Video Game Discussion Thread: Now Featuring Animated Avatars

[iStu X]

3 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

extra

Those baselines were fire 

[iStu X]

 

[JHDK]

21 hours ago, Chadouken said:

Is this your first time, too? And do you play in handheld or docked?

 

I'm loving my time with it, having picked a knight who is more melee-centric after playing DeSO Remake as a magic user. Although I have taken a break for Outriders, I'm saved right before a boss I slivered on the last attempt so I think I'll be able to fuck him up next go round.

You and @DoctaMarioought to check out Remnant from the Ashes.

 

It is seriously good, in a Souls way.

 

I am sorry I didn't check it out sooner.

[DoctaMario]

2 hours ago, JHDK said:

You and @DoctaMarioought to check out Remnant from the Ashes.

 

It is seriously good, in a Souls way.

 

I am sorry I didn't check it out sooner.

Soulslikes are very hit or miss for me. Either they do it so well that I figure I might as well just play Souls or they just awful, but I'll look that one up. If it's good and does its own thing well, I'd be down for a game like that.

[RSG3]

3 hours ago, iStu X said:

 

That's fucking dope. Both Cotton 2 and Boomerang are fun but expensive. I had just acquired Boomerang myself and it cost me a penny. 

 

This is a dope package. 

[Hawkingbird]

44 minutes ago, DoctaMario said:

Either they do it so well that I figure I might as well just play Souls

This is an odd criticism. Do those games not stand out enough to have it's own merit? 

[RSG3]

21 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said:

This is an odd criticism. Do those games not stand out enough to have it's own merit? 

Very few of then do imo. The only real souls-ish type game that is as good as it's source material while having well more then enough identity of its own is Hollow Knight. Few reach that level tho imo. 

[JHDK]

1 hour ago, DoctaMario said:

Soulslikes are very hit or miss for me. Either they do it so well that I figure I might as well just play Souls or they just awful, but I'll look that one up. If it's good and does its own thing well, I'd be down for a game like that.

It is good,and it does its own thing.

 

It took me a bit to warm up to it,but 9nce it clicked, I was all in.

 

Few modern day IPs, much less games, do their own sci-fi horror fantasy motif so well as Remnant From the Ashes does.

 

It has its own themes of play, too - not least of which being that it is mostly a third person shooter, in its battle mechanics, though melee and spells are a large presence, as well.

 

Its iterative nature, and cycles of repeating with not only different layouts, but different events and even items, is quite compelling, to me.

 

I was lucky enough to get the AR, on only my 4th Adventure Mode of the first world (fifth iteration, counting campaign), which is insanely lucky, considering the last three were for bosses and their drops.

 

I find it harder than Souls games, personally.

 

 

Edited April 25, 2021 by JHDK

[RegH81]

7 hours ago, iStu X said:

 

 

Man, I hope we are getting physical copies. 

 

EDIT: Physical copies are go!!!

Edited April 25, 2021 by RegH81

[DoctaMario]

9 hours ago, Hawkingbird said:

This is an odd criticism. Do those games not stand out enough to have it's own merit? 

My main problem with Vigil The Longest Night was that it aped Dark Souls too well. It seemed like almost everything was a nod to either Souls or Bloodborne and while I still thought it was a cool game, it was a little TOO good at it. I don't mind games that take elements from other games, but if everything about them reminds me of those other games, I figure I might as well play that other game. 

Edited April 25, 2021 by DoctaMario

[Hawkingbird]

1 hour ago, DoctaMario said:

My main problem with Vigil The Longest Night was that it aped Dark Souls too well. It seemed like almost everything was a nod to either Souls or Bloodborne and while I still thought it was a cool game, it was a little TOO good at it. I don't mind games that take elements from other games, but if everything about them reminds me of those other games, I figure I might as well play that other game. 

Have you played The Surge? The second game in particular? It's a good souls type game that adds it's own takes to the formula without giving off that feeling. Outside of the sci-fi setting the combat allows you to target limbs to dismember them, directional parrying, being able to switch between inventory loadouts. It's pretty sweet.

