General Gaming thread

Arktik83 · June 2020

Finished Until Dawn 100% today. I thoroughly enjoyed that! Pre-ordered The Last of Us 2 but that won't arrive until Friday at the earliest so am at a bit of a loose end as I can't be arsed to go back to try and continue to 100% persona 5.

ThePrettyDamned · June 2020

dafuzz said:

Housemate's currently playing Death Stranding while I sup a margarita. 2 hours in

It's a bit grim. Do not like

You need better tequila

ThePrettyDamned · June 2020

On subject of DLC/mtx...

I have Sega mega drive carts with their price on. Sonic 2 had a price of £45 and was released in 1992.

Adjusted to today, that's £80 (source: https://www.inflationtool.com/british-pound/1992-to-present-value?amount=45)

It had a much smaller dev team than most games.

Would you be prepared to pay £80 for a video game? I would. Actually, for a full, well thought out experience such as Diablo 2, Final Fantasy 8, Skyrim, GTA I'd probably be prepared to go higher, on a promise of no mtx and any expansion will be charged far lower (I'd expect an expansion to be perhaps £15-£20 given they're generally about 1/4 the size of the full SP game).

I don't think most people would pay this, though. More and more games are doing the opposite - going free, but full of ads and mtx. Yukky...

Net result of that model, in my opinion, is a hodge podge, multiplayer focused game that focuses on addiction/"hits" rather than a well crafted single player experience.

There are, as ever, exceptions...

marauder · June 2020

I can remember some Atari VCS cart costing £30 in 1981, gaming is cheaper than its ever been.
I'm still a cheapskate with modern games though, wait for second hand at under £15.

stickyfiddle · June 2020

But how many copies did Sonic 2 sell, and how much did each cartridge cost to physically make?

I’m not saying games aren’t cheaper than they were - they absolutely are and I love this bit of a console generation where you inevitably have a list of loads of games them at are now about £12 each, but I’d like to see it analysed properly

dafuzz · June 2020

Street Fighter II on SNES was £65 and iirc Super Monaco GP on Megadrive was £80

EDIT also I think Neo Geo games were £120ish. The stuff of dreams back then!

These days I rarely buy a game costing more than £25

strumjoughlamps · June 2020

dafuzz said:

Street Fighter II on SNES was £65 and iirc Super Monaco GP on Megadrive was £80

EDIT also I think Neo Geo games were £120ish. The stuff of dreams back then!

These days I rarely buy a game costing more than £25

I paid £260 for a Neo Geo cart way back then

ThePrettyDamned · June 2020

stickyfiddle said:

But how many copies did Sonic 2 sell, and how much did each cartridge cost to physically make?

I’m not saying games aren’t cheaper than they were - they absolutely are and I love this bit of a console generation where you inevitably have a list of loads of games them at are now about £12 each, but I’d like to see it analysed properly

Definitely, there is now economy of scale, different distribution, the teams making them are huge...

It is interesting that many old games are more replayable than modern. Maybe I'm getting old!

stickyfiddle · July 2020

Finished the RE2 remake with both characters. Good fun and definitely recommended. I never played the original so I don't know how it compares overall. Definitely a bit less scary the second go through as you know the basic layout and broadly what jumps/panics to expect when but overall very enjoyable.

Now going back to Horizon:ZD again as the DLC is only 4 quid and meant to be excellent.

Ghost of Tsushima and the new Paper Mario are both out tomorrow and reviewing well, so will likely try one of those next.

I really want to play The Last of Us 2 as well but wondering if it's a bit misery-fest for the current circumstances, and I'm assuming it'll be upgraded/upscaled or whatever on PS5 so no hurry.

strumjoughlamps · July 2020

I’m gonna desperately want Paper Mario but still on Luigis Mansion 3 so I shall hold off for a while.

FarleyUK · July 2020

I've got next week off, so as well as recording some choons, I've pre-ordered Ghost of Tsunsumsiusiimsimsimisha on PS4. Should keep me busy.

Was interested in Paper Mario as well, but I'll wait for a sale I think!

