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I'm so glad Grim Fandango exists. I'd love to see a version of it with an expanded fourth act though.
I loved everything about Grim Fandango playing it recently other than, unfortunately, the actual game.
Shindig
14-01-2018, 03:53 PM
Yeah, I can't shake the idea of walking into 90s adventure game tropes, however beloved Grim Fandango might be. In other news, I beat two games this weekend. Little Red Lie is a 7-hour feel good romp through middle-class financial terror and existentialism. Basically, a game you read and feel kinda sad afterwards. I like it. There's barely any player agency in it but it's well-written and presented.
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] is a Japanese 2D fighting game where I mashed my way through the story mode in 20 minutes. I don't even know how to block or activate my super but I sure know how to press square and circle a bunch.
phonics
16-01-2018, 09:53 AM
I'm getting my #GAMINGRIG today. So hyped. Not sure what to play first.
Me, Ian and Sama (sometimes Cord as well) are playing TF2 which works on most rigs.
Rocket League? (:drool:) It also depends what kind of games you would like to play.
phonics
16-01-2018, 01:21 PM
I've got Rocket League on Switch. I'm not buying it twice.
I'm godlike at TF2, happy to join.
phonics
16-01-2018, 06:13 PM
Lads you should see this thing. There's a fucking window to watch my graphics card logo glow. It's dumb as fuck. I love it.
Downloading TF2 and a few single player games now.
I'm getting my #GAMINGRIG today. So hyped. Not sure what to play first.Whats in it?
phonics
16-01-2018, 07:16 PM
https://i.imgur.com/DefaT9V.png
https://i.imgur.com/rfgZCg7.png
Disco
16-01-2018, 07:58 PM
Dat Windows 10 Home, sick.
Shindig
16-01-2018, 08:33 PM
I bet two thirds of that RAM does nothing but look cool. Today I needed to break a tenner so I bought Vanquish, Red Dead and Metal Gear Rising. I am now a fan of daft Platinum.
phonics
16-01-2018, 10:31 PM
I bet two thirds of that RAM does nothing but look cool. Today I needed to break a tenner so I bought Vanquish, Red Dead and Metal Gear Rising. I am now a fan of daft Platinum.
You forget I'm a video editor by trade. I'm considering remote networking it to my work laptop and transferring the project file back and forth over the internet and I think I'd still gain a good 50% drop in rendering time.
I've fucking missed this. I've got Nioh, Bayonetta, TF2 and Divinity: Original Sin 2. PC gaming, such breadth :drool:
Shindig
16-01-2018, 11:39 PM
Ah, yes. Rendering out videos makes my PC sound like a hoover full of wasps.
I've fucking missed this. I've got Nioh, Bayonetta, TF2 and Divinity: Original Sin 2. PC gaming, such breadth :drool:
I need to get Divinity 2. Nioh looks beautiful as fuck and I'm interested to see/hear how the PC port of Bayonetta really is.
Little Nightmares on the Steam sale for £8. Tempted.
phonics
17-01-2018, 10:24 AM
Ruh-Roh. Stayed up until 2 in the morning playing Nioh and now I'm tired.
What a cool game. It's kind of like Dark Souls but it's stage based so your progression is tied to you getting through the level and your progression with weapon skills rather than souls deciding how much damage you do, crying yourself to sleep when you lose them and getting to the next bonfire. That Hi/Med/Low stance stuff is confusing so I just stay in low at all times and slash the shit out of people.
wullie
17-01-2018, 10:41 AM
Tried Uncanny Valley as one of the free PS+ games. I might have to unsubscribe if the hitrate keeps up.
Divinity Original Sin (and 2) are even better if you have a co-op chum with suitably similar gaming time availability.
phonics
17-01-2018, 11:00 AM
Unless you fancy it Ian, I doubt I do.
I've just finished spending 100 hours playing it so probably a bit soon for me.
phonics
18-01-2018, 10:53 AM
The opening of Tekken 7 you play as a 10 year old Jin Kazama who gets his ass kicked by Heiachi and then you're in control of Heiachi and have to do a button combo to drop Baby Jin in a volcano.
Tekkens fucking great.
phonics
18-01-2018, 01:58 PM
In a weird mix of this forums interests. Neymar was making a PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds reference for a celebration last night.
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Shindig
21-01-2018, 05:14 PM
Man, Darksiders is wearing thin now. Controls feel a little clunky at times. Especially when it decides it wants to be Portal near the end. Portal surfaces are clearly explained but the game still won't let you place them down.
So what did you settle on for DOS2, phonics?
phonics
21-01-2018, 09:59 PM
So what did you settle on for DOS2, phonics?
My anxiety at not making 'the right' choice has destroyed my ability to play through the game. I've played that mission on the boat 7 times with different combinations of choices/characters.
So I'm killing aliens in XCom 2 instead. Much more relaxing. This game runs exactly as well as it did on my old PC which is to say, not great. I wonder why this one is so janky in comparison to the original. Maybe it's an NBA 2k thing where the whole engine is running on paper clips, chewing gum and string.
As in, the "right" choice in terms of your choice of character(s)?
Just pick some and get on with it, it's an amazing game.
Dark Soldier
26-01-2018, 03:00 PM
Picked up Monster Hunter on PS4 today.
Shindig
27-01-2018, 04:47 PM
I'll be grabbing that at some point. Preferably after a price drop.
Raoul Duke
27-01-2018, 05:03 PM
This Monster Hunter game that everyone's losing their shit about looks bobbins.
Sir Andy Mahowry
27-01-2018, 05:30 PM
I wasn't that keen on the beta.
I think it’s one of those ‘you get it or you dont’ games.
I don’t get it.
