Video Game Thread v. Wii4One

[Cool Chris]

Saw that Mass effect 3 was on sale so I picked it up. Never finished it, so I figured why not.

Man, do I miss this series. Getting back into ME3 felt so much like putting on an old pair of shoes that felt just right and fit perfectly.

Funny, I literally just bought ME3 myself about 30 minutes ago, having only played 1 and 2. It's not my favorite franchise but they are damn enjoyable games.

Dammit, I cannot find any of my ME1 or ME2 files to import. I must've deleted them for some dumbass reason. Oh well, I cannot remember what paths I took or how my playthrough of ME2 ended anyway.

edit... well shoot now I am compelled to just play ME1 and 2 over again!

[The Walrus]

Downloaded a fun free game on the Switch last night called Color Zen. One of the only times I've ever played the Switch in handheld mode - laid in bed and just moved colors and shapes around a screen before falling asleep. Really nice.

[Phoenix87x]

Downloaded a fun free game on the Switch last night called Color Zen. One of the only times I've ever played the Switch in handheld mode - laid in bed and just moved colors and shapes around a screen before falling asleep. Really nice.

That looks awesome and I LOVE the soundtrack

[cramx3]

I purchased my first game this year (I think it's close to 8 months since my last game purchase  )

Mordhau

and I LOVE IT.  It was $28 over the weekend and a friend said he wanted to try it, so a few of us took the plunge together, now we got a bout 6 of us playing because it was so addictive over last weekend.  It's a multiplayer medieval slasher, but so gory and the combat feels good and smooth.  Customization is pretty good too.  I definitely recommend it.  I just wish there were more maps, that's really the only negative.  Feels like medieval battlefield in a way, 64 players and capture points.  There's a BR mode too which surprisingly I haven't even tried yet.

Mordhau first experience highlights

[Chino]

That looks fun as hell. If I buy it, can I play with you guys?

[cramx3]

That looks fun as hell. If I buy it, can I play with you guys?

You got your PC going now right? Then hell yea, we had 6 of us last night together. It's super addicting.

[Chino]

That looks fun as hell. If I buy it, can I play with you guys?

You got your PC going now right? Then hell yea, we had 6 of us last night together. It's super addicting.

Yuppp. Sick. I'll get it either tonight or tomorrow.

[cramx3]

That looks fun as hell. If I buy it, can I play with you guys?

You got your PC going now right? Then hell yea, we had 6 of us last night together. It's super addicting.

Yuppp. Sick. I'll get it either tonight or tomorrow.

It was on sale last weekend for a few bucks off, not sure if it still is, but I am cramx3 on steam.  I won't be on tonight but I am likely playing it all night tomorrow if you want to join, ill send you a link to our discord so you can play wtih us if you want.

[Chino]

Sounds good

[cramx3]

Also, that invite goes to anyone else, cramx3 on steam if anyone ever wants to get their gaming on together.  This mordhau game seems to let a large amount of people join a party together and its up to 32 on a team so how awesome would that be if we all ran out attacking in this game with our own characters 

[Chino]

That game is ridiculously fun. I haven't gamed on a PC in almost a decade. I'm so bad   

My Ping is unbelievably high for some reason. I'm not understanding why.

[ErHaO]

Still loving Days Gone. Probably the biggest disconnect with review scores I have had with games (except for maybe Alien Isolation). Not sure why this game gets a lot of criticism on gunplay when Red Dead 2 last year got 10s all over the place and Arthur plays like a brick stuck in the mud. I absolutely adore Red Dead 2, fantastic experience, but the gunplay is super sluggish, something Days Gone is heavily criticized for. And the funny thing is that it feels very responsive to me, I don't understand it. That said, Days Gone does have a lot of technical issues, but even that is not unheard of in major open world titles.

[cramx3]

That game is ridiculously fun. I haven't gamed on a PC in almost a decade. I'm so bad   

My Ping is unbelievably high for some reason. I'm not understanding why.

Did you join a US server?  Also, this game takes some time to learn the timing of it and master the weapons which are all different.  I think I averaged 5 kills and 25 deaths per match my first 10 games  I felt the tutorial only taught the very basics and you got to learn more on the fly.  But the customization is pretty awesome which makes leveling up feel worth it so I can create cooler characters with more unique weapons.  Although when I play as my "Dad" character, it seems the other team always goes after me  just like when I see a Peter Pan looking dude, I just want to cut his head off. Looked like even more people were playng last night but I was with the gf, Im definitely going to be playing tonight.

