OT: Video Games VI

[HuskyBruinPride]

Just a Bruins cruising by to see if there was a Chara thread only to find this. Jelly!! I wish our forum had a video game thread lol

Been playing Ghost of Tsushima and I freaking love it!!

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Just a Bruins cruising by to see if there was a Chara thread only to find this. Jelly!! I wish our forum had a video game thread lol

Been playing Ghost of Tsushima and I freaking love it!!

Stop on by again if you want to nerd out on games, it’s a solid thread.

 

[sycamore]

About 8 hours into AC Valhalla. Very frustrating game, because it has a LOT of great qualities. But ultimately, it
should be an improvement over Odyssey and Origins, and sadly, it is not. Is it a bad game? Not at all, but in terms
of game play I think it worse than both Odyssey and Origins.

Pros: *Visually spectacular. Think Witcher 3, with even better visuals. Astounding.
* Engaging storyline
* Viking raids are a lot of fun
* You can reset your skill tree any time, for free, without incuring a penalty. This should
be a standard feature in all games today.

Cons: * Stealth/Assassination is all but non-existent in this game, which is stunning, considering this is an AC game. I'm not really sure why Ubisoft went in this direction. This means that 1/3 of the skill tree (the stealth tree) is pretty much useless.
* While a few of the skills are good (most of them on the melee side), most of them are weak or even useless.
* In addition to skills, you are given "abilities" as well. Sadly, some of these (like 50%) don't even work properly

I think I could live with the absence of a stealth game in Valhalla, but weak / broken skills and abilities is just a deal-breaker for me. As beautiful as Valhalla looks and as great as the storyline is, it feels like you are playing a "broken" or "incomplete" game. In terms of ranking, I'd put Odyssey first (by a long shot), followed by Valhalla and Origins tied for a second (Valhalla with better visuals, Origins with better skills and abilites).

 

[g00n]

PS4 "Crypto" Warehouse Was Actually Farming FIFA Crap

Insanity.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

PS4 "Crypto" Warehouse Was Actually Farming FIFA Crap

Insanity.

$1.6 billion in digital sales across the Ultimate Team platform… no wonder EA puts zero effort into making the games any better.

 

[tenken00]

It's kind of funny because hackers are also holding EA (FIFA) game coding and demanding a ransom for it or they will leak it on the internet, but no one really cares and it's not big news. Everyone knows that it's the same game year to year and that's not where the money lies (its the official sports licenses).

 

[twabby]

Love that the planet is being cooked in order to mine Monopoly money and digital collectibles.

 

[sycamore]

I take back all the bad stuff I said about AC Valhalla. I've played it a couple of days now, and it is awesome!
The weak/broken abilities I talked about, yeah they are still there, but that's only at the beginning of the game, you
will quickly discard them for much stronger (and cooler) abilities. The stealth game is still pretty non-existent, but
you just have to adjust and focus on a melee / archery style. Once you get the hang of it, it becomes a lot of fun.
Recommend the game.

 

[twabby]

Demon's Souls remake for PS5 gets a solid A- from me. I think I liked Bloodborne a bit more but Demon's Souls was gorgeous and controlled great. The bosses were a bit disappointing compared to Bloodborne's bosses but otherwise I thought it was a solid challenge all the way through.

Time to play Miles Morales next. I imagine this one should be a quick finish.

 

[Drake1588]

The New World MMO closed beta is live today. Runs through early August. Launch is August 31st.

 

[Cush]

Flight Simulator running on a Series X



Series S

 

[HTFN]

I take back all the bad stuff I said about AC Valhalla. I've played it a couple of days now, and it is awesome!
The weak/broken abilities I talked about, yeah they are still there, but that's only at the beginning of the game, you
will quickly discard them for much stronger (and cooler) abilities. The stealth game is still pretty non-existent, but
you just have to adjust and focus on a melee / archery style. Once you get the hang of it, it becomes a lot of fun.
Recommend the game.

I loved 2h axe in mainhand, 1h axe in offhand so much I forgot it wasn't the character template and you could do other things. Reach, power, brutal combos and interrupts, loved it.

 

[sycamore]

I loved 2h axe in mainhand, 1h axe in offhand so much I forgot it wasn't the character template and you could do other things. Reach, power, brutal combos and interrupts, loved it.

