General gaming discussion

[phonics]

I was wondering that. It's very strange someone would play it in first person, especially the driving bits. Maybe they'd finished it and we're trying to do it again more awkwardly.

It's just a very well done first person mode. You'd never see it in 3rd person but go into first person in the car and you'll see the speedometer/revometer actually work. Games aren't supposed to do those kind of details. It's just too expensive/time consuming.

Although when you're making half a bil a year off the multiplayer, it probably makes the decision easier.

[Boydy]

I'd have to do to Smyths then.

Though I looked it up on YouTube and it seems to be first person, so no thanks.

No you wouldn't, they have home delivery.

[phonics]

Giggles isn't giving anyone his address.

[phonics]

I'm streaming Dead Cells with Streaming mode turned on which means you can vote to spawn enemies/fuck me over etc.

https://www.twitch.tv/trip__tv

Doing this again.

[Giggles]

No you wouldn't, they have home delivery.

I don't think they do here. Actually I'm not even sure they're here at all.

[Boydy]

I don't think they do here. Actually I'm not even sure they're here at all.

I thought they were originally from down south.

[Baz]

Anyone got their old PS1 games still lying around?

[Shindig]

Yes, I do.

[Disco]

I was playing Road to World Cup 98 just the other day.

[Giggles]

I thought they were originally from down south.

So they are.

[Baz]

I'm after

Final Fantasy IX
Vagrant Story
Front Mission 3
Bishi Bashi
Bomberman
Micro Maniacs
Overboard
Sled Storm

Really I also want Vandal Hearts, Legend of Legaia, Team Buddies or Poy Poy but they're out of my budget, unless someone's feeling generous.

[Pleb]

Hollow knight is coming out on the PS4 this coming Tuesday.

Get it.

[Shindig]

Telltale are out of business meaning there is no end to The Final Season of The Walking Dead.

[Baz]

Hahaha that’s gonna leave a lot of angry nerds.

[Disco]

Apparently they didn't make any money from most of their games so not as many as you might think.

[Baz]

Yeah I just saw that only the first ever walking dead made money, everything else was a failure. Odd. Piracy, I guess?

[John]

They'll have been paying a fortune for licensing, I'd imagine.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Game of Thrones one probably crippled them.

[Disco]

Yeah I just saw that only the first ever walking dead made money, everything else was a failure. Odd. Piracy, I guess?

Piracy doesn't cost anyone anything, they were obviously just a badly run company.

[Shindig]

They'll have been paying a fortune for licensing, I'd imagine.

Yup. They went for every license they could get their hands on and had to expand in a short space of time. Game of Thrones bombed and they arguably brought so many of them out that people got sick of Telltale. In other news, breezed through Destiny 2. I enjoyed that but the post-game can do one. Space freed up on my hard drive for the alleged release of Diablo 3 on PS Plus next month.

[SincereTheRebel]

Gran Turismo Sport Week 10 Update

91/91 wins - COMPLETE
65/65 pole positions - COMPLETE
210/322 races completed
7,712/24,855 distance driven (miles)
384,318/2,349,946 EXP (16.35%)
Level 40/50
Driver Rank - B
Sportsman Rank - A




Gran Turismo Sport Week 12 Update



238/322 races completed
9007/24,855 distance driven (miles)
384,318/2,349,946 EXP (23.24%)
Level 42/50
Driver Rank - B
Sportsman Rank - B

I haven't played online much the past few weeks. I have been grinding XP in single player mode. Made decent progress but still a long way to go. Getting my driver S-Rank looks like a mega task. I overestimated how good online races really are. If I get in lobby with users ranked the same as me. I can break into the top 3 once every 10 races. I need to be winning the B division in order to progress to A-Rank and then the same for S-Rank


The rate will slow down dramatically now as other games like FIFA 19 and Battlefield 5 will now have to share my time.

[Dark Soldier]

Bought the new Forza, demo was glorious. 64gig download :happycry:

[Baz]

Diablo 3 and Nioh on PS+ was a big fat lie.

[Giggles]

I went looking for FIFA19 today on my lunch break today and bought a SNES Mini instead :drool:

[Shindig]

I'd consider that a good decision.

[Giggles]

SF2 Turbo and Secret of Mana being on it was the clincher.

[randomlegend]

Bought the new Forza, demo was glorious. 64gig download :happycry:

Yeah I had a similar feeling when I realised Shadow of Mordor is about 40gig having just bought it on Steam with my two-tin-cans-and-a-piece-of-string internet connection. Took about 2 days.

[Giggles]

Not sure what console you're downloading on but everything for Xbox is glacial no matter what the connection.

[Dark Soldier]

PC master race mate, it was downloading at 80mb a second, done in about two hours.

[John]

Lol at 40 gig in two days being two tins and string.

I'm on fibre now but I bought a game a while back and it took almost a month.

[Shindig]

I still don't fancy paying £40 a month for fibre.

[phonics]

1048139307016491008

[Shindig]

Now you can play Pokemon ... on the Go! (tm)

Also, Dakar 18 is awful. Do not buy it.

[phonics]

I'm thinking about buying Forza. Would anyone else play it?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Meet The Warlock Thunderbolt Perry Braddock:

https://i.imgur.com/n44YTHq.jpg

Usually goes by The Warlock of Thunderbolt Perry.

He looks basic (and will play basic) because there only seems to be about 1% unlocked right now.

[Shindig]

Looks not too far off my Fire Pro guy 'Norman Conquest'.

[phonics]

Just remembered I never used my Gamepass trial for Sea of Thieves so I'm just going to play Forza for free. Nice.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

My 'trial match' with the WWE is a steel cage match against Braun Strowman.

Makes sense.

[wullie]

It looks as though the career mode is less of a constant grind thankfully, that was a killer in 18. Waiting for the inevitable December price drop and then I'm in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It looks as though the career mode is less of a constant grind thankfully, that was a killer in 18. Waiting for the inevitable December price drop and then I'm in.

