OT: The All-Purpose Video Game thread: Part IV

[Leonardo87]

Previous tread..

https://forums.hfboards.com/threads/the-all-purpose-video-game-thread-part-iii.2758473/

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[nyr2k2]

Gonna be playing some Astro Bot tomorrow.

 

[Do you want ants]

Gonna be playing some Astro Bot tomorrow.

Me too. My daughter and I enjoyed playing Astro’s Playroom and went ahead and bought Astro Bot.

Also debating getting the new Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom later this month.

 

[nyr2k2]

Me too. My daughter and I enjoyed playing Astro’s Playroom and went ahead and bought Astro Bot.

Also debating getting the new Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom later this month.

Yeah my daughter is 9 and she's looking forward to it. We usually only play Mario games on her Nintendo, but Astro's Playroom was one PS5 game she liked.

 

[Leonardo87]

Cait Sith is so cool in FF rebirth. Not the best in battle, but it’s fun. I’m like 50+ hours into FF 7 rebirth, and still on Chapter 8. Lol.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Cait Sith is so cool in FF rebirth. Not the best in battle, but it’s fun. I’m like 50+ hours into FF 7 rebirth, and still on Chapter 8. Lol.

What'd you think about the QB tournament on the cruise?

 

[Leonardo87]

What'd you think about the QB tournament on the cruise?

LOL, I died laughing when Red showed up to challenge Cloud. I love how each area has more detail to it, issue is you spend hours on the side quests.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

LOL, I died laughing when Red showed up to challenge Cloud. I love how each area has more detail to it, issue is you spend hours on the side quests.

Yeah that doesn't change.

It is pretty amazing how often they added things in the game that I didn't know I wanted (the entire seventh infantry sequence in upper Junon) but can't imagine not having them now.

NGL though, theres more than a few things that they added in that I wish they hadn't. I think you've gotten through most of my least favorite parts of the game already (really, the sheer volume of forced side quests in chapter 7 and 8) but theres something pretty late game that is/was infuriatingly annoying and completely unnecessary which is completely unrelated to side content. You'll know what I'm talking about when you get there.

Ch 9 (which is the best example of them expanding on the OG and nailing it, even more so than Junon IMO) and 10 are awesome.

 

[Ruggs225]

Ea posted 17min deep dive on franchise mode changes. Looks much better now and alot changed.

Trade clauses
Conversations
Game logs
Trophy trackers
Line inputs
Etc.

 

[romba]

I might be the only one, but I would pay hand over foot for as many sequels as necessary for an FF8 remake. Fix Squalls persona by making explicit many of the implicit reasons for his personality traits, same for the plot, and upgrade the battle system which was pretty good already but can be made great.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I might be the only one, but I would pay hand over foot for as many sequels as necessary for an FF8 remake. Fix Squalls persona by making explicit many of the implicit reasons for his personality traits, same for the plot, and upgrade the battle system which was pretty good already but can be made great.

Hell yeah. Would much prefer an 8 remake over 9 which apparently is what they’re working on

 

[RempireStateBuilding]

I will scream from every mountain top I can find for a fleshed out Xenogears remake/remaster. I know I'm probably screaming into the void with that one, but they did just release a new Weltall figurine that's north of $250. So there's some interest somewhere.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I will scream from every mountain top I can find for a fleshed out Xenogears remake/remaster. I know I'm probably screaming into the void with that one, but they did just release a new Weltall figurine that's north of $250. So there's some interest somewhere.

I would pay any amount for that

 

[Kords]

Xenogears remake with a proper final act would be pretty insane

 

[Leonardo87]

Just finished the Cosmo Canyon chapter. Really great character development with Red XIII, was an amazing chapter.

About 70 hours of play into the game, I’ve been doing the side quests and intel you actually get some story background with it so it’s good.

Really loving this game.

 

[tlk]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843305291322200488

 

[Irishguy42]

I have been sucked into the Satisfactory vortex and I'm afraid I don't think I'll be able to get out

 

[Takeahnase]

Playing Kingdom Come Deliverance and loving it. Henry is a GOAT video game protagonist.

Also playing MLB 24, if only EA could make a hockey game this good.

 

[haohmaru]

Somebody give me some good turn based strategy for PS5 please.

 

[TGWL]

I've been messing with The First Descendant. It's a real grind through.

Somebody give me some good turn based strategy for PS5 please.

Boulders gate 3, maybe?

 

[MrAlmost]

I like sim racing and I just discovered Nascar Racing 2003 Season, or NR2003 for short. It is absolutely incredible. For those that sim race, if you are into oval, which i just started getting into, its the best for racing AI. Takes a bit of time to set up, but it's free and there is a large modding community.

Physics are great and with the AI set to 100%, they are legit good. I love GT7, but we can all agree the AI is trash which never bothered me until I found this game and now I'm like, there is no excuse for bad AI when this did a great job in 2003!

The team that made this game is the Papyrus team that now makes iRacing. I've heard iRacing is the best for oval, but I can't justify the cost per month plus the absolute EXTORTION that is every track and car you have to buy in addition.

Sorry for the rant and I know it's a niche community. Just stoked I found this to get some good oval racing.

New Kex engine Doom+Doom II source port is fantastic. Nightdive never disappoints.

Debating a PS5 this holiday season. I have a PS4 Pro but it is currently on the sim rig for GT7. Wondering if I should just buy a PS4 slim for cheap and use that for console racing and move the Pro back to the living room and skip the PS5 for another year. Just not too many games I'm interested in that aren't already on PS4. Just Demons Souls honestly. The boost in performance to the PS4 titles would be nice though.