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General gaming discussion

Retr0gamer

Right going to give this a go. A general gaming discussion thread. The rest of the forum seems to be dedicated to discussing just the big new games and games stories. Here you can just talk about whatever. What you have been playing at the moment, thoughts on it, what's better xbox or playstation. OK maybe not the last one.

Right to kick things off. Final Fantasy 12. I've let people know how much I hate this game in the past but I'm currently playing the recent zodiac age release and... actually enjoying it. I'm doing all the hunts and lots of exploring so I'm not as underlevelled anymore. The new job system is fantastic and way better than the free for all that was the original license board. You tend to use under utilised skills rather the Han nuking everything with the best attacks. Also it took a while but the battle system is starting to make sense and there's some good battles in the later half of the game. Takes a while to get theready though.

I still think the xenoblade games are a far better expression of the ideas in ff12 but it's not the **** show I orginally had it pegged as. The story is garbage though. Starts off great but once you hit Archades it's very obviously rushed.

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RasTa

It's getting good reviews. Polygon rated it the same as The Last of Us.

Retr0gamer

RasTa wrote: »

It's getting good reviews. Polygon rated it the same as The Last of Us.

Oh Polygon!

Sephiroth_dude

Instead of making a Knack 2 they would have been better off making a Legend of Dragoon 2.

Retr0gamer

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Instead of making a Knack 2 they would have been better off making a Legend of Dragoon 2.

Don't mention that game's name, its the Voldemort of videogames.

gizmo

RasTa wrote: »

It's getting good reviews. Polygon rated it the same as The Last of Us.

Totally different reviewers though so not really the best comparison to be fair.

On that note, Philip Kollar got a lot of flak for his lower-than-average review of the game on release but over time, I've found his score more closely reflects the opinions of a decent number of people, most notably on this forum, namely that while the presentation of TLOU is fantastic, the gameplay is quite lacking in many areas.

Potential-Monke

I only played Knack recently, and while it did get repetitive, i enjoyed it for what it was! Don't know if it warranted a sequel, but i'll give it a shot at some stage!

[Deleted User]

Bought Prey over the weekend and sank a few hours in. It's pretty much Bioshock. In. Spaaaaaccee.

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Oh Polygon!

The same geniuses who refused to properly review Star Fox Zero, very professional

CiDeRmAn

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I only played Knack recently, and while it did get repetitive, i enjoyed it for what it was! Don't know if it warranted a sequel, but i'll give it a shot at some stage!

It always seemed like a tech demo that got too big for it's breeches, I mean it worked for Fantavision on the PS2 but not with Knack.

kunst nugget

Playing through Metro 2033 at the moment on the PS4 after previously playing Metro Last Light on the PS3. I think it's a seriously under-rated series of games. The atmosphere in the games is fantastic. Can't wait to get my hands on Exodus when it comes out.

Sonics2k

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Oh Polygon!

Heh, I wonder who they know on the development team.

/canofworms

Billy86

Actually what is the Empire Magazine of games (e.g. the one where, no matter how bad the film is, can be attributed for a 4* type review with some "amazing" type of word in there to slap on the posters/DVD covers/etc)? It's funny when you see a game on Wiki that has 6-7 reviews around 4/10 and then one at 8.5/10 or what have you, but there doesn't seem to be a consistent offender that I've noticed yet.

Potential-Monke

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

It always seemed like a tech demo that got too big for it's breeches, I mean it worked for Fantavision on the PS2 but not with Knack.

Possibly, but it was nowhere near the worst game i've played. It was grand, nothing too fancy.

Retr0gamer

Knack was a special kind of bland. The kind of game that did so little to stand out which made the whole game feel like a colossal waste of your time. I'd take terrible over that kind of bland any day of the week.

As for the empire of video game reviews there's plenty of them about. IGN was notorious but not sure what they are like these days. Been a long time since I paid attention to them. Any official or single format publication can tend to be ignored.

There's quite a lot of reviewers that get caught up in the industry hype machines that I just can't trust a review of. A few of the easy allies and giant bomb crew spring to mind but there's way worse than them.

super_furry

I thought Knack was alright. The kind of game fundamentally solid but slightly dull game that you only ever really see at console launches. Reminded me of Kameo oddly enough.

ShadowHearth

I only found out about xbox game pass yesterday. I have to admit, I really loved the idea of netflix for games like that. I tried to look for topics on this on boards, but couldn't find it.