Yep, on first glance they've polished it up a lot.

Also, I was annoyed that I couldn't be a 6'7 'Cruiserweight' but actually that's a good thing. It also promotes the ability to tweak a character rather than having all be pretty much the same. The HUGE amount of skills/attributes/styles etc etc also contribute a lot.

I picked a technical wrestler and I'm going to specialise in British Strong Style (when I can) and aim to be Pete Dunne but with some aerial stuff mixed in.

It also helps that you don't run around backstage like you've just had a stroke and you're currently constipated.

[Shindig]

Well, I've finally started Monster Hunter World. Given that the universe is populated by young, energetic teenagers, I've decided to make the oldest character I can manage. He looks like Stephen Hawking but I gave him some pink hair to ruin it even further. I also played through Comix Zone. That's a good game. As is Mario Odyssey which I'm back into.

[phonics]

https://i.imgur.com/XA2Tccp.jpg

One of the characters you get to choose from looks way too like me:
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/270326079648956433/498232432294756358/unknown.png

Some people judge games on their controls, some on their visuals, some on core gameplay mechanics. Me? Forza has like 75 car horns so it's a 10/10 from me.
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/270326079648956433/498227811882893327/unknown.png

[Boydy]

He doesn't look malnourished enough.

[phonics]

I've been employed for too long. I'm 98% gut at this point.

[Shindig]

Needs an off-kilter baseball cap and a pair of Converse.

[SincereTheRebel]

Dont forgot those headphones.

[Baz]

420BLZIT :facepalm:

[Mike]

My 'trial match' with the WWE is a steel cage match against Braun Strowman.

Makes sense.
I got beat in my trial in one move cos I didn’t know how to kick out of a pin :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I got beat in my trial in one move cos I didn’t know how to kick out of a pin :D

I don't know if you can win, he had an instant finisher and beat me in about 2 minutes.

[Shindig]

I'm quite liking Fire Pro. I thought the stamina management would be a problem but I've got a handle on it.

[Giggles]

Is Forza gone realistic? I played one a while back when I had the Xbox Gold pass and it was very arcadey. I think it was 4 (driving around southern Europe between races).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just had a promo with Cena and they couldn't get Cena to do the voice acting. The voice actor they got in sounds nothing like him, it's so fucking strange.

Edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y5iY7o2qRY

Stunning.

[phonics]

I'd completely forgot that Hitman 2 got announced. Cannot wait.

[SincereTheRebel]

I'd completely forgot that Hitman 2 got announced. Cannot wait.

Yeah looks great. The episode format needs to dir though. I don't want to wait 30 days for the next level to come out. Release the full game first and then give us additional content after that.

[phonics]

I think that's what they're doing this time.

[Shindig]

They are. Although the levels were huge enough to bridge the gap between episodes. EDIT: God, that Cena sounds bizarre.

[phonics]

They are. Although the levels were huge enough to bridge the gap between episodes. EDIT: God, that Cena sounds bizarre.

I'm like Sincere, I'm not the type of player to complete the levels in 20 different ways. I'll complete it once and watch the rest on YouTube. Bloodmoney was great because you could complete it in your freestyle manner and then you'd find out later you could have done this or that rather than having the game tell you 20 this/that possibilities and choosing one.

[Shindig]

I'm the same and that's why I bought the series when it was all out and played it once. You could always knock the hints off for the other methods.

[SincereTheRebel]

I'm like Sincere, I'm not the type of player to complete the levels in 20 different ways. I'll complete it once and watch the rest on YouTube. Bloodmoney was great because you could complete it in your freestyle manner and then you'd find out later you could have done this or that rather than having the game tell you 20 this/that possibilities and choosing one.

You are nothing like me lad. Games like Hitman, I dont play on release date. I wait until there are various eposides out before I dive into it. I trophy collect so I will play the same level over and over again. I dont want to be restricted by the game though. I want to move onto another level when I want instead of waitiing for the Agency to send me a new contract.

[Pleb]

50gb install for physical copies of the new Black Ops game :nono:

[Shindig]

Better than downloading 84GBs of Dakar 18.

[Ian]

Just read a preview of FM19 bigging up the game having tactical options for with the ball, without the ball and transition. I know it was a very different beast back then but I'm pretty sure you could set out how your team behaved without the ball in 97/98, if not earlier.

[Shindig]

I think CM3 is when wibble/wobble came in.

[SincereTheRebel]

Call of Duty is out and they are really pushing this Blackout mode which is a copy of the Fortnight game. Ive never played Fortnight but i imagine the Call of Duty version will be much worse.

[Dark Soldier]

I hate BR and I hate CoD, but enjoyed Blackout on the new CoD when I played the beta. Its a proper AAA BR. I won't buy it or play it again but its gonna be huge.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Completed the WWE 2k19 story part of mycareer. Felt a little too short and some of it was pretty mental but overall the best one in a while.

What I don't like is the new hell in a cell matches. I got the chance to play one in my first match after the story and it was lacking. It's cool that they've let you break the cell wall in multiple places and you can walk 360° around it.

What isn't good is the fact that you can't use weapons or any normal grapples between the cell and the ring. You also can't whip/throw someone off the roof (you can break certain panels though) and I couldn't even use my table finisher move on a commentary table. HIAC matches were me favourite on these games but this one just feels bland.

[Shindig]

I'm seriously looking at Kane and Lynch and Duke Nukem Forever on my steam wishlist. I shouldn't but there's something about having those err... landmarks at my disposal. To balance it out, I fancy playing some Duke 3D.

[Ian]

So I did an hour or so of Observer and was enjoying myself when it was just a miserable cyberpunk detective show and then hated the presentation of the horrory bits and I think that'll be enough of that for me. I quickly tired of the way it did that bit and a couple of reviews suggest that's the way they go. Which is a shame, because I was digging the world and the story.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Madden thread is dead so fuck you all, I'm posting here.

