The video game thread.

I played StarFox on the N64 yesterday. Still awesome (and fucking hard!)

I have over 2 days into Halo 5 already

PJ_Soul said:

I played StarFox on the N64 yesterday. Still awesome (and fucking hard!)

Ha! I dusted off the old N64 as well recently and been playing some Madden 64 with a friend of mine. Such a fun game.

Im not sure what "fine tuning" is, but Witcher 3 is probably the best game made at this point. If you like baseball, get Mlb the show

DewieCox said:

I just don't wanna have to spend hours fiddling with different attributes and settings just to play the game at a decent clip. I wanna just get down to playing and being able to advance in the game.

Wow, Witcher looks incredible. Crazy how far games have advanced since I've been somewhat familiar with a gaming system. The stuff they're putting in these games is pretty wild.

For some easy to get into sit down and have fun games (by "easy" I don't mean cakewalk...just easy to get into):
Shadows of Mordor was a fun game. It's a bit repetitive, but easy to pick up and play.
The Uncharted games are fun too! I think the first three can be downloaded from the store, and the 4th is coming out this year.
Grand Theft Auto 5 is a good, easy game where can spend days and weeks playing and exploring.
A few other games I'd recommend as they are awesome...just a bit more complex than those above...

Fallout 4 (can literally spend weeks and months playing...you get your money's worth with this one!)
Metal Gear Phantom Pain (you want to see how games and graphics have evolved...check this one out!)
Bloodborne (If you've never played the Souls games...Souls and Bloodborne are some of the toughest games to be made...and play... in the last decade. Really hard but incredibly rewarding!)

I haven't played Witcher 3, but have heard only good things.

Witcher 3 is probably the best game I ever played. The graphics are insane, the enemies are awesome, the physics are great... there is replayality, and the story is amazing... even the side/peripheral stories. I was really invested in the characters and decisions you make have big impact right down the line of what happens. It was a good challenge too.
It is open world, which is a huge plus for me.

But 'out of the box' it was challenging. Quite a few cut scenes early, you would have to go to this castle and more cut scenes. Plus when your character is weak, you really don't want to stray off the beaten path or certain death. Due to the massive scope of the game and a lot of the exploration, crafting potions, making weapons, etc the game is a time commitment. But its an amazing experience and worth it.

Jason P said:

They had Witcher for sale on PSN for $20 during their holiday sale and I didn't buy it ... which was dumb ... but I still got a whole lot of Fallout left

Yeah, I've been playing Fallout on and off since it came out. I think i'm maybe level 31-32 now and still haven't played a ton of the main quests.
It's a great game, no doubt, but I do have some issues.
The game is just too easy. I'm on the normal (default) setting and I think i've died maybe 3 times total. Those deaths were pretty random too. Random grenade lands next to me, discovering the suicidal nuke super mutant....boom! and falling off an overpass.
In the past, it seemed far more of a struggle to survive. In my Santuary, I have like 5 Power suites and like 20 fusion cores. I never even wear them and my armor is stuff I picked up (no mods).
I also have like 50+ Stimpaks...which I also rarely need to use. Seems like quality guns and health are everywhere.

My character buildout is based off of sneaking and sniping. With perks given to sneak and rifles, almost all enemies are one shot kills.
I got trapped in a room with a Deathclaw recently (the first time I had to fight one)...and after I realized it couldn't escape very easily, I turned and fought it. Again, no real powerful armor and I had the thing dead and only used one Stimpak. In past games, anytime I came across a Deathclaw, I either ran like hell or if I tried to fight it, it would take some strategy (climbing a giant boulder, cliff, etc. where it couldn't get me and picking it off from a safe distance).
I think I downed the one in the room with a combat shotgun with maybe 8-10 shots.

I also see no use for any of the meds/chems. Who needs to use them when the game is as easy as it is? I think I got addicted to alcohol once because I was trying to free up space so rather than dropping them, I drank em down! hahaha!

Again, good game, but I think they made it too easy, or perhaps made it more playable for the average player who may have not played Fallout before.

I'm still at level 12 so it is no cakewalk yet in Fallout. But I'm also working on a sneak / snipe build and just got that good laser (Righteous Authority) rifle.

I was at level 15 but my house burned up and I wasn't using cloud saves. I also learned the upside of digital games is that you can download them again.

Jason P said:

I'm still at level 12 so it is no cakewalk yet in Fallout. But I'm also working on a sneak / snipe build and just got that good laser (Righteous Authority) rifle.

I was at level 15 but my house burned up and I wasn't using cloud saves. I also learned the upside of digital games is that you can download them again.

You're house caught fire? Holy shit! Everyone and everything ok?

Jason P said:

mca47 said:

Jason P said:

I'm still at level 12 so it is no cakewalk yet in Fallout. But I'm also working on a sneak / snipe build and just got that good laser (Righteous Authority) rifle.

I was at level 15 but my house burned up and I wasn't using cloud saves. I also learned the upside of digital games is that you can download them again.

You're house caught fire? Holy shit! Everyone and everything ok?

Everyone was OK but 99% of everything was lost. The value of the Beneroya LP will be going up as the limited edition count shrunk to 1999. It sucks big time but I still have all my fingers and toes.

Wow. What caused the fire?