[Chino]

That game is ridiculously fun. I haven't gamed on a PC in almost a decade. I'm so bad   

My Ping is unbelievably high for some reason. I'm not understanding why.

Did you join a US server?  Also, this game takes some time to learn the timing of it and master the weapons which are all different.  I think I averaged 5 kills and 25 deaths per match my first 10 games  I felt the tutorial only taught the very basics and you got to learn more on the fly.  But the customization is pretty awesome which makes leveling up feel worth it so I can create cooler characters with more unique weapons.  Although when I play as my "Dad" character, it seems the other team always goes after me  just like when I see a Peter Pan looking dude, I just want to cut his head off. Looked like even more people were playng last night but I was with the gf, Im definitely going to be playing tonight.

I suspect my WiFI card is garbage. I'm going to tether directly to the modem tonight and see if it makes a difference. I wasn't noticing any lag, despite having a ping of 145, but I had an annoying "high ping" warning on my screen the entire time.

This is going to sound weird, but I always play as female characters (Skyrim, GTO Online, Read Dead Online, etc..), and that doesn't appear to be an option in this game. Kinda of bummed about that.

The training was good, but I swear it took me like 20 minutes to complete the horse riding/jousting portion 

Some people are absolutely ridiculous with their timing. I might have been seeing things, but I swear I was watching people block my arrows with a sword when getting into close range combat. 

I may have an opportunity for sexy time tonight, but I'd say there's like a 70% chance I'll be online. I sent you a friend request last night.

[cramx3]

Cool, I didnt see since I wasnt on my PC last night, but ill accept when I get home tonight.  The female character thing was brought up, I think they are going to add one.  It is odd that wasn't an option, but the game is still actively being worked on.  They already made one major change this week (adding an icon above your party members) which was nice and showed they are listening to feedback.

And yea, you can block an arrow up close.  It's all timing and you got to watch your opponent to time including the bows if you see one aiming you down and winding up, it's not terribly realistic to block an arrow up close but it's very doable in the game.

[Chino]

Cool.

I also couldn't hear anyone in game communicating. Do the microphones only work in a party of some sort? I only have the headset I use for my PS4. It's compatible with a PC as well, but I didn't hear any voice chat going on.

[cramx3]

Cool.

I also couldn't hear anyone in game communicating. Do the microphones only work in a party of some sort? I only have the headset I use for my PS4. It's compatible with a PC as well, but I didn't hear any voice chat going on.

Yea, there is no voice chat in game.  We use discord so we can speak with my friends in our party, but only text chat is available in the game.

[Chino]

Cool.

I also couldn't hear anyone in game communicating. Do the microphones only work in a party of some sort? I only have the headset I use for my PS4. It's compatible with a PC as well, but I didn't hear any voice chat going on.

Yea, there is no voice chat in game.  We use discord so we can speak with my friends in our party, but only text chat is available in the game.

Gotcha. I am unfamiliar with Discord. I'll have to look into that when I get home.

[cramx3]

https://discordapp.com/

You'll want it for PC gaming.  It's a voice and chat app, there's even a Dream Theater channel which is super active and fun. 

[Chino]

https://discordapp.com/

You'll want it for PC gaming.  It's a voice and chat app, there's even a Dream Theater channel which is super active and fun.

How do I find you guys once I have it downloaded?

[cramx3]

https://discordapp.com/

You'll want it for PC gaming.  It's a voice and chat app, there's even a Dream Theater channel which is super active and fun.

How do I find you guys once I have it downloaded?

I'll send you an invite to my friends discord channel that we all use through steam message once I get home, usually around 7pm.

[Chino]

Cool cool cool

[Chino]

I connected directly to my modem with an ethernet cable and my ping went from 140-150 to 40-50. My wifi card is definitely the issue.

