Video Game Thread v. Wii4One

[cramx3]

Sounds cool, and yea, having heists (or the RDR equivalent) would be so much fun in that world. 

I must say though, I never really cared for the openworld part of online.  Like the killing each other and just the random stupid shit that happens online, it's fun for a bit but I just like doing the activities with friends or other people.  Or play like death match or something like that.  I could of sworn I read RDR2 online would have a battle royale mode, which might be awesome too.

[Chino]

A battle royale mode is highly speculated (might have even been confirmed by a developer), and all of the non-heist missions that were in GTA Online will ahve similar equivalents in this new world.

[The Walrus]

I can't wait to see how they squeeze the customer teat til it's black and blue with monetization and completely abandon all single player DLC

[ErHaO]

Not an online guy but I will probably have some fun with it.

Also, do check out Arthur's notebook, it adds some more insight to his character. For me personally the best Rockstar protagonist by a wide margin, the writing in this one is much better than any of their previous games. And the game also enhances the Marston family, as a good prequel should.

I can't wait to see how they squeeze the customer teat til it's black and blue with monetization and completely abandon all single player DLC

Not expecting any sp dlc to be honest. Those typically don't sell enough to justify them for large publishers. Not with the production values of this game at least.

Still, I'd be stoked for SP content, especially since this will likely be the only Rockstar game this console generation, given this took them 8 years I believe.

The ideal scenario for me would be a mixture, mission you can do coop but in singleplayer as well. The whole gang stuff lends well for such a concept I feel.

[Phoenix87x]

Hitman 2 just came out. Just as good as the last one, but it nice that this one came out all at once rather than episodic. Its just as crazy, over the top and fun as its always been.

[TheOutlawXanadu]

Thanks for the advice, everyone. Up until now, I have been doing main quests, secondary quests, and witcher contracts. I will probably just look up which witcher contracts people recommend doing, and otherwise skip those. Don't get me wrong, I am really enjoying the game, but I think I would enjoy it even more if I trimmed a little fat off my routine.

One more tip for you.

As dull as they are sometimes, you should not completely skip the Witcher gear hunt quests. There is no point in doing them all, unless you want to get everything. Figure out your play style early, and take note in what trees you are putting skill points. Then complete the quest chain only for the Witcher gear that best suits your playstyle.

Rule of thumb is:
Cat School Gear: Light armor with emphasis to Alchemy
Griffin School Gear: Medium armor with emphasis to Signs
Bear School Gear: Heavy armor with emphasis to Combat
Wolf School Gear: Jack of all trades

Witcher gear is leagues better than anything you can buy from vendors, and is going to make all the difference in late game and in the expansions. Alternatively you can just ignore my rambling.

Checking back in after a few weeks for those interested... Last night, I reached a critical story point, and the game went up a level for me. Up until recently, I would have classified it as "really good", but it is now firmly an all-time favorite. The story and the way the game incorporates your decisions into the story is phenomenal. Can't wait to see how it ends.

[Chino]

I can't wait to see how they squeeze the customer teat til it's black and blue with monetization and completely abandon all single player DLC

Here's my prediction for how that's going to be handled:

For years I couldn't understand why Rockstar, after seeing the massive success of the GTA-V remaster, never re-released Red Dead Redemption on the next gen. It was a huge fan favorite that would have looked gorgeous on this gen. Red Dead Redemption 2 was a prequel, and it's now known that they have already built and included into the game file the map from RDR, it's just inaccessible unless you glitch really hard. I am willing to bet the RDR remaster comes in the form of some DLC for this game. The DLC will be RDR in its entirety [spoiler] (seeing as you are playing as Marston again by the end of RDR2), the original map, and a bunch of new side stuff to do along the way.

[cramx3]

That would really be amazing if they pull that off, I just want this on PC sooner than later please

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

"To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Half-Life, the long awaited final chapters of Black Mesa are shown in motion for the first time! Xen is targeted for release in Q2 2019."

Black Mesa: Xen Trailer

 

[ErHaO]

Having finished the story, I can say Red Dead 2 is within my top 10 of all time. Love it. The core gameplay is sluggish for sure, but holy hell what an experience and I love all characters in their own regard. Rivals Naughty Dog and CD project in terms of writing in my opinion.

