So did anybody buy this thing or not?
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 25 November 2013 06:27 (ten years ago) link
There's a ps4 now?
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Monday, 25 November 2013 06:29 (ten years ago) link
i know, right?
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 25 November 2013 06:31 (ten years ago) link
lotta years in the console cycle to have to deal w/the terrible touchpad
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:48 (ten years ago) link
it's not bad tho
co-worker came in today and told me she got the PS4 with BF4 and AC4 and spent this weekend playing it. i felt ashamed of myself
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 04:40 (ten years ago) link
kinda weird if PS4 doesn't play the brand-new GTA right??
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 21:24 (ten years ago) link
at least they got one thing right, then
― deX! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
"hi i have a brand-new 'next-gen' CD player that won't play Rihanna's last record"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
"hi whats a CD"
― am0n, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 22:02 (ten years ago) link
Also it doesn't play cd's
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
*yet
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link
"hi my 'next-gen' iPod plays only mp5s"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link
just "bought" Resogun and Contrast for free via PS+ but have no PS4 to play them on. eeeeeeeeeeeh.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
the price of digital PS4 games are pretty lol, can't imagine there will be many takers in the UK for Madden at £59.99 in the coming weeks
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 00:27 (ten years ago) link
zappi that reminds me of when I "bought" Persona 4 only to release that I needed a PSP to play it. :(
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 00:43 (ten years ago) link
knack is somehow like the least appealing game ever to me
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 00:47 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nowgamer.com/features/2176331/ps4_how_to_buy_us_digital_psn_games.html
any euros have any experience of this?
would much rather buy FIFA for $50 than £55 (COME ON) but don't want it to not work or have Sony vengefully cancel my Playstation
― random accies memories (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/08/12/upcoming-ps4-system-update-to-v2-00-to-add-share-play-youtube-and-more-to-come/
Interesting - basically Share Play is the old network tunneling / Hamachi / LAN simulation to allow local multiplayer-only over the internet.
― Nhex, Monday, 18 August 2014 15:13 (nine years ago) link
Actually, even better - only one person has to actually own the game. They're probably using the Gaikai/PSNow tech.
― Nhex, Monday, 18 August 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link
didn't this thing sell like 7 million units? And none to ILXors apparently?
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 August 2014 17:28 (nine years ago) link
waiting for Bloodborne
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 18 August 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
^^^ this
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 18 August 2014 17:36 (nine years ago) link
we're old and have backlogshonestly, waiting for a few franchises to push me over, like Batman and MKX
― Nhex, Monday, 18 August 2014 17:49 (nine years ago) link
witcher 3 and ac:paris might push me in early b4 bludbourne
― am0n, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
There are a couple of ilxors - myself included - think it's that neither PS4 or XboxOne has reached critical mass enough (nor has enough exclusives), so the only chatter seems to be on 'The upcoming console generation' thread.
― CraigG, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
I bought one. It's currently languishing in the guest bedroom until a game comes out for it that I want to play.
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
WE GOT A BOURGIE HERE PEOPLE
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
but uh how do you like it?
I like the interface more than the PS3 interface and things are definitely pretty on it, it's just that there are very few games out for it that I want to play
might try to squeeze in some Injustice time before my MIL shows up and takes over that room
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
DJP I suggest getting Towerfall and 4 controllers if you want to have friends over to use your PS4.
― heck (silby), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
I wish this thread title had playstation or sony in it.
― polyphonic, Friday, 12 September 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
http://lovephoenix.typepad.jp/photos/rock/the_knackget_the_knack.jpg
― am0n, Friday, 12 September 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
i added some of you dudes on psn. i'm josephcotten. invites welcome.
― polyphonic, Friday, 12 September 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link
I decided to take the plunge on one of these things; the lack of backwards compatability REALLY blows since I have a ton of old games that I still want to play, but between the good games that are out for it now, all the PS4 games I've already banked using PS+, and the fact that my old PS3 was getting too loud to use as a blu-ray player any more I said fuck it.
I can't quite dive into it full-on just yet since I'm going to swap out the stock HD for a 2 TB drive tonight and I didn't want to install everything twice (Destiny took HOURS to install last night ffs), but the little bit of tooling around that I've done with it so far has been really impressive. the new Dualshocks in particular are just a treat to use, although I had to get 2 just because the charge drains so fast (still better than the Wii U Gamepad, though). the Gold headset is p slick too - it's obviously the least of all the sets of headphones I own, but it's comfortable enough for me to wear it down until the battery dies, sounds good enough that I can turn off my speakers during gametime, and includes a built-in mic for chat & voice commands (which would be a lot cooler if I hadn't seen how much slicker the Xbone's voice stuff is).
anyway feel free to add my PSN ID (trdn89) if you need folks with whom to play.
― a duiving caTCH, a stuolllen bayeeeess (jamescobo), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
added you. no mic btw
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
why no mic?
― a duiving caTCH, a stuolllen bayeeeess (jamescobo), Thursday, 25 September 2014 07:35 (nine years ago) link
waiting for kojima/del toro penned silent hill. 2016!
― imago all the sheeple (missingNO), Thursday, 25 September 2014 14:29 (nine years ago) link
i try to avoid headphones whenever possible to avoid further damage to my stupid ears
― polyphonic, Thursday, 25 September 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
the charge on the pads drains so quickly you need more than one pad? how quickly are we talking here, like minutes?
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Thursday, 25 September 2014 23:20 (nine years ago) link
I think I typically get a few hours, but the cable provided is like 30cm, so you can't charge-while-you-play unless you're parked in front of the TV. Also, what typically happens to me is that I've charged it, played for a couple of hours, watched some Netflix. Next day I go to play and after 5mins it says it's dead.
― CraigG, Friday, 26 September 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the battery life on the DS4 is terrible. If you've got an outlet near where you play, though, you can plug a microUSB cable into any USB charger and play and charge at the same time.
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 26 September 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
the better part of twenty years they've been making these controllers and they keep finding ways to make them more expensive and worse
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
The charge on mine is fine and this is probably the best controller I've used so ymmv
― polyphonic, Friday, 26 September 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
Shoot. I was hoping for this next year. Have they confirmed it'll be a PS4 exclusive? Would hope, like most of the other games in the series, it'd come out on the 360/xbone, too.
Speaking of SH, this SH book looks pretty good. Can anyone confirm?
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
the DS4 is way better than 3 in every way except for battery life which is bad enough to cancel out all the improvements
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 26 September 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
might as well just never unplug it
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 26 September 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
so apparently this is the first gaming console i have ever owned
― gbx, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 22:27 (nine years ago) link
welcome to the cool person club
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link
is this what it's like
― gbx, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 22:39 (nine years ago) link
i broke down and got one. now i just need to buy knack
― am0n, Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:02 (nine years ago) link
PS+
in the month of November we’ll have The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Steamworld Dig on PS4, Frozen Synapse Prime and Luftrausers on PS3, and The Hungry Horde and Escape Plan on PS Vita.
In December, we’re excited to add Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition and Secret Ponchos to PS4’s IGC lineup. As one of the biggest fighting games, Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition is the first AAA Blu-ray title to join the Instant Game Collection for PS4, and we think you’ll really enjoy playing it since DRIVECLUB PS Plus Edition is not available yet. For January’s PS4 lineup, we’re adding the hit games inFAMOUS First Light and The Swapper for PS4.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
phasing out ps3 there
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
yeah, definitely. i may break on PS4 if there's a good enough deal on Black Friday, but nothing's jumping out at me yet
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
Injustice and inFAMOUS sound like good additions for new system buyers
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
I still haven't played Binding of Isaac so I'm excited for that one.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
inFAMOUS sucks, don't get it. Redbox it at best.
― antexit, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
It'll be free in January anyway!
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
I'm playing inFamous at the moment, and I think it's ok, but I'm glad to hear it's only about 10 hours long cos it's starting to get fairly tedious, and I've just cleared the top 'island'. Don't know that I could face the expansion, but nice to see a couple of non-Indies coming up for PS4.
― CraigG, Thursday, 6 November 2014 10:49 (nine years ago) link
I might have messed up my experience by my normal videogame compulsion to level up as much as possible before doing too many story missions. I found by the time I got all the powers there was nothing more to interest me in the game. Also I cannot fucking STAND your character, a 90's-style "whatever man" 'tude dude that you're forced to endure through umpteen unskippable cutscenes.
― antexit, Thursday, 6 November 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
Titan Attacks is free with Plus. It's fun, get it.
― polyphonic, Saturday, 13 December 2014 05:49 (nine years ago) link
i enjoyed it for about an hour. Got past the first four bosses then let it go; didn't feel like wasted time. Pseudo RPG space invaders with upgraded gen attackers past each level; I imagine by level 10 you're in bullet hell mode.
― a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 13 December 2014 05:51 (nine years ago) link
There's a current deal at Target - you can get a Black Friday bundle for $340 ($60 off) w/Last of US HD and GTA V, in addition to a free $20 PSN card (and from what I hear, an ADDITIONAL $10 PSN card as well w/the included games). Really tempting me... I think I'm gonna go to the store after work to agonize over the cardboard box.
― Nhex, Thursday, 18 December 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
Considering I have probably over 100 games in my 360/PS3/3DS backlog this is a bad idea. BUT THE DEAL.
― Nhex, Thursday, 18 December 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
can't play knack w/out a ps4
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
I broke. They were out of GTAV/TLOS bundles, but I got one with the Pick One digital download instead (one of Destiny, Far Cry 4, NBA 2K15, Little Big Planet 3). Huzzah!
― Nhex, Friday, 19 December 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
which download did you go for?
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 19 December 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
Not sure yet if I'm gonna pull the trigger or just sell the card on eBay. Leaning towards FC4 if I do pick
― Nhex, Friday, 19 December 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
fc4 is fun, I'm playing it now. if you've played fc3 it's very similar - fixes a lot of the problems of that game but somehow I'm not enjoying it as much so far.
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 19 December 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
Also I cannot fucking STAND your character, a 90's-style "whatever man" 'tude dude that you're forced to endure through umpteen unskippable cutscenes.― antexit, Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:25 AM
lol him and the brother suck. still had fun playing it, the mechanics are pretty tight (excluding the lame banksy graffiti shit). liked it enough to grab first light which i'll prob like more since the neon stuff was the best part and she's a much more tolerable main char
― wwhy shrek is piss (am0n), Monday, 22 December 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
FYI, a bunch of PS4 launch titles are on sale at Best Buy this week for $20 - Infamous: Second Son, Knack, Killzone: Shadow Fall. May bite.
― Nhex, Monday, 5 January 2015 05:44 (nine years ago) link
I think Second Son is free on PS+ this month.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 5 January 2015 07:47 (nine years ago) link
I think it's the Infamous dlc/expansion thing that's free on PS+ - First Light.
― CraigG, Monday, 5 January 2015 11:14 (nine years ago) link
ah - that makes sense.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 5 January 2015 15:48 (nine years ago) link
it's expandalone, right? still would rather play the main title first, but i don't think you need it
― Nhex, Monday, 5 January 2015 16:00 (nine years ago) link
I believe so.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 5 January 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link
only one post on ILX to date mentions driveclub and then it's still only a C&P of a press release.
― ||||||||, Saturday, 17 January 2015 11:39 (nine years ago) link
I just picked it up (in Hong Kong, for about half the price) and I'm enjoying it so far in a stripped down Gran Turismo kind of way. Haven't got onto much of the social stuff, partly since I don't know anyone else with it. I haven't tested out whether the disastrous online problems have been fixed yet either.
― Iain Mew (if), Saturday, 17 January 2015 12:07 (nine years ago) link
gawping at the rain physics on the windscreen is worth the price of admission alone.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd6WreymP_c
― ||||||||, Saturday, 17 January 2015 12:43 (nine years ago) link
i've got it. looks truly amazing but it feels pretty restrictive and dull compared to forza horizon 2, which I bought a couple of weeks before and is the most fun I've ever had with a driving game. the online component seemed to be working fine every time I've played but fuck a multiplayer imo
― bizarro gazzara, Saturday, 17 January 2015 12:43 (nine years ago) link
Super Mega Baseball, dudes
Best baseball game since Ken Griffey SNES
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
Active PlayStation Network Accountholders:
If you participated in the PSN “Welcome Back” program that followed the restoration of PSN service on May 15, 2011, you can get one of these three benefits: • One free game for your PS3 or PSP (see the Claim Form for the games you can select), or• Three free PS3 themes (see the Claim Form for the themes you can select), or • One free subscription to PlayStation Plus online services for 3 months (this option is available only if you are not already a PlayStation Plus subscriber).
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Up to $10 million ($4 million for “Welcome Back” Participants, and $6 million for “Welcome Back” Non-Participants) in these benefits will be available (calculated at $9 per valid claim for one benefit or $18 for valid claims for two benefits) until the total available amounts have been reached. If your claim is received after the $10 million cap has been reached, you can get a free subscription to PlayStation Plus online services for one month instead (whether or not you are already a PlayStation Plus subscriber). In addition, if you paid other companies for certain media services (specifically, Netflix or Hulu Plus) that you could not access through the PSN while the PSN was temporarily offline from April 20, 2011 through May 14, 2011 (the “PSN Offline Period”), you can get:
• Three free PS3 themes (see the Claim Form for the themes you may select), or • A free subscription to PlayStation Plus online services for 3 months (this option is available only if you are not already a PlayStation Plus subscriber). You must provide documentation in the form of credit card or other payment receipts or statements that you paid Netflix or Hulu Plus for media services during the PSN Offline Period that you could have accessed through the PSN but for the outage. You are not eligible for this benefit if you received a credit or reimbursement offsetting your payment, and you must also certify that you did not access those media services during the PSN Offline Period through some other means, such as by streaming media through internet-connected computers or ordering it on disc through the mail. Up to $1 million in benefits for such claims will be available (calculated at $9 per valid claim).
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 January 2015 15:52 (nine years ago) link
(see the Claim Form for the games you can select)
knack?
― am0n, Friday, 23 January 2015 21:05 (nine years ago) link
no ps4 games apparently!dead nation, infamous, LBP, stardust HD, rain, puppeteer, "invizimals", god of war hd and a pile of PSP games
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 January 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
quick heads-up: if you buy the dying light season pass for $20 from gamestop.com at the moment you'll end up with a code for the full game. whoops.
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 12:30 (nine years ago) link
is this the first open world zombie game of 2015
― am0n, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
ok, fine, a friend sent me a Groupon for the Last of Us bundle and i pulled the trigger.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 16 February 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
https://31.media.tumblr.com/48cf9d44566efe012fa4641c23602c3f/tumblr_inline_n2xdshoOCC1sp6ods.gif
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 16 February 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
theres gonna be a bloodborne bundle supposedly
― ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ (am0n), Monday, 16 February 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link
noooo, i checked for that and it looked like europe-only.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 16 February 2015 22:17 (nine years ago) link
eu doesn't deserve it, na made demons souls a hit
― ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ (am0n), Monday, 16 February 2015 22:22 (nine years ago) link
that would probably sell me on the system
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 February 2015 00:48 (nine years ago) link
Bloodborne is the only reason I'm buying it, so their little plan worked.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 February 2015 01:57 (nine years ago) link
lol @ the order reviews
― ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ (am0n), Thursday, 19 February 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link
nice to see the gaming press doing their job for a change
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 19 February 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link
any partic good ones?
― king of ilx's ice hockey/soccer venn intersection (Will M.), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:14 (nine years ago) link
ppl calling it 'do not order: 2015'
― ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ (am0n), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:21 (nine years ago) link
the "Ready At Dawn, finish by lunch" joke got me
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
Ok I've got one of these now, for a crazy low price thanks to a friend moving to Japan and selling all his stuff off. So far it's a Destiny prettifier, but there's a ton of games I've acquired via PS+ over recent months which I've mostly not really heard of. Any recommendations amongst that stuff?
― JimD, Saturday, 21 February 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
"that stuff" meaning Contrat, Don't Starve, Outlast, Mercenary Kings, Stick it to the man, Pixeljunk Shooter, Trine 2, Doki Doki Universe, Strider, Towerfall Ascension, Road Not Taken, Sportsfriends, Velocity 2X, Dust: An Elysian Tale, Pix the Cat, Escape Plan, Steamworld Dig, Secret Ponchos, Titan Attacks, The Swapper, Infamous First Light, Apotheon, Transistor.
― JimD, Saturday, 21 February 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
there's a lot of good stuff in there, depends on what you're into. They're all worth trying out for sure, but i particularly enjoyed don't starve, strider, steamworld dig, the swapper and outlast. Infamous is worth a look as a showcase for what the ps4 can do graphically and if you've got a 3dtv trine 2 looks amazing in 3d.
― bizarro gazzara, Saturday, 21 February 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
Towerfall rules
― polyphonic, Saturday, 21 February 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
^^ run don't walk to the nearest gamestop or whatever and get 4 controllers and play lots of Towerfall
― stately, plump buck angel (silby), Saturday, 21 February 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
that's $180.00 for 3 controllers :(
― Nhex, Sunday, 22 February 2015 01:25 (nine years ago) link
divided by the 180 hours of delight playing Towerfall with your friends will give you it's not too bad.
― stately, plump buck angel (silby), Sunday, 22 February 2015 01:43 (nine years ago) link
smh
― Nhex, Sunday, 22 February 2015 01:52 (nine years ago) link
Thankfully, I don't have 3 friends. Going to pick up a second pad today though for Injustice and spit screen Garden Warfare (which seems like a fun time) so I'll be able to try Towerfall x 2, at least.
― JimD, Sunday, 22 February 2015 12:55 (nine years ago) link
Outlast and Trine are also high on my todo list. But thanks for the recs, I'll give all those a go too.
― JimD, Sunday, 22 February 2015 12:57 (nine years ago) link
Vita remote play is amazing btw, surprised how well it works. Destiny in bed is a killer app.
― JimD, Sunday, 22 February 2015 12:58 (nine years ago) link
im playing the swapper right now, pretty cool platformer via cloning. limbo meets portal?
― ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ (am0n), Sunday, 1 March 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
i'm in the ps4 club now. my display name is, perplexingly, brillidotam -- add me!
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Monday, 2 March 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
ooh, The Swapper looks great, ty.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 2 March 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
i finished it in a night, its great though. claymation aesthetic, nice soundtrack, bizarre well-written story
― ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ (am0n), Monday, 2 March 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
downloaded it to play with my gf (she solves the puzzles, i push the buttons).
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link
PS+ March
Starting things off on PS4 is Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee — New ‘n’ Tasty! This side-scrolling adventure reboots the PlayStation classic with new visuals, new sound, enhanced controls, and even more dark humor than before. Also coming to the PS4 lineup is Valiant Hearts: The Great War. This colorful puzzle game carries with it a heavy subject matter, as it follows four intersecting lives (and a loyal canine companion) during the first World War.
On PS3, gamers with PS Plus can download the critically-acclaimed Papo & Yo, alongside the wit-inducing Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments. And on PS Vita, watch out for OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood and CounterSpy.These games will be available for Plus members when PlayStation Store updates later today.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
that's a pretty lousy lineup imo
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
valiant hearts is pretty terrible btw; tried it on ios
imo these things are kind of about games that aren't "awesome" but things you maybe wanna try and will maybe stick in your head?
i am pretty excited abt this lineup, valiant hearts at least seems interesting, plus olliolli looks cool so i wouldn't mind messing w/ the second one. i will probably fuck w/ counterspy too.
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
i never really played Oddworld, so i'll check that out for sure.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
last month was crazy good so i knew there'd be a come down
― Nhex, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 00:34 (nine years ago) link
i did want to try Valiant Hearts though, even if it sounds bad
I liked Valiant Hearts a lot, but I played it on PS4 so maybe there's a difference by platform, or maybe Mr Forks and I just have very different game tastes.
― salsa shark, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 07:41 (nine years ago) link
I loved the original OlliOlli but I definitely don't feel like I want to jump into a sequel yet. Accelerated iteration in indie gaming doesn't do anyone any favours tbh (see also the fact that Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is out already).
― JimD, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 15:59 (nine years ago) link
tbf i think that dev just realizes he has his 15 minutes of fame and is milking it as much as possible. FNAF came from his (unintentionally creepy) Christian shovelware!
― Nhex, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link
oddworld and valiant hearts look interesting. i didn't see papo & yo on the ps3 store but maybe it got added later?
― ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ (am0n), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
gave up on valiant hearts. oddworld is fun.
― Infostealer.Steamfishi (am0n), Tuesday, 10 March 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
Olli Olli 2 is a must ... Tony Hawk meets Trials? Yes please.
Counterspy is more my style than Oddworld so far. Both are well worth the price of free.
Valiant Hearts is pretty strange, but oddly addictive? Very easy, but some fun puzzle wrinkles. The ugly art style had me wondering if Behemoth were involved but I guess not.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 10 March 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
it was a little too easy and couldn't stand the art style
― Infostealer.Steamfishi (am0n), Tuesday, 10 March 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/upcoming-ps4-update-finally-let-players-reconfigur-216512
Version 2.50 of the PS4 system software will finally let players configure controls however they want, for any game. In other words, if you want your circle button to mean “jump” and your L1 button to mean “slide,” you can make that happen, even if the game’s creator didn’t want you to.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 12 March 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
IN YOUR FACE, GAME CREATORS
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 12 March 2015 23:19 (nine years ago) link
you can make that happen, even if the game’s creator didn’t want you to even if the game's creator didn't have the budget to create a wholly customizable control scheme architecture and instead chose to spend that money on making a video game.
...but seriously: this seems like a bit of a pain in the ass, since it sounds like you're telling the ENTIRE PS4 that "x now means triangle and r1 now means l1", not like "oh here's my helldivers profile where i move reload to square instead of stupid r1"
― GGGOAT: greatest goat game of all time (Will M.), Thursday, 12 March 2015 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Weeaboos and Tim Rogers will use this feature to swap Circle and X back to their rightful roles presumably
― stately, plump buck angel (silby), Friday, 13 March 2015 00:18 (nine years ago) link
i will use this to invert the Y-axis on games that inexplicably don't offer that option (looking your way telltale games)
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Friday, 13 March 2015 00:30 (nine years ago) link
Might not be an option if it was just designed for accessibility.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 13 March 2015 01:09 (nine years ago) link
Finally hooked this thing up. What is this REAL NAME crap
― Nhex, Saturday, 21 March 2015 02:39 (nine years ago) link
goddammit bloodborne, so mad that you made me get this stupid thing
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 March 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
things i will be trying shortly: transistor, Rogue Legacy, Outlast, Road Not Taken, Towerfall Ascension, Secret Ponchos, Injustice, Infamous First Light
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 March 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
Crazy deal right now on Amazon - $400 gets you a PS4, Bloodborne, a digital copy of The Last of Us Remastered, and a $20 GChttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UZGQ3G4/That said I bet this is a precursor to a new model coming out soon
― Nhex, Saturday, 28 March 2015 16:16 (nine years ago) link
sons of bitches put that up LITERALLY the day after i bought mine.
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 March 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
MLB The Show 15 looks amazing on the PS4
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link
oh shit that came out yesterday!!! i completely forgot. know what i'll be doing tonight.
― GGGOAT: greatest goat game of all time (Will M.), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link
have they patched the loading times in Bloodborne yet
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Thursday, 2 April 2015 07:25 (eight years ago) link
isn't going to get fixed for a while but tbh it is really not that bad
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 2 April 2015 12:15 (eight years ago) link
play knack in meantime
― am0n, Thursday, 2 April 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/240548/The_game_is_the_boss_A_Resogun_postmortem.phpthis looks great, i should be playing it shouldn't i
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 9 April 2015 04:12 (eight years ago) link
it's pretty good! i was terrible at it but i enjoyed it despite having no real idea of what was going on.
since i played it last they've added an editor you can use to create your own ships so maybe i should go back and create the cock-and-balls-shaped death machine i've always dreamed of
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 9 April 2015 09:16 (eight years ago) link
A PS4 Thread: Because You Really Do Have to Play Super Mega Baseball
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Thursday, 16 April 2015 23:38 (eight years ago) link
I have only had it for a day or so and I can already tell that I will probably play it forever; too bad there's not a Vita version so that I can play on the road though
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Thursday, 16 April 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link
FINALLY someone else got it
― polyphonic, Thursday, 16 April 2015 23:59 (eight years ago) link
May:
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship EditionEther OneThe Unfinished SwanRace the SunHohokum
...I'm excited to take Hohokum for a spin
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 22:32 (eight years ago) link
I got a ps4 and haven't touched it in months ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
srsly tho wha happen
― gbx, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 22:47 (eight years ago) link
More than anything I've been using it to watch baseball.
The console version of the mlb.tv app is so good.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 23:27 (eight years ago) link
get bloodborne it is the best
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 30 April 2015 08:47 (eight years ago) link
I can't play Bloodborne until I've played Demon's Souls. And then Dark Souls I and II.
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 April 2015 08:54 (eight years ago) link
see you in 3yrs then!
Important petition: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/From_Software_Bring_Demons_Souls_to_the_PS4/?pv=8
― Keith Moom (Neil S), Thursday, 30 April 2015 08:55 (eight years ago) link
i would buy a ps4 demon's souls in a heartbeat
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 30 April 2015 09:00 (eight years ago) link
I haven't played my PS4 very much but Resogun rules super hard
― DJP, Thursday, 30 April 2015 13:38 (eight years ago) link
My love/hate griping for Mortal Kombat X currently in full effect
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 April 2015 14:45 (eight years ago) link
Has everyone bought Super Mega Baseball yet or am I just going to have to throw you all in a sack and heave it into the river
It is GOTY rn and nothing else is particularly close imo
― a duiving caTCH, a stuolllen bayeeeess (jamescobo), Thursday, 21 May 2015 07:02 (eight years ago) link
It is the precise midpoint between the MLB The Show series and those old Baseball Stars 2 Neo Geo cabinets and I just love the fudge out of it
― a duiving caTCH, a stuolllen bayeeeess (jamescobo), Thursday, 21 May 2015 07:04 (eight years ago) link
available for PS3! :D
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 May 2015 07:08 (eight years ago) link
cobo it's you who's responsible for my sporadic 9 Innings addiction iirc so i have a good feeling about this one
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 May 2015 07:09 (eight years ago) link
I have that game and it is pretty fun! It does kinda feel like MLB-the-Show-lite but thats ok sometimes
― Who M the best? (Will M.), Thursday, 21 May 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link
the last thing in the world i need right now is a fiendishly complex baseball game
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 May 2015 14:33 (eight years ago) link
pS+ in june is basically MGSV: Prologue to Batshit and a lotta garbage
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 May 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
also am i being overly sensitive or is guacamelee sorta racist? because after playing it for a half hour it seems like mexicans are mostly agrarian wrestlers, chicken farmers and less interesting than the average metroidvainia inhabitants
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 May 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
nah i got that vibe too
― adam, Friday, 29 May 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
psyched about MGS Ground Zeroes, i was going to buy that anyway.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 29 May 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
a couple other coworkers have PS4s so we have been trying to play each other in various games. first we tried GTA5 and I found it too infuriating to get far enough to allow me access to the multiplayer. then fc4 went on sale over memorial day weekend so we all bought a copy; you still have to beat the whole first chapter before it lets you do co-op and apparently I am not there yet. for some reason they have no interest in getting something arcade-y and co-op-y like Towerfall Ascension or Nidhogg either.
also mic question - I'm using the headset, but I can still barely hear party chat when I'm in a game. is there anything I can do to fix this? I've already tried boosting the priority of party audio and fiddling around with sliders in the settings but I can never hear shit.
I still love Super Mega Baseball, if you love sports games from the 90s you almost certainly will too. they said they're working on a Vita version which I am praying will have the same cross save capabilities as The Show; I love those games but one of my favorite things about Super Mega is how briskly it moves.
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 04:33 (eight years ago) link
everybody's tennis is one of my fave games of all time so super mega beisbol is gonna do it for me i suspect
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:03 (eight years ago) link
ok i got it
it's good
i've gotten pretty good at it except for my fielding. the fielders move like tanks and it's hard to predict when they'll catch up to where you want them to be.
really nice pitching/catching steez, it feels quite real. nice satisfying thumps in the mitt and great catcher animations for blocking the ball and framing pitches.
colors very garish and weird on PS3, not sure why.
i've upped my Ego to 35, which feels about right
seems weird that there is no pick-off move??
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
i'm still hopeless at defence but i'm kinda killing the computer all the time
not changing my lineup ever
maybe i'm ready for The Show??
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Monday, 15 June 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link
all i want is a decent driving game
― gbx, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link
Last Guardian. Supposedly.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 01:14 (eight years ago) link
https://youtu.be/zXLZvsSmBIs
Okay, fuck, fine, I'll buy a PS4. Between this, Bloodborne and Wattam I'm more or less convinced.
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 01:32 (eight years ago) link
WTF FF7 REMAKE?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 01:48 (eight years ago) link
What? Last Guardian in 2016?Not a Hoax, Dream or Imaginary Story!?
― Nhex, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 02:05 (eight years ago) link
Man, i bought the ps-3- for last guardian, seriously
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 03:06 (eight years ago) link
also: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 03:37 (eight years ago) link
already at $1.3 million, but i'm skeptical this game can be made for only $2M. but it'll probably far exceed that goal anyways - they're clearly expecting at least 4M from the stretch goalsalso buy-in price is now $29, up $1 from Bloodstained. KS price creep!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 05:39 (eight years ago) link
most kickstarter games have other sources of funding.
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 10:07 (eight years ago) link
shenmue's reached its funding goals already
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 10:35 (eight years ago) link
...also, a lot of things they had to make from scratch in the Dreamcast games are now easily inserted with game engines now.
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 10:49 (eight years ago) link
can i do a kickstarter for beyond good and evil II?
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 12:24 (eight years ago) link
they finally released a media player app for PS4 today. does handle MKV files but seems pretty bare bones - no NTFS support, no subs, no FLAC, no way to change aspect ratio etc.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 12:26 (eight years ago) link
gee thanks sony, my ps4 is now capable of some of the things my ps3 has been able to do for nearly a decade now
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 12:30 (eight years ago) link
except neither can do subs smh
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 12:56 (eight years ago) link
sony to movie-watching hearing-impaired gamers: 'fuck you'
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 13:03 (eight years ago) link
at least the server i ran for my ps3 could transcode everything :/
― Who M the best? (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 14:59 (eight years ago) link
(which maybe allowed subs? i can't remember)
― Who M the best? (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 15:00 (eight years ago) link
yeah, that would be the way to go. i haven't tried it but I assume PS4 can at least do standard DLNA (whatever) streaming
― Nhex, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
onyl streaming option i could find before this was plex and it was of course plex premium only
like i am going to pay more money to stream my fucking files
― Who M the best? (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
all i want is a decent driving game― gbx, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 12:11 AM (17 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
driveclub!
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
oh god new Nier game made by Platinum, this is like my dream game!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
you can run plex through the PS4 browser without the need for premium. you get memory leaks if you try to use subtitles though, for some weird reason
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
oh god new Nier game made by Platinum, this is like my dream game!― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, June 16, 2015 5:23 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
shut up! trailer?
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:25 (eight years ago) link
was just on the Square livestream!!!!! i feel like all those Shenmue nerds freaking out now haha
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
here's producer Yoko Taro announcing it, what a weirdo
http://i.imgur.com/usLZ93l.png
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:29 (eight years ago) link
perfect
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
the division looks embarassingly sub-prototype bad now. firewatch looks nice.
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:32 (eight years ago) link
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Tuesday, June 16, 2015 12:23 PM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
is it any good? i just want GT7
― gbx, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 01:52 (eight years ago) link
this looks fun!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGfd1MwL-T4
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 June 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
Sony: "Backwards...compatibility...hard..."Microsoft: "Aww, well bless your little heart."
― Feeding My Whole Family With A Pack Of Taco Shells (Old Lunch), Thursday, 18 June 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link
firewatch looks cool
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Saturday, 20 June 2015 14:11 (eight years ago) link
I'm cautiously optimistic about Hellblade- the developers have a decent track record with Enslaved and the Devil May Cry reboot, and this almost looks like Valhalla Rising: The Game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPtK7xvQD2c
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 00:37 (eight years ago) link
i can't stop playing planetside 2, its very chaotic but also fun and hilarious
― am0n, Monday, 29 June 2015 03:00 (eight years ago) link
I'm very confused by the pricing for this game War Thunder:
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/addons/weapons-of-victory-wings-of-victory/cid=UP4432-CUSA00224_00-UP00420000000000
$100? for one in-game vehicle?
― polyphonic, Monday, 27 July 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
looks like six in-game vehicles, but fuck that in the eye
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 July 2015 18:56 (eight years ago) link
Nope, $100... for SIX EXP-boosting in-game vehicles! And 30 days of "Premium" account EXP boost on top of that.So no, maybe not the best use of your money, but hardly unusual for these days of F2P whale nets.
― Nhex, Monday, 27 July 2015 18:57 (eight years ago) link
a hundred dollars! for +six vehicles?
who are the ad wizards who etc.
― polyphonic, Monday, 27 July 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
F2P + Pay-2-Win competitive MMO = printing money
― Nhex, Monday, 27 July 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
I think this was the most expensive thing in the entire psn store iirc
― polyphonic, Monday, 27 July 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/07/31/vote-to-play-coming-soon-exclusively-for-ps-plus-members/
INTERESTING.
― art, Sunday, 2 August 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link
goat simulator?
― am0n, Monday, 10 August 2015 17:22 (eight years ago) link
fyi Resogun is still a ton of fun
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 10 August 2015 17:48 (eight years ago) link
agreed, Resogun is great; also worth picking up on Vita if you're the other person who bought one of those things (I think it's cross-buy anyway). I am very bad at it and always end up dying after I forget to use my bombs but it sure is a bunch of fun.
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Saturday, 15 August 2015 06:05 (eight years ago) link
as of todaY, i am the 112th greatest Resogun:Survival Mode player in the world.
― scott seward, Sunday, 16 August 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
1 billion 337 million.
― scott seward, Sunday, 16 August 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
you don't even want to know how long it took me to beat my high score...
― scott seward, Sunday, 16 August 2015 20:22 (eight years ago) link
we have been having a lot of fun with goat simulator. such a genius thing.
― scott seward, Sunday, 16 August 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link
i bought shadow of mordor game but i forgot that i kinda suck at games like that...very cool game though...
― scott seward, Sunday, 16 August 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link
i'm also like 64th in the world on resogun:demolition mode. and i don't think i will ever beat my high score. it's too high! like 200+ million.
― scott seward, Sunday, 16 August 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
wait, i lied, my demolition score is 133 million. which is still way higher than i've gotten since. and that score was quite a while ago.
i have to face facts about survival mode though. i'm a solid 1 billion player, but i'm just not enough of a gamer to take it to the next level. or not young enough. one or the other.
― scott seward, Sunday, 16 August 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link
finally got Last Of Us and jeeeeezus i am bad at stealth :-( i am sort of in awe at how wilfully difficult this thing is, and i'm only on normal mode. can imagine a fuckload of people just giving up and i'm only in the boston stages.
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 17 August 2015 09:45 (eight years ago) link
stealth only takes you so far though. from my memory there are some sections that seem stealthy at first but require shiv'ing and straight up melee/gunplay to get through?
that said, near the end there is a dreadfully hard bit in an old factory where you are surrounded by all types of clicker and runner and somehow, on hard setting, i realized i could actually stealth through the entire thing in about 12 seconds. the first time through, on normal, i tried a combo of stealth/shooting and it took me half a day to get out.
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Monday, 17 August 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link
yeah its usually pretty hard to work out the obvious way to do a situation - I went through an early part about 50 times one evening dying very quickly every time... next day i chucked two molotovs and was out.
anyway, in Lincoln now and its a bit less ballbreaking!
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 08:34 (eight years ago) link
Super Meat Boy and Broken Age for PS+ this month; I am curious to give Broken Age a spin.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 23:51 (eight years ago) link
there's not really many GAMES for this system you know? Like over a year later, it's still sparse for anything that wasn't on the last gen hardware.You got Metal Gear V, Rocket League, Bloodborne, Witcher III, GTA V, Shadow of Mordor, Arkham Knight, 20 games that are basically PS3 upgrades and um...
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link
WiiU has like three times that many interesting exclusives. it's not nice but i really wish nintendo would give up the ghost and follow sega into full time software for all consolesjust, you know, maintain the quality better.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 October 2015 00:00 (eight years ago) link
1) shenmue kickstarted 6.3 million dollars.2) you really DO need to get two joysticks: 1 to play and 1 to charge and switch out. i have run out of juice on a fully charged joystick in a single session. they are good joysticks otherwise and the extra controller sorta overrules that complaint imo.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 October 2015 00:10 (eight years ago) link
there's not really many GAMES for this system you know?
Well apart from Rocket League you're only listing AAAs and platform exclusive AAAs are never going to be common again I expect (plus you missed killzone, driveclub, infamous, LBP3, The Order, a few other biggies). PS4 still has a pretty decent smattering of B and C list stuff that's platform exclusive and decent (ok only Everybody's Gone to the Rapture springs to mind but I'm sure there's plenty of others like it). I mean I agree that it kind of feels like there's not much around but actually I think it's doing about as well as most new consoles do as they go into their 2nd christmas.
Bought the dual pad charging dock because yep, you're right, you always need one on charge and I hate having wires constantly hanging out of the front of the machine (especially when the charging pad on the end of it keeps throbbing orange) but my WIFE and CHILD keep FAILING to put the DEAD PADS back on the DOCK and GNNNNNYYYYYYYAAAAH.
― JimD, Thursday, 1 October 2015 11:58 (eight years ago) link
you missed killzone, driveclub, infamous, LBP3, The Order
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 October 2015 12:24 (eight years ago) link
Heh yeah but you know. Driveclub and LBP3 both made Edge's new top 100 games of all time list! They're wrong, but still.
In fact we should probably have a thread where we all boggle at that list, it's pretty insane.
― JimD, Thursday, 1 October 2015 12:56 (eight years ago) link
do we have an ilx ps4 username list?
― Mordy, Thursday, 1 October 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
start here: forksclovetofu
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 October 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
deleteaa
― Iain Mew (if), Thursday, 1 October 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
josephcotten
― polyphonic, Thursday, 1 October 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
someone start the ILX community then we'd have no need for a username list?
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Thursday, 1 October 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
also driveclub is incred. fuiud
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Thursday, 1 October 2015 18:55 (eight years ago) link
hang on, doing it.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 October 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
Okay, it's ILX Gamers. I just added several of you. Request and I will put you on as well.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 October 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
gonna try to join from my phone
― Nhex, Thursday, 1 October 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
can't do it yet, oh well
― Nhex, Thursday, 1 October 2015 20:03 (eight years ago) link
add me please: sp1derland
― Neil S, Thursday, 1 October 2015 20:07 (eight years ago) link
you and mordy have been invited.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:36 (eight years ago) link
my psn is mr_thoth
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 1 October 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
i hope i'm not being catfished here. adding y'all.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 October 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
hate to say it but my username is crotchwatcher
― orifex, Friday, 2 October 2015 04:04 (eight years ago) link
i am not gonna type that in
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 October 2015 04:07 (eight years ago) link
just looked at that edge list, lol at the top four all being released in the past five years and then HL2 and tetris
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 October 2015 04:09 (eight years ago) link
Super Mario Maker is #37 and i think that came out this week!
thx forks, I've joined our amazing community!
― Neil S, Friday, 2 October 2015 08:02 (eight years ago) link
yeah, cheers forks - look forward to getting crushed by an ilxor on rocket league sometime
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 2 October 2015 08:19 (eight years ago) link
joining tonight, fun times
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 2 October 2015 10:01 (eight years ago) link
I'm too new to be any good at this so it's working out okay that I have no idea what a community is.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 2 October 2015 14:27 (eight years ago) link
I only play Souls games and Netflix so would not be a very valuable community member.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 2 October 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
Communities is a totally new thing only added yesterday...basically if you go to any of the members above under Friends, you can then look at their communities, find the ILX one and join
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 2 October 2015 14:55 (eight years ago) link
despite joining the community i continue to get invitations from forks every 30 minutes. i assume it's a bug in the system and not forks compulsively sending me new invitations
― Mordy, Friday, 2 October 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
not willing to rule out option b at this early stage tbh
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 2 October 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
just sent forks a friend request, will try to joni community by wehatever method will allow me later (i guess i have to be on the console?)
― nerd shit (Will M.), Friday, 2 October 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
I'm in, I'm Jimodo.
― JimD, Saturday, 3 October 2015 10:59 (eight years ago) link
I am in; please don't be fooled by my real name (I'm from the south, so I go by my middle name)
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Monday, 5 October 2015 06:05 (eight years ago) link
psn: vrilr0
add me pls mr. forks
― all my friends are vampires (art), Monday, 5 October 2015 19:09 (eight years ago) link
friend me directly and i'll add you to the community
― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 October 2015 19:10 (eight years ago) link
add me pls antexit that's me
also if anyone's still playing diablo i need someone to send all my useless legendary gifts too. sorry that sounds so sad
― antexit, Monday, 5 October 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link
Hi guys pls add me hello
I want to play GTAO this weekend
― antexit, Friday, 23 October 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link
PS+ this week is 2nd season of walking dead, magicka 2 and this thing right here that looks fairly goodhttp://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/10/30/dragon-fin-soup-hits-ps4-ps3-ps-vita-tuesday-free-for-ps-plus/
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 November 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
everybody who wanted to be ilx community added is in, yes?
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 November 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
heya dragon fin soup. i donated to that kickstarter
― Mordy, Monday, 2 November 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
bet you feel like a sucka now!surprised they dropped TWD 2 without TWD 1 earlier - still have to get to that on my Mac to continue my choices
― Nhex, Monday, 2 November 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
Yo, everyone needs to get jack box 2. Perfect party games, can be played with phones as controllers, from the you don't know jack people. It's the best.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 00:44 (eight years ago) link
Oh wow it got a uk release, hurrah. The first one didn't (for basically no reason at all) so I didn't expect this to either.
― JimD, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 00:51 (eight years ago) link
Oh wait it turns out the first one DID come out here eventually. And now it's 50% off! So I guess I'll just buy that for now.
― JimD, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 01:08 (eight years ago) link
if someone were to get this game and stream it on twitch, up to 8 ilxors could play at once (and more in the "audience") with nothing more than an internet-capable device. this is something i would be interested in doing (although my internet connection is so spotty that i'm not sure i'd be a good streaming candidate although I am willing to try)
― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link
admittedly I don't trust ILX involvement enough to throw down $25
― Nhex, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link
i drunkenly ordered a PS4 last night, should arrive sometieme today. i bought it mainly to play fallout 4, but in the meantime i guess i'll checkout Uncharted (i haven't had a playstation since PS1 so this is actually exciting to me).
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 7 November 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
noice!
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 November 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
anyone else playing battlefront? downloading now, and just received my exclusive yearlong access to playstation + by forking over 50 bucks
― Karl Malone, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
Is it worth it? Feels like it would run out of steam after a few days.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Saturday, 21 November 2015 00:14 (eight years ago) link
i kinda got bored after 2 hours or so tbh. :( i didn't try out too many kinds of missions, though. i guess i need to level up a bit more and get new abilities, but the combat was just like
pew pew, i died!pew pew pew, i died!whoa, cool ship flying by! whoa i died!hey i killed something! pew pew, i died!etc etc"han solo has arrived" *YES* pew pew i died
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 21 November 2015 00:42 (eight years ago) link
Flash Sale
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/11/24/co-op-sale-up-to-80-off-borderlands-rocket-league-and-more/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/11/26/black-friday-deals-on-aaa-titles-blockbuster-movies-and-more/
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:31 (eight years ago) link
LOL this sums up BF quite nicely.
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:53 (eight years ago) link
I meant to go back and add that although most of the modes suck, the greatness of Walker Assault is so extreme that it makes up for the rest of the game. It is amazing
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 November 2015 01:57 (eight years ago) link
Should be a Death Star battle map tho.
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Friday, 27 November 2015 02:17 (eight years ago) link
There are several DLC packs already planned, so I'm sure it'll eventually make its way in.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 November 2015 02:36 (eight years ago) link
And although that's annoying because it means I'll have to sink more $$ into the game, the Death Star map will be so amazing
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 November 2015 02:37 (eight years ago) link
Thats how they git ya!
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Friday, 27 November 2015 03:06 (eight years ago) link
Probably a lot I'm gonna get in this sale, including USF4, The Order 1886, Wolfenstein. Don't forget to use the 10% off coupon code on the front page.Already got NBA 2K16 from Best Buy, hemming and hawing as usual over other BF store items like Destiny, Until Dawn, Diablo III, Borderlands, Evil Within. Guilty Gear Xrd & Blazblue also on sale on PSN.
― Nhex, Friday, 27 November 2015 03:14 (eight years ago) link
How do you have so much hard drive space?
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 27 November 2015 03:34 (eight years ago) link
I am down for mordor goty and witcher 3
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 November 2015 03:39 (eight years ago) link
half that stuff I mentioned is on sale in physical format at Best Buy, Gamestop, Target etc.(and also I upgraded my drive to 2TB when I got the PS4)
― Nhex, Friday, 27 November 2015 07:12 (eight years ago) link
How did you upgrade?
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 27 November 2015 21:21 (eight years ago) link
Nevermind. I looked it up. Thought there might be a Sony HDD thing I couldn't find.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 27 November 2015 21:28 (eight years ago) link
Bought a 2TB USB 3.0 drive, tore the casing open, stuck the drive in my PS4. The PS3 had the same upgrade capabilities w/internal 2.5' (laptop, thin) hard drives
xp yeah, Sony's much nicer about this stuff than MS for the past generation, though I hear now you can just straight up use USB 3.0 drives on X1?
― Nhex, Friday, 27 November 2015 21:32 (eight years ago) link
picked up witcher in the sale. controls are janky & everyone's an arsehole but enjoying it so far
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Friday, 27 November 2015 22:00 (eight years ago) link
my gamer tag (or id or whatever) is we_invent_you if anyone wants to add me and run around in star wars (walker assault mode of course). i don't use the headset but i will follow you around and try to shoot things with you.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 3 December 2015 02:44 (eight years ago) link
so I should get one of these?
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 5 December 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
funny enough I think Rogue Galaxy remastered for 1080p is likely to be the tipping point for me
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 5 December 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
I have been having a fantastic time with battlefront and fallout4. Uncharted sucks ass, though. 2 thumbs down, WAY down from me on the uncharted trilogy (the one I picked as my bundle, stupidly)
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 5 December 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
witcher 3 is a traet so far, though the controls are a littttttttle janky imo
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Saturday, 5 December 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
Ni No Kuni 2 announced hooray!
― JimD, Saturday, 5 December 2015 22:38 (eight years ago) link
I really rarely give a shit about the big announcements at major gaming / console events since they seem like they're always just about the latest FPS franchise entry or some other multiplayer twitch nonsense I'll be horrifically bad at, but the headlines coming out of the PSE today really, really make me want one. Trick would be finding time to play.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 6 December 2015 01:02 (eight years ago) link
I played Quiplash from the Jack Box party pack 2 again, this time at a party with ~15 people. Everyone was able to either play or vote in every round... this game is genius. Not even joking, threatening to take my GOTY vote from Metal Gear. Perfect party game.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
yeah i got a ps4 recently and had been wondering if i had lost the capacity to get into a game, phantom pain kinda riled me, but i am loving the witcher 3. agree about the controls though, turning the horse around can be irritating, and though the tutorials are mostly good, equipping stuff seems needlessly complicated for a while. i've had a few situations early on where i hadn't got a clue how to use a given item even though i knew i had it.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
yeah, i had been striking out on games for a while, too --- far cry 4 is kinda meh for some reason, shadows of mordor was fun but i just couldn't get into it, arkham knight was involving, and i've only a little bit of it left
genuinely loving the witcher, though, and kinda looking forward to picking my way through it all winter (i only really play a couple times a week and for a couple hours at a stretch)
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
yeah, same with me. i need something relatively easy but also engrossing enough that i'll actually bother to play it. fits the bill perfectly. really annoying having to find my way back to white orchard to level up at the moment though, i wish it had made it clear you need to do all the side missions.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 22:08 (eight years ago) link
ooh yeah -- i have avoided walk-throughs but did read something on ?kotaku that was a beginner's primer or w/e and one of the tips was "make sure you visit every single question mark in white orchard" (nb doing everything = significant armor/weapon upgrade)
based on my limited experience in the wider world, 'visiting every question mark' as a general strategy might not be similarly necessary for level progression, but it sure seems appealing for the casual gamer. which seems counter-intuitive, since i've read a number of articles that are basically like 'these open world sandbox games have gotten too long!' ...but the side-quests in the witcher are actually fun/interesting enough that i can treat them as worthwhile diversions. if i've only got an hour or two to play, it's actually easier and more entertaining to bop off on a potentially funny/poignant lil side job than it is to settle into a multi-part quest that advances the main story. i just finished what i think is the first real dungeon and afterwards i was like "welp i think it's time to just investigate some local weirdness, that took longer than I thought"
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 23:21 (eight years ago) link
also avoiding fast travel except when finishing a quest is a really great way to appreciate ~the gameworld~ and also pick off those areas of interest and mark them for return later
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 23:23 (eight years ago) link
traded in Star Wars Battlefront already. huge star wars fans, have loved some star wars games in the past, even a big FPS fan... but it was just weak. looks and sounds amazing, but gameplay is just so repetitive and there's so little content. in exchange got Alien Isolation, The Evil Within and Killzone Shadow Fall. i reckon even the last of those will be more enjoyable than battlefront
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 18 December 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
Super Mega Baseball is $4 - maybe I'll pick it up on the recommendations here.And Gradius V because I never played that in the PS2 days.
― Nhex, Monday, 28 December 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
picked up SMB, it's great fun so far but I've no idea what all the abbreviated skills, positions and special abilities mean.
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Monday, 28 December 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
got a PS4 for christmas. Haven't had a system since PS2 so this is interesting . so far getting schooled in NBA2k and just started on Witcher 3 . Haven't been able to set aside a few good hours yet.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 28 December 2015 16:22 (eight years ago) link
tonight i made it to 61st in the world on resogun:demolition mode. my highest ranking. i was stuck at 66th forever. i changed my tactics today and voila. i want to make it into the top 50. if they ever come out with a new resogun i think they'll have to put me in the loony bin.
― scott seward, Sunday, 24 January 2016 05:49 (eight years ago) link
highly recommend Life Is Strange - it is clunky and slow and i never need to hear the protagonist say "wowsers" again but it's like nothing else i've ever played and by the 4th episode it really starts figuring out how to be great - seriously on tenterhooks for the last ep, which is already loaded up and ready to go
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 24 January 2016 12:51 (eight years ago) link
by the way i'm still on a PS3 and apparently Yakuza 5 (which just came out as a PS3 exclusive??) is awesome in a great-side-quest open-worldy kind of way
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 24 January 2016 12:54 (eight years ago) link
same, tho bloodborne rather than NBA. the jet set willy difficulty level of bb really intensifies the hard work put into atmospherics. like walking across the bridge to The Cleric, produced a genuine feeling of fear and tension I don't think I've felt in a game before.
witcher iii far more relaxed obv and it's extremely enjoyable just trotting around completing side quests, tho got trapped in underground ice king quest at too low a level for ages.
I'm steering clear of resogun - scott's sad decline into rg-induced insanity a hogarthian moral progress for our times.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 24 January 2016 14:24 (eight years ago) link
the jet set willy difficulty level of bb
lol otm
― Butt here is always time for the John Mayer Trio or Sting. (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 25 January 2016 10:32 (eight years ago) link
Just picked up The Last of Us to start during the snowstorm. What an amazing game! I had really no idea what to expect but I’m blown away.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 25 January 2016 15:32 (eight years ago) link
Just picked up The Last of Us to start during the snowstorm. (...) I’m blown away.
and the game's pretty good too badum pshh someone update excelsior i've made a joke
― Will v. Maim (Will M.), Monday, 25 January 2016 15:33 (eight years ago) link
lol
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 25 January 2016 15:34 (eight years ago) link
jealous of anyone playing Last Of Us for 1st time
i played the whole thing again on hard; considering one last time on "insane" or whatever the extreme difficulty is
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 January 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
i finished Life Is Strange by the way and the last episode while far too short is easily on par with anything Kojima has done as a meta joke on videogames and videogame playing - i have probably never played anything quite as weirdly unsettling as it
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 January 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
played it for the first time last year and i agree it's wonderful. also loved the dlc. xp
― Mordy, Monday, 25 January 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
in one of the most straightforward moments of Life Is Strange Ep 5 your character has the choice of saying "eat shit and die" by pressing circle, or "fuck off" by pressing square
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 January 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
heh, i gotta buy that!
― Nhex, Monday, 25 January 2016 16:18 (eight years ago) link
I tihnk you should all wait until you've sent in your 2015 ballots for best games to play it, but PSA: The Witness comes out tomorrow apparently!
― Will v. Maim (Will M.), Monday, 25 January 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
boooooooooo @ Sony for deactivating cross-save functionality on old Vita versions of MLB: The Show; being able to continue my RTTS characters & Franchise teams on the road was such a glorious thing
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 08:34 (eight years ago) link
PS Plus freebies for Feburary:
Grid Autosport, PS3Helldivers: Democracy Strikes Back , PS4, PS3, PS VitaLemmings Touch, PS VitaNom Nom Galaxy, PS4Nova-111, PS VitaPersona 4 Arena Ultimax, PS3
Always been curious about Helldivers (will it actually be a good version of Magicka?) and am super happy about P4AU, came close to buying that many times.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
helldivers is excellent. great couch co-op game.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:34 (eight years ago) link
being new to the latest generations of consoles what the fuck is this error code shit - ce-34878-0 that keeps popping up? how do i fix ?
i've done the database rebuild and even initialized but it seems to be a short term fix
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link
might want to consider doing a fresh install. If that doesn't work, send it in.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
should i have any expectations of CS being anything less than terrible to deal with?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link
I mean... they'll make you do a bunch of stuff before they send you a box but eventually they'll send you a box if stuff doesn't work. Definitely want to set aside some time for it.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:49 (eight years ago) link
a box to mail your system in, i mean
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
that they will bother to send you a box at all puts them ahead of both CS departments IMO
― Nhex, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:53 (eight years ago) link
If my experiences with PSN customer service are any indication, you can probably expect an interaction with someone in possession of at least a third-grader's cognition and reading comprehension.
― Chortles And Guffaws (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:53 (eight years ago) link
holy shit the witness.
these puzzles haunt my dreams
― art, Friday, 29 January 2016 04:34 (eight years ago) link
also picked up divinity: original sin, never heard about it before but it is pretty cool, and super hard. if you are into SRPGs it would probably interest you. very good mechanics and lots of care/thought invested in the story thus far
― art, Friday, 29 January 2016 04:35 (eight years ago) link
the witness last week, next week firewatch (really been looking forward to that one!), Gravity Rush Remastered should be good, Far Cry Primal also interesting. Good time to own a PS4.
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 21:10 (eight years ago) link
can't wait for firewatch. looks great
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 21:14 (eight years ago) link
upgraded my Harddrive to a 2TB and after the reload everything working great.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 21:47 (eight years ago) link
Helldivers looks like it might be fun - on this month's free PS+ games list
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 21:51 (eight years ago) link
how the fuck do you guys hear about these games
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 23:03 (eight years ago) link
I read hip gaming blogs like Gamespot
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 23:05 (eight years ago) link
industry insider here
i keep up on all of the information from industry events such as e3, tokyo game show, pax prime and pax east
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 23:11 (eight years ago) link
ok, now i know, thank you
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 23:24 (eight years ago) link
in all seriousness tho i have no idea how i found firewatch, it may actually ahve been an e3 trailer? but the second i saw the little 60 second teaser i knew i had to play it.
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 23:29 (eight years ago) link
i saw it on twitter
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 23:57 (eight years ago) link
i saw it a while ago, idk where, but it looks pretty good!
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 01:32 (eight years ago) link
probably be tied up with SFV and maybe that new Naruto game this month, but def. interested in Gravity Rush Remastered. weirdly Amazon-exclusive
― Nhex, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 03:17 (eight years ago) link
anyone else playing the witness? i'm downloading it right now
― Karl Malone, Friday, 5 February 2016 00:46 (eight years ago) link
how far are you, art? (or, how far art thou? sorry)
aaaand i'm hooked. enjoying this a lot so far.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 5 February 2016 01:35 (eight years ago) link
surprisingly amazing sound design in some areas, too. early example: after you get to the first kind of canyony/deserty type of passageway and then do the puzzle that involves a doubled path that's mirrored vertically, it opens the door to this crazy boathouse with 8 different colored vases, and as you near each one, you get a different drone that harmonize with each other, so you can stand between different ones and get different harmonies that also sound nice layered over the wave and wind noises.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 5 February 2016 01:42 (eight years ago) link
dude yes this game is amazing. i would guess im perhaps halfway through. unfortunately i just got rocket league so this is going down for a few
― art, Friday, 5 February 2016 03:21 (eight years ago) link
i feel like i suck really bad at the witness, but maybe it's just normal to have to skip a decent amount of puzzles at first and come back to them later?
i am obsessed with rocket league as well. if you (or anyone else) ever want to party ps4 style i am we_invent_you
― Karl Malone, Friday, 5 February 2016 03:29 (eight years ago) link
nah man it is so open you can easily end up at the wrong step in a sequence or find a panel that was deliberately set in the wrong area (as far as what you know how to do) so backtracking is definitely expected
― art, Friday, 5 February 2016 03:41 (eight years ago) link
explore the space
― art, Friday, 5 February 2016 03:42 (eight years ago) link
Nuclear Throne is pretty great in a Smash TV kind of way
― Gaz upon my works ye mighty, and despair (Neil S), Friday, 5 February 2016 07:34 (eight years ago) link
how does the witness compare to talos principle
― am0n, Friday, 5 February 2016 16:11 (eight years ago) link
firewatch bad. like a poorly executed gone home. fake open world forest corridors.
― adam, Thursday, 11 February 2016 03:51 (eight years ago) link
its weird how all these games, on this thread, are pc games
sad about firewatch though, i kinda liked the sound of it
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Thursday, 11 February 2016 03:53 (eight years ago) link
me too man! i "pre-loaded" it and everything. i love the idea of a forest ranger open-wander type game with some non-murderous narrative. don't want to ~spoil~ anything for ppl that care about ~spoilers~ but i'll say it's way more linear and directed than the trailers imply.
― adam, Thursday, 11 February 2016 04:18 (eight years ago) link
can you maybe ~spoil~ it for me to satisfy my curiosity, since i am unlikely to actually play it
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Thursday, 11 February 2016 04:19 (eight years ago) link
Im liking it so far. The dialogue is the high point after 2 days
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Thursday, 11 February 2016 05:26 (eight years ago) link
When you start it, turn off "show location on map", you have to actually orienteer a little bit. It's cool man I like it
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Thursday, 11 February 2016 05:29 (eight years ago) link
i read a good review of firewatch that made it sound interesting. so it's crap?
has anyone played "the disappearance of ethan carter"?
