The video game thread.

mca47

Jearlpam0925 said:

I can't believe I've bought LOU Part 1 three times now.

Hahaha!  Original, remastered, PS5?

Jearlpam0925

mca47 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

I can't believe I've bought LOU Part 1 three times now.

Hahaha!  Original, remastered, PS5?

Correct. Ugh.

But had to do it.

Jason P

mca47 said:

Anyone getting or has gotten the PSVR2?  I had the original PSVR, and while it was ok, I never played it much.  The set up was a pain in the ass!  The new one looks pretty cool.

I would like to try it out on gran turismo 7, but I'm not about to shell out $550(!) for it not knowing if it will give me motion sickness.   If it was $300, I might consider it.  I'm waiting to see people's reviews as well ... GT Planet is a forum for the game and most reviews are positive, but some are noting a few issues.   It would help if GT7 actually would add races for single player too.  Sony has really kind of screwed up that game by not having races for a majority of the cars I collected, but it is still the best racing game I've played.

Right now they have added temporary races against SOPHY AI cars (sony's new AI that is in development).  They race a ton better than the existing AI drivers.  I hope they replace the existing AI with SOPHY, but I'm not holding my breath.  Updates for the game have been disappointing coming up on the one year anniversary.

Maybe in a year or two, if Sony develops a decent game catalog and drops the price, I will give it a shot.  But racing in front of a big screen TV is pretty good immersion for me at the moment.

Jason P

I appreciate the quality of The Last of Us, but the bummer of a story kept me from playing it when first released.   Needed to play some Mario Bros. afterwards to cleanse myself   Not a huge zombie guy either, so it's just not in my wheelhouse.

I still have a huge backlog of games to dive into.  I've been playing my Nintendo Switch quite a bit lately.   Got Metroid Prime remake and played a little last week.   I still need to jump into Breath of the Wild ... I got frustrated with the controls and fragile weapons when it first came out and shelved it, but played it a little last week and will try to give it another shot.  Only have 4 hearts so I'm really not for from the start.

Jearlpam0925

Jason P said:

I appreciate the quality of The Last of Us, but the bummer of a story kept me from playing it when first released.   Needed to play some Mario Bros. afterwards to cleanse myself   Not a huge zombie guy either, so it's just not in my wheelhouse.

I hear ya. IMO it's the perfect game, absolutely flawless.

What's funny is I'm not a huge zombie guy either but I can sort this in my brain as not a zombie game, if that makes sense - I like the pandemic/apocalyptic perspective of it.

And for the bummer aspect - it's like when someone has kids. Sometimes people can't watch shit like that after having kids, which I get. Definitely tugs at the heart more than before having kids.

Vitalogensia

Jason P said:

I appreciate the quality of The Last of Us, but the bummer of a story kept me from playing it when first released.   Needed to play some Mario Bros. afterwards to cleanse myself   Not a huge zombie guy either, so it's just not in my wheelhouse.

I still have a huge backlog of games to dive into.  I've been playing my Nintendo Switch quite a bit lately.   Got Metroid Prime remake and played a little last week.   I still need to jump into Breath of the Wild ... I got frustrated with the controls and fragile weapons when it first came out and shelved it, but played it a little last week and will try to give it another shot.  Only have 4 hearts so I'm really not for from the start.

I'd love to see if your impression of Breath of the Wild changes if you put some time into it.  I wasn't all that impressed at first, but eventually it took me over and I loved it immensely. Can't wait for the next Zelda to drop, already got PTO on the books for it!  Followed by Final Fantasy 16 in June, and it's safe to say I won't be getting a tan this year. 

Jason P

Vitalogensia said:

Jason P said:

I appreciate the quality of The Last of Us, but the bummer of a story kept me from playing it when first released.   Needed to play some Mario Bros. afterwards to cleanse myself   Not a huge zombie guy either, so it's just not in my wheelhouse.

I still have a huge backlog of games to dive into.  I've been playing my Nintendo Switch quite a bit lately.   Got Metroid Prime remake and played a little last week.   I still need to jump into Breath of the Wild ... I got frustrated with the controls and fragile weapons when it first came out and shelved it, but played it a little last week and will try to give it another shot.  Only have 4 hearts so I'm really not for from the start.

I'd love to see if your impression of Breath of the Wild changes if you put some time into it.  I wasn't all that impressed at first, but eventually it took me over and I loved it immensely. Can't wait for the next Zelda to drop, already got PTO on the books for it!  Followed by Final Fantasy 16 in June, and it's safe to say I won't be getting a tan this year. 

