What are you currently playing?

[Destor]

I had her at 7 and Dojima at 8. Seems to be built that way by design since both get locked by multiple social stat checks, just the game's way of kicking you while youre down I guess.

I maxed dojima but I couldnt get my expression maxed before i lost her...

[Destor]

Platinum'd Watch Dogs 2. Nothing much to play now but sports games. Not sure what else to play and nothing on the horizon that is "can't miss" for me. :-\

Im trying to wrap up P4 before DK: Tropical Freeze drops Friday...pretty hyped for it. Prob wont get to it this weekend but by next weekend for sure.

[Ultra Mantis]

I maxed dojima but I couldnt get my expression maxed before i lost her...

I was stalling them both even after my stats were good enough because they gave free affinity through the story and I thought it would be enough to tide me over until end game. Then that first note arrived.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Platinum'd Watch Dogs 2. Nothing much to play now but sports games. Not sure what else to play and nothing on the horizon that is "can't miss" for me. :-\

It's a way off, but Red Dead Redemption II drops towards the end of October. Don't know if you count that as "on the horizon" or not but still, just an idea for you maybe. (*SHRUG*)

[Danny Electric]

Red Dead Redemption

[Heisenberg]

Red Dead Redemption



Saving this one for July or August so it'll lead me into 2

[Destor]

I was stalling them both even after my stats were good enough because they gave free affinity through the story and I thought it would be enough to tide me over until end game. Then that first note arrived.

Nanako :(

[Destor]

NEVERMIND!!!!!

[Ultra Mantis]

Did you make all the right choices on your first try? I got a bad ending because I said the wrong thing and had to watch all of that twice, back to back. So uncomfortable.

[El Fangel]

You know what really sucks? Going back to a game you haven't played in awhile and haven't a goddamn fucking clue what you were doing, but not wanting to start all over again.

Fallout 4, in particular.

[Destor]

Did you make all the right choices on your first try? I got a bad ending because I said the wrong thing and had to watch all of that twice, back to back. So uncomfortable.

I dunno.... I answered how I felt...basically told Yusuke that we didnt have enough info (Ive have a suspect as to who is really behind it) and I yelled at him at the end...that was prolly a mistake but they were trying to murder a guy by committing the crime they wanted to kill him for...it FELT right. It was probably wrong.

[Ultra Mantis]

You got it right, I said the wrong thing about motives and everyone just kind of broke down and left. If you get that bit wrong the game immediately skips to Yu going home with no resolution, so if that didn't happen you're on course to the good ending.

[Destor]

oh...yeah after that nanako pulled through and we all got happy again

[Ruien]

Feel like Ultra and Destor created their own weird video game.

[Destor]

Its so weird, but its totally one of the best franchises ive ever played.

[Destor]

I have the most posts in this thread and Mantis has the 3rd most...100% because of Persona

[Sepholio]

Remember when this thread turned into the Persona 5 thread? Now it's the All Things Persona (plus some other stuff people are playing that doesn't matter) thread.

[Destor]

Haha I felt so bad for hijacking this thread i made a separate one for P5. Now I dont even care :lol:

[Ultra Mantis]

I have no idea why anyone would think entering into somebody's subconscious space, by going inside a TV or using a smartphone app, in order to confront their character flaws using aspects of your own psyche to defeat manifestations of their desires, while simultaneously building relationships with others in order to strengthen your powers, to be weird.

[Ultra Mantis]

Ok that does sound pretty weird reading it back.

[Destor]

While also enjoying a day in the life as a Japanese highschool student

[Ultra Mantis]

Yeah, gotta study and ace those exams to help your school friends rank up.

[Ultra Mantis]

Oh, one thing Destor, not sure if you know this already but as soon as you finish the next dungeon time will skip ahead to the next set of events, so if you want to work on your links a bit more, you can delay finishing the dungeon until the end of the month. 22nd is the recommended day to enter the TV so you don't miss anything.

[Destor]

That is def a hot tip otherwise I'd have wrapped the dungeon up immeaditly. I think i can max baaketball/strength, tutor/tower and the janitor/devil.

Oh and acting class too

[Destor]

I will have very little left to do on a ng+. I have a real good run

[Ultra Mantis]

Nice, did you make much progress on Naoto? Probably my favourite link aside from Kanji but I barely got started on it first time through.

Also did nothing with Young Mother/Temperance because I forgot all about her.

[Destor]

I got mother to 3 and decided id rather do anything else lol

Naoto i could have started before her dungeon but my knowledge wasnt high enough and they've locked me out of the link since she joined the party. Basically had a 2 week window to start it.

[Ultra Mantis]

That stat check before her dungeon is a false flag, if you have high enough courage to ask her she just turns you down and the game says you'll have to wait for an opportunity to become closer haha. There's an NPC you need to find before she'll hang out with you, not sure if he's still there in December though.

Mother link is just really lame tbf.

[Destor]

I checked...like October 27thish...eh...gives me something to look forward to in ng+

[Destor]

I predicted the true killer. The voice actor was my biggest tell tbh.

[El Fangel]

Ugh, started Skyrim again and my save keeps crashing. Gave up

[Fignuts]

Finished the main quest line of God War. What a god damn game. Phenomenal narrative. One of gaming's best, easily.

Definitely going to be a sequel


Thor and Odin, while talked about throughout the game, never actually show up. This game focuses on Freya and Baldur. Thor's sons Magni and Modi show up as Baldurs underlings. End of the game reveals the kid to be Loki.

I imagine the next game will feature Thor as the main antagonist, with Odin rounding out the new trilogy.

You'd think I'd be disappointed in Thor or Odin not even appearing, but they are talked about enough where they definitely still feel like they have a presence. But mainly I'm not upset because they did such a great job with Baldur and the overarching conflict with him throughout the game. I'm glad they dedicated all that time to him and saved the others for later, because he's an absolutely fantastic antagonist throughout.



There's a post game now. Complete different activities to get the best armor sets in the game game so you can stand up to the special enemies which I assume lead to a special cutscene if you beat all of them.

[Sepholio]

I started GoW, realized how epic it would be pretty quick, and then put it on hold until my new TV arrives that will do it glorious justice lol. Should be here today. Super stoked.

[Ultra Mantis]

I predicted the true killer. The voice actor was my biggest tell tbh.

I was spoiled on it before I even started playing so I'm not sure when I would have clocked him. He has an S Link in Golden though and comes off as a bit of a sociopath. At the point where you ID him it felt like all the other potential suspects were already dead or otherwise eliminated. Was tempted to accuse Naoki or Shu just for fun.

[Curtis]

Playing Skyrim again, want to "finish" the game. Yeah, I know you can't really "finish" an open world RPG like that, but I want to finish most of the quests that I find and the main storyline. It's been sitting on my shelf for years and I've played it on and off...

[Destor]

I was spoiled on it before I even started playing so I'm not sure when I would have clocked him. He has an S Link in Golden though and comes off as a bit of a sociopath. At the point where you ID him it felt like all the other potential suspects were already dead or otherwise eliminated. Was tempted to accuse Naoki or Shu just for fun.

Well im at the point I can start the final dungeon now. Game has really delivered.

[El Fangel]

Playing Skyrim again, want to "finish" the game. Yeah, I know you can't really "finish" an open world RPG like that, but I want to finish most of the quests that I find and the main storyline. It's been sitting on my shelf for years and I've played it on and off...

My ex finished every quest, except the radiant ones that can't be finished and found every location available.

Still impressed as fuck by it.

[Ultra Mantis]

Well im at the point I can start the final dungeon now. Game has really delivered.