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Thursday, 11 February 2016 09:16 (eight years ago) link
I played that, think I repped for it in last year's p+c? It's beautiful, not a huge amount of game there but I loved the environment enough to more than make up for that.
― JimD, Thursday, 11 February 2016 09:47 (eight years ago) link
firewatch is not crap, adam is a bum who hates neat things
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Thursday, 11 February 2016 15:44 (eight years ago) link
i beat it last night btw... one sitting... if short length bothers you, this will bother you. probably 4 hours. worth it imo though. it's beautiful and the writing is fantastic and the score is p much perfect and the plot is enough to drive you forward inasmuch as i started it at 11pm last night (i worked OT... got home late) intending to play for an hour and then stayed up to 3am to beat it.
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Thursday, 11 February 2016 15:49 (eight years ago) link
i'm not sure how you'd expect "open-wander type game" from those trailers! those trailers screamed linear experience to me, maybe that's why i wasn't disappointed?
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Thursday, 11 February 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
i kind of want a mod version where you have to keep watch for years of gametime on end, and then after around 500-600 hours of gameplay a small fire breaks out, you tell the person on your walkie talkie, a fire crew arrives and easily puts it out
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 11 February 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
then it's back to reading the second part of the hunger games trilogy yet again, the only book available in the game to read
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 11 February 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
Just out of curiosity, what are the PS4 exclusives y'all feel have made the system worthwhile thus far? I'd intended to resist the pull to upgrade and milk my PS3 for as long as humanly possible, but there have actually been very few PS4 releases that I'm all that jealous about.
― maybe my clam is just more toxic (Old Lunch), Thursday, 11 February 2016 15:57 (eight years ago) link
i don't mind the short playtime, i actually prefer that at my advanced age. i just didn't enjoy the gameplay and found the characters/plot/setup to be bad. also the structure (not the content) of the narrative "twist" is EXACTLY THE SAME as in gone home. which is a better game.
― adam, Thursday, 11 February 2016 16:03 (eight years ago) link
erp looks like my PS4 is dead, refuses to boot up & crashes in safe mode. gonna try and change the hard drive & reinstall before i give up :/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 11 February 2016 17:37 (eight years ago) link
xxp bloodborne is the only exclusive i can think of at the moment (multi-plat is the wave of the future) and that having been said it is sufficiently valuable to me to rationalize a ps4 purchase; however, ymmv
― art, Thursday, 11 February 2016 17:40 (eight years ago) link
Okay, cool. I'm like an hour and a half into Demon's Souls still so I'll probably stick with my expected PS4 purchase sometime after 2020.
― maybe my clam is just more toxic (Old Lunch), Thursday, 11 February 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link
seems like there's still pretty substantial overlap b/t ps4 and ps3 generations (which is kind of crazy tbh) and i could be missing some exclusives but if u haven't been through DeS and DaS then i'd say u still have work to do last gen
― art, Thursday, 11 February 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link
I still have a ton of work to do. I'm honestly trying to figure out how to keep my PS3 viable for the next decade+ (I'm assuming, for example, that PSN will stop supporting previous gen at some point and that I'll need to figure out what to do with my massive backlog of digital games before that happens).
― maybe my clam is just more toxic (Old Lunch), Thursday, 11 February 2016 18:25 (eight years ago) link
i'm in the same boat. Yakuza 5 = PS3 exclusive!! though at this point i'd almost fork over the PS4 purchase price just to get rid of the Singstar homescreen.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 February 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
― ulysses, Thursday, 11 February 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link
MGS V is available for PS3 so I'm not sweating that one. In all honesty, Just Cause 3 is the one that has me the most worked up.
― maybe my clam is just more toxic (Old Lunch), Thursday, 11 February 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
Just out of curiosity, what are the PS4 exclusives y'all feel have made the system worthwhile thus far?
EDF 4.1
The PS3 does have EDF4 but imo the update is that much better.
― chihuahuau, Thursday, 11 February 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link
same can prob be said about MGSV. not a +0.1 but having played ground zeroes on ps3 and ps4, i gotta say ps4 was better
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Thursday, 11 February 2016 21:58 (eight years ago) link
The PS4 operating system is reason enough to upgrade imo unless you already have an xbone
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 11 February 2016 22:33 (eight years ago) link
I would get a PS4 for Bloodborne if I had a spare $400 laying around.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 12 February 2016 03:02 (eight years ago) link
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this is my favorite thing on ilx in months
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Friday, 12 February 2016 04:07 (eight years ago) link
would your mod have "catching fire" puns
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 12 February 2016 05:04 (eight years ago) link
I am among you
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Sunday, 14 February 2016 20:57 (eight years ago) link
:)
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Sunday, 14 February 2016 20:58 (eight years ago) link
I has 4PS too now.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:01 (eight years ago) link
wilkommen
― Nhex, Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:01 (eight years ago) link
My PS4 revived after putting in a new hard drive. Phew. Lost PT though :/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:13 (eight years ago) link
Gbx be my pal on the playststions (the rest of you too). I'm probably still "nnnnnggggghhhhh" I think? Maybe jjjusten?
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Monday, 15 February 2016 04:18 (eight years ago) link
we_invent_you
― Karl Malone, Monday, 15 February 2016 04:29 (eight years ago) link
i'm not sure if i can? do i need a monthly subscription or something?
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 15 February 2016 13:34 (eight years ago) link
There's probably not a good answer to this but how loud is the ps4 fan? The fan on my ps3 is super loud and it's annoying when I'm trying to watch a movie.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Saturday, 20 February 2016 17:37 (eight years ago) link
the ps3 fan was ridiculous, i've never heard my ps4 sound anything like that
― adam, Saturday, 20 February 2016 17:59 (eight years ago) link
the only other modern console i've had was the xbox 360. the ps4 is much more quiet than the 360. i haven't really noticed it
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 20 February 2016 18:00 (eight years ago) link
they're making a knack 2!ps4 is a quieter fan.
― ulysses, Saturday, 20 February 2016 18:03 (eight years ago) link
Actually I think I'm ilxnnnggghhhxli because lol at me and it wasn't taken.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 21:53 (eight years ago) link
yeah you're the worst ;)
― Nhex, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 00:33 (eight years ago) link
the PS4 exclusive nobody itt is mentioning is The Show, second-best baseball game in the universe behind Super Mega. I will sorely miss the ability to pick up the action on my Vita, but the mainline game is just an incredible translation of the aesthetics of sports into something interactive. I wish somebody would make a pro wrestling game with the same attention to detail.
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 03:34 (eight years ago) link
also v much looking forward to the new Odin Sphere
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 03:44 (eight years ago) link
I wish somebody would make a pro wrestling game with the same attention to detail.
PS1 New Japan Pro Wrestling... 4eva!!!!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 10:38 (eight years ago) link
sooo... after a debate about getting a gaming pc set up or buying a ps4 where i settled on neither, a ps4 is coming my way after an impulse buy
i'm hankering for a batman game, do i get the version that's bundled with the season pass, or is the game by itself fine?
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
did you play the original arkham? pretty sure that's the best of the three.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 20:18 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, but this is PS4 thread :)
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 20:18 (eight years ago) link
dig. if you like the arkham games and you wanna be batman, i would strongly recommend you just get Metal Gear Solid V.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 20:20 (eight years ago) link
how many hours of cinematics does it begin with?
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 20:22 (eight years ago) link
Significant reduction in cinematic length/frequency in 5, though the opening sequence before you get to the meat of the game is obnoxiously long. Great game!
― circa1916, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
Phantom Pain is on "sale" (i.e. cheaper than usual but still not exactly cheap) this week on PSN.
― Lisa Welchel's Madcap Macrame Adventure for Windows 2000 (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
i kvetched through the first hour and a half of MGSV; there's interminable cinematics and nonsense tutorials. But the instant you finally are on the horse and put in the sandbox, holy shit it is amazing. Maybe my fave game of the year.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
i hear there's some sort of post modern meta swing or two coming later in the game (i punked out about the 30th mission or so and got into Witcher 3 and am about to switcheroo back) but oh boy the basic story is dumb as hell.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 20:33 (eight years ago) link
you have to look at the story as a kind of pointillism i think
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 22:39 (eight years ago) link
i've been thinking about getting MGS5 but i've never played a metal gear game and the plot sounds so stupid
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 23:11 (eight years ago) link
the stupidity is part and parcel of the beauty of Metal GEAR
― Nhex, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 23:41 (eight years ago) link
i was about to talk about mgsv again
i don't think i need to tho
just search for my posts, about 50% of them at this point are probably about how great mgs is
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 23:55 (eight years ago) link
I never finished the last PS3 one because uhh I started it later at night, watched the hour of exposition, realized I really should restart because I was botching it so bad (tired), and couldn't deal with having to watch all that again
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 02:05 (eight years ago) link
thankfully they are not in any chronological order so I can jump into MGS V?
really loved the first couple games
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 02:06 (eight years ago) link
yeah, you don't need to know anything about lore tbh. i'm sure it helps but i know fuck all about anything since MGS3 and it was fine. Psycho Mantis is in it, it might help to know who that is.
― ulysses, Thursday, 25 February 2016 03:03 (eight years ago) link
a major annoyance iirc
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 03:16 (eight years ago) link
he knows if you like castlevania and he's on fire and floaty
― ulysses, Thursday, 25 February 2016 03:17 (eight years ago) link
I'm only going to have one PS4 controller, is that going to be a problem? Can't plug it into a second slot :)
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 03:19 (eight years ago) link
I figured out how to tweak the settings and circumvent that difficulty on the Vita re:MGS1 so I'm sure there must be a way on the PS4.
― Lisa Welchel's Madcap Macrame Adventure for Windows 2000 (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 February 2016 03:22 (eight years ago) link
(I was frankly shocked that the Sony corporation was forward-thinking enough to allow users to switch controller numbers on a handheld that obviously has, y'know, just the one controller.)
― Lisa Welchel's Madcap Macrame Adventure for Windows 2000 (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 February 2016 03:25 (eight years ago) link
To answer the original question, the Arkham Knight season pass has some fun fan service stuff in there but there's already tons to do in the core game, so I'd probably avoid paying full price for it, it's due to start going on sale pretty soon anyway I expect (new content stopped being added to it in December I think?).
― JimD, Thursday, 25 February 2016 08:03 (eight years ago) link
yep... i think general opinion of the Arkham DLC was one of disappointment. on another note, hubba hubba for this Uncharted trailer graphics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh5HV4iic1Y
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 25 February 2016 10:36 (eight years ago) link
looks so cool! just finished the the first three that came bundled with my ps4
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 25 February 2016 14:01 (eight years ago) link
arkham knight was such a bitter disappointment - those interminable fucking batmobile sequences killed it for me
if you like the arkham games and you wanna be batman, i would strongly recommend you just get Metal Gear Solid V.
super-otm
― Butt here is always time for the John Mayer Trio or Sting. (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 February 2016 14:05 (eight years ago) link
PS4 arrives tomorrow. Goodbye, weekend.
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 14:58 (eight years ago) link
you probably need a second controller. the battery life on these is terrible and the sad answer there is that you want to have one charging while you play so you can swap out when your gamepad dies.
― ulysses, Thursday, 25 February 2016 14:58 (eight years ago) link
I know it's not very well-received, but the deal I got includes the Star Wars shooty game. Does anyone here play that?
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 15:02 (eight years ago) link
do people really do this? when mine gets low on battery i just plug it in to a standard USB charger and keep playing while it's connected
― Butt here is always time for the John Mayer Trio or Sting. (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 February 2016 15:08 (eight years ago) link
couch is too far away from the machine in my house but god bless if it works for you!
― ulysses, Thursday, 25 February 2016 15:26 (eight years ago) link
battlefront is sort of fun for a little while, some of the modes are cool, but hopefully it's a box copy bc you might wanna trade it in (...he said, not having traded in a game for years)
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Thursday, 25 February 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link
hah, no, I think it's a bundled download code
I am getting that phone-controlled BB-8 droid, though. If the PS4 is a great disappointment, I'll always have that.
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 15:45 (eight years ago) link
you don't need to plug your controller into the ps4 to charge it! all you need is any usb charger (from your kindle/iphone/android/novelty mug warmer/whatever) and somewhere to plug it in
― Butt here is always time for the John Mayer Trio or Sting. (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 February 2016 15:47 (eight years ago) link
yeah, i just ain't big on having strings on it really.
― ulysses, Thursday, 25 February 2016 15:47 (eight years ago) link
I have a couple usb battery pack things and have used those for random charging devices. Should work for the PS4 controller if it'll charge an iPad, I'd think.
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 15:47 (eight years ago) link
obvious solution is to wear a utility belt 90s comic style with a half dozen usb charger packs
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 15:48 (eight years ago) link
like batman
the bat is short for battery
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Thursday, 25 February 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
should I play Ground Zeroes before The Phantom Pain y/n
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link
ground zeroes is great and will prep you for phantom pain (exact same controls) PLUS you can completely skip the cinemas! So i say yes.
― ulysses, Thursday, 25 February 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
if you do play GZ first then TPP report back bc i am jealous that you get to play GZ then you don't need ot WAIT IN AGONY for TPP to finally come out like i did
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Thursday, 25 February 2016 20:04 (eight years ago) link
looks like ground zeroes has no online sale, i'll either scramble to find it locally or wait if deciding to do them in order
playstation network has phantom pain for $30 heck yeah
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 20:07 (eight years ago) link
ground zeroes was free with ps+ (which you should get immediately) otherwise, i would recommend just getting phantom pain straight up.again: until you are riding a horse in the desert, you are in the tutorial which is dopey. Wait until after you've finished your first mission to levy judgment.
― ulysses, Thursday, 25 February 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
until you are riding a horse in the desert, you are in the tutorial which is dopey.
The same is true for real life
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 25 February 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
I have PS+! It's $20 now.
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 20:55 (eight years ago) link
wellllll the thing with ps+ is that you have access to anything you've "bought" from the moment you've subscribed and not the stuff that WAS free. so i think you missed that one.
― ulysses, Thursday, 25 February 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link
yeah, I am a subscriber, but I didn't pay attention and "buy" everything for all platforms during that time, woe is me
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 25 February 2016 21:38 (eight years ago) link
i thought the intro was amazing personally and also totally in the spirit of the craziness of the older Metal Gear Solid games. MGSV is the perfect open world game and this is the perfect tutorial. the player is learning how to walk, crawl, sneak, etc. alongside the character. one of MGSV's main themes is the merging of player and character experience and the tutorial is both a way to introduce the new gameplay mechanics and let Kojima go hog-wild with this Del Toro-and-horror-films-(and anime of course) inspired intro. i love the direction and the dark humor.
to those that don't like the intro, what was it about it that you didn't like? all modern open world games have to have a linear/intro/tutorial mission, Kojima is doing so in his cinematic style. i thought the scene where you learn you have lost your arm was very moving. the scene with the doctor putting up x-rays and explaining that you have 108 pieces of bone and metal embedded in you was also amazing. perhaps this has to do with my own medical history, i have had many operations, and i think i can relate to the idea of a phantom pain. this game definitely captures that.
Ground Zeroes was incredible, and still is the height of Metal Gear Solid imo. it is the most polished, at least, being a smaller area, with some better animations, more compact level design, and a higher guard count. TPP is such a huge area(s) and Konami cut off the budget before they could really polish it to that level. just the introduction to GZ, the seamless single-camera continuous shot, the staging of all the guards and choreography of vehicles, the lighting is so much more impressive than most of TPP. i say play both, and if you start with TPP then you will have a very cool and meaningful experience playing GZ after you finish the game. let's just say plotwise and thematically the two really are parts one and two of the 5th Metal Gear Solid. i played GZ when it came out and beat TPP twice before going back to try GZ and it was still very surprising how i felt after being in TPP's world for so long.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 26 February 2016 06:31 (eight years ago) link
spoilers!!
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 26 February 2016 14:35 (eight years ago) link
the intro/tutorial was great, really intense. also i replayed gz and noticed the a.i. isn't nearly as good as tpp. like in gz i slowly crawled away from a guard like 10 ft in front of him while he scratched his head trying and said "huh?" and then lost his interest minutes later
― am0n, Friday, 26 February 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
tbf that's me as a guard. there's gotta be a few terrible guards in there
― Karl Malone, Friday, 26 February 2016 17:42 (eight years ago) link
"what was THAT noise?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjPpX1g1juo
― ulysses, Friday, 26 February 2016 17:49 (eight years ago) link
!
― am0n, Friday, 26 February 2016 19:29 (eight years ago) link
I guess we can use this as the default thread for Sony gaming media, yeah? Since everything that isn't the PS4 is slowly dying?
Speaking of, Sony just announced that they've officially stopped producing the Playstation TV. Anyone have one of these? What do you think? Should I get one while the gettin's good? I think I like the idea of playing my Vita games on the TV. But I don't know if it would be more than just a novelty, particularly since not all games are even compatible with it.
Between this and the announcement that they're shutting down PSP access to the PlayStation Store, I'm feeling more and more like I need to figure out the intricacies of getting survivalist with my last gen media so that I'm not caught unawares when Sony disavows the existence of anything pre-PS4.
― Don't Forget To Reince Your Priebus (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 03:46 (eight years ago) link
the pstv always seemed like a baffling idea to me right from the off - i still can't quite believe it made it to market in the first place
i have a vita but i never felt like i was missing out not being able to play those games on my tv, either because the games i enjoyed most were a) cross-play with ps3 and ps4 so i could already play them on my tv using those machines instead or b) not compatible with the pstv because they needed the vita's backend touchscreen. also i'm pretty sure a lot of vita games which look great on the vita's little screen would look like total butt on my 40-inch tv.
it's kinda weird too that sony thought consumers might need not just one but two additional devices capable of streaming gameplay from their ps4, right?
― BEEFSQUEAK (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 15:17 (eight years ago) link
with the new beta update you can stream to PC/mac
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 15:21 (eight years ago) link
New PS4 firmware adds ability to stream gameplay to George Foreman grills, stability update
― BEEFSQUEAK (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 15:27 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I mean, like many of Sony's gaming ideas, it has potential but its actual implementation seems utimately half-assed.
― Don't Forget To Reince Your Priebus (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
was surprised to hear about the streaming to PC/Mac, even more surprised to find that they were just playing catchup with the XBone/Windows 10 functionality appparently
― Nhex, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
yesterday my kids discovered a trove of ancient games, all still perfectly playable on my PS3:
- vib ribbon- parappa the rapper- tomb raider
i really like that i can still play them
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 17:10 (eight years ago) link
uh, i mean that they can play them ;)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
btw been playing star wars battlefront, if anyone else wants to shoot me a lot
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
i haven't played in a long time but i'd be up for it! i pretty much play Assault mode exclusively
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 16:53 (eight years ago) link
I've played that one a bit, but have mostly been playing the capture the flag / capture the escape pod variants. I'm reeeeeally bad at shooters on consoles so far, but I think I'm getting incrementally better
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 17:10 (eight years ago) link
if anyone wants to add me for this or any other PS4 game you can recruit me for, my PS4 name is "precisiongrind"
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
xp parappa the rapper for ps3? It was a port or something?
kick, punch, it's all in the mind
― antexit, Thursday, 10 March 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link
I'm guessing he meant physical copies of PS1 games. Parappa is only available digitally for PSP/Vita afaik. But Parappa 2 is available for the PS4 in the PS store now, you lucky sumbitches.
― Going To Town On Aunt May's Mezze Platter (Old Lunch), Thursday, 10 March 2016 21:06 (eight years ago) link
you mean umjammer lammy?? that is a genuinely great game, sort what parappa should have been. yep i've got the parappa disc. comes with a poster!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 10 March 2016 23:09 (eight years ago) link
gah it's been on playstation store for the last..... 7 years?? https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/um-jammer-lammy-(psone-classic)/cid=UP9000-NPUI94448_00-0000000000000001
it me
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 10 March 2016 23:10 (eight years ago) link
No, apparently Parappa 2 is an actual PS2 game I didn't even know existed. Um Jammer Lammy is fantastic, though. So nice I've bought it thrice.
― Going To Town On Aunt May's Mezze Platter (Old Lunch), Friday, 11 March 2016 00:03 (eight years ago) link
never played Parappa 2 but most reactions I heard were negative
― Nhex, Friday, 11 March 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
as the resident in-house dumbass who buys all the stupid things (you may remember me from such films as "trying to convince myself to buy a 3DS Happy Home Designer bundle to get the smaller New 3DS with the colored buttons"), the Playstation TV feels like a safe one to skip. if I'm going to be playing a video game on my TV it should be something designed to look & feel good on a screen of that size. some of those experiences (hello Spelunky) are exportable to the Vita platform because the Vita is actually a wonderfully powerful piece of hardware which can handle a considerable amount of video game, but most aren't so 9 times out of 10 the Playstation TV brings nothing to the table. I seriously doubt P4 is going to be any more fun played with a DS4 gazing across my living room at a TV than it was on my Vita over the course of a couple dozen airports.
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Friday, 11 March 2016 04:05 (eight years ago) link
hell yah all my fellow noobs are playing on PS4 on the weekend and I'm kicking ass
― μpright mammal (mh), Saturday, 12 March 2016 01:55 (eight years ago) link
I downloaded Salt & Sanctuary, i.e. 2-D Dark Souls (+Castlevania?). They really released this at the absolute perfect time, didn't they.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 14:03 (eight years ago) link
Man, this is great so far. It actually feels like playing Dark Souls for the first time, in that I am bad and don't exactly know how everything works yet.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 18 March 2016 16:32 (eight years ago) link
looking forward to Star Wars Battlefront dlc, much nerdery abounds
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 18 March 2016 16:32 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I'm planning on checking out Salt & Sanctuary this weekend as well
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 March 2016 16:55 (eight years ago) link
hm, i'm into trying salt and sanctuary now!
― ulysses, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:18 (eight years ago) link
bit of a bummer that it looks just short of copyright infringement tho
― ulysses, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
i haven't tried it, but don't most groundbreaking games spawn legions of imitators? didn't the original final fantasy pretty much rip off the most essential features of dragon quest?
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:29 (eight years ago) link
it does look cool! kind of shocked when i found out it wasn't by FromSoft, they even have the exact same font for the UI.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 18 March 2016 17:30 (eight years ago) link
omg the skill tree on salt and sanctuary, this is amazing
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 March 2016 18:47 (eight years ago) link
no one has mentioned symphony of the night as an influence on salt & sanctuary, probably just because SOFT is an obvious influence on the souls games, but the quality of salt & sanctuary 2-d combat feels pleasingly similar.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 March 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link
i love this game. working on a certain dragon boss, and i think i might be making it hard on myself by sticking with a whip a la Castlevania/Bloodborne. also it seems like this game might turn out to be as long as a real Souls game, which is crazy.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Sunday, 20 March 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link
I'm only 3 bosses in, so a long way to go
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 20 March 2016 23:06 (eight years ago) link
anyone else play the nioh alpha
― am0n, Monday, 9 May 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
yeah i died a bunch of times and that's about it
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 9 May 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
Ok - I too have drank the kool-aid and picked up a '4PS' - my PS3 wasn't getting gaming love, and the Uncharted 4 pushed me over the edge - it is indeed a beautiful game. Picked up Ratchet and Clank too, since that was my first PS3 game, and it's awesome. Super Mega Baseball and Resogun purchased just b/c of this thread. I'm 'mct_rt' on Playstation network ...
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 19 May 2016 19:07 (seven years ago) link
Big <$5 flash sale in the PSN store. I mostly just want to stump for the two Jackbox Party Packs because everyone should own them.
― Corn Elephant, Jr. (Old Lunch), Saturday, 21 May 2016 00:39 (seven years ago) link
Oh and everybody's talking about that Super Mega Baseball thing here and that's on sale, too.
― Corn Elephant, Jr. (Old Lunch), Saturday, 21 May 2016 00:43 (seven years ago) link
thanks for the head's up! i got a few games i've only played on mac with a keyboard (Terraria and Rogue Legacy, which i'm assuming i will be able to do 100x better with a controller), along with super mega baseball & jackbox partypack 1
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 21 May 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
Another Flash sale. Vita owners may be interested to know that the portable amalgam of XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Enemy Within (whose existence seems to have been very effectively buried) is on sale for like $5.
― There must be some magic clue inside these gentle walls (Old Lunch), Saturday, 25 June 2016 13:19 (seven years ago) link
Any good recent/new releases coming out this month? Got a GC I need to burn by the end of August. Might get the new Deus Ex or No Man's Sky depending how good word of mouth is.
― Nhex, Saturday, 6 August 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link
spiritual sequel to Limbo out in a couple weeks! Inside.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Saturday, 6 August 2016 03:42 (seven years ago) link
Nice, will definitely keep that in mind
― Nhex, Sunday, 7 August 2016 22:40 (seven years ago) link
I finally got a PS4. Just finished Uncharted 4 which as good as terribly plotted climbing has ever looked.
I think I'll go for Witcher 3 next.
― get outta the way! here comes (onimo), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 09:01 (seven years ago) link
see you in a year. grab yourself some Bloodborne too.
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 10:11 (seven years ago) link
think witcher 3 is my favourite game of all time. it's up there anyway.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 11:24 (seven years ago) link
^^
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
i want to play that but my wife will make fun of the sex scenes and i don't know if my fragile ego can take it
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:20 (seven years ago) link
ts: witcher 3's sex scenes vs bloodborne's cryptic world of lovecraftian menstruation cults
― pokemon go speed run (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:59 (seven years ago) link
yeah a few times in my flatmate chatted to me while i was playing witcher 3 and i was incredibly embarrassed. that wasn't even during the boning scenes. i was caught between shame and the need to intently watch the cutscenes because i was engrossed in what was happening.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
lol. just gotta say fuck everyone else!!
― Nhex, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
has anyone got the virtual reality thing or given it a go? i'm kinda tempted i have to say. reviews seem fairly positive.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 21 October 2016 13:06 (seven years ago) link
i watched some VR livestreams last night via ps4/twitch and every single game looks fumbly and immensely awkward to control
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 21 October 2016 14:08 (seven years ago) link
played some rail shooter game for a few minutes in gamestop, it was fine i guess. the resolution left something to be desired but was able to get immersed pretty quickly.
i'm not entirely convinced we've figured out what good VR experiences are going to be. much like how the Wii went from standing up and swinging your remote to sitting on the couch and flicking your wrist as little as possible, i think the physical/spatial interactions are just a novelty. cuz of that i think im going to sit out the first and probably second gen of VR
― bitcoin bajas (diamonddave85), Friday, 21 October 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link
my workplace got a hololens and that's pretty dope though, i can see more legit cool uses for that. the problem with the current dev model is that the "active" is about postcard sized but i imagine that'll be fixed in later iterations
― bitcoin bajas (diamonddave85), Friday, 21 October 2016 14:32 (seven years ago) link
"active" area*
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, October 21, 2016 9:08 AM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Well, it's like a whole new paradigm, yeah? People who have been gaming for years are used to variations on basically the same controller (some fiddly bits and buttons) + video screen so we're comfortable with that setup and it's relatively easy to adapt from system to system. But if you watch someone with very little gaming familiarity try to navigate that setup, it's like watching an infant learn to walk. I would imagine adjusting to VR is pretty similar.
― CeCe Penistongs (Old Lunch), Friday, 21 October 2016 14:43 (seven years ago) link
certainly, but my impression was that game designers are in the same boat for the most part and are unclear how to best design for the tech.
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 21 October 2016 14:44 (seven years ago) link
someone please send me a playstation vr headset and a copy of rez infinite and i will let you know if it's any good
― mh 😏, Friday, 21 October 2016 14:50 (seven years ago) link
Mentioned this a bit on the rift and general vr thread, I got one of these and I'm really really loving it, but you just shouldn't trust my opinion of it because I'm a massive nerd for anything 3d. I mean I can still happily lose hours of my life in a viewmaster so vr is just perfect for me. That batman thing is meant to last 30-60 minutes but I've been in there a couple of hours and still haven't even finished a first run through yet because I'll just end up standing around marvelling at the detail on a handrail or whatever.
With that in mind, the things I've loved most so far are yep, Batman. Also Tumble VR because it's just a "build a tall pile of bricks" game but a) it feels hugely tactile and *real*, and b) I've been enjoying "build a tall pile of bricks" since I was 2, it's an all time classic. Also, Rez on this is just as amazing as you'd hope it'd be. And the "Robot Rescue" minigame within the Playroom demoy thing is really amazing too, and needs to become a full game asap.
― JimD, Sunday, 23 October 2016 13:22 (seven years ago) link
I havent tried VR yet but agree that Build a Tall Pile of Bricks is an all-time classic regardless of...platform. Haha
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 23 October 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
bought one and sent it back a few days later... i couldn't get past the fact that i could always see the side of the lenses whatever i was doing; it totally stopped the immersion for me...but maybe i have a weird shaped head that emphasised that? also the power/quality just didnt feel like it was there yet for me to put down £350 on it right now.amazon refunded within 2 days so no big issue. if it turns out that the catalogue becomes fantastic and ps 4 pro / ps5 really ups the quality, then maybe i'll jump back on in a year or two when it'll be cheaper
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 24 October 2016 11:57 (seven years ago) link
My first big disappointment of remaining steadfastly last gen is discovering that this year's Jackbox Party Pack won't be released on PS3. The two previous editions have been huge holiday-time hits with my family.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Sunday, 6 November 2016 17:27 (seven years ago) link
Time to blow it all on a PS4 Pro with VR!
― Nhex, Sunday, 6 November 2016 18:12 (seven years ago) link
OK, so we finally got a PS4 with Uncharted, Star Wars BF and GTAV. Coming late to this, what should we get next? I kinda want an online FPS with a bit more depth than Star Wars so Battlefield 1/ Call of Duty/ an other? Voice chat is an absolute must as I want to be able to swear creatively at teenagers and I WANT THEM TO HEAR ME.
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 7 November 2016 13:59 (seven years ago) link
titanfall 2 for sure
― adam, Monday, 7 November 2016 15:19 (seven years ago) link
Titanfall 2 is getting ace reviews. Destiny PvP is fantastic fun and you can get the base game plus all DLC for a really good price - hundreds of hours of goodness in there.
initial thoughts are Bloodborne, Witcher 3, Doom for the singleplayer, Rayman Legends if you have kids/a partner who can do the co-op with you.
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 7 November 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
Thanks both. Great fun digging into games available for a 'new' console. I think I'm spending more time on metacritic and the playstation store than I am actually playing. Loved Dark Souls 1 & 2 so Bloodborne looks a bit good, ditto DS3 and Salt&Sanctuary. Hard to justify to the wife and teens though 'cos its only really me that likes hard games. I somehow had it in my head that the Titanfall games were all flash and no substance but, as you say, 2 is getting great reviews. Witcher 3 on the list but slightly daunting as looks massive - maybe after we've got bored of GTAV. So maybe Doom? Hard decisions !
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 7 November 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Inside (sequel to Limbo) is short but great, maybe a tiny bit too dark for kids but idk?
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 7 November 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
Ace, will have a look at Inside. Youngest is 14, and anyway we've long given up any pretence of being responsible parents, so dark is good.
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 7 November 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
If you have any interest in cooperative instead of competitive shooters, highest recommendation for EDF 4.1, especially in split-screen co-op with someone next to you devising far-fetched tactics that'll backfire horribly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9BCSckR00A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hr-XC9ucE
― chihuahuau, Monday, 7 November 2016 22:36 (seven years ago) link
+1 for Inside
― badg, Monday, 7 November 2016 23:11 (seven years ago) link
is that blizzard shooter game any fun on ps4
― mh 😏, Monday, 7 November 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
I like it
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 04:01 (seven years ago) link
yes. bit short on content but whats is there is some shiny shiny quality goodness.
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 15:16 (seven years ago) link
xposts I'm way late to the party but I just recently installed one of the EDF games on my Vita and its like my platonic ideal of a certain type of game (I guess the 'unending hordes of things coming at you but with a completely variable level of difficulty depending on your mood' type of game).
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
is edf online multiplayer too? looks a bit clusterfuck in a good way like planetside 2
― am0n, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
how come no 1 plays planetside 2, its free on ps4
― am0n, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
I am intrigued, tell me more
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
large scale multiplayer sci-fi fps. 3 factions that fight for territory so its always battles of attrition but its often chaotic and hilarious imo
― am0n, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
xp
EDF 4.1 has online and offline split-screen multiplayer but not both at the same time.Since you mentioned Planetside, perhaps I should clarify that EDF's MP is strictly co-op PvE and the team maxes out at 4 players if online, 2 if split-screen.
― chihuahuau, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
titanfall 2 is the real deal. so much fun and chock full of ideas. brutal at first, with a real steep learning curve but once it clicks... hooo boy
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:27 (seven years ago) link
oooh i want it
that and/or dishonored 2
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:29 (seven years ago) link
cool if you get it and have any questions (you will), I'll try to help out. frothyomen's videos on youtube are worth watching for guides (and a flavour of the different mechanics)
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
i find the best strategy in titanfall 2 is to always be running on walls and jumping off walls preferably into more wall runs
this confuses the enemy
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
*nods*
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
Anyone else picking up a PS4 Pro? I'm basically their ideal customer here I guess, I've got a 4k HDR screen with not many 4k HDR sources, plus I've been considering getting a second PS4 for a while anyway (so me and my son can co-op in Destiny etc). So I've got one on order. But it's hard to believe there are many other people in the same boat. And I'm not sure what pro functionality I'll even be making use of, Shadow of Mordor and Infamous First Light are both getting patched for Pro and I own both and finished neither, so I guess I'll give those a try, plus maybe Uncharted (which I kinda saved for this). But beyond those, I dunno. Destiny won't be getting an upgrade, and neither will The Witcher (which is currently at the front of my backlog queue).
― JimD, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 02:52 (seven years ago) link
they really fucked up not putting a 4K blu-ray player in there IMOcuz on the other side you've got the new X1 that does have it, plus they have some kind of new machine coming out next year as well (which is also kinda stupid but what can you do)
wondering how much 4K TV adoption has gotten out there yet. feel like it's not gonna go big for a while
― Nhex, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 03:44 (seven years ago) link
there are so few 4k bluray releases actually out there that i really dont think its a big thing. by the time 4k bluray really takes off (if it ever does) - it'll no doubt be time for PS5.i know very few people who still collect physical media anyway - digital stream or download is the way of things and Sony obviously thought it wasn't worth the extra cost to include.
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
Lack of 4K bluray is a major reason why I'm not buying a pro now, even though I was originally holding out for an upgrade. 'Stream or download' is not the way of things if you want great picture quality and if you've bought a new 4k hdr tv you should care about quality.
― abcfsk, Friday, 11 November 2016 12:17 (seven years ago) link
I was going to say, is Blu Ray still a thing, it seems to have stalled at half the shelf space of DVDs, but then if you've bought a 4k HDR then you're a little incentivized, I guess?
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 11 November 2016 12:58 (seven years ago) link
Yeah tbh I'm torn, definitely wasn't happy they didn't put a drive in, but then my entire non-4k BR collection consists of about 6 discs and everything else I ever watch, I stream via Plex. Was I really about to start buying lots of 4k BR just to make the most of the screen I've got? Probably not.
Anyway this feels like a worthwhile upgrade to me, the (admittedly few) things that are running in 4k HDR really do look stunning.
― JimD, Friday, 11 November 2016 23:32 (seven years ago) link
anyone got any of the big new releases?
tempted by dishonored 2 - i never played the first one but always wanted to. watchdogs 2 also out? titanfall 2?
basically what game should i ask my brother to buy me for christmas?
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 17 November 2016 12:05 (seven years ago) link
titanfall is amazing but very tough and brutal for the first couple of hours of mp. even faster paced than CoD
by all accounts the SP is solid too.
― self-clowning cozen of ILX (cozen), Thursday, 17 November 2016 12:41 (seven years ago) link
depends how good you are at FPS and whether you're willing to watch a few youtube vids on load outs and some of the mechanics. the game itself assumées quite a lot of knowledge (which I guess you're supposed to pick up from TF1 or the SP.) it doesn't really explain stuff and it can all be very intense at first. TTK is so short too so you have to have your wits about you
― self-clowning cozen of ILX (cozen), Thursday, 17 November 2016 12:44 (seven years ago) link
oh man that might rule that out - i'm terrible at games and so i tend to avoid difficult games.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 17 November 2016 12:52 (seven years ago) link
the learning curve shouldn't imo be a reason not to play titanfall, it's really a very well crafted game. if you work on the first bit of the campaign you should have enough basic competence to enjoy mp but u may be terrible for a little while
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Thursday, 17 November 2016 12:52 (seven years ago) link
imo the learning curve in BF1 is a lot steeper and the game overall is more grindy given how long it takes to get around
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Thursday, 17 November 2016 12:53 (seven years ago) link
just for a little context
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Thursday, 17 November 2016 12:54 (seven years ago) link
fwiw the og titanfall on xbox one is one of the very, very few online multiplayer games i've played and enjoyed - i'm generally shit at them but titanfall seemed a bit fairer and friendlier than call of duty or whatever where i just get ground up by pre-adolescents over and over and over. also the contrast as you shift between being a super-nimble weakling and a hulking death machine is a lot of fun
― not all those who chunder are sloshed (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 17 November 2016 12:57 (seven years ago) link
i used to play halo a lot online and i liked it but everytime i put the headphones on it was just teens screaming anti-semitic, racist and homophobic abuse. sometimes it was amusing to troll them by telling long banal stories about my day in a monotone rural irish accent for the duration of my gametime but mostly it was terrible.
the gameplay in halo was amazing tho, i've never really enjoyed multiplayer in any other game.
the co-op multiplayer was okay in some games.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 17 November 2016 13:01 (seven years ago) link
i quite enjoyed dishonored on the xbox, and am planning on getting D2
i generally have a tough time with FPS on consoles just because controllers are awful when compared to mouse/keyboard, but dishonored isn't really a "shooter" and i liked the option of playing it 'cleanly' (no kills, emphasis on stealth/problem solving)
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 17 November 2016 13:07 (seven years ago) link
the new one certainly ~looks~ amazing, based on footage i've seen
xp open online play is a horrible cesspool. the only games i've ever consistently played online are dark souls and bloodborne where players tend to have some respect for each other, griefers are usually funny rather than irritating, and, most importantly, there's no way to speak directly to your opponents
― not all those who chunder are sloshed (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 17 November 2016 13:09 (seven years ago) link
cross-posted from the dishonored thread:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/16/dishonored-2-review-clockwork-world-of-exquisite-challenge
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 17 November 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
wow great review. guess i'll be playing that.
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 November 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
i bought it today. love a bit of winter gaming.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 17 November 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
i still have what appears to be about 1000 more hours of witcher 3 to get through. hopefully by then it'll be on sale.
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 November 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link
same. i can't really justify buying anything else for a long while
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:06 (seven years ago) link
it might be time for me to jump back in. i did my standard move earlier this year where i bought it, got obsessed for 15 hours, then promptly abandoned it, never to return. i don't know why. i didn't even see an embarrassing sex scene (that's how early on i am in the game). i feel like i should get back in just to one of those, if nothing else, it seems like a rite of passage for the modern game player
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:11 (seven years ago) link
I got Dishonored 2 and I'm looking forward to it, but it's the kind of game where I need to set aside an hour to get into it. Still playing Dark Souls 3 a lot but it's now turned into the type of thing where I can play it for 15 minutes at a time (ie a couple of arena duels, maybe an invasion), which is nice.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
I think I posted elsewhere but I didn't feel like relating to other human beings over the weekend so I bought Batman: Arkham Knight and probably played through half the game
Not bad!
― mh 😏, Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:28 (seven years ago) link
i'm ready to stop playing fallout iv and play something else for a while but i feel guilty bc there's so much of fallout iv left, but also i'm not getting much fun out of it anymore
― na (NA), Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
Probably time to stop then. I got like that on Skyrim after sinking something like 200 hours into it. Admittedly there wasn't much left to do then though.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 17 November 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
I have way too many hours in Metal Gear Solid V, and the end game is either the extra missions where you're either very limited on loadout and unable to use all the cool upgraded endgame gear, or just doing enemy base infiltrations which are kind of a slog
I really wish they had more "fuck em up, boss!" missions where you're using bigass sniper rifles from a great distance and using the weirder gear
― mh 😏, Thursday, 17 November 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I used the decoys maybe.. once? Used Hand of Jehuty like twice for kicks. It would have been awesome to have HAD to use them at some point.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 November 2016 22:23 (seven years ago) link
you can, once you get proficient, make it through the main plot of the game without upgrading really anything at all, as long as you upgrade the rocket launcher to take out the one metal gear
mega facepalm occurred the one time I thought I had a tranq rifle equipped and it was actually an anti-materiel rifle. ended up not only removing some poor guy's head, but also wrecking the engine block of the jeep behind him, causing it to blow up and take out everyone
― mh 😏, Thursday, 17 November 2016 22:31 (seven years ago) link
i keep thinking i'll play mgsV once they release a greatest hits package for the ps4 and i can play all the others i've never played before
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 November 2016 22:36 (seven years ago) link
I skipped a couple and own the fourth game, but people are highly skeptical they'll ever port that one. I guess coding directly for the graphics on the PS3 made it incredibly taxing to port.
I think the collection for PS3 plus MGS4 for PS3 followed by MGS V on PS4 is the closest you'll get for a long time, especially with Konami kind of taking the franchise into spinoff mode in Kojima's absence
― mh 😏, Thursday, 17 November 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
Chronologically MGS V takes place after 3 but before 1 and 2
― mh 😏, Thursday, 17 November 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
yo i didn't know we were talking about mgsv!!!
i just beat the last of the side ops the other night :) :) :) i had like a dozen of those "eliminate the tank unit" and "eliminate the armored convoy" or whtever missions left, which are just like not very fun, but i did it. still gonna dip in this game a bit to finish off some of the other little collectathons, which i am not usually into but i just wanna... idk BE in that game you know? once i'm done with it, mgs as i know it is over :(
― jingo unchained (Will M.), Thursday, 17 November 2016 22:47 (seven years ago) link
this was me with all games for many moons before the witcher 3, and at least two after (fallout 4 and the last of us). witcher 3 really grabbed me - it's easy to just play without any linear goal, but also has a story.
have only started with fallout 4 but still - graphically and generally just feels sort of dull and linear. i assume that changes if i play beyond the first hour, but it felt so basic and samey, unlike witcher 3 which managed to make even boring transit between two points beautiful or silent or full of action, with none of those three superior by default.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 17 November 2016 22:55 (seven years ago) link
i didn't even finish fallout4 :(
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 November 2016 23:01 (seven years ago) link
i accidentally broke it i got this perk or something that iirc lets me snipe heads from like any distance at 95% accuracy and it wasn't fun to play after that
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 November 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
i found it boring graphically, the horrible weapons interfaces etc etc.
witcher 3 is way ahead of all this shit in terms of sheer joy. like one of my big wow moments early on it was just rowing a boat across a lake and it started to rain, and the motion of the boat on the water plus amazing sound design for the rain - not really seeing that depth in anything else i've played since getting a ps4.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 17 November 2016 23:42 (seven years ago) link
FINE I'll get Witcher 3
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 18 November 2016 00:47 (seven years ago) link
strong move
― Mordy, Friday, 18 November 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
this game.
https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/12109802_10156121327705367_3593109838033001714_o.jpg
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 18 November 2016 10:35 (seven years ago) link
this game though.
https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/12768163_10156595369805367_6155898342384590075_o.jpg
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 18 November 2016 10:36 (seven years ago) link
i liked it
https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/12841449_10156650351550367_6640925472269460822_o.jpg
i liked it a LOT.
https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13227523_10156937827250367_7610823141781289869_o.jpg
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 18 November 2016 10:37 (seven years ago) link
definitely going to actually finish this now after this thread - i've killed enough bandits, the main quest awaits.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 18 November 2016 10:41 (seven years ago) link
I gave up on Witcher 3 like a year ago after about 20 hours investment. Just wasn't clicking for me. Started a new game last night tho. Y'all got me.
― circa1916, Friday, 18 November 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link
im worried im a little too advanced in the main story, i want to go back and start cleaning up side quests i think
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, 18 November 2016 15:58 (seven years ago) link
this is why i haven't gotten very far i can't pass these up ever
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
join me in the witcher threadi am playing again
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
The tack I've ultimately settled on for any big game is to do as many of the side jobs as possible before progressing with the main story. Because the side stuff just feels like a mop-up job after I've completed some epic task.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
yeah thats what i've realized -- i would normally skip them at this point because the loot wont be any good but otoh they're usually so well done that it might be fun to play through them with low stakes
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
I was going to play my batman game last night but again... why the hell does the riddler want me to complete weird racetracks in the batmobile
I'd shelve that quest indefinitely but as you unlock pieces you get to play as Catwoman, which is fun
― mh 😏, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
want to play Witcher 3... but Witcher 1 and 2 are in the backlog
― Nhex, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
high level titanfall play is just o_Ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5tBwW2_4-Q
― ||||||||, Sunday, 20 November 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
lots of announcements today - Last Of Us 2, Marvel vs Capcom, Knack 2 (lol), Wipeout 4K collection, Parappa HD (yey!), Yakuza 6 & 1st remake coming West etc.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 3 December 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
Oh and Ni No Kuni 2 looks real pretty, although I could do without the voice acting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7ZNmEJgXCE
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 3 December 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
TLoU 2.... all over my face pls
― ||||||||, Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:12 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, Knack was really bad for a launch game.
Got it for my six year old who loves it but compared to something like Ratchet and Clank or the Lego games, it's so boring and repetitive.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 08:19 (seven years ago) link
wipeout!!
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
finally the ps4 will feel like a proper playstation! still love breaking out the vita wipeout every now and again, even although i am v poor at wipeout and always have been
fucking hell 20 years since the first wipeout i am old ;_;
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
make playstation wipeout again
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 15:47 (seven years ago) link
This newest slate of announcements is the first real inducement I've had to consider maybe possibly investing in a PS4 sometime within the next five years or so.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
i used to get worked up about backward compatibility but life moves on i guess, i'm never going to play vib ribbon again am i
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 15:53 (seven years ago) link
you can play vib-ribbon on the ps3 and vita iirc
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
once i move to a 4 i mean
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:35 (seven years ago) link
oh yeah then you're fucked
thanks based sony
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
and goodbye to beyond good & evil ;_;
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
my ps3 has been sitting on the floor next to the television since I bought a ps4
I'd put it somewhere better, but... busy playing PS4
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
I just recently bought a protection plan for my PS3, ensuring I'll be firmly last gen for most of the remainder of this decade.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
just realised that the ps3 is now just over 10 years old and that i now have a backlog of unplayed games which spans multiple console generations
i'm gonna die never having played nino no kuni aren't i
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:50 (seven years ago) link
lol, i've just been giving systems and backlog away lately to friendsthe look on my friend's face when she started playing super mario galaxy 2 was super classic
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
I have a copy of that that I still have to play - which is ridiculous because SMG is one of the best games I've ever played and I've mostly heard that the sequel is better.
And yet I'm worse on the other systems - vis my question here is: if I get a PS4 to catch up on a generation of games, will it be able to play the generation of PS3 games that I didn't play either?
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
Not from what I understand.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:59 (seven years ago) link
life is a river my friend
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
there's always playstation now lol
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
basically my retirement plan is to rent a closet with an internet connection and poopsock my way into the great hereafterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GibiNy4d4gc
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
you want to live in opening chapters of ready player one?
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 20:32 (seven years ago) link
oh is that what that's about?
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
mainly it's about how fat nerds are the best iirc
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
Your dream speaks powerfully to me, ulysses.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:58 (seven years ago) link
I might even finish FFX 100% if they can get the human lifespan up by a decade or so by then.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:59 (seven years ago) link
only reason i haven't bought a PS4 yet is you still can't play Demon's Souls on it
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
― Nhex, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 05:27 (seven years ago) link
it's an absolute joy but by no stretch of the imagination even remotely essential
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 05:35 (seven years ago) link
What's more essential than JOY? (I haven't finished it yet either)
― JimD, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 12:49 (seven years ago) link
i mean like i can't actually remember if i beat it, i had some nice memories but they're all vague and cloudy.
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:05 (seven years ago) link
i remember it being super grindy but that may be how i played it. i know i didn't last more than a few days.
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
that stories game on ps plus is pretty good as is the nier automata demo
i got these on sale, can anyone vouch for these:verdun (looked like a shittier bf1 yet somehow way way better than bf1?!?)slain back from hell (lol)inside
― am0n, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
inside is awesome, play it
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
ten bucks was enough for me to buy; will report back.
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
tempted to bite on that too from the praise i've heard here
― Nhex, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 18:55 (seven years ago) link
im sure i'll like inside, limbo was rly good
― am0n, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 19:20 (seven years ago) link
just picked up Ratchet and Clank for $10 on gamestop
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
Anyone try Let It Die?
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
Doesn't look like it's quite for me, but it also looks insane.https://www.destructoid.com/review-let-it-die-402819.phtml
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
ok i picked up Inside too tho it might have to wait for me to finish witcher 3 and mankind divided b4 i get to it
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 20:31 (seven years ago) link
Inside only takes a couple hours start to finish.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 20:32 (seven years ago) link
omg, Inside was spectacular. probably the most engaged i've been with a game since i put down dark souls 3speaking of which, i'm replaying that and downloaded the new add on.
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Thursday, 29 December 2016 07:34 (seven years ago) link
seriously though, do get Insideit's more insightful about AI and frankenstein morality than the whole first season of Westworld... and there's no spoken words!
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Thursday, 29 December 2016 07:35 (seven years ago) link
youve got to be fucking kidding me
wait all day for FFXV update to downloadturn on ps4, system update installationclick on FFXV, software update installationWTF clicking on new game doesnt work??"Install time remaining: 18 min."
― just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, 29 December 2016 22:27 (seven years ago) link
it's not much more fun when it's installed honestly..
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Thursday, 29 December 2016 22:30 (seven years ago) link
ouch so it's not good?
― Mordy, Thursday, 29 December 2016 22:43 (seven years ago) link
not for me
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Thursday, 29 December 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
FINE GUYS I'LL BUY INSIDE (although for Steam)
― thos beads (jamescobo), Friday, 30 December 2016 00:49 (seven years ago) link
it's stupid good AND best if you know absolutely nothing about it.
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Friday, 30 December 2016 00:50 (seven years ago) link
well this game is just fucking stunning. reminds me of Another World in the best possible way.
― thos beads (jamescobo), Friday, 30 December 2016 06:33 (seven years ago) link
I had another world on my mind as well
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 December 2016 07:00 (seven years ago) link
last section is mind-blowing
― ||||||||, Friday, 30 December 2016 08:50 (seven years ago) link
did you guys get, um, all the orbs?
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 30 December 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
inside was great, rly bizarre
― am0n, Friday, 30 December 2016 17:29 (seven years ago) link
did you all play limbo? just asking because when it came out i don't remember the reaction being so overwhelmingly positive. i thought inside was really good but not a quantum leap past what limbo did.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 30 December 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
idk, i remember a whole lot of acclaim around Limbo at the time? and in irl it was the only game that my friends who don't play video games got super into (either watching or playing).
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 30 December 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
I did not play Limbo because I figured it was a mountain of pompous Braid-y twaddle when it came out; I am, however, about to play the everliving shit out of it once I finish Inside (and play at least a bit of BF1 before the year is over) because Inside is straight-up incredible.
― thos beads (jamescobo), Friday, 30 December 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
yeah imo iirc Limbo is nothing like Braid - not twee at all
― Mordy, Friday, 30 December 2016 19:02 (seven years ago) link
It's basically the opposite of Braid, aside from being 2-d and having puzzles.
Limbo has some trickier puzzles compared to Inside, but Inside found me thinking a lot more about the world and 'story'.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 30 December 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
ugh fine i'll play this game and unbookmark this thread guyz
― Nhex, Friday, 30 December 2016 19:24 (seven years ago) link
i don't know what inside is going on about storywise but yeah way more engaging to me than limbo which got a bit too heavy on the puzzle shit towards the end
verdun... sucks. i was hoping for a ww1 version of chivalry medieval warfare but its just kinda lame
― am0n, Friday, 30 December 2016 21:48 (seven years ago) link
slain is pretty good. strong castlevania sotn vibes but throwing a shitload of enemies at u at once like dark souls 2
― am0n, Friday, 30 December 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
i like inside so far it reminds me of like stranger things + another world (out of this world -btw what's the deal w/ everyone using this other title i only knew it as this alternate one until ilx) + maybe a little bit oddworld
― Mordy, Sunday, 1 January 2017 04:52 (seven years ago) link
i finished it last night. it's very good. it also reminds me of a flash (?) game whose name i can't remember unfortunately but maybe one of u do - it's platform stages w/ a lot of violent deaths and you needed to have precision timing.
― Mordy, Sunday, 1 January 2017 18:08 (seven years ago) link
I burned through Inside pretty quickly. I loved it. Favorite parts were the mind control segments and the end game, it was great how the feel and controls changed. Least favorite parts were escaping the "mermaids," too stressful.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 2 January 2017 22:53 (seven years ago) link
the mind control segments were the ones that reminded me of oddworld
― Mordy, Monday, 2 January 2017 22:54 (seven years ago) link
I think I am physically incapable of playing NBA 2Kwhatever games. I don't understand the controls at all.
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 2 January 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
they are have been horrible games for years now imo
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link
I don't think I've played a basketball game since NBA Jam. That was the best one, right?
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 14:57 (seven years ago) link
(the original, I forgot they did some sort of 2000s release)
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 14:58 (seven years ago) link
original nba2k on dreamcast FTW
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
I had to turn off NBA2K16 after turning every inbound pass from the back court into a lobbed desperation shot at the hoop for a good 90 seconds.
― ¶ (DJP), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:01 (seven years ago) link
if you wanna play bball NBA Jam for mobiles is a pretty tight and the controls are p good
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
can't get enough of 2k17
― sktsh, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 15:06 (seven years ago) link
what game modes are you playing ?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 15:10 (seven years ago) link
i like the idea of my career but it’s such a grind to build up your player
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
mycareer! And then just a lot of exhibitions
hah xp yeah my guy is... not the superstar the cut scenes and commentators would have you believe
― sktsh, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
http://media1.giphy.com/media/3o7TKCWRKD5aogzMXe/giphy.gif
― am0n, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/LennyReviews/status/821224344089149440
― thos beads (jamescobo), Sunday, 22 January 2017 21:35 (seven years ago) link
that was posted in the game-related lolz of some fashion thread a few days ago but tbh i'd be okay with it being posted in every thread in perpetuity
― the greg evigan school of improvised explosive devices (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 22 January 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
everything i have seen about yakuza 0 has been amazing/hilarious but somehow feel like i'd be better off continuing to watch clips online than actually playing the game
― Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 22 January 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
it'll be $5 someday
― Mordy, Sunday, 22 January 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link
lol tru
― Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 22 January 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link
not playing the Yakuza games means robbing yourself of transcendent moments such as these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSdtLl8v9JQ&t=5m29s
― thos beads (jamescobo), Sunday, 22 January 2017 22:20 (seven years ago) link
ugh, goddamn YT embeds; I meant 5 minutes and 29 seconds into this long video:
― thos beads (jamescobo), Sunday, 22 January 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link
for honor open beta is really fun
― dollar general (am0n), Friday, 10 February 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link
horizon zero dawn? anyone on it?
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
i got so pumped up reading reviews about it last week and raced onto the store to buy it, only to find out that it wasn't on sale until today. so i got impatient and bought the closest possible thing, the LOTR shadows of mordor game, which is really fun (and only $19). i still want to play horizon zero dawn but i'll probably wait until a pricedrop/DLC/game of the year edition, etc.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:25 (seven years ago) link
after my failed attempt at getting back into civ for mac i accidentally found a dweeb playing for honor and it looked so cool i am now thinking of buying a ps4 just to play it
is it worth it?
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
I'm interested but will wait until after I'm done with Nioh, which may be awhile. Never finished Dishonored 2 either.
I also downloaded A Night in the Woods to play with my gf, been anticipating that for awhile.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
played the free beta a bit a couple weeks ago. they definitely need more classes than just three and the ones they have are pretty unbalanced. But it was ok overall
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
my wife bought me dishonored 2 for xmas and it's still in the plastic bc i wanted to finish/get bored of witcher 3 before i started it and that hasn't happened yet
― na (NA), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:37 (seven years ago) link
i had nioh lined up as my next game but i think i am all about horizon zd instead now, i got bit by the hype p hard
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:42 (seven years ago) link
xxp
meh okay
ill hold off
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:48 (seven years ago) link
horizon looks so generic
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link
I'm not excited about another huge map of Far Cry-type objectives, but the mechanics of dealing with the different dinobots looks pretty cool.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 18:02 (seven years ago) link
lure of dinobots is v strong, true
― I am Socutus of Butt. Resistance is futile. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
im just holding out til mass effect and persona 5 altho horizon iiiiissss tempting
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link
nioh is fun, soulslike with kind of Diablo 3 loot system that seems to encourage farming to a degree though i am not quite close enough to endgame to say for sure. needs pvp but lots to like
― art, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
i am playing through ds3's dlc now, the lure is still strong of "soulslikes"
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 21:56 (seven years ago) link
horizon looks so generic― ||||||||, Wednesday, March 1, 2017 12:51 PM
the future/primitive concept is really uninteresting
― dollar general (am0n), Thursday, 2 March 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
has anyone played battlefield 1? is it worth the $30 it's currently on sale for on PSN?
― Mordy, Saturday, 4 March 2017 23:44 (seven years ago) link
I like it! And would say yes. Though I have been playing almost exclusively with a friend, can't say for sure if it's as fun if you're going solo.
― circa1916, Sunday, 5 March 2017 00:26 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, it's worth it.
― Gukbe, Sunday, 5 March 2017 00:36 (seven years ago) link
apparently i can get it bundled with titanfall 2 for $50. that seems like a really good deal.
― Mordy, Sunday, 5 March 2017 00:48 (seven years ago) link
i guess my only question now is which one should i play first?
― Mordy, Sunday, 5 March 2017 00:49 (seven years ago) link
If you're playing multiplayer, probably BF1. TF2 multi is really good, but there's a bit of a learning curve that I still haven't seemed to overcome. Always getting my ass kicked in a mech. Single player you'd be better off with TF2 I guess. I'm not terribly stoked on it (too handhold-y) but I seem to be firmly in the minority there.
― circa1916, Sunday, 5 March 2017 00:56 (seven years ago) link
i like the TF2 campaign a lot. it's a v generically written game but the gameworld and the mechanics are plenty evocative on their own. i just finished the sequence in the manufacturing lab and i thought it was a pretty clever level.
― Mordy, Monday, 6 March 2017 03:29 (seven years ago) link
is it worth the $30 it's currently on sale for on PSN?
Grrrr! I bought this for my bf only a couple months back and paid $80 for it grumble.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 6 March 2017 03:32 (seven years ago) link
it's crazy how quickly things get discounted now. and i have such a games backlog that i rarely feel pressure to buy a game new.
― Mordy, Monday, 6 March 2017 03:46 (seven years ago) link
reviews really good for nier 2 so far
― ||||||||, Monday, 6 March 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
im about to pick up a pro tonight after ~7yrs of not rly playing games
whats the best game?