Dark Soldier
27-01-2018, 09:53 PM
Its genuinely fun, the combat is satisfying and its a good laugh to play, very Japan in its style of twee Anime NPCs. I wasn't a fan of the beta either but disposable income means I buy everything.
PLUS YOU GET A CAT SIDEKICK MEET TONY AND OAP SIRJUR
https://i.imgur.com/zPj11zB.jpg
Shindig
27-01-2018, 10:07 PM
I'm annoyed I skipped the betas. I've been pondering God Eater 2 or something just as a way to ease into the genre but it sounds like World's about as 'accessible' as the games might get for now.
Dark Soldier
27-01-2018, 10:11 PM
Everything I've heard about the beta is it was only worth it for the die hards as it was essentially a couple of fights with no context, no exploring, no hub, no meaning etc.
Shindig
27-01-2018, 10:17 PM
The time limit put me off. I feel like I need the 50 minutes that the full game brings for quests.
Dark Soldier
27-01-2018, 10:28 PM
I'll report back once into it proper, it looks lovely too and the option of graphics, detail or framerate on the Pro is a Godsend.
Also playing Wolfenstein 2 which is wonderfully old school and batshit. Plus Yakuza 0 which hit second on my favourite games of 2017, nudging Mario down to third.
SincereTheRebel
30-01-2018, 12:25 PM
Finally got around to playing Hitman and the mechanins and animations of the game still feel like its been made in 2006.
Shindig
30-01-2018, 08:22 PM
It's a clockwork diorama. That's why it works.
phonics
31-01-2018, 11:03 AM
Monster Hunter has sold 5 million copies in 3 days, for comparison, Super Mario Odyssey has sold 9 total.
Dark Soldier
31-01-2018, 01:37 PM
Its a brilliant game.
Shindig
04-02-2018, 08:38 AM
Nerdy arcade enthusiasts Twin Galaxies have a big problem with their big players having fabricated scores, it seems. Including Billy Mitchell.
Dark Soldier
05-02-2018, 02:02 AM
Lads though this laptop:
https://i.imgur.com/HryYJOq.jpg
Everything runs in maxed 1080 60fps or more. I am a convert fuck a console scrub I'll windmill you for days.
I'm definitely improving on the early stages of a round of PUBG. I am not farting about nearly as much as I used to while looting and I'm relatively handy at looking after myself and getting a kill or two. My biggest weaknest is any kind of engagement in big, open spaces which obviously is more important in the later rounds once you're circle-chasing.
It feels good that I am getting kills more often now though. Less of a liability in group stuff. I probably need to start making a point of landing in the busiest places to get more shootytime practice.
phonics
05-02-2018, 03:19 PM
You going to be on tonight? I haven't played over the weekend due to a mixture of sickness/hangovers.
I have parents visiting so it depends what time they fuck off out my living room. Going to try and squeeze a game or two in just now.
phonics
07-02-2018, 10:15 AM
Fifth place - 6 kills :(
I'm so close but so far.
Yeah, I'm definitely at a point where I'm closest to getting a win. Not solo, without some luck, perhaps, but certainly a group one where I'm less of a dead weight than I was when I first started.
To think I got my first Fortnite win inside about two hours.
Dark Soldier
08-02-2018, 12:47 AM
Been playing Metroid Prime in 4k (downsample as laptop screen is only 1080) via Dolphin, what a fucking game it still is. So so good.
https://i.imgur.com/vA80Hrb.jpg
It never even occurred to me that Metroid Prime would be a thing I could play on PC. What a fucking trilogy. Is it two where you have all the Space Pirate logs where they're shitting their pants because they think they've got two Samus' on the go? I'm an absolute sucker for that kind of exposition and I loved that shit.
Do I remember rightly that there's a Metroid Prime 4 coming to Switch? Because if there is that might be what makes me need one.
Dark Soldier
08-02-2018, 02:02 AM
Yeah man. The second is a belter but its a tad lacking compared to the first. Much better world building though. Also yeah, MP4 is coming to Switch, its the reason I bought my Switch! I mean you can even run Breath of the Wild on PC now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYhm2_rqxk
I've got Windwaker and Twilight Princess on the go to. Both of those have texture packs. Windwaker looks gorgeous:
https://i.imgur.com/tGJDBUU.jpg
Yeah, I remember Echoes being my least favourite of the three but with some of the coolest ideas. Fucking loved Corruption though.
Shindig
08-02-2018, 09:54 PM
I'll need to get back into Echoes at some point. I also need to sort RetroArch out so I can configure my controller for the Gamecube stuff. The stick shifts on my controller and it makes playing on the Gamecube a little off-kilter.
FM18 is under £20. (https://www.reddit.com/r/footballmanagergames/comments/7x8vko/fm18_is_under_20/)
SincereTheRebel
15-02-2018, 07:09 PM
Im going into Game tomorrow as i have a voucher. There better be a winter Olympic button bashing game out
So Fe looks beautiful, but the post-script of the RPS review is what surprised me.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/02/16/fe-review/
Not that I disagree but it caught me off guard.
Im going into Game tomorrow as i have a voucher. There better be a winter Olympic button bashing game outits called Steep.
Magic
16-02-2018, 08:23 PM
For fuck's sake. After really enjoying GT5 I got GT6 for £8 from Ebay. Totally stoked to start playing it, so I put it on when I got in at half 6 knowing it would have updates to do so it would be ready by the time the little 'un is down to bed.
8PM comes, and it's only on 12/21 updates. So it's just fucking finished, and now it's going to take 320 minutes to install.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Why wouldn't you just turn network play off and get started right away? It's not like you'll be doing online play anyway.
Magic
16-02-2018, 08:56 PM
Because of the patches and stuff. The online servers have been decommissioned.