It's right up there with P5 for me. I think I actually like the Investigation Team as a group of character more than the Phantom Thieves but P5 is the ultimate in style and has the quality of life improvements going for it. :heart: both.

[Destor]

It's right up there with P5 for me. I think I actually like the Investigation Team as a group of character more than the Phantom Thieves but P5 is the ultimate in style and has the quality of life improvements going for it. :heart: both.

Jusr finished it. Core cast is better in p4. Main plot is equal i think. Game play p5 is better.

But this cast was really great and might be my fav party of all time. I really loved these characters.

[Ultra Mantis]

Did you get the true ending? And did you stick with best girl Yukiko?

[Destor]

Yes to both. Though inhad to save scum. Triggering the final dungeon was not intuitive and had i not fished about after beating id not known it existed. Glad i did though.

Also they recast Chei in P4G...i do not approve

[Destor]

https://youtu.be/UVeV4_08y7k

[DAMN iNATOR]

https://youtu.be/UVeV4_08y7k

Not trying to rag on you with my "sick YT video embedding skills" or anything but you do know you can just put the 11-character code between "YT" tags to embed videos, right? Just asking.

NOT A 🔥, JUST AN OBSERVATION! ;)

[Destor]

Im aware thats how its supposed to work but i just get a black box. I care very little about embeding via mobile so i put no effort in after that.

Im confident Mantis can click links tho

[Fignuts]

I have never understood the utter revulsion some people experience when a YouTube vid isn't embedded.

[Destor]

I think daminator thinks Mantis has a learning disability and doesnt know how the mouse can click hyperlinks. Kind of a dick thing to imply of him if you ask me.

[Fignuts]

First time I've seen the word "hyperlinks" since 1997.

[Destor]

Didnt mean to lose you with my TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW

[Ultra Mantis]

Wow Chie sounds way less annoying in the original, I mean its still Chie but it makes me wonder if that effects the whole group dynamic. Mind-blowing. Almost as mind-blowing as DAMN iNATOR's hyperlink shaming, anti-accessibility stance. There is just no place for this sort of behaviour in 2018 :nono:.

I found out about the final dungeon because I looked up what I'd done wrong when I got the bad ending and it said something about going to Junes instead of going home on the last day. Would not have figured that out at all on my own. Thought that NPC was suspicious as hell (doubly so when no part time job actually came up) but then like the first three or four NPCs you meet are all pretty dodgy, figured it was a red herring but nope, was really happy that paid off.

[Ultra Mantis]

Just noticed Teddie also has a different voice actor too, but they sound pretty much the exact same. The one thing I did notice in Golden was some of the new Kanji lines it felt like Troy Baker forgot which character he was reading and sounded totally off pitch. Not quite up to your usual Troy Baker standard of excellent Troy Bakering.

[Destor]

Chie in P4 is soft and caring P4G is a spazz and i hate her.

Its not saying the secret end game is bad because it was excellent im just not sure how anyone would ever find it on their own.

[Destor]

Just noticed Teddie also has a different voice actor too, but they sound pretty much the exact same. The one thing I did notice in Golden was some of the new Kanji lines it felt like Troy Baker forgot which character he was reading and sounded totally off pitch. Not quite up to your usual Troy Baker standard of excellent Troy Bakering.

Yeah the teddie cast is solid and they added a bunch of bear puns so its a win

Kanji is much more aggressive at all times from the audio samples ive found in p4 than in p4g. Not sure if one is better or worse.

[Destor]

And to the earlier convo about p4 v p5 i do have to say while the sound track of p4 is excellent p5 is among the GOATs

[Ultra Mantis]

Haha Chie is my least favourite of the golden gang and it's definitely a lot to do with the voice. The Kanji stuff is pretty odd because he just doesn't sound like Kanji in a couple of scenes, most of the time he's fine. Even when he's chill he's usually got this brash "loudness" to him, but his Rank 10 scene in particular he's so soft spoken it just doesnt feel right.

Agreed, P5 soundtrack is leaps and bounds ahead, nothing wrong with P4's at all but it's nowhere near as epic. That moment when Signs of Love doesn't play at home anymore is the one place P4's sound design really got me.

[Destor]

Not sure when I'll donp3. Wanna get a pallet cleanse in between. Maybe a month or so

[Ultra Mantis]

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/c/cf/TakeYourTime.gif

[Destor]

If i could control my party members id be playing right now

[Ultra Mantis]

I hope you like Tentarafoo.

[Destor]

I mean if my allies run away i might be better off lol

[ClockShot]

Finished God of War (PS4).

Hell of a story. Mopping up the last few trophies for the Platinum.

I'll either fire up Yakuza 6 for finish off Secret of Mana.

[Ultra Mantis]

I mean if my allies run away i might be better off lol

Set their tactics to knock down as soon as you can, then support on Yukari or another healer. Scan every single enemy, keep your Personas stocked to cover every element and always have a healer on hand. Never rely on your party, they really are dumb as fuck.

[Destor]

In non gaming news (since this is now the persona thread) i ordered the p4 anime

[Ultra Mantis]

Haha I've seen a few clips, Yu is a very strange boy.

[Destor]

His lines are read so flat haha

Also he is voiced by the guy who voices ingame adechi...curious to see if they recast adechi

[Ultra Mantis]

He's still Adachi from what I've seen, at least one character gets recast part way in due to the original VAs having scheduling conflicts. Baker went off to work on some project about fungal infections I believe.

[Destor]

P4G Chie too... :(

[El Fangel]

Terraria multiplayer.

Been fun as fuck. Anyone else play?

[Fignuts]

Why are you talking about Terraria in the Persona thread?

[Destor]

Fuck outta here with that off topic bull shit Icebox

[Ruien]

Getting close to Crash coming to the Switch/XBox. So excited.

[Ruien]

Started playing Tera. Hit level 40. Seems weird to play an MMO on a gaming console. The reason those games are fun is for the communication with others.

[ClockShot]

Going back to Secret of Mana to finish and hopefully platinum.

[Ruien]

I will be getting a PS during the next set of new consoles wars. Whenever that is.

[OssMan]

Played a little Splatoon 2 this afternoon, it's a lot of the same from the first game which is great. Loved the remixed music with similar motifs, noticed some slight improvements, though I did also notice that the lack of Gamepad really hurts. Splatoon 1 really was one of the few games that really utilized that gamepad well, how it had the map displayed on the gamepad and you could take a quick look at it to see which areas need to be inked and you could tap it real quick to travel to someone else's spot. Having to pull up the map on the TV is a whole lot slower.

[Destor]

Adapting WiiU games well is def a huge order. Splatoon imo is worse on the switch but its still really good.

[El Fangel]

Terraria still. Addictive as fuck

[Fignuts]

It's also still not Persona.

[Tom Guycott]

State of Decay 2 is the best worst idea I've had in recent history. Still the same "I'm just going to do this one thing..." that leads to three hours later time sinks that the first one had. And this time, I can invite friends to help collect shit.

I guess I can say I'm "officially" playing it now. Had the preorder so got the "four days early" thing to start.

[Fignuts]

Just started it last night and really enjoying it.

[Tom Guycott]

Just started it last night and really enjoying it.

As am I. Still has some of the... annoyances... of the first, though. A friend of mine said "If they spent six more months on it, it could have been Game Of The Year." I'm inclined to agree. Already had some issues with graphical/engine hiccups... including an instance of teleporting through a ladder I was climbing into the building's interior and becoming stuck on furniture. The only way out was to join a friend of mine's multiplayer game and go back (after helping him out a bit, of course).

It does appear they did away with the "game world still runs while you're not playing" mechanic, which is nice on one hand, but also means you can't start a major construction project before you turn the game off for the session and expect it to be built when you start playing again tomorrow.

