Video Game Thread v. Wii4One

[Sigz]

Got the switch over the weekend! at first i wasnt sure if i would like the console. the hardware outside of the actual tablet seemed cheap and flimsy compared to my ps4. once i got it plugged in thought i didnt even care. I have zelda and mario. I put in mario first for the kids and i havent even thought about zelda yet. its that good.

All it needs is the handheld attachment to have a charge port. Other than that, its great. Haven't gotten to use the portability though.

Agreed. You can get a charging dock for relatively cheap if you're so inclined however: https://www.amazon.com/PowerA-Nintendo-Switch-Joy-Charging-Dock/dp/B01MR6JD1M

[Phoenix87x]

Mega man 11 demo is available. I checked it out on switch. Different, but not bad

[Cool Chris]

Just finished Deus Ex Mankind Divided. Fun game, as expected. Great series.

Next will be The Witcher, unless I take a detour through a Zelda randomizer. Already played through the original and ALttP randomized once. I know there is a Zelda II Adventure of Line one but I don't think I like that game enough to take a stab at that.

[ReaperKK]

Is this going to be your first Witcher playthrough?

[Cool Chris]

Yes sir. Bought on a whim on Steam during a huge sale.

[cramx3]

Some streamers were/are playing the new battle royale mode in the new COD and I must say it looks awesome.  Essentially it looks exactly like PUBG except it actually looks good graphically and since it has the COD gameplay, it'll likely be a much better shooter version of PUBG (PUBG gameplay is fairly garbage compared to top FPS games) and you can use a helicopter in a BR mode?!  I think I just went from not caring about this game to be excited for it.

[The Walrus]

AHHHH!!!

The Last Remnant is being remastered for PS4. No wonder it was pulled from the stores. I so hope it gets ported to the PC 'cause I'll buy it all over again. Don't care how many haters that game has, the battle and union mechanics are AWESOME and I want to play this all over again now.

[Cool Chris]

Damn this gameplay for the Witcher is not intuitive at all to me. I need a tutorial mode and a Navi/Fi-type assistant.

[BlobVanDam]

Damn this gameplay for the Witcher is not intuitive at all to me. I need a tutorial mode and a Navi/Fi-type assistant.

The first game? I bought 1 and 2 just a few days ago on sale. Played the first one for less than five minutes before giving up because the gameplay was so fucking cringeworthy. This guy is slashing at me at a snail's pace and I'm left clicking to fight, but my guy is just flailing his arms above his head like an idiot and occasionally blocking. It was the most laughably painful thing I've seen.
Still downloading the second one. Let's hope it's a shitload better.

[Polarbear]

Damn this gameplay for the Witcher is not intuitive at all to me. I need a tutorial mode and a Navi/Fi-type assistant.

The first game? I bought 1 and 2 just a few days ago on sale. Played the first one for less than five minutes before giving up because the gameplay was so fucking cringeworthy. This guy is slashing at me at a snail's pace and I'm left clicking to fight, but my guy is just flailing his arms above his head like an idiot and occasionally blocking. It was the most laughably painful thing I've seen.
Still downloading the second one. Let's hope it's a shitload better.

2 is a quantum leap over the first game. 3 is even bigger quantum leap over the second game.

I'm a fan of the series, and I have zero interest to play the first game..

[BlobVanDam]

Damn this gameplay for the Witcher is not intuitive at all to me. I need a tutorial mode and a Navi/Fi-type assistant.

The first game? I bought 1 and 2 just a few days ago on sale. Played the first one for less than five minutes before giving up because the gameplay was so fucking cringeworthy. This guy is slashing at me at a snail's pace and I'm left clicking to fight, but my guy is just flailing his arms above his head like an idiot and occasionally blocking. It was the most laughably painful thing I've seen.
Still downloading the second one. Let's hope it's a shitload better.

2 is a quantum leap over the first game. 3 is even bigger quantum leap over the second game.

I'm a fan of the series, and I have zero interest to play the first game..

Glad to hear it. I took a chance on the first two because they were cheap enough, so I don't mind wasting the $1.50 on the first game if the second is good. Then if I enjoy that, I'd consider spending the bit more for the third.

[Phoenix87x]

3 is the only that I bothered with. Its pretty incredible imo, and I got it for like 20 bucks used. I looked at reviews and gameplay footage of the first two and they didn't seem like something I would be interested in, but 3 is probably is my favorite game of this console generation.

[ReaperKK]

Some streamers were/are playing the new battle royale mode in the new COD and I must say it looks awesome.  Essentially it looks exactly like PUBG except it actually looks good graphically and since it has the COD gameplay, it'll likely be a much better shooter version of PUBG (PUBG gameplay is fairly garbage compared to top FPS games) and you can use a helicopter in a BR mode?!  I think I just went from not caring about this game to be excited for it.

I heard the there is A free beta test this weekend, I’ll have to give it a shot.

[cramx3]

Some streamers were/are playing the new battle royale mode in the new COD and I must say it looks awesome.  Essentially it looks exactly like PUBG except it actually looks good graphically and since it has the COD gameplay, it'll likely be a much better shooter version of PUBG (PUBG gameplay is fairly garbage compared to top FPS games) and you can use a helicopter in a BR mode?!  I think I just went from not caring about this game to be excited for it.