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
Metal Gear, Dark Souls, Inside imo
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
Bloodborne imo but probably depends on what u like in a game! Xp
― art, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
ya im actually getting it bc i want to play mgs 5
shld i get the first or second one?
and im open to suggestions
might trade off human interaction for console interaction
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
I think the greatest hits thing includes the main MGS V and the prologue thing that was early released
the first part is just one large mission and sets up the background for the main game
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 23:02 (seven years ago) link
Not quite true - there is one large story mission, which then unlocks several short missions on the same map, each of which is really fun, can be beaten in many difft ways, and takes place at difft times of day
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 March 2017 09:41 (seven years ago) link
correction -- I didn't spend enough time on the prologue and should return to it because I mainly did the main mission :)
― mh 😏, Thursday, 16 March 2017 15:02 (seven years ago) link
It's "arcadey" in a way. I used to go back to the side missions a lot just to see how quickly I could beat them, or to see if I could go completely undetected etc
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 March 2017 15:04 (seven years ago) link
Ground Zeroes is super polished (moreso than TPP) and is crucial to the MGSV story and has probably the best base map in any MGS game. the side ops you can run are all a lot of fun and can be super challenging, i spent a good 50 hours (???) on this prologue.
that mission where you snipe two guys from afar -- let's see you sneak in and safely extract them!that mission where you must blow up 3 anti-aircraft guns and a tank -- let's see you do that with no weapons!
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 16 March 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
pussied out btw
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 16 March 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link
aw hell yeahhttp://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/03/27/valkyria-revolution-deploys-to-the-americas-on-june-27/
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 05:27 (seven years ago) link
import reviews of that have been terrible tho :(
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 08:04 (seven years ago) link
really! didn't hear.
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 14:53 (seven years ago) link
Nier 2 is confoundingly great. it isn't one of Platinum's tighter games (it will probably feel janky AF to anyone who's played Bayonetta or Revengeance) and a bunch of saving/loading issues feel incredibly archaic, but I just got the main ending after ~35 hours of playtime and I loved pretty much every second. I really want to make Chrono Trigger comparisons - it's a collaboration between a bunch of genre titans, multiple endings are crucial, it explores a big complex topic through multiple viewpoints, etc. it was so much fun that I've barely had time to play The Show 17, although I think I'm gonna try to get through Night in the Woods before I vanish down that rabbit hole for another year. meanwhile I still need to find time to play P5 and Y0 and (apparently) HZD. this is a daunting volume of video gamery to be facing when the bombs could start falling any day now.
― thos beads (jamescobo), Sunday, 9 April 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/5/8/15564354/knack-2-preview-interview-mark-cerny
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 13:19 (six years ago) link
I wonder if there will be a single case of someone buying a PS4 just to play knack 2
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
we should vaccinate now, just to be sure
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
My six year old really loved Knack so I'll probably get it once it drops in price
― groovypanda, Friday, 7 July 2017 12:02 (six years ago) link
I peacocked your mom in high definition: http://kotaku.com/now-yakuza-2-is-getting-a-hd-remake-1798413954
― thos beads (jamescobo), Friday, 25 August 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
final fantasy IX?
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 13:54 (six years ago) link
Huh?
Btw, since I STILL keep getting confused on these two, which one(s) are actually good?Nioh and Nier?
Probably gonna pick up some BF deals, most likely one or both Yakuzas from this year and maybe Tekken 7/MvC Infinite
― Nhex, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 21:36 (six years ago) link
Haven't played either but it seems like Nioh is somewhat like Dark Souls and Nier is more Bayonetta-ish? They're both supposed to be good.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
nier automata is great
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
been playing Fortnight , it's free atm
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
so i picked up a psvr headset and holy shit rez infinite is astonishing
― hi i’m darren and i’m a bouncer from bendigo (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 25 November 2017 13:09 (six years ago) link
Haha so glad to hear somebody else say that, because nobody ever really seems to believe me when I talk about it.
― JimD, Saturday, 25 November 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
first played it on the dreamcast (and then again on xbox) but vr is really the technology it's been waiting for since 2001 - the sense of being J A C K E D I N to this retro-gibson cyberspace world is amazing
still struggling a bit with motion sickness and i wish the screen was a bit more high-res but i'm really impressed by the kit overall
― hi i’m darren and i’m a bouncer from bendigo (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 25 November 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
do you have the normal PS4 or the pro? Hesitant to upgrade to the latter for a few reasons
― mh, Saturday, 25 November 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
just a regular first-gen ps4, which often sounds like an airplane taking off nowadays :(
― hi i’m darren and i’m a bouncer from bendigo (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 25 November 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
ps+ games for december are Darksiders 2 and Kung Fu Pandai mean
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
those may be the first ones I don't autodownload out of completionist tendencies
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
sony have ruined xmas
― hi i’m darren and i’m a bouncer from bendigo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
On December 1st, 2:31 am ACM_79 saidSomeday you kids will realize that there’s more important stuff to worry about, than what games you get in any given month of PS+. I still play Galak-Z; I’m getting my PS3 back tomorrow and intend to enjoy the hell out of the offerings there. I also have a Vita and PS4.. there’s games which scored highly that I’ve never gotten around to, yet fully intend to play, eventually.The thing is, I have hobbies outside of video games. That’s not even touching the responsibilities which every actual, grown-ass human being needs to worry about…. I mean, back in the day I worried about the RIAA pounding down the door of a little old lady, trying to charge her for what a hacker did with her connection.Call the freaking WHAAMMbulance! ….or try to play some of the games that you gripe about. Maybe after you’ve watched a friend or three die, you’ll realize that video games aren’t that important.
Someday you kids will realize that there’s more important stuff to worry about, than what games you get in any given month of PS+. I still play Galak-Z; I’m getting my PS3 back tomorrow and intend to enjoy the hell out of the offerings there. I also have a Vita and PS4.. there’s games which scored highly that I’ve never gotten around to, yet fully intend to play, eventually.
The thing is, I have hobbies outside of video games. That’s not even touching the responsibilities which every actual, grown-ass human being needs to worry about…. I mean, back in the day I worried about the RIAA pounding down the door of a little old lady, trying to charge her for what a hacker did with her connection.
Call the freaking WHAAMMbulance! ….or try to play some of the games that you gripe about. Maybe after you’ve watched a friend or three die, you’ll realize that video games aren’t that important.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 3 December 2017 00:49 (six years ago) link
Darksiders is fun
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 3 December 2017 00:56 (six years ago) link
ALMOST makes me curious to check out PS VRhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZJAGj1wItQ
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
my boy is asking for one of these now, despite our just getting a switch, bc his friends are playing fortnite online I guess. I've never played a sony console before but it's cool, I want to play persona 5 & other jrpgs so between switch & this, life is good. But what I wanna know is: is the "slim" model the way to go in 2018 or should I spend more for the PRO model. we don't have a 4k tv and are unlikely to get one in the next 3 years or so.
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
the regular is probably fine. but note that some games are starting to get "optimized" for the Pro so they get better frame rates and such, like the Shadow of the Colossus remake coming out next month
― Nhex, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
persona 5 is really good. really long. i may even finish it some day soon. i've got nier automata and yakuza 0 on the docket.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
yeah yakuza looks cool, I know Tokyo now and open world ish games in cities I know are great (one reason I don’t connect w most Rockstar open worlds, I don’t know LA or NYC or Miami)
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link
should I spend more for the PRO model.
in my opinion you should spend more for the pro model. It's worth it for the superior hardware specs, not just the 4k.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link
I'd agree, if the price difference isn't a burden I'd go for the pro version. I already have a PS4 and haven't felt the need to upgrade, but if this thing kicked the bucket I'd be replacing it with the better one
― mh, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
superior hardware specs = what exactly? faster loading times?
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
Some games run at 60fps instead of 30 (Dark Souls 3 for ex.).
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:57 (six years ago) link
improved performance, smoother frame rates i just got a pro cuz my og ps4 blew up not long after i got a psvr and there is a small but noticeable improvement in performance for some games
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
PS4 - CPU: 1.6GHz 8-core AMD Jaguar; 1.84 TFLOP AMD Radeon (18CU, 800MHz); 8GB GDDR5 RAM
PS4 Pro - CPU: 2.1GHz 8-core AMD Jaguar; GPU: 4.2 TFLOP AMD Radeon (36CU, 911MHz); 8GB GDDR5 + 1GB RAM
Much better GPU is the main selling point but the CPU and RAM are both improved. Should give you better performance across the board ... not just loading. Also I think it ships with 1 TB of space instead of the PS4's 500 MB.
Also, if you ever do get 4K running, it does look pretty nice!
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
https://www.polygon.com/2017/2/3/14499188/ps4-pro-boost-mode-firmware-4-50
― mh, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
$100 more is a lot, but if you or someone will be playing it everyday it's probably worth it
― Nhex, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:22 (six years ago) link
Dang that is compelling
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
just got fifa 18 for my ps3 :D
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
I haven't played Metal Gear since the first one on the NES way the fuck back in the day, and I never understood how to play it back then. but now that my PS4 PRO will arrive on Tuesday I was thinking of what to get for it & I saw upthread that Metal Gear was something cool but WTF game is being talked about? I look online & there are all these different editions and I can't understand anything & it's like my game confusion from the NES days has been transferred IRL anyway please help
also are these Uncharted games good ones to test out this new hardware? I kinda want to play something that takes advantage of the horsepower I'll now have (even though my boy just wants to play Fortnite)
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 28 January 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
If you’ve got a 4K hdr tv then the best games to show off a pro are probably uncharted 4, Witcher 3 (no hdr yet but patch is coming soon), Gran Turismo Sport, Horizon Zero Dawn and wipeout omega collection. Plus maybe the Infamous games.
If you’re on a 1080 screen and just want to see better frame rates though then I’m not sure. I think the infamous menu let’s you choose between performance and resolution, uncharted might too, horizon definitly does.
― JimD, Sunday, 28 January 2018 15:15 (six years ago) link
metal gear 5: the phantom pain is the one you want
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 28 January 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
Ok cool and cool thanks!
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 28 January 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link
That’s the one for PS4, i believe there’s a “definitive edition” that bundles a short prologue game that was released prior
― mh, Sunday, 28 January 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
Ok now that’s a confusion, bc if it’s definitive then it’s the one I want, but apparently not? And there are multiple MGS5s then. Madness
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 28 January 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
Yes and noThere’s:MGS5: Ground Zeroes (prologue-style single mission that was released as a teaser)MGS5: The Phantom Pain (the game)and “Definitive Edition” which is both. All you really need is TPP but 90% of the copies you’ll find by this point are either the bundleor deadstock
― mh, Sunday, 28 January 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link
And idk why it’s madness when nearly every game that’s popular now gets a “game of the year edition” or “complete edition” that bundles all the downloadable content at some later date. if this seems wild, wait until you see some real shenanigans
― mh, Sunday, 28 January 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
oh ok if the definitive edition encompasses the main game then it's cool, I had thought that they were orthogonal somehow, no this makes sense I like game of the years very much
gonna look for a fighting game for this system but will check the main fighting game thread
I guess the only good sports game right now is the baseball thing? probably not gonna do that. will wait for mario tennis on switch or something
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 28 January 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
I guess the only good sports game right now is the baseball thing?
i love MLB the show and wholeheartedly recommend the single-player mode. the multiplayer is frustrating because at times it can be just about the most fun you can possibly have playing videogame baseball, and then all of a sudden a weird technical issue will appear and your right fielder can only masturbate in the outfield corner while the other team gets an inside the park home run. but if you like playing against the computer (i do) i highly recommend it
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 January 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
I like to masturbate so tbh that's a plus
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 28 January 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
FIFA is great if you’re into that at all. this year’s edition is kinda flawed but it’s still the game i play the most. uncharted 4 is great if you’d be into a beautiful and fun game that isn’t too hard.
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 28 January 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
if super mega baseball is avaibs for ps4 get that as far as metal gear goes definitely get the version with ground zeroes bundled in. yeah it's a prologue but it's a super-tight level that can be played many many ways
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 28 January 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
nba 2k18 is fucking excellent
― flippy bard (Will M.), Monday, 29 January 2018 07:44 (six years ago) link
rocket league is of course the best sports game
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 29 January 2018 07:59 (six years ago) link
xp I liked NBA 2k16 when I played that but felt I had no chance of getting to grips with its depths. Is there a good tutorial mode or similar in the new one?
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Monday, 29 January 2018 08:23 (six years ago) link
nba 2k18 looks cool but apparently full of micro transactions which c'mon
I have rocket league already for switch so maybe I'm set
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 29 January 2018 08:48 (six years ago) link
PES rules, as always.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 29 January 2018 16:38 (six years ago) link
do any of you use "playstation now" ? it kinda looks like a deal to me? really I want to play TOKYO JUNGLE & this seems to be the ticket
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 29 January 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link
it had a v bad reputation when it launched but i have no idea how it is now
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 29 January 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link
finally played Inside -- what a treat
― gbx, Saturday, 10 February 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
Knack is free with PS Plus right now by the way, because you had to play Knack.
(I haven't played Knack).
― JimD, Sunday, 11 February 2018 00:18 (six years ago) link
xp Inside is great, played it through twice know and it's still WTF at the end
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Sunday, 11 February 2018 10:09 (six years ago) link
awww shit, bloodborne's about to be free (with a playstation plus account). i should probably try to beat Dark Souls 3 first.
― i remember the corned beef of my childhood (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
ooo really? maybe time to resub my plus account
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
plus ratchet & clank, which is a little less exciting, but i never played any of those games so i might check it out.
i'm still kicking myself for not grabbing MGS V: Phantom Pain when it was free a couple months ago
― i remember the corned beef of my childhood (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
Whoa! Bloodborne is great. I recently fired it back up and had forgotten how different the mechanics feel from DS3, even though they're cousins (and how hard the early game can be resource-wise).
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
bloodborne is all-timesony cutting the number of free ps plus games from six to two as of next year kinda sucks tho, hope they significantly up the value of the PS4 games they’ll be offering as they cut the ps3 and vita titles
― NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
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hmm
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:53 (six years ago) link
only a couple of months after they racked up the price toothx sony
― NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
honestly might be for the best. i let my sub lapse bc most of the games they released on it were shit. if bloodborne + R&C are representative of the quality of games going forward it'd be worth my while.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
yeah, the quality of the PS+ games was pretty low for a long time. i didn't download anything for several months in a row. it seems to have been bumped up recently.
― i remember the corned beef of my childhood (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
disappointed in that drop in games. i still crack open the ps3 oftenand, just like when I was on XBL, i am tied to PSN for online multiplayer anyway. ah well
― Nhex, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:42 (six years ago) link
Hay guys, check out this new game that was just released today for PS4 and Vita!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zBsgsdouB4
Just a reminder: we're living in the year 2018. It's 2018 right now, and this is a brand new game.
― Across the You Never Her (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 03:13 (five years ago) link
that is incredible
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 10:47 (five years ago) link
it's like if mike kelley designed a video game
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 10:48 (five years ago) link
bet that looks amazing in 4k
― Mahogany Loggins (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 10:53 (five years ago) link
I'm vaguely fascinated by this company (see also: the Skylight Freerange games) because I honestly can't tell whether they're trying as hard as they can or not trying at all.
― Across the You Never Her (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 12:02 (five years ago) link
So can anyone give me some used PS4 guidance? It's been around a while now, so what's a good price? And is there a specific model with specific requirements I should be searching for, or are they all more or less the same specs (aside from the new Pro)? Does hard drive size (500GB vs 1TB) really matter? Anything else I should be looking for? I know some people hunt for consoles with an earlier build so they can hack them, but I don't think I need that (unless that's really the way to go in 2018).
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
i've only had my trust old PS4 that i bought new, so I'm no help on where to get a good used one, or durability/reliability.
i don't have a Pro, but it only seems worth getting if: you have a very nice display/speakers to take advantage of it, and/or you care about enhanced graphics/framerates. personally, i don't have nice equipment, and whenever they do the A/B test on Pro vs old PS4 on certain games, i can barely tell the difference. my eyesight is awful, however. so basically if you want to pause FIFA and enter camera mode and zoom in on a lone glistening sweaty hair in that mysterious zone behind the kneecap and view if from every angle and watch the sweat glisten in the digital sun as purely as possible, you should probably get a Pro. BUT also, i'd guess that used Pros tend to be in better operating shape than used older models. and also maybe the fancy displays/speakers that really take advantage of the Pro's capabilities will become more commonplace over the lifetime of the PS4. so i don't know. follow your heart!
on the hard drive question, i have a 500GB model and exclusively download games, and i've rarely had a problem. 500 GB is enough to download 15-20 games, give or take, and that's about the amount that i like to have on hand at any given moment. and if you have a game that you've purchased/downloaded and want to delete to save space, you can always just re-download it later if you want to play it again, it doesn't take long and isn't much of a hassle. and of course, if you're not lazy like me and occasionally buy physical copies of games, you don't need to worry about the hard drive question at all.
just my two cents, and ymmv!
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
as always sorry for typos and mysterious missing sentence fragments
500 GB is enough to download 15-20 games, give or take,
and there's a lot of give or take there. there are a ton of good indie games that are only 1-10 GB, so if you lean toward those you'll be able to store 50+ games on a 500 GB HD. then again, a lot of modern bloated AAA titles (like AssCreed, God of War, etc) clock in around 40-50 GB, typically.
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 14:53 (five years ago) link
feel like i'm constantly butting up against the limits of the 500gb hd, deleting stuff i'd prefer not to so i can fit in something new. i don't know your habits, but if i had to buy again would 100% get the 1tb.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
I've no idea what pricing looks like, but I'd be hesitant to get a used one without at least a short warranty, unless you're buying it off a dependable friend.
I've got a spare SSD around and I'm tempted to do the upgrade to get a little speed boost, although backing up and reinstalling has made me hold off.
― mh, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
anecdotally, I had to delete a game this week in order to get updates running smoothly again
― mh, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
games on the ps4 are really cheap compared to e.g. switch, like even the biggest AAA games are like $15 if you're not jumping on them at release, so I'd stay away from used and avoid the risk. but I dunno. I got a pro 1tb a few months ago.
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
it's not hard at all to buy a 2TB hard drive and stick one in if you want to later, but yeah, i wouldn't go less than 500GB. most physical games now require a full install which could be 50gb+when I got my PS4 I planned ahead and bought a particular external USB drive with 2TB and stuck it in right awayand yeah, PS4 games are dirt cheap especially if you're coming late like this, you're gonna love PS+ sales
― Nhex, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:22 (five years ago) link
also second just biting the bullet and getting a new system. and go pro because why not
― Nhex, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
i like to go semi-pro and then work my way up to pro through hard work and dedication
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
Ha. I wouldn't go pro because I don't have a 4K TV and that seems to be the greatest distinction.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
In graphics-intensive games it can keep up better, iirc
it also has minor technical tweaks across the board, but nothing that striking. just a little bit more future-proof imo
― mh, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
Good to hear the advice about hard drive size. But what am I looking out for in new v. used? What could go wrong with a used PS4, as opposed to a used anything? Places likes Amazon, or even Swappa, seem to have pretty solid guarantees and/or vetting. I mean, should I be more cautious buying a used PS4 than I would be buying a used phone?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
I'm in the same boat Josh. I'm inclined towards the Slim, first because I assume it uses less electricity and second because it's cheaper and third I don't care that much about 60FPS or whatever. (I mean, whatever framerate or resolution or whatever you're playing on, you're going to get used to it after playing enough to the point that it's merely normal instead of WAU.)
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
even if you don't have a 4K tv you'll get better frame rates/performance across the board with Probut yeah honestly it doesn't matter much, since all games have to run on the OG PS4 at at acceptable rate regardless
― Nhex, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
i kind of want to trade in my ps4 and games and put the money towards a switch. i've lost pretty much any appetite i used to have for games revolving around killing people. the main loss would be being able to play blu-rays.
― na (NA), Thursday, 14 June 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
i'm not actually going to do this.
― na (NA), Thursday, 14 June 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
the big mystery to me is why the PS4 Pro doesn't have 4k blu-ray capability
probably they weren't making drives that'd work in a console at scale when they decided to release the thing but it's so insanely dumb. sony makes well-rated drives that are relatively cheap that do that! but their console upgrade, where one of the specific reasons for release was 4k games.. nope
― mh, Thursday, 14 June 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
Apparently the PS4 Pro inexplicably does not play blu-ray, despite the console being introduced for better image quality and despite Sony being the first to embrace the fucking blu-ray format. Makes no sense to me, and it's another strike against a Pro.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 June 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
xpost!
Twinsies!
It plays Blu-Ray, just not 4k Blu-Ray as far as I know
― mh, Thursday, 14 June 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
Gotcha.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 June 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
still - bizarre! maybe there was an extra license fee to playback 4K codecs or something
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 June 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
That was it, yep. It would've cost them more to provide a function they figured most people wouldn't use, and they were skimping on costs. MS were happy to put a 4k BR drive in the Xbox One S though, so it's especially stingy of Sony.
On the other hand, who owns any 4k bluray discs anyway? Those things are still hugely unjustifiably overpriced.
― JimD, Thursday, 14 June 2018 20:17 (five years ago) link
it's a very weird market for sure. depending on the streaming, a 1080p blu-ray looks better than a 4k stream, but I think people see a difference in the newer streaming stuff and assume they'll need a 4k blu-ray
― mh, Thursday, 14 June 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
4K disc prices are starting to come down a lot. you can buy It 2017 and Dunkirk this week at Target for $13
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 June 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
I'm a huge fuckin' nerd and have a couple movies in the limited edition steelcases, that came with 4k blu-ray discs, but no way to watch them. I've rewatched the movies via streaming.
― mh, Thursday, 14 June 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
Question: is 4k super-relevant? it always seems like you'd need a massive screen and UHD, or whatever the other one is both feel like enhanced viewing experiences without either the data and compression issues or the (to me) meaningless emphasis on pixels = viewing improvement.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 14 June 2018 23:41 (five years ago) link
For this generation, probably not. I mean, there are few games that are even 1080p/60fps, let alone 4K. But the processing power for HDR and framerates, the likelihood that next generation will embrace it (and PC gaming of course is already there)...
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 June 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
I have to sit pretty close to a 55” 4K screen to notice a big difference between 1080 and 4K on a television. I think it’s one of those things where it sets a new baseline and all other aspects have to elevate to handling a larger image, and therefore get better
like how 3d television was gimmicky but the real feature was the ability to have a faster refresh rate
― mh, Thursday, 14 June 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link
didn't the 4K standard give up on 3D altogether? thought that was lame, they should've tried to keep it going. maybe after the new Avatar series comes out
― Nhex, Friday, 15 June 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
but yeah, i totally agree with what you're saying re: refresh rates
I have no idea, there is no reason to do both 4K and 3d at home because you’re wearing foggy-ass goggles
― mh, Friday, 15 June 2018 00:55 (five years ago) link
My TV is a 3D one and I've never used the glasses even once
― groovypanda, Friday, 15 June 2018 09:01 (five years ago) link
you're on the right track. UHD = 4K + HDR
HDR is an actual improvement and justifies the existence of uhd (not that I would know, having never watched anything hdr). 4k otoh...
A fair and controlled comparison between HD and 4k shows almost no difference for normal TV viewing conditions, and in fact “4k” content often comes from 2k source footage, and almost always has artificial sharpening added to it in mastering — that’s fake sharpening that is (technically speaking) a degradation, but adds perceptual sharpness. The sharpening would look the same if applied to an HD image instead of a 4k image.So, going to the electronics store and comparing HD and 4k TVs is not an even handed test, because 4k-mastered content and 4k-upscaling have gimmicks built in to create a fake wow-factor that is neither real resolving power nor is it the image that the author (director, cinematographer, etc) intended. I know from first hand experience that this is the case with 4k mastered content, and I would speculate (but don’t know for certain) that it’s also the case with the TV’s themselves: that they add sharpening and other fakery when upscaling HD images to 4k, or perhaps even when just displaying 4k images.High pixel-density screens are useful for computer monitors and smart phones, because those are screens that you view at a very close distance and concentrate on only a small detail of the screen: you read fine text, or you look at a photo embedded in a webpage, etc. But high pixel-density screens don't have practical application as big screen TVs that are livingroom centerpieces, especially while there are other (actually visible!) attributes of contemporary home theaters that could stand to be improved, including compression artifacts which are much much larger than single pixels
So, going to the electronics store and comparing HD and 4k TVs is not an even handed test, because 4k-mastered content and 4k-upscaling have gimmicks built in to create a fake wow-factor that is neither real resolving power nor is it the image that the author (director, cinematographer, etc) intended. I know from first hand experience that this is the case with 4k mastered content, and I would speculate (but don’t know for certain) that it’s also the case with the TV’s themselves: that they add sharpening and other fakery when upscaling HD images to 4k, or perhaps even when just displaying 4k images.
High pixel-density screens are useful for computer monitors and smart phones, because those are screens that you view at a very close distance and concentrate on only a small detail of the screen: you read fine text, or you look at a photo embedded in a webpage, etc. But high pixel-density screens don't have practical application as big screen TVs that are livingroom centerpieces, especially while there are other (actually visible!) attributes of contemporary home theaters that could stand to be improved, including compression artifacts which are much much larger than single pixels
that's from cinematographer Steve Yedlin's website, who's made this video demonstrating the lack of visible improvement from higher than 2k pixel counts, if the above text didn't convince you.
note he's talking specifically about cinema, not computer graphics, it's possible that 4k games on a 4k screen are a real improvement and not just marketing bs
― chihuahuau, Friday, 15 June 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
chihuahua - thanks for that v useful answer (i actually forgot i asked the question), and yes, i’m always getting my UHD, HDR and 4K in a mix. i feel a bit weird about describing the methods used to enhance 4k to give tangible viewing differences as “fakery”, as they are meaningful enhancements, more meaningful in many circumstances than 4k as you say. there is definitely an industry desire to make 4k happen, with lol hueg screens at trade shows, tho broadcasters are v wary as it’s a massive pita both in terms of compression and also getting data out of increasingly cloud based systems (it’s the getting the data out which tends to cost the money) and compression advantages being lost. not to mention production company expenses. according to a couple of people i know waiting to see which way it goes is the cause of the v static broadcast technologies in much of the networks (cbs still have reels of film in some of their workflows ffs!). but deciding to invest in iptv or update serial workflows will depend on whether 4k or HDR becomes the dominant technology. massive derail sorry. loving the dark souls remaster as i never played the original and it is clearly superior to its sequels imo. a v v good game indeed.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 16 June 2018 11:47 (five years ago) link
Had a PS4 Pro in my cart at Costco but chickened out at the last minute. Good price, but I'm leaning toward getting a used 1TB slim at Swappa or something.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 17 June 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
OK bit the bullet and got a Slim. But I'm keeping it wrapped up until I see what kind of sales Amazon offers this July.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 June 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
Did you get new/used? 1 TB?
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Monday, 18 June 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
New Slim at Costco, 1TB. Seemed like the best combination of advice you guys gave. I bought new, I got the terabyte, but I didn't get the pro, because my TV can't handle it, and whatever the processing power of the latest model, it's not anything I will really appreciate, especially for a console on the last third of its life cycle (probably) whose every iteration can handle whatever games exist for it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 June 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
Plus was $50 less than the even on-sale Pro.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 June 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
josh how do u not have the bluest balls
get zelda played and then get that PS4 opened and TLoU absolutely caned
― ||||||||, Monday, 18 June 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
gj Josh welcome
and yes get TLOU for sure
― Nhex, Monday, 18 June 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyCa35_mOg
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:11 (five years ago) link
In the meantime, my shortlist is Bloodborne, The Last of Us, Dark Souls Remastered, and maybe Horizon Zero Dawn (because it's $10 at Best Buy). Maybe Uncharted 4? Most of these games seem to be $16-$18 used, about $20 new, with the exception of Dark Souls Remastered and, I dunno, God of War? Had preordered Wolfenstein II (and mia Dark Souls) on Switch, but if it's a good game I might just cancel and get it for PS4. Other suggestions? These seem enough to keep me going for years. Shadow of the Colossus? That game seems sad.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:16 (five years ago) link
i really loved uncharted 4. hitman is cool too. i mostly play fifa.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:28 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not a big sports games fan.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:50 (five years ago) link
Fallout 3? Fallout 4?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:53 (five years ago) link
Fallout new vegas, tbh
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:58 (five years ago) link
Good place to start?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:58 (five years ago) link
That one, that is, rather than the other ones? I get the feeling game sequels are a bit like porn sequels; it really doesn't matter if you've seen the first five. I read there's a long stretch in Uncharted 4, though, for example, where if you haven't played the others it just totally lacks any emotional resonance.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 03:00 (five years ago) link
Just the best game of the three, I think. You could start with any of the three and be fine, I think. Controversial opinion but playing just one of those three is enough, I think.
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 03:01 (five years ago) link
you can get a combo pack of Wolfenstein I and the DLC expansion for it for ~$20 usually now if you want to try that out before jumping on II
there's also Return of Arkham/Arkham Knight and Shadow of Mordor if you like your open world brawler action
― Nhex, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 03:10 (five years ago) link
Is the expansion pack ... The Old Blood? There are lots of versions of lots of these games. Confusing coming in late!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 03:30 (five years ago) link
that is correct
― Nhex, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 03:53 (five years ago) link
Thanks. Couple of other quick questions re: games: is there anything specific I need to look out for when buying used, besides the usual (scratches, etc.)? A lot of used games come with the disclaimer that, say, activation codes could be missing and things like that. That's mostly promotional stuff, right? Any used game in good condition will still be playable? And none of this shit comes with instructions anymore, right, so booklets and inserts are not vital?
Also, just like Switch, there's no difference between physical and digital games (besides size, transferability, convenience), correct? And if a game did have DLC, that downloads to the system, but I assume only works when I have the physical disc in?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 11:41 (five years ago) link
Used games are fine - the DLC you miss varies on the game. For fighting games, for instance, they often include an extra character, which I wouldn't want to miss. Most of the time like you say it's some cosmetic DLC or an FPS weapon or something like that. Honestly, though - there are always so many sales at any given time on digital and physical, I see no reason to ever buy used unless it's something rare, out of print, or not available on PSN.
There's even less difference between physical and digital on PS4 because most games require a full install, which can be between 10-50 GB! And yeah, on the disc versions you need the disc in the tray to play DLC.
If you're going to get into a heavily multiplayer game like Street Fighter or Call of Duty it's tempting to just get digital for the slightly better load times and ease of access.
*That said, I'm a proponent of physical media in general and say always go with physical if you can, because who knows when the digital apocalypse will occur and you'll lose access to your stuff. It does annoy me when "GOTY" type editions come out, and nowadays it's almost always the base disc + a download code for the season pass, when last generation you would get everything on disc.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
Dammit Josh now you got me jonesing to take the plunge, I'm going to the mall today and might not be able to resist going into Gamestop for that used Slim I ogled last week...
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
Josh when was the last time you had a mainstream console? There might be last gen games also worth checking out... Have you played RDR? GTA V? Skyrim?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
not to mention all the non-switch indies, like inside for example
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
Sum total of all I have owned, ever (give or take a Coleco and Atari 7800, iirc): OG Nintendo, GameCube, Wii (which I hacked and loaded with shit), Switch, now PS4. Never had a powerful HD console, never played games on a computer, so there's a big backlog of stuff. Would consider Red Dead Redemption, no interest in GTA (I don't think) or Skyrim (I don't think). I like the immersive worlds (from what I have seen) of the SoulsBorne games, and also I'm a sucker for cool graphics (which being a Nintendo guy I've never really gotten). I had never played Doom but have been enjoying it on Switch, so might buy it again to have it run and look better. My like of Doom is leading me toward Wolfenstein, too (and maybe II).
Will PS4 play PS3 games, like Fallout New Vegas or Red Dead Redemption? Or do I have to pay for yet another subscription service?
I think I'm pretty set on indies for the Switch, there are plenty. The reason I got a PS4 was for the heavy hitters and exclusives.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
PS4 is not backwards compatible with PS3, but there's a (paid?) streaming service that lets you play PS3 games on the PS4.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
Bah. See, I don't want to do that, given how slow I am I like the limitation of having a few games on hand.
Inside, fwiw, is supposed to be coming to the Switch. But today I cancelled my nebulous preorder of Dark Souls for the Switch, because for the life of me I cannot imagine playing it on such a little screen. Hollow Knight, otoh, is a joy on the Switch screen.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
Ooooh there's a lot of previous gen games you can check out then, like Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Batman: Arkham Asylum... many of which have gotten remasters on PS4.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
Yeah, would totally appreciate any must-buy list. Though I do think I am largely set with several hundred hours of potential play on the titles already on my radar (in addition to games I have on the switch).
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
(Like a very stable genius, I bought TLOU and the Mass Effect trilogy for my PS3. Anyway, Mass Effect is good!)
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
Prey maybe. The Dishonored games. Nier Automata. the Just Cause games. maybe AssCreed Black Flag. u're not interested in JRPGs right or i'd highly recommend Persona 5. Titanfall 2 has a fantastic short/tight single player campaign. there's a Bioshock collection you should check out if you haven't played any of them. have you played any of the Dead Rising games? 1 + 2 are both great. deus ex: mankind divided isn't great but it's good. the new tomb raider reboots are good. some of the more recent saint's rows games are fun. if you've never played spelunky now you can.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
Don't feel bad Lee, I've still got dozens of titles in my 360/PS3 backlogs
― Nhex, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
What's the word on Hellblade? I think that might be my first buy.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
What are good jrpgs for ps4 ? I have persona 5 and a tales game, that’s it.
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
Hellblade looks good but I get the sense that it's a walking sim and/or on rails.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
I could be tempted to get a PS4 if Red Dead Red II gets good reviews.
Also, in a really impressed-old-person way, I just think the graphics on things lately are amaaaazing. Like they're even starting to solve the uncanny valley, almost.
That said - I had a PS3 for ages but I kept forgetting it was there. I really dug Portal 2 and Braid. And Red Dead/GTA IV, but they made my hand hurt if I played them too much.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
Also I can't imagine anything on a PS4 would be better than BOTW
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
What's wonderful about BOTW (which I have watched my kid play) is its innocence. It's deep and rigorous but you're not stabbing zombie spider monsters in the ass or blowing off bad guy heads. It's ... pure? I may like Dunkey more than most (I think he's funny) but his silly Zelda goof really captures that game's magic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EvbqxBUG_c
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
Ok I don't think I need to see any more by this guy, but that was great
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
Also - drop kicking the skull! I didn't know you could do that.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
if i got a PS4 it would just be for Bloodborne. then again that game rules so hard it would be worth it.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
I don't want to get any more ahead of myself than I already am, but how would you differentiate the three Dark Souls and Bloodborne? From what I've read, everyone loves (in some sense of the word) the first Dark Souls, many don't like the second (I don't know why), people are mixed but generally like the gameplay of III and it seems people ... like Bloodborne best of all, to the extent that playing it first might ruin Dark Souls for you?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
xxxp oh lord the chicken-moblin war
― Nhex, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 04:29 (five years ago) link
i dont think playing Bloodborne first would ruin anyone's experience playing Dark Souls. not sure if this is the right analogy but perhaps it would be like ruining Super Mario Bros. 3 by playing Super Mario World first.
the big draw for Dark Souls is the world design, the way everything is connected, the way it all feels like a real place. your first time through DS will be special because no other game has that tight interconnected design. DS3 comes close but DS2 is a sprawling mess that doesn't make any sense w too many levels.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 10:52 (five years ago) link
xxp Souls games have more build and weapon variety and tend to encourage a more cautious playstyle than Bloodborne. pvp is also more prominent in the former.I don't think playing one first will ruin the others beyond the inevitable burn out aspect of several hours long games
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 10:53 (five years ago) link
So nothing on good ps4 jrpgs? Please help!
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 11:22 (five years ago) link
persona5 if smt is your thing
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 11:53 (five years ago) link
ni no kuni ii is out now right? i have only played the first but it made me feel very warm and fuzzy so i imagine 2 is great!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
also: if you missed valkyria chronicles the first time around, there is a remaster on the ps4. also the 4th game in the series is coming out in september, by the time you get through all of the other stuff on this list you'll wanna play that one. (don't worry about 2 and 3: i played the... second one i think, it's on PSP, and as far as i can tell they are all more or less discrete stories)
final fantasy xv is... something. i didn't get that far tbh before other games distracted me, but i hope to go back at some point! there are some awesome weird little moments of "hanging out with the boys" that i love, and the SUPER WEIRD detail of the food they make when they camp (on coleman camping equipment) was so weird i think about it more often than i probably should. if you want a more, uh, traditional final fantasy experience?, FFX and FFX-2 also got remasters if you wanna play those and haven't before (i can say FFX was great and probably the last great "normal" numbered FF (FFXII was also great but by no means 'normal')).
i've heard good things about I Am Setsuna.
some people call the yakuza games RPGs which is a little weird to me but they're so far wonderful. apparently zero is a good place to start, but I am starting with Kiwami, a remake of the first game, and enjoying it thoroughly. Kiwami 2 comes out later this year, 0 and 6 are out there, and 3/4/5 are supposed to get barely-remastered re-releases on PS4 at some point (fingers crossed for stateside).
i never got into the ys series, but there are some of those on ps4 and some folks say they rule.
ditto for trails of cold steel, also on ps4 now.
monster hunter world is extremely not my shit, but you might like it. everyone else seems to!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 14:08 (five years ago) link
don't think trails of cold steel has an english ps4 version unfortunately, it was on ps3. if you're looking for turn based jrpg then persona 5 is the big one and there's not much else unless you want to play like an atelier game or something low-rent like that. valkyria chronicles is turn based but it's closer to an XCOM type game than a jrpg. dragon quest 11 is out in September.
lots of good options for action jrpg though:nier automatays viiitales of berseriathe dark souls/bloodborne games obviously if you count those as jrpgs (they totally are)ni no kuni 2 is alright
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
jRPGs are tricky to recommend in general because you have the people who just want to battle and skip through the cutscenes and you have the people who just want to hang out with some fun characters and be told a story and mash through battles and the entire spectrum in between, then you have the people who loved chrono trigger but think all modern ones are anime trash and the weebs who like the trashy anime and get bored by the underwritten old/retro style ones and in the end you can have 100 people play the same jrpg and come away sounding like they played 100 different games.
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
dang. I've never played a Final Fantasy since NES days when I played the first one & maybe the second. I understand these are good but I don't even know where to start
I do have persona 5 already which I wanna start but summer's starting & I'll be on the road a bunch so I don't wanna start it now
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link
my personal understanding of final fantasy is that 6 thru 9 are classics, everything before that is too primitive and everything after that is too messy. 12 has a bit of a following though I think & I haven't tried it.
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
dunno how many of them have PS4 ports though
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
so true
i often wonder why i play rpgs. sometimes i do really enjoy the story (the first 3/4 of xenogears, the witcher 3), but often they seem oddly underdeveloped, given that they're supposed to be a highlight of the genre. it's tough to put up with terrible voice acting for 50+ hours. even just zelda's meh voice acting in breath of the wild is driving me nuts, and i barely encounter her. i'm willing to put up with anime-leaning games, but i'd rather not play a game where most of the adult female characters speak like 6-year-olds and/or showcase their underboobs, and that's most of them ime.
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
xp FFVII has a PS4 port already but also has a PS4 remaster due at some unknown near future point. So maybe worth waiting for that rather than picking it up now, if remasters are your cup of tea.
― JimD, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
the ff7 project is a full on remake not just a remaster and it's probably a long ways off still
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
some people call the yakuza games RPGs which is a little weird to me but they're so far wonderful. apparently zero is a good place to start
yes, forgot about yakuza! i've played a few of these, halfway through 6 now, and 0 is my favourite so far, and it's like $20 nowadays
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
kiwami and zero at $20 on june 28!
polygon story on greatest hits releases next week
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
oh nice, i'll pick up yakuza zero for $20 for sure
― na (NA), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
i can say FFX was great and probably the last great "normal" numbered FF
yeah i liked X a lot. i would agree with this. it has the turn based combat of the older games but there are some really nice mechanics added in that make it a lot of fun to do battle. it also has the most absurd mini game ever where you have to anticipate lightning strikes.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
So I've seen some talk about the merits of going with the Pro for "future-proofing" reasons, which I don't get. It's not like games made to take advantage of the Pro's hardware won't play or will break the gaming experience on Slims, right?
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Thursday, 21 June 2018 22:53 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I don't get it. I thought about it, but if you're worried about "future proofing" anything you shouldn't be getting a new system toward the end of its cycle. PS5 or whatever is being talked about for 2020, maybe, but even if the PS4 lasts longer, the only real significant thing the Pro has to offer over the slim is, I think, 4K support (plus faster processor, maybe?), and "future proofing" with TV evolution in mind is a fruitless task.
But man, the dude at Costco was really pushing the Pro over the Slim, even though even to a know-nothing like me I knew more than he did and knew he was talking out of his ass. "Oh, the difference is this one has HDR+, but that one has 4K, which is what you really want" - wrong - and (he points to pictures of games on the box) I think it comes with these games" - wrong.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 June 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
A bunch of games that have already been released not only run better on my Pro than they did on my PS4, but they have added features. The most significant is visual textures etc. that are only displayed if 4K/HDR is enabled, but also I think some games have extra Pro-only features. (Don't quote me on that.)
Future proofing probably only matters if you have a lot of PS4 games and want to keep using your library. I'm probably more likely to play PS4 games through my PS5 on PS Now or whatever than I would be to dust off my PS4 and use it, but if you can see yourself doing it, the new system is definitely very nice. Even the menus seem nicer ... I haven't A/B'ed that yet though.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 21 June 2018 23:13 (five years ago) link
Warning: Some redundancy up there :(
But is it $100 (or whatever) better?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 June 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
normal PS4 does HDR too btw, if that wasn’t clear
― mh, Thursday, 21 June 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
Huh I didn't realize that.
Well, it was an easy sell for me because my PS4 was getting pretty wheezy. I think the better tech specs are worth it but ymmv.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 21 June 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link
So what kind of game sales should I be on the lookout for? For example, there is a playstation flash sale right now. Do those happen all the time? Some games I'm interested in are 50-60% off. Is that common? Unusual? How about at brick and mortar stores, anything (or any specific places) I should be keeping an eye on?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 22 June 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
gamefly sells off copies of the games they rent, i've found good deals there occasionally
josh, just get the witcher 3, you don't need any other games
― na (NA), Friday, 22 June 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
josh you seem to be extremely interested in the relative prices and values of videogames, in general! it's fine, i'm just saying you're off the bell curve in terms of how much you think about this.
the best way to play good games at low prices is
a) play older games for current system. there are tons of really good game that are a few years old and are now down to $20 or so. this is more true for systems like PS4 that have a larger catalog and have been around for a while.b) buy an older system (xbox 360, ps2, many good options here) - the games are cheap, there are tons of good ones and you can work your way through lists of the best games released for the system, you can buy lots on ebay for cheap, etcb) play free games. either for a console or on your computer. there is a lot of good free shit. if every game is a ratio of fun / cost, your fun ratio will be beyond time and space and/or destroy the universe if you divide by 0
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 22 June 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
or like NA said, buy the witcher 3. you can play it every day for the next several months without completing it. and by the time you do, cyberpunk 2077 will be out, and you can spend all of 2019-2025 playing it. it's worth $60, it's worth $150. it is arguably worth $15000
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 22 June 2018 16:34 (five years ago) link
i am way in the minority here but i thought Witcher 3 was not much fun at all. gave it a good 25 hours or so and dropped it.
maybe it was because i had come to it after a Souls/Bloodborne game and the combat just felt clunky as hell. and story driven games just aren't my bag i've come to find.
― circa1916, Friday, 22 June 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
ha we are opposites. i put the difficulty down to easy to get past a hard part and ended up leaving it there because i just wanted to explore and have fun and enjoy the story and side missions, not master combat techniques.
― na (NA), Friday, 22 June 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
xpost Ha, it's just that I have been burned before when it comes to things that can be accumulated. I will think, wow, this is supposed to be awesome and the price is great! And then I find out the price I paid was average or overpriced, and I start seeing it for less money everywhere,and I feel like a sucker. In the end, $20, $15, neither is terribly expensive, but given the choice I would rather pay $5 less.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 22 June 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
for me though it is less the relative value of games in the case of the PlayStation and more specific games I want, then trying to figure out the price they're worth, when I have encountered a wide range of prices for the same item.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 22 June 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
another related thought experience: would you rather pay a small bit more for something with twice as much content, which is a good value, even you are unlikely ever to play all the contact? my heart says yes even though my brain knows better.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 22 June 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
content not contact
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 22 June 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
I actually pay attention to the sale prices a lot. In terms of what's on sale, I don't see anything that hasn't been on sale a couple times already this year. There are some games that only go on sale maybe once or twice a year ... some Japanese companies have sales much more infrequently ... I waited a pretty long time for Persona 5 to go on sale even a little bit.
I think the usual timeline is that games are slightly on sale before they're released, then they're regular price for a long time. Then maybe there's a Christmas sale, and then they don't go on sale for quite some time.
EA games are constantly on sale. Ubisoft games go on sale a lot.
Another thing to note is that when you look at New Releases, you'll sometimes see older games at the top. I think that means that they're establishing a new price point. So what was a 59.99 game is now a 39.99 game. For me that's as good as it going on sale ... they're not going to reduce the price again after setting the new price point.
I hope everyone grabbed Xcom 2 for free this month. :)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 22 June 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
Josh: i'm with you on obsessively maximizing dollar value out of video game purchases, but (I'm guessing) you're probably at the point where you straight up don't have the time to play that many games. i have an insane backlog (seriously, hundreds of games, not even counting Steam) going back years because I've spent so much time buying cheap games, because you can get so much playtime for relatively speaking, very very little money. (especially compared to pretty much every other hobby including comic books, music, movies, TV...)
in short dun worry about it. the sales come, the sales go. if you don't need to play every brand new game, you never need to worry about value. (um less we're talking about Nintendo, sales are less common. but they still happen!)
and PSN has sales literally every week, you'll get a slightly better discount with PS+ (which you should get for the free games and multiplayer access anyway)the flash sales are roughly once a month but no special discount for PS+ members
― Nhex, Friday, 22 June 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
p.s. cheapassgamer.com and slickdeals.net
― Nhex, Friday, 22 June 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
i'm with you on obsessively maximizing dollar value out of video game purchases, but (I'm guessing) you're probably at the point where you straight up don't have the time to play that many games.
Lol, totally. In my defense, I bought the PS4 specially to play a small handful of time consuming games. The compulsive part of me just wants to buy that handful of games and have them, well, handy.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 22 June 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
Here's a FPS question for you all. I'd never played a FPS before I bought Doom for Switch. Gyro aim has been super helpful, to the extent that I can't imagine being able to aim and shoot without it. My question is: am I able to accurately aim and shoot without it? Sometimes I forget that people are playing these games on PC, or with mouse/keyboard support, but are FPS games playable just aiming with dual analog sticks? Seems super hard, and Fortnite on Switch has underscored that, but is it just another thing to get used to that will eventually become second nature? I specifically skipped Wolfenstein on the Switch since I presumed the presentation, price and play would be better on the PS4, but i just occurred to me that means/meant sacrificing gyro controls.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 June 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link
Yeah it's fine, just needs a bit of getting used to. Console games also tend to have a little bit of aim assist to make up for not being quite as accurate as a mouse.
― thomasintrouble, Thursday, 28 June 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
I'm absolutely awful at FPS games.
The only ones I can play are slower paced ones like Fallout and Skyrim.
― groovypanda, Friday, 29 June 2018 07:56 (five years ago) link
That's sort of what I was wondering. Doom is as aggressive and fast paced as it gets, so I can't really imagine getting good at aiming with the sticks after being spoiled by the gyro on Switch. (Then again, sometimes even the gyro throws me off.) I suppose it's possible, I'll see. But other shooters are apparently a tad slower and more methodical (like, I guess, Fallout). And then you get to Fortnite, which, on the Switch, I find hard to play, because I am playing against homebound semi-pros with mouse and keyboard rigs who can pick me off with ease while I struggle to aim, and am seemingly unable to hit anything even when I have the upper hand. It's hard for me to tell if that is because 1) I am not good 2) aiming with analog sticks is hard and, afaict, there is no aim assist or 3) I am simply playing against people much, much better than me. (This last is a given, regardless.) And this is all in a pretty janky environment, anyway.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 June 2018 12:09 (five years ago) link
I'd probably go with #3.
If you're just a casual player, unless the FPS has some pretty good matching system, you're going to be up against people who probably play the game 8+ hours every day.
― groovypanda, Friday, 29 June 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
apart from Rocket League i have never been good at online games. the deck is stacked - you are playing against people that can commit full time to playing these games. when i was a teenager i played hella videogames daily, i was a DOOM (og game) monster, and if there was global multiplayer i would have probably wrecked.
if it makes you feel any better after playing (and losing) Fortnight on Switch i ended up downloading for Steam and playing with M+K. in around a dozen matches i still have not made a single kill or survived a match.
this is where the crafting mechanic really shines, i can be a complete loser and still have fun for most of the match running around and, for instance, coming across a pack of teammates all destroying a cop car.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 29 June 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
i'm not gonna keep harping on witcher 3, i promise, but it's down to $20 new at all the big stores and will last you for months. easily my favorite ps4 game (based on pretty limited experience)
― na (NA), Friday, 29 June 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
xpost I have played Fortnite only a handful of times, relatively speaking, and always almost absent-mindedly. The other day I tried a match first thing in morning, and was shot in the first 30 seconds of the game. So I thought, what the hell? Then I've realized they had changed it from the 50 vs 50 format to every man for himself or whatever. My bad. I did see that they introduced a playground mode or something like that, just for people to goof around in and learn the mechanics.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 June 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
oh, also regarding Fortnite. I watched a stream of a dude who almost successfully won a match with no weapons, just playing hundred percent defensively. And it really does come down to how fast and how creatively you can build shit to defend yourself. the people who can build fast, and build up, and quickly build a bunker around them, let alone replace destroyed walls, those people have the biggest advantage.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 June 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
It's not an unbeatable advantage though. I can't build at all, or shoot very well, but I've won one game and placed top 3 in lots of others by playing a kind of stealth mode, just plotting good safe routes through the map and making sure that if you are forced into combat, you position yourself so that you at least get a good shot or two at them before they see you.
― JimD, Saturday, 30 June 2018 13:42 (five years ago) link
So what is this PS+ nonsense? You need a monthly subscription if you want to play anything online? Fair enough, don't think I care about that. And you get a couple of free games a month, but ... you lose them if you cancel your subscription? Eh.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 July 2018 12:05 (five years ago) link
it's like $50 a year for multiplayer + the games. that's a cup of coffee a month. it's a good value. also, cloud saves
― Nhex, Friday, 6 July 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
($50 on discount which happens fairly often)
you lose them if you cancel your subscription
If you restart your subscription later your access is restored fwiw.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 6 July 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbLIyd-VsQ
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:24 (five years ago) link
I don’t understand it, but I am excited by it.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 14 July 2018 08:28 (five years ago) link
I bought a Slim yesterday! It's set to arrive today, and my first purchase is probably going to be Hellblade (the game concept intrigues me, what can I say, and Raycevick big-upped it). After that, I'm less sure: the Uncharted collection then Uncharted 4, because Naughty Dog?
I think the one must-have is a good story narrative experience.
Josh, have you played Horizon Zero Dawn yet?
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
uncharted 4 is super dope
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 July 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
I waited until after Prime Day (which sucked and was broken) to see if a PS4 went on sale before I opened mine. It didn't so I will, but not until I get back from a trip. There were a handful of very specific titles I wanted to get for the PS4, and so far I have picked most of them up super-cheap. Dark Souls Remastered, Bloodbourne, Last of Us remastered. Uncharted 4 I haven't bought yet, but I did get the collection of the other Uncharteds, which I'd want to play first, and I haven't gotten the Wolfensteins (or rebought Doom), but I'll get there eventually. (Same with God of War when the price drops or more used copies appear). Horizon Zero Dawn wasn't originally on my short list, but I bought it when it dropped to $10 at Best Buy, because I had heard good things and, come on, $10!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
The Slim supports Bluetooth -- but not Bluetooth audio? Weird! I see that there are dongles to connect Bluetooth headphones (I have a pair of Beats), but the reviews say that they're not reliable. Anybody have ideas?
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Monday, 23 July 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
yeh I have a set of Sony bluetooth headphones and they do not work with the PS4.also a xbox gamepad that does not work with windows 10 (although you can use a PS4 controller with some fannying around wtf?)bluetooth is a mess.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 23 July 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
if you apply the standard formula for shitty technologies
(amount of people using a technology) x (terribleness of a technology)
bluetooth is objectively the worst technology of all time
― Karl Malone, Monday, 23 July 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
Some kinda sale:
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-ATTACKOFBBSALEGG/1?direction=asc&sort=name
Tempted to see if FPSes still make me motion sick to see what the Bioshock fuss is about.
― Gwent Stefani (Leee), Friday, 17 August 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
Also argh at all the stuff I bought recently included above.
― Gwent Stefani (Leee), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
Definitely a solid price for God of War. Uncharteds are also bargain-priced. This is digital only right? Do any of you have a preference of digital vs. physical? Does it matter? In terms of speed or stability?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 August 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
It's PSN, so yeah, digital-only.
Karl's diss of GOW has kept me from checking it out, tbh, so let it be known: ILG is a real-world influencer!
Considering Persona 5 though.
I have no real preference b/w digital vs. physical, though I'd guess that physical, which requires reading via an optical disc, can be more prone to mechanical failure and is thus theoretically less stable.
― Gwent Stefani (Leee), Friday, 17 August 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
Oh man, don’t let me stop you Lee! I’m a weirdo with games, and my opinions aren’t even logically consistent. Tons of people like GOW. For the record I also dislike uncharted and last of us, both beloved franchises
― Karl Malone, Friday, 17 August 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
O_O
With a TLOU opinion like that, you should work in the Trump admin!!
― Gwent Stefani (Leee), Friday, 17 August 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
There’s a hiring freeze right now but maybe I can mention it in the supplementary materials section of my usajobs.com application!
― Karl Malone, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:00 (five years ago) link
octoris?
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
now that's a word i don't like to hear
― ciderpress, Friday, 17 August 2018 22:59 (five years ago) link
I ended up getting:
God of WarUncharted Lost Legacy (thinking of returning the this)Persona 5
― Gwent Stefani (Leee), Sunday, 19 August 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
Can you "return" a digital purchase?
Sekiro, that Samurai/stealth distant cousin to Dark Souls, was just announced for I think next spring, which means (I assume) another couple of years for the PS4, til maybe late 2019 or 2020. Which makes me feel good for buying one now.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 11:41 (five years ago) link
PS4 has at least 3 more years, probably 4-5 for Japanese games
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 13:29 (five years ago) link
I get that with a lot of FPSes like Call of Duty etc but was absolutely fine with the Bioshock games as they're a lot less frantic (see also Fallout/Skyrim).
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
Bloodborne Complete Edition is $12 right now. But, as someone who never got into Witcher and isn't interested in exploring open worlds, would I enjoy this game?
― Aye Begorrah, reader, I married him. -Jane Eire (Leee), Friday, 31 August 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
It isn't really open world. More action than RPG.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 31 August 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
i have never played it, but i always kind of imagined it as dark souls with guns?
― Karl Malone, Friday, 31 August 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
the guns are sort of a red herring tbh, they're a combo piece, more shield parry than damage dealing. it's weird. the game is Great tho.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 31 August 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
and yeah witcher/open world don't have any bearing
OK, bought. My backlog, though...
― Aye Begorrah, reader, I married him. -Jane Eire (Leee), Friday, 31 August 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
What Remains of Edith Finch is on sale for $12, I should get?
― Nag Reddit (Leee), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
For the past few months, Sony have had a doggone siphon in my wallet.
― Nag Reddit (Leee), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
did you get Spider-Man, cause damn it's good
― Nhex, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
If you like pure narrative titles and walking simulators (I do) And you can stomach some slightly twee magic realism (I can’t) then yep it’s worth a play.
― JimD, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
thought you were talking about spider-man for a sec. now that's a game i would play
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
I doubt I'm getting Spidey (webslinging "feels good man" doesn't have much appeal to me).
I'm not sure about the pure narrative/walking simulator part, but maybe I just haven't found the right one? I'm all for twee magical realism though.
― Nag Reddit (Leee), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
The combat is pretty fun. It's basically just batman but it's a good batman game.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link
pretty much. still, there's a real love and attention to geeky detail that puts it over the top IMO
― Nhex, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
TLOU Remastered is $10 in the PS store right now. I'm almost tempted to get it just to have it on PS4.
― Nag Reddit (Leee), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
it's a classic. i got the PS4 disc version on sale for the same reason
― Nhex, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
probably a good thing to replay around the time the sequel comes out, though I don't remember how long a full playthrough is. 15-20 hours?
Spider-Man reminded me how much I love the arkham games, and i remembered that I'd never played the Season Pass content from Arkham Knight, so I've spent the last week doing the combat challenges and DLC missions. In fairness to WB they did give a lot for that pass, even if a lot of it's small DLC missions, alt-costumes or tons of tank/racing/predator challenges I'm not gonna touch
― Nhex, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
Hollow Knight out today, I'm excited.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
I tried to sell two games to Gamestop, and they offered $6 (PFFFFT). Is ebay/Amazon the better bet nowadays?
― Deontology Sanders (Leee), Monday, 8 October 2018 21:04 (five years ago) link
(Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection FWIW. And that's $6 total.)
― Deontology Sanders (Leee), Monday, 8 October 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
ugh.GameStop has always been terrible, tbf. i'd go with eBay or craigslist
― Nhex, Monday, 8 October 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
tbf i think you can find each for about that much individually or a little bit more new
― Mordy, Monday, 8 October 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
yeah old non Nintendo games sell for like 10-20 bucks new these days which puts a pretty low ceiling on trade ins
the way to game on the cheap now is just to be a year behind, not to resell everything
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 04:51 (five years ago) link
reselling's for suckas anyway. you gotta hoard it all, forever, like a troll
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 05:02 (five years ago) link
But I don't even want to think about Uncharted anymore! (I still have Lost Legacy in my download queue.)
― Deontology Sanders (Leee), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
Give them to goodwill or something. You got your money’s worth.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
you could attach tiny leather straps to them and make a nice pair of little cymbals
― 1-800-CALL-ATT (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/comments/9ujc35/rps4deals_2018_black_friday_deals_megathread/
― Captain Hardchord (Leee), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
I guess God of War for $25 is a no-brainer, right? What else? Dragonball FighterZ is a great game which I picked up at release.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
Getting God of War and, if it goes on sale, Spider-man, assuming that my family, as usual, hasn't picked up on any of my gifting hints.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
yeah i'll probably pick up god of war and fallout 4
maybe an extra controller
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
tetris effect is game of the year
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Friday, 9 November 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
definitely the game that most makes me sad i dont have one
― ciderpress, Friday, 9 November 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
first game that's made me wish I had VR
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 9 November 2018 23:36 (five years ago) link
definitely considering VR just for this game. still dope without it tho
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Friday, 9 November 2018 23:52 (five years ago) link
I plotzed over a few hours into Horizon Zero Dawn in the other thread, but getting a decent way through the game, there are a LOT of rough patches (just starting with the facial animations and the uneven game mechanics, the ) -- like, how is this one of the PS4's best selling games ever?
