OT: General Video Game Discussion IX

[Dee Oh Cee]

Yeah, I was actually playing a few times last night. It's a lot of fun. Sometimes the simplest of ideas can be some of the best. I think the best I've done is in the 20's so far.

Also just beat Dead Space 2. In that earlier post I was talking about the first Dead Space and how good it was and this one was great too. Sometimes maybe a little too difficult, but not impossible. Terrifying game.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

Yeah, I was actually playing a few times last night. It's a lot of fun. Sometimes the simplest of ideas can be some of the best. I think the best I've done is in the 20's so far.

Also just beat Dead Space 2. In that earlier post I was talking about the first Dead Space and how good it was and this one was great too. Sometimes maybe a little too difficult, but not impossible. Terrifying game.

Yeah, Dead Space 1 and 2 were excellent. Never got around to playing 3. Just one of those games where you're just tense taking every step forward.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

Division 2 is pretty fun. I've never been so just "blah" about a playoff "race" for the Wild, evidenced by the fact that I missed both of the last games while playing Division.

 

[Twoods1623]

For those itching to get on the course, The Golf Club 2019 is a great choice to play golf on your console or PC. My brother made me buy it to play with him online, and it's worth $30.00 to play. Reminds me of a better Tiger Woods game back in the mid 2000s. I've probably put in over 30 hours so far in a month or so.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

I've seen that game a few times on sale and thought about buying...I used to get the Tiger Woods games every year and kind of miss that a bit. Maybe I'll check it out.

 

[Wild11MN]

I'm a golf fan, but the more realistic golf games have never been my thing. Give me Mario Golf all day. The GBC version was awesome back then. Most versions have been pretty good.

 

[Twoods1623]

I'm a golf fan, but the more realistic golf games have never been my thing. Give me Mario Golf all day. The GBC version was awesome back then. Most versions have been pretty good.

That floods fun memories of long car trips playing the crap out of that game on my Gameboy Advance. Favorite RPG I've ever played.

 

[DeagleJenkins]

Division 2 is pretty fun. I've never been so just "blah" about a playoff "race" for the Wild, evidenced by the fact that I missed both of the last games while playing Division.

is it any different from the first one?

 

[Soldier13Fox]

is it any different from the first one?

Nah, not much different. Still really fun combat, especially with friends, but bosses are just normal dudes with a ton of hit points. Skills/tech a bit different as well, but for all intents and purposes not much different. All in all, if you like the first one (I did) you'll like the new one.

 

[DeagleJenkins]

Nah, not much different. Still really fun combat, especially with friends, but bosses are just normal dudes with a ton of hit points. Skills/tech a bit different as well, but for all intents and purposes not much different. All in all, if you like the first one (I did) you'll like the new one.

i always ran by myself so it was fun to an extent. decently challenging but obviously repetitive with the bosses as most games.

 

[wfode09]

Any PC gamers here? I've been playing a lot of "Squad" and "Escape from Tarkov" recently. I believe both are technically in Beta but are both still basically full games. Both need pretty decent rigs to play but they have more realism than the run and gun BF and COD games.

 

[Wild11MN]

Any PC gamers here? I've been playing a lot of "Squad" and "Escape from Tarkov" recently. I believe both are technically in Beta but are both still basically full games. Both need pretty decent rigs to play but they have more realism than the run and gun BF and COD games.

I basically have a lower scale gaming laptop just to play PUBG. I don't really play much these days though for various reasons.

I've seen people play Tarkov before and it looks pretty interesting. Isn't it more of a single scenario type game where you're just trying to break out of prison? So if you played it a second time how closely would it match the first run?

Never heard of Squad though.

 

[wfode09]

Squad is basically an in depth modern miltary FPS. Tarkov is like a survival/battle royale style game where you get dropped into a certain area, with other human players and AI and have to reach certain extraction points. You mainly just try kill others and loot everything on the map. Problem is if you get killed you lose everything you brought with, which others can take. That's the part that keeps me on the edge of my seat. The customization is crazy detailed though as far as weapons go.

 

[SupremeNachos]

 

[Avder]

Played through Supraland this weekend. Definitely worth a look. It's pretty cheap too.

 

[TaLoN]

Has anyone here played Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order yet?

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Has anyone here played Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order yet?

Not yet...but have read a few reviews. I'm sure I'll get it eventually, but I think I might wait a little bit. Apparently there are some performance issues that should get updated with a patch relatively soon. I think Giant Bomb gave it 3/5 and Game Informer gave it 8.75/10.

I'll probably wait until it's on Game Pass or on sale for a decent price. But definitely will play at some point.

 

[TaLoN]

Not yet...but have read a few reviews. I'm sure I'll get it eventually, but I think I might wait a little bit. Apparently there are some performance issues that should get updated with a patch relatively soon. I think Giant Bomb gave it 3/5 and Game Informer gave it 8.75/10.

I'll probably wait until it's on Game Pass or on sale for a decent price. But definitely will play at some point.

I'm just wondering on the play style... if it feels too much like The Force Unleashed, I may want to pass.

I like action but not at the expense of story. Hence two of my favorite games of all time are Mass Effect (original trilogy, Andromeda was a massive disappointment story- wise) and the original KOTOR (not the rebooted MMO version).

I know this isn't an RPG like they are, but action games have done solid stories as well... see Resistance: Fall of Man (one of the few first person shooter games I've liked).

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Yeah Mass Effect and KOTOR are two of my favorite games ever as well. I haven't really watched any of the actual gameplay yet just because I like to go into a game without seeing much.

 

[TaLoN]

Yeah Mass Effect and KOTOR are two of my favorite games ever as well. I haven't really watched any of the actual gameplay yet just because I like to go into a game without seeing much.

Same, which is why I was hoping I could get first hand account without spoilers. Reading reviews always ends up with spoilers.

 

[DonatoisDaddy]

Same, which is why I was hoping I could get first hand account without spoilers. Reading reviews always ends up with spoilers.

Friend played it. Said it was like Tomb Raider meets Dark Souls in a Star Wars universe if that helps.

 

[TaLoN]

Friend played it. Said it was like Tomb Raider meets Dark Souls in a Star Wars universe if that helps.

Never played Dark Souls, Tomb Raider has a pretty spotty story record for me personally.

 

[DonatoisDaddy]

Never played Dark Souls, Tomb Raider has a pretty spotty story record for me personally.

He told me if it goes on sale buy it, not worth the $60 though

 

[TaLoN]

Also, getting into story gaming. I actually enjoyed the Life is Strange games quite a bit, and they lack action completely!

Life is Strange and Life is Strange: Before the Storm were very good games! I already have Life is Strange 2, but the last episode isn't available until December. I prefer to go through them all at once, don't want to wait for their episode release between playing them, so I'll wait until less than a week before the last episode release before I start.

 

[AKL]

If you plan on getting it and beating it quickly, EA Access or Origin Access Premier might be good bets. Double check that the sub you buy has it available, but then you only have to pay a fraction of the price for the one month, beat it, and not worry about it.