OT: Video Game Thread: Part Two

[Hollywood Cannon]

My only concern with the next Xbox is that I don’t see a disc drive and I WANT PHYSICAL COPIES.

Isn’t that a disc drive right on the front of it?

 

[Striiker]

Isn’t that a disc drive right on the front of it?

I'm not sure. The fact that it's vertical is throwing me off.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I haven't gotten a physical copy of anything for Xbox once I linked my account to my nephew's. That way any digital game one of us gets, the other can play for free.

I only wish he was on Team PS so I didn't have to buy two consoles. Xbox exclusives usually suck monkey nuts.

Also Borderlands 3...the new weapons and abilities are fantastic. The story is cool and answers most of the long-standing questions about the game universe. The humor is LAME AS HELL. You can tell the original writer is gone and someone tried to ape his style and failed miserably. Every other joke is the same.

1. Character slyly alludes to something.
2. Character then says exactly what they are alluding to anyway.

The first time when Moxxi does it and there is a long pause between her clarification, it's funny. The 98th time a character does it, I want to beat the **** out of the writer. The only characters I remember liking are Tina, The Buff Film Buff (who is imitation Tommy Wiseau and sounds just like him), and the two Robots near the end (one whom has to be inspired by Alan Rickman's portrayal of Marvin the Paranoid Android).

This is the game that will get me to do whatever it takes to be able to play videogames again, even moreso than Red Dead 2.

 

[Amorgus]

This is the game that will get me to do whatever it takes to be able to play videogames again, even moreso than Red Dead 2.

If only we got to write the jokes instead, Cap. It'd be LEGENDARY.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I’m now much more interested in what that box is running. MS has been pushing further and further into PC/Console overlap...

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

From Discover on Google In No Possible Universe Should Microsoft Make The Xbox Series X Cost $600

600 for the new Xbox.

I been a Playstation guy last 5 yrs solely.

I'm getting the PS5.

You all know Hitman and games like that are my liking. Plus, sports, call of duty.

It's gonna cost alot for both services.

How many of you have both or just Xbox or PS5.

I'm saving now for both.

I have 2 extra credit cards ready for both.

 

[BigToe]

From Discover on Google In No Possible Universe Should Microsoft Make The Xbox Series X Cost $600

600 for the new Xbox.

I been a Playstation guy last 5 yrs solely.

I'm getting the PS5.

You all know Hitman and games like that are my liking. Plus, sports, call of duty.

It's gonna cost alot for both services.

How many of you have both or just Xbox or PS5.

I'm saving now for both.

I have 2 extra credit cards ready for both.

I might end up getting both, but I’m getting the Xbox first.

 

[trostol]

600 might be a bit steep

 

[Schwarbomb]

From Discover on Google In No Possible Universe Should Microsoft Make The Xbox Series X Cost $600

600 for the new Xbox.

I been a Playstation guy last 5 yrs solely.

I'm getting the PS5.

You all know Hitman and games like that are my liking. Plus, sports, call of duty.

It's gonna cost alot for both services.

How many of you have both or just Xbox or PS5.

I'm saving now for both.

I have 2 extra credit cards ready for both.

Thinking about buying a ps5 and immediately putting it on Ebay.

 

[trostol]

started with a trial of Surviving the Aftermath...sort of survival city builder type thing..kinda like it..might buy it

 

[Soup Enthusiast]

600 might be a bit steep

if it ends up being anything like the specs are saying it will be, $600 is more than fair. the thing is literally a mini PC.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Steam Holiday sale starts tomorrow at 1PM Eastern. Can't f***ing wait .

 

[trostol]

Steam Holiday sale starts tomorrow at 1PM Eastern. Can't ****ing wait .

Hope they have some decent sales...was underwhelmed with the BF sale

 

[Magua]

After seeing the Xbox Series X debut a few weeks ago, and being thoroughly creeped out by the exclusive Hellblade II trailer, I happened to see the first game (Senua's Sacrifice) was on Xbox Game Pass. Reading up on it -- it came out 2 years ago -- I decided to check it out.

It's a short game -- about 8-9 hours -- but definitely a worthwhile experience. The gist is you're a 9th century Celtic female warrior, and you have to venture into Hell ("Hel") to recover the soul of your love, which was sacrificed to the Norse underworld during a Viking raid. So, it operates on that level. But it's also an allegory and exploration of mental illness, specifically psychosis and depression. The gameplay is a tad repetitive in hack and slash/puzzles, but I wouldn't call it not entertaining for its length. But the atmosphere is haunting (from the mythology to the cacophony of voices that play in your head....well, headset) and the themes heavy. Glad I went back and played it.

 

[Lord Defect]

After seeing the Xbox Series X debut a few weeks ago, and being thoroughly creeped out by the exclusive Hellblade II trailer, I happened to see the first game (Senua's Sacrifice) was on Xbox Game Pass. Reading up on it -- it came out 2 years ago -- I decided to check it out.