And yet, the main story line has grabbed me! (Which I know goes against the general ILG ethos, but IMAMAVERICK.)
― Captain Hardchord (Leee), Sunday, 11 November 2018 00:03 (five years ago) link
This was cool. Taking a classic Tetris player and plugging him into VR for the first time.
https://youtu.be/7T7mg6JZZzg
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Sunday, 11 November 2018 00:34 (five years ago) link
xp i don't think horizon is one of the best selling ps4 games? maybe if you only count first party games
― ciderpress, Sunday, 11 November 2018 05:56 (five years ago) link
It’s a question that’s actually probably not best suited to Wikipedia: this chart looks more like I’d expect (which is to say, depressing)
http://www.vgchartz.com/platform/69/playstation-4/
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 11 November 2018 08:30 (five years ago) link
Huh I'm not sure where I got the best selling thing from!
But anyway, some of the world building is so moving and breathtakingly epic.
― Captain Hardchord (Leee), Sunday, 11 November 2018 09:25 (five years ago) link
Wow, EU is out-buying NA, and not just for FIFA titles. What's up with that?
― Nhex, Sunday, 11 November 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
NA is more split between ps4 and xbox, EU is full on sony territory
― ciderpress, Sunday, 11 November 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
Ah, that makes sense
― Nhex, Sunday, 11 November 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
Yep UK is still relatively balanced but there are plenty of EU regions where the combined market share of Microsoft and Nintendo is still sub 10%.
― JimD, Sunday, 11 November 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
anyone gonna pick up that new tetris?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 11 November 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
Yeah I played a bit last night. Mizughuchi would 100% be my favourite developer if only his taste in music was a bit less cringey.
But yeah it's already my favourite Tetris ever. And I've only played in 2d so far, haven't got round to plugging the pace in yet.
― JimD, Sunday, 11 November 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
Er pace? psvr.
― JimD, Sunday, 11 November 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
damn thanks for reminding me it's out
― vote no on ilxit (Will M.), Monday, 12 November 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
Looks cool, but also looks like something I'd prefer on the Switch. Can't imagine playing Tetris on my TV.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 12 November 2018 22:01 (five years ago) link
Nier Automata is $20 online for Best Buy's Black Friday, so I'll be getting that despite my demo experience. I assume the sale price will only be in effect around BF time?
― I Got Stopped By a Lady Cop on my Automobileee (Leee), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
Oh whoops I checked the Reddit thread and it said it starts on 11/22.
― I Got Stopped By a Lady Cop on my Automobileee (Leee), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
i thought the demo (at least the one i played) was awful. it wasn't fun, and it didn't really capture what the real game (which is fun and addicting) is actually like to play.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
just finished playing nu God of War, it's absolutely fantastic, go buy!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
Ah good 2 kno!
― I Got Stopped By a Lady Cop on my Automobileee (Leee), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 02:18 (five years ago) link
in case you do get the full game, let me save you some potential heartache: just turn down the difficulty all to way to easy at the beginning. the beginning of the game is identical to the demo, but the boss is kinda difficult (i thought, at least) and if you die, you have to go all the way back to the beginning (about 25 minutes back). i died a few times, like an idiot, and also played the demo a couple times, so i going absolutely insane after playing the first 25 minutes of the game 5 times before ever getting to see anything else.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 02:28 (five years ago) link
oh yeah for some reason theres no save point or checkpoint in the intro sequence. i think i managed it first try without knowing that but no shame in turning it down and then back up once you get to the 'real' part of the game where you have latitude to actually practice the combat
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 02:35 (five years ago) link
i whined about it in the nier thread, but what's really frustrating about is that the rest of the demo is suuuuuper easy, like there's no way you can possibly die. and then all of a sudden a 400-foot tall machine is murdering you
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 02:41 (five years ago) link
karl otm, put it on easy until after the first boss fight.
to emphasise: the whole game has no auto-save, saving is done from the pause menu or in save terminals sprinkled throughout the game world but in the prologue neither of those are available yet, so any death and it's back to the very beginning. really, just play it on easy until that's done with
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 04:03 (five years ago) link
Thanks guys, I'll try to remember that when I actually own the game and start in on it.
Switching topics, I think there aren't many posters still wondering about the Slim vs Pro difference, but this seems like a nice summary:
For one thing, despite the much-vaunted 4K support, it’s been more of a compromise than a revelation. As exhaustively shown by all sorts of technical breakdowns, these images are often not native, or true 4K; that would take more computing power than the Pro can handle. Instead, they use upscaling to massage a lower-resolution image into 4K, in concert with advanced rendering techniques. The drumbeat of games that harness the console’s pseudo-4K capabilities has remained steady, especially among system showpieces like Horizon Zero Dawn, but the impact on performance remains undetectable to many laypeople. And when it comes to frame rate, the increased resolution can sometimes come at a cost to performance, so it really depends on your preferences as a player. If you’re willing to sacrifice the console’s 4K capabilities, however, the “performance modes” of God of War and Monster Hunter: World can balance some of the frame rate spikes and troughs that might otherwise take you out of the game, resulting in a decidedly smoother experience.
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/reviews/2018/11/15/17845492/ps4-review-anniversary-five-years
― I Got Stopped By a Lady Cop on my Automobileee (Leee), Thursday, 15 November 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
are we still talking about god of war? bc i'm gonna go buy it tonight
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 15 November 2018 22:23 (five years ago) link
oh nm, you guys are talking about nier automata
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 15 November 2018 22:24 (five years ago) link
fraud of war
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 November 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
choad of war
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 15 November 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
The PSN prices are basically the same as the BF physical prices +$2, pretty tempting to just say screw it and add more to the infinite digital backlog that is then completely forgotten about
― Nhex, Friday, 16 November 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
WHAT THE-- Best Buy already sold out! Fortunately was able to get it from Gamestop.
― Newsted joins this band and quickly he’s subdued (Leee), Thursday, 22 November 2018 06:07 (five years ago) link
Way back when you guys recommended Witcher 3. Is it just sort of an open world GTA/RDR sort of Rockstar game, where you wander around doing missions? Is it fun? Is it super-challenging and complicated/arcane, like Dark Souls? Or is it easy to get into? It's on sale on the PS site. Same with Fallout 4. Is that one just kind of a FPS or is there more to it? Same thing, is it fun? Complicated? Easy to get into?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 November 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
open world - it's HUGE and you have a horse and you can generally go anywhere you want to pretty early on. RPG - tells an elaborate story featuring many other characters, you level up your character and gear. there's crafting.action/adventure - you swing a sword, you need to be relatively dexterous. it's not nearly as difficult as dark souls 3, but you have to pay attention.
it is very fun. it is one of the best big budget games of all time. it has almost TOO much content, imo - i never got close to finishing it because i kept on doing all the side quests and wandering around, exploring. after about 50 hours i had burned myself out and probably got through less than 1/3 of the game. whoops. i hope to return to it someday.
it is approximately 4232340052721.32 times better than fallout 4
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 25 November 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
Sold. One of the reasons I was excited about getting a PS4 this late in the (er) game is that most of the good stuff has been priced down to $15-$20, which is low enough for an impulse purchase, even if I won't get around to playing them for months.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 November 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
oh, also! you probably already did this, but whenever i'm thinking about getting a new game i check out a Let's Play or twitch stream. just for 5-10 minutes, long enough to get a feel for the gameplay, not long enough to spoil anything.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 25 November 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it looks pretty cool. I've never played any open world games, but this one seems like you can make it almost anything you want it to be. Fight monsters? Check. Follow the main plot? Check. Doof around? Check. Explore and enjoy countless sidequests? Check. As long as it looks good I think it's at least worth dipping in.
Also bought Wolfenstein: New Order/Old Blood two-pack for $15. That's cheap.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 November 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
witcher 3 is v v good i think you will be happy with it josh
― Mordy, Sunday, 25 November 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
the appeal of witcher 3 is the writing and setting and all the ridiculous side stories imo. the combat is mostly bog standard sword and sorcery action stuff but the worldbuilding is great
― ciderpress, Sunday, 25 November 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link
the combat has enough novel / interesting stuff in it that it's not a total waste
― Mordy, Sunday, 25 November 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
otm
― gbx, Sunday, 25 November 2018 22:19 (five years ago) link
Josh in Chicago you should play Breath of the Wild
― L'assie (Euler), Sunday, 25 November 2018 22:21 (five years ago) link
Speaking of backlogs I finished AC Black Flag tonight. I really want to get to the Paris one but I also am nuts and like to play series in order so I gotta decide if I play Rogue and Freedom’s Cry first 🙄
― L'assie (Euler), Sunday, 25 November 2018 22:23 (five years ago) link
Rogue is fun, Freedom Cry is short and a bit too familiar, and the Paris and London ones both suck. Debating picking up the Egypt one but the two before it left a bad taste. The only two ACs I didn’t finish.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 25 November 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link
I’ve heard that the Paris and London ones aren’t great, but I know the cities well irl and I want to play in them. I’ll be delighted to get to Egypt and Greece in 2022 or whatever
― L'assie (Euler), Sunday, 25 November 2018 22:44 (five years ago) link
Yeah, the cites are fun in Paris and London. Shame about the game you play in those locales.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 25 November 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link
ive been told the egypt one was kind of a gameplay reboot it and odyssey are more just witcher 3 clones than full on stealth/assassin games like the old ones
― ciderpress, Sunday, 25 November 2018 23:56 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it looks like Odyssey should have been called The Greeker. At least Origins is literally the first dude so he’s just learning.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 26 November 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
Josh, I actually regret playing Witcher 3, mainly because I spend be $40 on a game that ultimately I did not find fun. The writing didn't impress me, I never latched onto the characters, and the size of the game is just exhausting. Also, its developer is transphobic and seems to have sympathies to gamer gate.
I loved the card game in it, though.
― Newsted joins this band and quickly he’s subdued (Leee), Monday, 26 November 2018 05:28 (five years ago) link
On the plus side, it was only $20 for me, so I only have to enjoy it half as much as you did. Looking around, the amount of praise this game has garnered is kind of crazy, but like I implied before, after I finish Dark Souls (which is not so difficult or imposing that I even have to say "if") it'll nonetheless be a bit before I dive into another complex RPG action system, let alone another Soulsborne game and certainly not an endless open world game like Witcher. I think first I need to finish Doom (it was getting pretty repetitive, and I think I have a ways to go), then I might try the Uncharteds I have, or God of War, but I have a hunch my family got me Spider-man for Chanukah, so that might be the best palette cleanser.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 November 2018 13:29 (five years ago) link
Having to spend too much time learning crafting and spells and alchemy destroys otherwise great games for me. I've barely scratched the surface of Witcher 3 or Skyrim as I don't have what it takes to give a shit about collecting ingredients for recipes.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 26 November 2018 14:06 (five years ago) link
I glanced over the game mechanics, and at least it looks like in Witcher 3 once you've crafted a recipe it sort of automatically regenerates, so you don't have to craft things again and again. I'm so glad that's not in Dark Souls, since it's (honestly) one (other) thing that's kept me from Zelda.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 November 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
back in the ps3/360 era i had a 360 and i always felt like i was missing out on god of war and uncharted games bc they were so well reviewed and now that i've played both... wow they were really bad i was not missing anything
― Mordy, Monday, 26 November 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
All of them, even the latest PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4 and God of War? I've heard nothing but good things about those.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 November 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
have you heard anything but good things about uncharted 1-3 and the previous gow entries? do u like button mashing linear experiences w/ quicktime events & generic storylines? if so you'll love these.
― Mordy, Monday, 26 November 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
sometimes you don't want to "grind" you just want to be an effortless badass and Uncharted is v v good at that
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 26 November 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
xpost as a matter of fact, I have heard mixed things about the earlier God of War games, as well as the earlier Uncharted games. I've heard that both of the recent installments were miles better than their predecessors.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 November 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
i liked the first two God of Wars when i played them a over a decade ago. probably wouldn't get much out of them now. i mean they're dumb, ott, arcade beat-em-ups, but they were well made and p. satisfying on a tactile level.
haven't played the new one, but yeah, seems to be a bit of a departure. way less cartoonish and more serious/story driven.
― circa1916, Monday, 26 November 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link
god of snore
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 November 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
Could be! I've seen it compared to The Last of Us (which most people like?).
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 November 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
I like apples and I like bananas too, doesn't mean I want my apples to start tasting like bananas.
― JimD, Monday, 26 November 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
nu God of War is v good IMO, gets the balance between RPG and power-brawler about right, and you can play the game either way if you like, the reward structure and progression is well balanced, the characters aren't too annoying and in some cases are actively entertaining (e.g. the disembodied head guy you carry around with you for much of the game who tells you stories from Norse mythology). Oh and it looks AMAZING, and would no doubt look even better if played in 4K on a big screen, it looked sumptuous enough on my 31" HDTV.
― The Fox in the Fedora (Neil S), Monday, 26 November 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
xp i don't think those are quite the same genre
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 November 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
xp to myself, it feels properly tactile in a way that Witcher didn't too, the axe and shield combo has the a great feeling of impact
― The Fox in the Fedora (Neil S), Monday, 26 November 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
ditto
the uncharted trilogy came with my ps4, and i think i got about 7 hours into the whole thing. god of war was better than uncharted but still left me wondering why everyone was calling it GOTY
― Karl Malone, Monday, 26 November 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
people are too easily impressed by scale and spectacle imo
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 November 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
I am impressed by scale and spectacle but Uncharted 1 was really lame compared to even the worst AC I've played, but I guess it's old and the later ones are (according to this thread) better.
Has anyone here something good to say about Dragon Quest Builders? I kinda think it might be perfect for me?
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 26 November 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
neither are real scale tho. they're both totally on rails. i was playing i guess gow3? and the whole opening sequence i was climbing this titan and fighting these horse arms and sure it felt big bc the titan was so large but it felt so small bc there was only one way to go, i was doing the same stuff the whole time, and everything was repetitive. u know what game (that lots of ppl dislike ok) has a huge scale? rdr2.
― Mordy, Monday, 26 November 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link
i was doing the same stuff the whole time, and everything was repetitive
i meant two different thing by this -- that everything i did was either: button mash attack, do quicktime events, and that everything was repetitive - i fought the same horse arms thing like a dozen times. there wasn't even variety within the climb let alone what i was doing while climbing.
― Mordy, Monday, 26 November 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
uncharted 2 was a relentlessly entertaining thrill-ride when i played it back on ps3 but it's probably instructive that i've never played more than an hour or two into the remastered version despite owning it for like 18 months by this point
― sign up for my waterless urinals webinar (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 26 November 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
By all accounts (including this thread) they get better with each installment, but the earlier ones are worth playing for a few plot/thematic payoffs in 4, if anyone cares. The newest God of War afaict is more reboot than sequel.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 November 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
witcher 3 is about exploring and characters and stories. if you go into it wanting an intense game with challenging fighting, you're probably not going to like it much (though i probably played it on easy mode). something that no one has mentioned is that it has sex scenes, which are embarrassing/funny, and you might not want anyone else around when those come up because you will be mortified.
uncharted games are about looking at them and saying "wow this looks great." you're supposed to play them as your first game in the console generation and/or if you got a new tv.
― na (NA), Monday, 26 November 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
ha yeah, they're the videogame dark side of the moon
― sign up for my waterless urinals webinar (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 26 November 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
something that no one has mentioned is that it has sex scenes, which are embarrassing/funny, and you might not want anyone else around when those come up because you will be mortified.Haha, this is so otm. Although I have to admit that after a while I was seeking out a sex scene (only saw one) because I wanted to experience it. I like Nathan for you
― Karl Malone, Monday, 26 November 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
Geralt Sexhaver of Rivia
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 November 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
re: dq builders i haven't played it but have heard good things from everyone i know that has. it's obviously a Minecraft-esque crafting game but unlike Minecraft it's got quests/objectives, and afaik you don't just get to build out one town forever, once you finish a chapter you move on to a new one and start from scratch.
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 November 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
uncharted 2 is fun but it's way too scripted, and the fights are really, really bad
i've been holding in back to finish playing for ages but it's just not enjoyable enough anymore.
i heard the third one was merely so-so, but the fourth one was decent
in general most games seem worse after you've played BOTW
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 26 November 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
tru
― sign up for my waterless urinals webinar (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 26 November 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
Speaking of spectacle, I wonder how even well received/balanced games would be viewed/appreciated minus the cut scenes. For examples, Dark Souls, which I'm currently playing. Looks good, has a good sense of scale, but I wonder how it would play minus those handfuls of cut scenes introducing boss battles or new locations or whatnot. What if the game were purely mechanical. Would it be worse off without the animated cut scenes? Would any game? Or are those cut scenes - the apex of Hollywood-aping (or currently more like vice versa) spectacle - important or essential to the rhythm or balance of the game?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 November 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
dark souls is an odd example to pick cuz the cutscenes are few and far-between and the game's story - which is unusually well thought-out for a game - is delivered almost entirely through the uniquely 'gamey' methods of environmental design and written descriptions of objects which are easy to entirely overlook
― sign up for my waterless urinals webinar (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 26 November 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
the arc of the ilx videogame discussion is long but it bends towards dark souls
― sign up for my waterless urinals webinar (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 26 November 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
No, I get that Dark Souls is something of an outlier in this nascent debate. I just meant that as relatively few the cut scenes may be, they still play a big role in establishing the scale and menace of the monsters. If you came across, say, the Gaping Dragon or O&S the same way you came across, say, the Capra Demon, they might not have as much impact. Or, say, the dramatic transport to Anor Londo, when in theory you could just poof appear there with no build up. The cut scenes definitely enhance the gameplay. Or maybe the (your) argument is that yeah, they do, but only because they are few and far between, which could be right. I haven't played enough of these AAA games to know what I'm in for. Doom certainly has some talky bits that offer a breather from the aggro. But I imagine stuff like Last of Us and Uncharted are very talky.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 November 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
wow they were really bad i was not missing anything
― Mordy, Monday, November 26, 2018 6:22 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i just bought god of war and i'm totally not feeling it
in fact i'm close to not liking it at all but i'm slowly making progress
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 26 November 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
guy of war
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 November 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
god of chore
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 26 November 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
dad of borealso Nathan Drake is the creepiest creep to have ever creeped
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 26 November 2018 17:19 (five years ago) link
the characters aren't too annoying
Ten minutes of Kratos Jr in the new GoW had me trying to lop his head off.
Uncharted 4 looks amazing. Yes, it's on rails and designed so that the casualest of players can complete it but I still found it satisfying if simple. Best climbing sim ever.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 26 November 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
Nathan Drake is like do you like Indiana Jones and tomb raider but they’re not generic enough?
― Mordy, Monday, 26 November 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
How are the Tomb Raider reboots? I've never played any of the Tomb Raiders, but they seem OK. Definitely another gather-and-craft sort of game, though, or so it seems.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 November 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
I only played the first one but it was fun
― Mordy, Monday, 26 November 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
if you like the on-rails, cinematic bombast and spectacle type of action game, GoW and Uncharted are fun and great. that said, the appeal obviously will wane with time since the graphics look shittier with each passing year
there aren't many (in the 3D era) like Metal Gear Solid that hold up, and those are mostly due to its bonkers story and characters
― Nhex, Monday, 26 November 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
The cut scenes in Dark Souls definitely add something, but part of the reason why they're effective is that they happen so rarely, and they never last long enough to make you forget you're playing a game.
Similarly there's only one non-boss area in the game that has background music, and so it's really striking when you hear it.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 26 November 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
The lack of music is indeed pretty cool and/or unnerving!
xpost I don't know, all these AAA games seem pretty broadly generic to me, or at the least rooted to some pretty clear antecedents and inspirations. Something like Celeste seemed pretty original to me (but too hard). But gameplay aside, Dark Souls is still dude with sword fights the dragon. Doom (again, as a relatively renewed gamer who hadn't done much in years) had some pretty novel gameplay - you are rewarded for being aggressive, which is the opposite of hide-and-snipe trends - but the game itself is just an action movie. I haven't played it yet, but Bloodborne seems like a more original sort of idea built out of the DS template.
I should say, from my perspective, all these graphics, even older games, look cool to me, since I've never played anything more advanced than the Wii.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 November 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
i'm playing god of war on the ps4 pro on a 4k tv and the graphics are probably the best thing it has going for it
it's probably the best looking game (better than red dead 2 in some ways)
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 26 November 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
better looking than red dead 2 in some ways*
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 26 November 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
But I imagine stuff like Last of Us and Uncharted are very talky.
uncharted is the answer to What if Indiana Jones wasn't charming at all, but everyone around him still treated him like he was charming for some reason
― Karl Malone, Monday, 26 November 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
like Indiana Jones
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 26 November 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
however you would rate indiana jones on the charm scale, nathan drake is 1/100th as charming
― Karl Malone, Monday, 26 November 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
I haven't played it yet, but Bloodborne seems like a more original sort of idea built out of the DS template.
I haven't played any DS games, but currently working through BB, and gameplay-wise, it's not a break from convention IMO. It's a rogue-like hack/slash/ROLLGODDAMMIT game.
I found Drake charming, I am a bad ilxor. ._.
― Newsted joins this band and quickly he’s subdued (Leee), Monday, 26 November 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
roguelike means you start the game over from the beginning every time you die, it's not one of those
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 November 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
Heh, Dark Souls is like the opposite: you die, you still have all your stuff, you know where all your other stuff is and can get it back, but ... sometimes you just don't want to.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 November 2018 22:51 (five years ago) link
Bloodborne does have a rogue-like mode though (the chalice dungeons, which can be randomly generated and don't have much in the way of checkpoints iirc).
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link
I'M SORRY GUYS I DON'T KNOW WHAT MEANS A ROGUE-LIKE.
― Newsted joins this band and quickly he’s subdued (Leee), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
I feel like the core feature of a rogue-like is what ciderpress said - no saves. There are other aspects people sometimes mean when they say roguelike like procedurally generated maps or ascii or tile graphics but they seem less core to the genre. i wouldn't consider daggerfall a roguelike even tho huge swaths of it are procedurally generated bc basically unlimited saves. otoh i do kinda consider super hexagon a roguelike bc it resets every time you lose and requires you to develop skills over countless plays in order to progress through it. wasn't there a new term tho for the current crop of roguelikes bc the original roguelikes were like actually like rogue like they were nethack or whatever? roguelite maybe?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:24 (five years ago) link
the two elements that define a roguelike imo are:1) permanent death - when you die you start over from the beginning2) randomly generated content - you're not playing the exact same game each time you start over
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:27 (five years ago) link
roguelite is what people use for the ones that let you carry certain abilities or traits or whatever to your next run so there's a small amount of permanent progress
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link
so, roguelike = buddhism
― gbx, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 02:10 (five years ago) link
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 02:15 (five years ago) link
hah yeah I can see that. There's a section later on where he gets super-bratty, that's really irksome. The story is actually pretty good, by the standards of blockbuster console games, I think.
― The Fox in the Fedora (Neil S), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 08:50 (five years ago) link
so much qualification in this thread, sad sighgenre/"trash" is ok! love it!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 09:07 (five years ago) link
i admit, i probably did it myself
― Nhex, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 09:08 (five years ago) link
most videogames are extremely bad on any number of levels tho tbf
― sign up for my waterless urinals webinar (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 09:42 (five years ago) link
The recent Tomb Raider reboot is interesting to play, with a lot of modern traits (hope you enjoy ducking behind cover), but there are long sections where it's an amazing simulation of a young woman terrified for her life or in serious injury.
Add that to the lovingly-detailed "you have died" animations (and yeah, I know they were in the originals, but Lara is no longer 24 polygons) and I couldn't shake the feeling that there was a hidden commentary track of the developers fapping to it.
I understand the next two are better in this regard.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 09:55 (five years ago) link
Before I got back into games, I thought the Conan video on this was pretty shocking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCe8-1dbXZc
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
Funny, I heard the most recent Tomb Raider - Shadow of the Tomb Raider - was among the most problematic, with the lead almost the antagonist. Certainly damaged and destructive.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
you guys are nuts! God of War is great at what it is trying to be not I'm not sure how it could be much better . plus it was on sale for $21
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 14:01 (five years ago) link
when you can pay $21 you just gotta
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
Kratos’s pathos never hit home for me, so that’s one thing it could’ve been better at. It is fun to play, but I’ve had no desire to go back to it after beating it.
― Newsted joins this band and quickly he’s subdued (Leee), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
My Nier finally arrived!
― Newsted joins this band and quickly he’s subdued (Leee), Thursday, 29 November 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
Backlog growing again, since some places have talked up Gravity Rush 2 and it is on sale for a whopping $6.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP9000-CUSA03694_00-GRAVITYRUSH20000
― Newsted joins this band and quickly he’s subdued (Leee), Sunday, 2 December 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
ive never played that game or watched any actual footage of it but it looks incredible in gifs
― ciderpress, Sunday, 2 December 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
that's pretty cheap!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 2 December 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
This is the part that sold me: "2017’s first (and potentially only) big-budget video game about the income gap, the ethical and personal complexities of salvaging modern capitalist societies.."
― Newsted joins this band and quickly he’s subdued (Leee), Monday, 3 December 2018 06:41 (five years ago) link
Polygon writers can get a little loopy
― Nhex, Monday, 3 December 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
ok guys -
ps4 gets opened in 4 days. two kids, 10 and 7. i am not into them playing SHOOTING games so fortnite is out. i am definitely getting them fifa 19. but.. what else? a driving game a bit more arcadey than GT maybe? they love super mega baseball. the littlest actually really loves Stacking. they both like Beyond Good and Evil though it is a bit complex for them. they like action. and they like competition, particularly if it can be calibrated/handicapped - super mega baseball is great for this.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 9 December 2018 11:23 (five years ago) link
I play Dirt4 and Driveclub and both are fairly arcadey especially with some of the driver assists but still quite tough for an under 10 I think. Maybe a karting game would suit more?
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Sunday, 9 December 2018 11:41 (five years ago) link
PS4 is crying out for something like Modnation Racers. Maybe give TrackMania Turbo a whirl? Rocket League is good fun too. My kids absolutely love the Ratchet & Clank games. Platforming and shooting (but in a completely cartoony way). Same with the various Lego games.
― groovypanda, Sunday, 9 December 2018 11:42 (five years ago) link
I was watching broadcasts of combat racer Onrush this morning as it's a PS+ freebie this month.
Everything on screen looks so BUSY with bright colours and flashing things and a dozens of cars all crashing and racing at once and arrows and weird scoring and pick ups and a billion things to see. I think I'm getting too old to play online.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Sunday, 9 December 2018 12:02 (five years ago) link
Tracer do your kids know the lego games?
― L'assie (Euler), Sunday, 9 December 2018 12:25 (five years ago) link
oh xp right
My family got me Spiderman. Haven't played yet but looks cool, though not sure how violent the violence is. that is, hitting but no killing, maybe? I'm sure bad guys have guns.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 9 December 2018 12:32 (five years ago) link
xpost Oh, maybe nu Tetris?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 9 December 2018 12:33 (five years ago) link
trackmania turbo is rad
― fans annoyed as emily atack screams over nick knowles' kumquat (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 9 December 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
they do know the Lego games yes but not well - they've played a bit of Lego star wars on my phone
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 9 December 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link
they both LOVE real cars, talking about cars difft models etc - so I'm thinking Drive Club might be a more accessible alternative to GT for them
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 9 December 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
ok the birthday game lineup is:
- fifa- driveclub- super mega baseball TWO (omg!)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 9 December 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
if i were 10 or 7 i would love that combo
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 9 December 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
i would still love that combo
yeh Driveclub a better choice than GT, and not just for kids! there's a remake of Crash Team Racing coming next summer btw.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 9 December 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
anybody got any experience setting up subaccounts for kids on a PS4? i did it for my PS3 and it was 100% not worth the effort
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 9 December 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
Depends whether you expect them to ever play online, but if they will at some point in the future, and you don’t want to pay a psn subscription each at that point, then yep sub accounts are worth it. I don’t remember it being tricky to set up, but we did ours years ago so the procedure’s likely to have changed by now anyway.
― JimD, Sunday, 9 December 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
driveclub is so good. the rain effects are obscene. tough game tho.
hope SMB comes to switch
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Sunday, 9 December 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
My family got me Spiderman. Haven't played yet but looks cool, though not sure how violent the violence is. that is, hitting but no killing, maybe? I'm sure bad guys have guns.― Josh in Chicago
― Josh in Chicago
That's about right. Spider-Man doesn't kill any bad guys, even the ones he throws off of skyscrapers. Some bad guys have guns and rockets.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 10 December 2018 00:00 (five years ago) link
Onrush is pretty sweet so far, but I wouldn't call it a racing game. More of a destruction/stunts thing. There's no finish line, for example.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 10 December 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
Some nice looking stuff on sale right now. If I have literally never played any Tomb Raider ever, are either Tomb Raider Definitive or Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration worthwhile?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 02:51 (five years ago) link
i think the tomb raider games are all super mediocre though i havent played the reboot ones except for a bit of the first
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 02:57 (five years ago) link
The rebooted Rise of the Tomb Raider was the first one I played and I thought it was excellent (but then these sort of third person shooters/platformers/puzzlers/foraging type games are right in my wheelhouse)
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 08:46 (five years ago) link
There's diminishing returns as the series goes on, but the first rebooted tomb raider is an excellent popcorn third person shooter/platformer/puzzles/foraging type game. Worth the sale price imo.
― closed beta (NotEnough), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 11:48 (five years ago) link
Tomb Raider Definitive is something like $7, Rise of the Tomb Raider 20 Years is something like $17. $7 seems like a no-brainer for a AAA game. Is $17 a good price for the second one? I should probably just wait for the price to drop even more in the future.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
games go on deep sales so frequently nowadays, imo you shouldn't buy anything unless you're intending to play it in the next couple months. that's how they get you. steam sales taught me that it's too easy to buy a bunch of well regarded games for $8 and then still not have played them a year later when they go on sale for $5
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
Fair enough. My attitude the past few months has been that I bought a PS4 so late in the (er) game, and mostly just for a handful of specific titles, that as things on my list get discounted I generally pick them up. $5, $7, even $10, compared to the Switch they might as well be paying *me,* and since I'm not paying for PS4 (or Switch) online access I've more or less saved the sum total of most of the games I want.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
it's not even that late in the game, still 2 years until the expected ps5 release and then there always a year or 2 of crossgen releases
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
Yeah, good point. What are the high profile releases in the pipes? Resident Evil 2 reboot, Last of Us 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Death Stranding, Rage 2, Doom Eternal, Ghost of Tsushima ... I guess we don't know for sure when most of these are coming out or if most of those will be ps4 or 5.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
TLOU2 is all but assuredly a PS4 title, which Naughty Dog has explicitly said. I don’t know about the others though.
― Natalie Imbroglio (Leee), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
I assume all of those will be PS4 2019? I have no idea what advances are or could be in store for Ps5, but I'm more than happy with the PS4 right now, and it's several years old.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
all the games they've shown thus far will be on ps4, whatever the big ps5 exclusive release title is won't be shown until the ps5 reveal.
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
TLoU 2 GO ON SWITCH U COWARD
(even more not gonna happen than persona 5)
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
tlou is first party sony, might as well ask for zelda on PS4
whereas persona 5 is atlus who release the vast majority of their games on nintendo systems hmmmm
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
And whose protagonist was just revealed as a new playable character in one of their flagship titles, hmmm.
― Natalie Imbroglio (Leee), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
ok i have this thing now and i dunno i guess i imagined they would have done something smart about the menu navigation but it's overloaded with undeletable rubbish.
and, i really must be dim but every time you turn on a controller the game STOPS and you have to SELECT A USER? who must have their own account on the system?? yes i know you can turn on autologin, but i don't want to turn on autologin because i have two kids and i don't want them playing metal gear solid on my account. sorry i'm a little salty because i just had to create a new EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MY CHILDREN in order to get their account onto the PS network, involving an untold number of 2-step verification processes to get that plumbed into sony's system, then going through about 10 screens of permissions, then creating an EA account once fifa loaded, more 2-step verification, and now just playing a two player game involving more than 1 controller means everything stops and i have to select "which account is using this controller" i mean FUCK'S FUCKING SAKE. if the original playstation was intended to be an appliance this feels like an admin system that eats its own tail. ANYWAY i'm playing super mega baseball late at night now, only one controller to fuck with so that's fine. i have a PIN set up on my master account but it apparently means nothing because i can just switch back and forth between the two accounts at will. whatever.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:17 (five years ago) link
i just had to create a new EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MY CHILDREN in order to get their account onto the PS network
Just ask them if they have a burner address.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
The PS4 is clogged with shit it's pushing you, but I found it pretty easy to turn off pretty much all notifications.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
I am Technology Uncle, always given the job on Christmas Eve of making sure that everything is filled with batteries and has received all its updates before it's put back in the boxes so the kids can play with it immediately on Christmas Morning.
Apart from last Spring when my oldest nephew got a (checks thread title) special type of PS4 while I was there, and I had to set up everything for him, creating accounts for him and his dad, with his dad's account having powers of buying stuff (initially linked to my debit card!) and him not, and gave him his password, and carefully gave his father both passwords, and also mailed them to myself in case they forgot and lost them. And all the time all the kids are going "Is it ready yet?" and then I have to explain that he didn't buy FIFA, he bought a download code for FIFA...
Anyway, long story short his dad gave him the password to his (the dad's) account within a week the end. Except the last time I was home my nephew gave me €5 because he wanted to buy a skin on Fortnite - and that's when my card got unlinked from the account.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
but i don't want to turn on autologin because i have two kids and i don't want them playing metal gear solid on my account.
Yeah it sucks when you're trying to do a no-kill run and the little brats go full commando.
― Natalie Imbroglio (Leee), Thursday, 13 December 2018 00:21 (five years ago) link
lol it really does seem like each controller needs its own.... email address
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 December 2018 10:27 (five years ago) link
getting the ps4 started earlier this year was total bullshit & you are triggering me here
― L'assie (Euler), Friday, 14 December 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
it's fucking wild.
on starting FIFA 19 i had to set up a whole new EA account for each player account. that required email addresses and 2-step verification, passwords etc.
then i selected "kick off" and it wanted me to CREATE A KICK OFF PROFILE FOR EACH PLAYER GODDAMN
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 December 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
If you're having trouble setting up multiplayer, have you tried adding sub accounts under Parental Controls > Sub Account Management? That might help. You'll need your primary login info to access it.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 14 December 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
Here's a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdqXEEx-iI
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 14 December 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
yes I've added those. to get online they need email addresses against them. so in effect each controller needs its own email address. unless I'm missing something - which is entirely possible!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 December 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
you stumped me. haven't played an EA game in a while tbh
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 14 December 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
lol that's before even getting into the EA accounts. that is literally just to use a controller. if you choose the same profile for controller 2 that's currently using controller 1, controller 1 switches off!!!1!!1!eleventy11!!!!1!1!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 December 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
mgs V definitive for £6.49, holy hell
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 December 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
OH FUCK I CAN PLAY EVERYBODY'S TENNIS
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 December 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
i got galaga and ms pacman
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 17 December 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
should see a doctor about that
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
Shadow of the Colossus remaster is $16 on PSN.
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
$1 per colossus
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
^^ Is that one of those "I'd be stupid NOT to buy it!" inflection points?
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
I've heard mixed things?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
Has the same shitty controls of the original.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
How is God of War 3 (Remastered). $2.99!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
"you'd be stupid NOT to buy it!"
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
best bit of that game is where you do quick time events to um do Aphrodite
― Neil S, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
such a bad game but lots of ppl like it so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
the old god of war games are kind of abhorrent imo
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
abhorrent?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
i presume cider means "explicitly sexist, hyperviolent orgies of machismo"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 23:16 (five years ago) link
Well, yeah.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 23:16 (five years ago) link
But for $3!
My favourite God of War game is using Kratos as an Everybody's Golf character.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Thursday, 20 December 2018 01:26 (five years ago) link
Night in the Woods is $12! I'm getting this one for def.
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Friday, 21 December 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
its good but a major downer
― ciderpress, Friday, 21 December 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
That is my jam tbh.
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Friday, 21 December 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
bought it on switch (also on sale there)
― na (NA), Friday, 21 December 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
Child of Light, which has been on my wishlist forever and was one of the first interesting looking games for the system imo, is $6. Anybody want to rep?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 21 December 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
i didn't like it
― ciderpress, Friday, 21 December 2018 23:57 (five years ago) link
hm, okay. i may try the demo
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 22 December 2018 03:29 (five years ago) link
it had a pretty basic/boring ATB-esque combat system with a real-time wrinkle the problem was i didn't think the real-time wrinkle was fun. there's a pretty big opportunity cost to adding a real-time mechanic to a turn based system imo and this was definitely Not It
the thing where the entire script is in rhyme was more grating than cute to me as well but ymmv on that
― ciderpress, Saturday, 22 December 2018 05:06 (five years ago) link
agreed on the rhyming stuff, started skipping it after a whileI liked the battle system a bit more, but it outstayed its welcome in what is a relatively short gameoverall it's an OK game but there are so many better choices out there, something like Cosmic Star Heroine is a lot more fun all round
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 22 December 2018 05:18 (five years ago) link
Cool, thanks for the feedback.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 22 December 2018 05:44 (five years ago) link
guess what idiot left his switch charger at his parents
might pick up persona 5 in the january sale
― there are no good podcasts (||||||||), Thursday, 27 December 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
... or just play through the last of us again. if only I could find that DOOM disc
― there are no good podcasts (||||||||), Thursday, 27 December 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link
some sort of enhanced version or port of P5 is heavily rumoured to be announced in the next few days, maybe hold off until then?https://personacentral.com/persona-5-r-announcement-imminent-official-domain-updated/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 27 December 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
switch me daddy
― there are no good podcasts (||||||||), Thursday, 27 December 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
tracer how are you (and kids) enjoying DRIVE CLUB
― there are no good podcasts (||||||||), Thursday, 27 December 2018 23:36 (five years ago) link
it has real cars and takes a bit of skill but it's like the anti-GT in terms of just throwing you into it, zero setup required, plus allowing you to perform ridiculous drifts, which is exactly what i need right now in my life
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 28 December 2018 04:01 (five years ago) link
however if you have played a lot of GT you have a lot of "unlearning" to do, mainly in terms of braking. in GT you need to slam on the brakes for a long, realistic amount of time just before corners. in driveclub, you just tap the brakes slightly and that's enough.
also, no local 2-player split screen :(
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 30 December 2018 11:50 (five years ago) link
the p5 thing turned out to be an announcement of an announcement so if you dont want to wait until march to find out how long you have to wait to get the enhanced p5 then go for it
― ciderpress, Monday, 31 December 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
might just bag it now
― there are no good podcasts (||||||||), Monday, 31 December 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
Is induced coma no longer a viable strategy for March?
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Monday, 31 December 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
Souls got a lot darker over the past two years.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 31 December 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
I finished the first Gravity Rush and have started on the second, and even watched the short anime -- which was really good and funny! The games are pretty charming too.
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Thursday, 10 January 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
cold steel 3 being announced as a ps4 exclusive means i get to play the "do i really buy one of these for 2 games" game later this year
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 January 2019 14:22 (five years ago) link
if there's one more exclusive i care about that shows up or if persona 5 doesn't end up on switch then i'll go for it
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 January 2019 16:11 (five years ago) link
I'm going to try to make Gravity Rush 2 happen here. Played it a bunch last night and it was the perfect breezy fast paced game, although it's taken a while for the game to reach this point.
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Saturday, 19 January 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
i'm somewhat interested in it, as i said upthread it looks great in gifs
― ciderpress, Saturday, 19 January 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
the GR games look cool but end up in the eternal backlog
― Nhex, Saturday, 19 January 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
There's a delightful scene set in a jazz club which kind of captures the essence of this game: awkward and stuttering but slowly fills in its empty spaces with charm and magic. And later, the new powers that you get which give even MOAR magic. And the dialogue, even though it's mostly unvoiced (and even when it is, it's just a Japanese interpretation of what French sounds like (which really is even more delight)), is so well written and funny.
I should also mention the visceral delight of just crashing into the ground and through things.
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Saturday, 19 January 2019 22:54 (five years ago) link
There is a side quest where you have to fill up a meter called DOGGY JOY.
(Sadly, that side quest is otherwise unfun.)
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link
Are the dogs into some dark shit?
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
Nah, the gameplay mechanics are rubbish.
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
Dead Cells slightly on sale now: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP4016-CUSA11253_00-DEADCELLS0000000
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Friday, 25 January 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
can't decide whether it's worth paying a little more to have it on the switch...
― Mordy, Friday, 25 January 2019 21:46 (five years ago) link
Alright, i'll finally give this a shot; seems like it's very much up my alley.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 25 January 2019 21:53 (five years ago) link
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-playstation-bundle-2019Deep PS4 steam discounts:$1 for Grim Fandango, Bard's Tale and Inner Space$10 for Broken Age, Wasteland 2, Talos Principle and Layers of Fear + above$15 for Shadow Warrior 2, Killing Floor 2 + above
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
i'm guessing Shadow Warrior and Killing Floor not worth paying for the top tier?
― Nhex, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 03:00 (five years ago) link
Probably not...but I've paid 15 anyway.
― JimD, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 11:21 (five years ago) link
I just remembered that I have a PS4 20% off coupon that's set to expire this month, I was probably saving it for an early TLOU2 release but clearly that's not happening. Gimme non-soulsborne rex!
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Friday, 1 February 2019 01:08 (five years ago) link
whatve you played and liked already
― ciderpress, Friday, 1 February 2019 01:16 (five years ago) link
have you played yakuza 0
― ciderpress, Friday, 1 February 2019 01:20 (five years ago) link
TLOU is god-tierHollow Knight would be too if I were better at it/it weren't so hardHZD, Nier Automata, Persona 5 all have various flaws but once they hit, it feels like a kissDead Cells I just started, outside of my usual comfort zone but goodGOW is fun, good combat mechanix, but ultimately a shallow experienceLIS1 peaked about halfway through then completely crateredWitcher 3 boringBloodborne ugh not my thing
PS - no horror games.
Maybe GTA5? MGS5 (MGS4 ruined the franchise for me)?
Havne't played any of the Yakuzas, is that the right entry point?
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Friday, 1 February 2019 01:26 (five years ago) link
yes, 0 is the entry point, its a prequel to the series thats intended as such
― ciderpress, Friday, 1 February 2019 01:29 (five years ago) link
RDR2? Horizon Zero Dawn I liked a lot - probably inexpensive now.
― Mordy, Friday, 1 February 2019 01:30 (five years ago) link
Isn't RDR2 slow and huge? That's among the things I disliked about Witcher 3. HZD is pretty small by comparison.
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Friday, 1 February 2019 01:34 (five years ago) link
absolutely do yakuza 0
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Friday, 1 February 2019 01:36 (five years ago) link
spidey spidey spidey
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 February 2019 01:40 (five years ago) link
seconding spidey; it's great
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 1 February 2019 03:46 (five years ago) link
I've finished the main story and am still playing, just tooling around, whacking fools. i NEVER do that. the core mechanics are so satisfying that actually i occasionally kind of resent having to play the main story??
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 February 2019 09:44 (five years ago) link
MGS5 is great, both wolfenstein games, doom. skyrim if you haven't already gone there. Leftfield pick: Rayman, charming, easy but such fun.
― thomasintrouble, Friday, 1 February 2019 12:30 (five years ago) link
Spider-man is tons of fun.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2019 14:40 (five years ago) link
I forgot my usual caveat of no first person games! So no Doom or Wolfenstein obviously but that also rules out Skyrim.
Tracer, I’m like you in that after I beat the base game I’m usually done with it, but I’ve NEVER experienced gameplay that feels good enough to want to play just for its sensuousness. Maybe I’ll play Spidey eventually but it’ll probably need to be in the $20 range with the DLC included.
Yakuza does sound like it’s my speed though!
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Friday, 1 February 2019 17:19 (five years ago) link
is no first person for motion sickness reasons or do you just not like it
― ciderpress, Friday, 1 February 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
You can play Skyrim in 3rd person
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 1 February 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
Motion sickness. I couldn't even get through Edith Finch!
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Friday, 1 February 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
I also think that I need a strong central narrative. I'm not interested in simply exploring the world and coming up with my own stories.
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Friday, 1 February 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
ok guys overcooked might be the best local multiplayer I've ever experienced
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 February 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
it's scarily addictive
days gone looks like the AAA game equivalent of nu-metal
― ciderpress, Saturday, 2 February 2019 21:16 (five years ago) link
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Friday, 1 February 2019 01:34 (three days ago) Bookmark
fucking hell, it took me 2 hours to load and it was like a bad channel 5 late night movie or something. Lousy gameplay, hmm let's follow a horse for nearly 10 minutes with some tedious expository "world building" dialogue. not for me.
― calzino, Monday, 4 February 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
same
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 February 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link
glad I'm not the only one who thinks that because this is my first games console action since about 2001. maybe the online version might be fun though.
― calzino, Monday, 4 February 2019 16:53 (five years ago) link
Skyrim does have a central story, and it's pretty good even though there's not a lot of it. And if you play the main track of the game it's pretty linear.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 4 February 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
rockstar games are popular because of the graphics and the scale and the "detail porn" aka depth of simulation, not the gameplay.
― ciderpress, Monday, 4 February 2019 17:12 (five years ago) link
i can't imagine someone disliking Witcher but liking Skyrim unless theyre specifically into the character customization
― ciderpress, Monday, 4 February 2019 17:14 (five years ago) link
Hi, I'm that person. Witcher looks gross to me.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
I'm not a Witcher fan, either.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link
yeah i get it but i mean in terms of making recommendations I'd need a pretty strong read there
― ciderpress, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
The Witcher is the Red Dead of fantasy videogame RPGs.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
I on't like Rockstar games nor anything that dwells in that gamespace.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:41 (five years ago) link
RDR2 has a really slow intro, and if you didn't like the story during that part you're not going to like where it goes from there, most likely. i found it to be really fun once it opened up to an actual open world game, but it takes several hours of gameplay before you're past the tutorial missions and you can finally get a decent setup with most of core game mechanics unlocked. by the time you get that far, you'll have watched the guy ride his horse and have really dumb conversations for a really long time, though
― Karl Malone, Monday, 4 February 2019 21:58 (five years ago) link
don't play online
good general advice for gaming in 2019
― ciderpress, Monday, 4 February 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
RDR2 has a really slow intro, and if you didn't like the story during that part you're not going to like where it goes from there, most likely. i found it to be really fun once it opened up to an actual open world game, but it takes several hours of gameplay before you're past the tutorial missions and you can finally get a decent setup with most of core game mechanics unlocked.
To play devil's advocate against my own feelings on this subject: PERSONA 5 has a painfully slow and protracted tutorial dungeon, but it ended up loving the game.
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Monday, 4 February 2019 22:28 (five years ago) link
persona is on like a different planet from AAA open world games though, apples and oranges
― ciderpress, Monday, 4 February 2019 22:33 (five years ago) link
play yakuza 0
― chihuahuau, Monday, 4 February 2019 23:46 (five years ago) link
I most probably will! Just going to wait till the end of the month (when my coupon expires) in case it goes on sale.
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Monday, 4 February 2019 23:48 (five years ago) link
I was going to curse the PS4 Media player but it is actually very good. It wasn't initially working because it doesn't recognise any files unless you put them in a folder. Not tried its subtitles capabilities yet though.
― calzino, Saturday, 9 February 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link
Because I am adult saddo I don't have any friends on PS4 (or IRL but that's another matter), any ilxorz want to add me? I'm redhalcyon, I think.
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 01:34 (five years ago) link
I tried to add you but it wouldn’t let me because it said your settings don’t allow it (?) I’m a terrible PS4 friend though because I don’t have a headset
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 02:21 (five years ago) link
same on both counts
― L'assie (Euler), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 08:22 (five years ago) link
yall should add me! i havent added friends since my old job so i just keep seeing ex coworkers pop up
brillidotam - and yes you can't change names and yes it refers to a website i no longer own fml
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 15:30 (five years ago) link
i thought they were adding the ability to do a one time name change
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link
OH HEY you're right! I just looked it up. will be able to do it once in "early 2019" apparently (hey isnt that now)
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah lol I turned it off because I had a rando try to add me and I heard there was an exploit related to that. I'll change it tonight! I don't have a headset either! Then we can party like socially anxious introverts only can!
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
i don't have a ps4 yet but i could add you on my vita
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
OK I updated my privacy settings!
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
ps4: josephcotten
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 21:11 (five years ago) link
hahahaha i was just wondering the other day who that was. apparently we have been friends on there for a while
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 21:33 (five years ago) link
Are you orsonwelles?
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 21:39 (five years ago) link
brillidotam
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
anyone getting a french friend request, that is (probably) me
― L'assie (Euler), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 06:39 (five years ago) link
Initials MG?
― Zelda: Broth of the Wild (Leee), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 06:45 (five years ago) link
oui
― L'assie (Euler), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 06:50 (five years ago) link
(leee, check the upcoming ballot polls thread on ILM - your short music poll has been Chosen)
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 06:53 (five years ago) link
add polyphonic if you want all your Trials records to be blown out of the water
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
i didn't know that you were polyphonic!
i can confirm that adding polyphonic as a friend will result in dropping down the rankings of pretty much any game
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
socially anxious gamer mr_thoth over here
― a surprise challenge that ended with a gunging (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:12 (five years ago) link
xp i'm not polyphonic, i just added him once and gave up on ever trying to beat any of his Trials runs
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:26 (five years ago) link
new trials out in a couple weeks, maybe you can beat him to the punch
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
oh whoops, gotcha. i was going to say, i totally missed that polyphonic morphed into diamonddave at some point!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
forksclovetofu of course
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:55 (five years ago) link
I also applied to the ILX gamers group. Is that still active?
― A Grape Ape Agape (Leee), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
im 'mtlnx' on psn if people want to add me, i don't have a ps4 yet still though, waiting for the next sale
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
I like this alt history where I'm good at games.
(Other than Trials, I mean.)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 21:22 (five years ago) link
I've given up on RDR2 as a complete duffer. Was feeling an urge for some Silent Hill type action which I have fond memories of on the PS1. So after one lazy search I decided to go for Outlast rather than the latest Resident Evil whatever it's called.
― calzino, Sunday, 24 February 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link
just ordered a ps4 pro, looking forward to only using it to play niche small budget rpgs at 1080p
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
got my pro, this thing is huge. getting some xbox meme vibes...
― ciderpress, Saturday, 2 March 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
my psn name is 'mtlnx' if anyone wants to add me
― ciderpress, Saturday, 2 March 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
Is Journey + fl0w + flower at $7.50 worth the plunge?
― Gaseous Clay (Leee), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link
if you haven't played at least two of those yet, absolutely.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
tempted to pay $15 to bum around ubisoft egypt for a bit
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 19:51 (five years ago) link
Divinity Original Sin 2 is on sale in PSN for $36 now, kinda tempted but I'm trying to be smart and wait till it gets to $20.
― Gaseous Clay (Leee), Friday, 8 March 2019 20:26 (five years ago) link
tempted by some stuff in this sale and my bonus just came in...
― ciderpress, Saturday, 16 March 2019 14:35 (five years ago) link
I made it pretty far into Doom on the Switch, but I'm thinking about buying and playing it again on PS4 for the better performance and graphics (and price, since it's basically $10 or so). Question: if I've only played it with Nintendo's gyro, will the learning curve be insane for twin analog sticks? It's literally the only FPS I've ever played, so that could work either for or against me if I switch to sticks after gyro.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 3 May 2019 21:49 (four years ago) link
Playing a FPS with analog (really with anything other than a mouse) is among the worst game experiences imo - I don’t know how anyone does it
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 3 May 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
imo consider waiting for the sequel later this year rather than buying the same game twice
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 May 2019 23:12 (four years ago) link
though i guess that'll be full price
Maaan, being a “FPS only with mouse and keyboard” dude is some olde tyme shit. Been pretty well optimized since (I guess?) Halo. I honestly prefer it now, but I am not a hardcore competitive shooter bro.
― circa1916, Saturday, 4 May 2019 00:23 (four years ago) link
Doom for 10 bucks on PS4 is absolutely worth it. A lot was compromised to get that working on the Switch. Kinda of a VHS to Blu-Ray jump. I imagine it would be tricky adjusting to the non-gyro aim tho if that’s all you’re used to.
― circa1916, Saturday, 4 May 2019 00:27 (four years ago) link
I have Wolfenstein 1, will try that.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 May 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
i'm annoyed that ps4 shooters don't have gyro fine tune as an option, it's such an improvement over twin stick once you learn how to use it
― ciderpress, Saturday, 4 May 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link
Oh, it was great for Nintendo Doom. The trade off is at the graphics and performance of Nintendo Doom is not on par with the PS4.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 May 2019 01:55 (four years ago) link
I've also been thinking about Wolfenstein II, which makes the choice a bit more stark: get it on Switch and get gyro controls but compromised graphics and performance (which were still pretty good on Switch Doom), or get it on PS4, which is bundled with Doom at a price slightly lower than Wolfenstein II alone on Switch, with better graphics and performance but no gyro aim. Clearly most people playing these games on PS4 are using the controllers/twin sticks, right? Or does everyone have some sort of mouse and keyboard adapter? Pretty soon I'll dive into those Uncharted games, and Last of Us - I assume there's twin sticks aiming and shooting in those as well?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 May 2019 13:29 (four years ago) link
stick isn't really that bad in 3rd person shooters. i haven't played the naughty dog ones but i assume they have generous aim assist since they're made for the masses
― ciderpress, Sunday, 5 May 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
i played the last one with lock-on because I'm a basic bitch but also because aiming with a stick sucks
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
lock on is just the most generous aim assist
― ciderpress, Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
i feel like it's more realistic for me to drop these fools like a cold-blooded badass than to be drunkenly waving my hi-tech weaponry around like a senile gorilla
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
so you see, it's for the good of the game
Playing The Last of Us as a shooter is going to lead to bad times.
― Lars Ulriac Quintet (Leee), Sunday, 5 May 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
You all are talking about lock-on/auto-aim (are they the same thing?) on ... Last of Us? Iirc there is some sort of aim-assist in Doom but tbh after the time I've spent with it on Switch using gyro it's just so fast and chaotic I can't imagine any sort of "assist" helping, short of lowering the difficulty level. Even with gyro - which is a huge help - I never thought it was particularly easy, unless set as such.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 May 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
yeah the naughty dog games arent really shooters like doom is hence lock on
― ciderpress, Sunday, 5 May 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
I'm talking about the last Uncharted game fwiw, the one with the ladies in India
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 5 May 2019 20:09 (four years ago) link
Uncharted: The Ladies in India
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Saturday, 11 May 2019 07:41 (four years ago) link
Anybody heard or know anything about A Plague Tale?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 19 May 2019 01:18 (four years ago) link
it's got rats aplenty
― ciderpress, Sunday, 19 May 2019 05:31 (four years ago) link
This guy likes it a lot: https://youtu.be/A_Ycx1qsJiA
The gameplay looks a bit sparse, graphics aren't smooth, but I've heard that the story is good, which has me modestly interested too.
― Tormund Giantsbabe (Leee), Sunday, 19 May 2019 06:21 (four years ago) link
I don't like the brown on brown on brown on brown colour palette.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Sunday, 19 May 2019 11:30 (four years ago) link
Looks pretty intense! Seems like a future cult classic, and since so many on PS4 at least are still talking about Days Gone, I can totally see the price dropping on this (or it going on sale) quickly.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 19 May 2019 12:58 (four years ago) link
no one is talking about days gone
― ciderpress, Sunday, 19 May 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
They are on forums, afaict. One of the big complaints about it is that a lot of the reviews were fair to middling, but players have been enjoying it more than promised. That has sort of been the same reaction to fair to middling reviews of Rage 2: if writers said Days Gone wasn't great but players really enjoyed it, and now writers are saying the same thing about Rage 2, does that mean players will actually enjoy Rage 2? It's as if the AAA games get all the attention, but standards are so high that they get perhaps unfairly weighted criticism. Meanwhile, games like Plague maybe go more under the radar.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 19 May 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
death stranding releasing this november
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
So much for TLOU2 this year.
― In a station of the metro / My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard (Leee), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
I and I think just about everybody knows nothing about Death Stranding. However, I do not want to look at that actor's face for the entire game.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
I and I think just about everybody knows nothing about Death Stranding. However, I do not want to look at that actor's face for the entire game.― Rasta in Chicago
― Rasta in Chicago
― In a station of the metro / My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard (Leee), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
Jah know what I mean.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
I think you'll mostly be looking at the back of his head
Kojima still remarkably bad at naming women characters
lol @ HEARTMANNicolas Winding-Refn
― mh, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
and DIE-HARDMAN is all-time top tier, obviously
― mh, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
yup, i'm in for this nonsense.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
guilty gear tier name
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
INTERNET HEARTMAN is up for grabs.
― In a station of the metro / My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard (Leee), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 22:14 (four years ago) link
It's kinda amazing, given that the PS5 is right around the corner, how many heavy hitters are, well, hitting in the next year or so. Death Stranding, Doom Eternal, Last of Us 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Cyberpunk 2077, the (other) new From Software game (Norse mythology? Great Rune?) ...
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 1 June 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
End of a systems life tends to be its most fertile time, historically.
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 1 June 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link
I always assumed a new system arrives with a bunch of must-buy exclusives.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 1 June 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
If by a bunch you meet two or three, sure
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 1 June 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
I wonder what surprises they have in store, then. The PS5 is being predicted for 2020, right? I wonder what the initial anchor will be. Grand Theft Auto?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 1 June 2019 21:59 (four years ago) link
the PS4's big launch exclusives were Knack and Killzone Shadow Fall, to give you an idea of what to expect
― ciderpress, Saturday, 1 June 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
if only there were a thread title to remind us of the feebleness of most launch lineups
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Saturday, 1 June 2019 22:27 (four years ago) link
no console gen is truly over until atlus decides it is, anyway
― ciderpress, Saturday, 1 June 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link
The new one is apparently backwards compatible right? I don't know enough about this stuff, what are the features that usually differentiate one generation from the next, as opposed to,say, the PlayStation versus the PlayStation Pro?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
(lol knack)
just much improved specs for fancier looking games, plus it sounds like they're going with a SSD this time around and using 'no loading times' as their big marketing angle. which to be honest is a stronger sell than graphics at this point.
― ciderpress, Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
don't buy a new console at launch though if you have the previous one, it's never work it until like 2 years in when the third parties finally stop releasing cross-gen
― ciderpress, Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:16 (four years ago) link
worth*
Don’t forget the inevitable really pretty puzzle game that comes out with a console launch!
But yes, launch titles are almost inevitably graphical and audio showcases and maybe a title or two where they get them to release a tweaked version that’s also on the last gen.