Also there's a bug with the updating. I have to install 22 updates manually. :happycry:
Magic
16-02-2018, 11:02 PM
I tried the bulk one again and it failed. That's been 5.5hrs staring at a progress bar. What is my life.
Magic
17-02-2018, 01:22 AM
2.5hrs later and it's failing on single updates too. Absolute shite. Back on eBay you go cunt
phonics
17-02-2018, 01:43 AM
Mate are you trying to play PS3 games on your PS4? I don't think they have backwards compatibility.
Magic
17-02-2018, 02:29 AM
Lol at you thinking I could afford a PS4. :(
phonics
17-02-2018, 02:36 AM
Oh that'll be why. They've probably shut down most of their PS3 servers at this point with GT Sport out.
Magic
17-02-2018, 02:42 AM
Its not that though as I can download everything it's just installing it that doesn't work.
Shindig
17-02-2018, 12:17 PM
If the updates are failing, your hard drive's fucked.
Magic
17-02-2018, 12:33 PM
Why is every single other game absolutely fine then?
On my third attempt. 3 hours so far this morning. On the killer 2GB update now.
Magic
17-02-2018, 12:45 PM
:D
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/063/Rage.jpg
Just stop doing the updates.
Magic
17-02-2018, 02:52 PM
Yeah but version 1 has loads of bugs much like FM. Have repaired the HD so going to try a fourth time. If not I'll just go up to the 9/22 and stick with that.
Shindig
17-02-2018, 02:52 PM
Why is every single other game absolutely fine then?
GT must be writing to the same sectors. Where the free space is. I had this problem with Yakuza 5. A format might, might clear it but I ended up fitting a spare drive into it.
Magic
17-02-2018, 04:51 PM
Yep didn't work. Going to go up to v1.09 and stick with that.
Edit: Nope! Turns out a fair chunk of the game was released via these updates, so it can fuck off.
Patje
17-02-2018, 05:13 PM
A Google search for "gt6 updates ps3" shows that there are issues with updates. Versions 1.02 and 1.10 are named pretty often.
Did find this as solutions: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/707208-gran-turismo-6/69750046 and http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/GT-Sport/Recommended-GT6-Updating-Instructions/m-p/22766000
Disco
17-02-2018, 05:33 PM
Makes you wonder what the point of console gaming actually is.
Magic
17-02-2018, 05:41 PM
I've done all that. I've not reformatted though fuck losing everything.
oi Sir Andy Mahowry and wullie of you wanna play as me and Mike on WWE2K18 search for hashtag BRITISH on the community creations and sort by newest. :cool:
Make sure to set us as a tag team, called Englands Best with British Bulldogs music.
Sir Andy Mahowry
17-02-2018, 08:01 PM
I traded it in when I got my Switch although I have been meaning to get it back.
I think you've just provided me with a reason.
Ha.
Tried to persuade mike to get way into Universe mode but he was having none of it, so we just went through Play... instead. :thbdn:
Sir Andy Mahowry
17-02-2018, 08:05 PM
Universe is great.
I dabbled a bit just before I traded in but now that I'm back 'into' WWE I'll be going balls deep into it.
Magic
17-02-2018, 09:35 PM
Advanced Warfare is ok but not a patch on Black Ops II. BF4 fps sucks.
Trying Heavy Rain now. Anyone played it?
Disco
17-02-2018, 09:47 PM
Well it's a David Cage game, you'll probably love it.
Magic
17-02-2018, 09:54 PM
Didn't realise it's for kids. Binned it for Red Dead.
I enjoyed Heavy Rain. You should give it a go.
Danny
18-02-2018, 04:31 AM
Press X to Shaun
Shindig
18-02-2018, 10:21 AM
"Ethan, here is a very strict schedule pertaining to our child's life because I DO NOT TRUST YOU."
The game's unintentional gold.
JASON.
I think I played about 90 minutes of it and thought "fuck this."
Shindig
18-02-2018, 09:54 PM
Ok, I'm firmly onboard the 'Fuck PES' train. You can guarantee a 1-0 lead will be wiped out ten minutes from time by a defensive error you had no control over. I'm also noticing the AI seems to always pressure the same way, regardless of opposition.
Shindig
20-02-2018, 09:07 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4JqCmt9hzE
"In case of Need for Speed Emergency, break glass."
Ok, I'm firmly onboard the 'Fuck PES' train. You can guarantee a 1-0 lead will be wiped out ten minutes from time by a defensive error you had no control over. I'm also noticing the AI seems to always pressure the same way, regardless of opposition.Imagine spending three hours making kits for your masterleague team and then getting sacked after the first season. :moop:
Shindig
20-02-2018, 11:34 PM
Just blame it on Mike's poor finishing.
Didn't realise it's for kids. Binned it for Red Dead.
Get Spec Ops: The Line.
Just blame it on Mike's poor finishing.
I'm deadly. It's Baz's inability to take his finger off the sprint button, ever and The Reid insisting we play a 74 year old Veron.
phonics
22-02-2018, 03:06 PM
Blizzard are going to announce a Warcraft 3 Remaster, similar to what they did with Brood War last year.
Magic
22-02-2018, 07:25 PM
Get Spec Ops: The Line.
I think I'm done with any more games.
I might get Last Of Us then that's it.
Shindig
22-02-2018, 11:35 PM
https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/7/16984898/the-surge-2-pc-xbox-playstation-release-date-price
Hell, I'm excited. The Surge is kinda good.
Magic
23-02-2018, 06:35 PM
Lol I bottled it and bought Blops 3.
phonics
23-02-2018, 10:46 PM
On the PS3? Wasn't that one of the cross generation ones? That's going to be a REALLY BAD version. One of them only had multiplayer.
phonics
23-02-2018, 10:47 PM
On the PS3? Wasn't that one of the cross generation ones? That's going to be a REALLY BAD version. One of them only had multiplayer.
