General Gaming thread

beed84 · March 2020

PolarityMan said:

TeleMaster said:

Doom Eternal is insane. Its pretty much perfect.

I never finished doom 2016 so im playing thorugh thgat now with my sights set on eternal

plus more mick gordon soundtrack right?

Doom 2016 was one of the most mental gaming experiences I've ever had. Fond memories.

I'm currently on with Eternal and it's just as brutal and chaotic. It's arguably more challenging as you have to be a bit more strategic with your ammo and the way in which you kill demons. Ignore the reviews which state it's too hard. It's demanding, yes, but I think that's the point. Seriously, when you complete a section/level, it's soooo satisfying.

Mick Gordon soundtrack, but perhaps not as aggressive as the last one.

All in all, a superbly executed game and perfect after a stressful day at the office. I love it.

Moloch · March 2020

With me I'm pretty much only playing Warhammer II: Total War these days (other than the odd sprint through Plague Inc.). Anyone who fancies a co-op/head-to-head campaign with/against my Skaven lads, hit me up.

PolarityMan · March 2020

Darryl_Morris said:

With me I'm pretty much only playing Warhammer II: Total War these days (other than the odd sprint through Plague Inc.). Anyone who fancies a co-op/head-to-head campaign with/against my Skaven lads, hit me up.

I never really managed to get into the total war games despite being a big warhammer fan. Cant remember if i have warhammer I or II either.

Moloch · March 2020

PolarityMan said:

Darryl_Morris said:

With me I'm pretty much only playing Warhammer II: Total War these days (other than the odd sprint through Plague Inc.). Anyone who fancies a co-op/head-to-head campaign with/against my Skaven lads, hit me up.

I never really managed to get into the total war games despite being a big warhammer fan. Cant remember if i have warhammer I or II either.

The first one was a little odd and atypical of Total War games, in that there were always large portions of the map that certain factions could not actually inhabit, so they just had to ruin them and take attrition instead. The second game works a lot better, thanks to a new climate system and if you have both games then you can play Mortal Empires, which combines both maps and all the races (so far Empire, Dwarfs, Vampire Counts, Greenskins, Norsca, Wood Elves, Bretonnia, High Elves, Dark Elves, Lizardmen, Skaven, Vampire Coast and Tomb Kings).

PolarityMan · March 2020

I think its more the mechanics didnt feel very warhemmery...i also have shogun total war and never really like that either..maybe i jsut didnt give it enough time though.

RedRabbit · March 2020

Still on Fallout 4 trying to finally do the DLC. Automatron and a decent amount of Far Harbour done so far. Took a break from questing today to go bobblehead hunting. Got about 2/3rds of them now.

Had a sudden urge to start a magic only run in Skyrim tonight so that's what I've spent the last couple of hours doing. Finding it quite easy so far. For the early game at least I think magic might be a bit OP.

guitargeek62 · March 2020

I finally finished Skyrim yesterday for the first time, and by finished I just mean the main Alduin quest - still have loads of other stuff to do!

*edit*

SWITCH USERS: Does anyone fancy trading some games? I've got Zelda BOTW, Pokemon Go, and Skyrim up for grabs, would like a stab at Mario Odyssey, Luigi's Mansion, or the new Zelda one.

stickyfiddle · March 2020

I have played Skyrim loads of times. Never finished it

Currently playing Gris on Switch. It's wonderful in a melancholy sort of way. I absolutely love the Switch for indie stuff. Might have to try Skyrim again...

IMC1980 · March 2020

RedRabbit said:
Had a sudden urge to start a magic only run in Skyrim tonight so that's what I've spent the last couple of hours doing. Finding it quite easy so far. For the early game at least I think magic might be a bit OP.