Multiplayer is handled fairly well and cool in a number of ways - chief among them is you actually aren't stuck with your initial pick. You can swap talent with anyone from YOUR own community reguardless if you are hosting or not. Just anything you put in storage goes to the host. Anything you get from storage comes from your box. So if you load up on painkillers and ammo, and then decide you don't need it, you're better off switching characters, or you're going to basically give up your own goods.

Items are sharable if you place them on the ground for another player to pick up, and the dropped item(s) are clearly marked.

Also, every player becomes color-coded, and different parts of the same environment become searchable to the person of the corresponding color (host is yellow, player two is blue, player 3 is green. I am assuming player 4 is red, but never got on with a fourth yet.) So, a house that originally had 3 diffrent pieces of searchable furniture can end up with like 10 or so.

You do have to stay about 400m in range of the host, though, or you'll disconnect (represented by a big orange ring on the map screen that, ironically, the host can't see). Kinda stops everyone from running to four corners of the map and doing their own thing, but isn't so restrictive that you're joined at the hip or within eyeshot.

[Fignuts]

You know there is an "unstick" option on the radio that rewinds you about 10 seconds?

[Sepholio]

Just finished God of War. Best in the series. By far.

The s3kr4t ending just makes me want more. Now. Probably gonna have to wait for like 3 years or more :(

[Fignuts]

Hard to objectively compare them since they're so different, but I did enjoy the new one more than previous entries by a pretty wide margin.

Only criticism I would lay on it is there aren't many boss battles for a GoW game. What's there is a blast, but it's still worth mentioning.

[Emperor Smeat]

Unreal Gold.

Epic Games was giving the game away for free on Steam earlier in the week.

[Destor]

Bloodstained Curse of the Moon

[Sepholio]

Hard to objectively compare them since they're so different, but I did enjoy the new one more than previous entries by a pretty wide margin.

Only criticism I would lay on it is there aren't many boss battles for a GoW game. What's there is a blast, but it's still worth mentioning.

Yeah that is one of my few complaints as well. Like half the boss types become semi-regular enemies too and all of them are fairly routine for the rest of those fights except for maybe the Dark Elf Sorcerer. Also wish the last boss was different. It was an epic fight, to be sure, but I would have probably used someone else (even though there weren't many options set up, tbf) at that point and saved that moment for the sequel.


I also get why making the comparison would be hard. The games are very different. But the formula/gameplay/world for this one as well as the way the story is told are just so far beyond what came before that it puts this one way beyond the previous games for me. And I loved those games. This one is just something else.

[Sepholio]

Bloodstained Curse of the Moon

How is it? Been wanting to scratch my Castlevania itch and it seems like the best option but I'm always a little leery of clones at first.

[Destor]

If you like castlevania 3 and dont mind short games get it cause its great. On my 3rd plathrough now. Actually literally at the final boss.

[Destor]

And just finished my 4th run. Might speed run this a bit. Really fun especially once you unlock the final and you have full access to everything.

[Sepholio]

I take it there is some kind of new game+ where you carry over your stuff? The way you are speed running it already and what not makes me think so and I always enjoy new game+ for multiple playthroughs myself.

[Sepholio]

I just finished up the platinum trophy for God of War as well. Couple of the trophies are a little grindy at the end but not so much so that it overstays its welcome. Prob gonna get Bloodstained due to Destors pitch as I want something smaller before I jump into another big game. Can't decide if I'm gonna go ahead and start Xenosaga 2 or jump on Shadow of War first.

[Destor]

There are modes you unlock but i dont want to spoil. It essentially ng+ but theres a lot of new to it too

[Destor]

Also to your rep castlevania 2 was my first too and that game gets a bad rap thanks to that avgn vid. Its underrated

[Sepholio]

LOL I just went and watched that. Pretty funny.

[Destor]

Video is hilarious

[Sepholio]

I'm with him on one thing though...that part where you gotta equip the red orb and kneel next to the random wall at the end of the world in order to advance stumped my ass for the longest time when I was little.

[Fignuts]

Didn't he redo it during his castlevania retrospective?

[El Fangel]

Just played Civ 5 with a friend for 6 hours. He had no clue it was 6am, thought it was 4am until the sun came up

[Ruien]

Miss playing Civ with friends.

[Ultra Mantis]

I have unopened copies of Nioh, Nier Automata and Witcher 3. Still meaning to get Zelda and Mario Odyssey on Switch soon. Theres a couple of games from Plus I actually would like to play (not many tbh), a Persona 5 NG+ on the horizon and let's be realistic I'm going to get Dark Souls remastered because praise the sun and all that.

So to make the best use of my time I decided to start on the digital re-release of FF7 instead. But to switch up from my dozen CloudXTifa playthroughs I'm going to be jerk Cloud and go on the date with Barrett so it feels like I'm doing something new.

Uh, yeah.

[Destor]

I keep wanting to plau nioh but dont lol

[El Fangel]

Miss playing Civ with friends.

Have Civ 5?

[Ultra Mantis]

I keep wanting to plau nioh but dont lol

It dropped down to £20 so I picked it up, played the demo last year and liked it. It seemed like a Shinto / Samurai based Dark Souls, if Dark Souls was a lot less polished. Kinda more campy, kinda less fair. I'm interested, but not in any rush to play it either haha.

[Fignuts]

Doom is only 20 bucks at retail last I saw.


If you haven't tried it, go pick it up. Super fun game. Hope there is a sequel announcement at E3.

[Sepholio]

Doom sequel is probably a year or 2 off at least. They are going with Rage 2 in the near term.

[Fignuts]

But Rage is gay tho

[DAMN iNATOR]

I wouldn't mind seeing Bethesda Game Studios announcing a Fallout spin-off game. Watched a VinylicPumaGamimg vid not too long ago on the possibility of it or (not likely but) even Fallout 5 being a surprise reveal for E³.

After Bethesda's utter shit show at last year's E³ however I'm not holding my breath.

[Fignuts]

Most people are banking on ES 6 or Starfield being Bethesda's big reveal for the show.

They said the same thing last year though, so who knows?

[Tom Guycott]

You know there is an "unstick" option on the radio that rewinds you about 10 seconds?

I didn't notice that before. I thought that was like radioing in for a hint on what to do next. Had someone else tell me that is what this did.

[Tom Guycott]

Bloodstained Curse of the Moon

Saw the vid, and as I didn't kickstart RotN, this was an unexpected surprise for me. Looks like CV:III but with the bonus of being able to swap all characters instead of sacrificing one for another, and that got my attention. Does it play like it? If so, I'm sold.

[Tom Guycott]

Also to your rep castlevania 2 was my first too and that game gets a bad rap thanks to that avgn vid. Its underrated

No, it gets a bad rap because it is severely flawed. AVGN played it up for comedy, but it was pretty shit.

I liked the concept of the game too, and they thankfully eventually honed this primative idea into the outstanding Symphony of the Night, but there was a lot you had to "figure out" not because the puzzles were clever, but because the dialog with ANYONE or the clues found ANYWHERE really didn't help jack shit and the whole idea was so far removed from the first game. I had to use three different hint books (pre internet) to try to play it front to back without cheat codes that give you everything at the beginning. There is a lot of click adventure logic (use item x in right spot) at work without the added benefit of being written well enough to let you know where the right spot is. And figuring out how the map worked... not intuitive at all.

Castlevania 2 was one of the first games that I liked in concept of to keep playing in spite of the bad execution. Like an early Skyrim. They were just a couple decades early for the patch culture we "enjoy" now. If at least the localization was up to scratch, then I would prob'ly hand you "underrated".