Magic you should double down on your credit card debt and get a Sony Credit Card. With your expenditure you'd be able to buy a PS4 in Sony Points in weeks.
Magic
23-02-2018, 10:49 PM
Yeah I fucking love the multiplayer. I've went back to Blops 1 which is awesome the maps are just incredible. Way better than 2. I bought 3 second hand from CEX using my GT6 credit that I sold to them.
I am really not digging 3rd person shit these days.
phonics
23-02-2018, 11:16 PM
Yeah, they're a bit old hat at this point. I'm amazed they're still working on another Gears of War. I think it works for your action games ala Arse Cred Oranges/Zelda but shooting guns in third person is dull for some reason.
phonics
24-02-2018, 10:21 PM
Clearly someones very angry at how good I am at Battlegrounds.
https://i.imgur.com/sS0n8Od.png
I'm not being funny but unless you've got exponentially better since the last time we played I never had any reason to believe you were cheating.
We got some really good finishes but mostly through running anyway and hiding and skirting the action and basically never killing anybody.
wullie
24-02-2018, 11:04 PM
Insult to injury, I've reported you to Microsoft for your dodgy copy of Windows.
phonics
24-02-2018, 11:14 PM
It's not dodgy, you get 30 days. I'm waiting till after payday to make the building of the PC feel a bit less dear.
Magic
24-02-2018, 11:57 PM
Yeah, they're a bit old hat at this point. I'm amazed they're still working on another Gears of War. I think it works for your action games ala Arse Cred Oranges/Zelda but shooting guns in third person is dull for some reason.
Yet all the best rated games are 3rd person (uncharted, last of us etc).
phonics
25-02-2018, 12:02 AM
Well that's one specific company that are very good at what they do. Also I'm not a big fan of Uncharted and have never played Last of Us.
Dark Soldier
25-02-2018, 01:56 AM
Naughty Dog make shite games.
First chicken dinner. No kills. :cool:
https://i.imgur.com/FGObKb1.jpg
Haha that’s quite some feat.
Shindig
25-02-2018, 10:21 AM
Darksydephil did that in his second ever game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZraqMidhyOc
Looks like he was solo where I was in a group. He's also probably actually good at games, where I am not.
I also did shoot somebody where he either hasn't or just missed.
Disco
25-02-2018, 03:04 PM
Get in Webly, winning the ThirdHard way.
I'm not gonna lie, when it was two of us and one other dude left I thought we were about to lose in embarrassing fashion.
Shindig
25-02-2018, 03:42 PM
He's also probably actually good at games, where I am not.
Oh, far from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4VfzaL4mR8&t=
Hah, well if I were to do that sort of thing it would mostly have the selling point of laughing at my incompetence.
Or in the case of PUBG outright cowardice, most of the time.
Shindig
25-02-2018, 06:39 PM
I've never really found it fun to watch. It's probably tense to play but, unless you're really good at finding people and taking kills, I can't see myself being pulled into it. Anyway, cracking on with Final Fantasy V and I'm just about closing out the first world. If I wasn't looking at a walkthrough for it, I'd be fucked. What's annoying is how certain tougher bosses seem to require you to lean on a specific job.
I was hoping the job system would allow me to just pick and choose the team I wanted (White Mage, Black Mage and two heavy hitters) but I've had to invest in a Time Mage and, more specifically a couple of Ninjas to throw shit at the Earth Shrine boss.
Magic
27-02-2018, 02:03 PM
Blops3 is fun but the fucking frame rate is appalling.
phonics
27-02-2018, 02:50 PM
You're playing a 3 year old game on a 12 year old piece of kit. It's a testament to human ingenuity it works at all.
Magic
28-02-2018, 09:49 AM
It's actually not the frame rate it's the fucking lag. Hardly any EU based servers.
Shindig
02-03-2018, 08:34 AM
Bloodborne is free this month on PS Plus. And Ratchet and Clank.
Into The Breach is fuckin' A.
Second chicken dinner in PUBG.
Lasted until right before the very end again (though wasn't a survivor)..... no kills again. :D
I am the pacifist PUBG king.
Was that with Phonics or your workmates?
phonics
03-03-2018, 06:21 PM
Got Titanfall 2 today :drool: It's good.
In a duos game last night I got down to me and two other guys (not a duo, I think).... turns out they both had crate-dropped sniper rifles. :moop:
phonics
08-03-2018, 12:18 AM
Not sure how many people will care/remember him in the general thread so reposting it here so we can relive some lols.
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Looks like Jack Thompson, the disbarred lawyer and also the guy behind the lawsuits against 2 Live Crew and Grand Theft Auto is going to be at the 'Gaming Is Evil' meeting tomorrow.
Shindig
08-03-2018, 09:02 AM
I'll say this about Jack Thompson. He's a believer. This will get nowhere. The industry makes far too much money and the ESA sure hates government intervention.
Magic
09-03-2018, 08:00 PM
Black Ops 4. :drool:
Need to get me a PS4.
Pre-ordered A Way Out.
Probably deserves it’s own thread.
Shindig
11-03-2018, 09:31 PM
I sort of like the new TT game despite its many, many flaws. Had a mammoth online race with some fella over four laps of the full circuit. 84 minutes. He would've won but he was waiting for me to catch up and I completely missed him as I flew by. Won by a minute.
Has a really, really good sensation of speed, especially on the superbikes. Not worth £45 unless you're really into your TT but every track is nicely detailed and they're patching in sidecars in May.
SincereTheRebel
15-03-2018, 10:21 AM
May have already been posted but I thought this was original.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVKJfLbz5yQ
Sir Andy Mahowry
20-03-2018, 04:49 PM
Just a shame they were bots.
