What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

Maybe it’s just too deep and technical for you to enjoy it...

  On 2/13/2020 at 12:28 AM, Hugh Mughnus said:

Maybe it’s just too deep and technical for you to enjoy it...

I THINK they were going for an IDM aesthetic, with all the glitches and stuttering... 

The release of Pokémon Home allows for the transfer of 35 additional characters to Sword / Shield, although it seems glitchy as Hell for now:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/02/you_can_now_get_another_35_pokemon_in_sword_and_shield

Even more Doom Eternal gameplay (cute Caco deaths at 14:54)

  On 2/13/2020 at 7:06 AM, ambergonk said:

Even more Doom Eternal gameplay (cute Caco deaths at 14:54)

 

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I can’t wait! I hope it doesn’t suffer from poor optimization like so many big games lately. Doom 2016 ran well though.

Daaaaamnnnn! id software always pushing the newest graphics. looks dope.

  On 2/13/2020 at 7:19 AM, Hugh Mughnus said:

I can’t wait! I hope it doesn’t suffer from poor optimization like so many big games lately. Doom 2016 ran well though.

I'm pretty sure - but I could be wrong - they've promised 60 frames across all platforms. But not the Switch of course.

  On 2/13/2020 at 4:41 AM, Rubin Farr said:

The release of Pokémon Home allows for the transfer of 35 additional characters to Sword / Shield, although it seems glitchy as Hell for now:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/02/you_can_now_get_another_35_pokemon_in_sword_and_shield

what if that is what hell is. People expect fire and brimstone, but it's just a really bad video game that glitches out constantly.

Scourge Bringer is pretty good. Saw it on the xbox game pass (pc) and gave it a shot. Just one more roguelike, but the controls are nice and tight, the art style is great, and the loop is addicting. I suck at it though. 

Fresh progress update from the mod team behind Fallout: The Frontier; a New Vegas mega-mod that takes place in Portland. Looks like this is the closest we'll come to another Fallout game that isn't developed by Bethesda.

ESA speedrun marathon up and running. Usually a bit more of an eclectic range of games than GDQ.

VoD thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/f4zqt4/esa_winter_vod_thread_2020/

Disco Elysium is the best game I've played in 20 years. It surpassed both Fallout: New Vegas and Planescape: Torment as my favourite game of all time.

My favourite part: 

Looks like the Bioshock Collection is finally coming to Switch, one of my favorites.

  On 2/18/2020 at 2:38 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Looks like the Bioshock Collection is finally coming to Switch, one of my favorites.

Hopefully the port is better than the PS3 originals in quality

Nintendo having another Animal Crossing Direct this Thursday (tomorrow) - I bet they announce new AC Amiibo or bring back the AC Amiibo cards (Series 5)

  On 2/19/2020 at 7:39 PM, Joyrex said:

Hopefully the port is better than the PS3 originals in quality

Nintendo having another Animal Crossing Direct this Thursday (tomorrow) - I bet they announce new AC Amiibo or bring back the AC Amiibo cards (Series 5)

hopefully, Bioshock Collection is based on the remastered collection for PS4, who knows what the Switch can handle, and will it all be on the card, or multiple downloads? (like that bullshit RE4 "package")

No Man's Sky (another game I never shut up about) just got another intriguing update; organic starships. AKA Sentient Vessels, per their official designation.

As for Doom Eternal...one more month. The temptation to buy a new desktop PC in preparation is getting stronger.

My computer is ready. 
 

however, I will be waiting a week to play it as I’m away on release date. Also I want to avoid week one bugs. 

I have been playing alot of tf2 lately, I like to spend inordinate amounts of time on randomizer+x10 servers trying to complete objectives... feels like a moba on steroids.. good fun.

There is a surprising amount of people playing on these which is cool, hope the servers stay up for a long time..

Installed Warface yesterday, free to play COD clone, since we will never get a COD on Switch apparently:

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/warface-switch/

Finished Jedi: Fallen Order. Fantastic. Both surprising and a bit disappointing to hear that it sounds like they were forced to meet a deadline to release and would have preferred to let it cook longer. Surprising because what's there is a wonderful game on it's own, and an amazing Star Wars game to boot. Disappointing because there is a final layer of polish missing that would make it A+++ and one wonders how much more they could have done with a little extra time. Inevitable (one hopes) sequel = a must buy. 

Continuing to procrastinate/put off studying and general adult responsibilities by playing: 

So, basically, House of Leaves meets Remedy's gameplay formula. They totally nail the feel of the powers (which are, essentially, Force powers) in a way that I think gameplay videos don't actually do justice to. The look/feel/aesthetic are top notch. It's B+ because: although almost all of the story and aspects of the house are well done, there is some real ham-fisted shit in the main storyline. While the rest of the game does some fanstastic show don't tell, it's like they were afraid context wouldn't be enough in the main dialogue so a lot of it is unnecessarily forced exposition. And - technical shits: Long load times and infrequent but annoying stutters on Xbox One S. Remedy games always seems to have this issue so not unprepared, merely annoyed. Turning off motion blur made this 65% more playable. 

Don't get me wrong, it's great. For those who like their game worlds hallucinogenic this game delivers and I'm constantly impressed by the decisions made to build a game that is constantly introducing new and interesting elements that feel both unique and in support of a greater framework. The pleasure of

literally never gets old. There is a weight and heft to everything that is palpable, buoyed by the responsiveness of the environment. 

Ultimately, I can't wait to play this game as backwards compatible on Xbox Series X when the processing power of that box removes the technical niggles that prevent my ultimate enjoyment. They are planning multiple DLC's for the future, and plan to continue to extend the game in various ways, so I'm also stoked for the future of the franchise.

Anyone played this?  It was on Steam for years, then they finally rated it for PS4, Vita and Switch.  Except it never came out on Switch, grrr.  I'd play the shit out of this:

Open-world RPG in Early Access; nice morose tone and necrosteampunk aesthetics a la WH40k and Thief.

https://lovelyhellplace.itch.io/dread-delusion

  On 2/21/2020 at 4:15 PM, ManjuShri said:

Open-world RPG in Early Access; nice morose tone and necrosteampunk aesthetics a la WH40k and Thief.

https://lovelyhellplace.itch.io/dread-delusion

 

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Looks like a fucking PS1 game... I hope the "retro aesthetic" hasn't evolved from pixel graphics to low-poly low-res textures now...

It sure has.