The video game thread.

MayDay10

My kid got a Switch for Christmas.  Good, fun machine.  I started some Zelda on it and also downloaded the Retro packs.  He uses it all the time.

He also got a Quest 2 (spoiled brat) from my father in law.  He hasn't touched it much... but I have played with it quite a bit.  I gotta say I havent had this much fun gaming in a long time.  Love the mini golf game and bowling.  Also play Climb 2.  Love it, but I can only play that for small bursts because I get motion sick.

Jason P

Well, time for game of the year recommendations for what was 2021 … 

 

Best Overall Game: Far Cry 6

Kudus to Ubisoft for pushing a game back a year to give it the polish one used to expect when paying $60 for a game.  A fun open world shooter that easily will get your money’s worth.   Great game for toking as well …

Best Racing Game: F1 2021

Enjoy this series before EA mines its soul away

Best Driving Game: Forza Horizon 5

Another great game for toking.  This is the game to get if you want to see NEXT GEN results

Best Sci Fi / RPG game: Mass Effect Legendary Edition

If you like Sci Fi.  If you like RPG games.  Then get this game, especially if you never played the originals.

Best Game from the Dust Bin: Dark Souls 3

With Elden Scrolls upon us on February 25th, I figure now is the time to finally to defeat the Kingdom of Lothric.  It has been fantastic revisiting this wonderfully crafted dark fantasy realm.  I think I will be close to rekindling the flame by then. 

2022 looks to be an interesting year to say the least.  Microsoft already fired off a nuke with the acquisition of Activision / Blizzard for all of the money.  With Elden Ring in the spring and Star Field in the fall, it looks to be a good year for gaming.

May the flames guide thee ...

Jason P

Ghost of Tsushima ... yes this game came out several years ago, but I had a rare snow day and saw this game on sale.  I initially passed because Sekiro had just hit the scene and I needed a break from the action game genre and ended up forgetting about it.  I am very impressed with this game in the early hours.  Top notch production.  It's like playing a good movie that feels organic if that makes sense.  I know others here raved about this game and I'm now a believer.

There is a scene in the opening prologue that sets the tone for the main bad guy that was shocking.  Like early Game of Thrones shocking.  That is pretty rare in video games.

tempo_n_groove

OK Mariocart 8 experts!!!

Question?

When I am turning right if I don't start my drift just right I always crash.  Is the game built to not let you turn late?  You have to hit a certain mark?

2nd?
When hitting the turn perfectly and into a drift I always have 2 problems. 1 is brushing up against another driver.  When I do I lose control and slam into a wall.  

The other is when drifting right and a left turn comes up I can't get a drift down.  I can't do a clean right drift into a left drift.

Looking for pointers.

Is it a timing thing?

Thanks

mca47

Jason P said:

Ghost of Tsushima ... yes this game came out several years ago, but I had a rare snow day and saw this game on sale.  I initially passed because Sekiro had just hit the scene and I needed a break from the action game genre and ended up forgetting about it.  I am very impressed with this game in the early hours.  Top notch production.  It's like playing a good movie that feels organic if that makes sense.  I know others here raved about this game and I'm now a believer.

There is a scene in the opening prologue that sets the tone for the main bad guy that was shocking.  Like early Game of Thrones shocking.  That is pretty rare in video games.

Love that game!
I also love how it came out of nowhere.  I mean, I know they worked on it for probably years, but it just seems like there was no talk about it until it was released, and it just happened to be a beautiful game in so many ways.  From the beginning to the end...amazing!

Spiritual_Chaos

tempo_n_groove said:

OK Mariocart 8 experts!!!

Question?

When I am turning right if I don't start my drift just right I always crash.  Is the game built to not let you turn late?  You have to hit a certain mark?

2nd?
When hitting the turn perfectly and into a drift I always have 2 problems. 1 is brushing up against another driver.  When I do I lose control and slam into a wall.  

The other is when drifting right and a left turn comes up I can't get a drift down.  I can't do a clean right drift into a left drift.

Looking for pointers.

Is it a timing thing?

Thanks

I don't have my WIi-U connected anymore... but you don't need to hit a certain mark. Mario Kart is very forgiving. Just steer in the right direction... and you can't go to a right to left drift, without "reseting" first by releasing the drift button. As I remember it.

tempo_n_groove

Spiritual_Chaos said:

tempo_n_groove said:

OK Mariocart 8 experts!!!