― mh, Sunday, 2 June 2019 00:17 (four years ago) link
probably ghost of tsushima will be crossgen as the eye candy game
― ciderpress, Sunday, 2 June 2019 00:25 (four years ago) link
I always love the new puzzle game :)
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Sunday, 2 June 2019 01:22 (four years ago) link
I think Nintendo is the only console that ever has decent launch titles, and that's 100% because of Mario. What I've read is that the transition to new hardware is pretty challenging, though you'd think that bigger developers have the resources to wrangle those challenges (of course they also have much different financial concerns than smaller developers, like they can't dick around trying to figure out how to work with a new architecture when they have to hit quarterly milestones).
According to the Wired article, it's supposed to be backwards compatible, yes. One big difference between the intergenerational vs intragenerational is that new-gen consoles run on different hardware architectures, which, without getting into systems weeds, is kind of like a difference in spoken languages and the things that such languages facilitate (Romance languages are a lot easier to rhyme in, fr'instance).
― In a station of the metro / My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard (Leee), Sunday, 2 June 2019 06:14 (four years ago) link
What I've read is that the transition to new hardware is pretty challenging, though you'd think that bigger developers have the resources to wrangle those challenges
I’m sure financial viability plays a big part here too, probably bigger than the difficulty issues. You don’t want your big budget next gen game to arrive too early, because you’ll end up selling to a much smaller potential market, bound to be better to wait until the new platform is properly established. “Writing for new consoles is hard” is often just the excuse that gets rolled out for this, I think.
Especially this time round, current console architectures are very similar to each other and as I understand it aren’t set to change fundamentally through this changeover.
― JimD, Sunday, 2 June 2019 09:02 (four years ago) link
Some* people liked the launch Zelda this time.
*all and then eventually Josh
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 2 June 2019 12:37 (four years ago) link
I’m taking about third party devs. Obviously priorities are different for first parties.
― JimD, Sunday, 2 June 2019 13:19 (four years ago) link
the launch zelda was a crossgen game though. the new consoles will be launching with games like that, just not big exclusives
― ciderpress, Sunday, 2 June 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
PS4 has at least 3 more years on it especially if you like japanese games. remember that persona 5 and yakuza 0 were ps3 games, the ps3 gen only ended 2 years ago
― ciderpress, Sunday, 2 June 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
Again, from a position of complete ignorance (what else is new?), assuming the PS5 comes out in 2020, I don't see the incentive as of yet for someone who has a PS4 - Pro or otherwise - to upgrade to a PS5, at least not any time soon. There are still awesome games coming out on the PS4, they seem to run super-well on the PS4, there are awesome games being readied for the PS4 for the next year (at least), and the most appealing reported feature of the PS5 is ... that it's backward compatible. When Nintendo puts out a new system it seems to be totally new, even radically so. But the PS5, as much as I/we know about it, seems to be a slight upgrade to the PS4 that doesn't necessarily do anything new or needed. Or is the idea that whatever it can do that the PS4 can't do is being held close to the vest, and when it comes out people will see the potential? Yeah, I don't know, current graphics and processors and whatever seem pretty cool to me. Will it just be ... faster load times? Is that what bugs people?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 2 June 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
PS5 is not going to be a 'slight upgrade' to the PS4. but as i said, you should always wait a few years to upgrade, the second half of any console's lifecycle is where the majority of the good games come out.
― ciderpress, Sunday, 2 June 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
don't worry dude you will get good value out of your ps4. and think of your backlog! don't give in to video game FOMO, particularly since, as everyone here is saying, you won't be missing out on anything until a few years after launch.
me, I'm thinking more to the streaming future. if I had an xbone I might be there already
― L'assie (Euler), Sunday, 2 June 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link
i just bought a ps4 this year and mostly to play upcoming games, so my money is where my mouth is too
― ciderpress, Sunday, 2 June 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
it would take something really unexpected to get me to buy a PS5 before 2023, like FF16 as an exclusive or something of that sort
― ciderpress, Sunday, 2 June 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
Oh, trust me, I've got no FOMO. I bought a PS4 Slim, couldn't be any happier and/or can't even see what the Pro offered that I don't have or that I thought I needed. Conceivably, something like (and I'm guessing, since I haven't played the original yet but, knowing me, will probably love it) Bloodborne 2 could do it. But the PS4 is so many miles beyond anything I've played before that I've got a long way to go before I run out of road. (That metaphor worked!)
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 2 June 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
I've been skipping generations and doing fine - I have one of the PS3s that can play both PS and PS2 games, and will consider upgrading to a PS5 around 2023 or possibly even later
― Simon H., Sunday, 2 June 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
Josh, rundown of the specs here: https://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/ps5-release-date-news-and-features-1213409
New generations also have faster processors, which means, among other things, better and better hair physics.
I'm also not getting PS5 at launch. The only reasons that I can think of doing that would be because you like being an early adopter or you think the launch version will have features that subsequent editions won't (eg launch PS3s bring backwards compatible with PS2s).
― In a station of the metro / My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard (Leee), Sunday, 2 June 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
Another interesting to but if true:
The company is also promising that when the PS5 does roll around, it’ll be a slower transition, with multiple new games releasing for both the PS4 and PS5 — at least at the start.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/16/18401209/sony-playstation-5-details-8k-graphics-ray-tracing-ssds-ps4-backward-compatibility
― In a station of the metro / My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard (Leee), Sunday, 2 June 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
*tidbit
This also has the ring of Truth:
You don’t want your big budget next gen game to arrive too early, because you’ll end up selling to a much smaller potential market, bound to be better to wait until the new platform is properly established. “Writing for new consoles is hard” is often just the excuse that gets rolled out for this, I think.
― In a station of the metro / My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard (Leee), Sunday, 2 June 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
the biggest spec upgrade this coming gen will be the CPU, the PS4/XB1 CPU was already low end in 2013 when those consoles released and is a big bottleneck for doing stuff like more advanced enemy AI or open world simulation or even just getting more games running at 60fps rather than 30. we won't see the former until after the transition period though obviously as those aren't things you can downscale for the old hardware.
the slow transition thing is always the case, they're just being honest about it there. pretty much every known major game in the pipe right now (except maybe bethesda's space RPG) will still be releasing on PS4, and that'll include everything that's about to be announced at E3 next week as well.
― ciderpress, Sunday, 2 June 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
iirc the game that drove a shitload of original playstation sales was FF7 and it came out two years after the console
― mh, Monday, 3 June 2019 00:33 (four years ago) link
Skimmed that Verge pice. 8k video, 3D audio ... I could give a fuck, tbh. There's really not much more I'd want than what the current gun gives me, I guess, esp. if something like Last of Us 2 plays as well as it seems from what little they have shown. I mean, even more open open worlds and even more advanced AI? I'm not even sure what this would look like, but I do know (again, from my limited vantage) that the thing that lets so many games down is not the graphics and the sound but the writing and *story*. As I always ask the guy that accosts me at Costco about new TVs and their insane specs, "but does it make bad TV shows *better*?"
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 June 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
a good TV definitely makes a lot of bad content better
― Nhex, Monday, 3 June 2019 03:47 (four years ago) link
weed's cheaper than a good TV
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 3 June 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
My new TV was pretty cheap! And no, it does not make bad TV better, in fact, it makes bad TV worse, imo, because you can see every nook and cranny of every bad, caked on by necessity make-up job. Haven't played Spider-man on it yet, that should be a good test. But Zelda and the other Nintendo games look fine.
I remember, many years ago, at the advent of consumer HD, going to a giant electronics mega-barn in Omaha, Nebraska, just to bask in the novelty, and the salesperson there kept pushing an HD TV. The pitch was basically "sports, sports, Becker (with Ted Danson), sports, Becker ..."
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 June 2019 11:42 (four years ago) link
Big ol sale: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/06/06/days-of-play-deals-hit-playstation-store/
― In a station of the metro / My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard (Leee), Thursday, 6 June 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
I've been introducing my kids to the PS4. So far their favorite games are Pacman (shocker), Cars 3: Driven to Win (another shocker), Wipeout Omega (HELL YES) and... Woah Dave! (?????)
― Arugula Raccoon (DJP), Thursday, 6 June 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-playstation-rebundle-2019
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
eh, should i bite for Talos?
― Nhex, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 07:46 (four years ago) link
no
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:23 (four years ago) link
There are a handful of old and/or sequel games I'm curious but almost 100% ignorant about - Fry Cry 3, Bioshock Collection and Borderlands (3 comes out soon). Are these all just shooters? Are they any good or worth getting cheap? The first two have a couple of vague red flags about them, like seeming too bro-like or, in the case of the latter, Ayn Rand-y. Right? What can anyone tell me about them?
I bought the remastered Shadow of the Colossus for $12. Game looks great, if a little limited in scope (if not scale!).
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 17 August 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
i don't think any of those are particularly worth playing in 2019, the good elements of them have all been absorbed into better games by now
― ciderpress, Saturday, 17 August 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
Fry Cry 3
― THE FUCKING EMPIRE OF SOUR CREAM (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 17 August 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
Lol would totally play Fry Cry: Jurrasic Bark
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 17 August 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
Bioshock is at least semi-critical of Objectivism if not full blown (at least the opposite site is such a cartoon I can't imagine it being taken seriously, compared to the Randians) and maybe worth a play. I haven't played the sequels.
Borderlands 3 comes out in a little while and you can probably just wait for that
― Nhex, Saturday, 17 August 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
bioshock infinite is the one that gets that criticism, not the first 2
― ciderpress, Saturday, 17 August 2019 18:19 (four years ago) link
iirc, i never played it
― ciderpress, Saturday, 17 August 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
the good elements of them have all been absorbed into better games by nowotm
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 17 August 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
like i dunno why you'd play far cry 3 when that series is basically iterative, just play 4 or 5 and get current gen graphics with your crappy far cry writing
― ciderpress, Saturday, 17 August 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
At least for Bioshock and Colossus - gameplay-wise they're definitely superceded, but there's probably still plenty worthwhile in them if you like the story and environment. Shadow in particular has this uncanny loneliness few games even look for, and I played the PS2 version a decade after release.
But I haven't played either in a long time, so feel free to correct me
― Nhex, Saturday, 17 August 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
Collosus seems good so far.Re Far Cry series, there must be more than just tech differences, since people seemingly have clear preferences for one over another.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 17 August 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
"uncanny loneliness" a great coinage for that particular videogame feeling. tomb raider 1 had this in spades.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 17 August 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link
Borderlands 3 is tough to stomach after the Randy Pitchfork shitshow
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 17 August 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
metroid series is another ‘uncanny loneliness’ simulator
― THE FUCKING EMPIRE OF SOUR CREAM (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 17 August 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
And Dark Souls.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 17 August 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
Far cry 2 is the only entry in that series that one should try to play the others yeah you can play the most recent or whichever theme seems fun I guess primal or whatever they’re all the same w different skins
― Mordy, Saturday, 17 August 2019 22:30 (four years ago) link
So just curious, why that one? Because others say Far Cry 3 is the best, others say 4 a big step down, some say 5 is a fun return to form ... what's shifting between sequels to make one better than the other if they are all fundamentally the same?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 17 August 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
different people like different settings and characters and stories i think thats all there really is to it.
― ciderpress, Saturday, 17 August 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link
But the gameplay is more or less the same, just the stories and graphics and stuff change from version to version? Like, for example, people seem to like Dark Souls 2 the least of the three (and Bloodborne), but as far as I can tell that's because they messed with the gameplay, right? So you're saying the gameplay of all the Far Cry games is more or less the same, but some people prefer one story or setting over the other? Just wondering, I've not played any of the Far Cry games.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 August 2019 02:06 (four years ago) link
far cry 2 is not like the other ones - much more immersive experience. the others are all more or less iterative tho, but that particular entry stands out.
― Mordy, Sunday, 18 August 2019 04:11 (four years ago) link
I read someone else observe that Far Cry 1/2/3 are all pretty different from one another, but Far Cry 3/4/5 are all kind of the same idea. Eh, I'll file 3 (which overwhelmingly seems the One To Get) in the pile of potential games I don't need now but that know I can always pick up for $15 or less
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 August 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
why isn't there a decent letterboxd clone for video games yet...
― Nhex, Sunday, 18 August 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
I played Shadow a bit and after two bosses was completely bored by it.
― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Sunday, 18 August 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
That's as far as I have gotten so far. I kind of assume it is the same thing over and over again, with different big creatures, but at least the game looks pretty good. And I think I paid $12 for it.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 August 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
the pretty goodness per $ quotient is off the charts!
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 18 August 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
how do you feel about old country buffet
― ciderpress, Sunday, 18 August 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
I think the graphics are pretty cool, it almost looks exactly like real food.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 August 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
Far Cry Primal is pretty different from the main series but seems forgotten now. It's the only one that interested me. I guess Horizon ZD and maybe Monster Hunter sort of made it obsolete? Anyone play that one? I've only watched vidyas.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 19 August 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
:(
keep going!!
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 19 August 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link
I bought a cheap copy of Horizon, people seem to love that one.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 August 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
I certainly love HZD.
― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 20:09 (four years ago) link
Kojima (or some other human) is apparently going to show 80 minutes of gameplay for Death Stranding next week.
― Aphex Twinge (Leee), Friday, 6 September 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
80 minutes of pissing
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 September 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
Long Pissman
― untuned mass damper (mh), Friday, 6 September 2019 23:37 (four years ago) link
I played Shadow a bit and after two bosses was completely bored by it.:(keep going!!
I did the third boss! Right index finger was tired from holding R2 down.
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Monday, 9 September 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link
afaict that's pretty much the game.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 September 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
whateverrrr you guys haven't even beat avion yet, gtfoh
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
The bird? I beat the bird.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:46 (four years ago) link
I think I'm to the water boss.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:48 (four years ago) link
Anyone played Blasphemous yet? Looks like it might scratch that Hollow Knight itch until the sequel comes out
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link
I almost pulled the trigger for it on the Switch yesterday, but I have a pretty big backlog and (speak of the devil) I find Hollow Knight (for only $15!) just sets the bar so high. Like, I'm going to buy Blasphemous eventually, but it's a head-scratcher whenever I read reviews that call it "gorgeous" or whatever, because by the standard of Hollow Knight all the pixel stuff is just so (imo) underwhelming. But yeah, reviews are generally very positive.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
I'm a sucker for Souls-like mystique (which Hollow Knight delivered as well) so that's a good selling point also.
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 14:01 (four years ago) link
The artwork / design does look pretty awesome and very different from the usual 'vania-clone
― Nhex, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49662096
shocked-pikachu.jpg
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
also O and X were chosen to indicate yes and no for menus etc but then American devs flipped them for whatever reason
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
easy way to remember:
X marks the spot that you want to press to go forward, O means nOOOO!
― I am also Harl (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
Plague Tale is 40% off right now, very tempted to get it now.
― Doctor Hu (Leee), Monday, 23 September 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
In the meantime, I bought Divinity: Original Sin 2.
― Doctor Hu (Leee), Monday, 23 September 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
Is anyone here playing Control? Keep seeing a lot of comments about it and I'm wondering if I should investigate
― mh, Monday, 23 September 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
Mentioned here: whatchu playing now
A lot of frame drop issues for PS4 (both base and Pro) but the recent patch seems to have fixed the worst of it, from what I've read.
― Doctor Hu (Leee), Monday, 23 September 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I was looking forward to it, then heard about the performance issues on even the Pro, then heard the patch fixed them, but was going to wait for a Black Friday sale or something. (Also waiting on a bigger discount for A Plague Tale, as far as newer games I've heard good things about go.)
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 September 2019 20:57 (four years ago) link
excited for whatever this is
pic.twitter.com/P8tPxf1j3X— Wario64 (@Wario64) September 24, 2019
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
I've started A Plague Tale, and if you were wondering, yes, you can pet the dog.
― Doctor Hu (Leee), Monday, 30 September 2019 18:30 (four years ago) link
People say Borderlands 3 is "more borderlands" but it's definitely worse than 2 in many respects.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 30 September 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
In what way? I love B2 but have a game backlog and haven't picked up B3 (also because Randy Pitchford sucks)
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 September 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
Extremely clunky, laggy, etc. The writing is worse than ever. It's trying to be a Destiny clone and not doing a good job of it. Etc.
Still fun when you're blowing fools away but the rest of it is in poor shape.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 30 September 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
That's a bummer.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 01:29 (four years ago) link
The new character classes are pretty sweet.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 01:52 (four years ago) link
as expected
PlayStation 5 launches holiday 2020: https://t.co/VuaxUVoBaR #PS5 pic.twitter.com/MPkKyRaHio— PlayStation (@PlayStation) October 8, 2019
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 12:46 (four years ago) link
14 months! and nothing exclusive for probably another year after that? feeling ok tbh
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:20 (four years ago) link
yeah ps4 will get stuff until like 2022, even later for JRPGs
i assume that big samurai game is gonna be a crossgen launch title botw style given it doesn't have a release date still
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:23 (four years ago) link
To that end, there are two key innovations with the PlayStation 5’s new controller. First, we’re adopting haptic feedback to replace the “rumble” technology found in controllers since the 5th generation of consoles. With haptics, you truly feel a broader range of feedback, so crashing into a wall in a race car feels much different than making a tackle on the football field. You can even get a sense for a variety of textures when running through fields of grass or plodding through mud.The second innovation is something we call adaptive triggers, which have been incorporated into the trigger buttons (L2/R2). Developers can program the resistance of the triggers so that you feel the tactile sensation of drawing a bow and arrow or accelerating an off-road vehicle through rocky terrain. In combination with the haptics, this can produce a powerful experience that better simulates various actions.
― to regain his mental focus, he played video-game golf (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:31 (four years ago) link
We’re getting closer to fighting games that actually kick your ass irl
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:40 (four years ago) link
Personally I love it when the selling point of a new product is something I'm not interested in. Imposes a nice consumption break, like when the New Yorker fiction issue arrives and for a couple of blissful weeks I don't feel any pressure to read the magazine.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:41 (four years ago) link
hope that controller has decent battery life, cos the DS4's is garbage
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:41 (four years ago) link
Now, see, this is why I'm glad I bought a Playstation. I keep a relatively short list of must-have games, titles that caught my eye or system showcases, and whenever they go on sale I can just snatch them up for next to nothing. Mad Max game? Currently $5! The first two Batman games? $8! Are they great? Are they terrible? Who knows! But I've heard enough good things about them to justify $13 all-in.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 21:38 (four years ago) link
they are definitely worth 13 dollar; you will be happy.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
https://www.wired.com/story/exclusive-playstation-5/
While a number of studios already had their PS5 devkits, the controller prototypes began rolling out much more recently, and no one is ready to name specific titles they're developing for the PS5. "We're working on a big one right now," says Marco Thrush, president of Bluepoint Games, which most recently worked on last year's PS4 remake of Shadow of the Colossus. "I'll let you figure out the rest."
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
KNACK 3
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link
Rumor is Demons Souls Remastered
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 22:18 (four years ago) link
Ehhh, it's running pretty well now and the middle of the game is pretty fun so far.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 22:36 (four years ago) link
Plague Tale on sale for $30 till the end of the month. I'm not terribly impressed with it so far.
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
the rats of us
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
wonder if bluepoint are working on a silent hill remaster
― expedited frictionless convergences (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
bunch of people seem to think they're doing demons souls for ps5
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 19:06 (four years ago) link
silent hill is konami who haven't shown much interest in making video games in recent years
bluepoint remastered metal gear iirc tho
― expedited frictionless convergences (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
(personally i’d love a demon’s souls remaster fwiw)
― expedited frictionless convergences (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
oh i didnt know they did the metal gear ones
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
Initial reactions to Plague Tale were kind of underwhelming, then there was a simmering rally of people saying it's a lot better than people gave it credit for.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
I've decided I want to get a Playstation rather than a Switch, if only cos it means I can turn my TV into a Smart TV and stream movies too.
Went into the shop ready to pay on finance but the woman in there completely put me off. She said I should wait and buy a PS5 or if not get one on Black Friday.
So I shrugged and left the shop.
I'm way confused now. i waited til the new Switch was out and now I'm wondering if the games shop want my money or not
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
you can probably get like a 40% lower price around black friday, that part is true
PS5 is still a year off and will be significantly pricier than the PS4 at launch and it'll probably be 2022 before the PS4 gets fully phased out for new games, so that one's your call
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
There's no real point getting a PS5 until a year after release (at least) but waiting 5 weeks to Black Friday is probably a good idea as there'll be lots of good bundle deals around
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
Unless you're not gonna play it at all in the next two years, this is the best time (end of generation) to buy a console.
That said I might just give in and get PS5 at launch. I pussyfooted on the Switch and eventually got it, but there was no point in waiting in retrospect. PS5 will probably get better deals the holiday season after year one though, especially if X-whatever launches as well.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 22:09 (four years ago) link
Waiting on price drops for Nintendo is, uniquely, a sucker's game, isn't it? Still makes sense to wait on MS/Sony since they follow saner (less insane?) pricing.
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
higher entry point, but on the other hand if you buy physical you can sell it a month later for roughly the same price unlike yr typical AAA games which quickly drop in price these days
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
MS/Sony are by and large competition for each other, not Nintendo, is what's going on there.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
Nintendo has basically settled for being the secondary/tertiary home system, though, which makes it weirder that their prices rarely go down. But yeah, true - PS5 prices will surely go down faster. And who knows, maybe they'll pump out a hardware revision within a year.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 23:07 (four years ago) link
Then again, maybe I'm wrong and the Switch has a higher base than PS4? I dunno
I mean, they haven't outsold the PS4, but the PS4 has a head start:
Here is an update to the cumulative global console shipment chart. The chart is launch aligned. Key points:- PS4 surpasses 100m, faster than PS2 and Wii- Switch reaches 36.87m, tracking inline with PS4 pic.twitter.com/o28T7l9f9j— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) July 30, 2019
Or does secondary/tertiary refer to some headology about systems within the same home?
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 23:14 (four years ago) link
Switch only has a higher base than PS4 in japan, everywhere else there's about half as many (but it's been out for half as long)
nintendo's game prices don't go down because no one else competes with them meaningfully in the style of games they make
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 23:16 (four years ago) link
I've heard that Nintendo's price inflexibility also has to do with the fact that they're still using cartridges, where the costs are still higher compared to optical discs. Dunno how much water that holds though!
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
it's true that carts cost more to produce but i don't think it's the reason given that their last 3 consoles used discs and they weren't any more flexible with their pricing for those
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 23:26 (four years ago) link
i guess last 2 since gamecube wasn't standard discs
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
What I don't get is the third-party stuff ported over to Switch at a huge premium. Doom, for example, is currently $60 on Switch. It's currently $9.99 on PS4.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 02:16 (four years ago) link
paying for the portability
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 02:20 (four years ago) link
For sure, to some extent. But why does it have to be at the Switch premium price default of $60? They could sell it for $50 or $40 or $30 or lower, and it'd still be several times the PS4 price.
Anyway, I do have it on Switch, but I just bought it and Alien for PS4, because cheap.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 02:52 (four years ago) link
https://www.amazon.com/Control-PlayStation-4/dp/B07DPJ3LZQ/
Control under $40 with the coupon! Just picked it up because I doubt it's going to get much cheaper on Black Friday.
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
nice!
― mh, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
i've never even heard of this game but it looks interesting - are the reviews good??
― Mordy, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
Yes, it's been well reviewed for its gameplay and story, though it's also pretty taxing on consoles.
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
has that been fixed with patches for the ps4? i'd love to try it but i'm still a bit wary.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
That's what I've read, yes, and partly why I pulled the trigger so soon after release!
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
underneath the wackadoo sub-nolanisms there’s a pretty pedestrian game imo. the creeping dread it induces is so effective and well realised though it’s almost worth it.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 20:09 (four years ago) link
besides the setting and vibe, which are top notch imo, i liked the gameplay a lot. it's not particularly innovative but it's fun, and there's a sequence toward the end that immediately entered Adam's Good Level Hall of Fame alongside such luminaries as doom E1M2, sniper level in COD4, etc.
― adam, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
wackadoo sub-nolanisms sounds right up my alley don't @ me.
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
sounds interesting enough and i haven't bought myself a new game in a while (well, i did get dicey dungeons but that was $15) so i'm pulling the trigger
― Mordy, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
I've been pretty excited about Control, since it was so well received, but I've slotted it in with Resident Evil 2 and Plague Tale under "waiting for an even bigger price drop." The great thing about PS4 (tying this all together) is that since you know the price *will* drop significantly over a year or so, you can comfortably put off buying it until later and focus on the games you already have while you wait. Big Switch games, that shit never goes on sale, so (imo) it's pretty easy to just shrug off new releases entirely unless they seem really, really special. Or, for that matter, punt indefinitely, since it's not like you'll be missing out on some special deal. For example, I'm excited about Luigi's Mansion 3, which looks gorgeous, but I'm in no hurry to shell out for it when I can (and did) recently get four AAA PS4 games for around half the price of a single Nintendo game. So it goes.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
hi everyone. so I'm an official member of this thread now.bought mine with Witcher, Dead Souls, Red Dead II and Crash Bandicoot Racing (for when I have people over)
One quick noob question: Can I charge two controllers at a time using the twin USB ports? Doesn't seem like I can
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link
What happened to waiting for BF??
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 23:07 (four years ago) link
shoulda waited for the ps6 tbh
― adam, Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:04 (four years ago) link
That's what they're calling the new XBox iirc.
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
So people are going nuts for Outer Wilds, right?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 20 October 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
Thanks again for the heads-up on the Control deal, Leee! I've been playing it this weekend and it's fun.
There are some lower framerate moments on my non-Pro PS4, but it's reasonable. Tracer's right that it's relatively light in the action dynamics/plot but I feel like that's a bonus. Just enough weirdness/variation to make it fun, and enough dialogue to move things along.
Enough to tide me over until Death Stranding, which inevitably will have hours of exposition and grimacing
― mh, Sunday, 20 October 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
hours of pissing
― ciderpress, Sunday, 20 October 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
Np my! (My order hasn't even shipped yet.)
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Sunday, 20 October 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
not surprised by slowdowns because it’s completely insane how much stuff is flying through the air in some scenes!
― mh, Sunday, 20 October 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
Anyone play "The Forest?" It's on sale for $13 right now, and I'm kind of a sucker for clever enemy AI, which this game appears to exemplify.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 October 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link
What happened to waiting for BF??― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Thursday, October 17, 2019 12:07 AM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Thursday, October 17, 2019 12:07 AM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
I'd been advised to wait months for the new Switch to be released before changing my mind for the PS4. Plus the finance offer in the shop was good.
Wouldn't mind some recommendations of two-player or multi-player games that I can download and play with my S/O and housemate. Crash Bandicoot racing is great fun (surprisingly tough too)
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 13:20 (four years ago) link
Witcher is fantastic so far but quite overwhelmingto me as a novice player - all this gwent and alchemy and having to get your sword fixed etc... I feel like I should have some sort of printed manual with guides on how to do things. My TV isn't massive and it's kind of fiddly and hard to make out all the little inventory icons etc..
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 13:24 (four years ago) link
I do wish a lot of these games came with manuals again. My biggest problem is diving into a game but then for lots of reasons needing to take a break, and when I return I've forgotten all my skills or even what all the buttons do.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 October 2019 13:30 (four years ago) link
there are massive strategy guides that scratch that itch but they're like thirty bucks
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 21 October 2019 13:37 (four years ago) link
Witcher is very good at explaining in baby-language how to do stuff and what you're meant to do next, but there's a LOT and as I'm not very well versed in the vernacular of new third-person gaming, it's still a lot of info for me to understand
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 13:41 (four years ago) link
Witcher is how
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
wow how did i flub that post
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
not even going to try again
Witcher is how― ciderpress, Monday, October 21, 2019 2:48 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ciderpress, Monday, October 21, 2019 2:48 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
You're how
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
lolAt first I thought cider was going to say that tackling a complex game like Witcher might be a decent trial-by-fire method to get used to nu-games
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 October 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
i was gonna say something about how it's a game where the gameplay is secondary to the writing and world building and so you can kinda just make your way through with basic tactics and occasional weapon/armor upgrades if you don't feel like learning the alchemy systems
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
you can get through most tough encounters just by abusing the shield rune plus hit and run tactics iirc
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
that's good to know. I'm trying to help an old lady find a frying pan right now. V silly.
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
I was told Dark Souls is for pros only. Perhaps Red Dead would have been a better indoctrination, but oh well I'm on this one for now.
Are there any good PS4 games that are similar to Earthbound/Chrono Trigger, in that they've got a lot of offbeat humour going on, as well as a cool story and puzzles?
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
Witcher 3 made me sigh after an hour and try something else. Maybe I'll go back, but it was a lot to grasp and tbh to work that hard to understand something I'd like to be paid.
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 21 October 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
xp you could try Dragon Quest XI if you want a traditional turn based rpg like those
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
Dark Souls was hard but wasn't that bad, imo. You'll likely need help, like I did, but there's enough going on that I can (in theory) imagine going back to it at some point and trying it a different way.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 October 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
xp - not fussed if it's turn-based or not (not 100% sure what that means, but I can guess it's down to the battle style), more the weirdness and humour of those kinds of games that I like. A lot of PS4 RPG-ish games look very serious and masculine - big dudes with swords or guns killing aliens or dragons or soldiers, which is cool and everything but it's quite po-faced a lot of the time and doesn't break the fourth wall too much
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
turn-based meaning you choose commands from a menu rather than controlling the character directly. like the games you mentioned
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
oh yeah. i guess i find all that stuff to be the most tedious parts of those games. i love everything else
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
but yeah dragon quest xi is probably the best answer to your question, it very much maintains the style of those 90s JRPGs
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
i'll think on whether there's an action RPG alternative, blanking on one right now
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
I take back my prior comments on Control running great on the original PS4
It's not every scene that kills it, but by mid-game my console is trying its best to keep up. Might work better on the installed version when not reading from disc? In any case, yikes. Still very fun, though.
― mh, Monday, 21 October 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
and this is after the patch?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 October 2019 15:26 (four years ago) link
presumably
I need to sort out what's going on with my PS4, because it's refusing to apply the 7.00 system update because the download is corrupted regardless of how I download it. It appears to have patched Control, though. I'll double check.
honestly couldn't be bothered to fix anything because it was the end of my vacation and I just wanted to play games and not give a shit about anything else
― mh, Monday, 21 October 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
Turn-based RPG recommendation: Persona 5, but this time I'd definitely advise waiting because the expansion is coming sometime next year.
Action RPG a la Witcher 3 (which I still think is terrifically overrated and unfun but hey dog latin if you're digging it who am I to rain on yer parade?): Horizon Zero Dawn (stars inquisitive female character).
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
HZD AKA the one where a cave girl fights robot dinosaurs.
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
i still haven't played the new DQ but that seems like a perfect recommendation for dog latin, as far as kind of old school ideas on a new platform. persona 5, too! more of an updated take but perfectly graspable and v stylish
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link
Noob question: Can I save games to my PS4 so I don't need to swap discs whne I want to play a new game? Is it recommended on a 500GB?
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
yes you can! in fact, i'm not even sure how you save to anywhere except the ps4 (there's probably a USB stick option but i've never messed with it)
also, not sure if you know, but you don't need to buy discs (unless you want to) - you can buy games directly from the store and download them. installing games to the hard drive also makes them run faster (?? i'm assuming this is true)
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
buy games directly from the ^online ps4^ store and download them, if that wasn't clear
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
the answer is actually the worst of both worlds i think, most big games automatically install to the hard drive because running it directly off the disc is too slow, but the disc acts as DRM so you still need it in.
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
oh dang, that blows - i am glad to have zero discs
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
the alternative is buying the games digitally from the PS store, obviously the downside there is you can't get the same type of discounts/sales as buying a disc copy at retail
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
btw, the "just buy games online and download them" strategy won't work as well if you're the kind of person who likes to have 30+ games accessible at any point. for me, i usually have 2-3 games i'm working on at any given moment, another handful for certain situations, and then the rest of them are ones that i've deleted to save space on my hard drive but can be re-downloaded at any point if i want to play them.
it's never created a situation for me, but not for everyone
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
I think my greatest axe to grind was that newest Final Fantasy game, which I probably spent more time installing than playing because I couldn't get into it.
Put disc in, it wants to install. I let it install. Then it immediately downloads a patch that's nearly the size of the entire game. Actually, thinking back, it might have just downloaded the entire game and the disc was useless.
The "day one patch" offenders for games released on discs are bad enough now that the downloaded version is superior
― mh, Monday, 21 October 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
cool. what do i do to download? I haven't seen that option.
Also, are we sharing handles on here for multiplayer online purposes?
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
Many xps but I don't think you got any answers to this?
Wouldn't mind some recommendations of two-player or multi-player games that I can download and play with my S/O and housemate
I'd definitely look at Rocket League, Overcooked, and one or more of the Jackbox Party Packs (esp the one that includes Fibbage). But in all honesty if this was a key driver for you, you might have been better off with that Switch after all - couch multiplayer largely died out on other platforms when online play took off.
― JimD, Monday, 21 October 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
(Oh, also Nidhogg and maybe Towerfall Ascension, if you want competitive rather than co-op)
― JimD, Monday, 21 October 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
We had a lot of fun with Broforce too though it's hard to recommend because the performance is so bad on PS4 and I don't think it ever got fixed? But yeah 2d 16-bit style games shouldn't be seeing their frame rates drop to single figures on modern hardware)
― JimD, Monday, 21 October 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
Even on Switch I want to say many of their best multiplayer games are designed for online play. Thinking of stuff like Splatoon, though of course there is always Smash Brothers and Mario Kart, which are both also ideal for couch multiplayer. I don't think I've purchased a game for PS4 thus far that made me regret not having online access, though there are a few games in which said feature seems intriguing.Overcooked ... I think we collectively played about 15 minutes of it as a family before we realized it was a really really bad idea.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 October 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
Rcket League, Overcooked, and one or more of the Jackbox Party Packs
Towerfall Ascension, Broforce
yes to all of these, and also otm about couch multiplayer being garbage on ps4
haven't played Nidhogg! in fact i haven't even heard of it, i gotta check it out.
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
recently i was having a brodown with an old friend with a ps4, so we decided to get super-nostalgic and purchase the remastered tony hawk 2 so we could do multiplayer like we did a million times in the past. turns out the remastered game took out the split screen option so that the only way you can play with your friend is if they are in their own home, online.
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
there's plenty of couch multiplayer on ps4 especially if you include stuff like the entire fighting game genre or sports genre
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
thanks everyone!!
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
it's so sad that multiplayer couch style games aren't really a thing though.. I mean, that was half the fun of having a console back in the day, getting your mates round and playing rounds of Mortal Kombat or Mario Kart and stuff.. I get why you'd want to play online with loads of other people you've never met, but there's room for both right?
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 21 October 2019 17:04 (four years ago) link
I think we collectively played about 15 minutes of it as a family before we realized it was a really really bad idea.
Hahaaa same here tbh but I assumed that just meant it was a bad idea for our family. I've enjoyed it more with peers, just a tricky one to play with your kids without finding yourself yelling at them.
― JimD, Monday, 21 October 2019 17:04 (four years ago) link
i played overcooked with a friend who is a irl short order cook, and also exceptionally good at video games. i was kind of shocked at how poorly we performed as a team
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 October 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
it's so sad that multiplayer couch style games aren't really a thing though
Yeah definitely. Like, me and my son loved playing destiny together but to do it we needed to be in different rooms on different ps4s plugged into different tvs using headsets to communicate, it was pretty fucking dysfunctional really.
(ciderpress is right though, I was forgetting fighting and sport games, they still exist if you're into them).
― JimD, Monday, 21 October 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
I mean, that was half the fun of having a console back in the day, getting your mates round and playing rounds of Mortal Kombat or Mario Kart and stuff.. I get why you'd want to play online with loads of other people you've never met, but there's room for both right?
It's not an issue in my house, since my girls don't really play any of this shit, but I know plenty of parents of kids who do, and their kids apparently spend hours playing multiplayer games together online with friends as an activity seemingly preferable to interacting in real life, which is very much on generation trend (see also: less partying, drinking, drugs, sex, per studies). I wonder if any of it stems from the fact that in many cases these games make it, per the earlier comment, literally impossible to play together on the same screen, in the same room.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 October 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
There's always LAN parties. :)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 21 October 2019 18:15 (four years ago) link
ciderpress otm. couch multiplayer is totally a thing.every sports gameevery fighting gamegt sportminecraftovercookedbut ESPECIALLY crash team racing
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 October 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
competitive competitive is a thing - cooperative, not so much. but i suppose that's always been true
tbh i may have a warped perspective because my coop partner doesn't like sports, fighting, or racing games.
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 October 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
oh - or FPS/shooting games
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 October 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
people still go nuts for Nintendo franchises like Smash Brothers and Mario Kart, right?
― mh, Monday, 21 October 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
There are also all those Lego and Marvel games, right? Are they couch co-op?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 October 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
there's also still lots of smaller/indie hack-and-slash type games with couch coop, in the tradition of gauntlet, though i don't play them so i can't name the good ones off the top of my head
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
Sure but this was "offer recommendations" not "list all the ones that exist" and while I love playing the lego games with family I wasn't about to assume that DL and his adult friends would be into them (though maybe they would be! It's my wife's favourite game series, she's 100%ed them all).
Crash Team Racing is a PS1 game, c'mon.
Minecraft technically does split screen but from what I remember it makes the crafting menus unusably tiny (though I've not tried it for years, maybe they fixed that eventually).
― JimD, Monday, 21 October 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
they just put out a remake of crash team racing, its a ps4 game now
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2019 21:42 (four years ago) link
Yeah I'm aware it got a PS4 remake. But a remake of a PS1 game is still a PS1 game. Or at the very least isn't enough of a ps4 game to make a good answer to "what ps4 games should I get for me new ps4?"
― JimD, Monday, 21 October 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
it is an extremely good game that you can buy and play on your ps4 and it is the most fun if you have friends over to play it with. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 October 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
Son would quite like Rocket League for Christmas.
Can you play this offline?
(Don't have any online subscriptions but would probably opt for the Switch version if you have to pay subs)
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 09:33 (four years ago) link
Yes and quite fun too - there's even some mini levels that can only be completed in co-op mode.
The dynamic split screen takes a little bit of getting used to but is actually quite a neat idea
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 09:37 (four years ago) link
The Lego Star Wars games on the PS2 were awesome IIRC
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 09:43 (four years ago) link
I'm really enjoying Witcher 3, you guys! Just done killed a Griffin and now I'm running around in a towel. But yes, all this alchemy and runestones and swords and stats is way over my head. Oh well, it's a romp
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 10:58 (four years ago) link
Worms WMD is on PS4 and is a great couch multi-player, even more venerable than Crash.
― closed beta (NotEnough), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 11:04 (four years ago) link
the Divinity games can both be played couch co-op if you fancy something a bit meatier. feels a bit odd playing an rpg in split screen but works pretty well
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 11:30 (four years ago) link
I tried the second Divinity and have no idea how combat works (kind of a high learning curve to not dying in a battle).
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
Yeah Divinity’s got a pretty steep learning curve. Gave it a few hours but it didn’t really click at the time, hope to return to it at some point.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
EDF games have couch co-op
― chihuahuau, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 16:11 (four years ago) link
oh what's the indie game where you run about inside a spaceship trying to pilot it while manning the cannons and sort out problems? that was fun twoplayer.
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
my memory, sorry. "Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime", that's it.
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 17:40 (four years ago) link
I think it's local 4p too
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 18:19 (four years ago) link
Son would quite like Rocket League for Christmas.Can you play this offline?
You can play against the computer but the computer AI isn't very good.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
The writing is excellent, what I've seen of it! It eschews the "one of these options is the objective best option," which really confounded me when I ran up against a certain decision point.
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
Best local co-op on PS4 is Towerfall btw
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
re Rocket League you can do up to 4p local though.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Lol Just remembered I bought this for Switch eons ago but never got around to playing it, possibly because I bought it to play 4p family coop but abandoned that idea as well in the wake of the Overcooked debacle.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
overcooked gets incredibly stressful incredibly quickly
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
Speaking of stress, I started "Alien:Isolation," and hoo boy ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
Remembering incredibly fun times in Uni with 8 of us playing Micro Machines 2 at the same time
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
Cat Quest $6 on PS4, I'd be stupid not to buy it right?!?
― HELLA FITZGERALD (Leee), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 01:25 (four years ago) link
Not sure if this is the right place to ask but my PS4 is getting appalling wi-fi signal. Speeds in the kbps and lots of connection drop-outs. My ISP basically don't give a shit because other devices seem to work fine in the same room. Anyone else had similar problems and managed to get them fixed?
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 11:24 (four years ago) link
change your wifi channel maybe?alternatively, if your ps4 is in the same room as your wifi and your wifi does dual-band, use the 5Ghz connection
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
it's got an ethernet port, if you have a physical router to plug it into
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 11:38 (four years ago) link
At the very least you should do that to check its speed, to see if it's still sloth when it's getting it straight from the tap.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 11:42 (four years ago) link
the PS4 has shit wifi, possibly alleviated a little in the newer models but Sony still recommends a wired connection in nearly all their documentation
― mh, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 16:49 (four years ago) link
huh. for years i've streamed HD baseball with it with zero problems.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
I mean, it all depends on the antennas on your wifi, distance, etc. too
or, as I remembered the other day, standing directly in front of the microwave with your phone meants wifi might work poorly
― mh, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
My ps4 had shit WiFi and I read on a forum to try rotating it 90 degrees
Worked a treat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Thursday, 24 October 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
so I knew you could remotely play a PS4 with a Vita but until today I didn't know you could via any PC. just tried it and v impressed. now I can play PS4 on my laptop lying in bed, lol fuk u Stadia.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
I think on Android systems too.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link
xp how do you do that? p amazing
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 26 October 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
I got a bunch of new games. mostly puzzlers :
Unravel 2 (very sweet and satisfying so far) Little Nightmares (I'm stuck on this one already. feels a bit bleak). Bendy and the Ink Machine (fucking terrifying. I'm only a bit in and I'm a bit scared to play it tbhwu) Overcooked 2 (cos I want a 2 player but not played it yet) Undertale (love the concept and humour but I can imagine getting hacked off with it quickly)
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 26 October 2019 18:08 (four years ago) link
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/explore/ps4/features/remote-play/
― T/S: Eliot (Leee), Saturday, 26 October 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
I played the Cat Quest demo. Needless to say I ended up buying it.
― T/S: Eliot (Leee), Saturday, 26 October 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
ON IPHONE too
― L'assie (Euler), Saturday, 26 October 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
re remote play, can use DualShock also
Really digging Control, if only for the way it plasters the name of a newly discovered room onto the screen in huge letters.
― T/S: Eliot (Leee), Monday, 28 October 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
I'm wishing the adaptive difficulty in Control would adapt itself back down a few notches because I'm near the endgame and the last few encounters (main story, some side missions) are a pain in the ass
going to grind out a few more upgrades but those flying assholes that fling rocks really chafe
― mh, Monday, 28 October 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
here's a tip: don't play Overcooked 2 with your partner when you're both extremely hungover but also hungry.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 01:33 (four years ago) link
tfw you bought a game a year ago on Black Friday, never opened it, and it's now PS+
― Nhex, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link
no one playing death stranding ?
― be goose, do crimes (||||||||), Friday, 1 November 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
aka parcelforce, the game
― be goose, do crimes (||||||||), Friday, 1 November 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
It’s not out afaik
― circa1916, Friday, 1 November 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
I will probably buy it though
― circa1916, Friday, 1 November 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
nov 7 i think?
― I'm a board man. Board man gets paid (Will M.), Friday, 1 November 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
It's already being reviewed, e.g.: Death Stranding is a long, bizarre journey that’s both breathtaking and boring
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Friday, 1 November 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
i’m down for playing anything Kojima puts out but i have the chance to play games so infrequently these days i have no idea when i’m gonna find the time to put 50 hours into a stumbling simulator
― non-euclidean lenin (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 1 November 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
sounds like at its core it's one of those 'satisfaction via overcoming frustrating limitations' games but with a shared-world twist (have seen QWOP namechecked in multiple impressions, of all things)
― ciderpress, Friday, 1 November 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
wth this has me intrigued now:
Its most recurring visual motif is a not-so-subtle gesture towards Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow.
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Friday, 1 November 2019 22:36 (four years ago) link
"Everything past page 100 of the manual is printed blank"
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 2 November 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
since constructs that can help other players are shared between contacts, do we need an ilx ps4 contact list?
― mh, Saturday, 2 November 2019 00:08 (four years ago) link
I ask only because I haven’t added any ps4 friends at all and should get on it — I have only one local friend on my pa4 contacts and he plays all older games
― mh, Saturday, 2 November 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
From Kotaku:
As I understand it, the game sort of culls the potential objects you see. It prioritizes friends and “stand connections” that you make (which is basically like, the in game version of a friend) and then kinda pulls from a mixture of what is highest rated and what also happens to be around your general vicinity.
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Saturday, 2 November 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
50 hours might be much for me (I still haven't even beaten Link's Awakening!) but eh, maybe i'm in on this
― Nhex, Saturday, 2 November 2019 00:31 (four years ago) link
i'm not gonna play it for a while sorry you'll have to do without my poorly placed ladders
― ciderpress, Saturday, 2 November 2019 00:37 (four years ago) link
Death Stranding is a game that demands to be argued over and analyzed for years. It starts rough, and then gets better and better as it goes along, culminating in an ending that is both hugely important to its universe, and also very small and personal to Sam. It has big ideas for things it wants to say, and then it layers them in with heavy-handed messages about togetherness and bonding with your fellow man. It’s also a story about the reconstruction of America that takes place in a world that bears absolutely no physical resemblance to the real America, lending it all an allegorical tone that allows some of its metaphors and weird imagery to breathe in a way they might not if this were a more “normal” or “realistic” game. It’s hard to say if it’s fun, and it’s hard to say if it’s a good game, but it is undeniably interesting in a way that not enough games try to be. If you buy in to what it’s trying to do—if you allow it to make that connection—Death Stranding will stick with you, one way or another.
https://games.avclub.com/death-stranding-is-an-allegory-for-a-broken-america-an-1839481823?utm_campaign=SF&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_content=Main
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 2 November 2019 03:33 (four years ago) link
oh no!!
paging sic ;_;
https://games.avclub.com/death-stranding-is-an-allegory-for-a-broken-america-an-1839481823
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 2 November 2019 03:34 (four years ago) link
If you buy in to what it’s trying to do—if you allow it to make that connection—
so cheesy in the context of the review (which is otherwise pretty good), which criticizes the game's heavyhanded message about the importance of making connections
but anyway, this certainly does sound...interesting. a lot of the gameplay seems to revolve around navigating the terrain.
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 2 November 2019 03:37 (four years ago) link
I survived Killer7 and loved it despite its flaws, somebody needs to tell me if it's worse than that
― Nhex, Saturday, 2 November 2019 04:23 (four years ago) link
I love the fact that you’re supposed to be traversing America but the landscape is essentially Iceland.
― circa1916, Saturday, 2 November 2019 04:43 (four years ago) link
I’m sort of a masochist when it comes to video games so if I literally have to miserably crawl through mud and rocks at the get-go if I sense a grander ~vision~ at play, I’m more intrigued than turned off.
― circa1916, Saturday, 2 November 2019 04:53 (four years ago) link
The ~vision~ will undoubtedly be mostly nonsensical and ridiculous knowing Kojima, but an expensive AAA prestige project like this that seems deliberately anti-fun is kinda rad and likely never to be seen again so I feel like I have to give some time and money to it.
― circa1916, Saturday, 2 November 2019 05:19 (four years ago) link
yeah, i'm thinking the same, but i will probably wait for a price drop all the same
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 2 November 2019 05:29 (four years ago) link
will pick it up once they’ve patched in some gameplay
― be goose, do crimes (||||||||), Saturday, 2 November 2019 09:21 (four years ago) link
planning on spending my thanksgiving showing how I’m thankful for Hideo Kojima
― mh, Saturday, 2 November 2019 14:20 (four years ago) link
Lol I’ve spent some time watching video reviews and I’m maybe less gung-ho. Might be a “buy at $30” person as well.
― circa1916, Saturday, 2 November 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
sounds tedious as fuck
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 2 November 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
i watched the entire tim rogers review and bought a ps4 pro
― adam, Sunday, 3 November 2019 13:04 (four years ago) link
lol nice
― ciderpress, Sunday, 3 November 2019 13:32 (four years ago) link
sony should give him a raise for sure
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 November 2019 14:33 (four years ago) link
thanks for the review mention, adam. a couple minutes in and it’s already pretty great
― mh, Sunday, 3 November 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
oh god he's going to reuse the pissing and toenail clips every two minutes throughout, isn't he?
― mh, Sunday, 3 November 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link
i don't consider myself to be overly squeamish but i had to turn it off early because of that
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 3 November 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
lol i had to look away every time for the toenail, it was at least a dozen times
― ciderpress, Sunday, 3 November 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
stop being taking the abuse by that charlatan
― Nhex, Sunday, 3 November 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
jesus, this review is towering and makes me want to both preorder it and start an online letter writing campaign against it at the same time
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 November 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
deliberately anti-fun seems accurate; it's amazing how much money kojima gets to make these things he's a glitch in the machine and no wonder that's what he makes.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 November 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
similar situation to twin peaks s3 but for games and probably not as good
― ciderpress, Sunday, 3 November 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
tim's complaint that, while the game gives you the option to take a shit for full character immersion, when he makes the character eat nonstop for a month but never take a shit yet there's never any repercussions or in game results is at the heart of why i don't like RDR2. You can do anything but nothing matters. It's astonishingly complex but then a horse appears in midair for no reason. Kojima takes his shit less seriously, less macho focused and more gonzo than rockstar and that somehow works better for me. Anyway, i'm sure i will pay for this and will probably hate it but so fascinating that it exists.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 November 2019 18:19 (four years ago) link
i mean he's calling it a Seamless delivery person RPG set in the Stalker universe and fuck i guess that's what i'll be doing for the christmas holiday
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 November 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
"Death Stranding is basically 'Andrei Tarkovsky's Super Mario Brothers the Movie: the Videogame'"i mean are you in my head right now
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 November 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
love Tim Rogers but you'd have to pay me to play that game lol, like it's Journey's 90 minutes stretched out over 50 monotonous hours
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 3 November 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
so you're saying you ARE in my head right now
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 November 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link
msotly i want to support the monster energy brand family
― adam, Sunday, 3 November 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
Good post forks
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 3 November 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
Ha, in the Tim Rogers review he estimates it took him about 20 *hours* to get into the swing of things, then quotes Kojima saying it only gets fun at about the *halfway point.* If Rogers says the game took him about 80 hours, that puts it around *40 hours* until it gets "fun." Or, you know, somewhere between 20 and 40 hours. Which is a heck of a curve!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 November 2019 13:23 (four years ago) link
i wouldn't assume the game is 80 hours, tim is a slowgamer. he said DQXI was 100 hours and i finished that in 50-60
― ciderpress, Monday, 4 November 2019 13:29 (four years ago) link
60 hours is a number I've seen a lot of, so that is probably more accurate at a good pace. But then we're still talking a couple of dozen hours to get into the swing of things, and/or "fun."
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 November 2019 13:45 (four years ago) link
Which lol is probably my usually pace for all games!
Why does Tim Rogers sound like a permanently-sarcastic Nolan-Batman?
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 4 November 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
that's the "american explaining art/culture" voice imo
― mh, Monday, 4 November 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
Close cousin of the 'American podcast' voice, eh? It's quite annoying. Even when he's being sincere it's hard to take him seriously
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 4 November 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
I'm likely never playing this game but I also watched that entire video review.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 4 November 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
good combination imo
― ciderpress, Monday, 4 November 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link
Tim Rogers is the worst version of whatever you think he is
― Nhex, Monday, 4 November 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
who's the best version of american game critic with experience in the japanese game industry
― ciderpress, Monday, 4 November 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
it's all a coooonnnnnnnnnn
― Nhex, Monday, 4 November 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
hm
― adam, Monday, 4 November 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
http://gph.is/17Dpg5E
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Monday, 4 November 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
what are the good video game websites? i'm allergic to places like kotaku. i check out rockpapershotgun sometimes tho it's uneven, eurogamer (but also uneven)...
― Mordy, Monday, 4 November 2019 20:39 (four years ago) link
imo, there are zero good game websites left
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Monday, 4 November 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
I like some stuff on Polygon
― mh, Monday, 4 November 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
Polygon and kotaku are basically the same site
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Monday, 4 November 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
https://www.gamasutra.com/https://toucharcade.com/https://statelyplay.com/http://www.youtube.com/user/Chrontendohttps://gamehistory.org/blog/https://gameandgraphics.com/http://shmuplations.com/games/https://www.thewikigame.com/https://www.criticalpathproject.com/basically zs otm
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 November 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
i like polygon more than kotaku but yeah they often feel the same now. bored kids with word counts to fill
― Nhex, Monday, 4 November 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
i look at some jrpg-centric sites for news and reviews but there's nowhere with particularly good articles atm
― ciderpress, Monday, 4 November 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
https://gamehistory.org/every-english-language-video-game-magazine/
Thanks to subscriptions being included with the GameStop rewards card, the magazine’s circulation is over 7 million – the fourth largest overall circulation in the country
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 November 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
fwiw i go to eurogamer to find out what's newly released and what's the rumpus and for reviews occasionallytbh ILG is my primary game website and has sold me on buying more things than anywhere else maybe ever
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 November 2019 20:57 (four years ago) link
I think the best way to do it these days is to just follow a lot of indie game devs on twitter
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:42 (four years ago) link
the best way is just to follow/know a bunch of gamers e.g. this board
― ciderpress, Monday, 4 November 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
I just copy josh
― be goose, do crimes (||||||||), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
eurogamer reviews are uneven but the writers there at least attempt to situate the games into some kind of genre context, explain how it fits into the culture, etc - most other reviews just feel like recaps
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
ilg is good but really isn't large enough to really be sufficient. lots of new interesting games we don't get around to at all or not until much later. i found dice dungeons through steam by accident (i was like a new terry cavvanaugh game??? how did i not hear about this?) it was great but no one here had mentioned it. curious about like disco elysium but i don't think anyone here has played it. i don't think anyone has played frostpunk. idk it seems like there's a lot of probably worthwhile games that we just don't have the numbers + dedication to cover just in the course of talking. has anyone played the new age of wonders (planetfall)? i do have to thank ilg for clueing me into Control an okay fun game <thumbsup>
― Mordy, Monday, 4 November 2019 22:11 (four years ago) link
nb even if i knew disco elysium was amazing sadly it's pc-only atm. but frostpunk is now on the ps4!
― Mordy, Monday, 4 November 2019 22:12 (four years ago) link
I'm so far behind that there's no way one of you wouldn't have mentioned a game if it were any good.
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 13:26 (four years ago) link
eurogamer's the only consistently decent games site imo
― Titanic was cliched Marxist crap. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 13:30 (four years ago) link
forums full of melts but
― be goose, do crimes (||||||||), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
melts are absolutely the best you can hope for if you take it upon yourself to visit an online forum devoted to gaming tbh
― Titanic was cliched Marxist crap. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
Whoops! $25 at Target for BF.
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
I'm hoping this means a deep discount on the Playstation store, too.
LOL, I thought that Death Stranding came out already, I guess not? I have seen literally zero about that game that seems appealing.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:53 (four years ago) link
suspect it'll be $40 or less by Christmas
― Nhex, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:56 (four years ago) link
if i give in and buy it this weekend it's purely to support its weirdness (and probable awfulness)
Nioh is on the PS+ freebie menu this month which i'm actually looking forward to playing
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:57 (four years ago) link
nioh is good
probably 5 of my "top ten gaming moments" are from metal gear solid games so yalls death stranding doomsaying is just fueling my anticipation. watch this space as i liveblog my unfolding disappointment
― adam, Thursday, 7 November 2019 00:57 (four years ago) link
i'm not even a metal gear / kojima fan and i think death stranding looks cool. just not as cool as my jrpg backlog
― ciderpress, Thursday, 7 November 2019 01:17 (four years ago) link
I misread "jrpg backlog" as "rpg backpack," which seems kinda like what Death Stranding is.
(I've never played any Metal Gear Solid games and long assumed that dude was just some GI Joe character I got to play as in Smash Bros.)
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 November 2019 01:28 (four years ago) link
Oh, Josh.
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Thursday, 7 November 2019 01:30 (four years ago) link
I just restarted phantom pain and it remains great fun
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 November 2019 01:51 (four years ago) link
it's the least good of the metal gear series but it's still awesome, the balloon shit is so funny every time
― adam, Thursday, 7 November 2019 03:14 (four years ago) link
“He’s coming too?...alright....”
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 November 2019 03:57 (four years ago) link
negative death stranding review: https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/death-stranding-review/1900-795/
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 7 November 2019 06:11 (four years ago) link
giant bomb was never going to like it
― ciderpress, Thursday, 7 November 2019 06:14 (four years ago) link
ah giant bomb, or as a friend called it, "that old men sighing channel"
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 7 November 2019 10:40 (four years ago) link
The red flag for me is that even the wildly positive reviews have some serious (or at least alarming) contradictions. "Is it fun? Well, no, but ..." "It takes about 20 hours before you finally ... " "It's like if Breath of the Wild were boring on purpose," and so on. Honestly, from what I've seen or read of it it doesn't even look that weird, imo, by video game standards, and all the actors/celebrity cameos seem ... distracting. Plus, it appears very long stretches of the game (most of it?) are about balancing a bunch of stuff on your back while you traverse rough terrain, soothing your upset baby and repairing your shoes.
Which is a way of saying I look forward to hearing what some of you think of it.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 November 2019 13:01 (four years ago) link
See, that Giant Bomb pan is more or less identical to even the raves.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 November 2019 13:08 (four years ago) link
some day you feed on a tree frog, others you press x for norman reedus to sip on a fat monster energy can for the buffs
― adam, Thursday, 7 November 2019 13:40 (four years ago) link
happy #DeathStranding Day! many reviews (including my own) mention QWOP and Getting Over It. well, i went the extra mile and invited @bfod into the @Kotaku Goblin Bunker to play Death Stranding. i will give no instructions. let's get gobblin' in the bunker https://t.co/y1ykhIJsBK pic.twitter.com/SFM8ZzmyKY— tim rogers (@108) November 8, 2019
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 8 November 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
Early returns from players seem generally positive, though with strong caveats: https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/dtl81q/so_for_those_who_have_a_few_hours_in_death/
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Friday, 8 November 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
I watched somebody play this today at my local gaming emporium. It looked pretty weird! Your character’s legs in particular are like super-bulbous. You’re like an astronaut on earth.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 8 November 2019 23:02 (four years ago) link
polygon likes death stranding enough to call it the 53rd best game of the decade
https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/11/4/20944265/best-games-2019-2010-ps4-switch-xbox-pc-100-51
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 9 November 2019 03:52 (four years ago) link
perspective!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 9 November 2019 04:13 (four years ago) link
its an Impact list so sure why not
― ciderpress, Saturday, 9 November 2019 04:30 (four years ago) link
game fun
― adam, Saturday, 9 November 2019 11:51 (four years ago) link
i played for four+ hours last night and i didn't kill anyone. it didn't even come up. how often do you see that in gazillion-dollar non-nintendo games?
esp compared to the frankly unpleasant grand guignol opening of mgs5
― adam, Saturday, 9 November 2019 11:55 (four years ago) link
sports and racing games but yeah i get what you're saying
― ciderpress, Saturday, 9 November 2019 14:40 (four years ago) link
Obviously there is plenty of "killing" in Nintendo games, there's just a notable lack of blood, a la a lot of Marvel movies.