But I do have to rant a bit. In all my years of near broken PS3 ports (Bethesda games in particular), I have never encountered as many hampering bugs as in this game. People almost permenantly dissapearing from camp, sidequest that I cannot start, modified weapons dissapearing forever and now permanently losing ALL my weapons in the epilouge. In the former cases, I had a recent save to fix it, in case of the epilogue and losing all weapons, I'd have to redo 5 hours to hope getting them back. And I know a lot of people are missing people from the camp, namely Sadie, John, Abigail, and Jack in chapters 2 and 3. You'd think they have a patch by now.

So my advice is to keep saving seperately frequently and hope you don't have the same luck as me.

[cramx3]

damn that's surprising.  I mean some bugs are expected I guess, but from Rockstar to have so many when they do such a good job taking their time developing these games is not usual for them.  Kind of reminds me of Bethesda (which you pointed out as well)

[Chino]

I've read so many writeups about little things like happening. I have gotten very lucky. I'm about 100 hours in and haven't observed anything like that. Other than my horse randomly front flipping on one occasion, my experience has been virtually flawless.

[jcmoorehead]

The weapon persistence sounds concerning. I know there probably isn't anything you can remember, but do you know if there was anything you specific you did in the lead up to the epilogue regarding weapons?

[Chino]

The weapon persistence sounds concerning. I know there probably isn't anything you can remember, but do you know if there was anything you specific you did in the lead up to the epilogue regarding weapons?

[Ending Spoiler]

When Arthur dies, you take over as John Marston. When you start playing the epilogue you have no weapons. I thought mine were all gone too. Eventually, you go to battle for the ranch and Marston pulls a trunk out from under the bed and it's filled with all of Arthur's guns. You get everything back. I don't know if ErHaO means that his trunk under the bed was empty, or if he just hasn't gotten to the point of the epilogue where you get all your weapons back.

[ErHaO]

The weapon persistence sounds concerning. I know there probably isn't anything you can remember, but do you know if there was anything you specific you did in the lead up to the epilogue regarding weapons?

[Ending Spoiler]

When Arthur dies, you take over as John Marston. When you start playing the epilogue you have no weapons. I thought mine were all gone too. Eventually, you go to battle for the ranch and Marston pulls a trunk out from under the bed and it's filled with all of Arthur's guns. You get everything back. I don't know if ErHaO means that his trunk under the bed was empty, or if he just hasn't gotten to the point of the epilogue where you get all your weapons back.

No, I really lost them and did not get them back, at 92% of the story, well past the point you are supposed to have them. Internet tells me I am not alone in this and one of my friends had the same and thought you were meant to lose them. And I lost two guns permanently before during the game, which thankfully could be rebought.

Same goes for my fishing rod by the way, I can't fish, not sure if that is supposed to be the case? Can't find any info on that online. That is bothering me much more, since I want to fish and complete challenges.

I am usually the guy that manages to have only a little amount of problems with the buggiest of games, but it seems luck is not on my side with Red Dead.

[Chino]

Damn dude. That's insane. Your experience is without question the worst I've heard of so far.

[jcmoorehead]

The weapon persistence sounds concerning. I know there probably isn't anything you can remember, but do you know if there was anything you specific you did in the lead up to the epilogue regarding weapons?

[Ending Spoiler]

When Arthur dies, you take over as John Marston. When you start playing the epilogue you have no weapons. I thought mine were all gone too. Eventually, you go to battle for the ranch and Marston pulls a trunk out from under the bed and it's filled with all of Arthur's guns. You get everything back. I don't know if ErHaO means that his trunk under the bed was empty, or if he just hasn't gotten to the point of the epilogue where you get all your weapons back.

No, I really lost them and did not get them back, at 92% of the story, well past the point you are supposed to have them. Internet tells me I am not alone in this and one of my friends had the same and thought you were meant to lose them. And I lost two guns permanently before during the game, which thankfully could be rebought.

Same goes for my fishing rod by the way, I can't fish, not sure if that is supposed to be the case? Can't find any info on that online. That is bothering me much more, since I want to fish and complete challenges.