Ooh I haven't tried that, I need to give it a shot.

The game is so deep, so layered, unlike any AC before it.

 

[sycamore]

I've gone from being mildly dissapointed in AC Valhalla (8 hours in) to now thinking it is the
best open world fantasy game ever released on the Ps4 (60 hours in). It is a better game than Witcher 3
(even with Blood and Wine DLC), and better than Skyrim. There. I said it.

 

[g00n]

I've gone from being mildly dissapointed in AC Valhalla (8 hours in) to now thinking it is the
best open world fantasy game ever released on the Ps4 (60 hours in). It is a better game than Witcher 3
(even with Blood and Wine DLC), and better than Skyrim. There. I said it.

I was burned out on Origins and am now kind of settled into HZD and committed to finishing it, but this is intriguing.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I've gone from being mildly dissapointed in AC Valhalla (8 hours in) to now thinking it is the
best open world fantasy game ever released on the Ps4 (60 hours in). It is a better game than Witcher 3
(even with Blood and Wine DLC), and better than Skyrim. There. I said it.

Pretty big praise. I spent about 80 hours on Odyssey and loved it right up until I turned it on one day and had no more interest in it. Maybe I’ll give Valhalla a go now that I’ve finished HZD and it sounds like Forbidden West is delayed until 2022.

 

[Drake1588]

Just released last week, the Ascent is a fun game. It's an action RPG presented in an isometric perspective, essentially a cyperpunk Diablo. Offworld Blade Runner. Rich setting. It has an online coop mode too.

 

[sycamore]

Pretty big praise. I spent about 80 hours on Odyssey and loved it right up until I turned it on one day and had no more interest in it. Maybe I’ll give Valhalla a go now that I’ve finished HZD and it sounds like Forbidden West is delayed until 2022.

I loved Odyssey, but Odyssey is to Valhalla what "The Hobbit" is to "The Lord of the Rings." Valhalla is massively ambitious, and Ubisoft -- that's right, UBISOFT! -- pulls off 99% of it. A few annoying bugs here and there, some of the skills are kind of weak/useless, but other than that, a bona fide EPIC. Huge, HUGE engrossing story, drop-dead gorgeous visuals, and open world where every event is interesting and meaningful (no filler stuff here)...again its hard to believe we're talking about Ubisoft here and not Rockstar or Naughty Dog. I repeat, the best open world fantasy game I have ever played on the PS4 (and I'm probably only 40-50% through).

 

[JohnCarlsaurus]

Any other Dead Space fans here? I'm hyped to hear a remake is officially in the works. Just saw that AC Valhalla's director is one of the people involved

 

[usiel]

Any other Dead Space fans here? I'm hyped to hear a remake is officially in the works. Just saw that AC Valhalla's director is one of the people involved

Heard something along the lines of a remaster but a new one would be cool. Have Deadspace 1 and 2 in my steam library.

 

[Nice]

I couldn't get into Valhalla at the time that I tried it. Combat just felt a little too clunky, but I liked the world. Doesn't help its case that I'd just played Sekiro right before it, which has the best combat out of any game I've ever played. It's been a while since I gave Valhalla a try though so I may give it another go.

 

[twabby]

Just finished Miles Morales and now I remember why I liked the first Spider Man game so much. Really fun game!

Next up is Returnal. Let’s see how I do, I hear it’s a doozy!

 

[SoulessGingerCapsFan]

Just finished Miles Morales and now I remember why I liked the first Spider Man game so much. Really fun game!

Next up is Returnal. Let’s see how I do, I hear it’s a doozy!

I couldn’t get into Returnal. Too much stuff going on, too frustrating. It does a lot of really cool things with the PS5 controller though!

it’s not a bad game, just not for me

 

[tenken00]

Just finished Miles Morales and now I remember why I liked the first Spider Man game so much. Really fun game!

Next up is Returnal. Let’s see how I do, I hear it’s a doozy!

Just remember in Returnal. Never give up! Never surrender!

 

[usiel]

So how is Cyberpunk 2077 on the PC for anyone that has played it?

Btw upgrading my main gaming monitor to a 48" LG Oled C1 this weekend.