General gaming discussion

Cordell

It's just a game and I don't see any more reason for raised eyebrows than GTA. Anyway, since they are based in Cork, we should all root for Irish gaming industry, right?

Retr0gamer

Quietly optimistic about that Pac man metroidvania Shadow Labyrinth. Gameplay looks neat and it's internally developed by Namco who have some great developers in house.

Also since every Namco game takes place in the same universe it's also secretly an ace combat spin off.

Iseedeadpixels

Red Dead 2 ultimate edition for €20 and Mafia Trilogy for €7 on the Xbox sales.

Will do me for a while after my game pass expires soon.

Mr Crispy

I see Replay is doing great numbers on Steam despite reviews putting it at about a 7 out of 10. Anyone playing it?

And by Replay, I of course meant Rematch…

😋

SuperBowserWorld

Hmmm any sign of that RDR2 news both voice actors were spouting on about this week.

Penn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564616#Comment_123564616

I saw a clip of the guy who plays John Marston walking it back and saying that he doesn't have an announcement to make on behalf of Rockstar, because Rockstar make their own announcements.

So either Rockstar told him to shut the f*ck up because they weren't ready to reveal whatever they were doing, or it's an announcement just about something the actors themselves are doing separate from the game and they were piggybacking off the game to build their own hype. Likely the latter.

Edit: Found the clip

https://twitter.com/jonbranham_/status/1935043619754250697

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564627#Comment_123564627

I'd say he's pissed that he couldn't swim in RDR2.

McFly85

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564292#Comment_123564292

Yep it’s fun! Controls take a bit of getting used to but when it clicks is great.

3v3 is the most accessible but don’t expect much passing and do expect your goalie to leave the nets completely unguarded! 5v5 is better but no point going near it until you have the basics down. Ranked is nigh on impossible with randoms!

Only question in longevity, it’s fun but basic, be interesting to see how they hold player count.

Zero-Cool

I completely forgot that in Death Stranding, there is a character called Die Hardman..... who's real name is John McClane. I love Kojima 😂

johnny_ultimate

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123566464#Comment_123566464

”Sam, it’s Die Hardman”

Repeat 250 times over the course of the game.

Retr0gamer

You rock.

Penn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123566476#Comment_123566476

https://youtu.be/XnBP_X4Zx-I?si=eP8sz0z1TNo0O9St

Clem Fandangoman

Higgo84

Rolled the credits in Bully but I'm not finished as I still have loads left to do. Barely went to school either. I think I done five classes altogether and passed three.

J. Marston

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123566874#Comment_123566874

The art teacher in Bully stirred something in me when I was younger.

I've said too much.

Mr. CooL ICE

I mostly lurk here but the forum has a weird effect on me.

My good Raybans broke and I started using some cheap sunglasses I got on holidays. They don't protect from the sun much and if anything, make everything look a little yellow. While explaining this to my girlfriend, I had to refrain from using the term "piss filter".

Retr0gamer

Finished off all the content in the Tomb Raider 1,2 and 3 remaster. If you are planning to play these don't overlook the PC expansion levels and they are absolute peak tomb raider and in the case of TR2 and 3, better than the base games.

Higgo84

Started Cyberpunk 2077. I went in blind never watched anything not even trailers so it's all new to me. It's weird I find but I suppose that's the way it is when you first start a game. I just arrived in my apartment just now and I called it quits. I may play a bit later or most likely tomorrow evening.

It was weird driving the car at the beginning as you have to control the camera while driving. Very strange.

The tutorial and remembering each move and button press is a lot to get a grip of but it will come second nature the more you play obviously.

Penn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123570571#Comment_123570571

Not sure if it helps or if you'd prefer to keep the immersion of the first person view, but you can change it so it goes into third person view for when you're driving. I found it a lot easier to deal with, especially since a lot of vehicles dont have huge windscreens.

There's definitely a huge amount to get used to. The first few hours of the game, as much as they are about the story, are also just really long tutorials to teach you about a lot of the mechanics and controls. You do get more used to it though.

It's an amazing game, stick with it if you can. Twice before I made it to a certain point about 5 hours in and gave up, but I decided to give it one final try earlier this year. Once it clicks with you, it's an amazing experience and can be a huge amount of fun to play.

Zero-Cool

First still from Silent Hill 2 film. They're gonna make a balls of this, aren't they..

https://twitter.com/TeamSilentHill/status/1936778019885945119?t=gTR4CZec_6oONOupNWcG6g&s=19

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123570870#Comment_123570870

That's some shocking wig work.

Jordan 199

Project Motor Racing will be out on the 25th of November.

SuperBowserWorld

The Death Stranding 2 graphics look really impressive on the Digital Foundry review in HDR on OLED. Guerilla Games have one hell of a game engine (Decima). It's not just an in-house engine as Kojima productions have managed to use it very successfully now across games and platforms. And no ray tracing to bog it down, just some very smart developers and artists using it very well. I would not be surprised to see the engine and DS1 appear on Switch 2. Funny, even though Sony owns it, it does not support PSSR.

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123578521#Comment_123578521

In fairness the engineers in Kojima Productions seem to be incredible in their own right and made Death Stranding sing on PC, especially compared to how bad the initial releases of the Horizon games were (and in fairness did get improved).

johnny_ultimate

I’ve been playing more of the original on PS5 and even that’s a showstopper still. I find it quite a bit more impressive than something like Hellblade II - which is ‘objectively’ more advanced in many respects - because the world is dynamic, exploitable and a key part of the gameplay, rather than a pretty corridor you walk down.

SuperBowserWorld

...edit ... noise ...

Exclamation Marc

I have finally joined the dark side...

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123580073#Comment_123580073

Ace Combat sickos, aka me:

Retr0gamer

Looks like the Front Mission 3 remake uses some absolute trash AI upscaling for its UI elements including the whole internet section. Details are either wrong or completely messed up.

https://www.rpgsite.net/feature/17799-you-need-to-see-front-mission-3-remakes-redone-network-graphics-photograph

Jordan 199

I wonder how many members here did Retr0 get them to play AC7.

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123581655#Comment_123581655

Not enough. Never enough.

"Just one more AC fan!".

Speaking of AC, ya'll should be playing Armored Core 6 as well.