I played it some this weekend, and although the game started to draw me in, it was the weapon degradation that pulled me back out ... I think that is why I stopped playing originally.   I found myself just going on mad dashes through missions instead of taking time to plan strategy.   When you have five weapons and and they all break within a matter of minutes, what else can you do?  I don't know, I think my time will be better spent diving back into Elden Ring unless there is some glitch to get tons of weapons easily in my inventory.

eeriepadave

One of my friends is working on Starfield. Here's the trailer/launch date for it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raWbElTCea8

Jason P

I think i remember getting excited about this announcement on Starfield last year about this time.  Hopefully it makes it out this year.

Jason P

MLB The Show 23 Brief Impressions:

 

Thanks to Game Pass, I have The Show 23.  The game looks about the same … minor details and animations make it look better, but nothing revolutionary.   They are much more generous with cards for Diamond Dynasty, giving 99 rated cards right away instead of waiting until late summer (there are now “Seasons” which google if you want to find out how they work).  It is also easy to get free cards doing Moments … My team is already all 90 diamonds after doing 3-4 hours of grinding in Moments.  Hitting is better, although a future update could change that … last year it was great, then update bad, update good and unfortunately the last update was bad so I stopped playing The Show 22 late last year.  There is a DH now, so no more pitcher subs in the lineup.  There is a “bat” PCI indicator now that really helps me understand the bat path.   Commentary will probably be turned off by the weekend as it is about the same from last year.  So if you have Game Pass it is a no-brainer.  I don’t think I would spend $70 on it though if I had The Show 22.

Jearlpam0925

Jason P said:

MLB The Show 23 Brief Impressions:

 

Thanks to Game Pass, I have The Show 23.  The game looks about the same … minor details and animations make it look better, but nothing revolutionary.   They are much more generous with cards for Diamond Dynasty, giving 99 rated cards right away instead of waiting until late summer (there are now “Seasons” which google if you want to find out how they work).  It is also easy to get free cards doing Moments … My team is already all 90 diamonds after doing 3-4 hours of grinding in Moments.  Hitting is better, although a future update could change that … last year it was great, then update bad, update good and unfortunately the last update was bad so I stopped playing The Show 22 late last year.  There is a DH now, so no more pitcher subs in the lineup.  There is a “bat” PCI indicator now that really helps me understand the bat path.   Commentary will probably be turned off by the weekend as it is about the same from last year.  So if you have Game Pass it is a no-brainer.  I don’t think I would spend $70 on it though if I had The Show 22.

Thanks for the rundown. Yeah, I'm not buying this game every year anymore, basically just for roster updates. I have '22 and will stick with that - all I really play is Franchise.

mca47

Jearlpam0925 said:

Jason P said:

MLB The Show 23 Brief Impressions:

 

Thanks to Game Pass, I have The Show 23.  The game looks about the same … minor details and animations make it look better, but nothing revolutionary.   They are much more generous with cards for Diamond Dynasty, giving 99 rated cards right away instead of waiting until late summer (there are now “Seasons” which google if you want to find out how they work).  It is also easy to get free cards doing Moments … My team is already all 90 diamonds after doing 3-4 hours of grinding in Moments.  Hitting is better, although a future update could change that … last year it was great, then update bad, update good and unfortunately the last update was bad so I stopped playing The Show 22 late last year.  There is a DH now, so no more pitcher subs in the lineup.  There is a “bat” PCI indicator now that really helps me understand the bat path.   Commentary will probably be turned off by the weekend as it is about the same from last year.  So if you have Game Pass it is a no-brainer.  I don’t think I would spend $70 on it though if I had The Show 22.

Thanks for the rundown. Yeah, I'm not buying this game every year anymore, basically just for roster updates. I have '22 and will stick with that - all I really play is Franchise.

Same. I'll stick with '22.

Ledbetterman10

Jason P said:

MLB The Show 23 Brief Impressions:

 

Thanks to Game Pass, I have The Show 23.  The game looks about the same … minor details and animations make it look better, but nothing revolutionary.   They are much more generous with cards for Diamond Dynasty, giving 99 rated cards right away instead of waiting until late summer (there are now “Seasons” which google if you want to find out how they work).  It is also easy to get free cards doing Moments … My team is already all 90 diamonds after doing 3-4 hours of grinding in Moments.  Hitting is better, although a future update could change that … last year it was great, then update bad, update good and unfortunately the last update was bad so I stopped playing The Show 22 late last year.  There is a DH now, so no more pitcher subs in the lineup.  There is a “bat” PCI indicator now that really helps me understand the bat path.   Commentary will probably be turned off by the weekend as it is about the same from last year.  So if you have Game Pass it is a no-brainer.  I don’t think I would spend $70 on it though if I had The Show 22

That's a bummer. I haven't liked how over the past few years, it's been so freaking easy to build up your team. Everybody has a diamond player at every position. Hell, you have that and the game hasn't been out a week!

But that's a good move with the DH. It was so dumb they didn't have it last year. Do they still have the Showdown mode? I enjoyed that. 

