Mana.

Ikaruga out on Switch 4 weeks today, aww yiss

https://youtu.be/V8b2N-ONlqQ

  On 5/1/2018 at 7:36 PM, jasondonervan said:

Ikaruga out on Switch 4 weeks today, aww yiss

 

https://youtu.be/V8b2N-ONlqQ

finally got s++ on lvl 1 and 2 earlier this year (a+ on final), something i kept procrastinating to seriosuly try for the last ~15 years... now i srsly need a break before tackling 3 and 4 which are even lotsa fucks harder... this fucking game man. so beautiful tho...

  On 5/1/2018 at 7:51 PM, jaderpansen said:

 

  On 5/1/2018 at 7:36 PM, jasondonervan said:

Ikaruga out on Switch 4 weeks today, aww yiss

 

https://youtu.be/V8b2N-ONlqQ

 

finally got s++ on lvl 1 and 2 earlier this year (a+ on final), something i kept procrastinating to seriosuly try for the last ~15 years... now i srsly need a break before tackling 3 and 4 which are even lotsa fucks harder... this fucking game man. so beautiful tho...

 

I mostly left it behind during the Dreamcast days, despite grabbing on PC. I'll gladly triple dip for some sweet portable TATE action. My problem is I never sit down and devote myself to a single shmup for scoring or 1CC action, too much of a scenster, gotta be into all the oldies at once, hah. Had plans to dig deep into Muchi Muchi Pork soon, but with portable Ikaruga around the corner, I might have to see what I can do there instead.

devotion is the right word... according to my steam hours it took me approx. 40 hours just to get lvl 2 down, the same fucking 4 minutes over and over. at first i thought if i got the order in which enemies appear memorized the rest would come naturally (which took quite a while in itself... those fucking jet fighters in the beginning...) ... it didn't. i think half of that time was for the final jumps from s to s+ and s++ alone. this game does not fuck around. cuphead was a breeze in comparison in which i got every achievement in like 20 hours (didn't try to s all bosses tho).

enjoy :)

edit: dreamcast <3.

The EU release date I was concerned about.  No more it seems.

I'll dip into this provided it's not at a ridiculous eshop price.

  On 5/2/2018 at 7:50 AM, NorthernFusion said:

The EU release date I was concerned about.  No more it seems.

 

I'll dip into this provided it's not at a ridiculous eshop price.

$14.99 in America monies.

I guess the Switch came out during my time away from here, the passage of time is kinda sobering... anyways, I've loved it since launch day. Some great games and moments, and perfect for throwing on a quick game of Splatoon 2, Puyo Puyo Tetris, ARMS or MK8D... gives me that 'arcade at home feel' I fondly remember having with the Dreamcast. The fact that it's also steadily becoming a home for a bunch of classic shmups makes it even better!

Got me some of those sweet-ass red joy-cons out of Japan (I think you can only get them in Odyssey hardware bundles in US/EU, not available separately), makes Switchy look so classy I feel like I should address if formally whenever I play it... "Hello Mr. Switch, what a fine day we're having!"

I really want new color joycons because I bought the grey bundle (no choice) but I can't justify paying so much extra money and I can't see myself ever having 4 person multiplayer

finished replaying Bioshock Infinite. what a game.

yeah, the ending of bioshock infinite was incredible. are they making more bioshocks, any news on that? must have been over 5 years since infinite now. 

  On 5/5/2018 at 4:55 PM, messiaen said:

yeah, the ending of bioshock infinite was incredible. are they making more bioshocks, any news on that? must have been over 5 years since infinite now. 

There were some news... well, unofficial news not long ago. It's weird though, because with the way Infinite ends they kinda wrap the whole BioShock universe up nicely.

But here are some rumours...

https://www.pcgamer.com/a-new-bioshock-game-is-reportedly-in-the-works-at-a-top-secret-2k-studio/

there were rumours in April that one of the 2K Studios might be working on a new game in the series but Ken Levine definitely isn't attached as he's moved on. so, dunno, can't see how it'd have the real soul of the series or the depth of storytelling and ideas that Levine usually brings.

Infinite is such a big fuck-you to standard video game expectations. it really turned the tables on what the average player expected from a story-driven FPS, in multiple ways.

It was brilliant. The core gameplay got a tiny bit boring near the end, but I loved it.