General gaming discussion

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

My biggest gripe (as a FANBOY) is no Quidditch in the game. Hoping they bring out a DLC.

[Ian]

So gents, real talk time. Is it good?

There still seem to be some major reviewers which haven't touched it yet and some of the reviews I have read are a bit "hmmmm." I'd never have been buying it on release anyway but I currently have no real idea whether it appears to be actually good or just an impressive non-flub.

Though I am thankfully managing to swerve a lot of The Discourse that is presumably swirling around it.

[Shindig]

Trying to pick through the culture war leaves me thinking it's a decent 7.5 that gets amplified and crushed depending on which side of 'the debate' you're on. Not a game of the year contender but seems to be generally well received.

[Dark Soldier]

Most I know playing it have it at game of year kinda level and I've now done almost 3 hours and really enjoyed it.

There is a lot, and I mean a lot to discover. And it is fucking huge.

Not arsed about the hifflepiffle magic and scrumtums and gibberish child words but it's a delight to play.

[Ian]

Anybody (probably Mahow) played Madden '22? See it's on Game Pass.

I think I asked this question last year about '21 and I recall it sounded like a no from me because the career / franchise stuff sounded a bit poo.

Sir Andy Mahowry

Same question but for Madden '23 please. :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I have not.

Got annoyed at MUT last year so decided to skip it. The game has been in a real rut the last few years.

[phonics]

Got to the Semi-Finals of my 3rd ever Starcraft tournament :cool:

[Pepe]

How much did you make?

[Mazuuurk]

You've come a long way since our first bout, Phonics :)

[phonics]

How much did you make?

None, it's kind of a league format where you get points based on performance and if you're ranked high enough you get invited to the seasonal finals for money.

However, that performance qualified me for a few other tournaments that do payout so we'll see.

[Disco]

Do you have one of those wanker gaming chairs yet?

[phonics]

I think those sponsorships come with the rank above me sadly.

[Ian]

Well I can't say I ever properly fell in love with Breath of the Wild but I have finished it.

[Adramelch]

Do you have one of those wanker gaming chairs yet?

Most of which are also uncomfortable as fuck. That's how you know you've made it in life.

[Mike]

So gents, real talk time. Is it good?

Played a bunch now. It's pretty great.

[Shindig]

I'll probably finish up Mafia Remastered tomorrow and I've largely enjoyed it. For a post-GTA open world crime thing, it feels very different to anything before or since. There's an open map but the story feeds you from mission to mission. It keeps the pace up and actually allows the slow, obey the law driving to give you a chance to relax. Plus I really like how the story is told. Takes it's story very seriously and, so far, it works really well. Got about five missions left but I'm told it sticks the landing.

EDIT: It sure does. Shame the missions are really rigid and the shooting is a bit awful on console.

[Yevrah]

Forgot to mention that I finished God of War. The story and the missions picked up hugely in quality after you get to a certain point and it became pretty good. Don't have much faith that I'll go back and do everything else mind.

[phonics]

Another Semi-Finals appearance. Another loss.

[Shindig]

Hey, that's consistency. Is it the same people beating you?

[phonics]

A bit of both, partially struggling against a particularly aggressive style of play but also just better players. I get to semis I’m playing people 6-700 MMR above me. It’s about 18-20 MMR per win for reference so it’s quite a significant gap.

[Dark Soldier]

Big Hogwarrs Dirty Wizard thing is great. Really enjoying I. Plays well and loads to see, explore and do.

[phonics]

New Yakuza is out :cool:

[Ian]

https://youtu.be/zBczhEOp-m0

Well, this looks very bad indeed.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I was loving the couple of cut scenes in that. The gameplay though, stinky.

[Shindig]

It's a bit of a shit demo, to be honest. Flashy moves without anything really taken at a normal pace. All bang, no context. Plus I'm really, really sick of the superhero/villain snark.

Speaking of demos (the playable knd) Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty has one out. I can finally make some sense of how that game works. Another Team Ninja souls-ish thing but with twists that make the combat really, really aggressive. :drool:

[Ian]

I don't think the context would help that everything in the Suicide Squad game looks entirely without any sort of weight heft. Movement, shooting, abilities all look really floaty and nothing-y. That and the giant purple glowing weak spots. And, of course, everybody's favourite aspect of Arkham Knight: tanks.

[Shindig]

Yeah, I know Batman combat has its place but you can't transplant that to gunplay.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I don't think the context would help that everything in the Suicide Squad game looks entirely without any sort of weight heft. Movement, shooting, abilities all look really floaty and nothing-y. That and the giant purple glowing weak spots. And, of course, everybody's favourite aspect of Arkham Knight: tanks.

The floaty shit looks almost Fortnite/battle royal-esque bullshit.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Playstation exclusive Hogwarts Legacy quest is fantastic.

[Shindig]

Not content with making the best Tetris, Tetsuya Miziguchi has decided Lemmings needs a stylish shake-up. Humanity's demo is out and it is ... erm ... yeah, it's Lemmings. :D

[Lofty]

I have been wondering why The Outer Worlds seems to have retained quite a high price even on key selling sites but the Spacers Choice upgrade due next week may explain it.

[Mazuuurk]

After God of War 2 I felt a bit of a draught so have replayed Divinity OS2.
Done with that now and replaying Witcher 3.

Its years are showing a bit, even with the PS5 upgrade, but still :drool:

[Disco]

Original Sin 2 is great, really love the flexibility in builds and some of the classes are so much fun (Assassin/Summoner I remember being particularly spicy). Only finished it once though, I normally get to the second/third big map and lose interest because there's just so much to do in each area.

[phonics]

I have been wondering why The Outer Worlds seems to have retained quite a high price even on key selling sites but the Spacers Choice upgrade due next week may explain it.

It's free on GamePass so they don't have to put it on sale on other platforms.

[Shindig]

Embargo's up so I can talk more about Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. It's a second-rate Sekiro. Hitting parries is satisfying but the window's not quite reliable and certain bosses demand you master it. There's a ton of numbers in that game but you don't really build a character sheet. Gear, levels, all of it is secondary to a fortitude rank. A rank you can only build by raising flags in the levels and grinding enemies.

Still want to finish it but the boss I'm on is parry or die.

[Ian]

Original Sin 2 is great, really love the flexibility in builds and some of the classes are so much fun (Assassin/Summoner I remember being particularly spicy). Only finished it once though, I normally get to the second/third big map and lose interest because there's just so much to do in each area.

I've finished it twice with different co-op chums and I feel like unless I was doing something super specific this is the way I'd replay it, if I was playing afresh with another person playing it for the first time.

Still, Maz replaying OS2 then Witcher 3 is a very me thing to do and I applaud it.