But I will say, the "suffering" was worth it if only for being a crucible old gamers like us were forged in. That, and the easter egg in Dust: An Elysian Tail.

[El Fangel]

I wouldn't mind seeing Bethesda Game Studios announcing a Fallout spin-off game. Watched a VinylicPumaGamimg vid not too long ago on the possibility of it or (not likely but) even Fallout 5 being a surprise reveal for E³.

After Bethesda's utter shit show at last year's E³ however I'm not holding my breath.


Want ES6, k thx bye

[Destor]

Saw the vid, and as I didn't kickstart RotN, this was an unexpected surprise for me. Looks like CV:III but with the bonus of being able to swap all characters instead of sacrificing one for another, and that got my attention. Does it play like it? If so, I'm sold.

It def plays like it and if you have a castlevania itch that needs scratching this should do it. Some of the staff from the original Castlevania games worked on this and it honestly feels like it.

As far ad Castlevania 2 goes think of the time frame. Really ambitious and innovative. Flawed? Of course. But when i first played it it blew me away. So many things that built the immersion of that game.

Its far from perfect but gaming was in its infancy.

Obviously 3 is better on pure gameplay but 2 felt like a world. Towns felt alive and large. Night was tense are the fear of sunset was ever present. The setting, at the time, was a cut above anything out at the time.

It has a lot of flaws, and it would take a bit to list them, but no one ever talks about what it got right. Underrated game is all.

[Destor]

Want ES6, k thx bye

If its as bad as FO4 I'll pass

[El Fangel]

If its as bad as FO4 I'll pass


Have faith in Talos.


And F04 is by no means a bad game, its a bad Fallout game that really went off the rails with story, or kinda railroaded us (pun intended) with the story, compared to NV.



The wasteland sadly, was mostly boring. I loved the settlement building but Preston made that as annoying as possible as well, and wish there was more to do with it.

[Sepholio]

I loved fallout 4......but only because I kept glitching the settlement limit bar so that I could add on indefinitely to make awesome apocalypse fortresses of doom.

[El Fangel]

I loved fallout 4......but only because I kept glitching the settlement limit bar so that I could add on indefinitely to make awesome apocalypse fortresses of doom.


Mods made it quite fun on PC, as it normally fixes any issues with things that bother you. I barely touched the story, settlements were always fun to build up more than the rest of the game.

[Fignuts]

I liked the boston wasteland more than FO 3 and New Vegas.

The latter games came out during a time when draping everything with a dogshit brown and gun metal grey tone to it. While you could certainly argue that it was fitting for the setting, I was sick of it at that point, and it slightly affected my enjoyment of those games.

FO 4 added more color while still keeping the post apocalyptic feel to it.

[Destor]

My issue with FO4 is it basically just became an FPS. FO3 and FO:NV played like RPGs with shooter mechanics.

But like each TES since morrowind each iteration has lost roleplaying elements until you're left with something that isnt an RPG at all.

[El Fangel]

My issue with FO4 is it basically just became an FPS. FO3 and FO:NV played like RPGs with shooter mechanics.

But like each TES since morrowind each iteration has lost roleplaying elements until you're left with something that isnt an RPG at all.

This.

All of this.

[Sepholio]

I also liked the setting of FO4 more but I'm with Destor on the gameplay being a step backwards. I miss the RPG feeling of the older entries when I'm playing 4.

[Sepholio]

With TES it is def kind of the same issue. I never really played Morrowind so I can't gauge what it was like, but I feel like Oblivion hit the RPG sweet spot a hell of a lot better than Skyrim did.

In Oblivion I felt like my skills and stats mattered a hell of a lot more and combat was more....I dunno how to put it, pressing maybe? Felt like I had to think out my strategy more and prepare appropriately or I was going to get crushed. In Skyrim I felt like I was playing a first person action game; my stats mattered a little bit, more so with things like sneaking and lockpicking, but when it came to combat I could get by any encounter with appropriate movement and timing on parries and attacks.

TBH I feel like TESO feels superior as an RPG to Skyrim in nearly everyway. Not superior as a game overall, but definitely as an RPG.

[DAMN iNATOR]

With TES it is def kind of the same issue. I never really played Morrowind so I can't gauge what it was like, but I feel like Oblivion hit the RPG sweet spot a hell of a lot better than Skyrim did.

In Oblivion I felt like my skills and stats mattered a hell of a lot more and combat was more....I dunno how to put it, pressing maybe? Felt like I had to think out my strategy more and prepare appropriately or I was going to get crushed. In Skyrim I felt like I was playing a first person action game; my stats mattered a little bit, more so with things like sneaking and lockpicking, but when it came to combat I could get by any encounter with appropriate movement and timing on parries and attacks.

TBH I feel like TESO feels superior as an RPG to Skyrim in nearly everyway. Not superior as a game overall, but definitely as an RPG.

If you liked Oblivion, you'd LOVE Morrowind. If you have an XBOX 360 and can find a used copy of Morrowind on the cheap, I highly recommend picking it up. The only minor issues would be you might have to download a patch on 360 if you don't have an original XBOX, to allow it to be played as a backward compatible game, and also there's a bug in the game that literally due to one line of code left out, your game could randomly crash with a bogus error saying your disc may be dirty or damaged and to press A to retry, but it's patched with a solution that creates a backup save from immediately before the game crashed.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Most people are banking on ES 6 or Starfield being Bethesda's big reveal for the show.

They said the same thing last year though, so who knows?

Who are these people? They must be the same ones that expect the "surprise reveal" of the PS9 every year.

[Destor]

With morrowind the RPG aspects were much greater in the sense that your race attributes and class governerd not only how you played but how people treated you and what mission you could do and how you solved them.

Having a high acrobatics or being argonian (or having alteration magic) would def change how you approached (literally) a situation.

FO3 and FO:NV were similar. Having a high explosives could let you do a mission completely different. You felt like who you were was impacting the game.

With Skyrim and FO4 none of that means anything. A worrior who knows a single spell can be arch mage.

Thats not what role playing is...at all.

[Destor]

If you liked Oblivion, you'd LOVE Morrowind. If you have an XBOX 360 and can find a used copy of Morrowind on the cheap, I highly recommend picking it up. The only minor issues would be you might have to download a patch on 360 if you don't have an original XBOX, to allow it to be played as a backward compatible game, and also there's a bug in the game that literally due to one line of code left out, your game could randomly crash with a bogus error saying your disc may be dirty or damaged and to press A to retry, but it's patched with a solution that creates a backup save from immediately before the game crashed.

Only play the xbox port if you have no other options. I like the port but it is inferior...by like...a whole bunch

And also its dated. Fair warning.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Only play the xbox port if you have no other options. I like the port but it is inferior...by like...a whole bunch

And also its dated. Fair warning.

Oh no doubt it's dated but if you love a great story and lore and can get past the inferior by today's standards graphics and slightly complex controls and at times leggy framerate , it's great fun. Still my favorite TES game since 2002.

[Tom Guycott]

My issue with FO4 is it basically just became an FPS. FO3 and FO:NV played like RPGs with shooter mechanics.

But like each TES since morrowind each iteration has lost roleplaying elements until you're left with something that isnt an RPG at all.

This.

All of this.

I also liked the setting of FO4 more but I'm with Destor on the gameplay being a step backwards. I miss the RPG feeling of the older entries when I'm playing 4.

Obligatory Wasteland 2 plug here. At this point, it's almost more Fallout than Fallout.

[Destor]

Had a great time with it.

[Destor]

:y:

[Disturbed316]

Finished off and platinum'd God of War, such a great game, tied with Assassins Creed Origins for my GOTY (yeah I know Assassins came out last year but I played it this year).