I heard the there is A free beta test this weekend, I’ll have to give it a shot.

Yea, I get back home Saturday night and looking forward to trying it out with my PUBG friends.  It looks really well done.  I really didn't expect that from COD.

[Dublagent66]

Really loving the Sniper Elite series right now.  Great games. 

[Phoenix87x]

Apparently this new spider man game is pretty sweet. I'll wait for it to come down in price a little and then I'll probably pick it up.

[Podaar]

Apparently this new spider man game is pretty sweet. I'll wait for it to come down in price a little and then I'll probably pick it up.

Yeah, Mrs. P wanted me to pick it up so she could give it a whirl but when I told her it was $60.00 she said she can wait... 

[cramx3]

That game does look awesome, wish it were on PC

[TioJorge]

^ I say that about SO many games these days. Mostly on the PS4. I've been so close to getting a PS4 so many times, I think this Christmas may be the time to get one.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

RDR 2 comes to mind, godammit Rockstar!

[ReaperKK]

Just played my first few matches of COD's Blackout. It's a lot of fun and already feels way better than PUBG to play.

[cramx3]

Just played my first few matches of COD's Blackout. It's a lot of fun and already feels way better than PUBG to play.

That's what it looks like. I am firing this up as soon as I get home late tonight.

[SystematicThought]

Really enjoying Marvel's Spiderman. It's really a lot of fun and web-swinging is addicting once you get a hang of it. Combat is okay, nothing groundbreaking, but when you get on a combo roll, it is a lot of fun.

I also really enjoy the Mary Jane scenes where you play as her. Maybe a bit repetitive, but it's a nice change of pace. Overall, it's really a lot of fun and it looks great!

[ReaperKK]

Had a lot of fun playing COD this weekend, also got back in DOTA2. Probably going to spend my week playing The Witcher.

[Phoenix87x]

Did you guys hear about the Spider man easter egg where a guy wanted to propose to his girlfriend of 5 years, so he reached out to the developers and they decided to help him out and actually put this proposal in the game:



But then she left him for his brother

https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/9/17838210/spider-man-ps4-game-insomniac-easter-egg-marriage-proposal

Rough stuff

[BlobVanDam]

RIP. Reminds me of a video I saw recently about marriage proposals in games-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxdNro_Hd08

[ReaperKK]

Did you guys hear about the Spider man easter egg where a guy wanted to propose to his girlfriend of 5 years, so he reached out to the developers and they decided to help him out and actually put this proposal in the game:



But then she left him for his brother

https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/9/17838210/spider-man-ps4-game-insomniac-easter-egg-marriage-proposal

Rough stuff

jesus christ ouch

[cramx3]

So did the brother let her play the game for the proposal? 

After playing the COD blackout beta last weekend I am completely sold.  I think it sucks they took away the single player to make the BR mode, but they really made a polished BR mode.  It blows PUBG out of the water since it plays so well and has great feel and gunplay.  I thought BF5 would be the game to sink PUBG, now I'm thinking BF5 may not even be as good as COD.  I can't believe I am even saying that after years of COD being crap IMO, they finally made something that has me salivating waiting for release now. 

Anyway, PlayerUnknown is getting trolled hard on twitter because it seems like everyone pretty much agrees that COD is going to be the next big BR game and they are going to make a ton of money selling it for $60 which pisses me off to buy a multiplayer only game for that cost, but I want it badly.

[ReaperKK]

Fortnite definitely took some huge chunks away from the PUBG player base but it was different enough to keep a sizable fan base for PUBG.

After playing this beta this weekend I can't imagine a reason going back to PUBG, seriously I'm hard pressed to find one aside from the price of entry.

[cramx3]

Fortnite definitely took some huge chunks away from the PUBG player base but it was different enough to keep a sizable fan base for PUBG.

After playing this beta this weekend I can't imagine a reason going back to PUBG, seriously I'm hard pressed to find one aside from the price of entry.

I easily got my $30 worth out of PUBG.  I don't even think thats a reason to keep playing for me.  My buds played one round Monday night and we rage quit after how it just felt so shitty compared to COD.  We all got Insurgency Sand Storm last night to keep us busy until COD comes out.  We really had a blast playing that game for a bit.  It feels like Counterstrike but better since it's new, it's in beta now but you can play it with a pre-purchase for $27.  I had just been telling my friend that I hardly bought video games over the last two years because of my obsession with PUBG so buying a discounted game to play for a month (or maybe longer if I fall in love with it) didn't seem like a big deal to me.

[OpenYourEyes311]

PlayStation Classic coming in December

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqs9yOmqi8c

[Phoenix87x]

PlayStation Classic coming in December

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqs9yOmqi8c

Depending on the game selection, I might actually pick this up. Don't like that its not a dual shock controller though.

[ReaperKK]

That's pretty cool but as someone with a backwards compatible ps3 I think I'll pass

[ReaperKK]

PlayStation Classic coming in December

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqs9yOmqi8c

Depending on the game selection, I might actually pick this up. Don't like that its not a dual shock controller though.

The original didn't have a dual shock

[The Walrus]

Wonder if the horrible load times will be the same