Question?

When I am turning right if I don't start my drift just right I always crash.  Is the game built to not let you turn late?  You have to hit a certain mark?

2nd?
When hitting the turn perfectly and into a drift I always have 2 problems. 1 is brushing up against another driver.  When I do I lose control and slam into a wall.  

The other is when drifting right and a left turn comes up I can't get a drift down.  I can't do a clean right drift into a left drift.

Looking for pointers.

Is it a timing thing?

Thanks

I don't have my WIi-U connected anymore... but you don't need to hit a certain mark. Mario Kart is very forgiving. Just steer in the right direction... and you can't go to a right to left drift, without "reseting" first by releasing the drift button. As I remember it.

Yeah that don't work.  If I don't start a drift early I am in the wall...

Spiritual_Chaos

tempo_n_groove said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

tempo_n_groove said:

OK Mariocart 8 experts!!!

Question?

When I am turning right if I don't start my drift just right I always crash.  Is the game built to not let you turn late?  You have to hit a certain mark?

2nd?
When hitting the turn perfectly and into a drift I always have 2 problems. 1 is brushing up against another driver.  When I do I lose control and slam into a wall.  

The other is when drifting right and a left turn comes up I can't get a drift down.  I can't do a clean right drift into a left drift.

Looking for pointers.

Is it a timing thing?

Thanks

I don't have my WIi-U connected anymore... but you don't need to hit a certain mark. Mario Kart is very forgiving. Just steer in the right direction... and you can't go to a right to left drift, without "reseting" first by releasing the drift button. As I remember it.

Yeah that don't work.  If I don't start a drift early I am in the wall...

I can film a tutorial if you want? Need to connect the Wii-U. But let me know.

Spiritual_Chaos

48 new maps for Mario Kart 8.



Time to buy a switch

Spiritual_Chaos

tempo_n_groove said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

tempo_n_groove said:

OK Mariocart 8 experts!!!

Question?

When I am turning right if I don't start my drift just right I always crash.  Is the game built to not let you turn late?  You have to hit a certain mark?

2nd?
When hitting the turn perfectly and into a drift I always have 2 problems. 1 is brushing up against another driver.  When I do I lose control and slam into a wall.  

The other is when drifting right and a left turn comes up I can't get a drift down.  I can't do a clean right drift into a left drift.

Looking for pointers.

Is it a timing thing?

Thanks

I don't have my WIi-U connected anymore... but you don't need to hit a certain mark. Mario Kart is very forgiving. Just steer in the right direction... and you can't go to a right to left drift, without "reseting" first by releasing the drift button. As I remember it.

Yeah that don't work.  If I don't start a drift early I am in the wall...

Maybe thois doesn't help, but I tried:

https://youtu.be/McDZJXEiRYw

Spiritual_Chaos

Started up Breath of the Wild again... last save was in the spring of 2019... I don't know where I am or what I am suppose to do... maybe worth replaying it from the start...

HesCalledDyer

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Started up Breath of the Wild again... last save was in the spring of 2019... I don't know where I am or what I am suppose to do... maybe worth replaying it from the start...

I've picked that back up in the last few weeks myself. Although I'm well beyond end game and just grinding for items now. Currently working on 999 or each arrow.

Spiritual_Chaos

HesCalledDyer said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Started up Breath of the Wild again... last save was in the spring of 2019... I don't know where I am or what I am suppose to do... maybe worth replaying it from the start...

I've picked that back up in the last few weeks myself. Although I'm well beyond end game and just grinding for items now. Currently working on 999 or each arrow.

But I was only at the very beginning, like doing some shrines to get bombs... or something... Haha. I just played it for a few hours in 2017. Then a few hours in 2019. Judging from the saves. 

But I feel lost. Maybe easier to just restart.

Lousy framerate on the Wii-U too.

10.500 points in Mario Kart. Wan't to reach 11.000 before I retire, but man... I get beaten badly online.

HesCalledDyer

Spiritual_Chaos said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Started up Breath of the Wild again... last save was in the spring of 2019... I don't know where I am or what I am suppose to do... maybe worth replaying it from the start...

I've picked that back up in the last few weeks myself. Although I'm well beyond end game and just grinding for items now. Currently working on 999 or each arrow.