Done my first playthrough of Until Dawn, fucking awesome game. Shit myself a couple of times but felt the later part wasn't as good as the start. Only one person survived by the end.

Bought State of Decay 2 so will be looking to start that while finishing off more playthroughs of Until Dawn.

[Destor]

My playthrough of until dawn was the opposite. One death. Literally on the last choice

[Disturbed316]

It all went downhill after episode 8, a real blood bath.

[El Fangel]

Played Shellshock Live with some friends last night, it's a fun little game and easy to lose a few hours playing.

[Tom Guycott]

State of Decay 2

If you are going to start a legacy campaign...

... equip the three folks you are planning on using again with all the gear, base mods, and ammo (and at least one gas can between them) you can load them up with, even if it encumbers them before you do the last leader mission.

Unlike when you run the first game on endless, your shit doesn't transfer here, and once you complete that final mission, the game isn't kidding about not being able to access that base ever again. You can't even switch characters from your leader. So, if that person isn't one of the three, you're totally hosed.

You lose everything you saved up in the box on the restart. I had a LOT of good guns and ammo that got wiped.

I tagged it because better safe than sorry.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Was watching nL Greatest Balls of Fire tournament special...got to the finals to determine who would face Kalisto at WM...and the stream went down.

Fortunately they appear to have resolved the issue.

[Tom Guycott]

Son of a... so, I guess I have to wait a few more days to play that 8bit Bloodstained on my XBONE.

[Fignuts]

Have gone back to playing Fallout 4 after discovering the Sim Settlements mod and its accompanying expansions Industrial Revolution and Rise of the commonwealth.

Sim Settlements adds elements of sim city and is meant to make settlements more fun and engaging, as well as making them fit in with the rest of the game better. You lay down plots based on residential, commercial, industrial, etc. Then the settlers start building on those plots themselves based on preset models. From there, you can upgrade those structures over time and your communities needs being met. The settler needs system is far more dynamic and there's even a taxes system.

This all makes settlements feel like more of an organic part of the game as you see these communities grow bigger with your guidance rather than you doing everything for the helpless fucks.

Industrial Revolution adds a ton of new industrial options including branching upgrade trees for industrial plots.

Rise allows you to assign a leader to a settlement from your list of companions and they will build an entire city on their own provided their needs are met. Like the plots in the base mod, there are upgrade levels that make the city bigger and more elaborate. Once fully upgraded they are comparable to cities like Diamond City and Megaton. To achieve this the guy making the mod built a team consisting of the best settlement builders in the community.

I'm only really scratching the surface here. The mod is incredibly deep and has a ton of customization options so you can be totally hands on or let settlers do everything themselves.

[Jordan]

State of Decay 2

If you are going to start a legacy campaign...

... equip the three folks you are planning on using again with all the gear, base mods, and ammo (and at least one gas can between them) you can load them up with, even if it encumbers them before you do the last leader mission.

Unlike when you run the first game on endless, your shit doesn't transfer here, and once you complete that final mission, the game isn't kidding about not being able to access that base ever again. You can't even switch characters from your leader. So, if that person isn't one of the three, you're totally hosed.

You lose everything you saved up in the box on the restart. I had a LOT of good guns and ammo that got wiped.

I tagged it because better safe than sorry.

Thanks. Just started this last night. Fun so far, better than the first.

[Jordan]

Also still playng MGSV, probably one of my favorite games ever.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Never had a ps3/4 so never played 4. Now that Kojima is out feels right to not play the games.

[Destor]

I hated MGSV. MGS 4 is almost good enough to be console seller though

[Ultra Mantis]

Phantom Pain is the most disappointing game of current gen. I don't think there's even a chance of another game coming along and being such a huge let down. I guess they could REALLY fuck up FF7 REMAKE but I don't have high expectations of that project in the first place.

[Destor]

MGS5 made me never want to see the franchise again

FF7...remake looks bad. I will play the original when i want ff7.

[Helmsphere]

But I loved Phantom Pain, and still play it to this day 3 years later.

[Destor]

Hey man some guys like having their balls stomped by girls in heels. Some people just enjoy suffering

[Disturbed316]

State of Decay 2

Somewhat overwhelmed by everything to manage, don't remember the first one being so micromanaged, not that it's a bad thing, just taking time getting used to. Already had two people die on me, both of whom join you right at the begining and would have been useful to keep around. Oh well.

[Jordan]

State of Decay 2

Somewhat overwhelmed by everything to manage, don't remember the first one being so micromanaged, not that it's a bad thing, just taking time getting used to. Already had two people die on me, both of whom join you right at the begining and would have been useful to keep around. Oh well.

It really is a lot to manage at the start. I had having to constantly have food. Also I'm not sure if my characters are going out into the world to scavenge on their own or if I have to send them to do that or if I can. Lots of unknowns for me about the game right now. I'm still going to give it more time, but if I give up on it like I did the first one, no big deal it was free with Gamepass.

[Jordan]

Why was MGSV a letdown for so many of you guys? I hadn't played a MGS since MGSII so for me this was a vast improvement. It has elements of a lot of games that I love from Witcher 3 to GTA, and at times reminds me of my old Counter Strike games. I guess people find it repetitive? Which I understand but it's a repetition that I really love. I love having to extract a prisoner or highly skilled soldier. Choosing my battle plan to invade. Will I go Rambo or will I go full stealth. Currently stuck on Mission 31 until I make enough money to develop some more intense weaponry to take down Sahelanthropus.

[Jordan]

Probably going to buy Far Cry 5 after I am done with MGSV and SOD 2.

[Heisenberg]

Why was MGSV a letdown for so many of you guys? I hadn't played a MGS since MGSII so for me this was a vast improvement. It has elements of a lot of games that I love from Witcher 3 to GTA, and at times reminds me of my old Counter Strike games. I guess people find it repetitive? Which I understand but it's a repetition that I really love. I love having to extract a prisoner or highly skilled soldier. Choosing my battle plan to invade. Will I go Rambo or will I go full stealth. Currently stuck on Mission 31 until I make enough money to develop some more intense weaponry to take down Sahelanthropus.



MGSV is my first MGS game since the first one and it's slowly growing on me. The one function I appreciate is the ability to travel to MB and discipline my troops

[Ultra Mantis]

I get that for some players it's just fun to run around the open world fultoning things and clearing outposts, making your own narrative as you go. If this wasn't mainline MGS then maybe I wouldn't view it as harshly or held it to such a high standard. But it is.

The pacing is terrible, the intro starts with such promise and then it falls into the usual open world trap of sacrificing storytelling for meaningless side quests and endless title sequences or end credits. Repetition upon repetition upon repetition.

Snake isn't Snake, He has barely any personality. He's a passive, mostly silent avatar and that makes the info dump you constantly get from Miller and Ocelot even more obtrusive than the codec spam from previous games. Stunt casting Keifer actually harmed the character, not because he's bad at all but because he's a gimmick and he's barely present. They then double down on this by making your only human support character a mute.

Boss battles are forgettable filler, nothing here even comes close to previous entries which were stacked full of creativity.

The Big Boss heel turn is completely handwaved. The pay-off for the main plot points storylines are rushed, flat, or in some cases entirely unresolved (not entirely Kojima's fault tbf). Narratively it is a complete failure and to me that makes a poor Metal Gear experience. The story beats don't even top Ground Zeroes ffs. The drop in quality from the other numbered games is severe and incredibly disappointing.