I've gotten into the top 100 of Solo Battles but I always get knocked out by the end of the competition, BUT NOT THIS TIME:

https://i.imgur.com/xvHS27R.jpg

Thought I'd finish higher based on the scores from the previous week but I just made it.

[Disco]

That's because Madden is wank.

Is it as much of a vehicle for tricking kids into spending their money as Fifa is these days?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's because Madden is wank.

Is it as much of a vehicle for tricking kids into spending their money as Fifa is these days?

I think it started on Madden and it's probably more money sucking. They have a lot more promos and a lot more special packs and offers.

It's a much bigger (and for me, more enjoyable) game though. Although with a smaller fan base, especially in Europe.

[Baz]

Nobody will ever top NFL Blitz 2000.

[SincereTheRebel]

For the first time, I played a battle royal game in call of duty and it was decent. I can see why it is all so popular. Playing with a squad of man could be a lot of fun. Only played for about an hour. Came in the top 20 out of 100 twice and the other times I got smocked within the first 20 seconds.

[Pleb]

Why can't I run the god damn fucking game Blizzard? :moop:

I've downloaded roughly 25gb over the weekend to get the game playable you useless fucks.

[Giggles]

Nobody will ever top NFL Blitz 2000.

NFL Street :cool:

[phonics]

Blitz was a million times better than Street.

NBA Street > Jam though

FIFA 97s indoor mode > Street

NHL Hits > Any NHL game ever.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://imgur.com/a/rUhBN3P

2K banned someone for using the Auction House as an auction house is meant to be used.

[phonics]

I think it started on Madden and it's probably more money sucking. They have a lot more promos and a lot more special packs and offers.

It started in FIFA. It was so successful the guy who made it is/was (I think he just stepped down after all the microtransaction drama) made CEO of EA.

The reason why they have more promo/specials in the US is because they don't hit the same natural spend per player so goose it with sales/specials.

[Shindig]

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is out. Looks like a decent souls boss rush game.

[Kikó]

I've downloaded Wolfenstein after being intrigued with it for years. Make a nice break from fallout.

[Ian]

Is that The New Order, Keeks? I really enjoyed that.

[Kikó]

Yes it is and that's encouraging. 👍

[phonics]

Starcraft 2 is the only thing that runs on my work laptop. I couldn’t remember my password so I had to start a new account. I haven’t played in years and I appear to be better than the people I’m matched with. How do you play such a hard game for so long and still be fucking awful at it?

[Alex]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey has got its hooks into me more than any game in recent memory. I honestly haven't had this much fun with a game in years. I'm not, generally speaking, a huge fan of the series either. They've gone full on action-RPG with it. The map is ridiculously big. There's a mind boggling amount of stuff to do and I don't seem to be getting bored with any of it.

[ItalAussie]

FTL is the only game I have on my laptop at the moment. I'm still bad at it, but I can get to the final boss more often than not. Not even 50/50 on beating it though.

[Ian]

I have never beaten the final boss on FTL and I'm good with that.

I'm.currently replaying Batman Arkham Knight: Here Comes the Poochiemobile and quite enjoying it until i decide what to get stuck into next.

[Ian]

I am loving The Return of the Obra Dinn. :drool:

[Giggles]

Is Forza gone realistic? I played one a while back when I had the Xbox Gold pass and it was very arcadey. I think it was 4 (driving around southern Europe between races).

It is not.

[Ian]

Properly binged on Return of the Obra Dinn and that's it done having started yesterday afternoon. Not that long a game but I dunno when I last spent that long on a game in one session.

[phonics]

I picked up Monster Hunter World. I made fun of the people who played it before but there's something oddly satisfying about the slow pace of combat but not in a Dark Souls way.

I'm using this blade that allows you to jump in the air and once you're in the air you can do a stab that'll take you back down to the ground, a different one that will bounce you back into the air or a simple air dash.

If you position yourself right you can stay in the air almost permanently as you have enough stamina regen between stabs, which is fun. You also spend far less time being hit by everything which is nice.

[Shindig]

I've barely started that game. I've killed some Jagras or whatever they're called. Already reconsidering my weapon. The big sword's clumsy swing might cause me some bother later on.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_mQLB9M9hI

Stunning stuff

[Gray Fox]

That's amazing :happycry:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It also happened in the previous try of that solo, it lasted about 90 seconds and is even more special:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28VNLlFvQ5I

I kept trying to switch to someone and dive in to get it (no idea where it was other than somewhere in the pile) and then it decided to just send the player I was controlling into the end zone.

Both tries I attempted to throw a high pass to Calvin Johnson and then it went mental.

[phonics]

I played another 6-7 hours yesterday. It's weird as anything you do is a commitment of 40-45 minutes which I normally hate but it's a very podcast friendly game so I just piss about while listening to Football Weekly or whatever.

[SincereTheRebel]

Just bought this. Seemed cheap for a 4k monitor.

https://www.ebuyer.com/756117-acer-rt280k-28-4k-ultra-hd-led-monitor-um-pr0ee-001

[Kikó]

It also happened in the previous try of that solo, it lasted about 90 seconds and is even more special:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28VNLlFvQ5I

I kept trying to switch to someone and dive in to get it (no idea where it was other than somewhere in the pile) and then it decided to just send the player I was controlling into the end zone.

Both tries I attempted to throw a high pass to Calvin Johnson and then it went mental.

Is this a real game?

[Disco]

Called it, complete wank.

[Giggles]

Never had that happen, though I haven't turned it on in about a month.

[Browning]

Amazon have sent me a £5 off voucher for the new COD. I have zero interest so if anyone wants the code let me know. Has to be used this week.

May be worth looking through emails if you've bought a game from them recently as they seem to have done this for various games. My mate got one for FIFA.

[phonics]

Amazon have sent me a £5 off voucher for the new COD. I have zero interest so if anyone wants the code let me know. Has to be used this week.

Bought it like 3 days ago :moop:

[phonics]

Amazon have sent me a £5 off voucher for the new COD. I have zero interest so if anyone wants the code let me know. Has to be used this week.

