OT: Video Game Thread Part VIII

[Lord Defect]

This might be the strangest complaint I’ve seen on this forum

I can get stranger

 

[FLYguy3911]

There’s no way you’re convincing me that Striiker is old enough for hair on his chest and that you don’t wax.

All natty baby.

 

[FLYguy3911]

@Striiker good luck in WL

 

[Striiker]

@Striiker good luck in WL

Of course.

Punished for doing the obj early.

Kill me.

 

[Striiker]

@FLYguy3911 play any WL this week or last?

 

[FLYguy3911]

@FLYguy3911 play any WL this week or last?

Nope.

Feels great. This promo is trash. 3 good cards that you will never pack and the rest are literally discard.

 

[PALE PWNR]

I really struggle with open world games specifically. Just bores me to death.

Slay the spire has been holding my attention for a bit, and I play counter strike regularly.

It's really tough for me to find games I will like because I have no idea what criteria I'm looking for

I'm the same way. My favorites are the Mass Effect Series, Uncharted Series, Last of Us, and then competitive games like League of Legends, Halo, Marvel Rivals is what's got me right now.

Open world just means tons of down time with nothing happening. It's not fun.

 

[Striiker]

Nope.

Feels great. This promo is trash. 3 good cards that you will never pack and the rest are literally discard.

Yup, just a two week filler until TOTY. I played anyways, just to save packs.

Obviously my NumeroFUT player picks were trash, got nothing from the Campaign SBCs, and got nothing from two icon SBCs. Guess I’m back on cooldown after Vini Jr. Hope it ends before TOTY because in three years of Ultimate Team I’ve never got a single one.

 

[Lord Defect]

I'm the same way. My favorites are the Mass Effect Series, Uncharted Series, Last of Us, and then competitive games like League of Legends, Halo, Marvel Rivals is what's got me right now.

Open world just means tons of down time with nothing happening. It's not fun.

Isn’t mass effect open world(s?)

 

[Striiker]

Isn’t mass effect open world(s?)

Not really. There’s open areas you can wander around (like a market, a spaceport, etc , but it’s nothing like a GTA, Skyrim, Fallout, etc. It’s much more “on rails” than that.

 

[trostol]

Isn’t mass effect open world(s?)

sort of open world..not sandbox though

 

[Lord Defect]

Not really. There’s open areas you can wander around (like a market, a spaceport, etc , but it’s nothing like a GTA, Skyrim, Fallout, etc. It’s much more “on rails” than that.

I’m remembering being able to go to any planet at any time exploring wherever you want, but the planets were laughably small so there was only maybe two points of interest on the planet

 

[Striiker]

I’m remembering being able to go to any planet at any time exploring wherever you want, but the planets were laughably small so there was only maybe two points of interest on the planet

Yeah, you could go to a couple planets but, like you said, you could hardly move around. And to even move from one POI to another on the same planet you had to fast travel, so it wasn’t “open world”.

 

[trostol]

Andromeda is the most open world of the Mass Effect Games

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Andromeda is the most open world of the Mass Effect Games

I really enjoyed Andromeda for what it was. The launch was rough but it bounced back. Best combat in the series AINEC.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Also, Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader is a blast. It's a TRpg with some extra flavor in ship combat and colony development. I'm really enjoying it even though I'm not super up to speed on 40k lore.

 

[Jack Straw]

I previously started playing Baldur’s Gate 3 a couple of times and lost interest very quickly but the third time was the charm. I’ve rescued Halsin the druid, found Karlach and smoothed things out between her and Wyll, but all I really want to do is hang out at camp and play fetch with Scratch. Good dog!

 

[Opus]

Anybody here have the PS5 Pro? Wondering if it's worth getting, or waiting 5 more years for the 6

 

[Lord Defect]

Anybody here have the PS5 Pro? Wondering if it's worth getting, or waiting 5 more years for the 6

I have the ps5 but I may have turned it on 10 times. Since I’ve gotten a laptop I haven’t seen any game worth getting on the ps5 that wasn’t on steam.
Hell, before I had a laptop I had the ps5 for a year, I didn’t think there were any games worth getting then still.

 

[Opus]

I have the ps5 but I may have turned it on 10 times. Since I’ve gotten a laptop I haven’t seen any game worth getting on the ps5 that wasn’t on steam.
Hell, before I had a laptop I had the ps5 for a year, I didn’t think there were any games worth getting then still.

I was thinking Gran Turismo

Be that as it may, I'm old - and haven't had had a gaming system since my Atari

 

[Jack Straw]

Anybody here have the PS5 Pro? Wondering if it's worth getting, or waiting 5 more years for the 6

I have a PS5 and I use it to play Hogwarts Legacy but that’s about all. I just prefer playing games on a computer. The PS5 graphics are great and I would probably use it for other games that don’t require as much user interaction.

 

[Striiker]

I really enjoyed Andromeda for what it was. The launch was rough but it bounced back. Best combat in the series AINEC.

I was super disappointed by it, but yeah, the combat was massively improved. Running around with shotguns felt so satisfying.

I know it was a game about space and going to a whole new unexplored part of it, so it makes sense, but the emptiness of it felt shitty to me. I don’t remember specifics because I played it a long time ago and haven’t since then, but that’s the impression that has stuck with me.

Not to mention the obvious glitches and other issues people have talked about a thousand times.

I really hope the next one feels like the first three games as far as environment and story goes, with Andromedas combat.

 

[TB87]

I was thinking Gran Turismo

Be that as it may, I'm old - and haven't had had a gaming system since my Atari

Gran Turismo 7’s performance on PS5 Pro is supposedly phenomenal and worth the price of admission.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Not to mention the obvious glitches and other issues people have talked about a thousand times.

Yeah but the glitches could be f***ing hilarious though

 

[PALE PWNR]

I previously started playing Baldur’s Gate 3 a couple of times and lost interest very quickly but the third time was the charm. I’ve rescued Halsin the druid, found Karlach and smoothed things out between her and Wyll, but all I really want to do is hang out at camp and play fetch with Scratch. Good dog!

Keep going!

I really enjoyed Andromeda for what it was. The launch was rough but it bounced back. Best combat in the series AINEC.

I never played at launch so my view of it is different than those that played with all the issues. I thought it was fantastic. I really enjoyed the terraforming aspect and making the planets more hospitable as you progressed.