Also, I'll be home around 8 tonight

[Rattlehead]

And in regards to Sekiro, I got competent enough to defeat Guardian Ape in under 10 tries but wasn't feeling it anymore. Nearly every encounter is deflect, attack, deflect, attack x100, with one of the following three moves inbetween: mikiri counter for thrust attack, jump on top for sweep attack, jump backwards for grab attack. Stuck? Just repeat until you get the rythm of the attacks and you are set to go. And like 2 minutes from the boss you just defeated there is another (mini) boss you attack with the same tactics. And that is basically it for all the encounters I experienced save for two bosses. And I watched a housemate play the final boss and it was basically the same again, just endlessly long. Setting is beatiful and the combat looks insanely cool and feels really good though. I just wished they allowed for a bit more freedom in how you use the moveset. And maybe more than one weapon or more rewarding use of all the proshetics. I basically only used firecrackers for some free hits here and there.

Sekiro is a very difficult and frustrating game at times, but the combat is super fun and rewarding. I totally get that the game isn't your cup of tea, but I don't think it's fair to imply that there's some kind of easy formula that can be applied to the majority of the boss fights. Maybe it becomes an easy formula after you've gotten your ass kicked 10+ times to some of the bosses like I have 

[ErHaO]

And in regards to Sekiro, I got competent enough to defeat Guardian Ape in under 10 tries but wasn't feeling it anymore. Nearly every encounter is deflect, attack, deflect, attack x100, with one of the following three moves inbetween: mikiri counter for thrust attack, jump on top for sweep attack, jump backwards for grab attack. Stuck? Just repeat until you get the rythm of the attacks and you are set to go. And like 2 minutes from the boss you just defeated there is another (mini) boss you attack with the same tactics. And that is basically it for all the encounters I experienced save for two bosses. And I watched a housemate play the final boss and it was basically the same again, just endlessly long. Setting is beatiful and the combat looks insanely cool and feels really good though. I just wished they allowed for a bit more freedom in how you use the moveset. And maybe more than one weapon or more rewarding use of all the proshetics. I basically only used firecrackers for some free hits here and there.

Sekiro is a very difficult and frustrating game at times, but the combat is super fun and rewarding. I totally get that the game isn't your cup of tea, but I don't think it's fair to imply that there's some kind of easy formula that can be applied to the majority of the boss fights. Maybe it becomes an easy formula after you've gotten your ass kicked 10+ times to some of the bosses like I have 

The way I did most fights to where I was, the only difference between the fghts is the rythm of the attacks. And judging from youtube, that is what most people do. The core combat is awesome but the game felt oddly repetitive for me. Probably because it is a whole lot of deflecting and building up meters, which just isn't my preference. It being very challenging does not mean there isn't a formula to most bosses though. For a lot I was just standing still and doing what I described in that previous post. Only the timing was difficult to get down, but some attack patterns almost are like a musical rythm. At least that is how I got them down.  I did hear they buffed some of the prosthetics to make them more viable though, thus encouraging more experimentation.

And while the vistas are insanely beuatiful and I love the overall setting, it just isn't as captivating to me as Bloodborne or even Dark Souls.

I can fully see why people love it so much, but I don't enjoy it that much anymore, after the initial rush of getting better. But it most definitely is an extremely well crafted game.

[Herrick]

Still loving Days Gone. Probably the biggest disconnect with review scores I have had with games (except for maybe Alien Isolation). Not sure why this game gets a lot of criticism on gunplay when Red Dead 2 last year got 10s all over the place and Arthur plays like a brick stuck in the mud. I absolutely adore Red Dead 2, fantastic experience, but the gunplay is super sluggish, something Days Gone is heavily criticized for. And the funny thing is that it feels very responsive to me, I don't understand it. That said, Days Gone does have a lot of technical issues, but even that is not unheard of in major open world titles.

Yeah almost everything about Red Dead Redemption 2 is fantastic except for moving around on foot. As far as combat goes, I've come to the conclusion Rockstar intended for us to use Dead Eye a lot. Aiming just sucks ass in this game unless I'm behind cover and can take my time lining up shots. But for anything that requires fast aiming, like a couple enemies running at me and shooting, I use Dead Eye. Makes the game much more enjoyable for me. I also use the lightest auto aim setting on foot and full auto aim on horse back.

Glad to hear Days Gone is good. From the YouTube footage I've seen, it looks better than what the written reviews say. I'll be picking this one up when the price drops. I already have a buttload of games to play an God of War arrives tomorrow

[Dublagent66]

I'm trying to finish RDRII (totally love this game) before I fully dive into Days Gone.