I've bought the Show the day it came out for the past like 15 years...but I haven't grabbed this one. Maybe I will later in the year when the price goes down. I'm just not as into it as I used to be I guess. 

Jason P

Ledbetterman10 said:

Jason P said:

MLB The Show 23 Brief Impressions:

 

Thanks to Game Pass, I have The Show 23.  The game looks about the same … minor details and animations make it look better, but nothing revolutionary.   They are much more generous with cards for Diamond Dynasty, giving 99 rated cards right away instead of waiting until late summer (there are now “Seasons” which google if you want to find out how they work).  It is also easy to get free cards doing Moments … My team is already all 90 diamonds after doing 3-4 hours of grinding in Moments.  Hitting is better, although a future update could change that … last year it was great, then update bad, update good and unfortunately the last update was bad so I stopped playing The Show 22 late last year.  There is a DH now, so no more pitcher subs in the lineup.  There is a “bat” PCI indicator now that really helps me understand the bat path.   Commentary will probably be turned off by the weekend as it is about the same from last year.  So if you have Game Pass it is a no-brainer.  I don’t think I would spend $70 on it though if I had The Show 22

That's a bummer. I haven't liked how over the past few years, it's been so freaking easy to build up your team. Everybody has a diamond player at every position. Hell, you have that and the game hasn't been out a week!

But that's a good move with the DH. It was so dumb they didn't have it last year. Do they still have the Showdown mode? I enjoyed that. 

I've bought the Show the day it came out for the past like 15 years...but I haven't grabbed this one. Maybe I will later in the year when the price goes down. I'm just not as into it as I used to be I guess. 

I think having good cards available from the start is a nice change.  I vowed I wasn’t even going to play until mid summer because I was sick of the grind (and time) from previous years and waiting until August for decent cards.  There is a caveat with cards though … there are “core” players you acquire from the more traditional route (live players) and “set” cards for each “season”.  Seasons last 50 days and cards from that set are restricted on how long you can use them.  So Season 1 has Set 1 cards, Season 2 has Set 2 cards etc …. Set 1 cards can only be used in during season 1 and 2 in online and conquest play, so they become void for some modes after 100 days.  Core cards can be used throughout the entire year.

My team of 90 diamonds (set 1) from the WBC classic kinda suck butt.  2-2 against the Reds so far.  I’d rather have a gold Trea Turner leading off then a 90 Lars Nootbarr … I’m mainly going thru WBC missions to unlock a 99 WBC Mike Trout that will be unusable after Season 3 starts. (still better than waiting until October for the card).  I don’t see keeping anyone in my lineup once they finish their missions to unlock Trout.

I was looking at the top three cards for getting all the Live cards collected … 99 Jeter, Sosa and McGwire … I need to inject those players into my veins!  But I’m in no rush to grind.

Ledbetterman10

That’s cool that Sosa and McGwire are in it. It’s always nice when they add new legends. Wish they’d get Bonds. Remember the fake Bonds: Reggie Stocker?

Jason P

Ledbetterman10 said:

That’s cool that Sosa and McGwire are in it. It’s always nice when they add new legends. Wish they’d get Bonds. Remember the fake Bonds: Reggie Stocker?

I must of missed Reggie.  

Last time I can remember playing a VG Bonds was in Tecmo Super Baseball.  He was the best player in that game

a5pj

Daughter and I are into Unravel 2. Really a good 2 player puzzle game. Has great swing mechanics. She can figure out most of the puzzles / way to progress as a 9 year old. Great graphics.
Wish they made more games like this. Or like Portal and Portal 2, those were amazing.

Ledbetterman10

Jason P said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

That’s cool that Sosa and McGwire are in it. It’s always nice when they add new legends. Wish they’d get Bonds. Remember the fake Bonds: Reggie Stocker?

I must of missed Reggie.  

Last time I can remember playing a VG Bonds was in Tecmo Super Baseball.  He was the best player in that game

"Reggie" was in the game during the PS3 era if I remember correctly. 

tempo_n_groove

Since I don't play as much games but do enjoy MArio Kart 8.  I Still have the Wii-U.  Anywho, The online version of it has been shut down because of security reasons.  The platform has been shut for a month now.  Nintendo says they plan on bringing it back but man, a month for a patch on an outdated system doesn't look good for the future.  I ight have to buy a damn switch now...

Vitalogensia

tempo_n_groove said:

Since I don't play as much games but do enjoy MArio Kart 8.  I Still have the Wii-U.  Anywho, The online version of it has been shut down because of security reasons.  The platform has been shut for a month now.  Nintendo says they plan on bringing it back but man, a month for a patch on an outdated system doesn't look good for the future.  I ight have to buy a damn switch now...

Mario Kart is one of the best games hands down.  I was luckily gifted a Switch but I'd say it's worthwhile.