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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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heebusjeebus

Zero-Cool wrote: »

2k/Take Two are some greedy bastards. Wouldn't be surprised if Red Dead 2 is a complete online microtransaction fest with multi coloured horses.

If Red Dead has an online mode like GTA 5 then I wouldn't mind. Loads of people pay huge money for the Shark Cards, but you can still play it for free if you want.
I don't want microtransactions in the single player game though.

Zero-Cool

I know it's the same ol' people buy basketball games every year and as someone who has bought NBA 2K every year for a loooong time, I've finally given up on them as their virtual currency microtransaction bull**** has gone way too far. Glad to see Jim Sterling and Kotaku bring it to light. 2k/Take Two are some greedy bastards. Wouldn't be surprised if Red Dead 2 is a complete online microtransaction fest with multi coloured horses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9gwtmcB_TM

CastorTroy

And Firewatch is currently €8.99 on GOG

Potential-Monke

Interested Observer wrote: »

...turn-based combat.

And i'm out! Hate turn based!!

Sephiroth_dude

Interested Observer wrote: »

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is out of early access and it is glorious. Would highly recommend to anyone with an interest in isometric RPGs or unbelievably good turn-based combat.

Easy for newcomers too the pick up and play?

[Deleted User]

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is out of early access and it is glorious. Would highly recommend to anyone with an interest in isometric RPGs or unbelievably good turn-based combat.

kunst nugget

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

firewatch is well worth a look, but do yourself a favour and play through it all in one sitting, 2 max. its very linear, and is more about the story than the gameplay.

very well acted and not like too much else I've played.

in a similar note, Oxenfree is currently free on games with gold on xbox. I'd recommend people check it out.

I enjoyed Firewatch but I thought Oxenfree was disappointing. The third act fell apart and after the pretty languid pace that proceeded the climax, it felt rushed and a tad confusing.

Stone Deaf 4evr

firewatch is well worth a look, but do yourself a favour and play through it all in one sitting, 2 max. its very linear, and is more about the story than the gameplay.

very well acted and not like too much else I've played.

in a similar note, Oxenfree is currently free on games with gold on xbox. I'd recommend people check it out.

kunst nugget

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is firewatch a walking simulator .

Yeah, pretty much. There's a bit more involvement in terms of your interaction with Delilah who you talk with on a radio throughout but you're not going to be going all out with a killing spree in it. It's a decent drama with a few niggles but its definitely worth a playthrough.

Dyr

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is firewatch a walking simulator .

It's a walkie talkie simulator

Steam have their say on carpet review bombing and I think they're on the money

http://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1448326897426987372

Zero-Cool

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is firewatch a walking simulator .

Yupp, brilliant game and one of the best dynamic themes on the PS4. Regularaly goes on sale on PSN and highly recommend it when it does.

Sephiroth_dude

Is firewatch a walking simulator .

Billy86

Kiith wrote: »

It's shame, because Firewatch is great.

It's been on the long finger for a few months, might pick it up this weekend all things considered.

Zero-Cool

Kiith wrote: »

It's shame, because Firewatch is great.

What do ya make of the Film adaption in talks? I think it could be great but I suppose they have to pick the most interesting choices the player would make but there's a great story in it. Would be class if they got Rich Sommer to star in it. Saying that, will probably never leave the ground as game films usually don't.

Kiith

It's shame, because Firewatch is great.

Billy86

Bambi wrote: »

After they abused the takedown function on youtube they got review bombed by people who weren't abusing the review function on steam

My heart bleeds for them

If I'm looking around for a good game to play I'd rather what I read about them be based on how good the game is or not, and not how popular someone completely unconnected to the game is or isn't.

degrassinoel

kunst nugget wrote: »

Anyone that takes part in review bombing like that is an absolute tit with the maturity of a toddler.

in fairness, they probably are all under 10 years old - i mean really, do ye know anyone mature that watches that c**t?

johnny_ultimate

And all because a grown man who acts like an obnoxious idiot on YouTube and earns millions a year for doing so said (another) stupid and racist thing.