[Cool Chris]

Amazing new gameplay footage of Goldeneye 64 in VR!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RR5V0rmN4o

[Phoenix87x]

Amazing new gameplay footage of Goldeneye 64 in VR!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RR5V0rmN4o

That is awesome

[cramx3]

Amazing new gameplay footage of Goldeneye 64 in VR!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RR5V0rmN4o

That is awesome

wow yea that is really cool and perfectly executed with the body movements, especially after being shot 

[Rattlehead]

The way I did most fights to where I was, the only difference between the fghts is the rythm of the attacks. And judging from youtube, that is what most people do. The core combat is awesome but the game felt oddly repetitive for me. Probably because it is a whole lot of deflecting and building up meters, which just isn't my preference. It being very challenging does not mean there isn't a formula to most bosses though. For a lot I was just standing still and doing what I described in that previous post. Only the timing was difficult to get down, but some attack patterns almost are like a musical rythm. At least that is how I got them down.  I did hear they buffed some of the prosthetics to make them more viable though, thus encouraging more experimentation.

And while the vistas are insanely beuatiful and I love the overall setting, it just isn't as captivating to me as Bloodborne or even Dark Souls.

I can fully see why people love it so much, but I don't enjoy it that much anymore, after the initial rush of getting better. But it most definitely is an extremely well crafted game.

I do see what you mean about the combat being somewhat repetitive in general. As much as I love Sekiro, I don't have the same passion for it as I did for the Souls games and Bloodborne when I first played them.

As far as the prosthetics, I also agree that they could have made them more useful early in the game. The firecrackers seem to be the most important for the majority of the game -  you can get away with hardly using many of the others at all. I did just beat a tough optional boss late in the game (Demon of Hatred) and I felt like it wouldn't have even been possible without certain prosthetic upgrades though.

[Herrick]

I'm trying to finish RDRII (totally love this game) before I fully dive into Days Gone.

How far into the game are you? I don't know which chapter I'm in but my save file says at 42%...I think. I'm not sure if that's how much I've played of the main story or if that's how much of the main story I have left.

[ReaperKK]

Still loving Days Gone. Probably the biggest disconnect with review scores I have had with games (except for maybe Alien Isolation). Not sure why this game gets a lot of criticism on gunplay when Red Dead 2 last year got 10s all over the place and Arthur plays like a brick stuck in the mud. I absolutely adore Red Dead 2, fantastic experience, but the gunplay is super sluggish, something Days Gone is heavily criticized for. And the funny thing is that it feels very responsive to me, I don't understand it. That said, Days Gone does have a lot of technical issues, but even that is not unheard of in major open world titles.

Yeah almost everything about Red Dead Redemption 2 is fantastic except for moving around on foot. As far as combat goes, I've come to the conclusion Rockstar intended for us to use Dead Eye a lot. Aiming just sucks ass in this game unless I'm behind cover and can take my time lining up shots. But for anything that requires fast aiming, like a couple enemies running at me and shooting, I use Dead Eye. Makes the game much more enjoyable for me. I also use the lightest auto aim setting on foot and full auto aim on horse back.

Glad to hear Days Gone is good. From the YouTube footage I've seen, it looks better than what the written reviews say. I'll be picking this one up when the price drops. I already have a buttload of games to play an God of War arrives tomorrow

I’m a very casual console gamer so rdr2 was really hard for me to get into because of the aiming. I finally figured it out and basically I’d tap the aim button which would get me in the vicinity of the enemy and I’d lightly tap the joystick to lock in the target. After they are shot I’d move in the general area of the next enemy and repeat the pattern.

I’ve been playing the monster hunter world trial and man there is a lot going on with the game. I’m glad there is a trial because I would’ve bought this game to discover that it’s not really for me.

[Herrick]

I’m a very casual console gamer so rdr2 was really hard for me to get into because of the aiming. I finally figured it out and basically I’d tap the aim button which would get me in the vicinity of the enemy and I’d lightly tap the joystick to lock in the target. After they are shot I’d move in the general area of the next enemy and repeat the pattern.

I’ve been playing the monster hunter world trial and man there is a lot going on with the game. I’m glad there is a trial because I would’ve bought this game to discover that it’s not really for me.

Oh I didn't even know about that free trial! I'll have to download it. Looks like I've got 5 days left.

[Chino]

@Cram 

Guys like us will appreciate the last item on this updates list 

https://old.reddit.com/r/Mordhau/comments/boxngm/patch_6_changelog/