I'm playing the Shadow Tactics sidequel Aiko's Choice. It's more of the same and I'm absolutely fine with that.

Also doing Steamworld Quest on Switch.

[Disco]

I'm replaying UFO Aftermath having been reminded about it by a friend, for me a far better spiritual successor to the original games than the more modern Xcoms.

[Gray Fox]

Sony currently have a deal on for new accounts or those with lapsed memberships. £1 for PS+, £3 for PS+ Extra and £5 for PS+ Premium for a month.

[wullie]

Ooh nice, that'll do me for a month.

[Mazuuurk]

I've finished it twice with different co-op chums and I feel like unless I was doing something super specific this is the way I'd replay it, if I was playing afresh with another person playing it for the first time.

Still, Maz replaying OS2 then Witcher 3 is a very me thing to do and I applaud it.

I'm playing the Shadow Tactics sidequel Aiko's Choice. It's more of the same and I'm absolutely fine with that.

Also doing Steamworld Quest on Switch.


Yeah OS2 turned into a bit of a slog in the end. Didn't help that I sort of inadvertedly made the exact same party, the exact same builds and all the exact same choices :D

Witcher 3 is showing it's years a little, but still getting by through ambiance and the fact that the colourful style could pass for a art choice if you squint a little.

[Ian]

When I did a playthrough of OS2 with two of my mates we got to the final bit and you've just had the whole speech of "who should really have the power of a god?" I said no and they were all "Yes I absolutely want the power of a god."

Annoying thing is I absolutely schooled both of them in the resulting fight (they'd been having me carry all the grenades and stuff including cursed grenades and everything else) but because I'd already said "Not for me, Clive" it didn't then give me the final say on what to do about it.

I dunno how many people would have actually played it in the competitive co-op way Larian pitched it but you could definitely have some fun and double-crosses in the home stretch if you did.

[phonics]

The new/old Yakuza game isn't hitting like the previous ones sadly.

[Shindig]

Yeah, I wasn't sure about what they'd do with something that was never more than a downloadable side story.

In the process of writing up Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty's review. A process hampered by me being shit at Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. :D There are some difficulty spikes in that game that are astounding. They're usually followed up with trivial missions which is cathartic, to say the least. Tons of systems at play but the combat can feel fairly basic with the majority of your attacks handled by one button. Movesets don't differ much despite the game swimming in gear and I've hit the inventory limit at the half-way stage.

It has a village hub level it doesn't need and it makes finishing sub missions a pain in the arse. "Want to go back to the village? How about your main battlefield?" How about you give me the mission menu? No? Fine, I'll warp the village so I can warp out of it to do something else. :moop:

It's a Sekiro mod for Nioh in every single sense but I'm still enjoying it. I just wish it was more focused instead of throwing systems upon systems. They're not all well explained either.

[wullie]

The month of PS+ Premium for a fiver is a cracking deal but a reminder why I don't have a regular subscription to the service. There's not a huge amount of choice there unless you really like some of the series which are very well represented (Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Lego) or what appear to be noncy Japanese RPGs, and the disposability of having all the games means I'll give one ten minutes or so and fuck it off. I think I'm just going to spend the rest of the month playing Miles Morales through

[Raoul Duke]

Been on a Lord of the Rings binge recently so got the itch to replay Shadow Of Mordor. Just starting out in the first area, I think the next one is where you can start making your own army.

Such a shame the guys who invented this Nemesis system patented it and then disappeared. It needs a follow-up

[Shindig]

It's the kind of thing that an Arkham game would've worked with. Even if it was just beefing up a bunch of Henchmen with fake villain names, I'd take it.

[Raoul Duke]

Yeah exactly - or Ass Creed. Basically any of these types of games

[Ian]

They're using it in the Wonder Woman game which seems an odd fit.

[SincereTheRebel]

1.Tekken
2.Mortal Kombat
3.Street Fighter

In that order. Never got into Street Fighter at all. I used to spend hours on Tekken as King :drool:

[Pepe]

Need to get on Street Fighter 6. Mortal Kombat is dogshit.

[Lofty]

It's the kind of thing that an Arkham game would've worked with. Even if it was just beefing up a bunch of Henchmen with fake villain names, I'd take it.

Wasn't Shadow of Mordor originally a Batman game?

[Shindig]

I think it was. Maybe they didn't want to gamble with the license or whatever but they cram villains into those games. Although Arkham's mostly 'The Joker, featuring other cunts.'

[Lofty]

Has anyone played Hifi Rush?

[Ian]

No but only because I'm usually terrible at that sort of thing. Think it's on Game Pass though so might give it a go at some point given all the praise it gets.

[Shindig]

WWE 2K23 continues where the last game went off. Namely in this weird sense of flow where the game will decide you're going to take 4-5 moves without a chance to reverse any of them. And you'd better believe all those animations will play out at a glacial pace. Plus I don't think the controls are that responsive.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah, I think it's ok but nothing great.

Really liking the more expanded GM mode though, they've made a huge amount of improvements.

[Shindig]

Seeing the McMahons in the roster seems a bit wrong, too. Stephanie and Shane have been out of the picture for ... what, six months?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Steph resigned in January this year. Shane was FIRED the year before for putting himself over in the Rumble.

[Shindig]

Jesus, this has been a long year. :D

[Baz]

If Disney Speedstorm has a heavily-assisted mode for kids like Mario Kart 8, where it helps with steering/accelerating, it could well take over my house.

[Mike]

Same!

[Shindig]

Alright WWE 2K can officially fuck off. The AI completely shits itself in tornado tag ladder matches. Blown two chances to get past this match because my partner was more interested in staying outside the ring all match than ... I dunno, climb the fucking ladder? On top of that nobody ever stays down long enough for you to capitalise. What a shitshow.

[Baz]

Anyone bothering with Diablo IV?

It looks mega, and after recently getting way into Diablo Immortal (F2P MMO) I think it looks absolutely boss. But, alas, I’ll never get time to play it so won’t be bothering buying it.

[Dark Soldier]

Picked up my first retro handheld today. Everything up to PS1/PSP all preloaded. Amazing screen, fantastic build quality. Proper chuffed with it.

https://i.ibb.co/phT0HD5/IMG-20230319-WA0001.jpg

[Gray Fox]

These are the kind of things I was on about in the buying things thread.

If well done, these things look incredible with some modern updates. How much did that one set you back DS?

[Dark Soldier]

200, preloaded with 4500 games and the emulators, ready to go. Think they're like 160 on the official site but you have to fuck about with the roms yourself. I've had it 3 hours and not put it down. Screen is amazing.

[Gray Fox]

I love the look of the Game Boy refreshes, but that obviously cuts out a big selection of games.

