The video game thread.

mca47

Played some Mario Kart over the weekend. Fun game! Really brings back some memories!
Played a few rounds online. Holy crap I suck! hahaha! I considered it an accomplishment if I finished in the top half.

HesCalledDyer

mca47 said:

Played some Mario Kart over the weekend. Fun game! Really brings back some memories!
Played a few rounds online. Holy crap I suck! hahaha! I considered it an accomplishment if I finished in the top half.

The little bit that I played Super Mario Run on the iPhone, kids were kicking my ass left and right in the Rally Mode. I can only imagine Mario Kart since more folks have a lot more experience with it!

mca47

HesCalledDyer said:

mca47 said:

Played some Mario Kart over the weekend. Fun game! Really brings back some memories!
Played a few rounds online. Holy crap I suck! hahaha! I considered it an accomplishment if I finished in the top half.

The little bit that I played Super Mario Run on the iPhone, kids were kicking my ass left and right in the Rally Mode. I can only imagine Mario Kart since more folks have a lot more experience with it!

Yeah, I think the game and the tracks being out previously certainly helps those who've played it before. I mean, some races where I run the track well...I don't even get close to the 1st place finisher.
The only times I've finished in the top 3 were because I consistently got awesome weapons, and even then I would cross the finish line and not even see those ahead of me. Hahaha...damn kids!

jervin007

Jason P said:

jervin007 said:

Been playing Horizon: Zero Dawn on PS4. Love this game. Also just picked up Dark Souls III Complete Edition. I have never played these games and have heard how hard they can be. I've been gaming for a long time so I feel as though I need test my skills. Heard you die a lot. Time to find out.

Below is a link to some good starter tips for Dark Souls 3. I would suggest being a sorcerer because you have a staff that shoots magic. This makes the early game a lot easier because you can pick enemies off from a distance. And it will give you time to figure out how to fight with weapons.

There is this monk early in the game that is pretty tough, but with the staff he is a sitting duck and he drops a katana called Uchigatana that I still use at level 70.

kotaku.com/tips-for-playing-dark-souls-3-1770600428

Thanks! I opted for the warrior before I read this because I guess they are well rounded for beginners. First boss took some time to beat, but I am getting a feel for it. Went back at tried to fight that crystal lizard at the beginning after and beat it on the first try. I like it so far but I know I pretty much just did the tutorial. Haha

HesCalledDyer

Finished up all 120 shrines in Breath of the Wild. 27 hearts & 3 full stamina wheels.  All 42 shrine quests complete. All 76 side quests complete. All 4 Divine Beasts & all 18 memories. Entered food inventory is Hearty Simmered Fruit for full recovery +4.  All armor sets except Ancient, need to get a few more cores.  Going to work on fully upgrading all the armor, including the Wild set. Then I'll battle Ganon again to officialy complete the main quest. Gonna save Korok hunting for rainy days. I have 219, and 441 are needed to max inventory so I'm right at half. That'll give me something to do periodically to stay tuned up for the dlc in August.

mca47

HesCalledDyer said:

Finished up all 120 shrines in Breath of the Wild. 27 hearts & 3 full stamina wheels.  All 42 shrine quests complete. All 76 side quests complete. All 4 Divine Beasts & all 18 memories. Entered food inventory is Hearty Simmered Fruit for full recovery +4.  All armor sets except Ancient, need to get a few more cores.  Going to work on fully upgrading all the armor, including the Wild set. Then I'll battle Ganon again to officialy complete the main quest. Gonna save Korok hunting for rainy days. I have 219, and 441 are needed to max inventory so I'm right at half. That'll give me something to do periodically to stay tuned up for the dlc in August.

Holy crap man!
Did you find all the shrines on your own or did you get help?
I don't know my exact numbers, but I know I have a looooong way to go finding shrines.  I don't have much desire to find all the Korok seeds.  The world is way to damn big and that's just too many rocks to overturn!  hahahaha!
I also don't care so much for the armor sets.  Most of mine are mis-matched anyways.
Finished up my third devine beast yesterday.

HesCalledDyer

mca47 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Finished up all 120 shrines in Breath of the Wild. 27 hearts & 3 full stamina wheels.  All 42 shrine quests complete. All 76 side quests complete. All 4 Divine Beasts & all 18 memories. Entered food inventory is Hearty Simmered Fruit for full recovery +4.  All armor sets except Ancient, need to get a few more cores.  Going to work on fully upgrading all the armor, including the Wild set. Then I'll battle Ganon again to officialy complete the main quest. Gonna save Korok hunting for rainy days. I have 219, and 441 are needed to max inventory so I'm right at half. That'll give me something to do periodically to stay tuned up for the dlc in August.

Holy crap man!
Did you find all the shrines on your own or did you get help?
I don't know my exact numbers, but I know I have a looooong way to go finding shrines.  I don't have much desire to find all the Korok seeds.  The world is way to damn big and that's just too many rocks to overturn!  hahahaha!
I also don't care so much for the armor sets.  Most of mine are mis-matched anyways.
Finished up my third devine beast yesterday.

