Video Game Thread v. Wii4One

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I'm going to jump in to some Red Dead Online for a bit, for anyone interested 

[Chino]

I'm about to go grab some food with the fam. I'll be on a little later.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I did it again, had just saved a woman from a kidnapper and was about to untie her when I accidently kicked her in the head and killed her. 

[cramx3]

Is this because of some bad mechanism in the gameplay or just user error?

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Is this because of some bad mechanism in the gameplay or just user error?

Pretty sure it's user error, because, if I recall correctly, it's different buttons for interacting and melee.....correct me if I'm wrong.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Is this because of some bad mechanism in the gameplay or just user error?

Pretty sure it's user error, because, if I recall correctly, it's different buttons for interacting and melee.....correct me if I'm wrong.

Yea exactly, it's a bit confusing at times but it's alright, makes for a good laugh.

Sidenote: As with R* games in general, the dialogue and the amount of recorded voiceovers for every freakin character in the game needs more praise. Sooo much detail it's a bit scary. I woke up in the middle of the night at the camp and joined some folks at the fireplace where Dutch was just randomly telling stories about his life.

[cramx3]

Finally home and free to play this damn game.   

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Finally home and free to play this damn game.   

You are late to the party and everyone has already moved on

[Cool Chris]

Hollow Knight is so damn good and fun however its difficulty has kept me from getting very far. Dying accidentally a lot and being unable to locate where all my money is is very frustrating and not the kind of gameplay that encourages me to keep coming back. But boy is it beautiful and the music is gorgeous and it plays so fluidly...

One hour in... I have no idea what you guys are talking about. This game isn't hard at all!

Ten hours in... Oh, I see what you mean now.

[Herrick]

This Outward game keeps going on sale. It's $20 on Steam. Anyone play it?

[ReaperKK]

No, I don't even think I heard of it . . . .

[Herrick]

No, I don't even think I heard of it . . . .

It's a third-person action RPG that came out earlier this year.

[cramx3]

Finally home and free to play this damn game.   

You are late to the party and everyone has already moved on

I played single player for like 8 hours yesterday and at 9% completion.  The game is beautiful.  However, my fingers are not happy for the constant tapping of A (I'm playing with an xbox controller) to make that horse move faster.  I must say, I do feel like of those 8 hours played, 4 of them are spent traveling, and 3 are spent on cut scenes.  It's kind of frustrating to play for so long and feel like I'm not actually doing anything.  However, the first "big" mission of the train was so cinematic and fun, makes up for the down time I guess.

[Zydar]

I see that Torchlight 2 has been released on console some time ago. I'm thinking about getting it. Anyone else played it?

[ReaperKK]

Finally home and free to play this damn game.   

You are late to the party and everyone has already moved on

I played single player for like 8 hours yesterday and at 9% completion.  The game is beautiful.  However, my fingers are not happy for the constant tapping of A (I'm playing with an xbox controller) to make that horse move faster.  I must say, I do feel like of those 8 hours played, 4 of them are spent traveling, and 3 are spent on cut scenes.  It's kind of frustrating to play for so long and feel like I'm not actually doing anything.  However, the first "big" mission of the train was so cinematic and fun, makes up for the down time I guess.

I actually really like the pacing of the game, it's very deliberate. Did you play RDR1?  I played it right after RDR2 and the pacing felt very much the same.

[cramx3]

Yea, but I played that back on release many years ago.  I remember feeling the same, I hated spending so much time riding the horses makes me miss just hitting the gas in GTA.  The cut scenes are fine, since like all Rockstar games, they are usually pretty entertaining but they are long and so many.  Personally, I like a bit faster pace, at least I can skip the cut scenes if I want but is there a fast travel in the game eventually? 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Yea, but I played that back on release many years ago.  I remember feeling the same, I hated spending so much time riding the horses makes me miss just hitting the gas in GTA.  The cut scenes are fine, since like all Rockstar games, they are usually pretty entertaining but they are long and so many.  Personally, I like a bit faster pace, at least I can skip the cut scenes if I want but is there a fast travel in the game eventually?

You can eventually get a way to fast travel to the major towns/cities from camp, but you can also take trains and coaches as a means of fast travel. Personally I love the slower pacing. Just riding around, exploring. So many games seem to be built for people with no attention span these days, that RDR2 it a refreshing change of pace. All of my favorite games these days seem to be much slower paced. Red Dead, Elite Dangerous, Divinity Original Sin 2, then my favorite game of all time Morrowind.

[ReaperKK]

Sort of, you can take the wagon carts or trains to get between cities but if you're doing a mission you'll most likely be riding your horse because a lot of story exposition will be given out during those rides.

Once you get into the later chapters the story really ramps up and the riding doesn't get so bad.

[cramx3]

Yea, like all their games, you can't fast travel within the mission.  ALthough I just read about upgrading your base camp to enable quick travel.  The world is certainly beautiful enough to explore, but at some points I just want to get into the meat of things.  I did do a few side things I saw pop up while traveling before, like hunt a deer and save a woman, but those things will get boring soon enough like all side quests eventually get once you've done enough of them.