ThePrettyDamned · July 2020

I got Slay the Spire

HIGHLY recommended. It's a card game meets rogue-like. Super fun, super repayable and endlessly fun. The music is good, the graphics are pretty and it takes up hardly any hard drive space

I have it on Ps4.

PolarityMan · July 2020

For some reason i levelled a new character in diablo 3 a couple of weeks ago. Seems much easier than i remember, I wonder if they have reduced the difficulty a bit post-launch.

westford · July 2020

Enjoying Days Gone at the moment

dafuzz · July 2020

Chuffed. Just picked up Contra Anniversary Collection on Switch from the nintendo eshop for £4. I'd pay that for Contra III alone, but it also has the Gamboy version I never finished and the original arcade game I loved. Sadly not named Gryzor here, but you can't have everything

Have also started Yakuza 0 - never played a Yakuza game before and thought it'd be more like GTA except in Japanese. It reminds me more of Shenmue tbh and I really quite like it

EDIT: them old games were blooming difficult!

fretmeister · July 2020

What’s the Switch like as a family platform like the Wii was?

strumjoughlamps · July 2020

fretmeister said:

What’s the Switch like as a family platform like the Wii was?

Well this week would have been our holiday so we’ve tried to do fun stuff, with being in lockdown Leicester it’s been at home stuff apart from golf.

spent many hours this week on Mario and Sonic 2020, Mario Kart 8 and Mario Party amongst others. I would say the Switch is better than the Wii and Wii U was because the motion controls are so much better.

stickyfiddle · July 2020

I don’t have kids but we’ve had at least as much fun with Mario Kart and couch coop on Overcooked as we ever did on the Wii.

fretmeister · July 2020

I’ll have to have a look at the games.
Family enjoy the old Wii sports and sports resort stuff. The bowling, frisbee, golf sort of stuff.

welshboyo · July 2020

stickyfiddle said:

Finished the RE2 remake with both characters. Good fun and definitely recommended. I never played the original so I don't know how it compares overall. Definitely a bit less scary the second go through as you know the basic layout and broadly what jumps/panics to expect when but overall very enjoyable.

Now going back to Horizon:ZD again as the DLC is only 4 quid and meant to be excellent.

Ghost of Tsushima and the new Paper Mario are both out tomorrow and reviewing well, so will likely try one of those next.

I really want to play The Last of Us 2 as well but wondering if it's a bit misery-fest for the current circumstances, and I'm assuming it'll be upgraded/upscaled or whatever on PS5 so no hurry.

I’ve just finished RE2 and RE3 - 2 is definitely the better one with 3 being almost an add on to 2!! (and criminally short for the price)

cant wait for the next RE remake.

Anything else similar anybody knows of that I can play?

FarleyUK · July 2020

welshboyo said:

stickyfiddle said:

Finished the RE2 remake with both characters. Good fun and definitely recommended. I never played the original so I don't know how it compares overall. Definitely a bit less scary the second go through as you know the basic layout and broadly what jumps/panics to expect when but overall very enjoyable.

Now going back to Horizon:ZD again as the DLC is only 4 quid and meant to be excellent.

Ghost of Tsushima and the new Paper Mario are both out tomorrow and reviewing well, so will likely try one of those next.

I really want to play The Last of Us 2 as well but wondering if it's a bit misery-fest for the current circumstances, and I'm assuming it'll be upgraded/upscaled or whatever on PS5 so no hurry.

I’ve just finished RE2 and RE3 - 2 is definitely the better one with 3 being almost an add on to 2!! (and criminally short for the price)

cant wait for the next RE remake.

Anything else similar anybody knows of that I can play?

I’m going back through the Dead Space trilogy - highly recommended.

Arktik83 · July 2020

stickyfiddle said:

Finished the RE2 remake with both characters. Good fun and definitely recommended. I never played the original so I don't know how it compares overall. Definitely a bit less scary the second go through as you know the basic layout and broadly what jumps/panics to expect when but overall very enjoyable.

Now going back to Horizon:ZD again as the DLC is only 4 quid and meant to be excellent.

Ghost of Tsushima and the new Paper Mario are both out tomorrow and reviewing well, so will likely try one of those next.