Yeah, just read about that :(
I'll stick to being shitty on PC ta :chief:
The controls on the phone are absolute bollocks. Enough to make me not want to play it.
There are a few to choose from too, but they all seem garb.
I had no interest in even trying it on my phone because I couldn't imagine a way in which it wouldn't be a completely arse-tastic way of playing PUBG.
phonics
24-03-2018, 05:13 PM
I bought a 4k screen. TTH is impossibly small even with everything turned up 200%. I just played Assassins Creed Origins on Ultra on 3840x2160 :cool:
I also bought Farcry 5 from a shop today. Put the CD Key in and it said 'Pre-Load', I thought that was odd. Turns out it's not 'out' till fucking Tuesday.
phonics
25-03-2018, 11:26 AM
Nino Kuni 2 in 4k :drool:
Their in-game engine cut scenes look like a proper anime. Incredible.
phonics
26-03-2018, 02:13 PM
Ni No Kuni is a lot of fun but I do have that thing that comes with JRPGs where every cut-scene and every random battle I'm thinking 'Jesus Christ there's going to be another 50 hours of this'.
Someone needs to make a good JRPG with a beginning a middle and an end that clocks in at under 24 hours.
I was put off from buying this because I wasn't keen on the first game.
Is it worth the punt phonics?
Disco
26-03-2018, 06:01 PM
One of the central themes of any JRPG is that it should be 48 years long (not including the grinding required to beat all the mental secret shit that's normally in there). If you want a tighter experience then it's western all the way, old Bioware games had either hard or soft level caps and many of the more recent ones that they inspired have a similar set up.
Shindig
26-03-2018, 08:15 PM
I regret playing Final Fantasy V on my PS3 and not some Snes emulator I can whack the speed up on.
phonics
27-03-2018, 11:27 AM
I was put off from buying this because I wasn't keen on the first game.
Is it worth the punt @phonics (https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/member.php?u=1)?
Depends, it's a bit tropey but the combats fun. I haven't unlocked a good 50% of the game mechanics with the Kingdom Building stuff according to reviews I've seen so we'll see.
It's definitely worth getting in a sale just to look at it. Ni No 4Kuni :drool:
Just noticed the free games on PS+ this month were Bloodborne and Ratchet & Clank. Both straight in my library.
Shindig
28-03-2018, 07:42 PM
Damn right. In shit news, Grainger Games closed 21 stores overnight with no warning. Their website is blacked out. They quietly disclosed they were in the shit with creditors last week. 67 stores remain open. Both nearest options to me have been shuttered.
Dark Soldier
29-03-2018, 09:26 PM
Spec Ops is free get it now it is brilliant
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/spec-ops-the-line
Boydy
30-03-2018, 09:14 AM
Ha, just posted that in the steam and bargains thread. Should've looked in here first.
Disco
30-03-2018, 11:41 AM
All kinds of companies are having discount weekends, I've had emails from Frontier and Paradox offering 75% off all their stuff.
Everyone watch this (https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=12332s&v=Q3hN6O2x7Rg). :lol:
Shindig
31-03-2018, 06:16 PM
Disappointed, lads. That needed to last an hour.
Dark Soldier
01-04-2018, 12:01 AM
Hollow Knight is an absolute fucking masterpiece. Its essentially a modern day Super Metroid. Wonderful.
Shindig
01-04-2018, 11:48 AM
Modern day Super Metroid might as well be faint praise as there are a billion of those.
Dark Soldier
01-04-2018, 12:56 PM
Modern day Super Metroid might as well be faint praise as there are a billion of those.
Not done this well though.
Hollow Knight is an absolute fucking masterpiece. Its essentially a modern day Super Metroid. Wonderful.
It's amazing isn't it?
The visuals :drool:
Bernanke
06-04-2018, 07:54 AM
Spider-Man looks like graphics porn.
http://i.imgur.com/TyTNtG5.gif
The trailer I saw made it look like QTE porn too.
https://youtu.be/DOt-CLCuJUY
Holy fuck there is multiplayer coming soon Dark Soldier Sir Andy Mahowry :drool:
Shindig
08-04-2018, 09:53 AM
Dark Souls remastered is well and truly out of the bag.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P_9AHPfI0Q
If you only have a console, it's fine. I would really like From to give it to PC owners at a discount like they did with Scholar of the First Sin.
phonics
08-04-2018, 10:47 AM
Minit is one of the coolest games I've played in years.
Yeah, I quite fancy that after seeing the RPS review.
Boydy
08-04-2018, 05:19 PM
Bought The Golf Club 2 on PC. It's so hard. Dark Soldier how do I get good?
Dark Soldier
08-04-2018, 05:30 PM
Add me on Steam and I'll play a round with ya some time
Dark Soldier
08-04-2018, 05:31 PM
PM me ya tag or summat bae <3
Dark Soldier
08-04-2018, 05:33 PM
Don't forget though, putting is broken because Giggles can't do it :happycry:
Boydy
08-04-2018, 05:45 PM
I think he might be right.
Dark Soldier
08-04-2018, 10:46 PM
I'll show you the light
Boydy
08-04-2018, 11:50 PM
Just got a -4 on one round. It was one of the easy courses but still.
phonics
09-04-2018, 10:22 AM
A 21 year old Overwatch League player has just been suspended for trying to have sex with a 14 year old who has uploaded the entire thing in screenshots.
The guy has lost out on 50-100k a year base salary (so excluding any advertising deals/streaming money he'd make, probably another 100k a year minimum) to try bang a 14 year old.
Shindig
09-04-2018, 09:27 PM
I'm gonna guess not. The screenshots are of twitter conversations. Here's a pro tip for Baz: When chasing children, don't have them refer to you as 'daddy'.