[Evermind]

Yea, but I played that back on release many years ago.  I remember feeling the same, I hated spending so much time riding the horses makes me miss just hitting the gas in GTA.  The cut scenes are fine, since like all Rockstar games, they are usually pretty entertaining but they are long and so many.  Personally, I like a bit faster pace, at least I can skip the cut scenes if I want but is there a fast travel in the game eventually?

You can eventually get a way to fast travel to the major towns/cities from camp, but you can also take trains and coaches as a means of fast travel. Personally I love the slower pacing. Just riding around, exploring. So many games seem to be built for people with no attention span these days, that RDR2 it a refreshing change of pace. All of my favorite games these days seem to be much slower paced. Red Dead, Elite Dangerous, Divinity Original Sin 2, then my favorite game of all time Morrowind.

That's a damn solid list.

I can't wait for it to drop on Steam. Haven't played much games on my PC for the last two or three years (read: almost none at all, I think I re-played Baldur's Gate and that's about it), but I'll probably give this one a go.

[Dublagent66]

I see that Torchlight 2 has been released on console some time ago. I'm thinking about getting it. Anyone else played it?

Actually, never heard of it.  Will have to look it up in the Playstation store.

[Chino]

Yea, like all their games, you can't fast travel within the mission.  ALthough I just read about upgrading your base camp to enable quick travel.  The world is certainly beautiful enough to explore, but at some points I just want to get into the meat of things.  I did do a few side things I saw pop up while traveling before, like hunt a deer and save a woman, but those things will get boring soon enough like all side quests eventually get once you've done enough of them.

I'm in Cram's boat on this one. As beautiful as the world is, there are times I just want to be on the other side of the map. The time it annoys me the most is if I'm playing on line and the person I want to meet up with is a 10 minute horse ride away.

[The Walrus]

I bought this game called Lapis x Labyrinth and it has the most excessive visual feedback I've ever seen in a game, might be up there with Disgaea in terms of how over the top Japanese and crazy it is. I love it. Looter platformer (plootformer!) that takes the whole idea of "just one more round..." and runs with it.

[XJDenton]

I bought Disco Elysium about a week ago. The writing in this game is super good.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I'm going to be playing some Red Dead Online for a bit if anyone else is around.

[cramx3]

I'm going to be playing some Red Dead Online for a bit if anyone else is around.

I plan on being on tonight, send me that discord when you get a chance.

I only loaded up online last night to create my character, but I didn't complete that first mission yet.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I'm going to be playing some Red Dead Online for a bit if anyone else is around.

I plan on being on tonight, send me that discord when you get a chance.

I only loaded up online last night to create my character, but I didn't complete that first mission yet.

Oh, I meant to send you the discord link the other day and forgot. I'll send it right now.

[cramx3]

I'm going to be playing some Red Dead Online for a bit if anyone else is around.

I plan on being on tonight, send me that discord when you get a chance.

I only loaded up online last night to create my character, but I didn't complete that first mission yet.

Oh, I meant to send you the discord link the other day and forgot. I'll send it right now.

it's all good, I didn't ask because I think those links are timed and I wasn't home to accept it at the time.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I'm going to be playing some Red Dead Online for a bit if anyone else is around.

I plan on being on tonight, send me that discord when you get a chance.

I only loaded up online last night to create my character, but I didn't complete that first mission yet.

Oh, I meant to send you the discord link the other day and forgot. I'll send it right now.

it's all good, I didn't ask because I think those links are timed and I wasn't home to accept it at the time.

Yeah, you should have a PM with an invite link now.

[cramx3]

Yup, still at work though, probably be on around 730pm EST

[Herrick]

Yea, but I played that back on release many years ago.  I remember feeling the same, I hated spending so much time riding the horses makes me miss just hitting the gas in GTA.  The cut scenes are fine, since like all Rockstar games, they are usually pretty entertaining but they are long and so many.  Personally, I like a bit faster pace, at least I can skip the cut scenes if I want but is there a fast travel in the game eventually?

You can eventually get a way to fast travel to the major towns/cities from camp, but you can also take trains and coaches as a means of fast travel. Personally I love the slower pacing. Just riding around, exploring. So many games seem to be built for people with no attention span these days, that RDR2 it a refreshing change of pace.

I think this is the only game I never fast traveled in unless it was part of the story.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

So I encountered the clan the other day... 

[cramx3]

I literally was crying from laughter last night when Chino fed my horse some hay to help calm her down and then I accidentally punched the horse in the face after pissing it right back off

[Chino]

I literally was crying from laughter last night when Chino fed my horse some hay to help calm her down and then I accidentally punched the horse in the face after pissing it right back off

 

[cramx3]

  the timing was just perfect though and the graphics are so great, just that full punch to the horses face looked so legit, im laughing out loud just thinking about it.  I wish I was recording that.