Video Game Discussion Thread vol. 2

Darc_Requiem · March 30, 2023

You know I'm surprised no one posted a Youtube video of Jun beating Kayuza's ass to this song.....

Edited March 30, 2023 by Darc_Requiem

Hawkingbird · March 30, 2023

I'm in Salazar castle at the moment.

- I'm actually liking Ashley as a character in the remake. While I never hated her in the OG game being bratty and obnoxious made her difficult to like. She is actually sympathetic and I appreciate how she tries to help Leon when he needs it. Her chemistry with Leon feels more natural. Who knew having her behave like a real person is what she needed.

- The stringray was my best friend in the waterhall. I'm playing in hardcore and I didn't feel like the waterhall was as difficult as the drive with Luis thanks mostly to this rifle. Buy it when it becomes available

- The roaches seem to go down easier in the remake. I'm able to kill these things with the handgun and they are highly subjectable to headshots. Shooting them while they are in stone is an instant kill. Maybe the invisible ones will pose an actual challenge.

RSG3 · March 30, 2023

Chadouken · March 30, 2023

That's a bummer.

Sonichuman · March 30, 2023

28 minutes ago, RSG3 said:

Hecatom · March 30, 2023

Sonichuman · March 30, 2023

There's a certain song that's going to be in the Super Mario Bros movie that was revealed by one of the actors that I kinda wish I hadn't known about though it will probably still be awesome when it happens. Just throwing that out there in case anyone wants to try to look up what that song will be and spoil themselves.

Hecatom · March 30, 2023

So the E3 is canceled and dead.

Just got all the gaming youtubers posting videos about it.

I assume they pivoted into gaming so hard that the original focus of everything involving tech is no longer a thing for E3.

iStu X · March 30, 2023

3 hours ago, RSG3 said:

Keighley didn’t even wait a full five minutes to twist the knife. 😂

Edited March 31, 2023 by iStu X

Sonichuman · March 30, 2023

1 minute ago, iStu X said:

Keighley didn’t even wait a full five minutes to twist the knife. (Look at time stamps) 😂

Damn Geoff. Could at least let the dirt settle lil bit before you pissed on the grave.

TheInfernoman · March 30, 2023

Summer game fest is a meh name (or as the kids say uhh Mid?)

Needs a cooler fun name.

MillionX · March 31, 2023

Dead Cells run---I played 5C just now...it's quite a thrilling adventure in there....eventually got killed in Slumbering Sanctuary though.

On another random note--- Blood Hunt finally got a new clan/character class I see.... Tremere (they are basically the "blood mages/warlocks" clan in the lore.)

I still wish this game wasn't just a pure multiplayer battle royale (+team deathmatch they added later) thing though.

Hecatom · March 31, 2023

Leave it to Gamerant to say that the atrocious Tlou1 pc port is being "review bombed" and even sugest that is the customers fault that the game is currently ass on pc 😂😂😂😂

And unlike their movies counterpart, they dont have Ryan's putch meeting skit to carry them out of being a joke no one cares beyod pointing and laughing

https://gamerant.com/last-of-us-pc-port-review-bomb-why/#:~:text=According to player reports%2C The,the game unplayable for many.

When freaking Kotaku does a better job than you on reporting the issues, you know you hit rock bottom.

https://kotaku.com/the-last-of-us-pc-port-steam-performance-reviews-ps5-1850276276

Edited March 31, 2023 by Hecatom

RegH81 · March 31, 2023

Assault Suits Valken Declassified released today. For those not in the known, the game to the west in 1993 under the title Cybernator on the SNES and was censored like a MF. Declassified brings the original Japanese version entirely in English. There are also some really cool bonus features like the arranged soundtrack (including HD scans) that you can turn on during gameplay or listen to the SNES original music. There's an 82 page guide book and it is SICK AF with pictures of mech models galore and maps of every stage. The amount of work that went into this is something I SO want to see more of.