Dark Soldier
09-04-2018, 11:34 PM
Just got a -4 on one round. It was one of the easy courses but still.
Summat for ya to aim for Boyd:
https://i.imgur.com/btWDG1r.jpg
Three bad holes. Basically to go proper low you need to master Tour clubs, which are about eight times as sensitive as standard clubs and four times as sensitive as pro clubs. Then its time to learn the math!
Shindig
11-04-2018, 08:09 PM
Dark Souls Remastered is getting bought. I can't push my PC to 1080p without some serious witchcraft. I've whacked some texture mods which look nice but you really notice when the game has to pull them in. Still not sure what to make of them putting a new bonfire in before the Bonewheel run.
ItalAussie
11-04-2018, 09:25 PM
Then its time to learn the math!
https://media1.tenor.com/images/270342e77fad5b8691074f76616a849d/tenor.gif?itemid=9233670
Dark Soldier
11-04-2018, 09:59 PM
Hole is say 170 yards up 9 feet, the distance to the actual hole is 173 yards, 210 down 15, distance to hole is 205(ish, its trickier downhill). That's all dependent on club as well as naturally a wood will carry more than say an 8 iron. Account for roll out which depends on green speed and club, then account for wind, and then all you have to do is hit it straight. Putting is for every inch uphill go 1.5 extra feet, for every inch downhill, go one foot shorter, again dependent on green speed. For the slowest greens (101 you'd want to double that math for uphill, halve for downhill). For fastest (187) you'll want to double the amount taken off for downhill. Then account for break, again dependent on green speed - slower = less break played, faster = more break played. Those are the bare basic rules.
Headwind of say 10mph with a 7iron you'll want to add 15-18 to your shot. Same headwind with a 3wood you'll add about 8.
So say 210 yards to the hole down 15 feet with a 5mph tailwind on 164 greens. You're hitting a stock 4 iron to rollout past the hole, a lofted 3 iron to get more carry but less roll, or a slightly delofted 5 iron to roll it right next to the pin. Depends if rollout will be uphill or downhill of course.
Then win the game. Sounds a lot but its easy as once you've got it down.
Dark Soldier
11-04-2018, 10:19 PM
Yes I'm aware that makes me sound autistic.
That’s all fine, it’s maths though. ;)
Bernanke
12-04-2018, 07:17 AM
God of War is shaping up to be something special. :drool: The Last of Us of this gen.
phonics
12-04-2018, 12:34 PM
I'm going to have to buy a bloody Playstation aren't I. 300 bucks for the white one with no games...
Dark Soldier
12-04-2018, 03:56 PM
God of War is shaping up to be something special. :drool: The Last of Us of this gen.
Nah God of War will actually be good.
Boydy
12-04-2018, 09:38 PM
https://media1.tenor.com/images/270342e77fad5b8691074f76616a849d/tenor.gif?itemid=9233670
:D
Yes I'm aware that makes me sound autistic.
:D
I'm going to have to buy a bloody Playstation aren't I. 300 bucks for the white one with no games...
I've been feeling the same way for the past year. I keep hoping it'll drop to a justifiable price but it still hasn't. Meanwhile I keep seeing great deals on the Xbox One but it's got fuck all games I want to play.
Shindig
12-04-2018, 09:55 PM
I heard a rather daft rumour GAME have been told by Sony to send their PSPro consoles so they can be repainted ready for God of War.
In other news, Yakuza 6 is out on Tuesday. Beat Takeshi's in it. And some Japanese wrestlers of some repute.
phonics
12-04-2018, 10:56 PM
:D
:D
I've been feeling the same way for the past year. I keep hoping it'll drop to a justifiable price but it still hasn't. Meanwhile I keep seeing great deals on the Xbox One but it's got fuck all games I want to play.
Sounds like the next gen is going to be in 2020 as well, I'm not sure I can justify buying a console having just spent a grand on this PC set-up.
I have no TV, my monitor is 4k but it's not HDR so there's no point getting a Pro. I pretend I'll buy a second hand one when the next consoles come out but I said that about the PS2 and 3, I own both and I've probably played a grand total of an hour or two.
Dark Soldier
12-04-2018, 11:30 PM
Pro gives better performance, I've had the original, got a pro now and its much improved.
phonics
12-04-2018, 11:40 PM
Yeah but I'm not dropping 400 quid + games on what, 5-10 exclusives across the entire cycle?
I have a switch because it's like nothing a PC will ever do and has Nintendo games. A Playstation is still just a crap PC with a couple of sclusies in my mind.
God of War
Persona 5
Last of Us 2
Uncharted 4
Bloodbourne
Until Dawn
The Kojima Game
Spiderman
3 of those aren't even out yet and I don't want to play at least 3 of them either. Can't justify it.
Shindig
13-04-2018, 07:00 AM
That's kinda terrifying if that new consoles are that close. It fits how long the last gen went, though. And the heavy chatter about them was going on for two or three years.
Raoul Duke
13-04-2018, 07:07 AM
Computing moves so quick now that I don't think they can sit still for almost a decade
Shindig
13-04-2018, 07:22 AM
Quickly enough for them to bring out the half-steps, too. Yakuza 6 is ordered. £20 cheaper than digitally because of a tenner's worth of clubcard points.
phonics
13-04-2018, 01:02 PM
Did I hear this ones coming to PC?
Disco
13-04-2018, 04:56 PM
Computing moves so quick now that I don't think they can sit still for almost a decade
They could if they concentrated on making decent games rather than catering to graphics wankers.
Shindig
13-04-2018, 07:40 PM
Did I hear this ones coming to PC?
Not seen anything concrete. Just a 'we're thinking about it' from Sega. I've also just had my mind blown. The little kid from the first game is now 22. The series has gone on for that long.
