Video Game Thread v. Wii4One

[Kotowboy]

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1. Twilight Princess. I know Link To The Past is more "classic" but I love everything about Twilight Princess.

2. Link To The Past. Probably the first one I played and loved. Classic Zelda

3. Ocarina Of Time - played this for hours on my N64.


I never played Zelda I or II and didn't like Skyward Sword. Really like Windwaker too. It'd probably be my 4th overall. i also HATED Majora's Mask.

[Sacul]

Finished Frog Fractions. What in the actual fuck was that? 

I mean, it was fucking awesome - that game goes on so many styles and genres. And it lasts an hour. And you can play it for free.

[Phoenix87x]

Frog Fractions 

[Super Dude]

The deed is done.

[Lucien]

No Man's Sky seems to gather some just fair to bad reviews, is it this bad?

Yes, No Man's Sky is bad. If you want a good spaceflight game, get Elite: Dangerous

[Kotowboy]

No Man's Sky seems to gather some just fair to bad reviews, is it this bad?

Yes, No Man's Sky is bad. If you want a good spaceflight game, get Elite: Dangerous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqHM9U4rS0Q

This lays it out.

[Phoenix87x]

I am really not liking star wars Battlefront. I loved the original first two, but this one feels so paper thin and lame. I got bored after about a half an hour.

The trailers made it look so much fun to play, but the second you get your hands on it, its like meh. So glad I paid $20 bucks for it instead of the $60 at launch

It looks pretty though I guess

[cramx3]

I am really not liking star wars Battlefront. I loved the original first two, but this one feels so paper thin and lame. I got bored after about a half an hour.

The trailers made it look so much fun to play, but the second you get your hands on it, its like meh. So glad I paid $20 bucks for it instead of the $60 at launch

It looks pretty though I guess

The game was severely lacking content without a single player.  It did look great though as you stated, if that's any consolation.  I hope they learn like Titanfall and if they do another one, add a sick single player to it.

[Sacul]

Finished ICO. Damn, that was really an interesting game. Very interesting puzzles and overall minimalism. Probably a little frustrating and boring at times, but solid game.

I also should finish Jazzpunk and Machinarium before going for Shadow of the Colossus tho 

[Progmetty]

Just got the PS4 as a gift but I'm too broke to get any games. Luckily it came with Uncharted 4.
I had been postponing getting a PS4 til more games I like comes out on it, so far it's only Just Cause 3. Then it became about the ability to afford a PS4 in the first place.
So unlike the PS3, it turns out I gotta install the game to the PS4, yet still have to have the game in when I play! B.S. #1.
B.S#2 being that Uncharted 4 had to download like 12 gb of "updates" and it turns out these updates are only to enable you to play online, they didn't even ask me if I wanna play online! I hate online gaming! yet they still forced the download on me anyway, wasting space and time.
Big "D'Oh"s brought on to me by the PS4 so far heh

[orcus116]

i also HATED Majora's Mask.

You moth...

I get it, though, it's quite a different game but that's part of reason I adore it. The amount of side quests and stuff really makes it special in my eyes plus the truly dark tone really elevates it.

[Kotowboy]

Just got the PS4 as a gift but I'm too broke to get any games. Luckily it came with Uncharted 4.
I had been postponing getting a PS4 til more games I like comes out on it, so far it's only Just Cause 3. Then it became about the ability to afford a PS4 in the first place.
So unlike the PS3, it turns out I gotta install the game to the PS4, yet still have to have the game in when I play! B.S. #1.
B.S#2 being that Uncharted 4 had to download like 12 gb of "updates" and it turns out these updates are only to enable you to play online, they didn't even ask me if I wanna play online! I hate online gaming! yet they still forced the download on me anyway, wasting space and time.
Big "D'Oh"s brought on to me by the PS4 so far heh

Installing the game plus needing the disc as well is probably so you can't download the game illegally or something. You need both.

However - you can still lend the disc to friends and they can also install and play. That's a bonus to me.

The Xbox One didn't have that facility on launch.  They had to offer it later.

[cramx3]

I bought Doom on the steam sale.  Just finished Rise of the Tomb Raider so figured I needed a new single player game and I heard it was a fun shooter.

