Video Game Thread v. Wii4One

[ErHaO]

Furthemore, I traded in my Switch for the new one, the battery life it a bliss.

I am loving the better life as well 

I would recommend Zelda breath of the wild if you haven't gotten a chance to play it yet.

I did for a couple of hours, but then Fire Emblem happened. My first impression of Breath of the Wild was definitely good (as expected), but I wanted something more focused/plot driven at that time. But I am looking forward to fully diving into that one!

[Phoenix87x]

Picked up Super Mario maker 2 and its quite mental. The stuff that people come up is pretty incredible.

[Chino]

Picked up Super Mario maker 2 and its quite mental. The stuff that people come up is pretty incredible.

Have you ever played Little Big Planet? Some of the levels people create for that are beyond anything the devs could have dreamed of.

[Phoenix87x]

Yeah, Little big planet was fantastic back in the day. This totally reminds me of it.

[ErHaO]

In that regard, I wonder how Dreams will work out. I have seen some insane levels made by people with the Beta, but wonder if the premise of "make a game of any genre, 2d or 3d or even vr" is too involved for people.

I mean, look at this for example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w0r2xV-N1IA

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

The new MSF looks absolutely amazing and the tech behind it is equally amazing.

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

[ReaperKK]

Yea I've been obsessed since the E3 demo. I'll actually say this game is what I'm most excited about at the moment.

[Chino]

I want that game so bad, but I don't think my PC could handle it, even with all graphic stuff set to the medium-ish range.   

I haven't really stress tested it. It can handle Planet Coaster, Mordhau, and Saints Row IV on max settings no problem, but those aren't exactly graphic intensive.

[Podaar]

The new MSF looks absolutely amazing and the tech behind it is equally amazing.

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

Yea I've been obsessed since the E3 demo. I'll actually say this game is what I'm most excited about at the moment.

Best thing I've seen from the gaming world in a long time. Hopefully, they'll do another combat flight simulator after the release of this one.

[Phoenix87x]

My 7 year old Macbook Air certainly aint gonna run it 

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

It seems the tech is alot about streaming so I guess a good internet connection is equally important or even more than top of the line hardware.

[ReaperKK]

I want that game so bad, but I don't think my PC could handle it, even with all graphic stuff set to the medium-ish range.   

I haven't really stress tested it. It can handle Planet Coaster, Mordhau, and Saints Row IV on max settings no problem, but those aren't exactly graphic intensive.

I wouldn't be surprised if it could run it, and run it well. I've been watching a bunch of reviews of the demos that people saw in person. It seems they world is largely streamed in so the load is not on your machine. Think of it as what Google is doing with Stadia. If this is the case the latency you would experience would be hardly noticeable because Flight Sim isn't a game that relies on super fast reflexes like an FPS.

I did the beta for Stadia with Assassins Creed odyssey on my work laptop which is 5 years old and is largely a piece of garbage and the game run beautifully with close to max settings with minimum latency.

Also, Flight sim is coming to gamepass so if you don't have game pc for PC or Xbox you can do the demo for a month for $1, regular price is $5. You can try it and worst case you lost $5.

[Chino]

Is that $5 per month?

[ErHaO]

It is not my jam, but the new flight simulator does look really authentic. I had two housemates who studied for flight engineers and they both had these bigass, multipart flight simulator-specific controllers. I bet they are losing their minds right now looking at the new one.

Also, Sony seems to become more competitive with streaming as well. PSnow is 60 dollars a year (or 10 per month) now and has more recent titles. This means you can soon play God of War, Uncharted 4 etc. on PC, for the non-console folks. Furthermore, those with a PS4 can download PS4 games to their PS4 and play without always online.

[cramx3]

can you explain how you can play God of War on PC?

Also, Flight Simulator is not for me either but it looks amazing and I'm sure if you are into it, you are drooling.  My brother enjoys that stuff, it looks cool, but it's so realistic that it's not the type of "fun" I look for in a game, but if you want to learn to fly its probably awesome.

I forgot the youtube channel, but there was a guy who would troll the airtraffic controllers in flight simulator and it was gold.  I think it was on one of those servers where everyone is super serious and realistic.

[ReaperKK]

Is that $5 per month?

Yup $5 a month, search for xbox in the start menu and you can sign up right there. I go sailing on sea of thieves every once in a while with gamepass.

[ErHaO]

can you explain how you can play God of War on PC?

Also, Flight Simulator is not for me either but it looks amazing and I'm sure if you are into it, you are drooling.  My brother enjoys that stuff, it looks cool, but it's so realistic that it's not the type of "fun" I look for in a game, but if you want to learn to fly its probably awesome.

I forgot the youtube channel, but there was a guy who would troll the airtraffic controllers in flight simulator and it was gold.  I think it was on one of those servers where everyone is super serious and realistic.

PSnow is a streaming service. If you have good internet, you can play the entire library on PC. If you own a PS4, you xan download the PS4 games to your console. PSnow is kind of a hybrid between Stadia and Gamepass and it seems Sony is going to be more competitive going forward.

https://www.thegamer.com/play-god-of-war-pc/

Keep in mind that for now God of War is on there only until January. So if you want to play it (and perhaps Uncharted 4), now seems to be the time. It seems Sony wants to rotate streaming their major exclusives.

You will need a compatible controller though. I have seen people using xbox controllers, but am not sure if this is without additional software/tinkering.

Anyways, there is a free 7 day trail, so you can check it out.

[cramx3]

But you need to have a ps4 then? I wasnt sure if that was required (I dont have one) but if there were a now to buy psnow without owning the console and game on the pc, that could be cool for me so I could play those PS exclusives.

