General Gaming thread

racefaceec90

since getting my ps5 i have been replaying horizon zero dawn and started forbidden west. i forgot how good zero dawn was (i completed it and the dlc story missions).

the new game is fantastic (have not got too far in it yet/just had a battle with different factions after a woman chief turned up atop a  sawtooth and started shit).

the giant cobra snake earlier was fantastic looking i had to say as is the whole game (not that zero dawn looks shabby).

i played about 20  mins of spiderman remastered and that game is great and looks amazing too (just all the moves i have to try to remember in my old age/ i am way of the exploding fist as opposed to streetfighter/tekken/virtua fighter etc move sets lol)    

duotone

@strumjoughlamps ;
I will see what Yakuza titles are available on XBox One. Cheers!

RaymondLin

duotone said:

@strumjoughlamps ;;
I will see what Yakuza titles are available on XBox One. Cheers!

If you have GamePass, they are all on there.  Including the remake/remastered.

John_P

Any suggestions for a ps5 fps?   
World war 2 based would good but open to ideas. 
I've had COD MW2 for a few weeks and looking to move on.

Penn

Is it just me or does Starfield not look as good as it did in the trailers?

strumjoughlamps

John_P said:

Any suggestions for a ps5 fps?   
World war 2 based would good but open to ideas. 
I've had COD MW2 for a few weeks and looking to move on.

Hell Let Loose

Battlefield 2042

duotone

RaymondLin said:

duotone said:

@strumjoughlamps ;;
I will see what Yakuza titles are available on XBox One. Cheers!

If you have GamePass, they are all on there.  Including the remake/remastered.

@RaymondLin ;

Would you recommend Game Pass [For Console] £8.99/month or Game Pass [Ultimate] £12.99/month?

TeleMaster

Penn said:

Is it just me or does Starfield not look as good as it did in the trailers?

Yea it looks... dull. Like a more expanded No Mans Sky with some combat. I don't know if I'm that interested in it anymore. I'll read the reviews but I think that it has been misrepresented to us. 

I bought Baldurs Gate 3 for the Steam Deck and it is so boring. Graphics are low quality, there's soooo much dialogue, like a never ending amount, and the combat is extremely boring. I've asked Valve for a refund. 

RaymondLin

duotone said:

RaymondLin said:

duotone said:

@strumjoughlamps ;;
I will see what Yakuza titles are available on XBox One. Cheers!

If you have GamePass, they are all on there.  Including the remake/remastered.

@RaymondLin ;

Would you recommend Game Pass [For Console] £8.99/month or Game Pass [Ultimate] £12.99/month?

I haven't checked to know the difference, i've got the Ultimate until April next year.  You can always try one to see if you find there is value and cancel if you don't want it. 

You can make it worth the money easily if you haven't had it before.  Just use the time and finish 1 game would be worth it.

stickyfiddle

Penn said:

Is it just me or does Starfield not look as good as it did in the trailers?

A common theme in gaming for 20+ years...

Reviews are out and most are great but a lot of the typically more honest/rigorous outlets haven't been sent advance copies, which is super shady and screams to be that Bethesda knows it ain't going to get amazing reviews across the board. 

ThePrettyDamned

TeleMaster said:

Penn said:

Is it just me or does Starfield not look as good as it did in the trailers?

Yea it looks... dull. Like a more expanded No Mans Sky with some combat. I don't know if I'm that interested in it anymore. I'll read the reviews but I think that it has been misrepresented to us. 

I bought Baldurs Gate 3 for the Steam Deck and it is so boring. Graphics are low quality, there's soooo much dialogue, like a never ending amount, and the combat is extremely boring. I've asked Valve for a refund. 

It looks like a return of old school rpgs - like fallout. I love dnd so I'm pretty jazzed for it, but it's not for everyone. I really liked Baldurs gate 1 and 2.

TeleMaster

ThePrettyDamned said:

TeleMaster said:

Penn said:

Is it just me or does Starfield not look as good as it did in the trailers?

Yea it looks... dull. Like a more expanded No Mans Sky with some combat. I don't know if I'm that interested in it anymore. I'll read the reviews but I think that it has been misrepresented to us. 

I bought Baldurs Gate 3 for the Steam Deck and it is so boring. Graphics are low quality, there's soooo much dialogue, like a never ending amount, and the combat is extremely boring. I've asked Valve for a refund. 

It looks like a return of old school rpgs - like fallout. I love dnd so I'm pretty jazzed for it, but it's not for everyone. I really liked Baldurs gate 1 and 2.

If I remember the first two Baldurs Gates were real time action weren't they? Steam refused me a refund so I guess I'll be giving it another go anyway. 

TeleMaster

Starfield reviews aren't looking spectacular at all. 

https://www.ign.com/articles/starfield-review ;

nero1701

Was interested in both...

I'll leave starfield a month or so..

TeleMaster

nero1701 said:

Was interested in both...

I'll leave starfield a month or so..

You might like Baldurs Gate though, don't listen to me lol.  I'm definitely in a gaming funk right now. 

Penn

I’ll give Starfield a go as I’ve got games pass but spending hours reading dialogue and having to trudge along grinding to build stats isn’t my thing.  

@TeleMaster I watched a review with game play last night. I don’t think it looks as good as No Man’s Sky at this point. That game wasn’t finished at launch but at least stuff like taking off/ landing was amazing and you could go anywhere on the planets. Starfield looks cyberpunk glitchy. 

TheMarlin

I’ve heard Starfield described as Sci-fi Fallout 4 in space. I might leave it a good few months for the patches to fix the inevitable Bethesda day-one woes, then give it a go.   

Sporky

I've seen the scores but not read the reviews, 'cos I like going into games without knowing much about them.

I wonder if Bethesda have just been caught-up-to and passed by too many others now. Morrowind had a non-default setting - it was fantasy, but very not-D&D. Skyrim - while brilliant - had become a lot more generic.

RaymondLin

I've seen a couple of reviews, it looks good but one expectation not met for me is you can't seamlessly walk your character into a ship, into a chair, then it switches to cockpit view or external view and then take off using in game engine and fly off.

And then do the opposite when landing.  A bit like GTA5, when you get into a car or a helicopter or a plane.  You just get in and fly off.

This to me is like a vital part now of a sandbox style game.  Starfield lacks this part as it goes into a cut scene, also you can't fly into and planet and through the atmosphere and land.  I know these game play elements are kinda superficial but it adds so much in terms of pulling you in.

Sporky

I agree.

The reviews I've seen hover around 7/10, which is often my happy place.