[DoctaMario]

3 hours ago, Hawkingbird said:

Have you played The Surge? The second game in particular? It's a good souls type game that adds it's own takes to the formula without giving off that feeling. Outside of the sci-fi setting the combat allows you to target limbs to dismember them, directional parrying, being able to switch between inventory loadouts. It's pretty sweet.

See how that sounds like a cool and different take. I'll have to put that one on my watch list. 👍

Edited April 25, 2021 by DoctaMario

[iStu X]

 

 

Edited April 25, 2021 by iStu X

[Gasarocky]

Humble Bundle news is a shame. Should call it profit margins bundle now

[iStu X]

The leader of the group 

the party dude

Does machines 

 

 

Rude but Cool 

 

[iStu X]

 

[globe]

 

[JHDK]

39 minutes ago, globe said:

 

Still better than 14's character models.

 

[JHDK]

3 hours ago, iStu X said:

The leader of the group 

the party dude

Does machines 

 

 

Rude but Cool 

 

I like that they are going with the O.G. Eastman and Laird personas, and putting them into the mix, gameplay-wise.

 

"Can't help it... don't think... have no control. Splinter always said so..."

 

Legit. 👍

[JHDK]

Also:

 

As much as I want to say #TeamLeo

 

...this new iteration of Mikey looks dope.

[RSG3]

I'm team #Leo always but yea Mikey looks pretty dope. 

[RegH81]

I've been Team Leo since the '80s. He'll be the first turtle I do my first playthrough with.

[Sonichuman]

Hibiki's Special attacks ^

[HD-Man]

Team Donnie. Technically not my favorite turtle, but I always prefer him in the games due to his range. 

[MillionX]

sheeeittt, yeah Don was consistently the best pick.  In the classic arcade game, Don and Leo were my top choices.  Hahah Raph was dead last.  In fact, I remember some times when 3 people were already on the machine...and Raphael was the only spot left and seeing that, I'd just go play something else at that point.

 

Outriders-- my Pyro has surpassed my Trickster in power at this point; I'm up to World Tier 11 in my replay of certain story sections, and challenge tier 6 on Expeditions so far... I can use level 38 items now.  It's interesting how there's some huge advantages to the Pyro, but the character is still in critical trouble once enemies get close....but mannnn when things are at a distance, a level 30 Pyro is basically GOD MODE, folks... it's an odd dichotomy going on there in this character.  When things (usually the creatures) close in on him quickly, Pyro goes from being a God to suddenly being a chump that will probably be killed in the next 2 seconds. 😆

[BornWinner]

This whole thing with the demos for this game are needlessly complicated but at least they are doing this.

 

 

[Wellman]

3 hours ago, HD-Man said:

Team Donnie. Technically not my favorite turtle, but I always prefer him in the games due to his range. 

Since the SNES era this has been me as well. Not my favorite, but he is always the better pick to learn a game with.

[HD-Man]

He's generally not the fastest or strongest, but that RANGE tho.....he was even my go to turtle in those Tournament Fighters games back in the because of that. I use to play so cheap playing against friends and cousins 😂

[Sonichuman]

State of Play coming on the 29th

 

[Wellman]

Well guess who is back and on a Crash Bandicoot mobile game?

 

The Noid returns in marketing push

[Faltimar the Dark]

I knew after playing Outriders that Million would be the only one in here talkin'  about it consistently.  Its very similar to GoW...course he's gonna love it.

[BornWinner]

Ratchet and Clank gets a new trailer

 

 

[DoctaMario]

I always picked Michaelangelo. Something about him I always liked, probably seeing his chucks flailing around.

[iStu X]

Raphael all day every day*
 

*except the original game where Donatello was just too busted

[Gasarocky]

18 minutes ago, iStu X said:

Raphael all day every day*
 

*except the original game where Donatello was just too busted

Yeah I'll be playing Raph too. Raph and Mike were always my favs but I gravitated more towards Raph in the beatemups

Edited April 26, 2021 by Gasarocky

[Hecatom]

 

[DarkSakul]

 

[Chadouken]

2 hours ago, Faltimar the Dark said:

I knew after playing Outriders that Million would be the only one in here talkin'  about it consistently.  Its very similar to GoW...course he's gonna love it.