I am usually the guy that manages to have only a little amount of problems with the buggiest of games, but it seems luck is not on my side with Red Dead.

No, you shouldn't lose your fishing rod at any point.

[Phoenix87x]

Battlefield V came out today. Anybody check it out yet?

[cramx3]

Battlefield V came out today. Anybody check it out yet?

I played a bunch over the weekend, it's fun, but typical Battlefield.  There's some new character progressions that are cool to work towards and level up your guns and specialist.  Also there's fortifying which is cool and can effect how some choke points are played, but I've found this feature while cool to not be too big of a change to make me feel like BF5 is any different than BF1 overall.  It looks great too, as expected.  I'm just bummed there's no BR mode yet, and probably not until next year some time which has made go back to playing COD again because Blackout mode in COD is more fun than any mode in BF5 IMO. 

[ErHaO]

The weapon persistence sounds concerning. I know there probably isn't anything you can remember, but do you know if there was anything you specific you did in the lead up to the epilogue regarding weapons?

[Ending Spoiler]

When Arthur dies, you take over as John Marston. When you start playing the epilogue you have no weapons. I thought mine were all gone too. Eventually, you go to battle for the ranch and Marston pulls a trunk out from under the bed and it's filled with all of Arthur's guns. You get everything back. I don't know if ErHaO means that his trunk under the bed was empty, or if he just hasn't gotten to the point of the epilogue where you get all your weapons back.

No, I really lost them and did not get them back, at 92% of the story, well past the point you are supposed to have them. Internet tells me I am not alone in this and one of my friends had the same and thought you were meant to lose them. And I lost two guns permanently before during the game, which thankfully could be rebought.

Same goes for my fishing rod by the way, I can't fish, not sure if that is supposed to be the case? Can't find any info on that online. That is bothering me much more, since I want to fish and complete challenges.

I am usually the guy that manages to have only a little amount of problems with the buggiest of games, but it seems luck is not on my side with Red Dead.

No, you shouldn't lose your fishing rod at any point.

Yeah, figured as much, decided to return to an older save and do frequent save rotation for the rest of the game. Thankfully, playing in first person gives the missions a notably different feeling, and with some tweaking in camera/gameplay settings, it feels pretty good.

[Chino]

The weapon persistence sounds concerning. I know there probably isn't anything you can remember, but do you know if there was anything you specific you did in the lead up to the epilogue regarding weapons?

[Ending Spoiler]

When Arthur dies, you take over as John Marston. When you start playing the epilogue you have no weapons. I thought mine were all gone too. Eventually, you go to battle for the ranch and Marston pulls a trunk out from under the bed and it's filled with all of Arthur's guns. You get everything back. I don't know if ErHaO means that his trunk under the bed was empty, or if he just hasn't gotten to the point of the epilogue where you get all your weapons back.

No, I really lost them and did not get them back, at 92% of the story, well past the point you are supposed to have them. Internet tells me I am not alone in this and one of my friends had the same and thought you were meant to lose them. And I lost two guns permanently before during the game, which thankfully could be rebought.

Same goes for my fishing rod by the way, I can't fish, not sure if that is supposed to be the case? Can't find any info on that online. That is bothering me much more, since I want to fish and complete challenges.

I am usually the guy that manages to have only a little amount of problems with the buggiest of games, but it seems luck is not on my side with Red Dead.

No, you shouldn't lose your fishing rod at any point.

Yeah, figured as much, decided to return to an older save and do frequent save rotation for the rest of the game. Thankfully, playing in first person gives the missions a notably different feeling, and with some tweaking in camera/gameplay settings, it feels pretty good.

I found myself playing every mission in FPV mode, at least the action bits. When I'm out exploring or hunting, I like third person, but once the firefights start, FPV is where it's at.

[ariich]

About a month ago I played Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. Magnificent, deeply-touching storytelling about mental illness being dragged by ok combat and repetitive puzzles. I'd still heavily recommend it tho, AAA stuff done right and with balls.

This game is definitely on my list to get. Unless gameplay is actually bad (rather than just boring or repetitive) then good storytelling is a really important thing for me, so this game sounds absolutely my sort of thing.