[Dark Soldier]

I'm proper, proper impressed with this one tbf. Most look cheap and plastic but this is metal, touch screen, IPS, controls amazingly. It's the RG353M.

[Gray Fox]

I know you've not really had it long enough to say, but how's the battery life on it?

I looked on the Anbernic official site and they seem to be $200 on the nose with their estimated taxes and shipping. It being metal and not plastic is nice to see. I think I'd personally like the slightly larger screen version, though it's about the perfect size for retro resolution as is.

[Shindig]

I like the idea of one but I never get an opportunity to use them. If I'm gaming, I'm at home.

[Dark Soldier]

I know you've not really had it long enough to say, but how's the battery life on it?

I looked on the Anbernic official site and they seem to be $200 on the nose with their estimated taxes and shipping. It being metal and not plastic is nice to see. I think I'd personally like the slightly larger screen version, though it's about the perfect size for retro resolution as is.

Well I drained the battery down from full charge to like 5% today, got just over 7 hours with 2D (GBA and SNES mostly)

The one I got was Amazon, was actually £210 but I had a tenner gift card and comes with the preloaded game card SD. Next day delivery with Prime. It also comes with a decent custom OS.

Even missed the match as was on it. First purchase in years I've been delighted with. So much so I've ordered a preloaded 256g SD with 35k games as I can't be arsed fucking about downloading and setting it up myself.

Screen is fantastic and d-pad/buttons/stick feel premium.

I think for intense 3D games, say Resi or MGS the screen is probably a little small but I played half an hour of Driver 2 and it was absolutely fine.

[Waffdon]

CS:GO 2 confirmed. Offft.

[phonics]

Resi 4 out tomorrow. Can’t wait.

[Gray Fox]

Well I drained the battery down from full charge to like 5% today, got just over 7 hours with 2D (GBA and SNES mostly)

The one I got was Amazon, was actually £210 but I had a tenner gift card and comes with the preloaded game card SD. Next day delivery with Prime. It also comes with a decent custom OS.

Even missed the match as was on it. First purchase in years I've been delighted with. So much so I've ordered a preloaded 256g SD with 35k games as I can't be arsed fucking about downloading and setting it up myself.

Screen is fantastic and d-pad/buttons/stick feel premium.

I think for intense 3D games, say Resi or MGS the screen is probably a little small but I played half an hour of Driver 2 and it was absolutely fine.

Looked properly into the handhelds after your post.

The Way seems to generally be accepted that the Steam Deck is the best thing you can get in terms of affordable power in the form factor. Bonus that it plays modern titles well too.

For purely retro though it seems to depend if you want an old Game Boy style device or if you want a Switch Lite style device. It seems the hands down winner in the former category is the Miyoo Mini Plus. Problem being that they're so good and in demand they're almost never in stock. Anbernic do what is their own version of it but the build quality on theirs is more suspect. You'd be getting a plastic shell with either, but the upside is up to PS1 emulation for £80 or less depending on where you buy.

The RG353M looks great for what it is too. Almost none of the competition offers the metal shell and it seems this device took their build quality up a notch.

I've also noticed they're coming out with the RG405M soon which builds on the RG353 and basically just adds a bit of ergonomics, a bit more screen and you can do some PS2 gen emulation too.

Very torn between getting the entry level to see if I use it, or going the full hog and getting the latter one.

[Dark Soldier]

I've used mine for at least 2 hours every day since getting it. Its just so easy and the missus can watch her shite on Netflix on't big telly while I hammer feck outta Metroid.

Best thing I've bought in ages - if you're wanting 3D emulation though screen on the 353M Is silly small for it so I'd recommend a different model.

2D looks gorgeous.

[phonics]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/270326079648956433/1088857738345451561/image.png

Can't wait.

[Ian]

It's weird, fucking loved Resi 4 at the time but I'm not enormously motivated for this. Does look good though so maybe I should just make a point to do it.

[phonics]

The Resi 2 Remake is probably in my top 5 games of the last 5 years.

[Disco]

Have they included the single stupidest puzzle in videogame history?

[Yevrah]

What did that involve Disco?

[Ian]

I can't remember what he means but I'm struggling to believe anything in a Resi game would even threaten the top 250 stupidest point and click puzzles.

[Disco]

The one with the necklace/collectable hanging over a well, I think it's near the beginning. It's like a snapshot of the idiocy of all Resident Evil puzzles, I accept that's not the attraction of the games but it always struck me as being particularly unintuitive and silly.

[phonics]

Something that amazed me about the Resi 2 remake is I'd be insanely stuck and quit the game and then 30 minutes later I'd be thinking about it and have a 'Eureka' moment.

It's finally finished installing so I'll inform you.

[Dark Soldier]

The Resi 4 remake is a genuine banger. Fucking really well done.

[phonics]

I didn't play the original and I can't get past the first group area so it might be a while before I can update you on the Puzzle thing Disco.

[Disco]

I only vaguely remember where it was so it's all good.

[Dark Soldier]

I can confirm it's not at that location disco, no. Whether it's still there somewhere else feck knows but it's not at the farm section.

[phonics]

I didn't play the original and I can't get past the first group area so it might be a while before I can update you on the Puzzle thing Disco.

Lol wasted 90% of my ammo on a section that turns out to be a tutorial for running away and they just stop chasing you after a pre defined time.

[Ian]

I'll be interested to see how you get on with it Phonics coming to it brand new. You don't really get third person single player shooters as much these days, unless I'm entirely wiping a load of examples from my memory.

[phonics]

Chapter 1 completed after 2.5 hours.

I'm starting to learn some of the mechanics they never explain to you which is making dealing with enimies easier.

[phonics]

Thought I'd do a quick check-in on where my playtime is lining up with most and found out someone has completed the game in less time than I took on Chapter 1.

[Clunge]

Love the look of these Anbernic handhelds, the upcoming one in particular (RG405M). What's the deal with the games though? I'm pretty exclusively looking at GameBoy, GameBoy Color and GameBoy Advance era, and also N64. How do you get hold of them, pre-loaded cards, etc?

[Gray Fox]

That's the one I'm looking at too. Looks about the best of everything.

I believe if you look on their site, it's a bit google translated English but it shows the listing as "Blue 16G + 64G/256G." From what I gather the latter is an SD card with as many games(ROMs) as they can pack onto it.

Alternatively you can do as DS did. He got his from Amazon. You pay a little chunk more on top for the convenience of having the next day shipping. You're also a lot more covered if you do buy one of the Prime eligible ones and there's a problem with it.

You can go about sourcing the games yourself as they aren't too hard to find, but I believe most of these kinds of devices come with all your in-demand titles loaded onto the SD card.