Man, somewhere I saw a recommendation of "The Evil Within," so I watched a bit of the opening, and it's literally like watching a torture porn movie, and I thought to myself, man, who wants to play this shit?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 9 November 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
based on what i've read of death stranding it's v hard to believe i'll enjoy it (so many "yes it's a walking simulator but a good one" comments) but i'm still curious. maybe it'll be $15 one day soon.
― Mordy, Saturday, 9 November 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
I’ll maybe start a thread later when I’m feeling less lazy
I have spent a considerable amount of time in the game now, and killing people has yet to really be a thing.
I did spend a fair amount of time deviating from the main quests to steal a truck, load it with all the materials I could find, and reconstruct a large segment of road. I think reviewers may have underestimated the number of signs and likes you could receive from other players, because my status level jumped a ton during the day as things I constructed showed up in other games and were well-received
― mh, Sunday, 10 November 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
i did tie a mule dude up with a strand while i ransacked his lair.
upgrading from fun to owns. smashing that like button.
― adam, Sunday, 10 November 2019 14:16 (four years ago) link
xpost I'm confused about the online element. Just about every review I have read has said you don't need online access to play the game, but that sounds like an important part of the gameplay.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 10 November 2019 14:33 (four years ago) link
It’d be a different experience, but you could definitely go it alone. I regret to inform everyone I have found the Conan O’Brien character
― mh, Sunday, 10 November 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
But if the interactive (with other players) aspect helps you level up or gain status, is that symbolic or does that actually affect gameplay?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 10 November 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/comments/dssaa6/rps4deals_2019_us_black_friday_megathread_updated/
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Sunday, 10 November 2019 19:57 (four years ago) link
Looking at Spidey and DQXI.
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Sunday, 10 November 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
$15 Resident Evil 2 is pretty good.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 10 November 2019 20:39 (four years ago) link
If I didn't have the system, slim with God of War, Last of Us and Horizon Zero Dawn for $200 ...
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 10 November 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
i mean its the end of the gen everything's gonna be cheap
― ciderpress, Sunday, 10 November 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
wait until you see what a slim costs after the ps5 comes out next year
― ciderpress, Sunday, 10 November 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
def a good time to be a cheap gamer. you could easily load up enough games for the next year this month
― Nhex, Sunday, 10 November 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link
some expensive games i wanna play too jedi fallen orderdeath stranding fifa
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 10 November 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
what's better these days, fifa or pes
― gbx, Sunday, 10 November 2019 22:36 (four years ago) link
So uhhhh, Death Stranding. Been playing it all day and I feel like I’ve just gotten the tip of the iceberg as far as mechanics go, but it’s actually pretty cool? Less of a chore (right now anyway) than videos/reviews would have you believe. Grabbed me straight away.*minor early game spoiler*Your first real mission is carrying your mother’s corpse on your back to an incinerator. Sold me right there.
― circa1916, Monday, 11 November 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
can you drop her over and over as you lose your footing?
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Monday, 11 November 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
I did totally lose her ass in a river.
― circa1916, Monday, 11 November 2019 01:57 (four years ago) link
your mother's corpse is damaged and soaking!
corpse mission score: B-
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Monday, 11 November 2019 01:58 (four years ago) link
vintage kojima
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 November 2019 05:43 (four years ago) link
here we go: See you on the beach - the thread for Hideo Kojima's DEATH STRANDING
― mh, Monday, 11 November 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
My belated dive into "Alien: Isolation" is still proving too intense to play for prolonged periods of time, but once the alien starts finding and killing you it, and once you realize there is no avoiding that, the game (ironically) loses some of its edge (in a good way) and becomes a little less stressful. My favorite aspects of it so far may be standard video game tropes. For example, stealth-mode is essentially just crouching, which is hilarious (tho alien less prone to fall for that than people or androids). I also find it funny how you run and hide in a locker or whatever and patiently hold your breath to avoid detection, but as soon the danger has (seemingly) passed and you leave, the animation has you burst out as violently and loudly as possible. Like, come on, Ripley, use a lighter touch, there are baddies looking for you!
If it's less than $15 I might consider buying this again when it finally comes out for the Switch.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 17 November 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
I've always been a fan of the generative ambient PS4 background music. Today I finally got around to backing the machine up, which of course takes hours, and the entire time that ambient music has just been floating around just out of earshot. But every once and a while I stop what I'm doing and suddenly notice it again. Full Eno.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
With a couple of exceptions, most black friday prices seem to be the same across the board, whether best buy, amazon, playstation store, etc. I guess that's good, right? Resident Evil 2 seems $5 cheaper for the physical version, but I think I've been converted to digital only, if possible.
A couple of titles I've been looking forward to, like Control and Concrete Genie and MediEvil (which got mixed at best reviews on release but I think might have improved with some patches?), I have a hunch they'll be a lot cheaper not far down the line.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 November 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
I've seen a difference of $5 for some titles (Control being one).
Question about Dragon Quest 11: apparently some people find the MIDI score about and have suggested getting the Definitive Edition on Switch. I don't really plan on getting a Switch, but is it bad enough to make getting a whole other system more worthwhile?
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Sunday, 24 November 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link
there are a million other reasons to own a Switch besides that one! but yeah, it sounds like the benefits are way better - 16-bit mode, fully orchestrated score, extra content iirc
― Nhex, Sunday, 24 November 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
i don't think any of the switch additions are crucial, for japan the biggest one is voice acting but the PS4 version already had english voices. the soundtrack is a weak point regardless of whether it's recorded or synthesized. the 16-bit mode is more of a novelty than good content
― ciderpress, Sunday, 24 November 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
also you're obviously getting all that stuff in exchange for a graphics downgrade on switch
― ciderpress, Sunday, 24 November 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
DQ11 soundtrack is OK, only egregious one is the field music which can be changed to the DQ8 field music on Switch. The graphics really aren't that much downgraded imo, the artstyle helps a lot with that.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 24 November 2019 19:54 (four years ago) link
I took advantage of the current sales to replace a couple of my physical copies with deep-discount digital copies, then put my physicals up for sale to cover the cost. Nice way to reduce the clutter. So many A+/AAA games for $10 ...
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 November 2019 14:40 (four years ago) link
I know! A lot of good $15/$20/$25 physical titles too. I'm guessing some of these might get ported to next gen, as well, so I'm trying to limit myself a bit...
― Nhex, Saturday, 30 November 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
Ha yeah I still have a stack of 360 games from the end of that gen. Gonna play mass effect 2 at some point... (right?)
― L'assie (Euler), Saturday, 30 November 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
Have they ever officially said if or how PS4 titles will be backwards compatible on PS5? Or is that all still just rumor?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 November 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
rumor is they'll be backwards compatible out of the box but no guarantee yet
― ciderpress, Saturday, 30 November 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
I believe Sony said they'll do PS4 and PSVR compatibility; earlier than that, not confirmed. Makes sense given their generation lead and investment in VR thus far (kind of like when they ported Move over to PS4)
― Nhex, Saturday, 30 November 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
i would not expect PS3 compatibility ever, that console had bizarro cpu architecture that's difficult to emulate
― ciderpress, Sunday, 1 December 2019 00:03 (four years ago) link
they also had a controller they decided to never support, with the analog buttons (rip)
― mh, Sunday, 1 December 2019 03:31 (four years ago) link
the only game i remember using it was MGS2 which was kinda annoying frankly
― Nhex, Sunday, 1 December 2019 03:53 (four years ago) link
i still have my ps3 hooked up so that i can play Skate 3, Beyond Good and Evil, and PS1 games- i don’t ever expect to unhook it tbh.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 1 December 2019 11:26 (four years ago) link
A quick little PSA for those inclined. I've kept a relatively modest wish list of PS4 games, and between sales over the last year or so managed to get most of them inexpensively. One exception was Sekiro, as it's newer, and From titles don't seem to go on sale as much, or at least not as deep. But for Black Friday (I assume) lots of places, including Amazon, were selling Sekiro for $25, which isn't that bad for a newer From title. So this morning, because I had to order something anyway, I dropped it in my Amazon cart, figuring might as well, it's not going to get much better ... and when I checked out an apparently hidden coupon took off another $4! Maybe it was a secret Cyber Monday deal? Who knows, but around $20 for Sekiro new seems like a pretty great price.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 December 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
sekiro is good, was giving my launch PS4 fits but now that i own a PRO i am gonna revisit. currently i am coming down from Death Stranding Madness with jedi fallen order. it's fun! it's got some dumb fun uncharted shit and some weird fun dark souls bonfire shit. you can probably wait for sales in the 20-30 dollar range rather than late night impulse buying it like i did.
― adam, Monday, 2 December 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
that’s probably the next game I’ll play over the holidays
― mh, Monday, 2 December 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
I've heard a lot of reports of it being kinda janky. The Dunkey video was pretty fun, wherein he lets a baddie shoot a rocket at him, then uses the force to pull the baddie into the approaching missile *from behind it.*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78vQacqkCbE
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 December 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
it's a little janky but not in a way that bothers me. i read something comparing it to a ps2 game which is reasonably accurate. it's a little looser an experience than most modern "AAA" games.
on one of the first planets you visit you go and Do Your Objective. then you have to make your way all the way back across the map to your ship, using a newly "remembered" force power to open shortcuts and solve puzzles. there's no real guidance or suggestion or indication that you are going the right way. just like old times!
― adam, Monday, 2 December 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
Big ol' EOY sale on the PS store, I just picked up fl0w/Flower/Journey and Tearaway Unfolded for $5 apiece.
― Jim Broadband (Leee), Monday, 2 December 2019 19:40 (four years ago) link
ha great Dunkey video. definitely waiting on discount for that one
― Nhex, Monday, 2 December 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
100% cool not wanting anything mentioned in the State of Play, except probably the samurai game, though we know next to nothing about that one.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
babylons fall just looks like a dark souls game with platinum combat
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
i feel like we know everything about the samurai game, it's open world stealth action so an offbrand assassins creed maybe with some fancier graphical set pieces
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
Yeah, but we don't know how well it plays. For example, I was interested in Control, but after some fixes and patches people still say even the Pro sometimes struggles with that game, so as a slim owner I've sort of put the purchase on ice.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
Dude, Control is my GOTY and I have a Slim! And yes the framerate lags when you're fighting a roomful of enemies with a million things flying around but it never bothered me that much.
― Scorsese runs afoul of the Irishman (Leee), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 20:36 (four years ago) link
great to hear! it's so hard to tell, amidst all the hyperbole. some people are like, I have a pro and this is the most broken game I have ever played!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
gamers!
― a u.s. government department (mh), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
I know, right? Gamers, what are they good for? Absolutely nothing!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 21:16 (four years ago) link
complaining, mostly
― a u.s. government department (mh), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
they're really good at revealing conspiracies
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
Gamers? More like complgamers, amirite?
― Scorsese runs afoul of the Irishman (Leee), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
Apparently that pun is so odious it killed the thread. Anyway: UGG coming to PS4! That might give me time to vote for it in P+C!
― Scorsese runs afoul of the Irishman (Leee), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
finished Cold Steel 1 yesterday. the game starts anime as fuck but the last few hours really took it to another level, so ludicrous that I couldn't help but revel in the daftness of it all. hopefully they crank it up even more in the second & third games lol.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 23:56 (four years ago) link
they definitely crank it up more, though mostly in the form of increasing the number of mysterious factions with unclear motives each game until you give up trying to take it seriously
i'm playing 3 now and enjoying it, it's set up like 1 structurally but escalates a lot faster and pulls in some characters from the older trails games which is fun
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 00:34 (four years ago) link
lol that's good to know, I've bought the second game but probably won't get round to it until next year, need to play something smaller after DQXI, FE3H and CS1 triple whammy in the last couple of months phew
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 01:00 (four years ago) link
probably should've bit on Control/Sekiro at $25 for BF, but I can wait another three-six months
― Nhex, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
Control is $30 at Walmart now for some reason.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3971-CUSA23079_00-HONKHONKHONKHONK
― Martialarts Ali (Leee), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 22:47 (four years ago) link
Like, guess what game just debuted on the PS Store.
― Martialarts Ali (Leee), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 22:48 (four years ago) link
Yesss
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
also: from the maker of katamari damacyhttps://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2470-CUSA06238_00-WATTAMPS4GAME001
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
I just played Journey recently and wow, totally choked up at the end.
― Martialarts Ali (Leee), Saturday, 28 December 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
It was especially powerful because I did it with a companion.
― Martialarts Ali (Leee), Saturday, 28 December 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
oh I just got this. only played for about 30 mins so far. very cool
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Saturday, 28 December 2019 22:17 (four years ago) link
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/campaigns/2019/wrap-uphttps://blog.eu.playstation.com/2020/01/14/look-back-at-your-gaming-year-on-ps4-with-the-playstation-2019-wrap-up/
― Camina Burana Drummer (Leee), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
Think this should link to my stats: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/campaigns/2019/wrap-up/?PXP=6a64953fef71a29c157de5fb2520a50a8a61447834e48d87286f8132ad12ca0b
― Camina Burana Drummer (Leee), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 23:38 (four years ago) link
Your prime time to play isTUESDAYAFTERNOONS
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 00:06 (four years ago) link
my "total hours played" stat was.......troubling
― orifex, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 01:06 (four years ago) link
My top game was Horizon Zero Dawn. Which makes sense as I'm several years behind.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 01:21 (four years ago) link
apparently my prime time to play is SATURDAY EVENINGS so this does not speak well of my 2019 social life
― babu frik fan account (mh), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 01:41 (four years ago) link
lol, same here
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 01:50 (four years ago) link
My total hours count seems off the charts too much. I assume (hope!?) a good chunk of that was idle time I left a game sitting on a menu screen or something. Have been known to leave these things on.Top two games were Death Stranding and Sekiro by far. Apparently I plugged 80 hours into both of them. Wtf am I doing with my life.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 02:12 (four years ago) link
SATURDAY EVENINGS crew checking in
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 02:23 (four years ago) link
longest play session was 6 hours, yikes! i'm guessing that was a persona5 binge
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 04:39 (four years ago) link
or (hopefully) something i left paused for 5 hours
My max sesh said 10 hours, which I doubt is true. must be counting a time I paused the game and walked away
― Nhex, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 05:02 (four years ago) link
Mine was 9 hours, which is not at all normal for me but was definitely true of that one day. Surprised it wasn’t longer tbh
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 05:11 (four years ago) link
It’s glitched on some things, because it says I got zero trophies in the five games I played the most, but then says I got 85 trophies this year?
― babu frik fan account (mh), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 05:14 (four years ago) link
Your top game was...Knack 2.
smdh
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 08:35 (four years ago) link
in death stranding it's very easy to treat that moment standing in front of an access terminal as a kind of pause screen and walk away
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 10:33 (four years ago) link
I usually dump Sam in his sleeping pod before getting a snack
― babu frik fan account (mh), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
Saturday evening saddo here too!
Longest stint was 12 hours. That is troubling.
Quite pleased I only spent 14 hours grinding Borderlands games. Worried I spent 33 hours on Far Cry 5 despite it being just ok.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Thursday, 16 January 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
Most played game of 2019 - Witcher 3Most played game of 2020 - it's going to be Witcher 3 again isn't it?
(although I've not touched it for a couple of months)
― JimD, Thursday, 16 January 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
a total of seven games over 41 hours last yearlol i have a small child
― que pasa picasso (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 16 January 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
my playtime numbers are also small due to my small child (nintendo switch)
― ciderpress, Thursday, 16 January 2020 17:01 (four years ago) link
YOUR TOP GAMES1 BORDERLANDS 3 175 HOURS2 THE DIVISION 2 82 HOURS3 RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 38 HOURS
Some depressing stuff right there
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 January 2020 17:02 (four years ago) link
Slightly ashamed but wholly unsurprised:
1. Dark Souls III - 195 hours2. Sekiro - 60 hours
In my defense, I was on an exercise bike for most of those hours!
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 16 January 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
For the other stats, I think it takes into account non-game things like watching tv, since those are way out of proportion for me (and we use the PS4 for all of our streaming).
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 16 January 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
I am finally going to order a ps4.
― Yerac, Thursday, 16 January 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
DO EEEET
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 January 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
You do not understand the level of conversations we have had about getting one.
― Yerac, Thursday, 16 January 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
Mine was like a billion hours of nba 2k19 and a little (50 hours) each of ac Paris and Yakuza 0which is, like, a good reflection of “my life” tbh
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Thursday, 16 January 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
Yerac you should definitely consider this bundle: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-playstation-4-1tb-only-on-playstation-console-bundle-jet-black/6380812.p?skuId=6380812
― Siouxie Sioux and the Vanjies (Leee), Thursday, 16 January 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
Though not necessarily from Best Buy.
― Siouxie Sioux and the Vanjies (Leee), Thursday, 16 January 2020 18:05 (four years ago) link
yeah that is the bundle I am getting. and then trying to pick out some additional games. We also already have a kid picked out to give it to if it ends up ruining our lives.
― Yerac, Thursday, 16 January 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
I'm mulling over upgrading from my beloved PS3 to a 4. Probably give it another year, though. Wait until it's well and truly on the way out, as I do.
No way am I posting my top playtimes on games. The amount of time I've frittered away on Skyrim alone would almost certainly require the imposition of a conservatorship over the handling of my life.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Thursday, 16 January 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
lol ruining your liveshow can this be
― Nhex, Thursday, 16 January 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
I sunk over 200 hours into Skyrim xpThought those days were long gone but am probably about 50 hours into Zelda as the Switch makes it much easier to spend time playing
― groovypanda, Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:04 (four years ago) link
i pulled the trigger and need to go pick it up sometime in the next couple of days ( I actually did buy it from Best Buy, thx Leee!). Though reading upthread about controllers needing emails and two step verification tediousness I may also need to pick up more alcohol. Also need to do some research because I am taking this to another country and I think there is some weirdness? about having to re-register the account.
― Yerac, Thursday, 16 January 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link
Picked it up. I am playing Last of Us and I am so not used to everything (pacing, controller, viewpoint) considering the last time I played a lot (PS1) I was all about Oddworld, Tetris and Tony Hawk.
― Yerac, Saturday, 18 January 2020 08:22 (four years ago) link
I like this but are there games for ps4 with fewer cutscenes and more action? I need to research. Basically i have to hoard in the next month and a half before I feel cut off from consumerism.
― Yerac, Saturday, 18 January 2020 08:35 (four years ago) link
DOOM
― Fizzles, Saturday, 18 January 2020 09:35 (four years ago) link
also on some old school stuff which is v good: tetris effect. binding of isaacdead cellsi love dark souls/bloodborne/sekiro but they’re hard and require some dedication.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 18 January 2020 09:41 (four years ago) link
so this Knack game in the thread title. Yes/no? It's $10.
― Yerac, Saturday, 18 January 2020 09:43 (four years ago) link
Yerac if you're interested in action games to play with your partner I'd suggest Crash Bandicoot Racing and Overcooked 2. I got my ps4 late last year and before that I'd hardly gamed at all, but those two have kept us very entertained when I'm not playing hours of Witcher 3 on my own
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 18 January 2020 09:57 (four years ago) link
I have a general question about games:
I know that some. games like Dark Souls kind of make dying part and parcel of the experience, but has there ever been a game where dying is literally part of it? like rather than simply dying and then respawning or losing life/money/points it's an integral part of the game?
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 18 January 2020 11:08 (four years ago) link
A few, yeah. In Heavy Rain you control a few different characters and if one dies, that’s it, you just have to carry on the story without them. In Rogue Legacy, when you die, your descendants take over having inherited some of your attributes. I’m sure there are a bunch of other examples too. Probably justifies a thread in fact!
― JimD, Saturday, 18 January 2020 11:32 (four years ago) link
Isn't there at least one area in Bloodborne that's opened up by dying to a particular enemy?
― thomasintrouble, Saturday, 18 January 2020 11:57 (four years ago) link
Minit gives you 60 seconds to live, but you get to keep your loot.
There's a very extremely first-gen PS2 game called Shadow of Memories where you're trying to prevent your own murder.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 18 January 2020 12:02 (four years ago) link
I guess there’s a distinction to be made between what usually gets referred to as permadeath (you’re dead, that’s it, game over, start again from the beginning but you may or may not get to keep some stuff) and games where you die and the game doesn’t end, it carries on somehow. Former is pretty common these days (roguelikes especially) but the latter is still rare and probably more interesting.
― JimD, Saturday, 18 January 2020 12:35 (four years ago) link
Wasn’t there an Ultima game where when you died you went to the afterlife and the game continued there?
― Mordy, Saturday, 18 January 2020 13:06 (four years ago) link
Death Stranding!!
If anyone dies they have about an hour to be cremated. otherwise their body creates a rip in space-time called a 'voidout' - which has comparable effects to an atomic bomb and it's game over. therefore you have to be very careful not to kill any of the baddies. if you do, you have to lug them on your back to an incinerator ASAP
if YOU die, you wake up underwater in 'The Seam', where all dead souls go, and must swim out onto your own private 'beach', from whence you can rejoin the land of the living. very few people have this ability. one of them is named 'Heartman' who has a device rigged to his chest that induces cardiac arrest every 60 minutes. during the time that he's dead he searches other people's private beaches for his dead family. then the device resuscitates him.
'Heartman' a bit on the nose, but no more so than two other main characters, 'Die Hardman' and 'Deadman'
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 18 January 2020 14:03 (four years ago) link
Braid
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 18 January 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
Minit gives you 60 seconds to live, but you get to keep your loot.There's a very extremely first-gen PS2 game called Shadow of Memories where you're trying to prevent your own murder.
― steer karma (gyac), Saturday, 18 January 2020 14:16 (four years ago) link
The Outer Wilds, which everyone seems to love, iirc centers around a cycle where the sun explodes/world ends every 20-30 minutes or something and then starts over, a la Groundhog Day.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 January 2020 15:26 (four years ago) link
Shadow of Memories is super clunky and cheesy, but I loved the crazy concept and execution, as a Groundhog Day game. Also has the visual novel-type structure where you need to get all the assorted endings to get the "true" ending.
Never got through it but Majora's Mask is one of the most popular of this kind of game, right?
― Nhex, Saturday, 18 January 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link
― Yerac, Saturday, January 18, 2020 3:43 AM
lots of good suggestions above, but just want to buzz in and make sure someone definitely answers "NO!" to this question. i've never played it, but i'm pretty sure the thread title is a joke
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 18 January 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
although as an ilxor and a ilg'or i have sometimes felt compelled to buy it just because
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 18 January 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
knack 2 though...
― ciderpress, Saturday, 18 January 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
ah, thx about the Knack. ILX got jokes.
I do want to get Death Stranding mostly because everyone in it is hot.
― Yerac, Saturday, 18 January 2020 18:13 (four years ago) link
if you want a pure action game thats not dark souls hard there's always devil may cry 5
― ciderpress, Saturday, 18 January 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
or horizon zero dawn if you want a big open world one though i havent played that yet so idk exactly what its like
― ciderpress, Saturday, 18 January 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
I have and loved the setting and the slow reveal of What Happened. There's a fair amount of talking in it though, but the action is very smooth.
― Siouxie Sioux and the Vanjies (Leee), Saturday, 18 January 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
Gotta say, as someone who bought a PS4 and a Switch more or less within the same year or so, both after years and years of no gaming, I've played a lot more of the PS4 than the Switch. Switch is fine and has a couple of great exclusives, but those PS4 exclusives are something else, and most of the other AAA games are so reduced in price that it's mind boggling. Every once in a while I check out my Switch backlog and find games I forgot I even bought, but with the PS4, there are so many games I can't wait to play. The forward-flip side of that is that if the PS5 is indeed properly backward compatible, I can totally see myself upgrading, but a new Nintendo system ... I dunno.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 January 2020 18:49 (four years ago) link
I feel I've just about exhausted the PS# library in terms of stuff I actually wanna play, trying to decide if I should get a PS$ now, wait for the PS%, or wait even longer than that to see how low the ps4 goes
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, 18 January 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
err that's PS3 library
If the PS5 turns out, 100% officially, to be backward compatible, I'd wait for the PS5, which is not that far off, since all the PS4 games will still be dirt cheap, and the $200 you save not buying a new system and the hundreds more you'd save on these old but still awesome games would justify the new model, plus you'd have a ton of backlog to go through before the new PS5 exclusives (whatever they may be) start dropping in price, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 January 2020 22:28 (four years ago) link
maybe wait to see how much a ps5 is gonna cost, shit ain't gonna be cheap
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 18 January 2020 22:33 (four years ago) link
I could have sworn I saw they were going to keep the price reasonable. Which is of course relative. I would guess it'll go for ... $350 or $400, maybe? But hey, people pay $1,000 for a cell phone for some reason.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:09 (four years ago) link
PS5 will probably be 500 bucks at launch in the US is my guess. solid state drives still aren't cheap and that's the big upgrade this gen.
PS4 launched at $400 and had weaker internals for its time than what the PS5 supposedly has
― ciderpress, Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:20 (four years ago) link
Yeah, if that's the case, I would guess between $400-$500 at launch.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:23 (four years ago) link
yeh i can't see either console being under 500 bucks, unless Sony or MS decide to eat a big loss vs getting a new PS4 for $200, and $100 for games would go a long long way
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:24 (four years ago) link
I thought about getting a switch but honestly every time I buy a Nintendo console I never play them even 1/10 as much as any of my PSs. So PS5 for me and I can finally play all the games I missed in the decade or so I didn’t play anything. Plus discovering the Yakuza series has made my gaming life for the past couple of years, and I want to go on dipping in and out occasionally, even just for stuff like disco or mahjong.
― steer karma (gyac), Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
But yeah if you don’t care about backward compatibility do get a PS4, esp with price drop!also belated to Fizzles, but I’m intrigued by Tetris Effect. But it’s always like £30 every time I see it and the videos aren’t really convincing me...is it worth it?
― steer karma (gyac), Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:32 (four years ago) link
$500-600 will be my guess on PS5 pricing, wouldn't be shocked if it's even higher. Hopefully Sony still remembers fucking up with overpricing the PS3, and just press their lead with a decent price.
Tetris Effect has already been on sale a few times, I got it for a crazy deal, $10 several months back. (It's in the backlog) I wouldn't be surprised if it hit that digitally by the end of 2020.
― Nhex, Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:35 (four years ago) link
it is what it is, which is just tetris, but made by the rez/lumines guy
― ciderpress, Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:37 (four years ago) link
ty, I was right to wait then!
― steer karma (gyac), Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:41 (four years ago) link
tetris effect in vr when you're high is something else
― closed beta (NotEnough), Sunday, 19 January 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
PS5 pricing rumors have been hovering around $499, fwiw. There was a comment from Sony at an investors meeting a couple of months ago that their focus is on “market penetration and market acceptability.” Which usually means not priced so high as to put people off. But again, we live in the era of $1000 telephones, so who knows.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 19 January 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link
xps My kids love the Knack games but they're both pretty awfulRatchet & Clank is a much better action platformer that you should be able to pick up really cheaply
― groovypanda, Sunday, 19 January 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
I keep buying games that are cheap and I like the look of, but honestly the amount of value I've gotten out of Witcher 3 so far, it seems pointless. I can't believe I'm not totally bored of it but I'm sort of deterined to finish it before starting on Dark Souls or Red Dead or CIV6 or any of the other ones I'm keen to check out.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 20 January 2020 09:30 (four years ago) link
I own but have not so much as booted up The Witcher 3 yet, but almost everything I've read about it implies, for better or worse, that finishing it is practically optional, and just dipping in and out is part of the fun. Having finished Breath of the Wild, I can see that, since I can totally imagine lingering in that world and doing more tasks and completing more adventures even after the (imo anticlimactic) big bad is vanquished. Of course, I didn't, since there are lots of other games to play, but I do like the *idea* of open worlds you can just inhabit and explore at will.
Speaking of finishing, I haven't returned to Alien:Isolation in a while, and I suspect it's because the game is *too* good. It's just like one of the good "Alien" films, but, like, hours and hours and hours long.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 20 January 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
i almost wish I'd played a few different games before taking on Witcher 3, but it was the first game I'd decided to play properly save for a few old SNES games I'd rebooted, so it was a baptism of fire. I did start Red Dead, and it looks absolutely incredible, but starting it while still being half way through the Witcher main quest felt like I was about to start Gravity's Rainbow halfway through Infinite Jest, for want of a better analogy.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 20 January 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
Alien Isolation is one of those games that is great but I can't be bothered playing because my wife has already completed it and I was probably in the room about 80% of the time.
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 20 January 2020 15:56 (four years ago) link
yet another example of how women are ruining gaming
― international sword swallower, producer and creative director (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 20 January 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
Tell you a good couch/party game - Knowledge Is Power. Apart from a few connectivity issues, it's a proper hoot
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 20 January 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
I did start Red Dead, and it looks absolutely incredible, but starting it while still being half way through the Witcher main quest felt like I was about to start Gravity's Rainbow halfway through Infinite Jest, for want of a better analogy.
rdr2 is less of an epic tale, and more like a short story read incredibly slowly, while you also walk around and do things incredibly slowly. want to turn around to face the other direction? that takes 3 hours
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 January 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
i still liked it btw
thx dog latin! I put overcooked on my list (but will need to get another controller).
I also put spiderman, outworlds on the list and saw Witcher 3 and Dark Souls 3 together for $34. That's a good price, yeah?
― Yerac, Monday, 20 January 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
rdr2
You can always just go straight to RDR online. There's a lot of content in there now.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 20 January 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
is it still full of people who just show up whenever you spawn and try to kill you? that's pretty much what GTA online and RDR online have been like for me, in the 3-4 total hours i've spent with them. maybe i've just been getting really unlucky with the servers i'm assigned to, but just the possibility of that is enough to keep me away
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 January 2020 19:21 (four years ago) link
You can turn on safe mode and turn off mics, which is what I do
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 20 January 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link
gta online was the best car racing game of all time
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 20 January 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
I'm still smarting from all the times goole beat me
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 20 January 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
frostpunk is $20 + age of empires: planetfall is $25 in the store atm (until 2/5). i've wanted to play both but feel unsure about 4X/city building games on the ps4... has anyone tried either?
― Mordy, Monday, 27 January 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
i haven't, but i share the same unease. apparently civ VI on ps4 actually has pretty good console interface, but otherwise it seems like a frustrating exercise to use a controller
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Monday, 27 January 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
i realised that my old crappy tv cuts the edges off the picture of anything i plug through the HDMI, making CIV6 impossible to play because the icons are all on the very border. This has annoyed me.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 27 January 2020 16:33 (four years ago) link
you can adjust that in PS4 settings, right?
― babu frik fan account (mh), Monday, 27 January 2020 16:33 (four years ago) link
tried. did nothing. TV doesn't seem to have a setting on it either. happens when I plug my laptop in too. I think it's got some sort of automatic overscan you can't override. I mean, I got it secondhand in 2011, so I dunno
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 27 January 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
generally:
To set the display area of the game screen to match the TV screen, select (Settings) > [Sound and Screen] > [Display Area Settings].This setting is effective only for some applications.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 27 January 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
er, sorry xp
Kentucky Route Zero finally out on consoles ... been looking forward to checking this out
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 27 January 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
it's good, looking forward to finally playing the last act after all these years. will probably need to replay the whole thing to remember what's going on
― ciderpress, Monday, 27 January 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
makes me glad i kept it in the backlog for all these years lol
― Nhex, Monday, 27 January 2020 23:56 (four years ago) link
A week into having that ps4 bundle. Have played a lot of God of War and Event Horizon Zero or whatever it's called. Not really feeling Last of Us even though I love zombies.
I've ordered Sakuza, Spiderman and Witcher 3 and holding off getting another controller and Outer Worlds/Death Stranding until i've made my way through the other games.
― Yerac, Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
Spiderman is absolutely sensational. One of the best games ever.
Come back to Last Of Us in a different mood, maybe. To an extent the effect is cumulative.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 January 2020 21:03 (four years ago) link
Spiderman is such a blast, one of those games where the game itself is almost irrelevant to the experience of just swinging around.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:00 (four years ago) link
it was outrageously fun
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 31 January 2020 05:48 (four years ago) link
Last of Us is definitely a story driven game. It gets really engrossing once you finish the Capitol building.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Friday, 31 January 2020 16:39 (four years ago) link
Ha Sakuza. I think I mixed up Sekiro, Yakuza and Sakura all together.
We've been tag teaming all the same saved games (like doing handoffs when one gets aggravated or needs to do some work), so I might play Last of Us on my own.
― Yerac, Friday, 31 January 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
does The Last of Us involve violence on children? that's a no go for me, and I see a child in the game art.
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Friday, 31 January 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
yeah
― Mordy, Friday, 31 January 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
it was free on psplus
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Friday, 31 January 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
i haven't made it far but I say yes. One dies in the prologue.
I have been very surprised about the amount of swearing in the games. I wished there was a function to play a cleaner version. I have been trying to figure out which games might be ok for this 8 year old that I watch sometimes.
― Yerac, Friday, 31 January 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
Part of the "games aren't just for kids anymore" aesthetics is swearing.
As for what the games you have that are appropriate for a pre-teen, I think Horizon Zero Dawn is the best bet. It's almost profanity-free (the one censorable swear that I can think of is missable, meaning that it's not part of the main storyline), and also doesn't ogle its main character. That said, it is post-apocalyptic and there are scenes where people die horribly.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Friday, 31 January 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
The horrible deaths aren't graphic, however.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Friday, 31 January 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link
NBD, really, if you play anything online most of the profuse swearing you'll hear from fellow players is by eight-year-olds afaict.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Friday, 31 January 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
I might just get FIFA for him to play and be done with it. He's not my kid so I don't want to be responsible for corruption.
― Yerac, Friday, 31 January 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
Horizon Zero Dawn is pretty good! but it’s also guilty of some of the most outlandishly dull dialogue ever committed to ones and zeroes in a AAA game.Spider-Man would be a very good bet for an 8 yo - there is no outright killing, you never use a gun, it’s v wholesome
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 31 January 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
i was reading about spiderman and it said there was some violence and mild swearing.
Yeah we really like Horizon Zero. So far it's our favorite although the dialogue and the one dude that just lays on the ground forever are dull. We just started Witcher 3 last night. So much prologue!
― Yerac, Friday, 31 January 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
Spider-man might have the occasional "damn" or "hell," something like that, but it's pretty innocent super hero fun. But, like, for example, something like Resident Evil 7, if that were a movie it would have to go out unrated for all the extreme violence and language.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 31 January 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
My 9 year old son loves Ratchet & Clank (good) and Knack (bad) but also racing games like Driveclub and TrackMania as well as Rocket League. All of those are dirt cheap now.
― groovypanda, Friday, 31 January 2020 21:31 (four years ago) link
If you can find games that are rated ESRB "E" or "10+" those tend to be "good for children".
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 31 January 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
spider-man is damagingly boring. ratchet and clank and rocket league are both enormous fun.
― Fizzles, Friday, 31 January 2020 22:26 (four years ago) link
still obsessively playing Witcher 3 and nothing else. completed the main quest and now it feels like the real fun is starting somehow
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link
Remote Play via the Switch would be fantastic
― groovypanda, Saturday, 1 February 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
Kratos is very emotionally distant from his son in God of War.
― Yerac, Sunday, 2 February 2020 07:07 (four years ago) link
it's because his son isn't good enough at helping out with the bow and arrow. it makes kratos very angry, which he transmutes into sadness and distance
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Sunday, 2 February 2020 07:09 (four years ago) link
looking for more two player couch games. we love Crash Bandicoot Racing and Overcooked 2 but starting to get a bit tired of them
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Sunday, 2 February 2020 12:49 (four years ago) link
EDF if you like co-op shooters, both 4.1 and 5 are fantastic, grab whichever is cheapest
― chihuahuau, Sunday, 2 February 2020 12:53 (four years ago) link
Cook Serve Delicious 2 rules for coop
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Sunday, 2 February 2020 13:10 (four years ago) link
Thanks Euler, there goes the rest of my Sunday. I own CSD the mobile game & on Steam but didn’t know there was a PS4 version.
― hyds (gyac), Sunday, 2 February 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
it is different than CSD1. on console rather than touchscreen the controls are hard to master, and slower, so I've found it doable better in coop, à la Overcooked. but it has soooooo many recipes and is thus fun fun fun.
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Sunday, 2 February 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
xpost I am really into Witcher 3 as well. It's really relaxing.
― Yerac, Monday, 3 February 2020 20:53 (four years ago) link
Because it's boring? (Sorry.)
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Monday, 3 February 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
it is sort of boring. repetitive in some ways but also very addictive. I feel obsessively like I have to complete it. but I also wonder if that's because I am itching to get on with some sort of other game instead
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 3 February 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
yeah it fills some completist compulsions I have. But I also switch off easily between all the games I have right now.
― Yerac, Monday, 3 February 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
the show makes a lot more sense as well.
i really want to play overcooked (it seems totally my thing but partner is like meep?) but I am going to wait until I am home home to do the 7 days ps plus trial and try out a bunch of other games.
― Yerac, Monday, 3 February 2020 21:57 (four years ago) link
got my money back on Civ6 because it wasn't compatible on my TV.. but I was keen to play a similar game, you know, strategy, building stuff.. is Tropico 6 worth a look? Or something else? What's Bad North like?
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 01:14 (four years ago) link
Tropico hasn't really changed much since 3. It's sort of disappointing. Still, I enjoyed it a lot the first time I played.
Maybe check out Frostpunk, Two Point Hospital, Jurassic World Evolution, Northgard, Surviving Mars... Bad North looks cool too.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 01:52 (four years ago) link
sims 4 in this month's PS+ (along with Bioshock Complete)
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 04:06 (four years ago) link
Hmm maybe I’ll resub for that
― Mordy, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 04:16 (four years ago) link
The Return of the Obra Dinnis GOAT material, I'm on my third playthrough and am getting close to completion. So atmospheric and such brilliant game mecahnics.
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 08:16 (four years ago) link
Really enjoyed Obra Dinn, but feel like it got less fun towards the end when you had to solve the deaths of some of the more indistinct characters. Felt like I was trial-n-error-ing it a bunch after a certain point. But maybe there were clues that I just didn't pick up.
Regardless, yeah, it is very good. Really well done.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 13:11 (four years ago) link
I think a bit of speculation is inevitable, I didn't feel much compunction switching the names of the Russian seamen around until I got a three, for example.
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 14:02 (four years ago) link
Being reported that PS5 will cost around $450 to produce, which means at least $470 to recoup. That seems high, even if they do artificially lower the price to sell it at a loss. But on the other hand, people buy phones for $800+ and don't seem to balk at that, and those are just phones. Plus, Playstation exclusives seem pretty awesome.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 15 February 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link
The Last Of Us was £8.99 for download so I thought I'd go for it. Wonderful-looking game, if a little 'on rails' so far. Subject matter a bit close to home in this climate though.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 15 February 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
That's this generation, IMO we should wait till the next is actually out before we can say for sure.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Saturday, 15 February 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
phones aren't really comparable since they're portable and have a display
― ciderpress, Saturday, 15 February 2020 19:14 (four years ago) link
But they also all functionally do the same thing, unlike game consoles, which are unique and which do one thing.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 15 February 2020 20:49 (four years ago) link
spiderman is indeed a lot of fun. really liking it.
― Yerac, Saturday, 15 February 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
It is the only game that I have ever “100%”ed
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 15 February 2020 21:21 (four years ago) link
yeah, all of the gameplay is so smooth and pleasant. I really do need to start concentrating on only a couple of games at once. I switch so much I get all bobbled with the different controls.
― Yerac, Sunday, 16 February 2020 05:04 (four years ago) link
that's one of the reasons I'm loathe to start new games - learning all the different controls all over again
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Sunday, 16 February 2020 09:47 (four years ago) link
As far as FPS go, "Hunt: Showdown" looks like a, er, blast.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 18 February 2020 16:03 (four years ago) link
huh, it's by Crytek. Interesting
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 18 February 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link
oh hey the FF7R demo is finally up on PSN for download, 7.6GB
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 2 March 2020 09:29 (four years ago) link
anyone played Dreams yet? I've hardly scratched the surface but I've a feeling it needs its own thread
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 2 March 2020 10:10 (four years ago) link
is there more to it than the gaming equivalent of shitposts cos that's all I've seen on YT so far
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 2 March 2020 10:21 (four years ago) link
no idea. the proper version has only just come out, so my guess is that it will improve as it goes on. my first impression is that there's a lot to learn and the control system is complicated and a bit fiddly. that said, i've only had it about a week and only played it a few hours. the fun is creating stuff i'm guessing
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 2 March 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
it seems like a massive technical achievement, but Super Mario Maker has made me very dubious of stuff that wholly relies on user generated content, would rather just see the jokes on YT rather than pay to play them.
playing Ys 8 and really enjoying it, I have a massive soft spot for these kind of slightly janky b-tier japanese games tho. I blame the PS2.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 2 March 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
ys 8 is s-tier
― ciderpress, Monday, 2 March 2020 15:19 (four years ago) link
I bought Dreams in early access. It's an amazing set of tools, but the games are all just demos at best.
Haven't played a single thing in it that is as fun as *any* level in Little Big Planet 1.
I've tried the creator a few times but couldn't handle the motion controls and bounced out of it. It is extremely deep though. I want to get into making music for it.
Here's a youtube guy I like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZbkOR3kRGU
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 2 March 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
lol outer wilds is so good.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 08:11 (four years ago) link
xp The showcase ('Art's Dream') is at once incredibly impressive and also limited. It has multiple gameplay styles, from platform to puzzle to beat em up to RPG. song and dance numbers, a loose story etc, but I wouldn't actually pay to play it.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 09:55 (four years ago) link
that said, it's an amzing idea for a tool, and creating an interface that technically lets anyone create any thing using a control pad is amazing.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 09:57 (four years ago) link
the FF7R demo is ... interesting? it looks and sounds amazing. the dialog is bad/corny and I suspect that's exactly what they were going for. the battle system is definitely the most interesting thing about it though, at the start I hated it, but during the final boss battle it started to make more sense? need to play through it again.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 08:26 (four years ago) link
just started Dark Souls 3. Didn't get very far. The first boss is as hard to kill as one of the final bosses in Witcher 3
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 09:45 (four years ago) link
Nearing the end of Spiderman and everyone in the city is wearing face masks. IT JUST FEELS RIGHT.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 14:07 (four years ago) link
xpost Keep at it! My favorite aspect of Dark Souls is how enemies that seem insurmountable at the start become pushovers by the end, underscoring your progress as a player.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
for anyone who didn’t already know this: outer wilds is grebt.
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
best part of the ff7r demo imo is that they somehow manage to say "soldier boy" 12 times
― Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Thursday, 5 March 2020 23:06 (four years ago) link
Crank that?
― Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Thursday, 5 March 2020 23:20 (four years ago) link
tell em
― mh, Friday, 6 March 2020 03:10 (four years ago) link
Shadow of the Colossus remake (which I forgot existed?) is free via PS+ this month. Loved the original but haven’t played it since it was released. Remake is A+, really did a bang up job of keeping the feel of it while cleaning everything up. Looks beautiful, no muddiness and 10 FPS slowdowns, controls have been tightened, etc.
Game remains a stone cold classic.
― circa1916, Saturday, 7 March 2020 06:16 (four years ago) link
There's not much to it, but it definitely looks great and has a great payoff.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 March 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
I mean the spare simplicity is kinda fundamental to what makes it special, but I’ve come to terms with it being a “you had to be there” game.
― circa1916, Saturday, 7 March 2020 16:31 (four years ago) link
I'm chalking it up to you had to be there, got bored at the third boss and haven't tried it since.
― Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
my terrible secret shame (vol 523) is that i've never played more than 20 minutes of shadow. the first 20 minutes. i really liked it, i just never purchased it! so i'll probably give it a shot while it's free.
i do worry that it'll be good in the "you had to be there" way. most games, even iconic games, are like that, i think. they're almost like car models, with incremental upgrades and advances over the years that cross brands and genres. the advances of shadow of the colossus were incorporated into a million other games since then, so when you go back to the original the outstanding qualities might not pop out so much.
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
I played ico 100 years ago and found the whole experience depressing but beautiful but just couldn't Carey through
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
There's a real strain of sadness through Shadow. Even achievements.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
Achievement: murdered a very large innocent creature just moseying around
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
well, there's a twist at the end, iirc.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
achievement: 3 of those large innocent creatures were your own children
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
oh wait, i can guess what it is: at the end of the game, you BECOME one of the creatures. i seriously think that's what it is
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
if i don't get to be a enormous creature trying to stomp on a tiny man on a horse in slow motion, i'm going to be disappointed
you get taken down by an insect
― ciderpress, Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
Epitaphs for malaria victims
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
spoilersI didn't play at the game that long ago, but if I recall correctly the twist is that yeah, you are the asshole for killing all of these creatures for selfish purposes, despite warnings, and it turns out that that was the wrong thing to do, and you are punished for it.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
most games, even iconic games, are like that, i think. they're almost like car models, with incremental upgrades and advances over the years that cross brands and genres.
― circa1916, Sunday, 8 March 2020 01:56 (four years ago) link
the advances of shadow of the colossus were incorporated into a million other games since then, so when you go back to the original the outstanding qualities might not pop out so much.
― circa1916, Sunday, 8 March 2020 01:59 (four years ago) link
and especially breath of the wild which will also be a "you had to be there" game in 10-15 years, mark my words
― ciderpress, Sunday, 8 March 2020 03:48 (four years ago) link
shadow of the colossus remains one of my favorite of all time game experiences but i dunno if I wanna replay it and sully that
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 8 March 2020 03:52 (four years ago) link
all 3D graphics will go into the memory death holei do want to try this remake at some point, maybe after i go back and play Ico
― Nhex, Sunday, 8 March 2020 07:48 (four years ago) link
thanks for the heads up that it’s on ps plus!
― mh, Sunday, 8 March 2020 15:26 (four years ago) link
Just deleted it on the third boss. Fucking unbearable.
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Sunday, 8 March 2020 15:33 (four years ago) link
Haha, its irritating quirks are faithfully preserved. Honestly didn’t feel much frustration until the last boss.Lot of respect to Bluepoint studios. Remaking a game is a treacherous and thankless endeavor, but they really killed it. Lot of love and care went into this. Maybe the best example of a remake you can find.As far as influence, Breath of the Wild for sure, but also (most abused comparison but true) Dark Souls. Whole downcast lonely atmosphere, oblique storytelling, untold history revealed through ruined environments, and small but direct stuff like the little shining creatures you stumble upon who drop stuff if you’re quick enough to kill them before they disappear.
― circa1916, Sunday, 8 March 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
Someone posted this on another ilx thread a while back and it’s a good watch.https://youtu.be/jQNeYbBiCKw
― circa1916, Sunday, 8 March 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
Mark Cerny is giving a presentation about the PS5 in half an hour, it was originally meant for GDC so is probably going to be heavy on the tech and light on the games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8LyNIT9sg
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
the audio nerd part of this is pretty cool
people have tried to do 3d audio so many times, and it's interesting that they're going to go for the ear-scan tech that Sony headphones are also getting into
― mh, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
I'm more into this: https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/18/21185292/playstation-5-ps5-backward-compatible-ps4-pro
― Archaeopteryx Morgan M.D. (Leee), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
yeah thats not surprising, unlike previous gen-ups it's the same architecture as the ps4 so most stuff will work out of the box or with minor fixes
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
presumably the old games will run with the ps4 pro graphics settings
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
Has anyone posted an official list of the "top 100" PS4 games? It'd be good to know what won't be backwards compatible at or close to launch to focus on finishing them first.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:42 (four years ago) link
i'd anticipate all games by major AAA developers being compatible, it'll be indie stuff and smaller budget stuff using custom engines that might not work
― ciderpress, Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:52 (four years ago) link
pretty disappointed no mention of PS1/2/3 compatibility tbh
― Nhex, Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:58 (four years ago) link
PS2 emulation still isnt great and PS3 is a nightmare, theres no way they can guarantee that. they'll just continue doing the occasional releases of games that do work like the PS2 games that are on the PS4 store
― ciderpress, Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
they could do PS1 for sure though
― ciderpress, Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
they kind of admitted multiple times that going with a technically complex non-standard design on the PS3 was a bad idea. developer ramp-up time was bad, ability to emulate it in hardware, let alone software, is tricky... all in all, a good lesson for the industry :/
― absolute idiot liar uneducated person (mh), Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
yeah you need a pretty beefy PC to emulate PS3 at consistent 30fps still, not sure if the PS5 will be beefy enough even for the games that do work
luckily most of the big games from that gen have been ported forward at this point but i get that's not the same since you can't use the disc you already have
― ciderpress, Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
Still want to try Tokyo Jungle :(
― Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
it is the best and deserves an update
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
Genuinely thought Cerny was Dana Carvey for a few seconds.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:23 (four years ago) link
Finally got Lonely Mountain Downhill since it's on sale. So far so good
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 19 March 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
I'm having that thing of wanting to get lost in a huge game for the next few weeks, but putting it off cos I can't be bothered with the tedious first few hours of learning how everything works.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 19 March 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
It always takes less time than you thinkGT Sport so unbelievably satisfying to me rn
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 March 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
Haha those first few hours are always my favourite, learning how it works is the fun bit, beyond that it’s all just a big todo list.
― JimD, Thursday, 19 March 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
Control, while it has some issues, was overall pretty great. I'm gonna save some thoughts for when it inevitably ends up in the yearly poll results.
― Nhex, Saturday, 28 March 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
I am here for any Control love.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Sunday, 29 March 2020 00:48 (four years ago) link
downloaded Control and Dawn of Man.
still playing Death Stranding and trying to work out if I love love it or if it's a bit tedious over all. I like big games like this to have a lot of story, and this does have a hell of a lot of lore going on, plus lots of unexpected moments (nightmares in the Private Room are a fantastic twist), but sometimes completing standard orders and going over the same terrain over and over can feel gruelling
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Sunday, 29 March 2020 04:32 (four years ago) link
Control has always looked awesome, but I've been waiting for it to drop to $20 before picking it up, since I have a ton of cool stuff I've accumulated on PS4 to burn through first. Bloodborne, God of War, Spider-man, Wolfensteins, Uncharteds, Witcher 3, Event Horizon Dawn, Mad Max, Last of Us, RE2, more Alien, Sekiro, some other stuff ... just looking at that list makes me so happy.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 29 March 2020 12:57 (four years ago) link
Bloodborne, haven't played! next time i go back to the From Software well it'll probably be this or sekiroGod of War, any time you get stuck, just throw your axe at objects in the sky!Spider-man, trying to get through life without watching or playing any spider-man. i bet it's actually pretty good but i have to keep the streak alive nowWolfensteins, a friend of mine is obsessed with the newer rebootsUncharteds, no! no nathan drake! fuck you nathan drake!Witcher 3, oh hell yeah, but this one is 400+ hours long, just for the introductionEvent Horizon Dawn, one of those AAA games that i know is going to be really good and fun in some ways and also predictable in others. seems like the archetypal "play for 25 hours and quit" game, for me.Mad Max, didn't know there was one!Last of Us, i really need to play this, i never gave it a real shotRE2, haven't played it since PS daysmore Alien, Alieeeen!Sekiro, Sekirooo!
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 29 March 2020 15:22 (four years ago) link
finished spiderman and event horizon!.Both super fun! I like spiderman because we could shout things like "no, go to the west side! where we went kayaking that one time!" They did the city so well.
― Yerac, Sunday, 29 March 2020 15:52 (four years ago) link
You guys trolling me with this "Event Horizon Dawn" lol.
I 100% lost interest in Spider Man, never care to play it again.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Sunday, 29 March 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
GOW is wildly overpraised.Never want to play an Uncharted again.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Sunday, 29 March 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
I enjoy GOW well enough. We are I think halfway through. I am tired of rowing this boat.
― Yerac, Sunday, 29 March 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
I like to throw things in the house now and shout "Nista!"
― Yerac, Sunday, 29 March 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
bloodborne is amazing - in fact i replayed it just the other month. i found spider-man staggeringly dull. witcher is grebt but like yerman says it’s a long playsekiro. sekiroooooo.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 29 March 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
i kind of enjoyed GoW but it didn’t have much sticking power for me and i stopped prob about halfway thru.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 29 March 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
i found spiderman amazingly fun and freeing; webbing your way through faux manhattan is very dreamlike
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 29 March 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
yeah i liked the speed of the character. I get annoyed sometimes with how long it takes to move sometimes in other games.
― Yerac, Sunday, 29 March 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
yeah spider-man rules, i had thought this was universally accepted but i guess not
― Nhex, Sunday, 29 March 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
just went back and did the DLC recently so it's fresh in my mind
― Nhex, Sunday, 29 March 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
I just bought Skyrim, even though my track record with medieval/open world games is rather poor.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Sunday, 29 March 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
Skyrim is fantastic. I probably sunk 200+ hours into it
― groovypanda, Sunday, 29 March 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
hard to imagine a game much better suited for a quarantine
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 29 March 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
Skyrim is by far the worst game I have ever put 300+ hours into
Sekiro is the game that most makes me feel like that "EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM A VHS INTO THE SLOT. ITS CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK" meme
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Sunday, 29 March 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
Control DLC ready for me to play, excited to jump back in while Skyrim downloads.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Sunday, 29 March 2020 23:08 (four years ago) link
i liked Control but- too much fiddly aiming- really bad face animationsI feel like Sekiro is totally For Me but maybe a younger version of me with more patience?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 30 March 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
- too much fiddly aiming
this is why i've avoided Control, up until now. precision aiming with the PS4 analog stick is excruciating for me, like it actually puts me in a bad mood
― Karl Malone, Monday, 30 March 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
shooters are pc games to me forever and always
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 March 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
Control is.. kind of a shooter?
― mh, Monday, 30 March 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
tim rogers called it a "metroid prime-like" which intrigues me. can anyone else corroborate?
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 30 March 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
i complained about this on whatchu playing now but i thought control was cool until i couldn't get past the first boss. i am terrible at shooters though.
― na (NA), Monday, 30 March 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
its a shooter/adventure game hybrid like metroid prime yes. prime had lock-on shooting though iirc so it didn't require very much aiming
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 March 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link
I can't aim worth shit on the PS4. When I restarted Doom on that system I had to set the level down to poopypants or whatever, because it's like I'm playing with my left hand only and no thumb. Didn't know Control needed, well, controlled aiming.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 March 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
control also doesn't let you change the difficulty fyi
― na (NA), Monday, 30 March 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
Yeah, Control is actually fairly hard and has few alleviations for that (aside from investing in the Launch power, but that won't get you through everything alone); one of the flaws for sure. A friend of mine never made it past the first boss fight and gave up on the game :( Your main defensive powers don't open up for a long time and you have to run-and-gun or duck behind furniture for a while.
It is like Metroid Prime in its overall world map, places getting unlocked over time via new abilities, environment puzzles, secrets, collectibles etc. an a relatively enclosed world, as opposed to the stuff you see in GTA and Assassin's Creed games. Also the dark, mysterious, lore-ridden spookiness of it, maybe.
― Nhex, Monday, 30 March 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link
Ack, just saw that you had the same problem as my friend, NA
― Nhex, Monday, 30 March 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
yeah. i wish games still had cheat codes.
― na (NA), Monday, 30 March 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
I admit that the shooting isn't great in CONTROL, but the game wants you to use the Launch ability as your primary offensive weapon.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Monday, 30 March 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
Moreover, Launch has auto-lock so as long as you get your reticle in the neighborhood of an enemy they'll probably get hit with a wad of concrete.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Monday, 30 March 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link
Yep, and even the gun aiming is fairly generous when you are using Pierce.
Regular battles are easy, the bosses are quite tough so far.
― ShariVari, Monday, 30 March 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
Mostly because it is very easy to fall off stuff when you are fighting them though.
― ShariVari, Monday, 30 March 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
launch and levitate and a modicum of common sense will see u thru
first boss is the hardest required boss, a few of the side bosses are pretty tough. very annoyed that the DLC is ps4-exclusive (or at least not on xbox) for the time being!!
― adam, Monday, 30 March 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
agree first boss is the hardest then it gets easier tho i did quit in frustration last night after dying twice to some banshee/phantom boss in black mesa that appears behind you clobbers you for 90% of your health and then turns invisible only to do it again. both times i got her to a sliver of health and then died myself. frustrating!
― Mordy, Monday, 30 March 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
I read that you can sit pat and use shield to block most of the banshee's damage, I never tried it though. (What I did actually track it down while it's mostly invisible -- you can see some ripples in the air to roughly locate it. Also, evade when it becomes visible again.)
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Monday, 30 March 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
i'm not sure i have shield. where do i get it? i do have evade.
― Mordy, Monday, 30 March 2020 17:10 (three years ago) link
I'd completely forgotten that it's an acquired ability! You get it on this side quest: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-08-28-control-a-good-defence-shield-6043
If that's not available to you yet, IIRC you can still spam evade to avoid getting hit by her. I also remember struggling against that boss.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Monday, 30 March 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
haven't played Control for a while but the one thing that became obvious was that doing the side quests is key because unless you're insanely good, you need all those abilities
― mh, Monday, 30 March 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
ah, you know i did get that mission but i couldn't figure out how to get into field training bc the door had that red block on it and i didn't realize i could puzzle solve to open it. thought it would just open later on its own and i'd backtrack.
― Mordy, Monday, 30 March 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
Yeah, any sidequest that mention an Object of Power, do it right away. Hah, yeah, I had the same feeling on that particular thing; it's not always clear what a story-progression gate and what's an environmental puzzle to solve.
― Nhex, Monday, 30 March 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
a friend of mine has coaxed me into playing COD together online as a way to socialize and my god i am so horrible at shooters with a controller, Karl otm it really does almost make me angry (esp since on the computer i'm pretty ace)
― gbx, Monday, 30 March 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
guys, I've been playing Doom Eternal on pc and... I'm not good at shooters on pc anymore, either
old :(
― mh, Monday, 30 March 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link
Play it on easy mode imo
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 30 March 2020 19:51 (three years ago) link
Forgot to mention that Control's music is pretty ace too! Excellent use of Tricky, among other highlights.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Monday, 30 March 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
control probably deserves more points than i gave it in the poll i'll share more thoughts there when it places but i also assumed it would probably do well anyway even without me and there's always too much stuff that i want to vote for
― Mordy, Monday, 30 March 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
dark brutalist aesthetic that's fairly minimal other than the ZILLIONS OF PARTICLES FLYING is pretty fucking awesome imo
― mh, Monday, 30 March 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
Uncharteds, no! no nathan drake! fuck you nathan drake!
