General Gaming Thread - 2022

[Maxx]

Pro Tip: pick the NFC in the Madden Tribute Game it makes you play because A: their WR group is insane and B: you get to see Young John Madden’s luxurious hair

[Maxx]

On 15/08/2022 at 13:49, Your Mom said:

Thanks! Downloading it now  

What do you think of it?

[Your Mom]

4 minutes ago, Maxx said:

What do you think of it?

I'm having fun playing the game again but I can't figure out the new passing thing. My passes just fly all over so I went back to traditional passing

[Maxx]

3 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

I'm having fun playing the game again but I can't figure out the new passing thing. My passes just fly all over so I went back to traditional passing

Did you try it on the first setting or the second one.   First one had too much of an emphasis on hitting the meter accurately for me.  The second one still has the meter on throws but it just equates to how much power you have behind throws.

[JasonM]

Just finished Wasteland 2 for the first time, I never played the first one because I wasn't even born when it originally came out and even the remake is too crusty for me to jump into, but I really enjoyed the 50 hours or so it took me to go through the game. I think I pretty much did everything I had to do, and somehow mostly canon too reading back on the divergent endings.

It wasn't perfect, it wasn't mega hard or super thrilling, but I almost never felt frustrated in the game other than my loot goblin tendencies causing the entire party to be overweight a lot of times because I had to pick up every random piece of crap strewn about... But that's more on me, less on the game.

I do feel the adventure itself was more fun than what inevitably became the main plot. Not that it wasn't good, it just didn't grip me and I was more engrossed with the worldbuilding and the people inside of that world, even if a lot of reused portraits took a bit of the luster from the world when there were multiple plot sensitive NPCs with the same picture in different places, but since it was originally a kickstarter game, some jank is to be expected.

I also saw that Wasteland 3 is on game pass, so I might pick that up sooner or later and seeing if that game improves upon 2, there's a few things i'd like improved, so i'm cautiously optimistic.

[Maxx]

1 minute ago, JasonM said:

Just finished Wasteland 2 for the first time, I never played the first one because I wasn't even born when it originally came out and even the remake is too crusty for me to jump into, but I really enjoyed the 50 hours or so it took me to go through the game. I think I pretty much did everything I had to do, and somehow mostly canon too reading back on the divergent endings.

It wasn't perfect, it wasn't mega hard or super thrilling, but I almost never felt frustrated in the game other than my loot goblin tendencies causing the entire party to be overweight a lot of times because I had to pick up every random piece of crap strewn about... But that's more on me, less on the game.

I do feel the adventure itself was more fun than what inevitably became the main plot. Not that it wasn't good, it just didn't grip me and I was more engrossed with the worldbuilding and the people inside of that world, even if a lot of reused portraits took a bit of the luster from the world when there were multiple plot sensitive NPCs with the same picture in different places, but since it was originally a kickstarter game, some jank is to be expected.

I also saw that Wasteland 3 is on game pass, so I might pick that up sooner or later and seeing if that game improves upon 2, there's a few things i'd like improved, so i'm cautiously optimistic.

I'm actually in the midst of a Wasteland 3 playthrough right now, despite having never played any of the other ones.

[Bobfoc]

I think Wasteland 3 deserves more attention than it's got.

[TheGrandAvatar]

Wasteland 3 is very fun to play. Building up the characters, exploring and tinkering around. Most of the charm for me is trying to tame animals. 😅  But really enjoyed the story of what has been played out and the ways it can all go. Hope you enjoy it yyourself.q

[tristy]

no idea if anyone here plays, but blasting motherfuckers with the Kamehameha while playing as Vegeta in Fortnite is awesome

[BuddyAwesome]

3 hours ago, tristy said:

no idea if anyone here plays, but blasting motherfuckers with the Kamehameha while playing as Vegeta in Fortnite is awesome

I started playing Fortnite about a year or so ago as a way to bond with my ex girlfriends son as he was really into it. I just had my first Kamrhameha elimination and yeah, it's pretty legit.