OH! Both Shenmue games are coming to PC and console.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/758330/Shenmue_I__II/
phonics
14-04-2018, 01:56 PM
I watched a playthrough of Shenmue 1. Looked like one of the worst games ever made.
I bought Destiny 2 and For Honor in a 2 for 20 quid deal.
Disco
14-04-2018, 02:11 PM
It had some interesting mechanics but coming to it now without the nostalgia goggles it will look like a piece of shit.
My favourite "that was a bit shit" thing about the first Shenmue was how nobody in town knew anything you needed to know but, oddly, ALWAYS knew who you should ask.
I don't think I got past the section quite close to the start where you had to get a job and spend some considerable time lifting boxes around the docks.
Shindig
14-04-2018, 05:37 PM
My favourite "that was a bit shit" thing about the first Shenmue was how nobody in town knew anything you needed to know but, oddly, ALWAYS knew who you should ask.
Even worse, Tom tells you he has no idea where the docks are. First person you see at the docks when you get there is Tom.
The second game has it's share of absolutely shocking bits as well. That bit walking by the river at the end feels like an eternity, and then there are the balance beams in that apartment block.
Started Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Only done the first mission but it feels like exactly what I'm after.
phonics
16-04-2018, 09:15 AM
Started Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Only done the first mission but it feels like exactly what I'm after.
That's the Samurai X-Com/Commandos game right? It looked fun but I don't have the patience for it.
Meanwhile, I figured it was always people trying to justify spending $60 on Destiny 2 when people said 'Yeah but the shooting is really good' I mean at the end of the day, how can the shooting be that much better than any other game considering they're all shooters these days.
The shooting is really fucking good. I think they've got me on the DLC front. Bastards.
SincereTheRebel
16-04-2018, 10:40 AM
Bought the latest COD WW2 for £5 over the weekend. Completed cappaign on veteran in one sitting and played a few games of multiplayer. Terrible. They need to stop making this game.
That's the Samurai X-Com/Commandos game right? It looked fun but I don't have the patience for it.
That's the one.
I'm also well up for Disco Elysium based on the RPS previews.
phonics
16-04-2018, 04:04 PM
A bad experience with Baldurs Gate has put me off isometric RPGs for life I fear.
Bought the latest COD WW2 for £5 over the weekend. Completed cappaign on veteran in one sitting and played a few games of multiplayer. Terrible. They need to stop making this game.You must be pretty good at it tbf.
Disco
16-04-2018, 04:42 PM
That's the Samurai X-Com/Commandos game right? It looked fun but I don't have the patience for it.
Meanwhile, I figured it was always people trying to justify spending $60 on Destiny 2 when people said 'Yeah but the shooting is really good' I mean at the end of the day, how can the shooting be that much better than any other game considering they're all shooters these days.
The shooting is really fucking good. I think they've got me on the DLC front. Bastards.
Be careful, they've been up to all kinds of shady things to do with xp throttling and flat out locking you out of bits of the base game when dlc comes out.
phonics
16-04-2018, 05:37 PM
I saw that XP throttling thing and realised I'd have to play for a mental amount of time per week for that to matter. I think they fixed the lock out thing as well.
Look at me, I've played a few hours and I've already become a total Destiny Apologist.
Disco
16-04-2018, 05:45 PM
mf phanboi.
Shindig
16-04-2018, 08:32 PM
Bought the latest COD WW2 for £5 over the weekend. Completed cappaign on veteran in one sitting and played a few games of multiplayer. Terrible. They need to stop making this game.
Did you like the two minutes they gave to the holocaust at the end?
Been playing the closed beta of the new PUBG map and really liking it. Also ended the night with not only a chicken dinner, not only my first chicken dinner where I actually got some kills (5 of em), but I got the final kill too. Best feeling I've had in a game in ages.
I've lost the screenshots but I've got two random squad chicken dinners on PUBG today :youpi: :drool:
Dark Soldier
21-04-2018, 08:07 PM
God of War is fucking spectacular.
https://i.imgur.com/QBByNmp.jpg
How the fuck is that running on a PS4 at 40-60fps
SincereTheRebel
21-04-2018, 08:25 PM
Is that 4k?
Dark Soldier
21-04-2018, 08:26 PM
1080, haven't got a 4K set. With a Pro you can downsample 4k, but it dips below 30fps.
Want to lend it me when you’re done?
The game not your PS4 :cool2:
Shindig
21-04-2018, 09:28 PM
Yakuza 6 is finally under way. I love that stupid series and I'm eagerly awaiting whenever Beat Takeshi shows his craggy auld man face. I hope he's the final boss. And you have to beat an obstacle course to face him.
Dark Soldier
21-04-2018, 09:30 PM
Want to lend it me when you’re done?
The game not your PS4 :cool2:
I download 'em all lad :fun:
Dark Soldier
22-04-2018, 11:24 PM
Played about two and a half hours of God of War, on second hardest. Died a few times but now that the combat, and parrying has clicked I feel like a bad ass. Love launching an enemy into the air and using the son to keep them there with arrows as I twat fuck out of em. Genuinely feel like hammering Dark Souls shieldless has prepared me well, still keep forgetting to use it.
Also cliffs are dangerous places for my foes. Game is majestic and beyond what I'd hoped for. Can't wait to hammer it on my day off on Tuesday.
I download 'em all lad :fun:Made of money.
Shindig
24-04-2018, 03:47 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNUcMUb0GOU
Game of the Year.
That is quite something.
On a similar note, geographically, I am bloody loving Shadow Tactics. I'd have been surprised if I didn't like it at all but it's pretty swish. I do wonder if the smaller squad size means it'll feel like there's less variety than the Commandos games had but no issues so far.
Shindig
25-04-2018, 10:50 AM
Yakuza 6 is done. That's a contender for 'most ending'. Really short by Yakuza standards. I clocked in 16 hours and combat was pretty easy. I enjoyed it but it's not as good as 5 or 0.