Thanks for the advice, everyone. Up until now, I have been doing main quests, secondary quests, and witcher contracts. I will probably just look up which witcher contracts people recommend doing, and otherwise skip those. Don't get me wrong, I am really enjoying the game, but I think I would enjoy it even more if I trimmed a little fat off my routine.

One more tip for you.

As dull as they are sometimes, you should not completely skip the Witcher gear hunt quests. There is no point in doing them all, unless you want to get everything. Figure out your play style early, and take note in what trees you are putting skill points. Then complete the quest chain only for the Witcher gear that best suits your playstyle.

Rule of thumb is:
Cat School Gear: Light armor with emphasis to Alchemy
Griffin School Gear: Medium armor with emphasis to Signs
Bear School Gear: Heavy armor with emphasis to Combat
Wolf School Gear: Jack of all trades

Witcher gear is leagues better than anything you can buy from vendors, and is going to make all the difference in late game and in the expansions. Alternatively you can just ignore my rambling.

Checking back in after a few weeks for those interested... Last night, I reached a critical story point, and the game went up a level for me. Up until recently, I would have classified it as "really good", but it is now firmly an all-time favorite. The story and the way the game incorporates your decisions into the story is phenomenal. Can't wait to see how it ends.

Oooh ooh which bit?

[Sacul]

About a month ago I played Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. Magnificent, deeply-touching storytelling about mental illness being dragged by ok combat and repetitive puzzles. I'd still heavily recommend it tho, AAA stuff done right and with balls.

This game is definitely on my list to get. Unless gameplay is actually bad (rather than just boring or repetitive) then good storytelling is a really important thing for me, so this game sounds absolutely my sort of thing.

Gameplay is not bad at all, just kind of wasted potential imo. It's a very visceral and bleak game so if that's your thing then get it soon

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Never played any games of the Hitman series but I bought Hitman 2 today because I was craving a good stealth game. It's fun and challenging and also alot more open than I thought. So many ways to take out your target(s). I love the whole aspect of infiltrating for example a mansion while a big party is going on so you can blend in amongst the guests and plan your assasination. Maybe knock down a waiter to disguise yourself as him to get access to the kitchen and then work your way to your target. 

[jcmoorehead]

Never played any games of the Hitman series but I bought Hitman 2 today because I was craving a good stealth game. It's fun and challenging and also alot more open than I thought. So many ways to take out your target(s). I love the whole aspect of infiltrating for example a mansion while a big party is going on so you can blend in amongst the guests and plan your assasination. Maybe knock down a waiter to disguise yourself as him to get access to the kitchen and then work your way to your target. 

I need to pick that up when I can. Thing with Hitman is for me, I love the concept and the ideas of it all but I'm bloody useless at them 

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Never played any games of the Hitman series but I bought Hitman 2 today because I was craving a good stealth game. It's fun and challenging and also alot more open than I thought. So many ways to take out your target(s). I love the whole aspect of infiltrating for example a mansion while a big party is going on so you can blend in amongst the guests and plan your assasination. Maybe knock down a waiter to disguise yourself as him to get access to the kitchen and then work your way to your target. 

I need to pick that up when I can. Thing with Hitman is for me, I love the concept and the ideas of it all but I'm bloody useless at them 

Yea i'm not very good either and no matter how careful and sneaky I try to be it usually ends up with a bloody rampage with my glock or shotgun. 

[TheOutlawXanadu]

Oooh ooh which bit?

Smaller text to avoid spoilers:

It was the part where you realize where Ciri is. The game then tells you to go collect allies. Suddenly, all of the decisions I'd made until then came rushing back. It was clear who I would get and who I would not.

[Nick]

I enjoyed that Horizon: Zero Dawn used this mechanic as well.

[Polarbear]

Thanks for the advice, everyone. Up until now, I have been doing main quests, secondary quests, and witcher contracts. I will probably just look up which witcher contracts people recommend doing, and otherwise skip those. Don't get me wrong, I am really enjoying the game, but I think I would enjoy it even more if I trimmed a little fat off my routine.

One more tip for you.

