Video Game Thread v. Wii4One

[ariich]

I think he just means the names of the buttons are swapped.

Yeah this. Obviously I could remap, but then jump would be the right button rather than the bottom button, and that would be madness, what kind of game would do that?!

I do have a generic Logitech gamepad somewhere, but I use my Xbox one for every other gamepad game (including some Steam games that will only accept it) so it's just easier to use it there as well.

[Jarlaxle]

Finally got to download the Last of Us Remastered for PS4 and played it a bit. So damn good. Everything about it is flawless so far, the music, the visuals, the storyline, and holy shit is it intense! I was sweating constantly while playing.

[Lynxo]

So I went on a spending spree and bought Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes and the special edition of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. I also bought the Last of Us Remaster, plus Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII for the PSP. And I don't even own a PSP.

Anyone know if you can play PSP games on the VITA? I've been thinking about picking it up. Also, is it possible to send the signal to the TV and play it that way? Maybe I should've checked it out before starting to buy games but it was such a good price.

[Genowyn]

Yes you can play PSP games on a Vita.

There is a device called a Playstation TV which costs about $100 that can play downloaded Vita games and connects to the TV, no actual Vita required, though you will need one of the Vita memory cards. I'm not sure if it is compatible with PSP games though, and it is only select Vita games that it works with (though from what I've seen all my favorite ones do work. If you get a PSTV don't miss out on Persona 4 Golden)

[Genowyn]

I am reminded of why I don't play Civ on high difficulties.

I was playing as Babylon, a Civ that is really good at science. I devote everything I can to science, creating a science-focused religion, building scientific wonders and buildings, gearing my research towards technologies that can further improve my science.

I thought I was doing well when I entered the industrial era in the twelfth goddamn century.

But nope somehow I'm ranked 7th (of 10) in scientific advancement.

Fuck.

[Nick]

Well, clearly your first mistake was not being MERICA.

[Genowyn]

I don't know whether you're a civ player so I don't know how seriously to respond

America's playstyle doesn't fit with the victory I was going for.

[Nick]

I was just making a joke. Love Civ, and am eagerly awaiting the new Beyond Earth expansion.

[Genowyn]

I couldn't really get into Beyond Earth. It's got some cool features I hope get carried forward into Civ 6, but the historical aspect was always really fun for me.

To be honest I've never won a game of BE. I lost one once.

[Nick]

I couldn't really get into Beyond Earth. It's got some cool features I hope get carried forward into Civ 6, but the historical aspect was always really fun for me.

To be honest I've never won a game of BE. I lost one once.

It's not a perfect game, but to me it's just so damn refreshing, not following the historic path for the billionth time. Not knowing what things do, what technologies do, how anything is going to effect anything, just a newish experience, which was great.

The technology web is a huge jump forward, and I hope they can do something similar for Civ VI

[Dark Castle]

Man, fuck whoever's in charge of EA's NHL division.

[Bolsters]

Fuck anyone who's in charge of EA's anything.

[Dark Castle]

True that.

They just get to me, up until NHL 14, you could edit players stats, create custom teams, play in an online league with other players, and other various things. Then in 15 they remove all of that and cite adjusting to a new console, which I think is a bullshit excuse but can accept. Now 16 is about to come out and while you can edit players stats again, and they brought back the online league, they're advertising those being back as completely new experiences in the NHL series. on top of that they took out the shoot out mode, the practice mode, and connected GM. I have no idea why you would take all of those let alone any of them out. And at the heap of this shit pile is the fact that you still can't create custom teams. What the fuck. The team that made NHL 16 had two years instead of the usual one to make this game and even more stuff gets cut and shit that has been in every NHL game I can remember up to 14 is still gone? I could accept changing colors of existing teams and jerseys, but you can't even fucking do that. And I'm supposed to pay $60 to get stuff that would probably be super easy to and should have been patched into 15? Fuck that, that's filthy and I'm not going to be a part of that.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Man i'm so hyped for Fallout 4! It's nice for once to have a game launch only a couple of month away from the actual announcement instead of having to wait years. Given how caught up I got in Skyrim I think this will be the same. Can't wait!

[Genowyn]

I never actually beat New Vegas so I am hoping to do that before Fallout 4 comes out.

[Nick]

True that.

They just get to me, up until NHL 14, you could edit players stats, create custom teams, play in an online league with other players, and other various things. Then in 15 they remove all of that and cite adjusting to a new console, which I think is a bullshit excuse but can accept. Now 16 is about to come out and while you can edit players stats again, and they brought back the online league, they're advertising those being back as completely new experiences in the NHL series. on top of that they took out the shoot out mode, the practice mode, and connected GM. I have no idea why you would take all of those let alone any of them out. And at the heap of this shit pile is the fact that you still can't create custom teams. What the fuck. The team that made NHL 16 had two years instead of the usual one to make this game and even more stuff gets cut and shit that has been in every NHL game I can remember up to 14 is still gone? I could accept changing colors of existing teams and jerseys, but you can't even fucking do that. And I'm supposed to pay $60 to get stuff that would probably be super easy to and should have been patched into 15? Fuck that, that's filthy and I'm not going to be a part of that.