Its a tenner a month and selection of games is pretty solid already. My xbox wasnt turned on for months and months, but that sub sounds very tempting.
The issue I have though is pricing when you put totals.
Xbox live is about 40eu a month if you get it from one of the websites, 10eu a month for subscription. Add ea acess to it, which is another 25eu.
Maybe not bad if you have only xbox and its your only console, but for someone like me who has all consoles, pc, 3ds etc its a lot of money just for one console.

What I really like it for is if you have kids. Buy xbox, slap sub and they have a lot of games to play.

Retr0gamer

Latest humble bundle is the best yet. So many quality games that you'd be a fool to pass up on this on. Even if you don't have a PC you need this bundle:

https://www.humblebundle.com/hunie-sakura-bundle

TitianGerm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I only found out about xbox game pass yesterday. I have to admit, I really loved the idea of netflix for games like that. I tried to look for topics on this on boards, but couldn't find it.

Its a tenner a month and selection of games is pretty solid already. My xbox wasnt turned on for months and months, but that sub sounds very tempting.
The issue I have though is pricing when you put totals.
Xbox live is about 40eu a month if you get it from one of the websites, 10eu a month for subscription. Add ea acess to it, which is another 25eu.
Maybe not bad if you have only xbox and its your only console, but for someone like me who has all consoles, pc, 3ds etc its a lot of money just for one console.

What I really like it for is if you have kids. Buy xbox, slap sub and they have a lot of games to play.

Theres a tread about it in the Xbox Forum.

Your right about it been great for kids. Between EA Access, Game Pass and Games With Gold you'd probably only have to shell out for the new FIFA and Minecraft. So for €180 a year you'll have loads of games to keep them occupied (although you might be better to only sign up for Game Pass every second or third month).

Star Lord

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Latest humble bundle is the best yet. So many quality games that you'd be a fool to pass up on this on. Even if you don't have a PC you need this bundle:

https://www.humblebundle.com/hunie-sakura-bundle

:eek:

J. Marston

I feel like I'm on some kind of watchlist now after visiting that page.

super_furry

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Latest humble bundle is the best yet. So many quality games that you'd be a fool to pass up on this on. Even if you don't have a PC you need this bundle:

https://www.humblebundle.com/hunie-sakura-bundle

Any good? I haven't kept *ahem* abreast of those games.

Retr0gamer

super_furry wrote: »

Any good? I haven't kept *ahem* abreast of those games.

If you love terrible writing and low grade fap material then it's right up your alley.

I love how they kept the steam user reviews in.

"Everyday, we stray further from God's light"

Sieghardt

Retr0gamer wrote: »

If you love terrible writing and low grade fap material then it's right up your alley.

I love how they kept the steam user reviews in.

"Everyday, we stray further from God's light"

What's the high grade fap material? :pac:

Billy86

Sieghardt wrote: »

What's the high grade fap material? :pac:

Icaras

Retr0gamer wrote: »

super_furry wrote: »

Any good? I haven't kept *ahem* abreast of those games.

If you love terrible writing and low grade fap material then it's right up your alley.

I love how they kept the steam user reviews in.

"Everyday, we stray further from God's light"

You had me at low grade fap material.

[Deleted User]

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Latest humble bundle is the best yet. So many quality games that you'd be a fool to pass up on this on. Even if you don't have a PC you need this bundle:

https://www.humblebundle.com/hunie-sakura-bundle

NSFW, by the way.

Unless if you want to explain why there's a tonne of anime boobs suddenly on your screen.

Potential-Monke

Deleted User wrote: »

NSFW, by the way.

Unless if you want to explain why there's a tonne of anime boobs suddenly on your screen.

Just realised that, thankfully the boss wasn't behind me!

K.O.Kiki

Sieghardt wrote: »

What's the high grade fap material? :pac:

Older & more Japanese.

[Deleted User]

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Latest humble bundle is the best yet. So many quality games that you'd be a fool to pass up on this on. Even if you don't have a PC you need this bundle:

https://www.humblebundle.com/hunie-sakura-bundle

Are Steam hours on record accurate? Some bloke has 420 hours playtime on Sakura Spirits:eek:

Retr0gamer

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

Are Steam hours on record accurate? Some bloke has 420 hours playtime on Sakura Spirits:eek:

What a hero.