[Dark Soldier]

Yeah they come with a varying amount of games. I got the 64gb card, has about 4500 games on. Mainly SNES, MD, GBA etc. Lack of Dreamcast, N64, PSP, PS1. Had some but not many. Mainly your big hitters, Mario, Sonic, Zelda, Metroid, Pokemon etc

Bought a 256gb card from China with 35000 games on. Fuck knows when it'll arrive like, but only 35 quid to save the inconvenience of fucking about moving roms etc.

[Dark Soldier]

Also all romsets, or individual downloads, can be found here:

https://r-roms.github.io/

[Clunge]

So if I was to buy direct from Anbernic, the card(s) would come preloaded with games? Or am I being thick?

[Gray Fox]

It's hard to tell as like I said it's kind of broken English, but my understanding is that as the device runs with two SD card slots. If you buy the 16G version, you're just getting the machine and the SD card with the operating system on it. Essentially a boot drive. The idea is then you go and get the ROMs you want.

If you order the secondary SD card too, then you will get the 3000+ games on it. As DS says, your main big hitters will be on there plus a selection of others.

[Dark Soldier]

The SD card with 35000 games should be here tomorrow also. Fucking quick that, ordered Wednesday from China.

[phonics]

Pistol power upgraded. Dying less. Up to Chapter 4.

I think I've fucked myself with not realising how yellow herbs work though and spammed them instead of maximising how much my max health increased.

[Dark Soldier]

I've just finished chapter 6. It's a beaut of a game, really well done.

And yeah keep yellow herbs for the three herb mix!

[phonics]

Too late now sadly. I could probably restart the game and be back up to where I am in 90 minutes but don't wanna burn myself out.

The Resi 2 and Resi 4 maps are so good though. Slowly revealing how everythings connected and its so smooth.

[Gray Fox]

The SD card with 35000 games should be here tomorrow also. Fucking quick that, ordered Wednesday from China.

Did it end up coming?

I mentioned to the Mrs that I'd likely be buying one of the handhelds in April/Mays pay and showed her one. She's nabbed it as a birthday present idea for me as she didn't have a clue what to get me.

Plus side is it's a guilt free present for me now. Downside is I'm waiting a few more months. I suppose it gives them more time to get new devices out.

[phonics]

I unlocked the Rocket Launcher 30 seconds before the El Gigante boss fight and killed him in one shot which was lol.

[Shindig]

Thats how it was in the original. Beautiful, really.

[Clunge]

Pulled the trigger on a RG405M + 128GB direct from Anbernic. Pay day :drool:.

[Baz]

Do the cards direct from Anbernic include ROMs?

[Dark Soldier]

Do the cards direct from Anbernic include ROMs?

Yes but there will be gaps. A lot of their roms are hacks, and shite roms.

[Dark Soldier]

Did it end up coming?

I mentioned to the Mrs that I'd likely be buying one of the handhelds in April/Mays pay and showed her one. She's nabbed it as a birthday present idea for me as she didn't have a clue what to get me.

Plus side is it's a guilt free present for me now. Downside is I'm waiting a few more months. I suppose it gives them more time to get new devices out.

It did. Here's the game list:

https://easyupload.io/7ctz3a

And purchase:

https://www.gogamegeek.com/SD-Card-256G-35000-Games-for-Anbernic-RG353M-RG353V-RG353VS-RG353P-Handheld-Game-Console-p2165637.html

Oddly no Mario games on this, or Anbernic's cards. I removed the GC, PS2 as lol it ain't that powerful.and added some of my own PSP, PSX, Saturn and DC games. Also AM2R via port.

Saturn emu is hit and miss but that's the same even with a beefy PC.

Comes with full GBA, N64, SNES, MD, NES, Master System sets. Zelda on DS is in Japanese so will need to manually replace. Had an absolute fuck ton of MAME and arcade also.

Missing stuff like Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy 7 etc. DS jumps from B to P for some reason. Prob ran out of space, bur you can add whatever ya want yourself. DS emu is tricky though as need to imitate the stylus. You can emu in Android by removing OS SD card but with the two screens it's a faff.

Easy as to add and delete as the SD card is structured so its drag and drop.

Thing is glorious, just spent 2 hours on Outrun PSP.

[Dark Soldier]

Also any of the 35 series Anbernics have same internals really so it's whatever you prefer.

405 can do basic GC and PS2 but it's a tiny tiny upgrade. 353M has great control placement which was the bonus for me.

[Gray Fox]

I think I prefer the slightly rounded edges and slightly bigger size on the screen and device on the 405. Though I've a few months to wait now so maybe another revision will be out soon.

[Mazuuurk]

Ian the PS5 upgrade of Witcher 3 has this added armor called "Forgotten Wolf Armor" based on the Netflix series which is sleek as fuck.

Just saying, in case you feel an itch.

[Ian]

I think I knew they were doing that but I'm not ready for playthrough number 3 yet. :D

[Baz]

WWE2K23:

Plus, they’ve given you the ability to import/expert your MyRise player. So if you’re like me and aren’t very good at creating a superstar, just import one! :youpi:

[Baz]

Couldn’t get it cheap from my usual channels but got a £40 gift card for £27 to ease the cost a little. Deluxe Edition installing. :drool:

[phonics]

It's been 3 days of me trying to beat this one section of RE4 that I'm considering just turning the difficulty down for a couple of minutes.

[Ian]

What bit?

[Ian]

He asks, assuming he'll remember the ins and outs of the game he last played the better part of 20 years ago.

[phonics]

You get stuck in a tiny two floor house and have to hold out.

[phonics]

I DID IT. I now have absolutely no ammo or herbs of any sort.

[Dark Soldier]

Did that first try you lemon, stagger and kick.

[Andrew]

Had 60 quids worth of Tesco Clubcard vouchers wasting away so swapped them for PlayStation credit.

Turtles Shredders revenge for 20 quid and Diablo 2 is on sale for 12 quid so picked that up anything else on the store worth a ganders?

[Ian]

You get stuck in a tiny two floor house and have to hold out.

I definitely didn't do it first time but in the day but unless you're actually good at games I think you're meant to leave it without much ammo or heals, it's meant to be a proper panic and it's an amazing bit of the game.

[phonics]

I'm now at what I presume is the Chapter 6 boss where I'm stuck in a tiny room against a guy with big arms trying to get behind him and shoot him in the back. I wish I had saved my rocket launcher.

[Shindig]

Is there a bell in the room? I think one boss had a sound gimmick.

[Ian]

Yeah there was a bloke with a helmet all over his face and you had to hit a bell.

[phonics]

Yeah not him.

[Dark Soldier]

Gone a bit silly lads

https://i.ibb.co/R0S0jVz/20230331-124333.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/yShq4R7/20230331-142004.jpg

[phonics]

Am now officially half way through Resi 4. Absolute masterpiece. Accidentally hit a point of noreturn and left a bunch of quests in the village undone which annoyed me.