[Lynxo]

Just got the PS4 as a gift but I'm too broke to get any games. Luckily it came with Uncharted 4.
I had been postponing getting a PS4 til more games I like comes out on it, so far it's only Just Cause 3. Then it became about the ability to afford a PS4 in the first place.
So unlike the PS3, it turns out I gotta install the game to the PS4, yet still have to have the game in when I play! B.S. #1.
B.S#2 being that Uncharted 4 had to download like 12 gb of "updates" and it turns out these updates are only to enable you to play online, they didn't even ask me if I wanna play online! I hate online gaming! yet they still forced the download on me anyway, wasting space and time.
Big "D'Oh"s brought on to me by the PS4 so far heh

Installing the game plus needing the disc as well is probably so you can't download the game illegally or something. You need both.

Yeah that, but also it's a lot faster to read data from a hard drive than it is to read from disc, so that way they can load the needed resources a lot faster to allow for faster rendering, less load times, etc.

Also, I don't know what you're talking about with the PS3, didn't you had to install new games with that one as well? I remember for example the most extreme example Metal Gear Solid 4, where the game had you install new data between chapters while looking at an animated, old Snake smoking. That shit was slooooow.

[Phoenix87x]

Modern gaming definitely grinds my gears.

The install I can handle for the most part. Its the stupid 15-20 gb updates to download which take forever. When I get my own place, I am connecting the PS4 through Ethernet directly, since WiFI is brutal for files that big.
 
I really do miss the days of PS2 and earlier. Put the disc in and play. No install, No updates, no nothing.

[Lynxo]

I bought The Last Guardian and have played a couple of hours. I'll get the negative out of the way first - the control and the camera are the two worst things about it and what really makes it feel dated. It just shows how far we have gotten in the years since they started developing it.

However, everything else is just as great as the previous Team Ico games. Fantastic atmosphere, just as minimalistic and down to earth as before but with a strong sense of depth and history. Interesting mechanics, where you basically befriend a large Tamagotchi. Trico (as he's called) really is quite adorable but still quite scary. But most of all - he is really well made. Everything, from the way he moves to his roars and his behaviour, just feels real to me. There's actually a "pet" button and I use it all the time when he has done something good.

If you were even slightly impressed by Ico or Shadow of the Colloseus, then pick up this game! It's a wonderful sequel.  (Well, it's not really a sequel, as for as I know. But it's the same style.)

[ReaperKK]

Modern gaming definitely grinds my gears.

The install I can handle for the most part. Its the stupid 15-20 gb updates to download which take forever. When I get my own place, I am connecting the PS4 through Ethernet directly, since WiFI is brutal for files that big.
 
I really do miss the days of PS2 and earlier. Put the disc in and play. No install, No updates, no nothing.

I kind of feel that era is looked at through rose colored glasses. I think it was great when you can put in a disc and just play the game, however if you had a game breaking bug often times you were screwed.

[Kotowboy]

I think pre internet games were tested far more thoroughly. Nowadays games get patches left right and centre and it means you can pump out games

that haven't been fully tested and just fix em later with a downloadable update.

[ariich]

That's a good point. If games were too buggy back then, they simply failed. So it was in developers' interests to make sure they were sound before release. Now that's less of an imperative. Though games are vastly more complex now, so it's more difficult to test thoroughly as well.

[Phoenix87x]

I agree. Back in the day the was no safety net for mistakes in the form of downloads on consoles. When that game went gold, it was bug tested out the ass. Otherwise the developer would appear incompetent. Now a days, they know they can just launch it and fix what they need to fix in the weeks to months following.

And after thinking about it, I don't really remember all that many bugs from back in the day. Sure, they were there, but not like it is today. And like was mentioned, those games would fail. Most importantly, all of this really blows for people that don't happen to have internet.

[Chino]

And after thinking about it, I don't really remember all that many bugs from back in the day. Sure, they were there, but not like it is today. And all of this really blows for people that don't happen to have internet.

In all fairness, I don't think it's even fair to compare the two. I do agree that on one hand the ability to update after release could allow devs to slack a bit, but at the same time, the scope of today's games would have been inconceivable 20 years ago. Looking at games like GTA-V, I couldn't imagine a game of that size being released without bugs. I'm sure it could be done, the the resources it would take to find them all would make no business sense.

[Phoenix87x]

That's true. I didn't consider that.

