Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 That Call of Duty game looks boring as shit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 I thought it looked great. Infinity Ward has always delivered a fun campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 6 hours ago, Koray Savas said: Ah, gotcha. So Sony just delivered the best E3 conference I've ever seen. RIP Microsoft. Not really. For me Microsoft's was the more interesting conference. It was easily the more provocative, with the kind of statement of intent I like to hear. Because hardware. If the hasty Neo spec rethink (obviously the reason for its unveiling delay last night) doesn't match up to what Scorpio is offering I know I won't be renewing my PSN sub when the time comes. RIP Microsoft? Actually I'd be more inclined to say shit finally just got real. And as a consumer, who ever wants to see a one horse race anyway? Edit: whadda you know, EG appears to share my feelings: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-06-14-xbox-e3-conference-report-microsoft-is-feeling-bold-again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 11 hours ago, Lonnegan said: Not really. For me Microsoft's was the more interesting conference. It was easily the more provocative, with the kind of statement of intent I like to hear. Because hardware. If the hasty Neo spec rethink (obviously the reason for its unveiling delay last night) doesn't match up to what Scorpio is offering I know I won't be renewing my PSN sub when the time comes. RIP Microsoft? Actually I'd be more inclined to say shit finally just got real. And as a consumer, who ever wants to see a one horse race anyway? Edit: whadda you know, EG appears to share my feelings: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-06-14-xbox-e3-conference-report-microsoft-is-feeling-bold-again My facetious post was before I had even watched Microsoft's conference. Theirs was good, but I still think Sony blew it away with the quality of games. I'm all for them coming back full force and putting the ball in Sony's court. I also think Sony saw the leaked specs for Scorpio and pulled Neo out to go back to the drawing board. Microsoft is essentially saying, yes, we lost, so now we're wiping the slate clean and rejecting the generational console model. In the end, us gamers benefit the most. However, I don't know how these publishers are going to be able to market these new consoles without making the old ones looks bad. They say all games and accessories will run on all versions, but how do you sell the better looking ones while making those who just bought the inferior hardware happy too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Ooo I dunno... plenty of people didn't seem to mind getting CoD and Destiny on their last gen systems even after the PS4 and Xbox One platforms were becoming increasingly established in the market. There'll be a healthy market for different tiers of hardware, I reckon. Same as there is for handheld smart devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Yeah but the games industry has been set in a particular way for decades. It'll be interesting how consumers react. People buy consoles with the expectation that it'll last them close to 10 years. I also don't get how it's really an improvement at all if developers still have to hold their games back for the older hardware. It just doubles their workload. I'm just ruminating here, I'm sure I'll buy the new PS4 when it hits, I just think that with 40 million units sold and counting, a pace on par with the massive success of the PS2, that splitting the market like this might hurt the momentum. But then again, the people who would have bought a $300 PS4 will still have that option regardless, and now people who already own may buy again, so maybe I'm not making any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Resident Evil 7 in VR! The Last Guardian drops in October and has a new look! New Spider-man game coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 What a pity the big Red Dead Redemption 2 reveal at the end of the Sony show got cancelled last minute due to the Orlando shootings. Apparently though it was all about a bar shooting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2348219.html apparently even the NRA once claimed games promoted violence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 6 hours ago, Lonnegan said: What a pity the big Red Dead Redemption 2 reveal at the end of the Sony show got cancelled last minute due to the Orlando shootings. Apparently though it was all about a bar shooting... According to Sony, the show has been locked for months. It does make sense though, considering they showed the trailer for Days Gone towards the beginning of the show, and then showed the gameplay at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 The storytelling, characterisation and quest dialogue in The Witcher 3 feels like it is on another plane of quality to anything I've known in the Elder Scrolls series. It's pretty belittling (and probably humbling) to the Bethesda writers and designers tbh. This is how RPG storylines should play out. The world building here is outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 My witcher 3 experience was marred by game crashes. I was saving my game every few minutes just in case and it became annoying I guess many patches later the experience must be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Console games don't crash. Consoles are flawless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 12 hours ago, Jay said: Koray is correct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_generation_of_video_game_consoles#Comparison I stand corrected. Honestly, I often forget there was even an Xbox before the 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 maybe you should wait for the PS4 Neo 10 hours ago, WojinPA said: Console games don't crash. Consoles are flawless. I've had a more crashes on the PS4 than the PS3. On the PS3 it never happened. The xbox360 crashed quite often on Fallout 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 The Witcher 3 has never crashed on me. I purposefully wait many months after release to play such games so as to avoid those issues, and to benefit from the performance improvements made to frame rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 What are the best PS3 games that haven't been ported to PS4 yet? Ico and Shadow of Colossus are two, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Exclusives or games in general? