General Gaming thread

FarleyUK

Finally finished Days Gone on PC - 65 hours logged. Just a few hordes to complete before I get the 'secret' ending.

Really loved it - just a huge shame there'll be no sequel

bbill335

i took the plunge on dirt5. i don't love it but it does seem pretty well put together. the dualsense feedback is ASTONISHINGLY good, but why can't i move the camera perspective so i can actually see the fucking track instead of just my rear bumper?
where's the racing music? why are there oh-so-self-consciously-ironically-annoying podcast men prattling on between every race? why is it dropping frames in 1080p performance mode?

YellowLedBetterMan

Finishing up Horizon 4 now. Done all the PR stunts apart from one danger sign jump where you have to thread the needle between some concrete cylinders that are all on the piss and a few drift zones, and done all but a few races. It has been absolutely the best game I've played on Series S so far.

Sesh

Has anyone else played Crash Bandicoot 4: It's about Time?
Bloody hell I'm finding it pretty tricky. On previous CB games it seemed possible to do the time trials and collect everything or at least get close. This one? Nah, I can see I'm never going to get close to completion. Ridiculous precision is needed and that's not me.

Oh well it'll tide me over until 4 GTA games hit the PS5. 

Simonh

FarleyUK said:

Finally finished Days Gone on PC - 65 hours logged. Just a few hordes to complete before I get the 'secret' ending.

Really loved it - just a huge shame there'll be no sequel

I really enjoyed this one as well, different enough with just about the right level of difficulty.

FarleyUK

Simonh said:

FarleyUK said:

Finally finished Days Gone on PC - 65 hours logged. Just a few hordes to complete before I get the 'secret' ending.

Really loved it - just a huge shame there'll be no sequel

I really enjoyed this one as well, different enough with just about the right level of difficulty.

Did you get the 'secret' ending with O'Brian...?

meltedbuzzbox

YellowLedBetterMan said:

Finishing up Horizon 4 now. Done all the PR stunts apart from one danger sign jump where you have to thread the needle between some concrete cylinders that are all on the piss and a few drift zones, and done all but a few races. It has been absolutely the best game I've played on Series S so far.

Still loving forza 4 on the pc.
I haven't had a racing game grip me like that for over 10 years

stickyfiddle

Finished Paper Mario: The Origami King on Switch. Great humour throughout, the puzzle fighting overstayed its welcome a little. Overall 7/10 and a good reminder why I don't enjoy heavier JRPGs

Simonh

FarleyUK said:

Simonh said:

FarleyUK said:

Finally finished Days Gone on PC - 65 hours logged. Just a few hordes to complete before I get the 'secret' ending.

Really loved it - just a huge shame there'll be no sequel

I really enjoyed this one as well, different enough with just about the right level of difficulty.

Did you get the 'secret' ending with O'Brian...?

Yes I almost 100% completed the game, there were only a few bits I didn't finish in the end

fretmeister

bbill335 said:

i took the plunge on dirt5. i don't love it but it does seem pretty well put together. the dualsense feedback is ASTONISHINGLY good, but why can't i move the camera perspective so i can actually see the fucking track instead of just my rear bumper?
where's the racing music? why are there oh-so-self-consciously-ironically-annoying podcast men prattling on between every race? why is it dropping frames in 1080p performance mode?

I always play driving games from inside the car - I find it odd that people want to drive from above and behind!

There are a couple of different rear views though. I forget which control it is to cycle through them though. I'll have a look later.

bbill335

all i could seem to do was wiggle the right stick to look around and click it for reverse-180 view. i like front-bumper view like ridge racer if poss! 

TeleMaster

I always play from two views above the car. I don’t know why but I just feel like it’s more comfortable that way. I haven’t enjoyed a driving game since Forza 2. I played that game to death and I think I’m all driven out.

YellowLedBetterMan

Downloaded the most recent Hitman Trilogy on Series S as I managed to get all 3 games for a combined £43. Christ they're hard.

fretmeister

bbill335 said:

all i could seem to do was wiggle the right stick to look around and click it for reverse-180 view. i like front-bumper view like ridge racer if poss! 

That’s an option!

monquixote

Any fans of monster train on here?

Apparently it's getting a switch release.

beed84

Quake has just landed on the Switch for the measly sum of £7.99. That's my bank holiday weekend owned!

TheMarlin

beed84 said:

Quake has just landed on the Switch for the measly sum of £7.99. That's my bank holiday weekend owned!

I bought Quake on the PS5 on Friday. Comes with all the official add-ons and expansions.  And, If you sign up for a Bethesda account, you get Quake 64, which has different level designs. 

I played Quake to death on PC 25 years ago, I must have completed it at least 40 times over the years. 

Was great to play it again, was like popping on a super comfy pair of old boots; comfy, warming and familiar. Loved coming back to it.  I still
remember the majority of the secret areas.  

£7.99 well spent. 

FarleyUK

The DLC for Ghost of Tsushima is out!

I'm really pissed off though, as all my old PS4 saves were in the cloud. Now that I don't have PS Plus, I cannot access them. Looks like I'll have to get a cheap 1 month PS Plus code just so I can download all my saved data for everything.

PolarityMan

TheMarlin said:

beed84 said:

Quake has just landed on the Switch for the measly sum of £7.99. That's my bank holiday weekend owned!

I bought Quake on the PS5 on Friday. Comes with all the official add-ons and expansions.  And, If you sign up for a Bethesda account, you get Quake 64, which has different level designs. 

I played Quake to death on PC 25 years ago, I must have completed it at least 40 times over the years. 

Was great to play it again, was like popping on a super comfy pair of old boots; comfy, warming and familiar. Loved coming back to it.  I still
remember the majority of the secret areas.  

£7.99 well spent. 

man I played original quake to death, I remember on early updates the spawn order for maps was fixed so especially in small maps like DM4 once you killed someone you could just chase them from spawn point to spawn point killing them before they had a chance to grab any weapons or armour.

Also remember some levels you could do crazy speed runs on with rocket jumping.

Back in the day I actually made a bunch of levels, new monsters and mods in quake-c. 

Played loads of TC's as well, ones that stick out in my memory were Zerstorer and Quake rally. 

ThePrettyDamned

monquixote said:

Any fans of monster train on here?

Apparently it's getting a switch release.

Not played it, but when I'm tired of slay the spire I'll get it. 

I'm now officially an ascension 20 slay the spire player at last. still not boring.