[Shindig]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3fTW8UQfBw

I'm amazed this stuff hasn't come out sooner.

[Ian]

Finished Return of Monkey Island. Quite liked it and thought the ending was in keeping with the series and had a touching note of melancholy but I'm not surprised that the internet had a tantrum about it.

Ori and the Will o the Wisps next I think.

[wullie]

Miles Morales was great so I've gone back to the first Spiderman and now I'm essentially paying a PS+ sub to play a game I owned and got rid of. I've got to a point where I thought I'd completed the main story but instead it's like I've only just finished a prologue, there's bloody loads of it whereas MM was nice and compact in comparison.

[Mazuuurk]

Am now officially half way through Resi 4. Absolute masterpiece. Accidentally hit a point of noreturn and left a bunch of quests in the village undone which annoyed me.

I'm not one for either action or horror games, but your antics have me intrigued.

Would it be a good game for me, knowing I have absolutely no previous experience or context from playing any Resident Evil games?

[Ian]

I'm not one for either action or horror games, but your antics have me intrigued.

Would it be a good game for me, knowing I have absolutely no previous experience or context from playing any Resident Evil games?

My recollection is that there's nothing you need to know that the game itself doesn't tell you.

[phonics]

The TLDR is: There's an evil corporation called Umbrella that turns people into zombies/zombie like people for some reason. Whatever no personality person you play this time round shoots hundreds of these people in the head over several hours while having to solve geometric puzzles in elaborately designed mansions/castles.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5_uJeTBB20

RE4 is very much not a horror game in comparison to it's predecessors. It's an action game with comedic horror tropes. If you like a well controlled 3rd person shooter mixed with a bit of puzzles to break the flow, you should enjoy it.

[Shindig]

They change people into zombies because that turns them into Bioweapons. I think that's the flimsy reasoning. Not as good as Dead Rising's "PEOPLE MEAT!"

[Baz]

Are the Trine games good?

[phonics]

I liked 1 as a Co-Op game 15 years ago or whatever. No idea if it's aged well. Awful single player.

[phonics]

Starcraft 2 is so fucking hard. I'm now in the top 10% of players but even getting one league up feels absolutely insurmountable.

[Ian]

I can't even relate to wanting to be that good at an RTS. I remember playing TTH CK2 against people years ago and getting mulched. I think me, Cord and Benny played some of the most boring games of all time. :cool:

Then somebody came along, I want to CJay? Maybe Gray Fix? Anyway, they had memorised build orders and had stone walls while I was still excited to find more sheep to harvest.

[Shindig]

Super Mario 3D World/Bowser's Fury is on sale at the minute so I've sneaked that onto my Switch. It's good and it makes me wonder just how Nintendo get Mario (mostly) right. Not just from controls and platforming but having just really good level design.

[Baz]

Super Mario 3D World/Bowser's Fury is on sale at the minute so I've sneaked that onto my Switch. It's good and it makes me wonder just how Nintendo get Mario (mostly) right. Not just from controls and platforming but having just really good level design.

Yeah it is indeed very good. Unfortunately my daughter much prefers Yoshi's Crafted World, the nutter.

[Ian]

I'm playing the second Ori game and it's absolutely gorgeous. I know pretty 2d games are ten a penny these days but this really is as stunning as it was hyped up to be on release. And is a very good platformer / metroidvania to boot.

[phonics]

I can't even relate to wanting to be that good at an RTS. I remember playing TTH CK2 against people years ago and getting mulched. I think me, Cord and Benny played some of the most boring games of all time. :cool:

Then somebody came along, I want to CJay? Maybe Gray Fix? Anyway, they had memorised build orders and had stone walls while I was still excited to find more sheep to harvest.

New Tournament season started

https://i.imgur.com/5iSWojF.png

:(

[Ian]

Scrub.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dragging TTH's name though the mud.

[phonics]

Im in the Wharf section of Resi 4 and this sucks.

[Baz]

Did anyone play Donut County when it was on Gamepass at the start of the year? My daughters been playing it and it’s a very nice game. Identical art style to her favourite Apple Arcade game, Sneaky Sasquatch, which was what made her want to play it. You control a hole and must swallow everything on each level, getting bigger with every item. Starts off super easy but then introduces puzzles, like having to light fireworks, swallow it, move under something and they fire back out.

It somehow doesn’t have auto save on though so twice she’s gone back on it and started again. Seems happy to do so though.

[Mike]

I think I played it on Switch. Was good fun while being simple.

[Dark Soldier]

New EA Sports Golf thing is a fucking banger. Best single player golf game I've ever played.

So much content its insane.

[Pepe]

On gamepass? I'd be up for giving that a try.

[wullie]

I fancy a golf game, I liked the first Golf Club but it was lacking a bit of sheen that EA tend to be good for.

[Dark Soldier]

On gamepass? I'd be up for giving that a try.

It's not. There's a 10 hour trial with EA Pass.

[Baz]

New EA Sports Golf thing is a fucking banger. Best single player golf game I've ever played.

So much content its insane.
Is it PGA TOUR?

https://store-images.s-microsoft.com/image/apps.19163.14096393311858391.003b64c1-1a3b-4b4e-9c47-80d6ec287ead.a28c0902-668d-4ace-b0c6-970d0df10b7e?mode=scale&q=90&h=300&w=200&background=%23FFFFFF

[Dark Soldier]

Yep that's the one.

[Baz]

Yep that's the one.

I’m seeing conflicting stories online. Is it possible to make 3 golfers and 3 different people in the same room using 3 controllers play golf, controlling those golfers?

Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EASportsPGATour/comments/12h0flp/local_multiplayer_is_an_absolute_shambles/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1

Never mind, I don’t think I’ll chance it :rosebud:

[Dark Soldier]

Man being a melon cos he can't trounce his kid by 15 shots in same couch MP

[Baz]

Man being a melon cos he can't trounce his kid by 15 shots in same couch MP

Or Mike and The Reid.

[Lofty]

I am addicted to Slay the Spire at the moment.

[Dark Soldier]

I am addicted to Slay the Spire at the moment.

In my top 10 of all time. Done over a thousand hours across platforms.

[Clunge]

Def gonna get that new EA golf one. Anyone found it at a sensible price?

[wullie]

Once it hopefully dips down to a more sensible £40ish price I'm diving in.

[Baz]

Def gonna get that new EA golf one. Anyone found it at a sensible price?

It's about £51 (€58) on Kinguin for the xbox series s/x.

[Clunge]

Eeesh. Steep. I can wait for a price drop.