[Destor]

Why was MGSV a letdown for so many of you guys? I hadn't played a MGS since MGSII so for me this was a vast improvement. It has elements of a lot of games that I love from Witcher 3 to GTA, and at times reminds me of my old Counter Strike games. I guess people find it repetitive? Which I understand but it's a repetition that I really love. I love having to extract a prisoner or highly skilled soldier. Choosing my battle plan to invade. Will I go Rambo or will I go full stealth. Currently stuck on Mission 31 until I make enough money to develop some more intense weaponry to take down Sahelanthropus.

It was a let down because you didnt play 3 or 4 which are legit all time masterpieces.

[Helmsphere]

I played them along with the psp ones (minus acid) and still consider it a strong tie to the series. Metal Gear Survive on the other hand.

[Outsider]

Been replaying Skyrim.

Still such a great game. So much to do, and I'm 150 hours in.

[Outsider]

Meanwhile I have never played the Online version. Is it worth playing as some of the posts seem to indicate so?

[Destor]

Do you like mmos?

[DAMN iNATOR]

Been replaying Skyrim.

Still such a great game. So much to do, and I'm 150 hours in.

Deleted it from my PS4 recently after finishing the last few trophies to get the full 💯% score.

[Outsider]

Do you like mmos?

Never really played one.

[Sepholio]

TBH if you aren't worried about a few raids or a couple multiplayer zones, ESO is a very solo friendly game. I played through an absolute ton of the content a couple years ago with no issues and easily max ranked for the time. If you just want the lore and a typical ES experience, it's there.

[Sepholio]

Been playing Grim Dawn again. Got around to getting the expansion and am having a good time with it. Scratches the diablo itch really well.

Also noticed that THQ Nordic released a new expansion for Titan Quest after 11 years, probably gonna give that a try too because I loved Titan Quest.

[Ultra Mantis]

Just started "Disc 2" of FF7, so probably halfway if my memory serves me right.

Forgot a bunch of details surrounding the big death. Cait Sith "dies" immediately before Aeris and for some reason I found it sadder, there's absolutely nothing sad or even dramatic about it since he's a robot but the scene just plays really weird like it's a major event. Odd.

The last interaction of Cloud / Aeris prior to her leaving the group is him literally beating the shit out of her. That's going to be an interesting scene in the Remake, definitely expect that sort of thing to be changed haha.

I never really got behind CloudxAeris, it seemed like that was the narrative the game wanted to take, Cait Sith pretty much says it outright that they are the OTP, but I guess at this point Cloud is Zack, so there actually never is any CloudxAeris, its all Zack and it was always Zack. Tifabestgirl.

Hojo is the biggest dick.

[Destor]

Tifa <3

Just started GoW2018

[ClockShot]

I'm gonna go back to Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and do my "Foxiest of the Hounds" run and snag most of the trophies I missed. Gonna be a pain, but I love the challenge.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I'm gonna go back to Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and do my "Foxiest of the Hounds" run and snag most of the trophies I missed. Gonna be a pain, but I love the challenge.

FWIW, it is significantly shorter than Human Revolution.

[Disturbed316]

Completed storymode in Injustice 2 while taking a break from State of Decay 2.

Good story but think I preferred the first one.

[Outsider]

I have now purchased Elder Scrolls Online.

Think the different mechanics and graphics to Skyrim will take some getting used to. Almost feels more like Fable 2 (the only Fable I played). Still, looking forward to getting a bit more in depth with it.

[Tom Guycott]

Just started "Disc 2" of FF7, so probably halfway if my memory serves me right.

Forgot a bunch of details surrounding the big death. Cait Sith "dies" immediately before Aeris and for some reason I found it sadder, there's absolutely nothing sad or even dramatic about it since he's a robot but the scene just plays really weird like it's a major event. Odd.

The last interaction of Cloud / Aeris prior to her leaving the group is him literally beating the shit out of her. That's going to be an interesting scene in the Remake, definitely expect that sort of thing to be changed haha.

I never really got behind CloudxAeris, it seemed like that was the narrative the game wanted to take, Cait Sith pretty much says it outright that they are the OTP, but I guess at this point Cloud is Zack, so there actually never is any CloudxAeris, its all Zack and it was always Zack. Tifabestgirl.

Hojo is the biggest dick.

Tifa <3

Just started GoW2018

Startling admission time: "the big death" wasn't so much of a blow for me as it was many, as *I* was one who assumed Tifa in the first place. You have your big breasted, badass fighter, childhood friend on one hand and some random chick you just met who oozes that annoying, tropey "tee hee hee, look how frail and innocent I am" thing that is apparently culturally sexy, but I never got on board with finding that appealing so I never "got" it. Hell, I didn't know the Gold Saucer date scene was flag dependent, and got Tifa my first time through even though the game is set up to funnel you towards Aerith unless you knew how to do otherwise.

I didn't even use the flower girl all that much, and when I started using her a bit more, it was when she gets her best weapon with all the extra materia slots... which isn't all that long before she bites the dust. I was a bit more upset that I bothered starting to use her more RIGHT BEFORE she goes all Obi Wan. Could've been leveling someone else. Character wise, though, I wasn't really supper attached at all.

I forgot about Cait as well. And I actually remember thinking, when they revealed who he actually was, that the actual person would be joining the party for awhile. Then that never happened.

[OssMan]

Cait Sith is one of the most interesting characters. That whole scene with him in the Temple of the Ancients is so confusing, like is he actually getting sentimental, or acting, or what?

[Sepholio]

Definitely one of the most interesting. When I played it when I was young I didn't really feel that way but on subsequent playthroughs as I got older I started to appreciate the conflicted nature of his character more and more.

Tifa was always the one for me. Aerith always seemed somehow distant and too carefree, like she wasn't really interested and was destined for something else. Still didn't soften the big blow when it happened though as I had grown to appreciate her for other reasons. That is still one of the most gut-wrenching moments in gaming history for me, up there with the death and resurrection of Crono and the subsequent scenes with Marle in Chrono Trigger.

Don't know if you guys ever experienced it, but the best Saucer scene is if you somehow get the date with Barret. That was glorious.

[Ultra Mantis]

I did the Barret date on this playthrough, dude called me a spikey headed fucker and chastised me for not being into any of the girls. This was preceded by 20 seconds of awkward silence during the fireworks display and it totally cracked me.

Was pretty interesting that Cait Sith was the only hero who really called Barret out on his bullshit moral high ground, what AVALANCHE did in the opening was pretty fucking horrific but Aeris/th, Cid, Yuffie, Nanaki and Vince never even touch on the subject of joining forces with a terrorist cell.

[Tom Guycott]

Cid was too busy verbally abusing his wife to be on any moral high ground about terrorist cells.

"SIT YOUR ASS DOWN AND DRINK YOUR GODDAMN TEA!!!"

I do like his reaction to wanting to make him party leader after that whole lifestream thing... "Pain in the ass! Forget it!"

[Ultra Mantis]

lol Cid is such a selfish arsehole, dude was willing to sacrifice the huge materia you've been chasing around Gaea for an entire disc if it meant he got to go into space, but he wasn't willing to burn Shera to a crisp so you know he must really care about her deep down.

[Sepholio]

So I decided I need a break from heavy gaming and downloaded a few little titles to toy around with.

Yoku's Island Express is super fun. It's like Metroid combined with pinball. I realize that sounds weird but that is exactly what it is. You are a dung beetle rolling your ball around the world, doing quests for other island inhabitants and searching for powerups. Navigation is done by rolling around the world and engaging a massive number of pinball flippers that are everywhere in the environment. Some are just a flipper here or there, other areas have fairly complex puzzles involving tons of them. There are also pinball boss fights. It does have a pretty light hearted story component to fuel your adventure, and it does enough for what it is. Pretty fun game, really liked it and was kind of sad when I finished it. Would definitely play more of the style. It was just so charming lol.