[RPS]

11 hours ago, tristy said:

no idea if anyone here plays, but blasting motherfuckers with the Kamehameha while playing as Vegeta in Fortnite is awesome

My son immediately after seeing the Kamehameha - "what TV show was that from". Smart idea by the Dragon Ball Z creators. 

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

My aim with it is absolutely awful but I'm a huge fan of the cloud thing, that's saved me so many times.

[Ruki]

Reviews coming out for Saints Row are not great.

Edit: Just cancelled my pre-order for it. I imagine it'll be half off within 2 months. 

[Bobfoc]

The previews a few weeks ago generally stated that it felt like a game that would have come out ten years ago, so I'm not surprised. It's quite surprising how little hype there is behind it.

[GoGo Yubari]

Yeah it's very firmly in the Assassin's Creed zone for me where I'm probably going to get it and I'm probably going to have a fine time with it but it's not going to be until later on when it goes down to like $20 (and in this case has had a bunch of patches to fix all the bugs).

[apsham]

The negative reviews I've read mostly say "it's Saints Row" and then the positive ones are essentially "it's Saints Row" and both mention bugs. If you like Saint's Row, I don't really see much in there that really pulls away from that - it sounds like a step away from the full on ridiculousness of 3+4 at the very least... and I'm kind of excited to be away from the old Saint's Row cast.

I'll probably take a look down the line.

[King Ellis]

I have it digital (downloading now) so no backing out, which might be a regret since I can see it dropping in price pretty quick given the reception but eh, I got it cheap-ish. I did see an image of the developer/publishers share price tanking once the embargo lifted.

I was hoping the negativity in the build up was more down to the reactionary 'SAINTS ROW GONE FULL WOKE' types and people disliking the new characters. Which is kinda funny in a way because there seems to be criticisms for it not inovating enough but they also want them to just go back to having Shaundi, Gat etc.

The reboot was kinda necessary given you're coming off the back of a game where you literally ride a nuclear bomb into the White House, become President and then fight off a bunch of aliens in the Matrix. Plus the whole spinoff where Johnny Gat literally goes to Hell. Where else can you really go from there?

If the prevailing opinion is 'it's more Saints Row' then hopefully it's going to be a fun playthrough even if it doesn't make any grand leaps that it could have done and they can clear up some of these bugs. Kinda feels like that age old problem of people taking review scores way too seriously, like if this is getting 6's or 7's that's hardly the worst thing in the world and it's not that far removed from the rest of the series which I'm sure reviewed around the 7's or 8's. Just seems like gamers have these weird interpretation of the 10 scale where 1-7 is terrible, 8 is ok, 9 is good and 10 is amazing. Like, was it MGS4 or something where IGN gave it a 9 and the internet through a hissy fit?

[gunnar hendershow]

I've mentioned this before but a lot of these types of games are really going back to the same bag of tricks even if they get a fresh coat of paint. And I think that's impacting a lot of people's feelings, having experienced some major steps forward in game design in the last handful of years.

It's like Assassin's Creed games always wind up being fun for people but they're also really just focused on the established formula.

[apsham]

Most of the reviews I've dived into have hit on things like "you can't play the arcade machines or go into the casinos and gamble" directly comparing it to GTA Online and like. I get it. It's kind of neat, but the whole big ass casino parts of GTA Online were put in there years after the game came out. There hasn't really been a game like this in the Saints Row series since Saints Row 2 - that was 2008.

Reviews about what a game isn't instead of what it is... eh, I'm not a big fan of it. I get why the big divide happens, and for sure the bugs need to be fixed but the focus on reviews on "everything needs to push gaming forward" hurts genuinely fun games sometimes. Even things that get praise sometimes only end up with a good week or so in the spotlight before the next thing comes along.

[Bobfoc]

This is starting soon. I can't say I'd expect it to be especially good, but there are apparently going to be over thirty games shown.