Sunk over 140 hours into Skyrim on the Xbox 360 (Two-handed weapons, smooth-talking archer) and still have a desire to pick up the enhanced version of the PS4 and start the whole thing over again. The music is incredible in this game and the quest where you get hammered and wake up on the other side of the map was one of my favourite gaming moments!

monquixote · March 2020

If anyone has a switch and wants a great puzzle game I can recommend "Baba is you"

It's a real brain melter.

strumjoughlamps · March 2020

monquixote said:

If anyone has a switch and wants a great puzzle game I can recommend "Baba is you"

It's a real brain melter.

It's on PC too and on my consideration list..£9.11 currently on Humble Bundle so I might go for it.

monquixote · March 2020

strumjoughlamps said:

monquixote said:

If anyone has a switch and wants a great puzzle game I can recommend "Baba is you"

It's a real brain melter.

It's on PC too and on my consideration list..£9.11 currently on Humble Bundle so I might go for it.

It's absolutely fantastic and not really like anything I've played before.

It's a combination of a sliding block puzzle and a word based logic puzzle

ThePrettyDamned · March 2020

guitargeek62 said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

Had a go at tomb raider

That was poor. QuickTime events in a tomb raider game? *shudder*

It's quite different from the early ones but worth persevering with. I really liked the new format, and the sequels have been great too.

I lose all immersion as soon as a QuickTime event happens. It's basically a substitute for not being able to make a game more enjoyable - I'd honestly prefer a cut scene, at least I'd only need to watch the thing once.

Mash this button, now roll the analog stick, now mash - oh no, you didn't do it right, let's just restart it until you remember the whole sequence - how fun!

Not for me, basically. A shame, it seemed okay but it was a bit linear and the best bit about the old ones was how non-linear they felt (even if they were extremely linear in practice!).

LuttiS · March 2020

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

PolarityMan · March 2020

Darryl_Morris said:

PolarityMan said:

Darryl_Morris said:

With me I'm pretty much only playing Warhammer II: Total War these days (other than the odd sprint through Plague Inc.). Anyone who fancies a co-op/head-to-head campaign with/against my Skaven lads, hit me up.

I never really managed to get into the total war games despite being a big warhammer fan. Cant remember if i have warhammer I or II either.

The first one was a little odd and atypical of Total War games, in that there were always large portions of the map that certain factions could not actually inhabit, so they just had to ruin them and take attrition instead. The second game works a lot better, thanks to a new climate system and if you have both games then you can play Mortal Empires, which combines both maps and all the races (so far Empire, Dwarfs, Vampire Counts, Greenskins, Norsca, Wood Elves, Bretonnia, High Elves, Dark Elves, Lizardmen, Skaven, Vampire Coast and Tomb Kings).

Double checked its the first one I have..might check to see if 2 is on sale at the moment.

PolarityMan · March 2020

LuttiS said:

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

ooh vermintide 2 is on sale....might take you up on that.

bbill335 · March 2020

bought control on ps4 despite having more than enough to get on with. it's down to £20 and i've wanted to play it since release. played the first hour or so last night and HOOOOOO BOY that's my kinda videogame

stickyfiddle · March 2020

bbill335 said:

bought control on ps4 desoite having more than enough to get on with. it's down to £20 and i've wanted to play it since release. played the first hour or so last night and HOOOOOO BOY that's my kinda videogame

Good to know

stickyfiddle · March 2020

Much talk of Nintendo doing remasters of Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy and 3D World for the 35th anniversary this year. I’ll be extremely happy if that turns out to be true as I’m aching to play the Galaxy games again.

Sesh · March 2020

stickyfiddle said:

Much talk of Nintendo doing remasters of Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy and 3D World for the 35th anniversary this year. I’ll be extremely happy if that turns out to be true as I’m aching to play the Galaxy games again.

Played the galaxy games to death when they came out. Went back to them a couple of months ago, and sadly, I couldn't get on with them anymore.

dafuzz · March 2020

Have dusted off the wii and we played new super mario bros for a bit. Bloody hated it.
Used to love em all from the NES onwards, but much like guitar I've slowed down considerably over the years and can't take the frenetic pace of the stuff I used to play anymore!
Simultaneous multiplayer adds a cool dimension though.
We're basically doing as many different party and multiplayer games as we can (2 geezers, 1 burd). We've done Knowledge Is Power, Diablo 3, wii sports, Pure Pool, mario party (9 i think, on wii) - can anyone recommend more? PS4, PS3 or wii

Pwalo · March 2020

Escape From Tarkov.