May be worth looking through emails if you've bought a game from them recently as they seem to have done this for various games. My mate got one for FIFA.

It's the new thing if you've got Prime. They used to give 20% off pre-orders and a $10 anything on Amazon voucher if you bought more than a game a week but they cut out the pre-order thing and now it's specific titles for the codes.

[Shindig]

Tetris Effect's demo is out now for this weekend only. It's great. Miz can really, really pick a soundtrack.

[Disco]

Did anyone used to read Digitiser on teletext? Well it's now a (somewhat hit and miss) real life actual show on Youtube.

[Baz]

Not enough bikini babes for my liking.

[Shindig]

I think it's alright. It's a little bit like a crowdfunded Shooting Stars featuring youtube people you may have heard of.

[Pepe]

Dirt Rally was going for cheap so I picked it up. It is so good. :drool:

[Shindig]

Oh 'eck. It's a fiver. My PC won't survive that.

[wullie]

I love Dirt Rally, closest thing to the original Colin McRae games before they all went a bit mad.

[Pepe]

It's not Richard Burns Rally good, but it is as close as I have played. I also just noticed that they are releasing a new version next year, which I am now looking forward to.

I also got Project Cars 2. I didn't like it at first. Then I drove the Caterham. :drool:

I will need to give it more time, but it seems inferior to both iRacing and Assetto Corsa.

[Shindig]

I still haven't gone back to Assetto Corsa since it was pumping 70-80 degrees into my CPU. I know it's good but I'd have to play it in 20 minute stints to prevent fire.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

So Madden Ultimate team had a little glitch today.

In Solo Battles (FIFA's solo battles) they processed rewards today as they're doing a special event where the competition is daily rather than weekly. They fucked up though and ended up giving people who finished in Ultimate (like me) the rewards for finishing in first but twice.

I was meant to get 20k coins and 7 collectibles with a total of 4 packs but they ended up giving me (and loads of others) 200k, 60 collectibles and 2 packs. They also then gave out the correct rewards later on.

[Shindig]

With how dodgy their output is now (on a technical standpoint) I can genuinely believe EA's in some sort of financial crisis.

[phonics]

With how dodgy their output is now (on a technical standpoint) I can genuinely believe EA's in some sort of financial crisis.

They made 5 billion last year and just got a 14% tax cut. They're fine.

[Shindig]

I'm not too sure. They've been rushing games out more since they signed with Disney. FIFA's knackered, Madden's knackered, Battlefield V is underwhelming, etc. There was the daft rumour at the start of the year about a Microsoft buyout which raises an eyebrow.

EDIT: Ah, Mass Effect Andromeda was so bad they killed the franchise. Battlefront 2's microtransactions might've actually started the whole political intervention that's going around Europe. At some point, they might need to do something drastic to bring back hearts and minds. Overall, though, the quality's just collapsed from their products.

[Giggles]

When did they get rid of the real weekly matchups in the Madden 19 exhibition game menu?

[Disco]

I'm not too sure. They've been rushing games out more since they signed with Disney. FIFA's knackered, Madden's knackered, Battlefield V is underwhelming, etc. There was the daft rumour at the start of the year about a Microsoft buyout which raises an eyebrow.

You're having a breakdown if you think EA are in financial trouble.

[Shindig]

I should've probably said mismanagement. If Anthem doesn't hit, Bioware is done.

[Disco]

Bioware was done years ago, it's now just a skin worn by a small appendage of EA to try and appeal to a certain sector of the market. This is now their MO, buy well known studios, milk their reputation for as long as possible then in the bin they go. In the background all the normal staples are still raking in massive wedges of cash and the quality of games seems not to matter. No-one cares if the latest FIFA or Battlefield is a bit crap because floods of plebs are going to buy it anyway, the last Mass Effect was a steaming pile of awful shite yet made a killing in sales.

[phonics]

I'm not too sure. They've been rushing games out more since they signed with Disney. FIFA's knackered, Madden's knackered, Battlefield V is underwhelming, etc. There was the daft rumour at the start of the year about a Microsoft buyout which raises an eyebrow.

EDIT: Ah, Mass Effect Andromeda was so bad they killed the franchise. Battlefront 2's microtransactions might've actually started the whole political intervention that's going around Europe. At some point, they might need to do something drastic to bring back hearts and minds. Overall, though, the quality's just collapsed from their products.

You're conflating bad press with bad financial results. To put in perspective how well they're doing, their stock has dropped 50% from Q2 2018 to Q3 today and it's still higher than anytime before Q2 2017.

[Pepe]

Also picked up Wreckfest. It allows me to race lawnmowers, do I need say more?

[Shindig]

You're conflating bad press with bad financial results. To put in perspective how well they're doing, their stock has dropped 50% from Q2 2018 to Q3 today and it's still higher than anytime before Q2 2017.

Nah, I'm trying to correlate a decline in quality with quotes from a loose-lipped employee at a trade show one of our writers attended. Hint. Hint.

[phonics]

Hitman 2 is so fucking fun. What a stupid, delightful game. A quicksave button would be great though, I feel like I've forgot to save and died several times so I just quit out.

[phonics]

Going to stream me playing some Hitman:

https://www.twitch.tv/trip__tv

[Disco]

Wasteland 2 finished last night, now onto either Divinity OS 2 or Shadowrun Returns.

[Ian]

If you play Divinity OS 2 pick a character, don't create your own. If you want more specific recommendations I can do that too but definitely pick a character and tailor it to your needs.

Amazing game. I was a bit gutted to do the last third or so solo after my mate lost interest but it's still good single player.

[Disco]

It's a good job you're here Webly because I was going to do the exact opposite. Now it seems my most important decision is how big a moustache to give my skele-boy.

[Ian]

I created a character and regretted it. Not totally but enough.

You went with Fane, then?