But I was only at the very beginning, like doing some shrines to get bombs... or something... Haha. I just played it for a few hours in 2017. Then a few hours in 2019. Judging from the saves. 

But I feel lost. Maybe easier to just restart.

Lousy framerate on the Wii-U too.

10.500 points in Mario Kart. Wan't to reach 11.000 before I retire, but man... I get beaten badly online.

Yeah, probably your best bet to just start over on BOTW.

Spiritual_Chaos

HesCalledDyer said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Started up Breath of the Wild again... last save was in the spring of 2019... I don't know where I am or what I am suppose to do... maybe worth replaying it from the start...

I've picked that back up in the last few weeks myself. Although I'm well beyond end game and just grinding for items now. Currently working on 999 or each arrow.

But I was only at the very beginning, like doing some shrines to get bombs... or something... Haha. I just played it for a few hours in 2017. Then a few hours in 2019. Judging from the saves. 

But I feel lost. Maybe easier to just restart.

Lousy framerate on the Wii-U too.

10.500 points in Mario Kart. Wan't to reach 11.000 before I retire, but man... I get beaten badly online.

Yeah, probably your best bet to just start over on BOTW.

I re-learned what the stuff I had did. Relearned how to cook things. And I found the fourth shrine up on a snowy mountain. So now I am back at it. Hopefully I won't put it down another 3 years.

Jason P

Some big releases in the coming weeks for racing and RPG fans ...

2/22: Assetto Corsa Competizione (Next Gen Upgrade)  As far as I know, this is the only true sim racer on consoles.  It is by far the most realistic game I've raced.  I've had it for a year on series X, but it isn't optimized and felt like it was missing polish so I decided to wait for the upgrade which should be free for existing owners.  It would be pretty cool if this game got a solid user base.  Fingers crossed.

2/25: Elden Ring  Dark Souls + George R.R. Martin.  'nuff said

3/4: Gran Turismo 7  The Real Driving Simulator returns after giving us half-games over the last decade.   I felt the series feeling more "arcade" in the driving feel in GT Sport.  Early previews look promising.  Thankfully they are releasing on PS4.   There is a 13% chance this game actually releases in working form on 3/4

mca47

Jason P said:

Some big releases in the coming weeks for racing and RPG fans ...

2/22: Assetto Corsa Competizione (Next Gen Upgrade)  As far as I know, this is the only true sim racer on consoles.  It is by far the most realistic game I've raced.  I've had it for a year on series X, but it isn't optimized and felt like it was missing polish so I decided to wait for the upgrade which should be free for existing owners.  It would be pretty cool if this game got a solid user base.  Fingers crossed.

2/25: Elden Ring  Dark Souls + George R.R. Martin.  'nuff said

3/4: Gran Turismo 7  The Real Driving Simulator returns after giving us half-games over the last decade.   I felt the series feeling more "arcade" in the driving feel in GT Sport.  Early previews look promising.  Thankfully they are releasing on PS4.   There is a 13% chance this game actually releases in working form on 3/4

I'm def excited for Elden Ring!

Spiritual_Chaos

I'M ON MY WAY TO FIND IMPA!

tempo_n_groove

Spiritual_Chaos said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

tempo_n_groove said:

OK Mariocart 8 experts!!!

Question?

When I am turning right if I don't start my drift just right I always crash.  Is the game built to not let you turn late?  You have to hit a certain mark?

2nd?
When hitting the turn perfectly and into a drift I always have 2 problems. 1 is brushing up against another driver.  When I do I lose control and slam into a wall.  

The other is when drifting right and a left turn comes up I can't get a drift down.  I can't do a clean right drift into a left drift.

Looking for pointers.

Is it a timing thing?

Thanks

I don't have my WIi-U connected anymore... but you don't need to hit a certain mark. Mario Kart is very forgiving. Just steer in the right direction... and you can't go to a right to left drift, without "reseting" first by releasing the drift button. As I remember it.

Yeah that don't work.  If I don't start a drift early I am in the wall...

Maybe thois doesn't help, but I tried:

https://youtu.be/McDZJXEiRYw

I think I have been hitting the R button.  Now I am playing it tonight.

Dammit!

TY!!

a5pj

Daughter and I have been playing Rayman Legends . It is really one of my favorite games, even before we started playing together. It's so well done, mechanics that work for advanced and young players, details, levels that work with songs. And it's fun!