I've been jamming on it, too.  Awesome game.

[DoctaMario]

Man I forgot just how much early game in  a Souls game fucking sucks 🤬

[Faltimar the Dark]

1 hour ago, Chadouken said:

I've been jamming on it, too.  Awesome game.

But you dont talk about it.

 

Im gonna finally give Alien Isolation a try.  Epic store finally gave away a game I was interested in.  Looks boring to me and not very scurry.  I hope im wrong and its fun and mad scurry. 

[iStu X]

He has been though? He just hasn’t been talking about it over the last week. A lot of his posts are about how he’s been enjoying the game. 
 

[Sonichuman]

IGN has an article talking about the other 3 lords for RE8

https://www.ign.com/articles/resident-evil-village-mother-miranda-other-main-villains-revealed-ign-first

 

MK reboot takes top spot over the weekend, barely over Demon Slayer

https://www.ign.com/articles/mortal-kombat-narrowly-defeats-demon-slayer-in-weekend-box-office-debut

 

Sequel for TWEWY took so long because they needed the right environment.....also Kingdom Hearts

https://www.ign.com/articles/neo-the-world-ends-with-you-will-reflect-14-years-of-changes-to-shibuya-culture-and-gaming-hardware

 

I bet it was 80% KH. 

[Sonichuman]

Spoiler

 

^Vids

Edited April 26, 2021 by Sonichuman

[MillionX]

hell yeah, I was craving more footage of this greatness and here we go

[HD-Man]

Oh, TWEWY was held up by that one crossover series Square spent like 20 years and like 500 games building up only to fuckin forget what all actually happened in the final game of the series? Damn, son 😂

[iStu X]

I feel off KH as a game series during Dream Drop Distance when it was revealed that Xehanort is a Time Wizard Palpatine. 9/10 Time Travel is used as a crutch by hack writers.
 

I knew the series was only going to go downhill from there. Which it did. KH3 was one of the most disappointing follow up titles I have ever played in any series. It was insulting that fans waiting so long for what they got. 
 

What made me hate KH as a series itself is learning how badly they handled the square characters which were one of the major appeals of KH, how pointlessly convoluted they made the plot, and how many resources it took from other teams. So many resources that tons of games got shuffled around, delayed, put on the shelf indefinitely or straight up cancelled. 
 

Fuck alllll that noise. I was one of the biggest KH fans ever. Now the series can complete fuck off and die. Especially due to the fact that 3 was supposed to be the finale of KH yet it wasn’t despite being advertised as such. In fact 3 just made the story even more fucking dumb and convoluted 

 

fuuuuuuuck Kingdom Hearts

Edited April 27, 2021 by iStu X

[HD-Man]

KH3 was somehow made more complicated even tho the creators FORGOT the storyline, which is why the FF characters were left out. You'd think that'd make things simpler but.....

 

Honestly, I was more disappointed in the combat tho. To go from KH2 which IMO was the pinnacle of the series, to the floaty, easy-mode bullshit in KH3 hurt my heart. It was a major step back, Nothing was satisfying about it 

[TheInfernoman]

I played because Disney characters in an RPG with some rando animuu characters. I didn't care for any of the FF characters in it...but trying to follow the story got worse as time goes on. I lost interest years ago and by the time we were getting the 3rd game...I was playing other games. 

 

KH3 I probably won't ever play...

[Hecatom]

10 hours ago, Faltimar the Dark said:

I knew after playing Outriders that Million would be the only one in here talkin'  about it consistently.  Its very similar to GoW...course he's gonna love it.

I was also playing until my PS4 soft bricked due the ps4 update

[Chadouken]

In Outriders I just put a mod on my shotgun that instantly reloads after a kill if I have 35 percent or less ammo left. The thing is, it works with a huge damage buff skill I have called Twisted Rounds that normally would buff your damage with Anomaly power for the duration of a single magazine. With this mod I can keep the perk active indefinitely. Holy shit it's a fucking game changer!