And you can still change literally everything else anyway, the only reason you're picking a character is so you have a backstory and more dialogue options.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What about hat selection? Do you get more or less if you create a character?

Edit: Oh, and gold?

[Ian]

The hats are excellent though not affected by type of character. There is it as much as goldness as the Cord-esque among us may want.

[phonics]

Just got to Mumbai on HItman and it's absolutely mental. There are people everywhere. It's almost impossible to move let alone find somewhere no-one can see you. So fun. Every map so far feels like it rewards totally different playstyles.

[SincereTheRebel]

Playstation Classic arrives today.

[SincereTheRebel]

Just got to Mumbai on HItman and it's absolutely mental. There are people everywhere. It's almost impossible to move let alone find somewhere no-one can see you. So fun. Every map so far feels like it rewards totally different playstyles.

I still have a few trophies to get from Hitman Season 1 which i started again this weekend. Going to dive into Season 2 wants ive got all the trophies for season 1. I have 8% left.

[Mike]

Playstation Classic arrives today.

Mine arrived

[Shindig]

Guys, I don't rate Manhunt. Five missions in and I've hit my limit. The stealth's the best bit but being discovered is instant death and saves are getting to be further and further apart.

[phonics]

I still have a few trophies to get from Hitman Season 1 which i started again this weekend. Going to dive into Season 2 wants ive got all the trophies for season 1. I have 8% left.

If you own Hitman 1 then you can get the levels built for Hitman 2 free of charge. Don't bother finishing that trophy and get them in the 2nd.

[Ian]

Guys, I don't rate Manhunt. Five missions in and I've hit my limit. The stealth's the best bit but being discovered is instant death and saves are getting to be further and further apart.

I love stealth games but I found it a bit of a chore as well. It's all well and good having a scenario where stealth being broken = oh shit but I didn't feel it gave you enough desperation tools to deal with it reliably.

[phonics]

I love stealth games but I found it a bit of a chore as well. It's all well and good having a scenario where stealth being broken = oh shit but I didn't feel it gave you enough desperation tools to deal with it reliably.

It feels so of it's time with the Splinter Cell esque fail scenarios and then controlled like a Rockstar game. I played it about 6 months of 'omg banned game' hype later and we were playing SSX Tricky within the hour.

[Ian]

It feels so of it's time with the Splinter Cell esque fail scenarios and then controlled like a Rockstar game.

That's probably more the issue than what I said, now you mention it. Demanding a precision of you that it can't always offer.

[Shindig]

It's not the precision that bothered me. More the consistency. At first, it's good at giving you feedback about your movement and sound. The idea that the enemies have to give away their position with sound (or you lure them with yours) is great. Unfortunately, I rarely felt powerful. Why can't I strangle people with my bare hands? Did I go to prison for a different kind of murder? How come enemies sometimes don't get drawn to my position when I try to lure them? James Earl Cash has 1:24 of dialogue. 40 seconds of that are his screams. He has no character. Why should I care about saving his family in one mission? Why should I care about getting out of Starkweather's film?

[phonics]

I got Smash Bros but I'm fucking bad at it so I just stick to the jukebox function which has, frankly, an absurdly large amount of stuff.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtxHFqOXQAAurpU.jpg

[Pepe]

Forgot about it coming out. I'll go pick it up later. Now I have something to do while my students take their final . :drool:

[phonics]

The single player is very good.

[Pepe]

That's the only thing that I'll be playing, so it's good to know.

[Pleb]

CTR is back :drool:

[Ian]

Wolfenstein 2 having you start out in a wheelchair is a bit lol.

[Ian]

It's a good job you're here Webly because I was going to do the exact opposite. Now it seems my most important decision is how big a moustache to give my skele-boy.

Did you make a start on this in the end?

I'm watching the RPS Let's Play of it and fighting the urge to start it again.

[Disco]

Well I'm already planning a second playthrough so I can mess about with the characters/classes I haven't used this time.

[SincereTheRebel]

If you own Hitman 1 then you can get the levels built for Hitman 2 free of charge. Don't bother finishing that trophy and get them in the 2nd.

I already bought hitman 1 goty editon for £8 and finfished off the trophies I couldnt acquire. Im not moving onto hitman 2

[Ian]

Well I'm already planning a second playthrough so I can mess about with the characters/classes I haven't used this time.

Lad. Who have you used this time?

The ones I used most (because I made my.own characters like an idiot) were Lohse and Red Prince. The latter of whom became an unkillable sword-and-board tank.

[Disco]

I have Fane as a Necro/Melee skelebob, Red Prince pure melee tank very similar to yours by the sound of it, Ifan as an Archer/Geo, and Lohse as an Aero/Hydro mage.

[Ian]

On your next save make sure you get polymorph and summoning on the go. Both are excellent fun. You could probably branch out into a bit of polymorph and get some of the fun stuff if the notion took you but summoning you'd definitely need to go deep into.

Do you have somebody with Pet Pal?

[Disco]

Of course, what self respecting saviour of the world doesn't run about chatting to cows and tortoises half the time?

Poly, Summoning, and Scoundrel are the ones I'd like to mess about with but I don't know what combination of those would work.

[Ian]

So my main on my run was a polymorph/ melee dude but you could just as easily mix it up with other magic. Dunno what the obvious companion to summoning is but if you go balls deep on summoning for the incarnate, totems, etc. then you can probably mix it up with a bit of whatever you fancy. I suppose a smattering of elemental magics so you don't have to be quite as reactive with the incarnate / totem?

I definitely want to try with scoundrel next play through though. Haven't made it work in either game.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ordered a PS4 controller from Ebay and I think it's a counterfeit, albeit a very good one. If not, there's something definitely :sherlock: going on with it.

The seller said it was UK based but it was sent from China and arrived a week late
The box was opened and a cable (which shouldn't be in there) was in the box
The fit is a little wonky in a couple of places
The model number on the box and controller don't match
The box says it is meant to contain a Jet Black controller (I ordered a sunset orange one which was in the box)
It also feels lighter than a legit one.

