General Video Game Thread

Prototart · Jan 17, 2019, 7:43 PM

I got it for I think $10 and have zero regrets it's super idk early achewood-ish and I love it but it IS s u p e r short

Runescryer · Jan 17, 2019, 7:49 PM

@theonceler If you're into JRPG's, I highly recommend getting Octopath Traveler. I got a Switch for Christmas as well and I'm enjoying the old-school feel of the game.

Ganymede · Jan 28, 2019, 9:42 PM

So, I finally picked up Battletech.

Man, it takes forever to refit my mechs. At least, that's what it seems like.

And why does my Vindicator pilot suck so badly at hitting shit? That's, like, the thing she's supposed to do. Just shoot. Shoot shit, bitch.

[/Mechcommander problems]

Jaded · Jan 29, 2019, 2:51 PM

@Ganymede
Have you lost Dekker yet?

Tempest · Jan 29, 2019, 3:09 PM

PSA : If you aren't stoked af for Kingdom Hearts 3, the little kid inside you is dead.

Alamias · Jan 29, 2019, 3:31 PM

Confession...

I have never played a Kingdom Hearts game.

Auspice · Jan 29, 2019, 4:20 PM

@Alamias said in General Video Game Thread:

Confession...

I have never played a Kingdom Hearts game.

I've played.... most of the very first Kingdom Hearts game.

Insomnia · Jan 29, 2019, 5:25 PM

@Auspice First game, in terms of controls, is a shitty KH game to have only played. 2 is so much better. The remakes are... weird for controls, but have story. But they were spread out over different consoles so it makes sense you only played the first one. But those controls, man!

Auspice · Jan 29, 2019, 6:00 PM

@Insomnia said in General Video Game Thread:

@Auspice First game, in terms of controls, is a shitty KH game to have only played. 2 is so much better. The remakes are... weird for controls, but have story. But they were spread out over different consoles so it makes sense you only played the first one. But those controls, man!

I mean, it was interesting, conceptually, but I guess it didn't really grab me like it did other people!

I do recall it feeling really clunky and kind of annoying to play. Maybe that was why it didn't grab me. I just remember getting to one boss fight and never being able to get past it.

Jaded · Jan 29, 2019, 6:41 PM

@Tempest
My brother was eager to get the game until he learned that you either had to get in on the limited edition $60 Story So Far game put out to catch up with everything that was in the prior games OR you had to keep up and buy/play those other games to know what was going on, going into 3.

Ganymede · Feb 2, 2019, 7:01 PM

@Jaded said in General Video Game Thread:

Have you lost Dekker yet?

Of course not. He got injured once, but that's it.

My Spider usually pulls out of a mission with only light damage, and has, in fact, disabled a Shadow Hawk all on his own.

I grew up on 3025, bitches. This is my jam.

Jaded · Jan 29, 2019, 9:17 PM

@Ganymede
The first few weeks when the game was out, HBS did a poll and Dekker was the most killed character in the game. It was pretty amusing the memorials people were writing to him.

Thenomain · Jan 29, 2019, 9:30 PM

@Ganymede said in General Video Game Thread:

My Spider usually pulls out of a mission

You can pull specific mechs out of a mission?

Why the hell didn’t the tutorial tell us this?!

Packrat · Jan 29, 2019, 10:24 PM

By end game my Decker was still alive and was piloting my 'light' mech.

So, a 70 ton Grasshopper loaded entirely with medium and small lasers for maximum murder disco.

Alamias · Jan 29, 2019, 10:34 PM

I was never any good at the old Battletech. I'm probably not any good at the new Battletech, but damn it all if I don't want to try my hand at piloting a mech again.

Ganymede · Jan 29, 2019, 11:42 PM

@Thenomain said in General Video Game Thread:

You can pull specific mechs out of a mission?

Poor wording. I meant "finishes a mission."

The Spider is the fastest Mech out there. When scouting, you basically need to run as fast as you can with someone with decent Piloting and probably the Sensor Mark skill. That's it. Keep running around like a maniac because stopping means you'll get mud-stomped by a Striker vehicle, and that's just damn embarrassing.

If the enemy focuses on trying to track your Spider down, they aren't going to last long when my modified medium Mechs come over the hill, I would love to see the opponents' reaction when the Spider zooms past my BJ-version of the Enforcer or gets rained on by my SHWK-version of the Archer.

Sparks · Jan 30, 2019, 3:24 AM

So... anyone going to be playing Anthem in the open demo this weekend?

I was in the closed alpha and the VIP demo, and despite the (many) quirks and issues, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the game; I'll probably jump in again this weekend to keep trying out my Interceptor build.

(Do not play with keyboard and mouse on PC, though. The kb+m controls are garbage, while it is a complete joy with a controller.)

SG · Jan 30, 2019, 3:29 AM

@Sparks said in General Video Game Thread:

So... anyone going to be playing Anthem in the open demo this weekend?

I was in the closed alpha and the VIP demo, and despite the (many) quirks and issues, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the game; I'll probably jump in again this weekend to keep trying out my Interceptor build.

(Do not play with keyboard and mouse on PC, though. The kb+m controls are garbage, while it is a complete joy with a controller.)

FYI

You can play Anthem for 99 cents for a month. Origin Access is $.99 the first month and has access to Anthem.

Edit-my bad it's 10 hours with basic. Bummer.

Auspice · Jan 30, 2019, 3:32 AM

A friend gave me one of his friend codes for Anthem. I tried to play this past weekend.

Emphasis on tried. It'd take repeated attempts to even login. And then I never actually loaded into anything. Ever. Try to load into a scenario: endless loading screen. Try to load into a freeplay area: endless loading screen.

So all I could do was run around that little town area and my opinion on that area is a big ol' "meh."

Thenomain · Feb 2, 2019, 7:03 PM

@Sparks said in General Video Game Thread:

So... anyone going to be playing Anthem in the open demo this weekend?

Eh. Maybe? What system is it on?

(Do not play with keyboard and mouse on PC, though. The kb+m controls are garbage, while it is a complete joy with a controller.)

Then probably not. I've yet to find a controller that I don't immediately feel like I'm trying to get carpal tunnel syndrome. I probably need to not hold on as tight, but the location of All The Buttons(tm) just doesn't jive with my old-school turkey.

Then again, knowing they abandoned Mass Effect for...this will absolutely color my perception.