EDIT: Looks like you can't listen to the arranged OST in gameplay. Bummer, but still a fantastic re-release of an old game.

Edited March 31, 2023 by RegH81

iStu X · March 31, 2023

3 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

Damn Geoff. Could at least let the dirt settle lil bit before you pissed on the grave.

E3 must have did him extremely dirty seeing as he’s always ready to twist the knife when something negatively impacting E3 is announced

Edited March 31, 2023 by iStu X

Hecatom · March 31, 2023

27 minutes ago, TheInfernoman said:

Summer game fest is a meh name (or as the kids say uhh Mid?)

Needs a cooler fun name.

Plus, japan already has a event called like that, oriented to indie games.

The Summer Game Jam fest is part of it.

TheInfernoman · March 31, 2023

I suggest the following:

Summer

Electronic

eXpo

😉

Sonichuman · March 31, 2023

Wellman · March 31, 2023

10 minutes ago, Sonichuman said:

RIP

Wasn't the biggest fan of the games but the design of the character was top notch at the time.

Hawkingbird · March 31, 2023

The RE lore nerd in me is jumping for joy. RE4R spoilers

Spoiler

The knife fight with Krauser is a proper boss fight now. Krauser mentions operation Javier from darkside Chronicles. Finally one of these remakes actually references other games that are relevant to it.

Luis gets killed by Krauser instead of Saddler this go around. Glad that he had more screen time this go around . I always thought he died too soon in the original game

Thinking back, there are some journals I read around the village of a smart kid who was raised by his grandfather with their favorite story being Don Quixote. It's implied the grandfather died from infection from a wolf attack. Given Luis behavior I'm guessing he is the kid from those journals.

Edited March 31, 2023 by Hawkingbird

RSG3 · March 31, 2023

2 hours ago, Wellman said:

RIP

Wasn't the biggest fan of the games but the design of the character was top notch at the time.

Honestly Bubsy's entire visual design was pretty good, least the first one. Maybe the Aliens could use a few more passes, they are rather generic, but everything was nice to look at, vibrant, well detailed.

The gameplay tho...the fuckin gameplay...

Edited March 31, 2023 by RSG3

DoctaMario · March 31, 2023

4 hours ago, MillionX said:

Dead Cells run---I played 5C just now...it's quite a thrilling adventure in there....eventually got killed in Slumbering Sanctuary though.

On another random note--- Blood Hunt finally got a new clan/character class I see.... Tremere (they are basically the "blood mages/warlocks" clan in the lore.)

I still wish this game wasn't just a pure multiplayer battle royale (+team deathmatch they added later) thing though.

I had a good run going today, Belmont Tactics run with Vampire Killer, Cross, War Owl, and and Lacerating Aura, until I got to Slumbering Sanctuary. That place makes or breaks me, and today it made me audibly say "fucking this level."

Until I got to Dracula anyway. Hand of the King and Dracula are pretty good jumps in difficulty from the rest of the game, at least on 0BC.

RSG3 · March 31, 2023

How is this dlc as a Castlevania-ish experience. I get it's not going to be 1:1 to any actual style of Castlevania but does it have the vibe? Clearly has the difficulty.

DangerousJ · March 31, 2023

VGM Fridays:

X-men 2: Clone Wars (1995)

My favorite soundtrack to an X-men game.

I know I'm in the minority on that.

Magneto theme ( my 2nd favorite Magneto theme of all time)

Whole OST

BornWinner · March 31, 2023

Noooooo

Hecatom · March 31, 2023

6 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

As an actual Bubsy fan, this are sad news 😕

Bubsy 1, 2 and 3 were some of those games that I played with my younger siblings back in the day.

Alongside TopGear 2 which were the most common rentals my father got for us during holydays like Holy Week.

RegH81 · March 31, 2023

VGM Friday, suckas.