****ing 2017.
****ing video games.

kunst nugget

Bambi wrote: »

After they abused the takedown function on youtube they got review bombed by people who weren't abusing the review function on steam

My heart bleeds for them

Anyone that takes part in review bombing like that is an absolute tit with the maturity of a toddler.

gizmo

Bambi wrote: »

After they abused the takedown function on youtube they got review bombed by people who weren't abusing the review function on steam

My heart bleeds for them

Except the legality of the move was already talked about in the Gaming News thread with the majority legal opinion finding they didn't abuse anything. Those review bombing seem to care little for those facts though which makes the effort less than ideal, doubly so when you see people actually lying about the game. TotalBiscuit covers it quite well in the thread below.

https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/908081271204704261

Dyr

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I've never heard of review bombing, sad bastards giving negative reviews to Firewatch after the Devs gave out about that Pewdeepie c**t.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-09-19-firewatch-steam-review-bomb-pewdiepie-racism-incident

After they abused the takedown function on youtube they got review bombed by people who weren't abusing the review function on steam

My heart bleeds for them

Zero-Cool

I've never heard of review bombing, sad bastards giving negative reviews to Firewatch after the Devs gave out about that Pewdeepie c**t.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-09-19-firewatch-steam-review-bomb-pewdiepie-racism-incident

kunst nugget

gizmo wrote: »

Cheers for the follow up, man! So, would you recommend picking it up or would the four hour trial be enough in preparation for the sequel?

The four hour trial would definitely give you a good taster of whether you'd enjoy it or not. I ended up playing some of the season pass maps as well like the Rogue One maps. I'm definitely tempted to get the sequel now, especially if it comes with a good single player campaign.

gizmo

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Continued on from a previous post, everything that's wrong with gamers these days. In my day, there was no regenerative health, no kill bonuses and we had to walk to school in our bare feet.

On a related note...

https://twitter.com/adrianchm/status/904158792144875524

There's a lot of subtle design decisions made like these based on user feedback during development. The best ones, as you can see from that thread, are the ones the player never knows about, the ones that encourage the weaker players to continue but don't get in the way of more experienced players.

kunst nugget wrote: »

I ended up playing about 4-5 hours of the 40 player matches over the weekend as the single player content is really crappy. I'm not one for multiplayer games at all and I wasn't playing with a mic or headphones or anything but I found it a good skit. I was totally rubbish at it but that didn't bother me at all. I suspect there was a fair few new players in the mix this weekend along with me. I'll probably play a bit more of it over the next couple of weeks. The 40 player matches were pretty easy to dip in and out of.

Cheers for the follow up, man! So, would you recommend picking it up or would the four hour trial be enough in preparation for the sequel?

kunst nugget

gizmo wrote: »

Mind letting us know how you get on with it? Not so much worried about the price, more whether the time investment, whatever that may be, is worth it.

I ended up playing about 4-5 hours of the 40 player matches over the weekend as the single player content is really crappy. I'm not one for multiplayer games at all and I wasn't playing with a mic or headphones or anything but I found it a good skit. I was totally rubbish at it but that didn't bother me at all. I suspect there was a fair few new players in the mix this weekend along with me. I'll probably play a bit more of it over the next couple of weeks. The 40 player matches were pretty easy to dip in and out of.

Zero-Cool

Continued on from a previous post, everything that's wrong with gamers these days. In my day, there was no regenerative health, no kill bonuses and we had to walk to school in our bare feet.

Retr0gamer

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

https://www.destructoid.com/outcast-second-contact-finally-releases-next-month-460518.phtml
A remake of Outcast is due out next month. As a youngling i was mad to play the original but never had a PC till much later.Anyone have high hopes for this? I'd love to pick it up if its decent

The original is a PC classic. Hard to go back to as it was CPU bound and locked at 15 fps so hoping the remake makes the game a lot smoother.

gizmo

kunst nugget wrote: »

I went with it in the end. Sure feck it, it was the price of a pint. There's split screen play so I might get a bit of craic out of that.

Mind letting us know how you get on with it? Not so much worried about the price, more whether the time investment, whatever that may be, is worth it.

SeantheMan

Didn't know where to place this,
My mate was in the hospital (his wife is pregnant) and he seen this and told me he'd signed me up :P

But just goes to show how serious they take it and how much of a possible problem it is here in Korea.
They had to bring in new rules to PC Bangs that kids can't be in there past 10pm etc too

kunst nugget

gizmo wrote: »

Same on Origin at the moment and thinking about it from the same perspective. This article would indicate that it isn't really.

I went with it in the end. Sure feck it, it was the price of a pint. There's split screen play so I might get a bit of craic out of that.