[Dark Soldier]

I paid £14 on Xbox.

https://www.easygames.uk

It's dodgy as fuck and involves some fucking about but once it's running, it's running. Been using this guy for 18 months, still have Elden Ring, Dying Light 2 working from him etc.

Because you need to tie an EA account to the golf though, you can't play online MP. Not that I was arsed to do that so happy paying 14 quid.

[Gray Fox]

Clunge Did your Anbernic device turn up yet?

[Clunge]

It did, although I've not had time to sit down with it and get it all set up yet. Earmarking Sunday to spend with it.

[hfswjyr]

I am addicted to Slay the Spire at the moment.

How far through it are you?

[Pepe]

New Zelda in a month. :drool:

Will give me time to go BALLS DEEP before my second daughter is born.

[Shindig]

Those Gran Turismo 4 cheats also work for Tourist Trophy. :cool:

[Dark Soldier]

I'm right at the end of Resi 4 Remake now. Should finish it tonight.

The original, as we all know, was a masterpiece. It introduced a lot of the staple mechanics of third person action games, flowed well.

This improves in some areas. The island in particular which was a bit shit in the original on reflection. But it is lacking in some areas. Its kept some of the one liners but its gone for a weirdly realistic vibe a lot of the time, which feels like a weird juxtaposition to some of the insanity in the plot.

Gunplay is wonderful, visceral blowing bits off enemies, headsets are glorious. Ashley actually isn't a ballache to have around and her section is vastly improved.

Regenerators are fucking terrifying.

But...after all is said and done I'm ready for it to be over now. There's been some absolute 10/10 bits, some 7/10 bits. Some of the boss fights are weaker in comparison, some of the character and well, fun of the original is gone.

Unless it absolutely shites the bed at the end I'm comfortable giving it an 8.5. I've loved my time with it and will probably run through NG+ at some point down the line as some all powerful Leon, but as is the case with recent Resi games it feels like a one and done for me.

[phonics]

This final section sucks dick and I've given up playing it.

[Dark Soldier]

Its the weakest part of the game, post Krauser. But it was in the original too.

[phonics]

Dragging TTH's name though the mud.

https://i.imgur.com/ljcn6qJ.png

Redemption :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It would be very TTH if you dragged your way back to the final only to get battered.

Good luck.

[Lofty]

How far through it are you?

I have completed the spire with three out of the four but not done meaningful damage to the heart, currently working through unlocking the ironclad.

[phonics]

It would be very TTH if you dragged your way back to the final only to get battered.

Good luck.

https://i.imgur.com/1ztwMOk.png

:moop:

[Dark Soldier]

I have completed the spire with three out of the four but not done meaningful damage to the heart, currently working through unlocking the ironclad.

Favourite character? I got up to Ascension 20 with the first 3. Defect and Ironclad are my boys.

Never got on with Watcher, barely used that class.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://i.imgur.com/1ztwMOk.png

:moop:

You did us proud, lad.

[Lofty]

Yeah Defect and Ironclad work best for me though I completed first go with Watcher weirdly.

[hfswjyr]

I've made it to ascension 16 for all four characters, but really struggling to get any further now. Have beaten the heart before, but not bothering with it now - just trying to get to the next ascension levels.

[Clunge]

So I got my RG405M up and running over the weekend.

However, mine came with this issue, which seems to be widespread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ANBERNIC/comments/12mnqhm/rg405m_arrived_with_screen_issue/

Have contacted Anbernic for a replacement/refund.

[Mazuuurk]

Starcraft 2 is so fucking hard. I'm now in the top 10% of players but even getting one league up feels absolutely insurmountable.

Your dedication is admirable!

I can really miss playing Starcraft (I don't have a PC anymore, do all my gaming on Playstation). But it's so so stressful as well, and always left me pretty irritated.

Is the community still the same?

[Lofty]

I've made it to ascension 16 for all four characters, but really struggling to get any further now. Have beaten the heart before, but not bothering with it now - just trying to get to the next ascension levels.

Yeah I'm not that far at all in comparison, only really starting to see the benefit of exhaust mechanics etc.

And now I have been distracted by Dredge.

[Gray Fox]

So I got my RG405M up and running over the weekend.

However, mine came with this issue, which seems to be widespread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ANBERNIC/comments/12mnqhm/rg405m_arrived_with_screen_issue/

Have contacted Anbernic for a replacement/refund.

Have they got back to you? Luckily it does seem an easy fix if you do have to do it yourself. Sucks that it came like that though. Maybe as it's a widespread problem they aren't setting the glue properly.

[Clunge]

Yeah, the just came back to me offering me a replacement screen and instructions on how to fix it myself. Sod that. While I could probs do it, it's clearly a widespread issue so I don't really want to take the chance on there being issues further down the line too. Have asked them for a full refund. Might look at getting a RG353M instead for the meantime. Tbh, the 405M is probs more power than I need as I'm mainly getting it for GBC, GBA, N64, PS1, Dreamcast, Gamecube, etc. Just want a metal housing though rather than plastic. After 10+ years of using Macs and iPhones, I just can't go back to plastic stuff.

[Dark Soldier]

You'll get everything but GC on the 353. N64 emu can be a little bit sketchy but that's the N64 itself, not the device.

[Clunge]

Lack of Google Play store is a bit of a bummer though, as part of my logic for getting the RG405M was to be able to play current-gen handheld/mobile games.

[Dark Soldier]

Lack of Google Play store is a bit of a bummer though, as part of my logic for getting the RG405M was to be able to play current-gen handheld/mobile games.

https://droix.co.uk/knowledge-base/article/how-to-install-google-play-store-on-rg353m-and-rg353v-android-gaming-handhelds/

Its there, just a bit of work.

[Clunge]

Yeah, was just reading that earlier. Can always go down the GarlicOS route too.

[phonics]

Your dedication is admirable!

I can really miss playing Starcraft (I don't have a PC anymore, do all my gaming on Playstation). But it's so so stressful as well, and always left me pretty irritated.

Is the community still the same?

It's much much smaller but it means 99% of my community interaction is through Discord rather than the abysmal subreddit and the various downfalls of Reddit culture that comes with it.

[Ian]

The minigun in Prodeus is one of the most satisfying FPS weapons I've used in a long time.

[Gray Fox]

Lack of Google Play store is a bit of a bummer though, as part of my logic for getting the RG405M was to be able to play current-gen handheld/mobile games.

Having been on the Anbernic Reddit page a bit over the past few days it seems it really is widespread that the 405M has bad quality control.

At a guess I'd say it's been so popular that they've rushed a new batch though and everyone is now getting theirs around the same time(with problems).

Sort of the opposite approach to the Miyoo Mini +. That thing is widely regarded as the best game boy style handheld. However you can almost never get one. Any time they release a batch, its sold out in minutes.

