General Gaming thread

TeleMaster

DefaultM said:

Thanks will look as thats what I do with youtube premium.

How much are you paying for that?

Sporky

Definitely do look up the actual process, don't just head off to Turkey. 

RedRabbit

TeleMaster said:

DefaultM said:

Thanks will look as thats what I do with youtube premium.

How much are you paying for that?

I signed up via Argentina and I think I'm paying around £1.60/month.  Did it on an account I'd already had premium on and, so far, I've had no issues.

DefaultM

TeleMaster said:

DefaultM said:

Thanks will look as thats what I do with youtube premium.

How much are you paying for that?

Its about £1.35 for regular and £3 for family. Everyone you add to family needs to set a VPN to Turkey though and I found my family just got flustered and didn’t do it.

CharlieShaw

The ‘souls-like’ tag has kept me away from Elden Ring so far. It’s on sale on steam for first time now though. 30% off

ThePrettyDamned

CharlieShaw said:

The ‘souls-like’ tag has kept me away from Elden Ring so far. It’s on sale on steam for first time now though. 30% off

It's much less souls-like than you may think. I got bored of it because of the open world and the fact it wasn't souls-like enough. 

I would approach it more like skyrim, but a bit harder with less "direction". I had much more fun doing that, before I decided to play dark souls again!

Despite my slightly negative review, it is a truly fantastic game to experience - stepping into the world for the first time is incredible, and it's such a well realised world. 

CharlieShaw

ThePrettyDamned said:

CharlieShaw said:

The ‘souls-like’ tag has kept me away from Elden Ring so far. It’s on sale on steam for first time now though. 30% off

It's much less souls-like than you may think. I got bored of it because of the open world and the fact it wasn't souls-like enough. 

I would approach it more like skyrim, but a bit harder with less "direction". I had much more fun doing that, before I decided to play dark souls again!

Despite my slightly negative review, it is a truly fantastic game to experience - stepping into the world for the first time is incredible, and it's such a well realised world. 

I’m a fan of open world games like Skyrim. And free roam where you can wander and do what you want. I’ve played a lot of MMOs over the years. I don’t like scripted boss battles though, and quick reaction gaming.

Can you out level bosses in ER the way you couldn’t in Dark Souls? Or do they level with you?

oh it’s supported on steam deck as well I see

TeleMaster

Elden Ring is incredible. Just amazing. But, I never want to play it again, it was just so hard at times.  

Emp_Fab

I'm currently obsessed with RUST Console.  So much so, I spent £400 on a new Xbox Series X just to play this one game better.

Sporky

I finished the story of Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga. I will get on with stamp collecting now.

Rather good. Predictably, episodes 4-6 and 7-9 are much better than 1-3.

menamestom

What games are people looking forward to in 2023?

A couple on my list:-

Starfield 
Forza Motorsport

Sporky

Lego Mass Effect.

Though I doubt they're making it. 

CharlieShaw

Nightingale. 

bbill335

CharlieShaw said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

CharlieShaw said:

The ‘souls-like’ tag has kept me away from Elden Ring so far. It’s on sale on steam for first time now though. 30% off

It's much less souls-like than you may think. I got bored of it because of the open world and the fact it wasn't souls-like enough. 

I would approach it more like skyrim, but a bit harder with less "direction". I had much more fun doing that, before I decided to play dark souls again!

Despite my slightly negative review, it is a truly fantastic game to experience - stepping into the world for the first time is incredible, and it's such a well realised world. 

I’m a fan of open world games like Skyrim. And free roam where you can wander and do what you want. I’ve played a lot of MMOs over the years. I don’t like scripted boss battles though, and quick reaction gaming.

Can you out level bosses in ER the way you couldn’t in Dark Souls?

yep and it's really funny when you do

Grumpyrocker

menamestom said:

What games are people looking forward to in 2023?

A couple on my list:-

Starfield 
Forza Motorsport

Forza for me. I've really looking forward to it. 

IMC1980

I am playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 again, can't believe how good the destruction is on it, multiplayer is very quiet but I managed to get a game a rush in the other day.

CharlieShaw

bbill335 said:

CharlieShaw said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

CharlieShaw said:

The ‘souls-like’ tag has kept me away from Elden Ring so far. It’s on sale on steam for first time now though. 30% off

It's much less souls-like than you may think. I got bored of it because of the open world and the fact it wasn't souls-like enough. 

I would approach it more like skyrim, but a bit harder with less "direction". I had much more fun doing that, before I decided to play dark souls again!

Despite my slightly negative review, it is a truly fantastic game to experience - stepping into the world for the first time is incredible, and it's such a well realised world. 

I’m a fan of open world games like Skyrim. And free roam where you can wander and do what you want. I’ve played a lot of MMOs over the years. I don’t like scripted boss battles though, and quick reaction gaming.

Can you out level bosses in ER the way you couldn’t in Dark Souls?

yep and it's really funny when you do

Probably the only chance I’d have of progressing. I’d have had no chance with the Valheim bosses if I hadn’t found a YouTuber who managed to break all of them. Tunnelling underneath one, building a mound from which to kill another, unscathed… I liked the building and open world of Valheim, the bosses I just had to get through by hook or by crook.

guitargeek62

IMC1980 said:

I am playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 again, can't believe how good the destruction is on it, multiplayer is very quiet but I managed to get a game a rush in the other day.

Ah that game was superb, it’s a real shame that they never continued it What’re you playing it on?

IMC1980

guitargeek62 said:

IMC1980 said:

I am playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 again, can't believe how good the destruction is on it, multiplayer is very quiet but I managed to get a game a rush in the other day.

Ah that game was superb, it’s a real shame that they never continued it What’re you playing it on?

On the Xbox Series X, played through some more of it earlier, it really was the peak of DICE's singleplayer efforts. The multiplayer was my first FPS where I was there on day one of release - waiting for EA to fix their matchmaking/server issues so you actually get into a game - used to play with about 8-9 other people most nights, great fun!

Schnozz

Is the Mafia Trilogy worth buying for £20?