The video game thread.

Gern Blansten

Kat said:

eeriepadave said:

Kat said:

You can vote.

https://thegameawards.com/nominees

my friends works at Bethesda but he didn't work on Doom. think he's working on a new game called Starfield

Skyrim has been my favorite game since 11.11.11. Did he work on that? Or on the Fallout games? If so, he has my everlasting thanks. I play Fallout 76 too and I'm eagerly awaiting Starfield.

if you are on TikTok do a search for #skyrim and check out some of those videos.  There are a few guys that do some great bits on there.

MayDay10

I think I am going to dive into a game called Factorio tonight.  It looks amazing

mca47

Had a PS5 in my cart a handful of times on Walmart.  Couple times I got to the final "click" and the whole fn thing went down.
I have next week off.  Would love to do nothing more than sit on my ass for a week and play videogames.  Ugh!

Jason P

MayDay10 said:

I think I am going to dive into a game called Factorio tonight.  It looks amazing

I played that a year ago but never got back into it ... it was an early build and I figured I'd wait for them to polish it up.  I might give it another shot.   I do recall it looking fascinating the further you get.

Jason P

Crusader Kings 3 is going to get some time this weekend.  I noticed it was "free" on xbox gamepass for PC so decided to see if my work laptop would run it and it seems to do just fine with no dedicated graphics chip.  File size was only around 6 GB, but most the game is map and menus.

It is much more user friendly then the last game.  Tutorial does a pretty good job of showing the ropes.  There is an "issues" button at top center that helps pull up menus vs having to dig thru menus.  Lots of little pop up menus that bring up detail quickly which is very useful when trying to figure out how to run an empire in feudal times.  

The game is less about trying to amass a Civilization type win.  You are in control of a character that can live on thru heirs.  As long as a heir survives the game continues.  You guide their destiny that is influenced by their traits.  Looks like Game of Thrones type scenarios minus ice dragons and ed sheeran (i.e. very historical settings, customs and attributes)

Jason P

Nintendo is raking in money while Sony and Microsoft are most likely taking huge losses this fall.  They sold a "game and watch" for $50 that probably cost $2.17 to manufacture and had their best month ever in Switch sales.  

Demons Soul remake is the one game I would really like to play this fall, but alas I have no PS5.  Probably gonna wait until the "pro" version comes out in a few years.

This is a really poor showing for fall video games.  Especially with the new gen coming out.  The most exciting and visually captivating game (demons soul) is a remake of a game that came out on the PS3 ... and costs $70.  The other big games are just juiced up ports of current gen.

Kinda puts into light how much it must suck for Microsoft to have to push Halo back.  Halo is Microsoft's Mario.  Sony really doesn't have a Mario ... just a shit-ton of Luigi's and they had a few Luigi's ready for launch. 

MayDay10

Jason P said:

MayDay10 said:

I think I am going to dive into a game called Factorio tonight.  It looks amazing

I played that a year ago but never got back into it ... it was an early build and I figured I'd wait for them to polish it up.  I might give it another shot.   I do recall it looking fascinating the further you get.

I put in a lot of hours this past weekend.  Love it.  Its like civilization meets some sort of puzzle game meets plants vs zombies

cp3iverson

Scored a PS5 yesterday by accident.  Just hopped on bestbuy.com yesterday at 7am out of boredom and there it was.  

They emailed you a code that you had to type in before hitting purchase.  I guess to stop the bots.  Im excited!

Jason P

There are some good deals for games going on.  Lots of recent games are seeing 20%-50% discounts on digital storefront and some games are getting better discounts if you find a deal for a physical copy.  I think the sales are until next week so you have some time to browse over the break.

You will see (based on previous years) 50% deals for Assassin Creed around Christmas.  COD will probably drop to $40 around that time. 

Spiritual_Chaos

Anyone who can figure what video game music the intro to this song sounds like? It reminds me of some old game... maybe a nintendo game... Super Mario World..? Anyone who can figure it out?

https://youtu.be/vjqy1h0ZKhg

cmalisze

Any Xbox gamers? I have 2×$50 Xbox gift cards for sale and a 3 month Ultimate Game Pass Membership for sale. 

mca47

Still PS5-less.

:( 

Matts3221

mca47 said:

Still PS5-less.

:( 

Right there with you but seems that the number of people having issues with there PS5 , I am ok waiting until the spring and hopeful to snag one.

Kat

How about that? Serana from Skyrim won at the Game Awards last night.

Performance

Laura Bailey – Abby, The Last of Us Part II (WINNER)

PJPOWER

Just read where Wal Mart blocked like 20 million bots during the release on Tuesday (15th).  I was finally able to get the Series X ordered from them . Glad they finally went to war with the shitheads using bots!
I’ve played with a few of you in the past, who all is playing Cold War these days?  DM me and I’ll give you my gamer tag if you need to fill a lobby!  I’m sure I still have some of you added, but over the years tags have changed and we went our separate ways.

Jason P

And the verdict for Cyberpunk 2077 is … *** (current gen versions unplayable)***

 

0 out of 4 Keanu’s

 

When you hire Keanu Reeves as your frontman and give him the name “Johnny”, you had better make sure you give him a kickass last name.  Johnny Utah … took down the dead presidents and became the greatest surfer of all time.  Johnny Mnemonic … dumb last name and no one watched that movie as result.  Johnny Wick is the most bad ass in recent cinema, and along come a video game company that decides to roll the dice with the name … Johnny Silverhand?

 

End result:  Sony pulls came from digital storefront; Company losses $1 Billion in value; Game Review sites lose credibility for giving almost perfect scores to a game that 90% of the gaming public can’t play.

 

Should have named him Johnny Vermont.  Hmm …

cp3iverson

6 days until i get to...i mean until my kids get to open their PS5!!!

Purple Fairy Tree

Jason P said:

And the verdict for Cyberpunk 2077 is … *** (current gen versions unplayable)***

 

0 out of 4 Keanu’s

 

When you hire Keanu Reeves as your frontman and give him the name “Johnny”, you had better make sure you give him a kickass last name.  Johnny Utah … took down the dead presidents and became the greatest surfer of all time.  Johnny Mnemonic … dumb last name and no one watched that movie as result.  Johnny Wick is the most bad ass in recent cinema, and along come a video game company that decides to roll the dice with the name … Johnny Silverhand?

 

End result:  Sony pulls came from digital storefront; Company losses $1 Billion in value; Game Review sites lose credibility for giving almost perfect scores to a game that 90% of the gaming public can’t play.

 

Should have named him Johnny Vermont.  Hmm …

I like your review 

mca47

Got a PS5 last week.  

Love it!
Was worried loading Spider-Man as it was loud.  Once the disc stopped spinning...silence.  

Same happened with Demon Souls.  

Zero noise or fans while playing.  The controller is incredible.  The vibrations and adaptive triggers are amazing.  Loading a game takes seconds.  Literally, loading Spider-Man takes 3-4 seconds from “continue”.

mcgruff10

It's not xbox or playstation but I did get my wife a Ms. Pac-Man for Christmas.   She is pumped.  We got street fighter last Christmas.