[Dark Soldier]

Picked up Dead Island 2 off my favourite dodgy East European guy for £15. Done the opening, and considering this has taken about 20 years to arrive, its actually great fun. The gore/dismemberment engine is really impressive.

[Baz]

O2 sent me a code for the closed beta of Crash Team Rumble. Seems fun but I’m rubbish at it, with no scope to ever improve. Doubt I’ll play it much, certainly won’t buy it.

[Baz]

Seen WrestleQuest (https://www.rpgfan.com/2022/11/16/wrestlequest-launches-in-may-2023/), Ian?

[Ian]

Yeah I've been keeping an eye on that. I've thought before wrestling would be a good setting for an RPG or something other than just doing a wrestling game so I hope it's good.

[Spikey M]

That looks amazing. :drool:

[Shindig]

I keep thinking about finishing the Fire Pro World story but it's too much of a long visual novel for me to care.

WrestleQuest looks great and I do wish more wrestling games went the pure fantasy route.

[Baz]

Talk to me nerds; should I play Greedfall or, having never played any of them before, Baldurs Gate 1 & 2 on preparation for 3?

[Ian]

Greedfall I never got to but hear it's a bit of a 6/10.

Baldur's Gate 1 and 2... have you played many of those reet old RPGs? No idea how those two in particular hold up but my gut feel is that they're gonna feel very dated. Which, y'know, fine if you're into it. Divinity: Original Sin 1 and 2 might be more obvious "warming up for Baldur's Gate 3" material given it's the same dev, even if it's a different series.

[Baz]

Greedfall I never got to but hear it's a bit of a 6/10.

Baldur's Gate 1 and 2... have you played many of those reet old RPGs? No idea how those two in particular hold up but my gut feel is that they're gonna feel very dated. Which, y'know, fine if you're into it. Divinity: Original Sin 1 and 2 might be more obvious "warming up for Baldur's Gate 3" material given it's the same dev, even if it's a different series.
My favourite ever RPG is Dungeon Siege, which is basically the poster child for six out of ten, so Greedfall sounds good to me!

I also saw something on Steam called Wartales (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1527950/Wartales/) which also looks like it would satisfy my Dungeon Siege appetite, but it’s only on PC and I want to play on Xbox, really. That being said, Baldurs Gate 3 isn’t coming on Xbox on release either, so theres that.

And maybe the BG “Enhanced Editions” mean they’re not so dated? I dunno though.

[Ian]

I'll definitely be getting to Wartales at some point.

[Mazuuurk]

Baldurs Gate will require you to do a fair amount of reading.

But you really ought to play them, at least BG2. There are sure to be some characters that show up in BG3 so it's good for that.


I started with Greedfall, but I couldn't stand looking at the characters when they talk. Something so weird with the mouth animations that I couldn't look past for some reason that it just made the game uninteresting for me. But I never really made it out of the harbour you start in.

[Disco]

You don't often see love for Dungeon Siege :cool:

You could probably play the first two on your watch these days, steer clear of the third it's an absolute stinker.

[Gray Fox]

Had a poke around the house for a bit of a tidy while I'm signed off for a bit and found some of my retro consoles.

I've got a NES, SNES and PS2 all with a controller each. The former two I believe I bought for like £30 each and are worth a good double-to-triple that now. PS2 was a christmas present from whenever the year was it released(either 2000/01).

I'm wondering if the time is right to sell them on. They're just gathering dust now and the former two especially can be emulated perfectly by a device smaller than your smartphone now and for easily sub £100.

[Shindig]

Every time I think about retro collecting, I'm reminded how maintaining carts sounds like a right ache. I'd rather emulate and not have things on a shelf that I'll never power up.

[Clunge]

So after my Anbernic arrived borked, I got myself a Retroid Pocket 3+. Same chip, but larger screen, better Android build, etc. Plastic shell, but I'll probs use this for a couple of years then upgrade to a metal device once we have retro handhelds in the £100-£150 range that can handle PS2 fully. Not really got fully stock into it yet, but really like the device.

[Gray Fox]

Every time I think about retro collecting, I'm reminded how maintaining carts sounds like a right ache. I'd rather emulate and not have things on a shelf that I'll never power up.

Yeah especially when I reckon I'd be well up around £200 in CeX store credit if I sold up to them. I could probably do better in cash by sticking them on Facebook/eBay etc but I'm not sure I want the hassle.

I would not mind turning them into something like a Switch. I want a handheld of some description. Though for that price I'd be looking a the Lite version and hoping CeX had one that wasn't scratched to fuckery.
The alternate is getting a retro handheld straight away but I was told to hold off on that so I had something for my birthday later in the year.


So after my Anbernic arrived borked, I got myself a Retroid Pocket 3+. Same chip, but larger screen, better Android build, etc. Plastic shell, but I'll probs use this for a couple of years then upgrade to a metal device once we have retro handhelds in the £100-£150 range that can handle PS2 fully. Not really got fully stock into it yet, but really like the device.

How much did you end up paying for that? And was the shipping experience better this time?

[Clunge]

Got it off Droix.co.uk instead – £170 with 5% off, which basically made the postage free.

[wullie]

Got the EA PGA game as Amazon sent me some £5 off if you spend blah blah thing so it ended up costing me £45 of actual money. I'm not getting the hang of how the different shots work yet, some where I think I'm dinking it just shy of the pin end up clearing the green entirely. Putting remains a mystery to me but I've not been too far off with them so hopefully that knack will come. It looks and sounds the absolute business though, I love how there's a team of commentators just hanging out and occasionally popping their nose in to talk about particular shots and holes.

[Gray Fox]

Got it off Droix.co.uk instead – £170 with 5% off, which basically made the postage free.

No issues with them?

I like the Pocket 3+ as the coloured plastic they do on one reminds me of the old Gameboy and N64 days, but I'd worry with the kids about that one bad drop could crack that thing.
The stacked shoulder buttons are also a plus, but then I don't believe they have hall sensor sticks which by itself is a major selling point.

I wouldn't have minded waiting for a revision, but their next device seems to be the Pocket Flip. Which is in the 3DS style.

We do however seem to be coming into a place where there's a good 3/4 companies trying to out-do each other on these, while even the big boys are starting to try and match the Steam Deck. They're also mostly in stock. As far as I know right now you can get all Anbernic devices without back ordering and even the Miyoo Mini Plus you can get sent straight away, so long as you don't mind the colour.

I'm going to properly price my retro stuff up in a bit to see what I could get.

[Clunge]

They are doing a metal P3+ soon. Might be a good option. Re Droix - fine. They order in bulk from wherever and then sell on at a mark up in the UK. Service fine.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Got the new EA golf game.