[cramx3]

It takes awhile to get used to the new era of gaming where you insert disc and then wait a couple hours for the game to be playable.  It's frustrating, but the end result is usually a better game so it's worth it. 

While I bought the new Doom on the steam sale, I put it aside when I saw the Resident Evil remaster on sale.  I'm almost done with it.  I played non stop the last few days and it brought back so many awesome memories.  The game is pretty annoying due to some poor movement mechanics and a save system that while is unique in that it requires some strategy, but is also a pain if you die and need to replay a lot.  Also the remaster looks really nice.

[Chino]

It takes awhile to get used to the new era of gaming where you insert disc and then wait a couple hours for the game to be playable.  It's frustrating, but the end result is usually a better game so it's worth it. 

I've never done it, but don't most games allow you to download those files ahead of time? If a new game is coming out, they open the install files like 24 hours early. That way, when you insert your disc on launch day, all is good to go. No?

[cramx3]

It takes awhile to get used to the new era of gaming where you insert disc and then wait a couple hours for the game to be playable.  It's frustrating, but the end result is usually a better game so it's worth it. 

I've never done it, but don't most games allow you to download those files ahead of time? If a new game is coming out, they open the install files like 24 hours early. That way, when you insert your disc on launch day, all is good to go. No?

Yea I've seen that with newer big titles.   I did it recently with BF1 and it worked well.  But that's not all titles and that only works if you are doing it on release day.  Still doesn't help the person buying the game a year later and after the initial download then needs to apply all the updates.

[ReaperKK]

And after thinking about it, I don't really remember all that many bugs from back in the day. Sure, they were there, but not like it is today. And all of this really blows for people that don't happen to have internet.

In all fairness, I don't think it's even fair to compare the two. I do agree that on one hand the ability to update after release could allow devs to slack a bit, but at the same time, the scope of today's games would have been inconceivable 20 years ago. Looking at games like GTA-V, I couldn't imagine a game of that size being released without bugs. I'm sure it could be done, the the resources it would take to find them all would make no business sense.

That's a good point too. There was a great podcast episode that was talking about the sheer complexity of games now. They were talking about Bethesda games and how people were complaining about Skyrim bugs.

The episode had a game dev on there that was talking about open world games and how it's impossible to QA everything in a game because each player choice will open another logic thread and things can snowball from there.

[Genowyn]

No Man's Sky seems to gather some just fair to bad reviews, is it this bad?

Also, has anyone played The Talos Principle? Is it worth buying?

A little late to the party, but if you like puzzle games, Talos Principle is excellent. Great story, difficult puzzles, lots of secrets, beautiful world.

[Kotowboy]

Though games are vastly more complex now, so it's more difficult to test thoroughly as well.

Also - games get pumped out a lot quicker. There was a debacle a few years ago about one of the Call of Duty games - i think - that used the same cut scene in two of it's games.

Accident or laziness ?

[ReaperKK]

Well I'm sure there are some shared assets but if I remember correctly the CoD games are developed across three different studios.

[Sacul]

Finished Shadow of the Colossus. Excellent game, wished it was a bit less linear tho.

[Kotowboy]

I am still playing Final Fantasy 15. I've finished it twice. Once normal and once on Game+.

Everyone is on level 99 and at least 6,000 HP

I'm just trying to do all the hunts and quests now.

[Phoenix87x]

I have gotten a lot of mileage out of FF XV. Well worth the $60 bucks

[OpenYourEyes311]

I am still playing Final Fantasy 15. I've finished it twice. Once normal and once on Game+.

Everyone is on level 99 and at least 6,000 HP

I'm just trying to do all the hunts and quests now.

Are all quests available to you on New Game +, or does it not give you side quests you've already done in your first run through?

[Kotowboy]

You have to do them all again - but sometimes you start a quest and then it says you've already got the thing so you can simply report back straight away ..

It's funny. I had like $140,000 in my wallet from my previous game and still had to do quests for Cindy to fix the Regalia


Also flying the Regalia is a pain. After completing the game - it should be a reward - and as easy as flying the Highwind or Ragnarok in 7 and 8.

Nope. I crash nearly every time. I hate it.

[Kotowboy]

Also I hate Gladio. Hate. The other 3 are believable as friends but Gladio is just a constantly irritated Ox.

In Chapter 11 he's just a prick. Why are they friends ?