Spoiler

Hecatom · March 31, 2023

Shakunetsu · March 31, 2023

fan speculation

MillionX · March 31, 2023

I'm not really a super-hardcore Castlevania fan (aside from the first three NES games, I've only played Symphony of the Night when it was re-released years ago, and then the much later Lords of Shadow 2 on PS3/360)... but that DLC added quite a bit of cool stuff for Dead Cells --- new areas, enemies and bosses (oh yeah, including Dracula himself! There is also a new ending if you go this route and defeat Dracula), quite a few weapons, character outfits and the music. The areas are like alternate routes in the game; one leading from the starting area, actually... though if you take that then you can't go to the other one that's an option later for some reason...at least inside the same run/session. There's also a few Castlevania characters you meet as well!

*I also posted this in the Nintendo thread yesterday but I've been getting back into this Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers lately; that old sci-fi aesthetic is amazingly cool:

I love the soundtrack on this game too:

Edited March 31, 2023 by MillionX

Hecatom · March 31, 2023

Sonichuman · March 31, 2023

2 hours ago, Shakunetsu said:

fan speculation

I am trying to picture Lighting Mcqueen in a platform fighter and its making me chuckle.

Sonichuman · March 31, 2023

Extra

I feel like I'm gonna be an old man rocking in a rocking chair. I'll be telling and reminiscing about Twilight Princess' reveal or Sony's E3 of Dreams and why these moments were so hype to my kid.

Sonichuman · March 31, 2023

1 hour ago, Hecatom said:

I see Lacey Johnson is doing the vocals for that background track. Good for her!

Hawkingbird · March 31, 2023

Free steam game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1926270/Bloodhound/

Lantis · March 31, 2023

Bubsy 1 and 2 were mildly enjoyable, but let's not sugar coat things here, Bubsy 3D was a travesty in video game programming and should be purged from reality

Faltimar the Dark · March 31, 2023

That's a link to a steam game that hasn't been released yet.

DoctaMario · March 31, 2023

10 hours ago, RSG3 said:

How is this dlc as a Castlevania-ish experience. I get it's not going to be 1:1 to any actual style of Castlevania but does it have the vibe? Clearly has the difficulty.

I like it a lot. Hadn't played dead cells until it was announced, but the base game itself is great and the Castlevania content just makes it even better, especially the weapons and skins. The boss fights are true to the series and really my only complaint is that there aren't enough levels. There's even a little Richter Mode mini game hidden in there. It's not much, but it's fun.

DoctaMario · March 31, 2023

I'm not really feeling Ragnarok much. I like the story elements, but then I have to navigate terrain and the combat kind of sucks. Game feels like a pastiche of a bunch of different games which speaks to the state of the industry when even a series like GoW has to go that route. I'm still early game, but not sure if I want to continue or not.

MillionX · March 31, 2023

Oh yeah that's another thing---I would have liked if there was more areas... I still haven't fought Dracula yet; I got to Medusa for the first time a few days ago and she did ridiculous damage and killed me right away (this was 4C difficulty). I recently unlocked the bible, holy water and cross weapons. I still need to get the other outfits unlocked as well.... currently my usual ones are the Death costume or that one that's a skeleton with a purple cape (reference to the main character from "Skul the Hero Slayer"; that's also a fun game, btw; another roguelite type of thing.....I haven't played it in a while though.)

Chadouken · March 31, 2023

20 minutes ago, DoctaMario said:

I'm not really feeling Ragnarok much. I like the story elements, but then I have to navigate terrain and the combat kind of sucks. Game feels like a pastiche of a bunch of different games which speaks to the state of the industry when even a series like GoW has to go that route. I'm still early game, but not sure if I want to continue or not.

Play that shit on hard, man. No Mercy. Combat opens up when you unlock more skills and gear. There are some good early stun builds that help a lot.

Darc_Requiem · March 31, 2023

3 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

I am trying to picture Lighting Mcqueen in a platform fighter and its making me chuckle.