Also got Hot Lava. Remember being a kid and pretending the floor is lava? Yeah. This is that. First person mirrors edge style parkour.....with lava. Hot lava. Straight forward game but surprisingly challenging. Still in early access but there is a pretty good amount of content already. Only 9.99 right now, and it gives you an extra copy to gift to someone through steam. Gave it to my oldest son and now I'm dad of the year (for the next week anyways until he wants something else).

Also saw this little game called Ballistic Golf, also in early access.....but it was only 2.99. 3 bucks, what the hell, I'll give it a go. Typical PC mini-golf game, little rough around the edges in terms of some framerate issues (doesn't effect your play though), but a TON of content for 3 dollars. I want to say there is like 250-ish holes so far, broken down into 9 hole courses, and they constantly add more and more for free. Theres some easy holes on the beginning courses but it ramps up in a hurry. I just played a 9 hole course that was par 157. One hole was like a par 35 LOL. You will get blindsided by some crazy traps you weren't expecting from time to time, but it's hardly upsetting most of the time. But yea, if you want a little mini golf game that you can kill a few minutes here or there with, it's a steal at the price. I can see it being my go to when I only have a little time to play something, at least for the forseeable future.

[Destor]

Just finished God of War 2018. Amazing game. Makes me look back on the franchise (that i love) and feel like all the previous games are a joke. I cant think of a franchise reinventing itself like this one has. I cant gush loud enough.

[Destor]

Will pass the time until Octopath with Banjo Kazooi, Cuphead and Hollow Knight

[Fignuts]

Just finished God of War 2018. Amazing game. Makes me look back on the franchise (that i love) and feel like all the previous games are a joke. I cant think of a franchise reinventing itself like this one has. I cant gush loud enough.

Felt the same way.

Old Man Kratos is so much cooler than the original series version.

[Fignuts]

Also, said this before but

That entire sequence from when Atreus gets sick to the first fight with the chaos blades is one of the most incredible moments ever. They set the tone and built to it so beautifully

[Destor]

Getting the chaos blades was intense and mark out worthy the whole way. The sequence that got me the most was when Atreus was becoming arrogant. It was breaking my heart to see him behave that way.

Some other things i loved:

valk fights. Cool. Tough. Rewarding.

Baulder and Freyas arc was written very well. The writting of the entire game was brilliant.

The build of Thor was really great and the reveal was pretty rad. The cut to Mjölnir was HYPE.

The Laviathan Axe mechanics were bad ass too in general.

Great puzzles. Some of the optional chests were very tricky. The zelda based items progression fit very well.


Awesome game. I could easily keep going.

[Destor]

This was the best cinematic gaming experience since TLoU

[Ultra Mantis]

Embarking on the ridiculous grind to beat Emerald and Ruby Weapon with Mime W-Summon quadra magic KOTR. Not sure how long this is going to take but I once beat Ruby Weapon without KOTR as a self-inflicted challenge and that battle seemed to take longer than any amount of grinding ever has.

[Destor]

I hate the optional bosses in FF7. To be reasonable to need KOTR and that cast animation is unbearable

[Ultra Mantis]

Yeah they're either too much or too easy, there's no balanced way to get a good fight out of them. I prefer the lucky 7s method of beating Emerald since limits have a much quicker animation, but he doesn't even get a turn it's sad.

[Splaya]

Definitely one of the most interesting. When I played it when I was young I didn't really feel that way but on subsequent playthroughs as I got older I started to appreciate the conflicted nature of his character more and more.

Tifa was always the one for me. Aerith always seemed somehow distant and too carefree, like she wasn't really interested and was destined for something else. Still didn't soften the big blow when it happened though as I had grown to appreciate her for other reasons. That is still one of the most gut-wrenching moments in gaming history for me, up there with the death and resurrection of Crono and the subsequent scenes with Marle in Chrono Trigger.

Don't know if you guys ever experienced it, but the best Saucer scene is if you somehow get the date with Barret. That was glorious.

Tifa was awesome. I just think the music after the bastard stabs her is what makes the moment for me. The first time I played it I was like 12, just having a blast playing the game, wondering why Cloud was mentally messed up. Then Sephiroth drops from the sky and stabs her through her heart and you are like..........wtf just happened:'(

[Fignuts]

Yeah they're either too much or too easy, there's no balanced way to get a good fight out of them. I prefer the lucky 7s method of beating Emerald since limits have a much quicker animation, but he doesn't even get a turn it's sad.

They fixed it in FF8. Omega Weapon takes the straightforward route of making you wish you were never born.

[Ultra Mantis]

Oh yeah, Omega is a real fucker, he's right up there with Penance. Reaching Ultima in 8 was also such an ordeal that facing him became a much scarier prospect, that was one anxiety inducing game over.

I think the Dark Aeons from X are actually my favourite bunch of superbosses.

[DaveWadding]

Since GTA: San Andreas showed up on backwards compatible, I've been playing a lot of that. And some Midnight Club: LA too.

[Destor]

How well has GTA:SA aged?

[DaveWadding]

The graphics are bad. Way worse than Bully or RDR. The story is still pretty phenomenal.

[Destor]

Graphics felt bad even then tbf. does the game mechanics still feel fluid? Game felt really great in the day

[DaveWadding]

I don't love the shooting mechanics, but I could probably change them in the game menu. They use RT to lock on and LT or B to shoot, which is backwards from every game since.

[Ultra Mantis]

I need something to play that I can finish in two weeks and my backlog is entirely made up of RPGs :'(

[Emperor Smeat]

Donkey Kong Adventure DLC from Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

Bought it when it was released but only started it yesterday since I lent my Switch to my nephew so he could play and beat it first. Bit disappointed Ubisoft didn't bother to add DK and Cranky Rabbid to the roster for multiplayer.

[Heisenberg]

Dark Souls 3
Dying Light
Overwatch

[Emperor Smeat]

Donkey Kong Adventure DLC from Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

Bought it when it was released but only started it yesterday since I lent my Switch to my nephew so he could play and beat it first. Bit disappointed Ubisoft didn't bother to add DK and Cranky Rabbid to the roster for multiplayer.

Haven't hard a game or expansion pack crash this much while playing since either Saints Row II or IV.

Already encountered a puzzle that can become unsolvable and make the DLC unplayable if you quit to the main hub. Another 2-3 random game freezes with one happening during a boss fight.

[AndyC]

right now i'm replaying the original sly cooper trilogy, as my attached trophy card should suggest. currently at the tail end of sly 2. nothing against thieves in time btw, i just don't have it at the moment.

i also play tank trouble [https://tanktrouble.pro] recently, and i probably need to finish rooftop snipers [http://rooftopsnipersgame.com] sometime in the next 80 years.

[Destor]

NEED HALP GUYS

i dont have anything to play while i wait for octo...need something short

[Ultra Mantis]

Destor I am about 2 hours in with Nier Automata and I feel like I've made a huge mistake.

[Destor]

Its in my stack and im not touching it for that very reason

[Destor]

Thinking about starting a morrowind playthrough for the 1000000th time since it should be easy to dip out of

[Destor]

Or KOTOR

[Destor]

I also have the 1st gears. Ive never played it. HLtB says its 10 hours

[Ultra Mantis]

If I manage to find some time this weekend I might just be able to pull it off, was considering Ni No Kuni 2 but it's much longer than Nier:A and considering I have no fucking clue what is going on so far I don't think a forced stop start would be as jarring.

