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talking of games with that vibe, i'm not going to get it for a minute but ... overland? anyone?

Playing through the original Infamous on PS3. Fairly solid, definitely feels very 2009 in its open world gameplay, growly dumb main character in sloppy racetrack gear (kinda like the guy from Dead Rising 2) and even more dumbass sidekick character. Came out about two years after Assassin's Creed and a few months before Batman: Arkham Asylum which would totally eclipse this.
Beginning looked graphically hideous, but the game picked up later. Definitely gotten more fun the more powers/speed you get, though similar to the Arkham games it feels kinda stupid when you're walking around a city getting shot at half a mile away by like a dozen different guys at the same time.

About to start playing Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, You Belong to Satan Now, Kill Your Parents, Ultimate Evil Edition on PS4. I'm pumped because I've only played the vanilla PC version, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and the console version is supposed to be better. Also because I'll be playing co-op with my wife this time through, god Satan willing

I loved playing Infamous and Infamous 2. They are great games to just play without getting too engaged by.

i love sigur ros, they're great music to fall asleep to

lol, yeah

battlefield 1 beta is a lot of fun. favorite thing so far is taking planes and jumping out of them over caps. also hacking ppl w shovel, gas grenades, and barking commands to squad in turkish

been working through Bioshock 1 w the remaster. combat is a little blah (damage to enemies carries over to respawn meaning there is very little consequence to dying) but dang, this art design, just incredible. an underwater art deco city is like the perfect video game environment. i love it, i want to eat it w a spoon. even the steampunky backgrounds in the hacking minigames look incredible. sound design rules as well, i love how everything sounds like a penny arcade. i replayed some of Infinite and found it way more boring in comparison.

yeah Bioshock has kind of gotten old. world design is still great but running out of ammo, dying over and over, respawning in the next room, rinse, repeat, it's all a bit boring. maybe i am just really bad at this.

i hooked up a new TV and got out the Dreamcast a friend gave to me a year ago. been making some breakthroughs in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2.

any Dreamcast recommendations?

Jet Set Radio / Rez if you've never played them on another system. Shenmue is worth playing just for wtfing at the world.

Possible Challops: Sonic Adventure is completely terrible.

This seems like a decent rundown:
http://www.denofgeek.com/games/sega-dreamcast/25026/the-top-25-sega-dreamcast-games

thanks! i will definitely look into Rez! looks nice and psych.

Sonic Adventure is hilarious. closest thing ever to "bad movie good" a videogame has gotten.

i have Jet Set Radio, love that soundtrack so much. takes me back to my late-90s shibuya-kei obsession.

In fairness I suspect that a lot of SA's terribleness was just impenetrability - I'm not the sort to need my hand held, nor do I hate stumbling into something hidden, but once I started reading FAQs for what I had to do I realised that there wasn't any hints about a lot of things relating to basic progression at all.

any Dreamcast recommendations?

Bangai-O

Chu Chu Rocket is a good time. And it's free! (It's probably not free any more).

Also, Powerstone.

powerstone was amazing

cosign chu chu rocket and powerstone, but it's all about the multiplayer with both of them

oh for sure - multiplayer powerstone is some of the best fun i've ever had with a game

https://archive.org/details/festivalfloppies

does anyone remember a short level strategy game on the PC that i think had an egyptian theme? it was called something like papyrus or nile or pharoah i think (but it's not the sierra city building game pharoah). it's maybe from about 10 years ago and is less grand strategy than like small board strategy?

thought for a second it might be named after an egyptian god - but osiris and anubis aren't coming up with it and isis is, as you might expect, impossible to google.

any Dreamcast recommendations?

in addition to the ones listed upthread, I have much love for Skies of Arcadia (or play it on Dolphin), Fire Pro Wrestling D, and Typing of the Dead (also available on Steam if you can't track down the DC keyboard).

stoked for dragon quest builders. just downloaded it. anyone else take the plunge?

MGSV. started using Rocket Punch regularly on FOBs and it is a game changer.

maybe one of the best weapons in any game ever. in MGSV you have a robot arm, and if you level it up enough, you can shoot it, controlling it in first-person. it is undetectable by enemies, meaning you can just hide somewhere and shoot that thing and turn around corners, fly up stairs, etc., knocking out an enemy. usually it will instantly stun an enemy. what's more, it will keep going after it knocks somebody out, meaning if there are a bunch of bag guys lined up to get you, you can just Rocket Punch them one after the other. amazing.

that's awesome

if the idea of playing a turn based tactical rpg style soccer game appeals - and to whom would it not, frankly - this game is a singular delight in a curiously uncrowded market: http://store.steampowered.com/app/375530

started zero time dilemma today

fuck those games are fucking dark

playing that series is one of my dreams. someday...

baffled at the idea that anything about sonic adventure was in any way daunting

welp, still trying to finish nuclear throne

i got to the nuclear throne a few times but never beat it. and once you beat the throne u start looping so there's really no end to it anyway

Mini Metro ON IPAD is terrific, as you organise public transport on cities familiar and not: you start with London, Paris and New York maps, suiting many readers here I imagine, and unlock Berlin, Melbourne, Hong Kong, and others as you progress. Games are quick as you end up with overcrowded stations but you learn and improve your plans. And it's gorgeous to look at, particularly if you love to look at public transports maps already as I do.

Mini Metro is great and meditative and has great procedural sound designed by Disasterpeace

civ civ civ civ

titanfall multiplayer is a blastttt

the campaign is supposed to be good as well (i only played through the first couple steps there thus far, mp is too significant a distraction)

Realm Grinder

beat zero time dilemma today, still as dark as it was a few days ago when i said i was playing it

titanfall is intense

Watched Starcraft 2 blizzcon finals yesterday, great best of 5 between Byun (T) and Dark (Z). Really put me in the mood to play again. It's all about that micro...

Owlboy is...good?

It's like Super Mario Bros. 2 with Zelda-lite dungeons

The aesthetic reminds me of Secret of Mana though, that might be the kicker

it does look good. i've been tempted.

Based on the first 4 hours it seems like the most blockbuster SNES game imaginable

Played 3 online SC games yesterday before I hit an asshole who "rofl"ed at my 5 minute push, destroying my shit with siege tank and misspelled turret, and remarked "meh" to my "gg." Seriously, fuck these guys

Sorry I guess this should be on the mothership connection thread

nothing more frustrating than bad sports in online games

https://ianmaclarty.itch.io/catacombs-of-solaris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88DVc0Gbh-k

o_O

Imagining building & playing that in real life O_O

I appreciate what he's doing but I couldn't play that for more than a couple of minutes

Yeah, I don't think it's meant for hours of gameplay or anything. It's kinda cheesy to mention but it captures the "trippy" thing better than just about anything I've seen. Wish it had sound.

that would break me