Sir Andy Mahowry
25-04-2018, 05:30 PM
Just done the into bit of God of War.
I haven't really played much in the series but oh my.
What's good about God Of War?
Aside from looking [really really] nice, it looks a bit boring.
Shindig
25-04-2018, 09:04 PM
The combat looks neat. Although I think the press hysteria is dying off.
Dark Soldier
25-04-2018, 09:31 PM
What's good about God Of War?
Aside from looking [really really] nice, it looks a bit boring.
Its paced superbly, the spectacle is unreal, Kratos actually feels real, it looks stunning, and the combat surpasses Dark Souls for me. The closest game I can liken it to is Resident Evil 4
Sir Andy Mahowry
27-04-2018, 02:40 PM
Fuck revenants though.
Shindig
27-04-2018, 05:23 PM
Dark Souls Remastered is half-price on Steam for Prepare to Die owners. The right call. Still feel like getting it on PS4 but I'll be watching to see how it runs on my GPU. Tell you something for nowt, though:
Dark Souls 2 is still bollocks. I can deal with the other games and generally can figure out areas but the DLC in 2 is just a constant chore of running away from death. It's a shame because the main game is a breeze aside from Throne Watcher and Defender.
Dark Soldier
27-04-2018, 08:11 PM
Got a feeling God of War is gonna hit my top 10 of all time, maybe even top 5. Easily the second best game I've played this gen, taking over Bloodborne.
Sir Andy Mahowry
03-05-2018, 09:02 PM
https://i.imgur.com/mM76GIi.jpg
Great booking.
Poor Joe.
Shindig
04-05-2018, 08:08 AM
I want a Royal Rumble where every entrant is a Polynesian variant on Joe. I have high hopes for Fijian Fred.
wullie
04-05-2018, 09:34 AM
Rezar, Dawson and Slater all striking out on their own is bad news for the tag division, but even worse for the singles division.
Wait, what?
EDIT: Came back to see if this post had had a response and only then realised I was responding to this and not the wrasslin' thread. :D :face:
Adramelch
05-05-2018, 01:13 PM
Started playing Nier:Automata recently. Pretty good game so far, although it's a shame the port to PC is so poorly done.
Shindig
05-05-2018, 02:18 PM
It's on sale again on PSN. £25. I'd be tempted but The Last Guardian is like £11 and I know it'll be on sale again within a few months. Currently waiting for Project Cars to patch itself up. I've got a hankering for some hot laps and I've barely touched this game in years.
SincereTheRebel
05-05-2018, 05:33 PM
It's on sale again on PSN. £25. I'd be tempted but The Last Guardian is like £11 and I know it'll be on sale again within a few months. Currently waiting for Project Cars to patch itself up. I've got a hankering for some hot laps and I've barely touched this game in years.
The orignal project cars or the new one? Ive got GT sport and barey touched the thing.
Shindig
05-05-2018, 06:34 PM
Yeah, the first one. Decided now's the time to knock assists off and just thrash some times out.
EDIT: Looking at the shop for some add-ons and the classic one's the only one that really tickles my fancy. Classic Silverstone, Hockenheimring and Rouen with a few Lotus oldies. In an incredibly shit move, they also sell the combined version of the Nurburgring. The one layout they don't have in the base game. Boo.
Adramelch
07-05-2018, 02:10 AM
Thoroughly enjoying Nier Automata. It has its flaws and unfortunately the KB/M controls are somewhat wonky but the story is quite interesting and the combat is as good as you'll get in a hack 'n' slash sort of game.
I've got that on my Steam wishlist to pick up at some point.
Still loving Shadow Tactics. The story even just had a bit that made me genuinely sad. :(
Shindig
07-05-2018, 04:37 PM
Finally knocked off the two Dark Souls 2 DLCs I had left to finish. And by finish I mean manditory fights only because the optional bosses are either revamps or have shite runs back to them. Ivory King was alright. The scrap before him almost necessitated him being an easy battle. 2 attempts is all it took, once I could get him to show up.
Fume Knight is one of my favourite fights of the series. A moveset you kinda second guess as he has a lot of 2-3-4 hit combos that he can decide to follow into or drop. His second phase has less to worry about but the damage on each attack is hellish. There is room for error but you also need to be right on your game. I need to work on the two DS3 DLCs now.
Dark Soldier
08-05-2018, 10:21 PM
Can't believe only me and 'how are playing God of War in here. I have it easily as the second best of this gen behind Breath of the Wild. Wonderful game.
Raoul Duke
08-05-2018, 10:33 PM
I'll be on it once I've finished Far Cry
phonics
09-05-2018, 10:33 AM
I decided that I'm not going to buy a PlayStation.
Boydy
09-05-2018, 10:52 AM
I want a PS4. :(
phonics
10-05-2018, 11:54 AM
For Honor, really not fun.
Boydy
10-05-2018, 05:59 PM
Is it not? I always thought it looked like it would be.
Disco
10-05-2018, 06:05 PM
Is it still p2p? Utterly doomed without dedicated servers.
Sir Andy Mahowry
10-05-2018, 07:29 PM
https://i.imgur.com/NamHMX2.jpg
Something strange has happened. I was the Universal champion but I decided to drop it to Joe in December so I could enter the Rumble (which I won), I then took the Intercontinental off Baroque at Elimination Chamber while Braun beat Joe.
This set up THE DREAM MATCH. I beat Braun but I've been awarded the WWE Championship (which was being defended by Randy Orton against Shinsuke 'Dick Punch' Nakamura) and he's kept his title. On the match card both matches were for the WWE Championship so I guess Randy was stripped upon winning and was vacant for our match.
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