Going to request a refund because this just doesn't add up.

Edit: Oh and Ebay removed the listing a couple of days after I bought one.

[Baz]

They are fake. The easiest way to spot them is the battery is listed as 600mh rather than 1000mh.


Apparently they’re decent though. Was it about £29?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

£24 and it's listed as 600Mah on the Ebay page and on the back of the controller it's listed as 800mA

[Baz]

Sounds like a bargain.

[Vercetti]

Dear Deidre,

I can't decide between purchasing Witcher 3 or Red Dead Redemption 2, even after reading several reviews of each. I'll barely have the time for one of them, so getting both isn't really an option worth considering.

Someone tell me what to do. You can even provide reasons, if you're bored enough.

[Bam]

Are you on Xbox or PS4?

[Vercetti]

PS4.

For as long as the damn thing continues to live, at least.

[Bam]

I'd get on Red Dead then, I think PS is getting exclusive online stuff.

[Raoul Duke]

Dear Deidre,

I can't decide between purchasing Witcher 3 or Red Dead Redemption 2, even after reading several reviews of each. I'll barely have the time for one of them, so getting both isn't really an option worth considering.

Someone tell me what to do. You can even provide reasons, if you're bored enough.

They're both great - toss a coin

[Baz]

Rdr2.

[Ian]

I assume Witcher 3 on PlayStation will be getting ludicrous deals for it and all the DLC like GOG has so go for that then get RDR2 down the line when it's not at whatever hilarious price I assume it is now.

[Mike]

Red Dead gets my vote

[SincereTheRebel]

Ive rented Hitman 2. I finished off the few triophies I had left on Hitman 1 and now I have the itch to dive straight into Hitman 2

[bruhnaldo]

RDR2 is good fun and they usualyl do a "Every Witcher 3 expansion and the game for $20" deal at some point

[Shindig]

After beating Resi HD, I'm trying to beat the original. I have two sets of saves going: One from my previous run where I've beaten Yawn but feel like I'm down on health and too chicken to go for the magnum. The other where I've started fresh. I've got to get the last crest from Yawn's room and go to the guardhouse.

Here's my plan, guys: Bazooka for Hunters, shotgun for zombie headshots and, if I can get it, the magnum for Tyrant and any other spares.

[Baz]

Someone on ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/threads/im-playing-all-the-resident-evils-for-the-first-time-in-release-order.29372/) decided to play through every Resident Evil in order. It's been pretty interesting.

[Shindig]

I really like how the classic games do things. Possibly more than what they've become.

[Vercetti]

Pricing won out in the end, and I ordered Witcher 3.

I don't do any of that new-fangled online stuff, and Witcher was £17.49 for the 'Game of the Year' edition. I'll get Red Dead Redemption 2 when it drops in price in fifteen years, or so.

[Shindig]

Well, I've lost an hour of progress right towards the end of RE. There's a typewriter right at the start of the tunnels but no item box. Fucking hunters. The HD version has an item box there which I was banking on. Naturally, every wiki I try to see if I'm missing something is HD/Remake. Fuck HD.

[Dark Soldier]

Slay the Spire is the best game I've played in a couple of years. So very fucking good.

[Mike]

So now you can add your own games to the Playstation Classic what are some games you loved on the system?

I currently have the following:
2002 Fifa World Cup
Castlevania -Symphony of the Night
Crash Bandicoot
Crash Team Racing
Final Fantasy 7
Gran Turisimo
Hot Shots Golf
ISS Pro Evolution
Metal Gear Solid
The Mission
Muppet RaceMania
Recident Evil - Directors Cut
Tekken 3
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2

All are the NTSC version and with double resolution mode enabled.

[Baz]

Switch it to THPS4 and thank me later.

All the memories you have of songs from Tony Hawks games probably come from 4.

[Shindig]

Nah, 2 is my jam. I would scap the Directors Cut of Resident Evil they have on there. The music is all bollocks compared to the original. Resident Evil 2 needs to be on there as well. Final Fantasy IX is my favourite from that system.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm so shit at Super Smash Bros.

I thought I had it down with Kirby in the adventure mode but the xenoblade duo keep smashing the fuck out of me.

[Pepe]

I'm also woeful at it. Especially when the camera pans out, it is impossible to see what the fuck I am doing. I also suck at getting myself back on the platform after being sent flying. So far having the most success (or the least amount of failure) with Kirby and Pikachu, spamming the hammer or the lightning.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

My tactic with Kirby has been to jump/float and then do the weight drop on them.

The xenoblades duo have a defence down skill or something and when they activate that, it seems to only take like 4 hits to destroy me.

[Pepe]

I use that weight thing a lot too. The Pikachu thing is more effective, I think.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah, sadly I haven't unlocked Pikachu in the adventure mode as I had been using him a lot in smash mode.

I've got Kirby, Mario (who I can't get on with), a villager gimp and 1/2 others that I don't know of.

[Mike]

I stink at it too. I legit don't know whats happening.


Got a pro controller for Christmas too!

[Shindig]

I'm heading back into Nioh. I bought all the DLC but never played it. Starting a new character because well, that game is good. I have a sword that does paralysis which... seems way too early to be getting that stuff.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Felt I was going better as I was using smash attacks more and shield.

Got lucario (brilliant) and tried the Xenoblades pair again, kept getting smashed. Annoyingly I was doing ok a few times only to fall off the edge and not be able to jump back :|

[Browning]

Every character has a move if you use Up and B which is designed entirely to get back onto the stage, except Kirby and Jigglypuff who can fly back up by just jumping constantly.

I'm alright at it but my brother is insanely good and will destroy me every time.

[phonics]

Everyone I play with is like esports level at it so I’d be glad to have some people to own.

[Yevrah]

I too played this over Christmas. Never really felt in control of anything I was doing, but my brother was impressed when I pulled off a dragon punch with Ryu using muscle memory from the SNES days.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Found a secondary spirit who boosts Lucario's aura attack and he's destroying people.