Did some training and the first round in the starting amateur tournament.

Approach shots can be a bit hairy for me and I need to get better at putting. I seem to hit the ball far too softly every single putt.

[wullie]

The long distance putts I tend to at least finish close by, but the ones closer that really should be sunk I tend to not quite get my angles right so far.

[Shindig]

Looks like Microsoft's deal to buy Activision is ON THE ROPES.

UK Regulators have blocked it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The most annoying thing about EA Golf is that my swing seems to be slow almost every single shot.

On the 2K golf game it was almost always fast, even after doing the swing tuning thing about 18 times.

[Dark Soldier]

The most annoying thing about EA Golf is that my swing seems to be slow almost every single shot.

On the 2K golf game it was almost always fast, even after doing the swing tuning thing about 18 times.

What swing setting did you set your golfer to?

Also wullie, smack the putts. Don't be scared to go a few feet beyond your math and then go over the stroke power. If you go too soft or to exact math you're gonna have a bad time.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I believe I selected fast, although when I went to knock it down it seemed to be at normal.

[wullie]

What swing setting did you set your golfer to?

Also wullie, smack the putts. Don't be scared to go a few feet beyond your math and then go over the stroke power. If you go too soft or to exact math you're gonna have a bad time.

I saw something about adding a foot or a yard for each inch you go uphill and the opposite for downhill, with that itself in mind I seem to be having a bit more joy. I guess trial and error along with souping up my golfer will go the rest of the way

[Dark Soldier]

I believe I selected fast, although when I went to knock it down it seemed to be at normal.

Put it on slowest, trust me.

[Dark Soldier]

I saw something about adding a foot or a yard for each inch you go uphill and the opposite for downhill, with that itself in mind I seem to be having a bit more joy. I guess trial and error along with souping up my golfer will go the rest of the way

Yeah that's the general math for putting, but you can be a bit more courageous in this. Roll out isn't as bad as other games so you can slam the ball in and take a lot of the break out if you're not bother by a 6 footer or so on the way back.

[wullie]

The shot that catches me out most so far is pitch (I think), if I'm near the green I've got a horrible habit of overdoing it and shooting straight past the green and out the back. Flop however, that's my guy. I also love when you overpower the drive and get the dramatic animation, even when there's absolutely no call for the extra power

[Dark Soldier]

Yeah flop is insanely good. If you can unlock the spinner too its basically pitch but much less roll out

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I saw something about adding a foot or a yard for each inch you go uphill and the opposite for downhill, with that itself in mind I seem to be having a bit more joy. I guess trial and error along with souping up my golfer will go the rest of the way
A foot per inch? No wonder I keep coming up short.

The shot that catches me out most so far is pitch (I think), if I'm near the green I've got a horrible habit of overdoing it and shooting straight past the green and out the back. Flop however, that's my guy. I also love when you overpower the drive and get the dramatic animation, even when there's absolutely no call for the extra power
I'm also the same with pitch, I need to unlock flop then (and spinner).

[wullie]

Flop is a default one so you should have that, the only one I've unlocked as far as I know is Texas wedge which I've not tried, not brave enough for the idea of putting from half a mile out yet.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I clearly haven't paid attention then.

I've also unlocked the Texas Wedge (tried once, it didn't end well), Roller (I can't seem to master it) and Pick which seems to work really well in bunkers.

[wullie]

Ooh I'll have a look for pick, the only option I get in bunkers is blast which I appear to have absolutely no control over at all.

[Dark Soldier]

You can control blast but you need to raise the club up to max loft, it'll minimise roll. Or use afterspin if you're playing with that on.

Texas Wedge is awesome. I just holed a 40 footer off the fairway.

Also do the daily/weekly/seasonal tournaments for big rewards.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just started on the seasonal free tournament at Augusta.

Sim difficulty is lol. I'm going to get ruined.

[Dark Soldier]

I quit that as well. Do the dailies to get tickets then do weekly and seasonal for big rewards.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

+15 on the sim difficulty. That was rough.

I did manage 1 birdie which I still can't quite believe.

[phonics]

Dark Soldier

Can you hook me up with the whole Switch Emu set-up. I really can't be bothered to play the new Zelda on my actual switch.

[Dark Soldier]

Switch emu is hit and miss. BotW doesn't run that well on it so I wouldn't be expecting the new Zelda to be running good on launch mate.

[Ian]

Been playing Mario Odyssey and I am a fan of it basically being Hats: The Game. I am of course having Mario run about in his boxers.

[Gray Fox]

The Switch does quite desperately need an upgrade to its internals. Which is a shame as otherwise it's basically the perfect gaming system.

It's quite annoying as I want one but don't want to shell out for one and then to announce the next one in a year.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just had a really good effort on the weekly tournament at Teeth of the Dog in EA Gold.

-1 which isn't amazing but I did have a triple bogey on one hole because I kept finding the water off the tee.

I hit some really nice putts as well, seems I'm getting my eye in there.

On tour difficulty and I really smashed the back 9. It also seems it was quite tough for others as the -1 is good for 710th right now so I should get some decent rewards.

[Gray Fox]

Clunge Don't know if you have it yet or not but the Pocket 3+ just got a firmware update a couple of days ago and it sounds like it helps a lot with Gamecube and PS2 level games.

[wullie]

Hit my first eagle


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK95wIjXb_c

Then followed it by another one on the 16th, the achievement only slightly sullied by the two double bogeys that worked to cancel them out entirely

[Shindig]

I'm watching that still thinking it has the sarcastic Canadian caddie commenting on your shots.

[phonics]

Came 5th this week. Got knocked out by a 54 year old female Librarian...

[Disco]

I've wondered for a while who Dunderlinger was in my sub list, now I know.

[Dark Soldier]

Zelda leaked online, downloading to try emu.

[Mike]

Same. With the switch as a backup plan

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Gone back to shit today on golf.

Missing so many putts and my approach shots are constantly bouncing much further than I anticipate.

Went into the Q-School tournament on -7 after 3 rounds and leading by 1 shot to dropping to evens after round 4. Thankfully the AI seemed to be shitting the bed and I finished 10th or something so I'm on the Korn Ferry finally.

Really need to work on getting my control attribute up.

[Baz]

Zelda leaked online, downloading to try emu.

Torrent had over 2000 seeds in about 20 mins :D

[Dark Soldier]

30fps 1440p resolution, runs beautifully lol

[Baz]

I’ve never played a Zelda game.

[Gray Fox]

I’ve never played a Zelda game.

This both confuses and enrages me.

[Dark Soldier]

Well thats me losing 300 hours of my life to it. Love it.

[Mike]

I’ve also never played a Zelda. I’ve tried but just never gotten into one. I’ll give this new one a bash.