Think you’re tasty on CoD? This is the hardest, most frustrating FPS I’ve ever played and I can’t leave it alone.

Moloch · March 2020

LuttiS said:

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

Campaign or single battles?

PolarityMan said:

Darryl_Morris said:

PolarityMan said:

Darryl_Morris said:

With me I'm pretty much only playing Warhammer II: Total War these days (other than the odd sprint through Plague Inc.). Anyone who fancies a co-op/head-to-head campaign with/against my Skaven lads, hit me up.

I never really managed to get into the total war games despite being a big warhammer fan. Cant remember if i have warhammer I or II either.

The first one was a little odd and atypical of Total War games, in that there were always large portions of the map that certain factions could not actually inhabit, so they just had to ruin them and take attrition instead. The second game works a lot better, thanks to a new climate system and if you have both games then you can play Mortal Empires, which combines both maps and all the races (so far Empire, Dwarfs, Vampire Counts, Greenskins, Norsca, Wood Elves, Bretonnia, High Elves, Dark Elves, Lizardmen, Skaven, Vampire Coast and Tomb Kings).

Double checked its the first one I have..might check to see if 2 is on sale at the moment.

https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/search/?q=total war warhammer&fbclid=IwAR1h7hYab_p9OhterkHYSlSbCFTzRodbaMIXEZMBNVHxk7h5IW9MNd6VDbw

bbill335 · March 2020

@dafuzz have you tried the jackbox games?

strumjoughlamps · March 2020

dafuzz said:

Have dusted off the wii and we played new super mario bros for a bit. Bloody hated it.
Used to love em all from the NES onwards, but much like guitar I've slowed down considerably over the years and can't take the frenetic pace of the stuff I used to play anymore!
Simultaneous multiplayer adds a cool dimension though.
We're basically doing as many different party and multiplayer games as we can (2 geezers, 1 burd). We've done Knowledge Is Power, Diablo 3, wii sports, Pure Pool, mario party (9 i think, on wii) - can anyone recommend more? PS4, PS3 or wii

Worms WMD, Tricky Towers, Bomberman, Party Golf(very addictive), Jackbox games(especially 1 and 2), Trivial Pursuit Live.... all get regular play local multiplayer

stickyfiddle · March 2020

strumjoughlamps said:

dafuzz said:

Have dusted off the wii and we played new super mario bros for a bit. Bloody hated it.
Used to love em all from the NES onwards, but much like guitar I've slowed down considerably over the years and can't take the frenetic pace of the stuff I used to play anymore!
Simultaneous multiplayer adds a cool dimension though.
We're basically doing as many different party and multiplayer games as we can (2 geezers, 1 burd). We've done Knowledge Is Power, Diablo 3, wii sports, Pure Pool, mario party (9 i think, on wii) - can anyone recommend more? PS4, PS3 or wii

Worms WMD, Tricky Towers, Bomberman, Party Golf(very addictive), Jackbox games(especially 1 and 2), Trivial Pursuit Live.... all get regular play local multiplayer

Overcooked (or Overcooked 2).

monquixote · March 2020

We've been playing 4 player mini golf on the switch. It's surprisingly fun for 89p

PolarityMan · March 2020

LuttiS said:

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

vermintide 2 seems pretty buggy at least on PC

LuttiS · April 2020

PolarityMan said:

LuttiS said:

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

vermintide 2 seems pretty buggy at least on PC

I've only come across one bug where the rat ogre dies if you back it into a corner and it clips through a wall... Only happened once though.

Darryl_Morris said:

LuttiS said:

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

Campaign or single battles?

Campaigns - not played online.

Strangefan · April 2020

Anyone playing anno 1880 yet? It's soooo good!

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