I really want to play The Last of Us 2 as well but wondering if it's a bit misery-fest for the current circumstances, and I'm assuming it'll be upgraded/upscaled or whatever on PS5 so no hurry.

I love RE2 Remake, I played the original when it came out and the remake definitely holds up to the original. The RE3 remake? Not so much...

I finished TLOU 2 about two weeks ago now, the pro's are that the character depth is superb and the visuals are breathtaking. The combat is fluid and the storyline is good.

The bad is that is a long game and by the end it kind of feels like a bit like running a marathon tbh. I think I spent like six hour sessions each time I played and it took me like six sessions? It is a great game but it does take a real dedication of time to finish it.

I seriously want to play Ghost of Tsushima but considering I have a gajillion games to finish buying another one right now feels a little bit silly. I've started playing No Man's Sky again because of the new update but not sure I'll end up sticking to it.

ThePrettyDamned · July 2020

welshboyo said:

stickyfiddle said:

Finished the RE2 remake with both characters. Good fun and definitely recommended. I never played the original so I don't know how it compares overall. Definitely a bit less scary the second go through as you know the basic layout and broadly what jumps/panics to expect when but overall very enjoyable.

Now going back to Horizon:ZD again as the DLC is only 4 quid and meant to be excellent.

Ghost of Tsushima and the new Paper Mario are both out tomorrow and reviewing well, so will likely try one of those next.

I really want to play The Last of Us 2 as well but wondering if it's a bit misery-fest for the current circumstances, and I'm assuming it'll be upgraded/upscaled or whatever on PS5 so no hurry.

I’ve just finished RE2 and RE3 - 2 is definitely the better one with 3 being almost an add on to 2!! (and criminally short for the price)

cant wait for the next RE remake.

Anything else similar anybody knows of that I can play?

HIGHLY recommended silent hill 2 - it's really the best of the genre, though less action than RE. I think it's available on pc... Not sure about ps4 etc.

RE2 really was fantastic though. I have looked into the development of RE3 and I'm not surprised it's much shorter - it sounds like it was a rushed production.

strtdv · July 2020

Just played through Superhot on Switch over the past couple of days, really enjoyed it, most original FPS I'd played in a long time

monquixote · July 2020

strtdv said:

Just played through Superhot on Switch over the past couple of days, really enjoyed it, most original FPS I'd played in a long time

I was thinking about getting that.

Is it alright for people like me who are crap at games?

stickyfiddle · July 2020

monquixote said:

strtdv said:

Just played through Superhot on Switch over the past couple of days, really enjoyed it, most original FPS I'd played in a long time

I was thinking about getting that.

Is it alright for people like me who are crap at games?

Yeah, it's great. The polar opposite of a twitch shooter. Literally, the slower you move the slower the game goes. It's really really good.

strumjoughlamps · July 2020

strtdv said:

Just played through Superhot on Switch over the past couple of days, really enjoyed it, most original FPS I'd played in a long time

I liked Superhot then I got Superhot VR which is on several other levels. I now call non VR Superhot, Supertepid.

andyp · July 2020

I downloaded Far Cry 5 from the x box store as it was a bargain (£9 for the Gold Edition) and I’m loving it. First of the Far Cry games I’ve played. Bought Far Cry 3 also as it was only £2.50. Haven’t played that yet but 5 looks like it will keep me amused for at least a couple of months.

LuttiS · July 2020

Just started Mass Effect Andromeda.. I'm a huge ME fan, loved 1-3.. this one got a lot of negativity when it came out, and due to having no time I decided to wait.. picked it up for a fiver in a sale recently.

So far so good!

IMC1980 · July 2020

LuttiS said:

Just started Mass Effect Andromeda.. I'm a huge ME fan, loved 1-3.. this one got a lot of negativity when it came out, and due to having no time I decided to wait.. picked it up for a fiver in a sale recently.

So far so good!

Interested in hearing how you find this; loved ME1-3 (apart from the ending), but after the slaughtering this got on release, I skipped it. Got the EA Access pass, so I can download it for free, but gaming time is rare these days...

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