Surprisingly, I found all but 3 of the shrines on my own. Two I had to look up because the radar kept beeping and I simply could not locate them. The 3rd was the 119th shrine (I was saving Eventide Island for last) simply to save time and not wander around aimlessly. I didn't look up its exact location, just which area it was in. When I finished all 120, I was missing three of the shrine quests attached, so I did look those up to scratch them off the checklist.

I wasn't going to do the armor sets either but I bought the Dark set off Kilton bc it looks really cool with the Royal Guard weapons I have displayed in my house. And when you beat all 120 shrines, you get the "Of the Wild" armor set as a reward. And since the Snowquill & Fireproof sets we're pretty much required (a lot easier than using effect food & elixirs all the time imo), I ended up having more sets than not, so I just bought the others and made that a new personal quest. 

Which divine beast do you have left?

mca47

The only divine beast I have left is the one in death mountain.  Did Zora's Domain first, then Gerudo Desert, then finished the Hebra Mountain one yesterday...which took maybe 10-15mins to beat.  Super easy.  I might do some side quests before I head over for the last one.

HesCalledDyer

The Death Mountain one is super easy. Easiest of the 4 in my opinion.

I definitely recommend taking out some side quests and more shrines, etc before tackling it though. After the 4th one, you'll start getting silver enemies which are a pain in the ass. They have 3x the health bar of black enemies and if your weapon is a 30 or below, they'll break on silver enemies like toys. The plus side is they drop rare gemstones when you kill them.

mca47

So the random enemies get harder after the 4th beast is freed?
I was watching a video on IGN where they were talking about the DLC for Zelda.  The first DLC has some good stuff in it, but some other things that seem pointless.  If I knew how much content was going to be available, I'd consider getting the "season pass" or whatever the hell they call it.

HesCalledDyer

Yeah you'll start seeing silver enemies. There won't be a full camp of them, but they'll usually throw 1 or 2 in per enemy camp. They're just a huge pain in the ass because it takes a weapon and a half to beat one of them. Oh and say goodbye to red lynels. I've only seen blue & silver since I got all 4 beasts.
I'm still gonna hold off on the DLC pack. The first pick comes out Aug 31 so I'm hoping they have news on the 2nd pack by then. 

mca47

HesCalledDyer said:

Yeah you'll start seeing silver enemies. There won't be a full camp of them, but they'll usually throw 1 or 2 in per enemy camp. They're just a huge pain in the ass because it takes a weapon and a half to beat one of them. Oh and say goodbye to red lynels. I've only seen blue & silver since I got all 4 beasts.
I'm still gonna hold off on the DLC pack. The first pick comes out Aug 31 so I'm hoping they have news on the 2nd pack by then. 

Christ, the Lynels get harder too?!?!  I see one now and run the opposite direction as fast as I can!  LOL!
Ran in to one recently when I was a little down on the weapons and food.  Northeast part of the map by skull lake.  Dude came out of nowhere and he chased me down for what seemed like 5 miles in that game!  Hahahaha!

HesCalledDyer

Yeah I still run when I see one. I've fought three of them because I had no choice (locked in rooms with them in Hyrule castle). I pretty much Stasis them, hit em with a bomb arrow, then slash away. Usually die once per battle. They're tougher than any boss in the game but I need their parts to upgrade several types of armor, so I gotta face them at some point.

HesCalledDyer

Also, I bought the Lynel mask from Kilton's shop. It helps get by them without fighting. But unlike the bokoblin, moblin, & lizalfos masks, Lynels will still eventually attack you even if you're wearing the mask.

Dr. Delight

The Friday the 13th game is out early and the streams on Twitch are fantasticly entertaining.

Dr. Delight

Yes, Sega doing it right.

The SEGA Genesis Flashback, a new console from AtGames that features 85 built-in titles, has been announced for release this September.

In addition to the slew of built-in games, including the titles from the Sonic, Phantasy Star, Shining Force and Mortal Kombat series, the console includes a cartridge port that supports "almost all" of the original SEGA Genesis and Mega Drive cartridges—a feature that was lacking from Nintendo's micro console, the NES Classic Edition.

Also packed in are two Genesis-style 2.4ghz wireless controllers and two controller ports for those who wish to use classic wired controllers.

The SEGA Genesis Flashback also features 720p HDMI output and scan line filtering. Additionally, every game will support a feature that let's you save, pause and rewind the action.

HesCalledDyer

I've pretty much exhausted everything in Breath of the Wild - just in time for the DLC pack this Friday.  Actually I'm still only at like 63% completion because of those damn Koroks, but everything else I can possibly accomplish or acquire in the game, I've done.  What an adventure it's been!

Jason P

Super NES announced today with 21 games that you will never get to play because Nintendo is Nintendo.

HesCalledDyer

Yeah I'm not even gonna try.

demetrios

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