General Gaming Thread

[apsham]

I really want to grab it myself - but if I'm not playing Red Dead right now, the girlfriend pretty much wants to so I don't have any time for it. I really, really wish it was on the Switch - and I know it'll probably come in a year or so, but dang it's just so fitting for it.

[Owen]

I wanna play it now but it still hasn't left London

The spyro soundtracks are so good and I really want to see how it all looks and sounds now.

[apsham]

After watching some gameplay and reviews, I'll back up what Ollie said - because the way that it looks now is totally the way I remember it - and then you look at side by side gameplay and kind of get blown away by that.

[Owen]

Spyro arrived! Installing it now. 18GB patch is fun.

[probablyoliver]

1 hour ago, Owen said:

Spyro arrived! Installing it now. 18GB patch is fun.

I'm already at 80% on the first game 😂

It's bloody lovely. I'll likely jump back into Red Dead before I move onto Spyro 2, but i love it. It's just one big nostalgic hug.

[Owen]

Just now, Ollie said:

I'm already at 80% on the first game

It's bloody lovely. I'll likely jump back into Red Dead before I move onto Spyro 2 but this is game is one big nostalgic hug.

Have you paid much attention to the soundtracks? Really curious as to how the remastered soundtrack compares to the original.

[probablyoliver]

The soundtrafk is fine, but there's an option to have the original Stuart Copeland version and as soon as I realised that existed, I switched it over.

[Owen]

Yeah, I was thinking I'd probably find myself on the original soundtrack more often. I'd probably often switch through them both to see how they sound in comparison in real time.

[apsham]

_{I don't have the time for this, I don't have the time for this, I don't have the time for this.}

[probablyoliver]

3 minutes ago, apsham said:

_{I don't have the time for this, I don't have the time for this, I don't have the time for this.}

DO IT YOU COWARD!

[probablyoliver]

First Spyro platinumed. Back to Red Dead for a bit.

[apsham]

Picked it up, amazing remastering of the game in every way. There's just so much more direction than the other platformers of the time - wonderfully designed micro-worlds that you can 100% pretty much your first time through, great controls and nothing about it really seems all that unfair.

[Josh]

Anyone else following Black Friday deals? I’m back on my bullshit and looking to get a PS4 Pro, but no Black Friday deals have popped up for it yet.

If I get the Pro, it looks like I’ll need to get PlayStation Now as well, right? Anything else I should budget for, besides games?

Alternatively, I may get a Switch. Would I need to pay for an online service there?

[Baddar]

The online service for PS is Plus, not Now.

Now is a subscription similar to Xbox Game Pass which gives you unlimited access to a set list of games.

[apsham]

Switch has an online service, yeah. It covers online play for games, access to a library of NES games and backup saves (though it's opt-in and Nintendo doesn't seem to want to do it for any of their titles that touch multiplayer for fear of save hacking) - it's QUITE a bit cheaper than other services, something like 20-25 dollars for a year.

[Josh]

Cheers!

[Schlitzbrille]

 

[OctoberRaven]

So I've been playing Hybrid Heaven. Pretty good game, if you can ignore the sillier aspects of the plot.

Definitely the best game where you can powerbomb (sorry, LIFT UP VERTICAL DROP) a giant skinless alien horse thing

[Josh]

Bought a PS4 Pro (w/ Red Dead 2), PS Plus, and GTA 5! Just gotta wait ‘til it all arrives. I am excited.

[probablyoliver]

44 minutes ago, That Ol’ Josh Joint said:

Bought a PS4 Pro (w/ Red Dead 2), PS Plus, and GTA 5! Just gotta wait ‘til it all arrives. I am excited.

Sounds like someone needs an introduction to Sky Pantos, eh @9 to 5?