[Baz]

Super Smash Bros is a beat em up, right? I’ve never understood the appeal in any beat em up beyond wrestling games, and they have a lot more to them.

Even in the SNES days of Street Fighter 2 Turbo, I didn’t enjoy it. I had a mate at school when I was 11 who was way into Tekken and wanted to talk about it all the time, whereas I was playing Crash Bandicoot and Broken Sword. I was clearly in the right, there.

[SincereTheRebel]

Gran Turismo Sport Progress
Level 44/50
780,818/2,349,946 EXP (33.22%)
10,179/24,855 distance driven (miles)
Play time - 4 days 3 hours

Ive jumped back on this over the past few weeks and I'm still grinding. I'm not going to give up. I will keep grinding away at the EXP requirements regardless of how long it takes. I can get 5500 EXP per 15-minute race. I need another 285 races in order gather enough EXP for the platinum. By this time next year, the Platinum will be mine. Working :drool:

[phonics]

I’m up to 58 characters now. Highlights of classic mode include playing as Link, Simon and Ryu. I’d highly recommend them. This game has too much content.

[Pepe]

I just want to unlock Ryu, which makes me think that maybe I should just buy Street Fighter instead.

Been playing a lot of NBA 2k19 lately. It is a so much superior franchise to Fifa that it's not even funny.

[phonics]

I just want to unlock Ryu, which makes me think that maybe I should just buy Street Fighter instead.

Been playing a lot of NBA 2k19 lately. It is a so much superior franchise to Fifa that it's not even funny.

2k19 is literally the worst version of it in a decade.

[Giggles]

Super Smash Bros is a beat em up, right? I’ve never understood the appeal in any beat em up beyond wrestling games, and they have a lot more to them.

Even in the SNES days of Street Fighter 2 Turbo, I didn’t enjoy it. I had a mate at school when I was 11 who was way into Tekken and wanted to talk about it all the time, whereas I was playing Crash Bandicoot and Broken Sword. I was clearly in the right, there.

Streetfighter 2 was, and still remains, the only one worth playing.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

So I just discovered spirit board and my eyes lit up when I saw a 4* Snake.

Conditions were to beat him (not just his party) and that he was fucking invisible.

Nothing like getting absolutely donned by air :moop:

[Pepe]

2k19 is literally the worst version of it in a decade.

Which further proves the point then, since the gameplay is miles ahead of any Fifa version ever.

[Ian]

I just want to unlock Ryu, which makes me think that maybe I should just buy Street Fighter instead.

:D

[Pepe]

Super Smash Bros is a beat em up, right?

Isn'ta beat em up more like Final Fight (:cool:) or Battle Toads and the like?

[phonics]

Unlocked Lucina. Time to own people.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Chaining uppercuts on a light character is immensely satisfying.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I just want to unlock Ryu, which makes me think that maybe I should just buy Street Fighter instead.

Been playing a lot of NBA 2k19 lately. It is a so much superior franchise to Fifa that it's not even funny.

I unlocked him today :drool:

[Ian]

Subnautica is good although I already shit myself at the mere thought of a leviathan.

I've also saved a kilometre away from my starting base and no battery for the things that speed me up so unless I can find materials to start an impromptu new base with a fabricator my return trip should be interesting.

[Ian]

I didn't realise that RPS had plumped for Return of the Obra Dinn as their game of the year. It is, however, the correct answer.

[Shindig]

I'm glad I never had to pick any GoTY stuff this year. In terms of the big stuff, I have reservations about God of War and Yakuza 6. And none of the indie stuff I reviewed grabbed me enough. And I played one mission of Monster Hunter before getting distracted.

On an unrelated note, I was playing FF VI this morning and I'm at a point where I need to disguise myself as a merchant. I see a merchant in a bar and batter him. Couldn't seem to progress it until, during my walk to work, the penny dropped: I'm a fucking thief with a Steal command. :D

[phonics]

Dead Cells is like a top 3-5 of all time. It was an easy year.

I picked up Battlefield 5 on the cheap. It's very pretty and I'm dogshit at it.

[Disco]

I've been playing the newest Forza Horizon and while the setup is silly and vaguely annoying at times (not to mention a bit short) it is extremely good fun. It's actually managed the impossible and made drifting fun, mainly because it's set here and it turns out roundabouts were actually invented for it.

[Shindig]

This January Sale on PSN might murder my wallet. I spy Hitman for £27, Sonic Mania for £8 and Horizon for £12. Also, a freelancer we were using to get a review done over Christmas has done nothing with it. He hasn't redeemed the code so I've sniped it from under him.

[wullie]

I got the new Assassins Creed over Christmas. I'm determined to get on with it as I've not got on with the series before but at the same time never gave it much of a chance. So far it all feels a bit floaty, there are roughly a billion icons on screen and the map seems to be all of Greece so I'm going to Halkidiki to see if the hotel I went to in 2003 is there.

[Panda Bear]

Dragon Quest XI is so relaxing to play.

13/10.

[Shindig]

Okay, I've decided Hitman 2 is worth the punt. Downloading the levels now.

EDIT: Getting access to the season one stuff is .... fucking tedious.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I have now cleared 276 spaces of the Adventure.

The whole of the left side (although there is some on the far left shrouded by cloud) bar two 4* spirits. Pauline and The Boss.

Pauline is on the DK/Jumpman stage, I'm able to KO everyone bar Peach who starts running but my character (Little Mac) can't jump for shit and ends up falling off. With The Boss, I have tried putting poison floor immunity on but then I'm not powerful enough to win. If I keep my regular set up (3 punching/physical spirits) then I get one/two good hits in and almost beat her but the poison kills me.

[phonics]

Have you beat Galeem yet?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

No, but I think he's just revealed the last spot to destroy his shield.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Apparently the Peach/Pauline fight that was taking years off my life earlier is one of the hardest fights in the whole mode.

It's genuinely horrible.