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 In general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 There are some great franchises from the PS3 era, but considering the outdatedness of some titles, I would personally recommend just playing their most recent entries to get a taste of what they have to offer. For instance, Insomniac's Resistance and Ratchet & Clank series, and Guerilla's Killzone. Then of course there are the Bethesda RPGs: Fallout 3, New Vegas, Oblivion, and Skyrim. But again, Fallout 4 would give you that experience on PS4, and Skyrim is being ported over this October. Other important titles, in my opinion, such as Sleeping Dogs, Crystal Dynamic's Tomb Raider, Dishonored, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Journey, God Of War 3, and Heavy Rain have all been made available on PS4. Thinking back, a lot of the big stuff has been ported over already, but some must plays that still remain are: Portal 2, Red Dead Redemption, all three BioShock games (rumored to be ported over in a collection), Catherine, L.A. Noire, Mafia II, Metal Gear Solid 4, Infamous 2 (Second Son on the PS4 is an alternative), Spec Ops: The Line, Dead Space 2, and Mass Effect 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Good call on the Portal games, I gotta play those! Might end up doing that on PC, though, not sure. The Metal Gear series seems like such a huge daunting thing to start, I think I want to play through a lot of other games / franchises before digging into that one. Had my eye on the Fallout series, and maybe Mass Effect and Bioshock series too. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Yeah if you've never played Metal Gear before it might be best to ignore it altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I played a bit of MGS2 on a friend's PS2 some 15 years ago or whatever, I thought it was pretty cool. Almost got Twin Snakes for GameCube, but then ... Didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Damn... steam summer sale does not have batman arkham origins DLCs at a discount Are there any true legit sites where you can buy steam keys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 They might come onto the sale in the coming days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I'll wait then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 22 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 What's everyone's Steam ID? I would love to have more film score friends on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Well , I finished my first person spellcasting game Lichdom Battlemage. It was a farily short game but entertaining with decent difficulty.. Best of all it was free from the library Now back to a JRPG with Megadimension Neptunia VII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Kevin said: What's everyone's Steam ID? I would love to have more film score friends on there. Good idea. Just sent you my steam url Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 2 hours ago, king mark said: Well , I finished my first person spellcasting game Lichdom Battlemage. It was a farily short game but entertaining with decent difficulty.. Best of all it was free from the library Ha! I played that for a couples of hours this week too, on PC. I didn't really get into it though because I thought the gameplay was rather dull and I couldn't work out the spells menu interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 you need to sit down and just mess around with the spell menu for a few hours and read a few basic guides online since the tutorials suck I thought it was really confusing too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 How did you manage to get through it on the PS4? Battlemage is known as being one of the very worst performing titles on the consoles, with frequent frame rate dips into the teens. I don't know why; because it is visually completely unremarkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 yes, the frame rate issue was a problem. It was still playable but it got to the point where I wasn't enjoying the game too much and just wanted to finish it. It was worse on some levels than others. Still, I prefer a frame rate issue than game crashes like I got on Witcher 3 or Divinity Original Sin where you get stressed about losing progress or think your console is broken (turns out I might have sent my PS4 for repairs needlessly because found a forum where people got multiple game crashes upon saving games in Divinity Original Sin but at the time I thought I was the only one experiencing this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I finally got around to testing out Eve Valkyrie on my brand spanking new Oculus Rift. Wow, what a treat that was! It is everything I hoped it would be with incredible graphics and immersion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Batman: Return to Arkham delayed, Warner Bros. gives no new launch date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Oh no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Resident Evil 7 is getting rid of quick time events and getting back to basics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 QTE's are the worst thing in gaming ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 What are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Stop feigning interest because the board's boring today! Wojo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Drunk mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 7 hours ago, king mark said: QTE's are the worst thing in gaming ever I disagree, they add a level of immersion that I quite like. Obviously I wouldn't want all gaming to just be QTEs, but when it's done right as the highlight (i.e. Heavy Rain), or as supplemental gameplay (i.e. Naughty Dog games), it's great. 7 hours ago, Stefancos said: What are they? Quick time events require the player to push a particular button or sequence of buttons and joystick movements within a short time span. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I'm not sure if quick time events are more about teaching kids to type on a keyboard again, or recapturing the combo memorization tricks of fighting games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 I'm not really a fan. I don't mind the odd one here and there, but the likes of Call of Duty and similar games have become far too reliant on them. They can feel like lazy, intrusive design. Button mashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I can't remember what buttons are what color or symbol after years of using a controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 BioShock: The Collection confirmed on 2K Games' website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 8 hours ago, Lonnegan said: I'm not really a fan. I don't mind the odd one here and there, but the likes of Call of Duty and similar games have become far too reliant on them. They can feel like lazy, intrusive design. Button mashing. Since when are there QTEs in COD? Button mashing is a bit more excessive, I would classify it separately. God Of War, for instance. 58 minutes ago, Jay said: BioShock: The Collection confirmed on 2K Games' website Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Played all 3 of them before, the last two on PC. Infinite is top 5 material for me, but I shan't return to it again. 1 hour ago, Koray Savas said: Since when are there QTEs in COD? Lol for real? Took me about 5 seconds to find. The franchise is practically built on QTE instances throughout its cinematic "gameplay". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I recently started playing Overwatch. It's fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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