As dull as they are sometimes, you should not completely skip the Witcher gear hunt quests. There is no point in doing them all, unless you want to get everything. Figure out your play style early, and take note in what trees you are putting skill points. Then complete the quest chain only for the Witcher gear that best suits your playstyle.

Rule of thumb is:
Cat School Gear: Light armor with emphasis to Alchemy
Griffin School Gear: Medium armor with emphasis to Signs
Bear School Gear: Heavy armor with emphasis to Combat
Wolf School Gear: Jack of all trades

Witcher gear is leagues better than anything you can buy from vendors, and is going to make all the difference in late game and in the expansions. Alternatively you can just ignore my rambling.

Checking back in after a few weeks for those interested... Last night, I reached a critical story point, and the game went up a level for me. Up until recently, I would have classified it as "really good", but it is now firmly an all-time favorite. The story and the way the game incorporates your decisions into the story is phenomenal. Can't wait to see how it ends.

Oooh ooh which bit?

Smaller text to avoid spoilers:

It was the part where you realize where Ciri is. The game then tells you to go collect allies. Suddenly, all of the decisions I'd made until then came rushing back. It was clear who I would get and who I would not.

It may feel like you are getting close to the end of the story, but trust me, you still have a decent chunk of the story to go!

[ErHaO]

At the point in Red Dead where I was experiencing issues jn another save and I can report that this time I have all my guns and fishing rod. Postgame content, here I come!

Thanks for the advice, everyone. Up until now, I have been doing main quests, secondary quests, and witcher contracts. I will probably just look up which witcher contracts people recommend doing, and otherwise skip those. Don't get me wrong, I am really enjoying the game, but I think I would enjoy it even more if I trimmed a little fat off my routine.

One more tip for you.

As dull as they are sometimes, you should not completely skip the Witcher gear hunt quests. There is no point in doing them all, unless you want to get everything. Figure out your play style early, and take note in what trees you are putting skill points. Then complete the quest chain only for the Witcher gear that best suits your playstyle.

Rule of thumb is:
Cat School Gear: Light armor with emphasis to Alchemy
Griffin School Gear: Medium armor with emphasis to Signs
Bear School Gear: Heavy armor with emphasis to Combat
Wolf School Gear: Jack of all trades

Witcher gear is leagues better than anything you can buy from vendors, and is going to make all the difference in late game and in the expansions. Alternatively you can just ignore my rambling.

Checking back in after a few weeks for those interested... Last night, I reached a critical story point, and the game went up a level for me. Up until recently, I would have classified it as "really good", but it is now firmly an all-time favorite. The story and the way the game incorporates your decisions into the story is phenomenal. Can't wait to see how it ends.

Oooh ooh which bit?

Smaller text to avoid spoilers:

It was the part where you realize where Ciri is. The game then tells you to go collect allies. Suddenly, all of the decisions I'd made until then came rushing back. It was clear who I would get and who I would not.

It may feel like you are getting close to the end of the story, but trust me, you still have a decent chunk of the story to go!

Yeah, it is such a grand adventure. At the end I really felt like having experienced a contained trilogy (as the game can be divided in three large acts), and that is not counting the two games before it. And then there is the amazing dlc.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

These takedowns in Hitman 2 are glorious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZzLmNcT2rM

[ErHaO]

I absolutely love Hitman 2016, bought it last year (complete package) and it is probably my most played this generation. The thing is, there are so many great games this year that 2 has to wait.

I heard you can also play all missions from the first (if you own that one) with the improvements of 2. Do try those if you are finished with 2. I think Sapienza is one of the best stealth levels ever and it reminded me of classic bond.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Yea I actually bought the legacy Pack that includes the first game and I just finished that campaign, really great! Thought it would be fun to play the games in correct order.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

One of the best things i've seen in a game  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J60j11_UVMQ&%3Fvq=hd1080

[TheOutlawXanadu]

Finished Witcher 3 tonight! Unbelievable! The story is probably the best I have seen from a video game. In my opinion, it took a bit to get going, but once it did, I was completely hooked. I am trying to decide whether to play another game or restart Witcher 3 with DLC (which I have yet to play).