NHL 15 was one of the most tremendous disappoints in my recent gaming. At the end of the day I play it, because it's my only option on the PS4. NHL 16 will be the first NHL game in a *long* time I don't have the day it releases. If it's only marginally better I'll stick with the old turd, if it's great again I'll switch to it once it drops in price.

EA was once really great, and can now only be described as a cancer on the gaming industry.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

I finally have a computer that will allow me to play GTA 4 without being choppy and impossible to play.  Woohoo!  It came out 7 years ago, but it's still new to me.

That said, I think I may reinstall Hellgate: London as well.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Blizzards cinematics are always spectacular:
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Opening Cinematic

[Phoenix87x]

I LOVE Until Dawn

[Chino]

 

https://gfycat.com/WhichDeficientHamadryad

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Valve has some cool stuff cooking for the HTC Vive:

Aperture Robot Repair

I'm so hyped for the possibility for VR and what's a head for the future.

[BlobVanDam]

I can't wait to get my hands on either this or the Rift as soon as I can and mess around with making some stuff in Unity. I'll have to get a better graphics card though, as my current card is definitely not for gaming, and would not come close to handling the resolution or framerate.

[Chino]

I can't wait to get my hands on either this or the Rift as soon as I can and mess around with making some stuff in Unity. I'll have to get a better graphics card though, as my current card is definitely not for gaming, and would not come close to handling the resolution or framerate.

I've been waiting for virtually reality since I tried a Virtual Boy in Toys R Us some 20+ years ago. I. Can't. Wait. The thought of possibly playing GTA in virtual reality FPV makes me all kinds of tingly.

[Lynxo]

I tried out the Virtual Boy recently. Just playing the damn thing for 15 minutes gave me a headache.

[Jarlaxle]

Finished the Last of Us last night...the feels. Now playing through the left behind DLC and eagerly awaiting the rumoured Last of Us 2, even though it will be 3-4 years away.

[Cedar redaC]

I picked up "Last Dream" on Steam. I'm really digging the non-linear JRPG thing. Has anyone else played it? What do you think?

[MetalJunkie]

I made a youtube channel of me healing in WoW. It's nothing special at all, just videos for myself/friends/guildies. They're there if you like watching that sort of thing.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcUkAmkYxf7PMTnLZgZB0VA

Constantly uploading more.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Pit of Panga: P-Break (Hardest Super Mario Maker Level Ever Made)

 

[Genowyn]

Pit of Panga: P-Break (Hardest Super Mario Maker Level Ever Made)

 

That's some Kaizo level shit right there.

[black_biff_stadler]

Pit of Panga: P-Break (Hardest Super Mario Maker Level Ever Made)

 

A lot of people exaggerate but this could be the real deal. I just checked and its clear rate is very generously listed as "0.01%" which is, I guess, the lowest the system will allow it to go considering it only goes to one hundredths of a percent and that would indicate one successful run for every 10,000 attempts. It's actually been cleared just 7 out of 506,839 tries as of a few minutes ago which is once every 72,405.57 attempts or what would easily round down to 0.00% because with extra digits it'd be something around 0.0013%.

[TioJorge]

Holy...fucking...shit. That is what we call a system breaker. I'd actually throw my fucking system out the window, not just the controller.  At least I would've if I tried to play that as a teen. That game honestly makes me want to buy a WiiU just for it. I don't have any consoles right now but I really want a WiiU just for that...that game looks like it could be hundreds of hours of fun (and FUCKING IMMENSE FRUSTRATION).  That is just insanity though, truly...fuckin' A.

[black_biff_stadler]

Playa, you don't even know. If you're anything like me, when you're playing a traditional Mario game you don't wanna just play one or two levels at a time. You wanna play at least one whole world at a time if your schedule permits because you don't wanna cheapen the experience by not immersing yourself in it fully. With this game since there's no sense of worlds or anything, it feels fine to just play one or two levels at a time as a way to kill time. Of course you'll end up binging on dat shit for hours on end too. That's the beauty of this game, it works for virtually any time frame or degree of commitment. I've owned this thing for two weeks and haven't even made a course yet cuz I've been so addicted to playing it.

[orcus116]

While technically impressive there's some stupid things about the level like that part where you have to realign all three hard shells before setting them off that fall into the "you need to be in the know" category and ultimately make the level cool but not great for me. I'd much rather play a challenging but fun level, which would impress me way more than the Rube Goldberg pixel perfect clusterfucks that Panga makes.

[black_biff_stadler]

I agree regarding my own preferences but gamers on our own skill levels will always have a wealth of levels that are fun and challenging for us. I feel bad for the 99th percentile Mario players that can shell jump/key jump/etc. who will get very little enjoyment or challenge out of a staggering chunk of the SMM levels they play simply because they're at such a ridiculously advanced skill level that it takes difficulty approaching Kaizo territory to give them a level they won't smoke within their first three tries.

[Nel]

If I had Mario Maker, I'd just want to make regular Mario levels that everyone could play, honestly. That's all I want to do, it just design your average Mario level.