[Destor]

Instarted nier and hated the combat. Watched some speed runs and think i havea better appreciation fornthe mechanics and might be able to give it a go soon

[Ultra Mantis]

Yeah, I was totally confused when it started off as bullet hell. The third person camera is a bit shit at times, I walked into one of the rooms at HQ and 2B started spazzing out doing backflips and then a trophy popped up. I was totally confused and looked it up, apparently it's for trying to look up 2Bs skirt 10 times so I'm now an accidental pervert and that's a great way to start off this game.

[Destor]

But i mean...did you see her robo nethers?

[Ultra Mantis]

In the confusion I didn't even notice, the camera was on a fixed side view at the time so I have no idea what her downstairs situation is. Gonna assume fully functional. Probs very smooth.

[Destor]

I assumed sexless

[Ultra Mantis]

Dunno, 9S definitely wants to dock in her port.

[Destor]

Haha well played

[Danny Electric]

Crash Bandicoot on the Xbox One.

[Savio]

911 Operator....

Pretty fun

[Disturbed316]

Gone back to Assassins Creed Origins to work my way through the DLC, so far only started Discovery Mode, but love how they turned the game into a rich educational tool.

[Splaya]

Playing way too much NHL 16 when i still haven’t finished Fallout 4 The Last of Us and FF15

[Sepholio]

Ive been playing spintires: mudrunner to hold me over for octopath. It's literally a trucking simulator...with a whole of mud. Everywhere. I end of relying on my winch to get me out of the muck an awful lot. It is a really good sim for what it is though. Some very difficult runs you have to make in that game and I've hardly scratched the surface.

It was kinda funny how I got it though. It's basically the definitive edition of spintires. The original retails for 15ish and the new version retails for 30. Both were 40% off for the steam sale though. And if you own the original, the new version was 50% off....and for some reason those discounts stacked to 90%. So I bought the original for like 8 bucks on steam, then got the new version for 3 dollars at the 90% discount, then immediately refunded the original game. Surprised it worked....but it did lol

[Splaya]

And I just found out that Heavy Rain is a free download for PS4 this month. FML

[Destor]

too expensive. i'd wait and see if the price drops

[Savio]

JASON!

[DAMN iNATOR]

Playing way too much NHL 16 when i still haven’t finished Fallout 4 The Last of Us and FF15

I can honestly understand the first one as much as it pains me to say that. FO4's vanilla game story felt like way more of a chore to get through than it should've been. If you haven't already played through Autamotron, Far Harbor and Nuka-World DLC's, however, I highly recommend them.

[Ultra Mantis]

JASON!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Playing the Witcher: Enhanced Edition. Can't conquer the Beast.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Playing the Witcher: Enhanced Edition. Can't conquer the Beast.

(*Brock Lesnar joke*)

[Ultra Mantis]

I've reached a "stopping point" in Nier Automata, got my first (well, technically second, don't eat the fish) ending at around 30 hours, there is no way I'll finish the next part before Friday so I'm going to have to pick this back up after Octopath. From what I gather it's probably best to take a break now anyway and treat it like a NG+

Really like it though, it's weird as fuck and I'm not sure I have a clue what's going on, but as open worlds go it's really on point. This is a MUCH better game than Horizon Zero Dawn, but Persona 5 of course is still 2017 #1. Soundtrack is also weird as hell but very pleasant, reminds me of Final Fantasy XIII in some ways.

Guess I'll just do some casual style gaming this week.

[Destor]

Ive doing some darksouls runs and playing some crash bandicoot to pass the time. Friday cant come soon enough

[Ultra Mantis]

Probably going to do some Mega Man Collection / Death Road to Canada and wish I was playing something else.

[Heisenberg]

Or KOTOR



KOTOR 2 and Mass Effect for me this weekend. Since finishing my PC rig and whole setup recently I took to Steam to download 79 games so far on my external HDD.


These two look amazing given their age and my playthroughs being on Xbox OG and 360

[Destor]

and legit GREAT games too. Totally hold up.

[ClockShot]

Platinum'd Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and did the 2 DLC story missions. Mission accomplished.

Debating if I should jump back to Mass Effect: Andromeda and go for the platinum there, or try my hand at Absolver.

[A.J.K]

Final Fantasy 7 disc 2

[Destor]

Octopath Traveler and anyone who isnt is a faggot and not the gay kind. The kind that makes grammar corrections at parties and who liked that band you are into when they were cool before they sold.

[Ruien]

Octopath Traveler like the rest of the world. Also playing Crash on the side. Finished the first 2 games of Crash already.

[Destor]

i was playing 2 at the time

[LibSuperstar]

i was playing 2 at the time

Ah! Never played 2 before.

[Destor]

2 is better imo. 2 adds a few movement techs that allow for faster movement through stages. Gives you more control of momentum as well. It *feels* better to play than 1. By a lot honestly.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Did a little GTA Online the other night and finally passed The Prison Break heist. But now, Lester won't call to give me the prompt or whatever to kickoff The Humane Labs Raid. *SIGH*...

[DAMN iNATOR]

Thinking about starting a morrowind playthrough for the 1000000th time since it should be easy to dip out of
You would've never been able to have defeated Dagoth Ur and saved Vvardenfell to become the Cheesevarine in that amount of time. Therefore, it's a good thing you didn't bark up that tree or you likely would've had to just kill poor Caius Cosades at his Balmora house and severed the thread of prophecy and doomed all of Vvardenfell long before the Red Mountain erupted. :(

[Destor]

A played it for a dozen hours or so. Morrowind isnt about beating the endgame. Morrowind is about getting lost in the best game world ever made.

[Disturbed316]

Keeping the World Cup spirit alive by diving back into FIFA 18 and tackling UT. It's pretty addictive.

[Ultra Mantis]

I have no idea what a Cheesevarine is, but DAMNiNator seems to suit the title.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I have no idea what a Cheesevarine is, but DAMNiNator seems to suit the title.

Portmanteau word of "cheese" (from Destor's user title) and "Nerevarine". The latter is what your adventurer ends up being named by the 3 tribes of Vvardenfell in Morrowind after completing a set task or trial by a tribes Wise Woman who is their leader. It's also the title bestowed upon the adventurer by the Dædric goddess Aura once you successfully claim a certain ring. You then go on to get what you need for a fight with Dagoth Ur in his own area. Defeating him cements you as the Nerevarine/Lord Nerevar/Nerevar Moon-and-Star.

[DAMN iNATOR]

A played it for a dozen hours or so. Morrowind isnt about beating the endgame. Morrowind is about getting lost in the best game world ever made.

And screaming at the infernal cliff racers to leave you the fuck alone.

[ClockShot]

Mass Effect: Andromeda.

Falling in love in Vetra all over again with some action on the side this time in Insanity. And, making sure that stupid Renmant VI kills all of it's buddies.

[Helmsphere]

Finally getting around to playing Gears 4 with a friend.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Playing the Witcher: Enhanced Edition. Can't conquer the Beast.

I also picked up The Witcher 3 (GOTY edition) this week...it's starting to fill the hole left in my life since I stopped playing Dark Souls 3.

[ClockShot]

Platinumed Mass Effect: Andromeda yesterday.

Got a few more weeks until Spider-Man comes out. I'll either try to platinum Dishonored 2 or fire up one of the free games I got like Absolver or Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain.

[Swiss Ultimate]

I'M NOT SURE BUT I'M MAKING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY ON IT AND YOU CAN TOO!

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[Destor]

After octopath im trying to clear my pallet. Blind play of the msx version of the original metal gear

[Lock Jaw]

Currently playing Final Fantasy 8

[Lock Jaw]

I had forgotten a lot of the story since I last played it

[OssMan]

I had forgotten a lot of the story since I last played it

That's actually part of the plot. You've been using too many GFs IRL