[Ian]

Subnautica isn't the most noticeably enthralling game (when you're not being attacked by giant sea bastards, anyway) and yet it steals away my time by the hour and I scarcely notice.

"What did you achieve in that hour and a half of Subnautica?"
"Well I got a load of blueprints that need materials I don't even know where to find or how to make yet, I potted some Bulbo trees in my base, spent ages looking for sandstone outcrops to find some silver and charged up all my spare batteries. It was.... pretty sweet."

[Dark Soldier]

Slay the Spire has absolutely consumed my gaming life, its one of the greatest games I've played.

[TG09]

I picked up a few bargins on the PC the other day on Humble bundle and GOG websites. Got Full Throttle and BioShock games cheap.

Been playing Rainbow Six Siege a lot lately.

[Shindig]

Final Fantasy VI is pretty good. I'm coming up to the opera bit which I thought was a later thing. Splitting teams constantly's a little annoying, though. I don't want to leave anyone behind in levels.

[Shindig]

So Activision and Bungee have split. Destiny stays with Bungee.

[phonics]

The Eternal Castle: Remastered looks incredible. I can't finds any footage of the original to compare it against. It can't have looked like this in 1987 surely?

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13677112/rage_1.gif

[Mike]

You can’t find it cos it didn’t exist :cool2::

[Shindig]

Blood Money / Absolution on the PS4 is such a chalk and cheese thing. Absolution looks great but the reliance on instinct makes things kinda restrictive. Meanwhile Blood Money holds up in gameplay but it's always looked kinda plain.

[Giggles]

Any good platform type games for Xbox? Even something like Prince of Persia or Metroid or something.

[phonics]

Any good platform type games for Xbox? Even something like Prince of Persia or Metroid or something.

Ori is my favourite one of those that's on the xbox.

[Disco]

People on here raved about the Rayman games but I'm afraid I couldn't tell you which one was the best.

[phonics]

Legends is the best one. I don't think they're particualrly fun on your own though.

[Dark Soldier]

Any good platform type games for Xbox? Even something like Prince of Persia or Metroid or something.

Inside

[Shindig]

Axiom Verge?

[Ian]

I definitely get all the Subnautica love when it was first out, and the Cyclops is one of the best vehicles I've used in a game.

[Shindig]

I really fancy blasting through the remainder of FFVI now. It feels like I just have to get the band back together to finish this. It's the best one.

[John]

I bought a Playstation Classic the other day. It's amazing how quickly the nostalgia is replaced by disbelief at how primitive some of those games are. Battle Arena Toshinden was one of my favourite games when I was young, but it's fucking unplayable. Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy 7 make the purchase worthwhile, but I was looking forward to revisiting a few things on there that are abysmal so overall it's a disappointment.

[Baz]

Intelligent Qube is absolutely solid and Mr Driller is one of the most boring games I’ve ever played.

[John]

That's a point, actually. A few of the games definitely aren't 'classics' of the kind you'd expect to be included on this sort of thing. Cool Boarders 2? I mean, that was crap the first time around. I'd never heard of Mr Driller until I flicked past it on my way to Syphon Filter, another brutally disappointing game.

What they need to do is release a PS2 one of these. It's old enough to get the nostalgia pound, but recent enough that most of the games will actually be worth playing.

[wullie]

That's what put me off the PS1 classic whereas I couldn't wait to get the SNES, the early 3D games really don't age too well. Saying that I'd be all in on an N64 classic provided it can be hacked as easy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

An N64 that can be hacked or have all the wrasslin games on it would be magnificent.

[Shindig]

Of the PS Classic games, Persona's the only one I really look at with envy. Mainly just to see what that series was before it became styled as fuck. That and Wild Arms which I can grab on the store already. I'd grab the SNES for a reasonable price because I never Nintendoed before the Gamecube.

[Baz]

An N64 that can be hacked or have all the wrasslin games on it would be magnificent.1086286579658764288

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AnchoredWhirlwindBlackbird-size_restricted.gif

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Those games were so good but he didn't even post WWF Attitude, the small time prick.

[Shindig]

I'm sure there's roster hacks available. The Acclaim PSX ones were rough. The only redeeming qualities were the FMV, crowd chants and the groans of the wrestlers.

[Gray Fox]

I remember running to all the 2nd hand shops around Liverpool to try and find WM2000 when I was a young 'un. Eventually found it in one of the remotest ones to be told by the guy at the desk it was like Goldust.

Looking back I'm not sure he wasn't making a really shit pun, but that's still the best wresting game there's been for me.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They were all classics that haven't been topped.

Used to spend most of my weekend playing First Blood Royal Rumble matches (genuinely amazing and they need to bring those back) with 3 friends.

[Yevrah]

I don't think the N64 will age well either. I played Goldeneye not so long ago and again, it's unplayably bad now.

[Shindig]

Yeah, I was never keen on the N64's look. There's no draw distance to anything and the texture work is basic and muddy.

[Ian]

Those games were so good but he didn't even post WWF Attitude, the small time prick.

That's probably because it was garbage.

[phonics]

Those games were so good but he didn't even post WWF Attitude, the small time prick.

Because it's a completely seperate game engine and was terrible.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Wash your fucking mouths out you pieces of shit.

[Ian]

In the spirit of THE LIST I made a start on Heat Signature and encountered this:
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/952976223517737691/D3B1479DF6CC34C06F471E6851D9156068087060/

Cheers Disco mate.

[phonics]

Is there a way you 'complete' that game or is it just doing those rotating personal stories?

[Disco]

In the spirit of THE LIST I made a start on Heat Signature and encountered this:
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/952976223517737691/D3B1479DF6CC34C06F471E6851D9156068087060/

Cheers Disco mate.

Thieving git. Nice wrench action, best non-lethal weapon in the game.




Is there a way you 'complete' that game or is it just doing those rotating personal stories?

There is an ending once you take the four(?) strongholds but it's waaaay too long if you want to clear the entire map.