I've just spent days and days playing through the Nathan Drake collection and I 100% support this sentiment.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 30 March 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
i never understood its popularity
― Mordy, Monday, 30 March 2020 22:23 (three years ago) link
god of war either tbph
Charming rogue + Indiana Jones, but gah, I found the games all painful to play.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Monday, 30 March 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
Maybe! But God Of War looks pretty cool, and so do these Uncharted games, so that's something. I'll see.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 March 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
most games >>> God of War >>> Uncharted imo
― Karl Malone, Monday, 30 March 2020 22:46 (three years ago) link
OK, not "most games" but i'd put almost all the games from your recent list above both of those
lol there is no way I'm getting to any of the Uncharteds any time in the next 6 months.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 March 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
started Control yesterday. Not sure what to make of it yet.
I'm really starting to believe that Witcher 3 spoilt me as my introduction to modern gaming. I mean, it really has everything going for it, and by comparison many other games I've attempted to start feel rather 'on rails', a little 'sure walk about a bit but sooner or later I must funnel you through this particular corridor so that this particular plot trigger will happen, oh now press this button, now that button.. etc. Can feel a bit like I'm just playing a movie or being a mouse in a maze. that's the impression I got of The Last Of Us and to an extent Control so far, but maybe they open up a bit later on. I love the exploration aspect of Witcher and the way there's more than one potential plotline. A lot of other games just feel kinda closed-in. Death Stranding less so as it's very open world but it's starting to feel a little monotonous - the endless rocky landscapes, the way all the waystations and cities are built roughly identical. I'm not expecting to see a Toussaint any time soon, and the side quests seem to involve going back and forth from the same few places. but then I'm still on the early chapters so I'm sure there'll be a lot more variety to come
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 11:00 (three years ago) link
i don't mind the uncharteds. they are like the old-school game that comes packaged with your console that is designed to show off its best graphics and sounds but is also pretty easy to avoid scaring off people new to gaming.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
I'm sure Control is great, but I watched a few minutes and was kinda put off by the running animation and the general 'to-do' list vibe (explicit "Find the Storeroom" instructions), etc. Still ruined by From games, I guess.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
for all the talk about how cool the building is ("it's like its own character!") a lot of it is unmemorable maintenance and facility layouts. why so many men + women's bathrooms with nothing in them? i've been in more coolant rooms in video games than i've been in real life and part of my job used to be tracking/inventorying infrastructural equipment in big buildings.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
I'm also not a fan of the game physics. The jumping looks jerky and when I run into, say, a trolley with a load of bottles and stuff on it, it just falls over like it's made of cardboard.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link
Apparently next month's ps plus giveaway includes Uncharted 4 which for me was the
"game that comes packaged with your console that is designed to show off its best graphics"
iirc my review was "really pretty climbing"
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link
the uncharted game without Nathan Drake was really fun
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
If Uncharted 4 is free, it's definitely worth digging into. There are some really cool set pieces in the middle of the game.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVBL1c4ZZe8
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
The Last of Us 2 is delayed indefinitely
― ciderpress, Thursday, 2 April 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
To the contrary, pretty sure it's been released and we're living it. The graphics are incredible.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 April 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
i hope the skill tree opens up soon. i enjoy the weird "pace", though - feels like real life
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 2 April 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link
lol guys
― Nhex, Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
another cool thing - i really like this minimal interface. i've seen this attempted in other games, but for this i feel like i'm actually MOVING my hands, like i am controlling my hands directly. not just the general hand movement, but the fingers, the knuckles, everything. it's really intuitive. and it's not just a graphics trick - it actually affects the whole way you approach the game, the things that you can do. earlier today i pushing a glass of milk down the hallway. then i realized - i can wrap my fingers around it and squeeze, and just carry it down the hall instead. i saved like 2 minutes that way, and was left with much more of the milk than i usually get by pushing it. the pace is still the weirdest thing about the game. i'm prepared to say that i like it, and i would not have said that when i first started. but it does have a kind of rhythm to it. the day/night cycle lines up with real life, like animal crossing
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 3 April 2020 00:13 (three years ago) link
you can do other cool things with the glass of milk like throw it at your roommate. actually the physics are really good if you can pickup your roommate you can throw them too and the environment reacts accordingly to what you'd expect throwing 180lbs into a wall or a couch or whatever afaict it doesn't mechanically do anything or unlock any achievements
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
bosses are OP tho
― closed beta (NotEnough), Friday, 3 April 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
is this also the ps5 thread?
this is the new controller
https://i.imgur.com/AEfMwvE.png
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:08 (three years ago) link
The DualSense iterates on its predecessors by introducing a new haptic feedback system, adaptive triggers for the L2 and R2 buttons, a built-in microphone array, and a new ‘Create’ button in place of the ‘Share’ button from the DualShock 4. Details on what exactly this ‘Create’ feature actually entails is still to come.
“In all, we went through several concepts and hundreds of mockups over the last few years before we settled on this final design,” Nishino wrote. “DualSense has been tested by a wide range of gamers with a variety of hand sizes, in order for us to achieve the comfort level we wanted, with great ergonomics. Our goal with DualSense is to give gamers the feeling of being transported into the game world as soon as they open the box. We want gamers to feel like the controller is an extension of themselves when they’re playing – so much so that they forget that it’s even in their hands!”
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
a little more xbox-ish, but not too much
looks pretty
― mh, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:10 (three years ago) link
dont like how that looks nearly as much as the ds4
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
i presume you can turn off the microphone. what a nightmare to have voice chat on EVERY GAME
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:12 (three years ago) link
every time any of the console makers change their controller i have to worry that they've made something that's not comfortable for my giant hands. the current gen ones are all ideal
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
"This will be the first controller that is already it's own Overwatch variant"
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
the new controller looks like it’s wearing a little black spaghetti-strap dress
― force ghost bg (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
The current controllers are great, except they keep breaking down for me. My original one has phantom R2 inputs and generally unresponsive, and on the newer one the down button only works about 1/10th of the time. This makes for a fun challenge in Dark Souls 3, where I never know if I'll be able to change consumable items or not.
Admittedly, this is probably related to the fact that I now mostly play while I'm on the stationary bike, with sweaty hands. :/
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
xp lol
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
Maybe that's not a speaker, maybe that's a fan that blows in your face to make you feel like you are outside.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
The DS4 already has a speaker!
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
oh yeah one of my 2 DS4s has a bad stick. but at least it doesn't cramp my hands up
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
PS plus giveaway this month is Uncharted 4 which I've already played to death years ago and Dirt Rally 2 in which you need to connect to a game server in career mode and the servers don't work. So I've basically spent hours downloading a title screen and an options menu.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
Speaking of servers, I can’t connect to anything in the Show, either - is there a widespread problem?
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:16 (three years ago) link
I've basically spent hours downloading a title screen and an options menu.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
Karl Malone's milk post: thanks mate, you really cheered me up!
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:57 (three years ago) link
:D hey man, i'm just giving you a glimpse of the future. glad to see the synergy with the thinking behind the new PS5 controller!
"Our goal with DualSense is to give gamers the feeling of being transported into the game world as soon as they open the box. We want gamers to feel like the controller is an extension of themselves when they’re playing – so much so that they forget that it’s even in their hands!"
*hundreds of journalists hands go up*
"WILL WE BE ABLE TO PUSH MILK WITH OUR "HANDS" USING THE PS5 CONTROLLER???"
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
Sony currently giving two games away to encourage us to stay and play at home: Journey - I've been Journey curious for a while now so I'll play through todayUncharted Nathan Drake Collection - same thing they gave away with PS+ a couple of months back. Pretty decent remake and polish that improved the combat and graphics but it's Uncharted and generally not for ILGers
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Friday, 17 April 2020 11:37 (three years ago) link
Journey is lovely and only takes a few hours to play through. it's really something though
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 17 April 2020 11:42 (three years ago) link
I've been playing Uncharted 2 these last few days; a little goes a long way, because the dialogue is terrible even by video game standards, but it's pretty enough and as close to watching tv as I'm gonna get.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Friday, 17 April 2020 12:53 (three years ago) link
Started Death Stranding two nights ago. So far I’ve carried some stuff
― ncxkd, Friday, 17 April 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link
keep playing the main quest till lvl 4
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:05 (three years ago) link
i haven't played death stranding in 3 days and I keep saying 'i don' feel like hiking tonight'. I get anxiety about the rain!
― Yerac, Friday, 17 April 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
Keep on keepin on! 👍
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
My active pile:
Red Dead OnlineBorderlands ScienceLonely Mountains DownhillMarvel Puzzle QuestTotally Accurate Battle SimulatorInto the Breach
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 17 April 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
oh, this is the ps4 thread dummy!
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 17 April 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
I had quite a good time playing through Journey while half baked this afternoon. Lovely experience.
― circa1916, Friday, 17 April 2020 19:37 (three years ago) link
you're doing it right
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 17 April 2020 21:45 (three years ago) link
Journey is beautiful and I cried at the end but it's not exactly fun.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Friday, 17 April 2020 22:06 (three years ago) link
Yerac, yeah you have to keep on keeping on. sometimes it does feel like 'ugh I have to get up and go to work today'. it really ramps up around chapter 4 though
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 18 April 2020 10:27 (three years ago) link
I think I had the most fun in Chapter 3 - that's the really long chapter right? I'm addicted to building roads and that one felt like I had the most freedom to just grind on that
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 18 April 2020 10:38 (three years ago) link
I still don't know whether I would like to play Death Stranding. I have not played a Metal Gear game since the first one on NES a million years ago, and I did not understand that game at all, neither how to play nor "what it all meant". This one seems like that too? Like, I've read all your writing on this, and read other writing on it, and I can't tell if it sounds fun. and maybe...that's the real game?
― Joey Corona (Euler), Saturday, 18 April 2020 13:45 (three years ago) link
I think there’s a thread on it no? Which I’m not reading yet...I played the original MGS on the NES too and it was like nothing else and had some memorable moments ... so I’m hoping DS does too.
― ncxkd, Saturday, 18 April 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
death stranding definitely ticks both those boxes
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 18 April 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
there has been twice now where I got attacked by BTS and I totally got stuck up against a mountain/hill. Like I couldn't go anywhere so had to go back to a saved point. I don't know if that was a bug or what. Also I have trouble finding places to put ladders.
― Yerac, Saturday, 18 April 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
I also once shook the BB so hard it turned red.
― Yerac, Saturday, 18 April 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
do not shake the BB!!
― mh, Saturday, 18 April 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
― circa1916, Saturday, 18 April 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
yeah the reason I've spent so long on DS is through road building addiction
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 18 April 2020 15:55 (three years ago) link
it is definitely 'deliberately a pain in the arse' but once you get the hang of it, very little of it feels illogical or unfair
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 18 April 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
when I get stuck in the sludgie the whale my spouse becomes a total backseat hiker and gets all stressed out. Emotions have been running high!
― Yerac, Saturday, 18 April 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
Game definitely becomes more manageable when you attune to it and more tools are open up, but yeah, the stress factor is almost comical when you’re trudging through tar and demon arms are ripping cargo off of you while a baby is crying in your face. Like Kojima thought “hey, let’s combine several nightmare scenarios into one here.”
― circa1916, Saturday, 18 April 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
But the joy of taming the wilderness pioneer-like is so so good.
― circa1916, Saturday, 18 April 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
The baby crying out of the controller speaker was definitely unexpected. This was also when I first discovered there is a speaker there
― ncxkd, Saturday, 18 April 2020 19:13 (three years ago) link
lol yeah i think a couple launch titles used it and then nothing again until now
― ciderpress, Saturday, 18 April 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
It’s used in nba 2k19 and in injustice 2 at least
― Joey Corona (Euler), Saturday, 18 April 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
The controller makes a thwacking sound on Everybody's Golf
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Saturday, 18 April 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
If I remember correctly the police radio comes through the controller speaker in GTAV
― treefell, Saturday, 18 April 2020 21:26 (three years ago) link
TLOU Remastered has audio logs play through the controller speaker and HZD has some minor sound effects go through it too.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Saturday, 18 April 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
― ncxkd, Saturday, 18 April 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
In the various Tomb Raiders it makes gunshot sounds when you shoot
― crisp, Saturday, 18 April 2020 23:12 (three years ago) link
it's actually a really cool feature, that adds an extra weird little dimension. wish more games would use it
― Nhex, Saturday, 18 April 2020 23:59 (three years ago) link
f it. bought GTAV last night.
― Yerac, Sunday, 19 April 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
SweetMaybe we can get some multiplayer going sometime. Always wanted to do those coop missions
― ncxkd, Sunday, 19 April 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
I also bought gta5 this week, guess the extra one euro off in this sale did the trick. I really don't want to do the torture mission, just want a playground for doing dumb stuff that's not scifi or wild west
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, 19 April 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
the curiosity got to me and I bought FF7Rthe 20% off PSN credit helped with my poor decision making tho lol
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 19 April 2020 16:08 (three years ago) link
man i dunno if i should but
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 19 April 2020 21:34 (three years ago) link
the honey bee inn sequence is... good now
― mh, Sunday, 19 April 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link
Haha yes!!
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Sunday, 19 April 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
i am very happy with GTAV. Needed another faster game like spiderman to fill that gap.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
Is there a decent arcade-style joystick available for PS4 for playing Pac Man and that sort of thing? All the ones I'm seeing are advertised as fight sticks, which apparently are no good for games where you only want 4-way or 8-way movement, not a full 360 degrees.
― early rejecter, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
No experience myself, but a guy on reddit suggests that some Hori sticks support 4-way: https://stores.horiusa.com/
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
but aren't all arcade games from that era (excepting trackball ones) digital inputs only anyway? (that is, 4 or 8-way vs. analog)
― Nhex, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
Yeah, after poking around more it seems like the issue is that you need a stick that is restricted to 4-way movement, because a game like Pac Man will ignore any input that isn't exactly up-down-left-right so you miss turns if you don't hit it just right. I'll check into the Hori sticks, thanks, looks like they have an inexpensive 8-way that can possibly be modified with an aftermarket restrictor plate.
Totally different topic: do you all back up your game data? I got the kid a PS4 for Christmas and there's been one instance since then where he lost progress in a game due to a corrupted file. Only happened that one time and fortunately he hadn't gotten far in yet, but is that something to worry about?
― early rejecter, Thursday, 7 May 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
I think psplus syncs saves to the cloud, but that's probably not consistent between games and I'm not sure how good they are at not propagating local corruption
― mh, Thursday, 7 May 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
One data point: I've had my PS4 for a couple years, and haven't had any corrupted saves.
― Judd Apatowsaurus (Leee), Thursday, 7 May 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
Check the Upload/Download Saved Data menu dialogs, but if it was a long time ago then it's probably too late. Usually there are a few instances of your data in there.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 7 May 2020 16:39 (three years ago) link
Is it a Sony memory card?
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 7 May 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
memory... card?
― mh, Thursday, 7 May 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
if you're really hardcore, early rejecter - you can get a high quality fight stick, and buy a restrictor gate like the ones seen here: https://focusattack.com/spare-parts-tools/by-part/restrictor-gates/
I don't think there are a lot of sticks these days being sold like that as-is
― Nhex, Thursday, 7 May 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
and yeah I just allow PS+ to backup all my saves
Ghost of Tsushima looks tasty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur0pQblaZcE
― So buttons. (Leee), Monday, 18 May 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
once they showed gameplay without the UI turned off it became obvious that it's just an offbrand assassins creed game
― ciderpress, Monday, 18 May 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
i'm thinking hard about going in on sekiro
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 18 May 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
i loved sekiro, and once the combat clicks, it’s fantastic, but like all fromsoftware games it is not without its frustrations.
― Fizzles, Monday, 18 May 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
RE2, spiderman, and god of war... in the sale, all for the price of one new game... tempting
― ||||||||, Saturday, 13 June 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
― circa1916, Saturday, 13 June 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
Spider-Man (as much as I played it) and God of War share a similar button-mashing DNA, I've got to admit. But swinging around the city in Spider-Man is about as good as that sort of thing gets in game.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 13 June 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
I've just started playing The Outer Wilds. I'm loving it so far.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 09:45 (three years ago) link
I literally just looked up which was which, Worlds vs. Wilds, and I already forgot. Is this the looping one?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 12:21 (three years ago) link
it's easy - Wilds is the one with the other Worlds, Worlds is the one where you go Wild looking for other Worlds
(Wilds is the 22 minute loop one and is amazing)(and i have to look it up every single time because i always mix it up too)
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 15:39 (three years ago) link
whoever said "the i in wilds stands for indie" fixed this problem for mei bought wilds and control last night for $35
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
Wilds is the one that is wildly amazing and innovativeWorlds is the one that is Worldly and like other worldly games, not as innovative
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
yes, and the o in worlds stands for Obsidian Entertainment
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 16:00 (three years ago) link
i guess that requires that you know who obsidian are though
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 16:01 (three years ago) link
God yeah, who okayed the fact there are two almost identically-titled space exploration games out in the same year?
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 16:12 (three years ago) link
yeah, i'm always curious if the two production studios had any communications about that. i'm assuming the pro studio would have sued or something, if they had standing
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 16:14 (three years ago) link
Outer Wilds is fab though.
At first I was a bit disappointed by the cartoonish characters, the slightly vectory graphics, fiddly controls and the fact there's no speech, just writing. It does give me the feeling it was all made using the Dreams software package, but this is an indie game after all.
Once it gets going though, all these factors get left behind. It's a really lovely, extremely original game. I'd say the closest thing I can link it to are the old Elite games perhaps.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
for the kind of game it is it's a little unforgiving imo. very easy to die, very hard at times to make progress. but yes extremely original, but very fun i just wish i felt inspired to finish/solve it.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 16:21 (three years ago) link
there have been moments when the game seems to suddenly glitch out and send me into a completely different world, or I'll end up suddenly transported into another random spot in space, but I can't work out if it's a mistake or part of the game yet. spent ages trying to use my rocket pack to jump out of water onto a platform
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
I downloaded NBA 2K20 and COD Warzone this week. A 1TB console can store 7-8 games of that size. Ridiculous.
― BRAVE THE AFRIAD (onimo), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
yeah, i have to erase a game before adding a new one 9 times out of 10
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
Just got a 2TB external and I’m pleased to find that all the games I deleted still have their Save data
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Wednesday, July 8, 2020 12:14 PM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
wilds was openly in development with that title for years before worlds was announced. and "the outer worlds" is not a remotely good enough name to warrant the inevitable confusion.
this is at least the third time the worlds or wilds conversation has happened on ilx
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Thursday, 9 July 2020 00:08 (three years ago) link
i'm here for it every time - i try to say a variation on the same joke each time
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 July 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
which one is which again
― per aspera ad scampo (||||||||), Thursday, 9 July 2020 11:37 (three years ago) link
The Outer Worlds = postmodern satirical AAA RPG where you explore the galaxy Outer Wilds = Indie action-RPG where you explore the galaxy but only for 22 minutes at a time
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 9 July 2020 11:47 (three years ago) link
I can see the post above but I've already forgotten
― per aspera ad scampo (||||||||), Thursday, 9 July 2020 12:12 (three years ago) link
those really are the same game, dang
― Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 9 July 2020 12:22 (three years ago) link
I just bought "Wilds" and "Control" (which was 66% off; $20 is my cutoff point for impulse purchases). My 1TB drive is pretty packed, but I figure as I go through titles I can delete them and, should I return to complete more of the games later, just download or install them again. I assume that whether playing from a disc or from a download, my progress is saved on my machine, and that when I reinstall my progress returns with it. Right? So if I uninstall, say, "God of War," where I am hovering around 60% completion, and then reinstall it later, I'll still be at 60%?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 July 2020 13:11 (three years ago) link
yeah unless you explicitly delete your saved game data files, all that information will remain when you reinstall your games
― Neil S, Thursday, 9 July 2020 13:13 (three years ago) link
yeah saves don't go away unless you go into the system settings somewhere and purge them. i think the sports games are the only ones where that'd even be a consideration because they make huge save files for the simulation stuff
― ciderpress, Thursday, 9 July 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
Thanks. Size of games can be so misleading, especially since game discs still need to download most (all?) data to the drive to play, right?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 July 2020 14:51 (three years ago) link
right, running off the disc is too slow for modern games. the disc is basically just a DRM check once you've installed the game
― ciderpress, Thursday, 9 July 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
Just like PC gaming of old. Looks like killing of the physical disc might finally happen this generation for consoles given the new driveless models
― Nhex, Thursday, 9 July 2020 17:10 (three years ago) link
I haven't bought a game disc in years. I have maybe three PS4 discs.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 9 July 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
gotta love that ps5 box though
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 9 July 2020 17:16 (three years ago) link
I definitely wanted to play something lighter and less intense/gruesome than "Last of Us" next (even though honestly I've been looking forward to "Bloodborne"), but while I was considering a return to "Spider-Man" again, I think I may go for something like ... "Ratchet and Clank," which I know I bought at some point, since iirc people really like, and I've never played in any way shape or form.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
yes! very fun + light game. i think you'll enjoy it.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
Love all the R&C games - just excellent fun
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 19:51 (three years ago) link
Yes, all good fun, not too hard, and look like they've really pushed the PS2 to its limits (I mean that in a good way).
― BRAVE THE AFRIAD (onimo), Thursday, 16 July 2020 12:38 (three years ago) link
I have the version remade for the PS4.
Looking at my future backlog, besides some From stuff and Spider-man, it looks like I have all the Uncharteds, and all the nu Wolfensteins and Tomb Raiders, too (I've never played any version of any of them) so a bunch of interactive movies a la Last of Us. Plus a couple of Resident Evil stress balls, the first couple of Batman games and ... Mad Max! That last one should be fun to play. And I just got Outer Wilds and Control on sale as well, but no hurry there (lol).
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 July 2020 13:08 (three years ago) link
I've become a big fan of Outer Wilds. One of these games that etches it's way into my mind. I have started dreaming about it. I think about it while I'm away. But I love how low stakes it is (especially for a game about the END OF THE GALAXY). Very little violence. Lots of exploration. And I can play it for as long as I like thanks to the 22 minute time loop.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 16 July 2020 13:36 (three years ago) link
Mad Max is a fun game as it uses the Batman Arkham fight mechanics which are always good and some of the vehicle weapons are very satisfying. It does include a lot of collecting stuff missions that fill up a whole load of open world games where 20 hour campaign modes turn out to be 15 hours of finding scrap metal - though I suppose that makes more sense in a Mad Max universe than in other games.
― BRAVE THE AFRIAD (onimo), Thursday, 16 July 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
"Ratchet & Clank" may be the literal opposite of "The Last of Us," which is perfect, but ironically more challenging than it should be at first as I adjust to something so low-stakes and goofy.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 July 2020 23:51 (three years ago) link
lots of people banging on about ghost of tsushima. any good? or is it just fetch quest central?
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 24 July 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
it looks like an offbrand assassins creed game. the standard ubisoft open world formula, despite being by sony and not ubi
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 July 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
it _looks_ super cool. but yeah, it appears to be another map checkbox game with a stealth combat engine pasted on top
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 July 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
i typically play about one of those a year, so i may get to it once it gets down to $15
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 July 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
ghosts of tsushima is good, reviews are wrong, and i typically find open world checklist games unbearable. infamous x babby mode bushido blade.
― adam, Friday, 24 July 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
whoa really? that's good to hear! what makes this one different for you?
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 July 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
i guess the bushido blade ref is a good one - i used to fucking LOVE bushido blade, although i sucked at it
it is tempting and getting good fan reviews, but I still have Witcher, Death Stranding, RDR2 and Horizon all in various states of completion so maybe i'll wait
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 24 July 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
everyone sucked at it, that's what made it great
xpost
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 24 July 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
my wife described it as "elegant" which is not a word i'd use to describe like assassin's creed.
the bushido blade thing comes from the standoff mechanic which is basically a little minigame where you hold triangle and wait for a dude to commit to an attack. release triangle at the right time and it's a samurai movie instakill. you can upgrade it and chain them together and it's pretty cool, if simple.
there's a big map with lots of dumb shit to do, mostly "talk to dude/kill other dudes/return to first dude." but the HUD is minimal, the vibe is chill and pretty, the combat is stupid fun. lots of toys and easily-pulled-off moves. bombs and shit.
it feels kind of ps2/3-ish, in a good way, in that you can break the systems pretty easily. set of an alarm and train all the dudes in a fort in a big line around and around until you can grab whatever the goal is, then run away and pick them off one by one. the stealth is basic but funny. like just stabbing dude after dude making a huge pile of bodies that the remaining mooks don't seem to notice.
― adam, Friday, 24 July 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
for context i thought ass creed odyssey, RDR2, and spiderman were brutally unfun and tedious but i love jak 2, beyond good and evil, and ass creed liberation.
― adam, Friday, 24 July 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
ass creed
I think you need a pair of thesehttps://images.halloweencostumes.com/products/29521/1-1/adult-apollo-creed-boxing-trunks.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 July 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
whoa thanks for the impressions. might give it a try when it gets to the $20 part of its lifecycle
the black and white 'kurosawa mode' getting advertised as a draw despite being blatantly poorly conceived was enough of a red flag that i wrongly assumed the whole thing would be off
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 July 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
has 'buy for 12£ in PSN summer sale 2021' written all over it
― ||||||||, Friday, 24 July 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
remasted GOTY edition for PS5 too
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 July 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
last three post otm
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 24 July 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
oh yeah it'll be $20 by thanksgiving for sure.
there's a haiku writing activity (not even really a minigame)
― adam, Friday, 24 July 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
oh the story is completely boring and the main character dude is also completely boring if you care about that kind of stuff
― adam, Friday, 24 July 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
checkbox game stories are generally there to give you a moment to check your phone and eat some snacks, although there are exceptions (witcher 3)
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 July 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
witcher 3's central story isn't very good either ime, its the sidequest writing thats fun
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 July 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
Main story of Breath of the Wild was pretty pro forma, it was the side stuff that made that game, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 July 2020 21:10 (three years ago) link
breath of the wild actually has the right approach to make open world storytelling work - fragmented and environmental rather than a linear central narrative
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 July 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
Ratchet and Clank isn't stupid-fun, but it is stupid and fun.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 July 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
https://blog.playstation.com/2020/07/28/a-great-slam-and-then-some-cuphead-is-out-today-on-ps4/
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 21:45 (three years ago) link
alright, who is playing Fall Guys
it's fun! and free!
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
There’s a thread!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 04:29 (three years ago) link
A lot of people like "Prey," right? It's going straight to my virtual backlog, but on sale with its well-regarded iirc DLC for $12? No brainer.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 August 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
you should play through your backlog first, any sale price you see is going to come around again a couple times a year and maybe even go lower once the PS5 is out
― ciderpress, Friday, 7 August 2020 13:56 (three years ago) link
Oh, I'm playing! I'm just slow. Ratchet and Clank is moving along (and is so far just kind of dumb). I think Bloodborne might be after that, which will slow me down even more. Then I've got a bunch of the AAA action games, too, like Tomb Raiders, Uncharteds and Wolfensteins. I just kind of pick them up compulsively when the price drops below a certain point.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 August 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
West of Dead looks very cool.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Friday, 7 August 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
I won a $50 PlayStation gift card at work, and even though I don't generally play multiplayer, I do want to try Fall Guys, so is it worth putting that into a year subscription to PS+ (which will end up costing me $10 out of pocket)? I guess the free monthly games will save me some money down the road too.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Friday, 7 August 2020 15:13 (three years ago) link
i thought fall guys sucked tbh
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 August 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
Weird, West of Dead was announced for Switch, with an August 5 release date, but I don't see it on the Switch store ...
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 August 2020 15:39 (three years ago) link
Ah dammit I didn't realize PS Now and PS Plus are different!
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Friday, 7 August 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link
ps plus is the online multiplayer gaming service (plus monthly free games/store discounts)
ps now is a streaming service of some sort, don't know anyone who uses this
― ciderpress, Friday, 7 August 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
it's a catalog where you can download, delete and redownload anything from their catalog as long as you are subscribing to the service or until they cycle it out of their catalog... and you can keep it even once it's out of the catalog if it's on your hard drive. Obviously the speed of your internet provides a potential bottleneck but Sony's constant updates mean that's a problem with the system generally. It's actually fairly well curated, especially if you are only now starting on PS4; games for play include Dead Cells, Hitman 2, Dishonored 2, Just Cause 4, Control, Metal Gear V, Last of Us, Bloodborne, Uncharted 3, Rocket League, Lego Batman, Doom... I would say if you want to play two of those, do the 7 day trial and then use your $50 for a five month subscription.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 7 August 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
To clarify, I'm not interested in PS Now. I'm only considering PS Plus just to get in on the Fall Guys nonsense.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Friday, 7 August 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
i guess if it gets popular enough they might give it the fortnite exception where you dont need a subscription to play online
― ciderpress, Friday, 7 August 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
Control Ultimate Edition announced. If you buy it for a current gen system, free upgrade to PS5/XSX. A little burned that existing owners don't get it, but hey whatever. I can wait a year or so for it to get cheap if I still want to play it. Of course, I just bought the season pass on a few weeks ago...
― Nhex, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 18:50 (three years ago) link
At first your post made me regret getting it on sale a few weeks back, but given there is no way I'm getting a PS5 any time in the next 2 years I think that regret would have been more FOMO than anything else. BTW, I assume all my current PS4 games will play on the PS5, or has that still not been made clear?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:13 (three years ago) link
They haven't given guarantees on anything (they said probably the "100 most popular games") but most games should be. Of course, it's unclear if Control will work; will be a bit of a bummer if my PS4 copy doesn't work on PS5.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
I remembering reading that Sony wanted to guarantee that their top 100 selling PS4 titles had to be playable on PS5, but that was several months ago and don't know if anything's changed since then.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
that's a misunderstanding of the claim, the goal is to have all ps4 games be ps5 compatible but it's impossible to guarantee that without extensively testing and maybe patching each title. cerny's quote re: the top 100 meant only that they sampled those and the majority were fine out of the box, there's no reason to expect that everything else will be different
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
put differently, there's no reason to expect ps4 -> ps5 compatiblity to be any worse than xbone -> sexbox, it's jaguar cpu + custom gcn gpu -> zen2 cpu + custom navi gpu in both cases
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
I'm not so sure - PS5 supposedly has some extra weird stuff in it. But hopefully, yes.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
it has dedicated audio and custom storage hardware but that shouldn't interfere with anything since the ps4 had neither of those.the ps5 cpu has custom logic specifically to help with back-compat.
the biggest reason for expecting the xbox to have better compatibility is their bigger experience with it, they've been doing it since the 2006. og xbox -> 360 and 360 -> xbone are both much harder than xbone -> sexbox.
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
ps5 should run any ps4 game in the same way that a new pc graphics card should run any game your old card could run but can occasionally run into bizarre edge cases so they can't give a guarantee. they're both basically PCs architecturally unlike previous generations
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link
I read something that implied but didn't explicitly state that PS5 would have a specific PS4 mode to run back compat stuff, I'm picturing that as something similar to the way Wii U supported original Wii (I mean I doubt anyone else even used that tbh but yeah it essentially meant booting the console up in original wii mode). Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick though.
― JimD, Thursday, 13 August 2020 12:50 (three years ago) link
not implied, it was explicit in Cerny's presentation that the customised zen2 cores have additional logic for ps4 and ps4 pro modes, with games having the option to run in "native" ps5 mode with perhaps improved performance, or in one of the 2 legacy modes if ps5 mode is problematic
obviously, even with extra hardware to accomodate BC it's not guaranteed that every single title will work flawlessly, even in the legacy modes
if i had to guess, the reason for lack of specifics so far is because sony themselves haven't decided whether to unlock ps5 mode by default for all or only for whitelisted ps4 games to prevent a flood of complaints from the inevitable incompatibilities but i'd expect at least the legacy modes to be a free-for-all at launch
― chihuahuau, Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
I was considering getting Control on PC so I could tweak settings to run it faster and finish it, but now you guys are making me think... maybe I just wait on PS5
― solo scampito (mh), Friday, 14 August 2020 04:01 (three years ago) link
I think I've got 3 or 4 levels to go on "Ratchet and Clank," and I've got to admit, I literally have no idea what's going on. It feels a bit like, I dunno, seeing Back to the Future 2 without ever having seen the first one?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 August 2020 22:53 (three years ago) link
I only just realized that the new Control DLC downloaded to my PS4, but I'm not at all sure when I'm going to get around to it.
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Saturday, 29 August 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
I'm replaying through the beginning of Control on PC and, not sure if they added this to PS4, but they have some smart aiming assist that's nice. Playing with my PS4 controller so I am pretending it's fake PS4
― irn-scamp (mh), Saturday, 29 August 2020 02:33 (three years ago) link
I can never figure out why I can't start Control's DLCs!
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Sunday, 30 August 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
OK, "Ratchet and Clank" is a wrap. Lots of fun, but again, no idea what was going on. Does this count as a run-and-gun? Because that's essentially all the did.
Anyway, I'd thought about Bloodborne next, but one of my kids thinks I should play Batman first. What do you all think? (The remaining backlog is of course epic and daunting.)
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 30 August 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
Which Batman would you play? Asylum is pretty old at this point but it is a classic.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 30 August 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
Bloodborne of course, but I'm sure Batman would be way more fun for kids to watch.
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 30 August 2020 20:00 (three years ago) link
The first Batman, so ... Asylum? I have all three, because they're always on sale for like $5.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 30 August 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
Yeah, do that.
― Nhex, Sunday, 30 August 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
Leee, not sure what’s up. On PS4 do you have to actually install them after the game as a separate download?
I am still completing the main plot but I already detoured through content from two of the DLCs in my route. The AWE is pretty cool
― irn-scamp (mh), Monday, 31 August 2020 14:00 (three years ago) link
xpost OK, I think I'll try Batman next. Game has both a high and low bar to hurdle for me, because while I have, as with Spider-man, a general familiarity with Batman, I have no real affinity for the characters, so I suppose it will all hinge on the design and gameplay.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 August 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
Tho all the sequels are lackluster, Arkham Asylum is one of the greatest games of its generation imo
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 31 August 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
dang, I played Arkham Asylum on 360 & loved it & just picked up the bundle with Arkham City for PS4, but it's not good? oh well.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 31 August 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
I've always heard the first two are good and people don't like the third (Knight) as much? But reading into it it seems like just the usual complaints. Some people were all "oh, you spend the whole thing in the Batmobile," but others pointed out that it's really only about 20% of the game, and that the game look and design (incl. the Batmobile) is the best of the bunch. Likewise there was a remaster of the first two games, which is what I got, as a bundle, and the reviews were all, eh, it's OK, but it doesn't look as good as it used to. But I expect it will look and play fine.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 August 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
yeah I'm gonna play at least the 2nd one, I already had the 3rd one & my son played it a while but drifted away. it did seem too batmobile heavy but the first one was so good, it's worth another shot.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 31 August 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
I think even Origins is underrated, but I guess it depends how hungry you are for the Arkham formula. Most people agree the first two are great, though. If you're in that deep you will probably play Knight for the conclusion, which is merely "not quite as good" as the other two, but still fun imo.
― Nhex, Monday, 31 August 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
I loved the atmosphere of the first one but what I'm hankering for now more than ever is the feel of its combat.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 31 August 2020 15:31 (three years ago) link
Knight is arguably the best looking of the four.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 31 August 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
for my money, the spiritual successor to the Arkham Asylum is the Spider-Man game, especially wrt combat
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 31 August 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
Noooo way. I love Spider-Man, but combat was way dialed down compared to the Arkham games, you barely even need to dodge
― Nhex, Monday, 31 August 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
I have the Spider Man game too. I just need to play more games.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 31 August 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
arkham was certainly more strategy oriented but the sense of flow carries through
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 31 August 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
agreed
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 31 August 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
I know I'm in the tiny minority but I don't really love the combat in these games, it just gives me hand cramps. On the other hand, I looove the stealth rooms.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 31 August 2020 17:12 (three years ago) link
arkham stealth > arkham melee > arkham knight driving >>>> spiderman combat which felt more like assassin's creed 2's open combat than anything else
― adam, Monday, 31 August 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
My son played a bit of Spider-Man and the combat seemed just to be button-mashing. But I get that the game's appeal isn't its combat but rather its freedom of movement in the city. I still want to play it.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 31 August 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
Spider-Man's combat honestly seemed less button mash-y then Arkham Knight to me. I remember dying a good bit in SM cuz I wasn't being smart about how I'd approach a room.
― circa1916, Monday, 31 August 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
He just did through the (first?) Kingpin fight so I dunno.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 31 August 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
lol i think that’s the first fight
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 31 August 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
yeah he played for like 20 minutes
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 31 August 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
Lol, that's just a little bit before where I made it, too, not because I didn't like it but because I got distracted. But yeah, the combat seemed less compelling than the swinging around the city. I could never remember the various combos and, like God of War, just did the best I could pressing a handful of things I knew worked for me.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 August 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
It actually gets fairly tough! Definitely can't expect to spam a move or two and survive.
I kinda tired of the Batman formula by Knight. And wasn't crazy about the Batmobile stuff. Had a lot of fun with the first two however. I don't think the Spider-Man combat is inferior personally.
― circa1916, Monday, 31 August 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
you don’t need to remember many combos in spider-man. a couple of dodges, that’s it really. pepper in an advanced move or two once you acquire them and it becomes incredibly satisfying.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 31 August 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
in fairness i think everyone was at least a little tired of it by Knight, it was the fourth game in... six years? wow they pumped 'em out faster than i remembered. (Plus the various games that copied the fight system afterwards, like uh, that Captain America game, Shadow of Mordor, etc.)
the early Gotham Knights footage actually looks worse than AK, hoping that's because it's early footage. But, they gave it to the AA-team who did Arkham Origins, so I'm guessing the budget won't be as good... plus it looks like Destiny/Marvel's Avengers where it's going to be focus on co-op and loot possibly...
― Nhex, Monday, 31 August 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
Mad Max combat is very much like Arkham, although it feels less meaty.
In Spider-Man the in air combat is worth getting to grips with as that separates it from a whole bunch of dodge and mash games.
― オニモ (onimo), Monday, 31 August 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
All four Arkham games are great imo. But I wouldn’t advise playing them back to back. And it’s undeniably true that the first is the best, so if you play that and don’t enjoy it then it’s not going to be worth continuing.
Trick to the combat, if you find it difficult, is to slow down. It’s got a very specific pace to it and when it gets difficult it can be easy to assume it’s because you’re not being fast enough, when actually it’s more likely you’re already going too fast.
― JimD, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 06:10 (three years ago) link
I picked up Control again after a quick go a few months ago. I initially found some of the physics a bit clumsy, like you walk into a coffee trolley and it falls over like it's made of cardboard. Also not mad keen on shooters. But I have to admire the incredibly creepy office-punk horror atmosphere which they've got down absolute pat. I can only play a few minutes at a time - there's something so eerie about how the enemies seem to appear from nowhere - it's highly stressful; and especially how disorienting the Hiss / building movement device works.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 11:54 (three years ago) link
PUBG and Street Fighter V free on PS+ this month. I'll probably play SF for half an hour.
― オニモ (onimo), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 13:34 (three years ago) link
Ooh, I enjoyed SFV a lot
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 13:35 (three years ago) link
there's something so eerie about how the enemies seem to appear from nowhere
there’s a horizontal red pillar of light when they appear, though?
― irn-scamp (mh), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
spiderman combat seemed the opposite of button mashing to me? i really liked the assortment of combos.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 14:01 (three years ago) link
it's a fun system. it's just that the Arkham fight system was like a 10 while the Spider-Man one is a 7
― Nhex, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
Arkham City's probably the game I've played the most, but I guess the fairly on-rails nature of Asylum develops a certain hustle to it?
I mean, I can't think of anything in Asylum as good as the last Freeze fight, or anything in City as bad as the Croc fight.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
DL, I am very easily scared (I hate horror films and games), but while Control is absolutely creepy as hell, it rarely (if ever) goes full horror (although I think the new DLC is supposed to be closer to horror), if that distinction makes any sense (i.e. no jump scares that I can remember, thankfully).
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
there's one or two notable jump scares. One of which was actually an accident in development and came off so good they kept it in. ("His" face before you enter that area.) Most of the game is certainly unsettling lurking horror.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
I guess it’s frightening to me in much the same way as Inland Empire is frightening. I’m getting to grips with it now, but it’s that feeling where you’re not quite sure what’s going on or what’s going to happen round the next corner. All the while, there’s that quaint, sinister feeling I remember from being a kid and having to go back into school after everyone’s gone home because I forgot something, and it’s totally empty save for the sound of the caretaker’s floor polisher
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
great post dl :)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 21:26 (three years ago) link
it’s totally empty save for the sound of the caretaker’s floor polisher
If the caretaker was Finnish, then good knowing ya because your life would be a creepy video game.
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
I ha'e only played Arkansas Knight and like spiderman's gameplay a lot better.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:31 (three years ago) link
Arkansas Knight needs to be a game right now.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:59 (three years ago) link
And I will play it in two years.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 23:00 (three years ago) link
dying at Arkansas Knight
― circa1916, Thursday, 3 September 2020 12:28 (three years ago) link
Started Arkansas Asylum last night, it's OK! Great atmosphere, and if it's not as smooth as, say, Spider-man or God of War, it is about 100 years older than either of them in game-years. If there's a (very early, minor) criticism it's that I often find myself forgetting I am in detective mode, so am maybe missing out on the look of the game.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 September 2020 13:02 (three years ago) link
Started Arkansas Asylum last night, it's OK!
If it's OK, wouldn't it be Oklahoma Asylum?
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Thursday, 3 September 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
Arklahoma Asylum
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 3 September 2020 19:06 (three years ago) link
it was down in arklahoma, just about a mile from texiana
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 3 September 2020 19:07 (three years ago) link
Whoever upthread said the key is to take your time, no kidding. At least early game, those gun-toting thugs can take you out!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 September 2020 00:36 (three years ago) link
being The Batman is about silently choking out dudes
Parappa the Rapper 2: worth playing in 2020?
― Nhex, Friday, 4 September 2020 02:20 (three years ago) link
Batman's alter ego should be Vent-man. And yeah Choke-man. Still, I'm liking this. Nice mix of dark and spooky and super-hero. Just beat Bane.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 September 2020 05:08 (three years ago) link
Parappa in 2020 (or 2018 in my case) ended up being a horrible fight to try to get my tv and speakers and wireless pad to all work in sync with each other, a fight which I ultimately lost. Made it unplayable, sadly.
(Rock Band/Guitar Hero etc came out when those things had already started being an issue and so they had pretty decent calibration tools built in. The parappa games don’t because back then wired pad + crt + built in tv speaker was already pretty robust, timing wise).
― JimD, Sunday, 6 September 2020 06:54 (three years ago) link
thanks for letting me know, i had a feeling something like that might come up
― Nhex, Sunday, 6 September 2020 07:47 (three years ago) link
yeah it’s a shame. i have an original parappa disc that works in my ps3 but the timing is off.but iirc um jammer lammy is/was available as a download? surely those issues were sorted out for that?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 6 September 2020 11:02 (three years ago) link
I feel like a lot of these older PSN releases are just straight ROMs with minor to no optimization. Which is usually fine but not in this case
― Nhex, Sunday, 6 September 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
Yeah I didn’t try um jammer but it was the psn download version of parappa 2 that I was banging my head against so I doubt the others are any different.
― JimD, Monday, 7 September 2020 21:39 (three years ago) link
I wonder if PC emulation works? I'm kinda too lazy to set that up these days anyway. My last experience with this kind of thing was trying to play Mother 3 several years ago and the beat timing at the time wasn't good enough; I bruteforced my way through the battles.
― Nhex, Monday, 7 September 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
mother 3 timing works fine on some emulators but iirc the most popular one at the time (visualboyadvance i think?) botched it so it got that reputation
― ciderpress, Monday, 7 September 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
i think some of those PSN emulation rereleases are actually running in the cloud? which would explain latency if that's one of them. feel like they shouldn't need to do that for PSX games though, just PS2
― ciderpress, Monday, 7 September 2020 23:48 (three years ago) link
i couldn't get the timing right despite having a pretty well-tuned retroarch/retropie setup. i was using the VBA core through a BT controller though...
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 02:43 (three years ago) link
though my latest experiments with jackd to eliminate audio latency on the device have been looking pretty good. rhythm tengoku's test/calibration screen shows pretty good latency
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 02:45 (three years ago) link
Not 100% on this but the general rule for previous formats on ps4 is that ps3 games stream while ps2 and ps1 games are actual downloads which play locally. There may be exceptions though.
― JimD, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 06:33 (three years ago) link
Batman seems to be the perfect bridge between Ratchet and Clank and Bloodborne (assuming I play the latter next). It's not particularly challenging, at least most of the time, since Batman is pretty OP, but it is a lot of fun, and the game design is dark, detailed and spooky. My fave aspect so far (I assume I'm still pretty early in the game) is how equally OP any goon with a gun is vs. the run of the mill goons. You enter a room with like 10 goons and you think, ok, no problem, I'll just beat them all up. But then you enter a room with 10 goons and one goon with a gun, and you have to stop and think, hmm, what's the best way to take out the goon with a gun before I beat up the rest? Also, Batman is always so grim and serious and dramatic that he is (ironically) innately silly, which is fun, too. Spider-man has fun swinging around, but Batman is all business. At least in the front: his cape kind of turns him into a human mullet.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 13:14 (three years ago) link
I like the idea of an openworld Castlevania game, but the idea of Bloodborne leaves me cold. I gave Dark Souls 3 a try and the whole thing seemed gnomic and unfriendly. Hyper-difficult action combat is well and good, but it lacks Witcher-style storytelling and exploration, which is primarily what I'm there for as opposed to just walking along and killing baddies
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 13:26 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I like games with storytelling, too. Which the Soulsborne games definitely have, but it's so elliptical and obscure by design that it just adds to the oppressive atmosphere; "gnomic" is otm, but beyond that these games are just so lonely. Which is def. not for all tastes, especially since beating them, while satisfying, does not provide any sort of real ... well, satisfaction. I haven't played any of The Witcher yet, but that one seems like a hybrid of D&D style RPG and storytelling.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 14:06 (three years ago) link
Witcher isn't that D&D, its narrative isn't structurally different from the RPG template that's been set in place for the last decade. Divinity is much closer, however.
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 15:12 (three years ago) link
is divinity worth a play?
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
i was bored by it when i played single player, and absolutely adored it when playing 4-play co-op campaign. holy shit, that was maybe one of my top 3 or 5 gaming moments of ALL TIME. unfortunately the co-op campaign ended after about 25 hours due to IRL conflicts
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
do you need PSN to do that?
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
PS Plus (not PSN), and it is required for online multiplayer.
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
oh actually - i should clarify - we all played on mac/steam. i haven't actually played the ps4 version. but it's supposed to be pretty good!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
A few xposts, but dl, I think I really do recommend playing those Souls games with some sort of guide or walkthrough. God of War, Ratchet and Clank, Last of Us and now Arkham Asylum have all been relatively straightforward without a guide, with a few rare "what am I missing?" exceptions. Dark Souls, on the other hand, offered a seemingly insurmountable challenge every few minutes even *with* hints, and there is so much awesome stuff I would have missed without them.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
Yeah I'll definitely give DSIII another shot one day. I think it's the unrelenting grimness + difficulty level + (so far) linear gameplay and lack of tangible story that puts me off. It's a really well made game, but I feel a bit like a machine carrying out thankless tasks sometimes. Never was into bondage. Yes, all games boil down to this, but the illusion of a good game is that it tricks you into believing you're doing more than this.
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 15:57 (three years ago) link
i always thought the secret of the souls series is that they're basically puzzle games
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link
execution-heavy puzzle games suck ass though so i don't think that's the right way to think about it. if something's actually a good puzzle the satisfaction should come from figuring it out and stating the solution, executing it is unnecessary busywork
souls games are just action games
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
i always play them like they're puzzle games and i always enjoy them! Sekiro and Bloodborne were much less puzzly an more action oriented.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link
The "puzzle" in Souls is how best to beat each enemy, even the basic ones. Which can get frustrating. (Like, Batman right now, most baddies take nearly no thought or effort, which is a nice balance to the grim design.) The real puzzles in the Souls games are fewer and far between, but there is lots to discover and explore on the journey, and as you get used to the lonely bleakness (even Batman is super chatty by comparison) there is an odd beauty to it all.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
Or avoid each enemy, more often. Or discover new terrain. Or understand how room x or door x or ladder x or enemy x or item x help provide an easy answer to move forward.you can absolutely brute force your way through any DS game but there's almost always multiple elegant solutions to each issue if you want to think laterally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Ek7AsO-og
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
Still enjoying Batman, but it lacks (for better or worse) much on the way of boss fights. The same was true for the last few games I played, iirc, which def. cuts down on the challenge. Which, tbh, is non existent in this game so far, which is admittedly fine.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 September 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
One of the fights in New Game + might change your mind on that.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 09:21 (three years ago) link
given the ongoing Souls talk, has anyone tried out Mortal Shell as yet?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 10:33 (three years ago) link
spelunky 2 comes out today mother fuckers
― adam, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 12:39 (three years ago) link
I've never played anything in NG+ yet. So far when I'm done, I'm done, give or take the DLC. NG+ modes are generally just the same game but the baddies take 7 hits instead of 4 or whatever, right?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 13:19 (three years ago) link
I don't remember that much content to Asylum after the story conclusion. (Very different for City and Knight, lots of post-game content). Someone correct me if I'm wrong.If you like the story/lore, I'd do all the Riddler trophies, there's a lot to uncover. If you like the combat, I would do the combat challenges that (iirc) you have to access through the main menu, outside the main game. The score-chasing is often some of my favorite parts.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
I should prob try mortal shell
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
thinking of NG+ing Witcher 3 as I've pretty much exhausted everything except the Gwent, horse racing challenges plus a couple of ?s in the middle of Butt fuck, Ard Skellig. Still, not sure if I'm quite ready to relive the story I've been playing for nearly a whole year yet
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
I know I've accumulated a lot of Riddler challenges, but so far I'm not sure what to do with them. It still looks like I have I guess inadvertently solved a bunch of them though.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
Oh, wait, they're just collectibles, like the question marks, teeth, interview reels, etc? Yeah, I've just been, well, collecting them as I see them but not really looking for them. They kind of seem to be all over the place.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
They are yeah, they unlock the Gotham City Stories text pieces in the menu.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
i was there at midnight to download, only to realize that it came out 2 hours later (midnight PST i guess).
will be playing tonight though motherfuckers!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 15:07 (three years ago) link
i got up to try and play early this morning and it doesn't come out until 8am PACIFIC TIME. what is that.
― adam, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
that's a logical thing to do, that's what it is. it's spelunky 2 day
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 15:46 (three years ago) link
This looks harder than 1, which I am terrible at
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
i only played the original on keyboard + no mouse, so i am expecting to do a lot better with a gamepad this time around
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
xp polyphonic: I'm terrible at the original too, never made it near the end. I'll still probably get this sooner or later
― Nhex, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
Our PS4 Pro fan has been making more noise than the washing machine recently. Dismantled it yesterday, cleaned out all the fans and heat sinks, put some new thermal paste on the cpu etc, took ages.
Switched it back on expecting either “well that made no difference” or “now it’s not working at all”, because those are the most common outcomes I get from projects like this. But it’s worked perfectly! It’s running almost silently now and nothing’s making the fan spin up! I’m amazed!
― JimD, Sunday, 20 September 2020 12:22 (three years ago) link
OK, finished Arkham Asylum. It's a good game, but I stand by my original assessment that the boss battles are just not that challenging. And most of the other fights are little more than button mashing (like, button, singular). It's still fun and well designed, and if it's a little too easy on "normal" mode, well, you *are* playing as Batman. Can def. see this as the template for the Spider-man game. Batman: Archetypical Asylum?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 20 September 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
Play Arkham Asylum on Hard for a while before moving on imo
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 20 September 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
I'm not moving
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Sunday, 20 September 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
hehe "in my opinion" i mean
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 20 September 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Sunday, 20 September 2020 19:51 (three years ago) link
Maybe I will! Which would be a good bridge to Bloodborne ...
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 20 September 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
Or you can just barrel on to City
― Nhex, Sunday, 20 September 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
I was tempted to do that as well, but I'm worried I would burn out on it, since the combat seems repetitive. Then again, I am in the zone, so if I move on I could just as easily not return. So maybe I will give it a shot on a more difficult setting, then try a bit of city and see what I think.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 20 September 2020 21:27 (three years ago) link
still working through Control. It's such a fun, unsettling game. I love being able to rip furniture and rubble and throw it: it feels so satisfying. The difficulty level is pitched just right, so that nothing feels particularly easy, but I always seem to be able to get past the challenging parts after a few goes. Plus it's a really imaginative game with absolutely its own vibe. I do find it creepy AF though.
My only gripe is the long loading times, especially when I'm on a tricky part where I die a lot. I also don't like how a lot of structures and furniture don't seem to have any weight behind them. you can brush past a chair and it will just fall over as though it's made of paper. I guess this makes sense in the context of being able to throw stuff around.
I also found that there are parts in the game where I get stuck and have to look up a guide online. in one part, I killed off loads of enemies only to find my way blocked by a red wall of Hiss. It's really not obvious that you have to shoot some red cubes around and near the wall (same colour as the wall itself) in order to progress. Felt like this was completely unnecessary and that the wall could have just revealed itself after killing the bad guys.
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Monday, 21 September 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
ha, i remember getting stuck once or twice on that too, i think it happens a couple of times. there's not much indication what to do and the infected red cube blocks just kinda blend in with everything else
― Nhex, Monday, 21 September 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
i do like how a lot of things just aren't really explained at all. stuff like Board Countermeasures, materials etc will just appear in your menus and you've just got to work out what they are. the red blocks were super annoying though because as you say, they aren't even very visible.
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Monday, 21 September 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
BTW Control released an assist mode to help with its difficulty, allowing you to be immortal, among other settings.
― Pleeenk Floyd (Leee), Monday, 21 September 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
Ok, Batman question. Arkham Asylum does not have much in the way of post-game content, and even if it did, it apparently doesn't allow you to change the difficulty level, so I would be stuck on normal, anyway. With no more enemies I am thinking of moving on to Arkham City, but do I start that game on normal or hard, with the knowledge that whatever I pick I guess I'm stuck with? I'd hate to find myself in a situation where normal is too easy, and hard is too difficult. Or normal on City is harder than normal on Asylum.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 27 September 2020 23:06 (three years ago) link
I would suggest either doing a new game on hard, or ... isn't there a challenge mode in that game with waves of enemies? That's how I remember getting my bearings with it. Maybe that was in city.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 28 September 2020 01:45 (three years ago) link
Definitely at least start the next game on Hard. It seemed like Normal was too easy for you
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 28 September 2020 01:46 (three years ago) link
at the least would get me in shape for Bloodborne.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 September 2020 02:13 (three years ago) link
I find myself 'missing' games. Even though I've been playing Witcher 3 frequently and with only a few breaks since I got my PS4 last year, I'm currently getting weird nostalgia pangs and feeling like it's time to NG+ it. Wonder if it might be too soon though, like rewatching a TV series too close to having finished it. Also feels like a shame to restart when I've spent so long clearing almost all the ? marks except for a few boring sea-based ones in Skellige; oh, and Gwent (which I never played but am open to trying) and horse races (which had me rage quit one time too many).
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Monday, 28 September 2020 10:45 (three years ago) link
Looking into it a bit, it seems like Arkham City on hard is supposedly more challenging than Arkham Asylum on hard, mostly less room for error and sloppiness when dealing with crowds of overpowered thugs. I'm all about error and sloppiness, but I think I will start the new game on hard and see how it goes. If it's too frustrating or not fun to have to just hit everything more times, then I'll just restart on normal.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 September 2020 13:41 (three years ago) link
Never understand why some games don't let you change difficulty mid way through
― groovypanda, Monday, 28 September 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
Many do, and it's great! In fact I want to say the last several that I played all allow you to change mid game. Last of Us, God of War ...
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 September 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
Oh, wait, I read your post with the wrong emphasis. Yeah, it seems like that's generally the standard, so I agree, I don't know why some games don't let you change it. I totally understand certain games with one difficulty level, like Dark Souls, but a game like, say, Doom, a set difficulty level would be pretty gratuitously unforgiving for the over ambitious. If I played a game stuck on a hard difficulty and hit a spot that impeded progress, I would be more likely to quit the game than try over and over again above a certain threshold.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 September 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
My 10yo was getting quite frustrated with Spider-Man but we lowered the difficulty and now he's having a blast - up to something like 88% completion.
He probably would have just quit if he'd had to start from scratch
― groovypanda, Monday, 28 September 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
Similarly annoying: I started Arkham City on hard, and was surprised to immediately be in the guise of Catwoman. And then I kept getting my ass kicked over and over and over again, and thought, boy, this is much harder. So I quit the game and started again on normal, only to discover as best I can tell, I am *supposed* to get my ass kicked and maybe didn't necessarily need to start over again on normal.Anyway, even early game everything about this one seems to be a step down from the first one, from the design to the writing to the fights. But I'll stick with it a bit.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 September 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
Much as I am loving Control, I've hit a bit of a tricky part which seems unnecessarily cruel in these tough times. I found myself going to bed with images of mutants, gunfire and desolate offices in my head.
Historically I'm a Nintendo gamer and there is a noticeable difference between Nintendo's light, playful games and the darker, more sinister vibes of Sony. Some days, I just find the experience of playing even something as benign as Celeste a little haunting, lonely, tough.
I miss the colourful storytelling of things like Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Final Fantasy etc but the cyber/anime looks of their modern-day equivalents look a bit naff and young adult-y for me. I guess this is the problem when you move from 16Bit pixel based graphics to a more 3D style. Whereas previously the basicness of the graphics meant you could map your own image of what these characters and scenarios look like, suddenly it becomes very-much a distinct vision, and if you don't like the visual style, then you're screwed.
So after a bit of searching, I've decided to try out Ni No Kuni - Wrath Of The White Witch as a break away from guns and zombies. Yeah, it's anime, but not the 'hair-gel and hoverboards' type of thing. It's a Studio Ghibli job with music by Joe Hisaishi. Possibly a bit 'kiddy' but the visual style is amazing. Only given it a very quick go, but impressed so far.
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 1 October 2020 10:25 (three years ago) link
They put in that invincibility cheat / difficulty adjustment in an August patch for Control - can you change it mid-game? (Sort of an acknowledgement that their difficulty balancing was off)
― Nhex, Thursday, 1 October 2020 12:19 (three years ago) link
I haven't seen it, but it's possible I haven't looked. kind of don't want to feel like I'm cheating but at the same time I've hit a wall where I can't get past a certain boss and I've completed all the side quests I can for now
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 1 October 2020 12:25 (three years ago) link
Check out the first Ori game on Switch, If you haven't yet. It might not be exactly what you're looking for but for me it represented the best of everything. Good story, great design and music and gameplay, dark at times but ultimately very hopeful and uplifting.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 October 2020 12:49 (three years ago) link
sounds nice Josh - I'll check it
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 1 October 2020 13:13 (three years ago) link
Ok, this Arkham City game is kinda a lot of bullshit. It's kind of fascinating, like they looked at the best part of the first game, the worst parts of the first game, and decided they wanted more of both, but mostly the bad stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 00:03 (three years ago) link
classic JiC challops. i love it
― Nhex, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 02:10 (three years ago) link
lol I'll concede that there seems to be a ton to do, and while that may be fun right now I am playing the main story, which is kind of dumb.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 02:16 (three years ago) link
I agree with josh, arkham city was bullshit i thought
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link
100% agree. asylum good others bad.