It's a short game -- about 8-9 hours -- but definitely a worthwhile experience. The gist is you're a 9th century Celtic female warrior, and you have to venture into Hell ("Hel") to recover the soul of your love, which was sacrificed to the Norse underworld during a Viking raid. So, it operates on that level. But it's also an allegory and exploration of mental illness, specifically psychosis and depression. The gameplay is a tad repetitive in hack and slash/puzzles, but I wouldn't call it not entertaining for its length. But the atmosphere is haunting (from the mythology to the cacophony of voices that play in your head....well, headset) and the themes heavy. Glad I went back and played it.

6-8 hours sounds like it might have been better off as condensed movie.

 

[Magua]

6-8 hours sounds like it might have been better off as condensed movie.

I mean....each is an entirely different medium of art. What works in one doesn’t directly translate to the other. The setting of the game is too grandiose — there are real world cost factors and market differences — and the essence of the game is being placed directly in the head of someone with a traumatic psychosis. Games are inherently more experiential than any other medium. And I did say 8-9 hours, which is a perfectly acceptable length for a tight, memorable story. It’s not like you can even condense a comparable length miniseries to a movie without losing something. (I bought the game as part of a $1 subscription fee, but even brand new on release it was only $25-30).

 

[kudymen]

RE: Steam holiday sales. I had Elite: Dangerous on my wishlist for a looooong time because I loved playing Elite Frontier and Elite First Encounters when I was a kid... but damn this game's control system is frustrating, heh

 

[Lord Defect]

I mean....each is an entirely different medium of art. What works in one doesn’t directly translate to the other. The setting of the game is too grandiose — there are real world cost factors and market differences — and the essence of the game is being placed directly in the head of someone with a traumatic psychosis. Games are inherently more experiential than any other medium. And I did say 8-9 hours, which is a perfectly acceptable length for a tight, memorable story. It’s not like you can even condense a comparable length miniseries to a movie without losing something. (I bought the game as part of a $1 subscription fee, but even brand new on release it was only $25-30).

I’m sure some of time is walking to and from and that can be taken care of by screen transitions. The movie could be done final fantasy advent children style.
6-8 hours is a short short game, it’s dlc length.

 

[Magua]

I’m sure some of time is walking to and from and that can be taken care of by screen transitions. The movie could be done final fantasy advent children style.
6-8 hours is a short short game, it’s dlc length.

They’re a video game developer. Why on earth would they make a MOVIE? I’m really just perplexed by this conversation.

You keep saying 6 hours. I said 8-9 hours. And some of the best games I’ve played in recent years — like Limbo and Inside — are half that length. Games are too long these days, and they regularly sacrifice compact narratives and experiences for filler. It wasn’t a full cost game; it was made by an independent game developer; it’s an excellent video game.

 

[Lord Defect]

They’re a video game developer. Why on earth would they make a MOVIE? I’m really just perplexed by this conversation.

You keep saying 6 hours. I said 8-9 hours. And some of the best games I’ve played in recent years — like Limbo and Inside — are half that length. Games are too long these days, and they regularly sacrifice compact narratives and experiences for filler. It wasn’t a full cost game; it was made by an independent game developer; it’s an excellent video game.

I have no idea where I got the 6-8 from. I’m not sure what inside is, but I wouldn’t consider Limbo a game. It was more of an interactive art piece, a beautifully done interactive art piece.

 

[wankstifier]

@JojoTheWhale do you play tabletop D&D?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

@JojoTheWhale do you play tabletop D&D?

I did for many years. What's up?

 

[Soup Enthusiast]

so NHL 20 kinda sucks. thanks for an annoying coach morale feature in GM mode and a weird dynamic camera. everything else is exactly the same.

 

[trostol]

I did for many years. What's up?

still do here..once a month..which is the only sad part of it

 

[DancingPanther]

After seeing the Xbox Series X debut a few weeks ago, and being thoroughly creeped out by the exclusive Hellblade II trailer, I happened to see the first game (Senua's Sacrifice) was on Xbox Game Pass. Reading up on it -- it came out 2 years ago -- I decided to check it out.

It's a short game -- about 8-9 hours -- but definitely a worthwhile experience. The gist is you're a 9th century Celtic female warrior, and you have to venture into Hell ("Hel") to recover the soul of your love, which was sacrificed to the Norse underworld during a Viking raid. So, it operates on that level. But it's also an allegory and exploration of mental illness, specifically psychosis and depression. The gameplay is a tad repetitive in hack and slash/puzzles, but I wouldn't call it not entertaining for its length. But the atmosphere is haunting (from the mythology to the cacophony of voices that play in your head....well, headset) and the themes heavy. Glad I went back and played it.

Hellblade is excellent