DoctaMario · March 31, 2023

1 hour ago, MillionX said:

Oh yeah that's another thing---I would have liked if there was more areas... I still haven't fought Dracula yet; I got to Medusa for the first time a few days ago and she did ridiculous damage and killed me right away (this was 4C difficulty). I recently unlocked the bible, holy water and cross weapons. I still need to get the other outfits unlocked as well.... currently my usual ones are the Death costume or that one that's a skeleton with a purple cape (reference to the main character from "Skul the Hero Slayer"; that's also a fun game, btw; another roguelite type of thing.....I haven't played it in a while though.)

You gotta be doing pretty stout damage to stand up to Medusa. Turrets and things that can damage her whole you're facing away to avoid being turned to stone help a ton in that fight.

54 minutes ago, Chadouken said:

Play that shit on hard, man. No Mercy. Combat opens up when you unlock more skills and gear. There are some good early stun builds that help a lot.

I'm getting rekt on normal, I don't think playing on Hard is going to help. I'm at a point where there's a ton of these fucking lizards spitting at me and jumping at me. The combat feels weird because Kratos can do more than, say, a Souls character but not quite as much as a 3d action game character so I feel like I'm trapped in this weird in between place with it. I want to like the game, but I'm a bit frustrated by how limited it is at the moment.

I started up this other game I bought called Steelrising which is a souls/Bloodborne like set in the French revolution era. You play as this robotic mannequin that's replaced human soldiers as the crown's fighting force. Pretty interesting game so far and I'm a sucker for historical fiction that adds in modern tech.

Edited March 31, 2023 by DoctaMario

Sonichuman · March 31, 2023

Hawkingbird · March 31, 2023

1 hour ago, Faltimar the Dark said:

That's a link to a steam game that hasn't been released yet.

Looking into it, it appears what this dev is doing is releasing the first chapter/prologue as a standalone. He's doing what Kojima does with Metal Gear games. At least you don't have to pay for it

Sonichuman · March 31, 2023

Hawkingbird · March 31, 2023

The name is this bundle pisses me off

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/best-survivorslike?hmb_source=humble_home&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_3_layout_index_2_layout_type_threes_tile_index_3_c_bestsurvivorslike_bundle

Survivors like? Fucking really ? Can no one give a genre or subgenre a proper name anymore?

AriesWarlock · March 31, 2023

Marvel's Avengers Game Unlocks Nearly Everything For Free

Square Enix is finally giving you the freedom to customize your MCU heroes however you want

MillionX · March 31, 2023

^haha imagine how the fans of that Marvel game who paid for that stuff must feel now... especially if they bought some of the items recently.

It's funny how fast the drop in interest for that one happened, at least to me... in the beginning, I was looking forward to that.... but then every new piece of info and footage I saw just made it look worse and worse, killing my interest in it completely....and then we'd all see the severe contrast in quality between that one and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. Just the issue of the roster----it was laughable even comparing them. MUA3 lets us play around as various X-men, Avengers and several other popular Marvel characters, complete with special bonuses according to certain team-ups. The other game's roster was a complete joke in comparison.

Well now--- I just noticed Battle Axe on eShop for Switch is 7.50.

Edited March 31, 2023 by MillionX

Sonichuman · March 31, 2023

VGM Fridays! Last Friday of the moment so first post is going to focus on anniversaries. Games with the most notable music this month were Smash Brawl's US release (15th), Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire (20th), Kirby's Adventure (30th), LoZ WW US release (20th), and Starcraft (25th). There's a few other games that came out this month that had anniversaries that I'm not fully familiar with (Sonic Advance 2 and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon among them).

Spoiler

Edit:

Reg contribution here as well

^The Blazing Tactician is the english name for this

^Didn't know this was the actual name of the track since I only have it as Vs. Lobby 1

Edited March 31, 2023 by Sonichuman

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Marvel's Avengers Game Unlocks Nearly Everything For Free

Square Enix is finally giving you the freedom to customize your MCU heroes however you want

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