― adam, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 03:28 (three years ago) link
Similarly annoying: I started Arkham City on hard, and was surprised to immediately be in the guise of Catwoman. And then I kept getting my ass kicked over and over and over again, and thought, boy, this is much harder. So I quit the game and started again on normal, only to discover as best I can tell, I am *supposed* to get my ass kicked and maybe didn't necessarily need to start over again on normal.
While I admit that it's odd that the Catwoman DLC (which you probably can't get the game without these days) puts you into a fight immediately, before the intro/tutorial stuff that you get later, you are absolutely supposed to win that fight against generic goons, unless you've managed to unlock New Game+ right off the bat? In fact, you can't proceed without beating them.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 09:53 (three years ago) link
It was totally what the game began with. No tutorial, no reminder of skills or abilities, just Catwoman in a fight with goons that ends with the goons knocking her out, suspending her over a vat of acid and Batman having to rescue her from Two Face iirc. I assumed you always ultimately get knocked out and suspended over a vat of acid to introduce Batman to rescue you. I have the Return to Arkham edition, maybe that changed things? Maybe it comes with all DLC and extra stuff integrated? Anyway, that's one of the reasons I struggled with the harder difficulty setting, because I was suddenly playing as Catwoman, didn't know any of her powers, and never got a reminder of what buttons do what. It was odd. Fwiw since then it's made me play as Catwoman one other time so far, fighting Poison Ivy for some reason.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link
ydnrc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO83H3wAGP0
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 13:10 (three years ago) link
No, that's how I remember it. you start right in as Catwoman, and then no matter how you do, you get captured.Anyway. Lotta running/flapping around in this game.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 13:18 (three years ago) link
About 8hrs into Ni No Kuni and much as it's a sweet-looking, beautiful game which I will probably continue with, I must say I have a few complaints:
- fucking annoying battle system. Just so fiddly and unfair. Real time, but menu-based, so if an enemy is about to attack you, you have to click over to the 'defend' option really quickly and it's not always easy. similarly, if you select 'attack', your character will just hit the enemy over and over again for a set amount of time. it doesn't work. either make it turn based or a proper battle, but not this shit. now I've just got my first companion, it's even more confusing and hard to use. - if this is a remaster, it's a shame that huge chunks of the dialogue weren't voice acted. especially since a lot of conversations you have go on way longer than they need to. I find myself just clucking through the written dialogue a lot of the time because it's boring and tells me stuff I already know, which shouldn't happen with an RPG- I want to savour the story! - for these reasons it's massively inconsistent. the game presents itself as being aimed at youngsters and spoon-feeds you basic information and stuff you already know, but couples this with a needlessly complex battle and menu system that makes even the most Adult RPGs look straightforward
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 9 October 2020 00:04 (three years ago) link
if this is a remaster, it's a shame that huge chunks of the dialogue weren't voice acted.
TBF I think this is just a thing for JRPGs in general. I've gotten used to it, but I can see how it can be off-putting to others.
― Fisherman's Worf (Leee), Friday, 9 October 2020 00:38 (three years ago) link
partial voice acting is pretty common in JRPGs because they have a lot of text and don't have a huge budget. and then on top of that it also depends on which publisher is localizing it and how much they're willing to spend on the english dub, sometimes you end up with even less. or more in some rare cases.
― ciderpress, Friday, 9 October 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
Vampyr is free with PS+ this month. It looks like a terrible Dishonored.
Should I bother?
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Friday, 9 October 2020 13:17 (three years ago) link
xp it must be cos I'm used to things like Witcher 3, Death stranding etc
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 9 October 2020 13:42 (three years ago) link
I'm on the JRPG side... most of these games have SO MUCH text that you get bored waiting for dialogue to finish, and the dialogue pacing in most video games still feels incredibly unnatural (voice acting recorded in separate booths asynchronously, probably). I'd rather just read it most of the time
― Nhex, Friday, 9 October 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
i’d rather just button-mash through most of the text dialogue tbh like i did in persona 5
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
plus, the voice acting is often really bad - i also prefer to read
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
oh yeah i always mash through when i've read the line rather than let the voice acting line play out even in games where i like the voice acting
― ciderpress, Friday, 9 October 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link
maybe this is why my playtimes are always 5-10 hours less than everyone else's
― ciderpress, Friday, 9 October 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
my Divinity Original Sin 2 game is taking foooooorever, not only because i'm in a 4-player co-op, but also because they like to let the spoken lines play out in full. takes like 20 minutes to talk to everyone
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:13 (three years ago) link
I think Ni No Kuni's the only JRPG I've played where I wanted more voice acting rather than less. But even then I really just wanted more from the little welsh guy.
Agree on it being weirdly non-kid friendly for a game that's so appealing to kids. Years since I played it but my lad at that point was fascinated by it, while being nowhere near ready to play it himself.
― JimD, Friday, 9 October 2020 15:46 (three years ago) link
i will also give vampyr a shot
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 9 October 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
or i would if their store wasn't down
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 9 October 2020 16:09 (three years ago) link
I couldn't get past the gameplay in Ni No Kuni. It was stressin' me out
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 9 October 2020 16:47 (three years ago) link
i never played ni no kuni 1 but i think they must have overcorrected with 2 because that had really basic hack & slash combat that got boring by the halfway point
― ciderpress, Friday, 9 October 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
it's frustrating because nnk almost, Almost scratches my Chrono Trigger itch
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 9 October 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
Forgot I didn't finish Arkham City so played a bit more yesterday. It's just such a step down from the first one with so much boring bullshit, like pulling yourself along on a raft with your Batpuller, or cracking those "codes" with your Batcracker, or facing those padded/armored baddies whose weak point is ... being punched a lot. Or after establishing the guys with guns as a major threat in the first one, now having guys carrying or running off to get guns all the time but just standing around while you punch other people. The snipers are pretty lethal, but so far they don't seem to be a real threat. The graphics are kind of grosser, too. Oh, and the writing ... it's so stiff and bad. I just found some doctor who tried to hit me with a pipe or something, and she apologizes. "Oh, Batman, I could have killed you!" And he responds with something like "Not likely. If someone takes a swing at me with a pipe, they don't get a chance to apologize." Come on, Batman, if you're going to offer comebacks, maybe hit some open mic nights first and test them out.
(Heh. "Batman: Open Mic Knight.")
Anyway, it's not *bad*-bad. It's fun enough. It just feels super padded to no real end.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
OK, Arkham City is essentially done (I think I have a bit more Catwoman to play first?). This game is definitely dumber and less good than its predecessor, but it has a nice fight at the end. As usual, I had no idea what the story was. Some bad guy's evil plan to do something? Sounds about right.
Anyway, I have Ori to play, but I think that will be my reward for finishing Bloodborne, which feels like what I want to play next.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 October 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
i've been playing way too much Control lately, so much so that I'm sure I dreamt about it all night last night, and also the other day in the pub I had a moment where I thought "Don't hit the triangle button and accidentally boost into a table and kill your mate"
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Monday, 26 October 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
― Nhex, Monday, 26 October 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link
fuck! did the ashtray maze last night... mindblowing. just a shame it only takes about 5 minutes or something. i'm on the cusp of completing the game now.
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
i'll go back to control at some point, it didn't connect after an hour.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
I think the AWE DLC for Control lets you replay the Ashtray Maze, though I haven't tried it myself yet. I really enjoyed the DLC, incidentally, moreso than the Foundation.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
wha! that inspires me to crack it open some more. after I'm done with Fire Emblem, someday
― Nhex, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
yeah i played it for an hour and thought 'huh, it's a shooter and the game physics are weird', but coming back to it, it's a real Lynchian/Kubrickian white-collar phantasm with loads of twists and turns. it rivals only Death Stranding in terms of uncanny strangeness
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
okay, thanks for that. i'll give it another try sooner or later.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
OK, *now* I'm done Arkham City. It really shows how much side content and other BS there must be if the Batman main story plus the Catwoman DLC main story adds up to ... 13% completion? Can that be right? Anyway, if it is right that means should I ever feel the need to beat anyone up as Batman (or Catwoman, who has more ... personality) I can just dive right back in to spamming the square button.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
I was going to pick up Miles Morales on launch day for PS4 but worried about stock PS4 performance from the little i've heard... any takes out there that would assuage my fears?
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 November 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
Oh screw it. Had a reward certificate to burn from Avengers, so I pulled the trigger. At least it'll be forward-compatible
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 November 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
i feel pretty certain you won’t regret it
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 7 November 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
they remembered to put spider-man in this one
― ciderpress, Saturday, 7 November 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
Ugh when I saw that video of the animation I was so close to pulling the trigger but I need to stop buying $90 CAD video games long enough to replace/upgrade my desperately wheezing desktop pc. I think this year's count and plick will include a lot of things I regret not playing/voting for
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Sunday, 8 November 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
PS+ 12-month sub for $28 is really hard to beat:https://kinjadeals.theinventory.com/just-in-time-for-ps5-bag-a-whole-year-of-playstation-p-1844203423
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 22:18 (three years ago) link
I'm always kind of leery of those mysterious key sites
― Nhex, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 22:27 (three years ago) link
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 23:02 (three years ago) link
I've used mysterious key sites for ps+ deals several times and it's been fine.
I had issues attempting to buy my son 12 months of xbone game pass where I was sent 4 lots of 3 months which it turned out were all introductory offers meaning he could only use one of them. I then spent hours of effort fighting for my money back.
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 23:14 (three years ago) link
Picked up Red Dead Redemption 2 for $20, which seemed like a good deal. I think I'm more or less down to two (maybe three) remaining titles that I want for the PS4, Last of Us 2 and Ghosts of Tsushima, but I've got so much left to play that I bet those titles will be down to $20 or less as well by the time I'm ready for them.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 November 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
Got so many half-finished games. I did complete Control but got a bit stuck on the DLCs. There's one boss who destroys me within minutes on the AWE DLC and I can't do anything about it. Plus the whole game has an eerieness that I can only endure with that much intensity for a while.
I'm loving God Of War currently. Was a bit put off by how restrictive it felt compared to other open world games: It's a bit linear, or at least to start with, plus you can't jump or climb unless you're in certain places (after playing Control, this feels very strange). But it opens out as it goes along, and actually plays these perceived limitations to its strengths. Plus it's a beautiful game, the acting is INCREDIBLE and I really like the fact I have companions who speak to me all the way through so far, which makes it a far less lonely experience than some games.
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 26 November 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link
I had a blast with God of War. I probably posted my reaction earlier, but I honestly don't need a game or system to look or play better than that, and yeah, good writing and voice acting goes on a long way.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 November 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
If that's the main boss in AWE, did you get the new service weapon form? I saw a video where it went down in short order with that form after I spent many tries using other methods. Also, Shield has gotten a buff so it's a viable ability now (if you were like me and previously ignored it).
God of War isn't really an open world game IMO. Handsome, but I never connected with it.
― Basic Chan Ho Park (Leee), Thursday, 26 November 2020 19:47 (three years ago) link
It's the very last fight with Hartman. I have the surge weapon
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 26 November 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
But it involves putting these lights into sockets but as soon as i go in the dark (which is impossible not to) he just appears and decks me.
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 26 November 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
Are you staying in the lit areas to recharge your energy? Because you can basically dodge your way through the dark and avoid getting hit by the boss and with enough energy left to put the energy boxes back in. Also, right before you drop down to the boss area, you can call in a ranger for backup, which I didn't notice and which ended being a huge help as Hartman will focus his attention on that poor sucker.
― Basic Chan Ho Park (Leee), Thursday, 26 November 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
this is an unpopular opinion, but it in a way, god of war, ghosts of tsushima, rdr2, and asscreed are all the same game. it's the same car with a different set of paint. i've played most of them, not a harsh judgment. it just seems like the same game that we're all playing over and over. map/checkbox games, i guess. god of war, less so, because it's more linear and on rails most of the time, but it leaves the same overall taste after playing it. but lately it's become so predictable.
control, i haven't played, and i really want to, in part because it seems to be a well polished game that is not the same
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 November 2020 22:28 (three years ago) link
i really like losing myself in those same beautiful, open world games, though and i expect that ray tracing will make it seem ever more believable. but maybe for the next generation of the same game, they can just put those advances front and center, a full return to the mid-90s style of ads: "more pixels! better graphics! real-time 3D world! future tech ray tracing! Mode 7.5!"
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 November 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
just grabbed control, very different than those sandbox games
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 26 November 2020 22:47 (three years ago) link
You're in for a treat
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 26 November 2020 23:05 (three years ago) link
I haven't played most of those, KM, but I assume the likes of Uncharted, Tomb Raider and maybe even Last of Us fit in there, too. They're kind of all essentially interactive blockbuster movies, driven by plot over game play. Personally, as a solo offline player, so far I enjoy the template.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 November 2020 00:19 (three years ago) link
don't think god of war belongs in that group unless the new one is way more open world than it looks, it goes with uncharted et al
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 November 2020 00:35 (three years ago) link
i guess it depends whether you're talking about structure or moment to moment gameplay
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 November 2020 00:38 (three years ago) link
Control admittedly does kinda become that sort of game, though the world is more hermetic, like a Metroid title. But I think the sheer "personality" of the game is enough to distinguish it from other third-person action explore-'em-ups.
― Nhex, Friday, 27 November 2020 00:39 (three years ago) link
xp josh don't get me wrong, about twice per console generation i get totally sucked in and enjoy it a lot. RDR2 was the main example of that for me, for PS4
but at this point, for that kind of game, it's like ok what flavor do you want - samurai, cowboy, space, etc
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 November 2020 00:43 (three years ago) link
ultimately god of war is a character action game and i don't think the cinematic excess can change thatcontrol is a shooter/adventure game hybrid which puts it closer to metroid or resident evil than uncharted
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 November 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
yeah control has a lot in common with metroid
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 27 November 2020 01:02 (three years ago) link
My wife took a gander at me playing Bloodborne yesterday and kind of dismissed it, saying "eh, the graphics don't look that special." I told her the game was already five or so years old, but she should have checked out God of War when I was playing that one. Gorgeous. If I ever start RDR2 or Last of Us 2 I'll be sure to call her down for those ones, too. Though to be fair the not photo realistic qualities of the Souls games are part of their appeal. I keep seeing clips of Demon's Souls PS5 and I can't imagine playing one of these games that looks that slick.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 November 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
Should I buy RDr2 or control? I don’t think I can play both
― calstars, Friday, 27 November 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
i haven't played control, and i liked RDR2, but i think the answer is control unless you really want to be a cowboy riding at sunset (which i did)
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 November 2020 01:46 (three years ago) link
why not do both? both are cheap enough right now that you won't regret it too much if you don't like one
― Nhex, Friday, 27 November 2020 01:48 (three years ago) link
though obviously I vote Control since I've played and enjoyed that one. i will probably get RDR 2 this sale but i've already been spending way too much on sales this month...
RDR2 + Control dual playthrough concept - when arthur morgan goes to sleep, he dreams of control
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 November 2020 01:51 (three years ago) link
whenever possible, we should be playing multiple games and integrating their stories
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 November 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link
but not kingdom hearts
Cool cool I will get both
― calstars, Friday, 27 November 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link
Tesco ('ssssssSSS') are doing games for really cheap at the moment: God of War for £8, Death Stranding for £20.
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 27 November 2020 13:17 (three years ago) link
i absolutely adored rdr2 fwiw. actually somewhat moving at times and i loved the slow pace and getting lost in the world, it can be incredibly relaxing
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 27 November 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
Sweet, I’m looking forward to it. I started Control and eh, not sure about it. Played about a half hour - 45 mins, and it’s kind of a pretty generic shooter. My expectations may have been too high. Also looking for a deal on cloudpunk, I have a feeling I’ll click with that one.
― calstars, Friday, 27 November 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
Keep on with Control. I did the same as you: played about 40 mins and figured I wasn't in the mood for a shooter, and didn't like some of the physics either, but it really opens up (or more accurately gets deeper) as you go. Very little generic about it after a couple of hours
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 27 November 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
Cool, will doIs the protagonist supposed to have a limp or is the animation for walking fast / running just kind of broken?
― calstars, Friday, 27 November 2020 17:36 (three years ago) link
i got to the first boss in control and remembered why i don't generally go for action games like this lol
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 27 November 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link
Xp ummm no? Its not something I'd noticed myself. How do you mean? The physics thing that annoyed me is that objects didn't really seem to have any weight to them. You walk into a tea trolley and it just falls over like it's made of paper. It stops being annoying quite soon after though, especially once you start gaining more powers, which is when the fame gets really satisfying and fun
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 27 November 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link
global tetrahedron yes it me
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 27 November 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
Ghost of Tsushima is $34 on Target. I'm waiting till that magic $20 price point.
― Basic Chan Ho Park (Leee), Monday, 30 November 2020 23:34 (three years ago) link
might be a bit since it's still popular and got turned into a crossgen game
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 November 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
I'm ok with that, as I've got a fair number of long games from my BF haul (Fire Emblem, Persona 5 Royal).
― Basic Chan Ho Park (Leee), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
imo the day when it’s $20 is when the sequel comes out, which will be exactly one iteration of improvement better than the original
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 02:31 (three years ago) link
nah, horizon has been 20 bucks for ages and the sequel is still a year away
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 02:37 (three years ago) link
First-party Sony titles don't stay high for long. It'll be $20 sooner than later, guessing by April.Am tempted still, but good lord I've spent too much this past month already
― Nhex, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 03:27 (three years ago) link
Pretty sure I bought the complete Horizon Zero Dawn for $10. $10 at, say, Best Buy right now, in fact.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
Completed God of War. It's not a particularly long game. Neither does it feel like a particularly BIG game compared to a few that I've played, despite the action taking place over several different realms. That said, there's so much to discover and the post-story game feels like a challenge in itself. Along with the action, I really admired its subtleties and puzzle elements. I'm starting to get an almost sixth sense for sniffing out Odin's Ravens (there was one yesterday that was almost invisible against a bright blue sky, but I just knew it was there). There's also something immensely satisfying about seeking out treasure chests and those buckets that hang from roofs and trees: In fact this is one of the most appealing parts of the game for me.Likewise, the action and fighting parts of the game operate between slightly clunky and slow reaction times (which can be frustrating: I sometimes feel like I'm hitting block or attack and Kratos just kind of stands there getting whooped), but other times hitting the right combination of buttons at the right times can be devastating. Fights are often difficult, but it's rare that I'll need to attempt more than 3-4 tries on the hardest ones, which stops it dissolving into just a repetitive button-mashing frenzy.I have to say the acting and scenery are some of the best I've seen in any game. Kratos and Atreus (also Mimir, Freya and Baldur) are truly believable, complex characters. The storyline did confuse me a little at points. There's a lot of lore, and often I'd be concentrating on paddling my boat in the right direction and unable to concentrate on Mimir and Atreus whipping through some essential exposition points.Anyway, a great game. Now to deck some Valkyries
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 12:12 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I stopped after I got one or two of them, who iirc were much harder than the rest of the game.
I also think a lot of God of War is funny. There's some great writing, especially the talking head.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 13:46 (three years ago) link
I've just bought Control after catching up on this thread, any tips for a noob?
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
Willl, let me know how you get on. I would say just go with it: It's a fairly linear game, but the fun is in the discovery, the weirdness, the uncanniness of it and slowly pieceing together what the hell is going on. I don't want to spoil it, but it's very much a Metroid-style game that lets you acquire really quite impressive abilities which open up the game a whole lot. It really doesn't spoon feed you though, so PM me if you have any Qs
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
dog latin is spot on. I would add - run and gun as much as you need, and do any Artifacts of Power missions ASAP. Takes a while to get any defensive abilities.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:26 (three years ago) link
Thanks :) Looking forward to something with a plot after a month of caning Rocket League and PES 2021, and somehow getting worse at both!
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
I'm about 12 hours into Control now, what a great game - I see what you meant about it being an uncanny Metroid. Really enjoying piecing together the backstory (and flinging filing cabinets around with my mind).I think the difficulty is pitched just right as well, challenging but hasn't provoked a rage quit yet. Good recommendation :)
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Monday, 7 December 2020 11:19 (three years ago) link
I almost forgot I bought it when it was last on sale. Whenever I finish Bloodborne (sooner rather than later) I think I want to play the latest Ori, the maybe try Carrion, then ... maybe a mix of Control and RDR2? I have the latter on disc, so it'll likely live in the machine, but Control I bought digitally, which makes it easier to switch around, I think.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 December 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
one of the things i'm actually most looking forward to in the next gen of consoles is that ability to switch between multiple frozen game states. Not sure how/if it works on PS5 but it looked great in those XSX previews
― Nhex, Monday, 7 December 2020 14:13 (three years ago) link
i think the PS5 version is less save-state-y and more about booting directly to developer-specified waypoints at the start of levels/missions rather than the title screen
― ciderpress, Monday, 7 December 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
one of the things i'm actually most looking forward to in the next gen of consoles is that ability to switch between multiple frozen game state
Amazing that such a basic thing that's been thrown in with emulators for decades is seen as a next gen advancement and even then it's still going to be a not-quite-save-state.
― Clean-up on ILX (onimo), Monday, 7 December 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
Cyberpunk 2077... so this is actually happening? Will it be worth it on PS4?
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Monday, 7 December 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
Probably, but I can wait on that one
― Nhex, Monday, 7 December 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
witcher 3 was a mess at release, this will probably be worse if the number of times its been delayed is any indication
― ciderpress, Monday, 7 December 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
save states are just writing the memory to disk which when you're emulating old consoles that had like 128kb memory is trivial but on contemporaneous consoles it translates to a decent chunk of hard drive space per save
― ciderpress, Monday, 7 December 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
I get that I'm just being all "technological advances that took a five generations to get worse"
don't mind me
― Clean-up on ILX (onimo), Monday, 7 December 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
I figure cyberpunk will be mostly playable by xmas so I can wait to then
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 01:21 (three years ago) link
word going around that it has a dangerously seizure-inducing sequence in it so don't play it unless you're sure you don't have epilepsy
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
We got a PS5 now, trying out all the games to compare (as we got a new 4K telly recently). RDR2, No Mans Sky and Destiny 2 all look bloody marvellous.
Haptic feedback controller is neat too.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 04:49 (three years ago) link
Picked up Hellblade (Senua's Sacrifice) and Detroit: Become Human (which came with Heavy Rain, didn't realise).
Just started Hellblade and it's mighty impressive, especially for an indie game. The presentation and aesthetics are first class. The puzzles are a bit annoying and the fight sections are rudimentary, but for some reason it really doesn't matter.
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 00:47 (three years ago) link
an 'indie game' by a long-running game company with 100 employees
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 01:28 (three years ago) link
still have a feeling of revulsion every time I read the words "Heavy Rain", pretty good going for a game I played 10 years ago
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 01:35 (three years ago) link
I've never played a Quantic game, but the main dude there is a creep and a hack, from what I've read.
― Sammy Agar-Agar (Leee), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 01:36 (three years ago) link
i like that vid of the heavy rain scene where they fail every QTE. never played the game
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 01:48 (three years ago) link
i played Heavy Rain & Final Fantasy XIII one after the other never has my faith in gaming been called into question more
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 02:02 (three years ago) link
any opportunity to post this, i post thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEK5VxDMMjo
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 02:14 (three years ago) link
i will still stan for fahrenheit, at least everything up until the supernatural cultist stuff
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 09:56 (three years ago) link
don't know anythig about Heavy Rain. Is it very bad?
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 12:17 (three years ago) link
it’s undeniably interesting for awhile but it defined the idea of “walking simulator”. also pretty bleak and mostly not fun iirc
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 12:21 (three years ago) link
Um Heavy Rain isn't a walking simulator and definitely doesn't define that term.
― JimD, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
I wouldn't mind a few more games that aren't aimed entirely at kids and younger teens but also aren't entirely bleak either.
Think I mentioned upthread about the noticeable difference in "vibe" between the old SNES games I used to play and the PS4 games I play now. With Sony games I always get this eerie, slightly melancholy sense of loneliness, and it's pervasive from game to game, whereas in the 16Bit days I never felt this.
At first I wondered if it was because I was moving from a 2D to 3D environment, but I'm not sure. The SNES games often evoked a feeling of comradery, of being in company even when I'm alone. But even a 2D platformer on PS4 like Celeste or a gentle indie game like Journey can make me feel painfully lonesome.
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYQDnV092hI
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 14:07 (three years ago) link
lol okay maybe i'm rewriting history a bit. but jim it's literally a game where you have to manipulate the right stick in a certain way in order to apply a band-aid. you have to walk to the door then manipulate the right stick in a semicircle to turn the knob. i mean.... the 'default mode' of the game outside QTEs or other special scenarios is extremely a walking simulator
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
i think you're right dl - i think it's something to do w 3d but maybe there is something cultural about playstation games as well. tomb raider 1 was the extremely lonely experience too. metal gear solid, ghost in the shell - all v haunted in their own ways. there are counterexamples though. beyond good and evil. ratchet & clank. crash bandicoot.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
ah yes, of course.
i guess PS4 doesn't have a whole lot of big cutesy platformers whereas that's a Nintendo staple.
I'm also thinking about top-down RPGs like Earthbound or Chrono Trigger which played-off on the contrast companionship and loneliness. In Earthbound you spend a good part of the game meeting people who help you with your quest, then at one point you lose everyone and you're by yourself, and the feeling of solitude is palpable.
I haven't played a lot of modern JRPGs, mostly because I'm put off by the graphical style: with top-downers the graphics are simplistic, you have to fill-in the gaps with your imagination. The switch to 3D meant a move-away from the super-deformed style, meaning the characters became stylised in a way I can only describe as "skateboards and hairgel".
But with all the 3rd person games: Control, Witcher 3, Death Stranding, even RDR2, I am a person leading a solipsistic life. I interact with characters, sometimes they even join me for short periods on my quest, but there's something not quite there... It's like these worlds aren't properly populated. Maybe it's the 3D thing, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link
On another note, I was also thinking about RDR2, which I started the other day and think is technically amazing but am starting to get a bit bored of.
For all its realism and all its possibilities, it's actually a bit let-down by what you can't do and what doesn't happen. For example, in certain instances you can shoot-off the lock on a pair of handcuffs, but there are buildings with doors that remain shut and locked for the entirety of the game. Certain events, items, quests etc will lock-off to you unless you do things in the way the game wants, creating ludonarrative distance. It's frustrating that such an incredible open-world game can so easily take you out of the experience.
In Witcher 3, I can waltz into someone's house and steal all their food and money without them reacting. If I walk into an empty house, I NEVER get anyone come into the room and ask "Hey what the HELL are you doing in here?", which is something I kept expecting to happen for the first few hours of the game. But if I so much as look at something in the streets of Novigrad when a guard is watching, I'll have the entire armed forces of Redania on my neck.
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
I really think that we've peaked in terms of graphics and sound, and it's time for developers to concentrate on the possiblities of creating open worlds that truly respond to the player's actions. I think RDR2 and Witcher have come very close to this, but it's about questioning why things DON'T happen in games that could or would happen in a real life context. I read a criticism of RDR2 recently that it was ultimately an interactive theatre piece - you can talk to the characters, shoot them, antagonise them, greet them etc; but you can't bribe them, or get them to help you or join you on your quest. In effect, we're quite far behind in those terms.
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
agreed!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
i think open world design is kind of a dead end in that sense, it diverts so many development resources away from detailed interactivity when you have to populate a 100km^2 world.
the hitman games are a good example of what the other end of the spectrum can look like, smaller and much more dense and intricate sandboxes
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
Hitman sounds interesting. is there a good place to start? (PS4 only here)
Of course the absolute nadir is Cyberpunk which tried to cram so much into a massive open world city but ended up with talking mannekins for NPCs and Tonka toys for vehicles.
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:51 (three years ago) link
RDR2 has a ton of accessible interior spaces... a huge improvement over GTA5 (or RDR1), which had very very few.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:56 (three years ago) link
Definitely get Hitman 3, which includes all of Hitman 1 and 2 as purchasable downloadable content.
i think hitman 2 has a free demo of the first level if you want to get a sense for what it's like.
3 just came out and yeah you can buy all the 1&2 levels as DLC for 3 if you like it enough to play the whole series
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
That's true. And if you get Hitman 2 you can import your level progress into Hitman 3 later.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 17:34 (three years ago) link
RDR2 has a ton of accessible interior spaces... a huge improvement over GTA5 (or RDR1), which had very very few.― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, January 27, 2021 4:56 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, January 27, 2021 4:56 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
True, and I'm not saying it doesn't. But so far it's mostly empty old shacks with a couple of cig packets lying around. I feel like the new generation of consoles should let you break in to every building if you wanted to. I'd want to be able to break open a back window, sneak in, loot some stuff, but also be consciously looking over my shoulder in case the owner gets home and catches me.
With Witcher, I'd like to be able to go down into the catacombs, but instead of just hacking and slashing my way past successional waves of monsters, I'd be doing my best to hide from a witch who is also somewhere down there, cackling away in one of the tunnels. At one point, I'd reach a chamber with a hidden treasure - but having given myself away, I hear a voice from behind.
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
I'm all for this new gen Hunt the Wumpus
― new variant (onimo), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 18:03 (three years ago) link
would buy
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 18:03 (three years ago) link
Have you ever played Gone Home, Tracer?
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
i tried. it felt too much like “guess the secret thing to activate”
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
I'm just asking because it's the archetypal walking simulator - you just wander around the house occasionally finding notes, there's like three things that you can pick up and carry to somewhere else, there's nearly no 'gameplay' (by certain definitions that the game arguably pushes at) there. I've not played Heavy Rain but if there's things you have to do other than just walk around then I'd say that makes it not a great fit.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:21 (three years ago) link
the thing about heavy rain is that it literally makes moving your body parts and incidental actions into “challenges” that you have to get right. it was unique at the time and kind of cronenbergy in an uncanny way but for me was eventually a little bit “ffs”
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
I get irked by lock picking mechanisms to find loot. Fuck learning door handle turning.
― new variant (onimo), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
the thing about heavy rain is that it literally makes moving your body parts and incidental actions into “challenges” that you have to get right. it was unique at the time and kind of cronenbergy in an uncanny way but for me was eventually a little bit “ffs”― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, January 27, 2021 9:24 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, January 27, 2021 9:24 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
The cursory first few minutes of Detroit that I played seemed to be like this. RDR2 is a bit like that too to a certain extent. this sort of thing (making day-to-day actions one would perform without thinking) into something complicated actually hinders immersion
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Thursday, 28 January 2021 12:19 (three years ago) link
yeah it's really bone-headed imo
ditto how difficult aiming your weapon is in most games where your characters is supposed to be an expert, hardened veteran
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 28 January 2021 12:58 (three years ago) link
Detroit BH is basically a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' game with quicktime events instead of page turns. It picks up the pace occasionally but there is a lot of 'press R3 to comfort the orphaned girl' stuff, that feels like its just making sure you are still awake before playing the next part of the scene .On the other hand, it has proven to be a great game to play with my wife, who is not a 'gamer' and definitely not into twitch shooters and the like. Its especially fun constantly making the worst possible moral decisions and watching her doubt her life choices. Super Trippy PS4 Tetris or whatever its called has also going down well with her, great game.
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Thursday, 28 January 2021 13:04 (three years ago) link
I haven’t played heavy rain yet but i want to. From everything I’ve seen, it is a very cheesy b-movie that you watch and occasionally prod along by holding a button or something. I think it would be fun to play with non-gamers who like weird movies
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 January 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
there are a few games more explicitly made to scratch that itch, 'until dawn' for example
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
But can you yell “Jason!?!” in After Dawn?
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
that's a good attitude karl and with it i think you might get a lot out of it
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link
that said i prefer fahrenheit because it's even more cheesy, even more pulpy and way more outrageous
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
"it's been years since i pulled this revolver out of its holster. but in its day, the mere sight of it was enough to send every two-timin' ghost town lootin', half-witted outlaw runnin', at least west of the Platte"
*pulls out gun and aims it straight it up into the air, twirling and rotating in place, reloading*
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
you can yell Jason in most games but i don't know if it will affect gameplay
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
Wait til ye try and shoot from a yard out in pro evo 3 lads
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link
^^ deep cuts that never heal ^^
― new variant (onimo), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
This looks like a fun Gaiden-vania. Usually I don't get to play these games because they're only on Switch/PC these days:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBuOXuIwPo4
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 28 January 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
Jordan you should get a switch
― na (NA), Thursday, 28 January 2021 22:39 (three years ago) link
― na (NA), Thursday, 28 January 2021 22:43 (three years ago) link
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
I've not played a game for ages and went for this one 2nd hand on e-bay cos it looks pretty good from YT reviews.
― calzino, Sunday, 31 January 2021 09:20 (three years ago) link
guilty gear strive beta available for free, open until the 21st 3pm GMT
https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/obt/
― chihuahuau, Friday, 19 February 2021 13:07 (three years ago) link
nice, gonna try it today
― Nhex, Friday, 19 February 2021 13:27 (three years ago) link
Free if you pre-ordered?
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Friday, 19 February 2021 15:39 (three years ago) link
pre-orders got it a day early - it's open to the public now, just until the end of the day
― Nhex, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
yes it's now free for everyone and it's not just today, it's the whole weekend BUT rn it's not working at all and has been like that for several hours
you can download the beta but not play anything, not even the offline modes
― chihuahuau, Friday, 19 February 2021 18:32 (three years ago) link
Emergency Maintenance:Due to a server issue currently under investigation, the game can still not be played.We are currently performing a final check in a test environment.We ask for your patience for a while longer.We're truly sorry. https://t.co/trNDTTHERu— ArcSystemWorks ➡️ #GuiltyGearStrive 04.09.21 (@ArcSystemWorksU) February 19, 2021
― chihuahuau, Friday, 19 February 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
oh, the beta is PS5 only? boo.
― Nhex, Friday, 19 February 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
no, it's ps4 and ps5 and there's crossplay, the psn store is probably making it confusing
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0036-CUSA24910_00-GGSTOBTUS0000100
― chihuahuau, Friday, 19 February 2021 23:07 (three years ago) link
tyvm
― Nhex, Friday, 19 February 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
Extending the Open Beta Test:We have decided to extend the Guilty Gear -Strive- Open Beta Test two days for all participants, ending Feb. 23 at 6:59AM PST.🚨*Please note that the Open Beta Test game data can only be downloaded until Feb. 21 at 6:59 AM PST.— ArcSystemWorks ➡️ #GuiltyGearStrive 04.09.21 (@ArcSystemWorksU) February 21, 2021
― chihuahuau, Sunday, 21 February 2021 01:25 (three years ago) link
Anything worth checking out from today's State of Play?
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Friday, 26 February 2021 05:58 (three years ago) link
A lot of them had been in previous state of plays... Returnal, Deathloop, Oddworld, etc. Returnal looks pretty nice.
Crash Bandicoot 4 and Final Fantasy VII Remake are getting pretty substantial upgrades for next gen.
Sifu and Solar Ash looked cool of the games I hadn't seen before.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 26 February 2021 07:09 (three years ago) link
only new announcement was FF7 Remake Yuffie DLC, it being exclusive to PS5 is wtf
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 26 February 2021 08:12 (three years ago) link
at least it's a free upgrade from the PS4 version but yeah, weird
― Nhex, Friday, 26 February 2021 12:32 (three years ago) link
presumably will be on PC eventually
― ciderpress, Friday, 26 February 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
I see that Hitman 2 is on sale for a few more days, but how the trilogies work in terms of transferring progress is a little confusing. Would 2 be a good starting place (Hitman 1 GOTY is still full price), and I'd just wait for 3 to eventually come down in price?
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Sunday, 28 February 2021 01:19 (three years ago) link
It's a little bit complicated.
https://www.ign.com/wikis/hitman-3/How_to_Get_Hitman_1_And_2_in_Hitman_3
Since you can import H2 progress to 3, 2 is a good starting place, but you won't have access to the Hitman 1 levels out of the box unless you pay extra for it as DLC or already own it.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 28 February 2021 03:01 (three years ago) link
Except it's not, if your PS4 version is the one you'll be getting free with PS+ next month. So yeah, even weirder.
https://gamerant.com/final-fantasy-7-remake-playstation-plus-ps5-upgrade/
― JimD, Monday, 1 March 2021 10:57 (three years ago) link
There's a Ratchet and Clank game that's free to download for some reason!
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Thursday, 4 March 2021 05:36 (three years ago) link
Ah ha: https://www.cnet.com/news/ratchet-clank-ps4-free-to-download/
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Thursday, 4 March 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
Is there a way to make the button prompts bigger in Hitman 2? I can barely make out the onscreen tips and tutorials.
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Sunday, 7 March 2021 22:04 (three years ago) link
that's a problem for tons of games, for me. i think we're supposed have bigger and better displays
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 7 March 2021 22:19 (three years ago) link
unfortunately, I enjoy having a wall in addition to a display, so
As well as hardly ever being able to make out button prompts, my TV is so old it overscans my PS4 and there's no option to stop it doing it, making a lot of games more difficult and some (Civ 6) impossible to play
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Monday, 8 March 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link
Do I need a PS+ account to play Hitman 2? I bought Hitman 2: Gold Edition, which is supposed to be the full game + DLC, but I can only play the first level plus the prologue -- all the other missions say "Get Access" with a link to go to the store, but when I go there, it says it's already installed.
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Saturday, 13 March 2021 02:02 (three years ago) link
You shouldn't need it, unless you got Hitman 2 as part of PS+ a while back. Maybe delete and reinstall?
― Nhex, Saturday, 13 March 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
I figured it out, the levels are separate downloads.
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Saturday, 13 March 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
Free from April 19 to May 14Horizon: Zero Dawn Complete Edition
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
Of course, I've bought like half the games in that promo and they're still sealed
― Nhex, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
I've had my eye on ABZU for a bit, and mildly curious about The Witness (mild because of my wariness about the FP POV).
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Thursday, 18 March 2021 00:09 (three years ago) link
Incidentally, I think I'm going to delete Ratchet & Clank. Unengaging script/characters, basic gameplay, and 25GB that could be better used for Hitman levels.
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Thursday, 18 March 2021 00:17 (three years ago) link
abzu and witness and gungeon are all very much worth playing; looking forward to finally trying subnautica
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 March 2021 01:35 (three years ago) link
Free games! https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/9779f12f-50c8-4c07-8d20-47e21293b6c6/1
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Friday, 26 March 2021 03:56 (three years ago) link
nice of them to drop them all at once! though they would do the Epic Store drip feedare the PS5 versions claimable too?
― Nhex, Friday, 26 March 2021 12:42 (three years ago) link
btw, i noticed that Sony quietly re-added the Wishlist function back to the store. good move. too bad my 100 WL titles from pre-Nov are gone, though.
― Nhex, Friday, 26 March 2021 12:44 (three years ago) link
at last!I found out you can still access the old store the other day, my old wishlist was still therehttps://store.playstation.com/en-us/home/games?smcid=psapphttps://store.playstation.com/en-gb/home/games?smcid=psappetc
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 26 March 2021 12:53 (three years ago) link
They're all up but Horizon Zero Dawn, iirc. No doubt because that game is much bigger and takes longer to download.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 March 2021 15:54 (three years ago) link
xp aw, those links just redirect me to the current store
― Nhex, Saturday, 27 March 2021 00:31 (three years ago) link
Horizon Zero Dawn now available as a free dl
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
I just found the perfect supplementary thread for me: https://www.reddit.com/r/patientgamers/
A gaming sub free from the news, hype and drama that surround current releases, catering instead to gamers who wait at least 6 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
a smart and patient gamer is a horse's worst nightmare
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
My horse in Red Dead (named "My Horse") would probably agree. But then again, I brush him and pat him and keep him fed and healthy.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
Last chance to grab HZD for free today
If you've not experienced Aloy's journey yet, today is the last day to claim Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition for 𝓪𝓫𝓼𝓸𝓵𝓾𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓮 as part of Play at Home.Grab it while you can: https://t.co/0LTkUC4I14 pic.twitter.com/OwDchykfIl— PlayStation Europe (@PlayStationEU) May 14, 2021
― groovypanda, Friday, 14 May 2021 09:48 (two years ago) link
Done thanks! Don’t have a PS4 but used my old, unused PS3 account. Someday...
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 14 May 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
Yeah, thanks! I assumed that since I don't pay for PS+ I couldn't get it, but no problems!
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 14 May 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
Question about the new Mass Effect remaster: as someone who only played the first one on Xbox, is it a trivial thing to just buy the new one and start with part 2 on PS4? (I actually still have disc copies for of 2 and 3 for 360)
― Nhex, Saturday, 15 May 2021 02:38 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I think you can start wherever, though I think it uses some defaults for the narrative choices in the first game.
― Tahini Coates (Leee), Saturday, 15 May 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
No idea what the prices will be, but there's a PS sale hitting at the end of the month that I think for the first time includes Ghost of Tsushima, Miles Morales and The Last of Us Part II, which were maybe the last three big titles dropped before the PS5 was released. I'm totally down for all of those, though most likely would skip Miles for now, only because I never finished the first game.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
virtua fighter 5 will be released as a ps+ game, available on june 1st
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/05/26/playstation-plus-games-for-june-operation-tango-virtua-fighter-5-ultimate-showdown-star-wars-squadrons/
― chihuahuau, Sunday, 30 May 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
I thought God of War nu-2 would be the one that could convince me to get a PS5, but now it looks like it not only got delayed to 2022, it'll be for PS4 as well as PS5. So that's even less incentive to upgrade any time soon.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link
2 years crossgen period is pretty normal, 2023 is when you'll get the first big ps5-only title
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 18:24 (two years ago) link
Yeah, but for huge flagship first-party titles? I guess even Nintendo did it with the Zelda games from Wii to Switch, still hard to get used to that idea. I don't feel like this happened with Mario or Halo.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link
They don't need any help selling ps5s right now though, GoW2 will probably be old news by the time supply comes close to exceeding demand
― ✖, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
the first huge flagship first party game on ps4 but not ps3 was horizon zero dawn wasn't it? which came out 3.5 years after launch. bloodborne was earlier but that was still a bit more niche at the time.
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
I didn't realize till this week that PSPrices only aggregates price histories on the PS store, and not from retailers.
OTOH I didn't realize till 15 minutes ago that Deku Deals also lists PS4 games.
― Action Bell (Leee), Saturday, 7 August 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
hello, i have a ps4 question but it is for sensitive eyes only, so it's on 77 in the what's happening thread
― Karl Malone, Monday, 16 August 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
Sort of related, I just paid $40 for a big pile of PS4 games, many big name AAA, a handful of steelbooks. Maybe 20 of them? Where's the best place for me to sell them? I know I can flip them for more than I paid for them, and I know that a place like Gamestop would buy them all and I'd more than make my money back, but I was still hoping to get a good price rather than a lowball.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 16 August 2021 21:56 (two years ago) link
if you want the best ROI sell them individually on ebay. otherwise put them up on craigslist or facebook as a lot and hope someone else who has the time to resell them on ebay will bite. you probably won't get more than half of the ebay going rate for them, but it'd be a lot more than gamestop will give you.
― ✖, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 00:00 (two years ago) link
All the Sony PS4 are dark and stressful and lonely. I appreciate the vibe, but I was on a serious hangover yesterday and I can't fucking play Bloodborne when I'm in that headspace. Like, even pretty indie games like Celeste are frantic and lonesome, and Journey is very beautiful and everything but it's also kind of sad and reflective.
I guess what I'm saying is I need something that's a bit jollier and escapist; something a bit more Nintendo, when I'm feeling broken and sorry for myself. I'd buy a secondhand Switch if I had a little more money, or maybe I could just dust down my SNES mini and replay Yoshi's Island or Chrono Trigger again.
I just find it strange that there's a dearth of these kinds of games on the PS4. I appreciate it's aimed more at an adult market than Nintendo, but adults like Earthbound, right? And sometimes we have dreadful hangovers too. What can I do?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 25 October 2021 13:20 (two years ago) link
Everybody’s Tennis is available in the store for PS4 iirc! Go get it! Incredibly addictive imeThere are fun multiplayer games too like Crash Team Racing and OvercookedI agree with you in general though. For a long time Sony’s had the gritty/sophisicated console and that’s not always what you want
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 25 October 2021 13:53 (two years ago) link
Ah yes I have Overcooked (super stressful but great fun) and Crash which I used to play a lot with my ex before we broke up. *Sigh*.
I don't have PS Now, but I'm considering it. I just really like (and miss) involving storylines with a bit of fun and magic to them - you know, like Chrono, Earthbound, LTTP and all that. I enjoyed Undertale as a kind of gritty parody of those kinds of games; but there was also an element of trying too hard while trying to be edgy. I can see there's a bunch of new-style JRPGs on PS4 invaribaly called things like Brave Crystal Dragon Team X VI or whatever, but they all look very teenage and anime; a bit spiky hair and short-skirts and tons of lore stemming back to previous games.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 25 October 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
Tbf, the From games are all about stressful and lonely. I thought God of War was a blast, have you played that?
I'm playing "Wolfenstein: New Order" right now and it's stupid trashy fun, albeit with a latent and totally unearned tonal sadness to it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 October 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
Yeah God Of War was a fabulous game, and I guess a bit less lonely than many of those other kinds of games because you have a companion with you. Not exactly Final Fantasy VI.
I did get Nier Automata which seems like a lot of fun although it's a bit bullet-hellish in the one go round I had. Seems cool though
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 25 October 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
But yes there's a strange tonal sadness that seems to come with the vast majority of PS4 games. It's not really something I got from playing Nintendo games in the nineties. Super Metroid certainly did this, but not that many other games - they just gave me good feelings. Maybe it's just nostalgia talking though?
It's fine and everything, but it can feel very lonely and isolating if I already feel this way and need cheering up. A little humour, a little companionship, you know? I wonder why this is? Is it something to do with third or first person 3D? It's always you, a sullen loner figure out on your own... Even Witcher 3 with its world full of characters deliberately makes you feel like an outcast. I guess RDR2 is less like this - there's a cast of allies and you're able to walk around and say hi to people.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 25 October 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link
That's kind of a video game trope, though I think because Sony/PS4 sort of focuses on single-player games they play it up a bit more. The exclusives, at least. That said, I thought Ratchet and Clank was good silly fun.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 October 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
i just bought R&C. There's nothing wrong with a bit of light relief. I haven't played Outer Worlds or No Man's Sky though - just thinking maybe they might tick the box? I have played Outer Wilds though and that's goofy but also still a bit isolatory
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 25 October 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
no man's sky is an intensely solitary game. even when you meet other beings, they only have the minimum of things programmed into them to make you feel like they're juuuust barely not a robot.
as josh mentioned, solitude is a video game trope. there's probably a good essay (or post) somewhere on why. i suspect that in the earlier days it had to do with practical limitations on memory, hardware, etc. but even now, it is much easier to make a game that revolves around solitude and isolation rather than one that has lots of realistic characters you can interact with in a realistic way.
― typo hell #14: neanderthal started writing it not know how it (Karl Malone), Monday, 25 October 2021 15:42 (two years ago) link
Sure, but I rarely got that feeling from the nineties games really. I didn't play games for well over a decade till I got my PS4 and it's something I noticed almost immediately: Why do all these games give me a weird slightly downbeat vibe?
Like, all those top-down RPGs I used to play, you'd end up meeting (and often playing as) people who would help you or offer a feeling of companionship even though you're essentially on your own. Earthbound is often referenced as a game that plays on this psychology: You start as just a kid in his house with his mum and sister, then you slowly start to explore locations beyond your doorstep, eventually recruiting people to your party. Then at a cetain point in the game, just as things are going well, you get cut off from those people and it's genuinely heartbreaking.
I've even read articles where people talked about Earthbound helping them overcome their agoraphobia, whereas there's a directly agoraphobic vibe coming from most of these newer games: You're alone, the landscape hates you, most people hate you, there's danger and loneliness all around. I think Ico is the first time I perhaps experienced this strange feeling of isolation in a game, so maybe that's where the trope comes from?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 25 October 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
tomb raider kinda started this eerie isolation vibe imo
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 25 October 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
games like doom had it too but that was more just sheer terror and panic
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 25 October 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link
Right. And Doom is one of the first successful FPS games, so I wonder if it is something to do with a switch from 2D to 3D? But why would that be? And why have modern 2D platformers and RPGs like Celeste, Little Nightmares, Undertale, Inside etc inherited this vibe? Is it simply because it's deemed to be more 'adult' and highbrow, more anti-Nintendo?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 25 October 2021 16:48 (two years ago) link
that's definitely part of it, i thinkalso all these millenial developers are sad emokids
― Nhex, Monday, 25 October 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
all of whom really love video games of course
by contrast i feel like developers of the '80s/'90s were largely technical nerds who somehow fell into a bizarre industry that didn't have solid prequisites
― Nhex, Monday, 25 October 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
cuphead tho
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 25 October 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
Chicory: A Colorful Tale is (strangely) NOT on Switch but is on PS4, and is basically made of hugs. It does get into pretty heavy emotional territory, but it's intensely social (for a single-player game) not to mention charming.
― Leee Tigre (Leee), Monday, 25 October 2021 17:45 (two years ago) link
dl, I haven't played it but my understanding is that final fantasy xv is a game about chilling with your buds
― ✖, Monday, 25 October 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link
most jrpgs are, also yakuza games
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 00:21 (two years ago) link
Katamari!
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 26 October 2021 00:52 (two years ago) link
There’s a handful of whimsical games that I am having difficulty remembering on the fly
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 26 October 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
dragon quest xi is very blue sky in games
― chihuahuau, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 09:40 (two years ago) link
I haven't played it (or owned a non-Nintendo console since the PS2 lol) but would Spider-Man count here?
I was playing Yooka-Laylee, the Rare tribute, recently, and it's bright and colourful, but I suppose depending on mood it might be either "I'm making new friends who will help me" or "Great, another fucker who wants something from me"
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 10:08 (two years ago) link
spider-man still has the eerie loneliness imo. even though it’s a bustling city 99% of your interactions with it are either bashing baddies or single-handedly attempting to overcome devious challenges set by often unseen ne’er-do-wells
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 11:49 (two years ago) link
I started Ratchet And Clank. It's wonderfully realised and quite good fun, although a bit like playing a Pixar also-ran; it's definitely a youngster's game. I feel like I'm being very hard to please here, but it feels like as soon as we start trying to appeal to people over the age of 7 in any way it's suddenly got to be all gritty and depressing ;-)
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 October 2021 11:53 (two years ago) link
Maybe the Final Fantasy games or Dragon Quest could be the answer. I love FFVI on the SNES but never played any others
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 October 2021 11:55 (two years ago) link
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
I haven't played them yet, but don't the "Uncharted" games have well-written NPC buddies?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 13:40 (two years ago) link
nah they are still mostly one lonely guy just jumping baout things
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 13:54 (two years ago) link
and murdering people. a lot of people
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
Immortals: Fenyx Rising is a good Zelda clone.Super Lucky's Tale is a decent 3D platformer. Spyro Reignited is great. A Hat in Time is another decent one.Wandersong is a simple 2D adventure/platformer with a plot.Donut County is a short simple game with a plot.
― adam t. (abanana), Tuesday, 26 October 2021 23:37 (two years ago) link
I'll investigate those, cheers
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 01:23 (two years ago) link
I think "Sekiro" broke my controller. For sure the left stick drift is now bad enough that I've died a few times in Dark Souls 2 doing nothing but standing too close to a ledge or something. Can anyone recommend a good third party replacement for the wireless DualShock, or is there a reason to stick with the real-deal?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 16:04 (two years ago) link
have you tried blowing some compressed air into the stick shaft or anything like that? drift can sometimes just be due to some dust/debris underneath the stick
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
I tried some method I found online, but despite compressed air being the most obvious solution I don't think I've done that yet, lol.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
Cross Code on sale for $10 -- yay/nay?
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 19:11 (two years ago) link
I really liked the slice of it I played before it left Game Pass.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
i have some gripes with the combat and difficulty curve but it is a full length JRPG with elaborate zelda puzzle dungeons and a lot of neat ideas, if that appeals to you
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
action-jrpg to be clear, not turn based
Hmm, ok, what should I play next among the PS4 titles I've accumulated over the years for a pittance? (I'm done with Dark Souls 2; too long, DLC not holding my attention.) I've got a ton of stuff to choose from. Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharteds, Last of Us 2, Ghosts of Tsushima, Dying Light, Disco Elysium, Plague Tale, Prey, Outer Wilds, Mad Max, Control, Resident Evil 2/7/8. I've never even played Bioshock or Witcher 3.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 30 January 2022 15:24 (two years ago) link
witcher 3 and prey are good, dunno about the rest of those
― ciderpress, Sunday, 30 January 2022 15:49 (two years ago) link
oh, I'm pretty sure that they're all pretty good!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 30 January 2022 15:54 (two years ago) link
HZD is my recommendation since the sequel is coming out, or TLOU2 because the culinary is so good, though I thought you had yet to play the first one?
― Gowron Hubbard (Leee), Sunday, 30 January 2022 17:40 (two years ago) link
LOL the *combat*
― Gowron Hubbard (Leee), Sunday, 30 January 2022 17:41 (two years ago) link
I did play the first TLOU and loved it. But maybe HZD, though it will be a while before I buy the sequel.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 30 January 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link
i've heard great things about the cooking in The Last of Us
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 30 January 2022 21:50 (two years ago) link
How is the fishing mini-game?
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 30 January 2022 22:35 (two years ago) link
I heard you can just spend the entire game fishing, if you want.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 30 January 2022 22:38 (two years ago) link
The Resident 2 Remake is pretty great. Think I’ve enjoyed that more than the proper later entries, though those are solid as well.It could be fine on PS4, not sure, but the PS4 Outer Wilds played on a PS5 is a clunky, ugly, glitchy mess. Weird input lag, locked at 30 FPS (not a pleasant experience for a first person game), and just feels janky overall. Was bad enough I asked for a refund and Sony just told me “tough shit”.TLOU2 is a total stunner and a must play imo.I’m vastly in the minority here, but I couldn’t get into Witcher 3 at all. Wish I got the hype.
― circa1916, Monday, 31 January 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
Err Resident EVIL 2 obv
― circa1916, Monday, 31 January 2022 02:07 (two years ago) link
Well, at my rate Horizon Zero Dawn may take me through much (all?) of the winter. Yours might be the first bad thing I've heard about Outer Wilds. It's a little indie that could, isn't it? And Witcher 3 is a giant epic, right? Both seem like spring games, though TLOU2 may come first. I just didn't want to play it in the winter, because I assume it is no pick me up. And I know it's pretty long, though god knows it can't be as long as Dark Souls 2.
The Resident Evil games, especially the recent ones (new and reboots) look like tons of fun, though I've always had mixed experiences with them (long) in the past. Iirc I found the resource management system really stressful, which I'm sure it was - probably by design! Installments 7 and 8, however, from what I've seen of them, seem kind of campy, though, which may slightly undercut the horror/stress elements. When it came out I watched the first 20 minutes or so of Village, and the dialogue was sooooooo stupid that I could see the whole thing as good fun.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 January 2022 13:46 (two years ago) link
BTW, today I disassembled and cleaned my PS4 controller. Inevitably, I broke some part of it that doesn't seem important, but the controller does seem to work better, or at least the drift has gone away a little. I'm still tempted to buy a second one as a backup, though they're kinda hard to find these days.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 January 2022 18:55 (two years ago) link
Outer Wilds played fine on my PS4. But, as I've mentioned in a few other threads, it didn't blow me away.
circa and I on the same wavelength re: TLOU2 and Witcher 3, the latter of which (ahem) also had painful load times that compounded my dislike for the game. I guess if you really wanted to you could knock down the difficulty so that you don't ever die.
― Gowron Hubbard (Leee), Monday, 31 January 2022 19:13 (two years ago) link
who wants to play fortnite with me
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 31 January 2022 19:21 (two years ago) link
an angry 12 year old
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 31 January 2022 19:25 (two years ago) link
12yo angry men
― ciderpress, Monday, 31 January 2022 19:30 (two years ago) link
the chat panel as i play rocket league and once again blow an easy save in epic fashion:
[Angry12yearold]: What a save![Angry12yearold]: What a save![Angry12yearold]: What a save![Angry12yearold]: What a save!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 31 January 2022 19:36 (two years ago) link
it's like kid, i don't have TIME to train, and why are you playing in the Bronze 3rd Division league if you're so good you fukken brat
― Karl Malone, Monday, 31 January 2022 19:37 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RkapfBYIfc
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 January 2022 21:35 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N75nWTxs4PU
― adam t. (abanana), Monday, 31 January 2022 21:59 (two years ago) link
Haven't seen that Wong clip in years, had me dying
― Nhex, Monday, 31 January 2022 23:02 (two years ago) link
I'm playing Witcher 3 again on NG+ on the hardest setting. Certainly makes things like the combat a lot more challenging than the first time round. It was the first game I played on PS4 so I feel a bit spoilt, seeing as it is considered a Best In Class RPG. It really is an epic game with a huge amount of attention to detail.
Coming back to it again now I've played a few other things though, I'd say there are a few things they could have improved:
- More interesting and varied combat. This is where Bloodborne wins out. In Witcher there's a ton of different spells and potions you can use to win fightsz but ultimately it's a bit like following a recipe and once you know that recipe all you really need to do is go in and melee a bit until you eventually win
- Less of the rote fetch quests. I remember this from the first time round. For all its depth and world building, the majority of Witcher is "Speak to a peasant, go kill the monster, come back and get your reward". The minimap tells you where everything is, so once you're leveled up enough, you can complete quests in a zombie-like trance without really absorbing too much.
- Horses and NPCs. I didn't think RDR2 was a better game, but these two factors are where it clearly topped Witcher. It's barely worth riding Roach the vast majority of the time because she's just so unreliable and doesn't really handle much like a horse. Also, you can't attack NPCs and they really don't mind if you walk into their homes and Rob them in broad daylight.
Other than that, it's the best game ever made
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 08:25 (two years ago) link
Sony bought Bungie yesterday for $3.6 billion. Bungie have some very talented people, but the only series of note that they own is Destiny. Hope Sony's money guys know what they're doing.
― adam t. (abanana), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 10:19 (two years ago) link
I think one of the main reasons Sony spent all that money was for the tech and expertise in running a global online service game, something they didn't have which would be v expensive to build out. e.g. how much money would an Uncharted themed Destinylike make?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 10:55 (two years ago) link
From that end it does make sense; they already have the lock on critically acclaimed single-player cinematic adventure from their first-party studios, but multiplayer addiction is the real moneymaker these days.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 13:35 (two years ago) link
yeh looks like ithttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-playstation-bungie-will-considerably-accelerate-our-journey-with-multiplatform-live-service-games
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 15:07 (two years ago) link
https://kotaku.com/ps4-xbox-one-outsold-twice-microsoft-court-docs-1849413824
― It's like there's a Republican party in my mouth and everyone's indicted (Leee), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 04:38 (one year ago) link