[ErHaO]

But you need to have a ps4 then? I wasnt sure if that was required (I dont have one) but if there were a now to buy psnow without owning the console and game on the pc, that could be cool for me so I could play those PS exclusives.

No, you don't need a PS4. PSnow is intended as a seperate platform that streams PS2-PS4 games and has existed for several years (Sony bought Gaikai all those years ago).

 Officially offcourse it only supports dualshock 4 controllers, but that is because some games use Dualshock 4 specific features, but to my recollection GoW and UC4 don't really have that. But you can do a 7 day trail to see if it works for you. 

Also, Bloodborne is on there for Souls fans, I think it is one of the best games ever made.

[cramx3]

Oh, maybe I''ll check it out sometime

In other news...

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/04/red-dead-redemption-2-officially-announced-for-pc

YES YES YES FINALLY!  November 5th 

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

FIN-A-LLY!!  Hoenstly, I was about to give up, even though I know R* very well after all these years.


A bit meh of R* but i'm not suprised:

Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC will also be available to purchase on Steam this December.

[cramx3]

Yea, thats so annoying.  Also, I kind of forgot about RDR2 so the news was a very nice surprise

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Yea, thats so annoying.  Also, I kind of forgot about RDR2 so the news was a very nice surprise

Yea it's all about milking that money. Yea me too in a way, a nice surprise.

[ErHaO]

Red Dead 2 maxed out will be a sight to behold I am sure. That game has such ridiculous production values and so many jaw dropping setpieces and little details.

[Herrick]

It would be so nice to play RDR2 with the glorious gyro-aiming on the Steam Controller. And I pray to the gods someone makes a mod giving Arthur the camp walking speed outside of fucking camp.

[The Walrus]

... well, looks like I need to figure out plans for another gaming rig. New this would be announced eventually but honestly didn't expect it for another year or so given the company's history

[cramx3]

Also my understanding was RDR online was garbage, I'm expecting it to be much better on PC, similar to how GTA5 online was great on PC compared to the initial rollout on console.

[ReaperKK]

PRetty pumped to play RDR2 on PC. Time to put this i9 2080 to the test.

[Chino]

... well, looks like I need to figure out plans for another gaming rig. New this would be announced eventually but honestly didn't expect it for another year or so given the company's history

I didn't expect it until the remaster on the next gen.

[Chino]

I didn't think I'd care about gaming a whole lot when I bought my PC, but now I'm kind of pissed I didn't drop another $500 or $600 to make something really beef cake.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I love Frostpunk, been playing quite a bit this weekend. It's funny because I struggled quite a bit in the beginning but once you get a good grasp on the mechanics it becomes alot easier although stilla good challenge especially at harder settings.
I did a casual session in Endless mode with everything turned to easy and at the moment i'm at +150k in coal, 15k in wood and 5k in steel and everything researched so it's a bit of a smooth ride atm, whatever nasty storm the game tries to throw at me, I can handle it with ease. 

[TioJorge]

I'm still sitting pretty with my 1080 and i7-7700k OC'd a few MHz.

I'm hoping it's not too hardware stressful of a game, it'd be a good one to max out. In the next year or so I'm sure I'll see my poor lil guy not being able to max out games (I'm still on a 1920x1080 and sometimes playing at 1440, both at 144 fps limit).

Then again I'm still getting halfway through (if that) games that are two, three years old soo... 

All my friends are all "Wow, Borderlands 3 was a great game!" and I'm like "Uhhh I'm really excited to reach level 20 soon!"

[ReaperKK]

I love Frostpunk, been playing quite a bit this weekend. It's funny because I struggled quite a bit in the beginning but once you get a good grasp on the mechanics it becomes alot easier although stilla good challenge especially at harder settings.
I did a casual session in Endless mode with everything turned to easy and at the moment i'm at +150k in coal, 15k in wood and 5k in steel and everything researched so it's a bit of a smooth ride atm, whatever nasty storm the game tries to throw at me, I can handle it with ease. 

Frostpunk is one of the best games I've played in the past few years. I play a few rounds every few months.

[cramx3]

I didn't think I'd care about gaming a whole lot when I bought my PC, but now I'm kind of pissed I didn't drop another $500 or $600 to make something really beef cake.

I dont see why you still couldnt although maybe it's best to just wait until next cycle since you it's still new. You're enjoying what you got now so theres nothing wrong with that and leaving plenty of wiggle room to improve your rig in the future.

I'm starting to fall behind with my 1080 and i7 6700 but that's falling behind the latest and greatest, I can still play and record my gameplay with green screen just fine.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I love Frostpunk, been playing quite a bit this weekend. It's funny because I struggled quite a bit in the beginning but once you get a good grasp on the mechanics it becomes alot easier although stilla good challenge especially at harder settings.
I did a casual session in Endless mode with everything turned to easy and at the moment i'm at +150k in coal, 15k in wood and 5k in steel and everything researched so it's a bit of a smooth ride atm, whatever nasty storm the game tries to throw at me, I can handle it with ease. 

Frostpunk is one of the best games I've played in the past few years. I play a few rounds every few months.

Yea it's great, actually not typically the kind of game I play but I really enjoy this one. I got the DLC recently also.

I didn't think I'd care about gaming a whole lot when I bought my PC, but now I'm kind of pissed I didn't drop another $500 or $600 to make something really beef cake.

I dont see why you still couldnt although maybe it's best to just wait until next cycle since you it's still new. You're enjoying what you got now so theres nothing wrong with that and leaving plenty of wiggle room to improve your rig in the future.

I'm starting to fall behind with my 1080 and i7 6700 but that's falling behind the latest and greatest, I can still play and record my gameplay with green screen just fine.

I also have a 1080 and it's still going strong. We'll see how it handles next years games and if I might upgrade then.