General Gaming thread

TeleMaster

Did anyone ever play The Forest? Just discovered it and me and my friends are building a fort while fending off the hordes of hell! It’s a lot of fun!

Jonathanthomas83

So I completed my MGS trilogy of 2, 3 & 4. It was good to connect with the games again after a good 12 years or so. I still enjoyed playing them. Perhaps felt a little let down by MGS2 more than any of them as that used to be my favourite but it felt a bit boring this time around. The others were good and I still enjoyed MGS2 too.

Bit gutted now because I've managed to get Ground Zeroes working on Parallels on my Mac M1, but MGSV won't work! So might need to investigate a cheap gaming PC build so I can play it :-/ Might also try Death Stranding after that.

bbill335

mgs2 has some pacing issues, some boss encounters and stuff that go on far too long, particularly in the back end, but it ain't nearly as weirdly put together as mgs4!

bbill335

fretmeister said:

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!

found it, mapped to L1. honestly the menus in this have to be be one of the most user-unfriendly around. no button mapping menu, no practice/time trial that i can find, split screen is bafflingly integrated. strange game. 

RedRabbit

A little late to the party on this but just started Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor.  It's been sat unplayed in my steam library for years.

Hugely satisfying combat - taking on a horde of orcs is just too much fun.  Killed a couple of captains and had a run in with Golum so far.  Can see me sinking a lot of time into this one.

Springywheel

I’m borrowing a nintendo switch off my sister....mainly for Zelda BOTW. What are some other essential games? 

stickyfiddle

Springywheel said:

I’m borrowing a nintendo switch off my sister....mainly for Zelda BOTW. What are some other essential games? 

In no particular order our favourites are the following - worth a look at all of them and pick a couple depending on your tastes. 

Mario Odyssey
Mario Kart 8 DX
Smash Bros
Luigi’s Mansion 3 
Untitled Goose Game
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Okami HD
Rayman Legends 
Mario vs Rabbids
Ori & the Blind Forerst
Far: Lone Sail
Inside 
Limbo

I haven’t played Mario 3D World on Switch but I loved it on Wii U. I’ve also heard great things about Hollow Knight, Transistor, Oxenfree and Hades but haven’t played them

YellowLedBetterMan

Have to hand it to CD Keys. I'm 100% sure all of the game codes on their site are stolen, but in the last few days I purchased a code for Hitman 2 from them. When it didn't work and I requested a refund, not only did they refund my PayPal in full, they also gave me another Hitman 2 code which this time did work. They also threw in a 10% off code for my next order.

So thanks to them, I got the game for free.

PolarityMan

stickyfiddle said:

Springywheel said:

I’m borrowing a nintendo switch off my sister....mainly for Zelda BOTW. What are some other essential games? 

In no particular order our favourites are the following - worth a look at all of them and pick a couple depending on your tastes. 

Mario Odyssey
Mario Kart 8 DX
Smash Bros
Luigi’s Mansion 3 
Untitled Goose Game
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Okami HD
Rayman Legends 
Mario vs Rabbids
Ori & the Blind Forerst
Far: Lone Sail
Inside 
Limbo

I haven’t played Mario 3D World on Switch but I loved it on Wii U. I’ve also heard great things about Hollow Knight, Transistor, Oxenfree and Hades but haven’t played them

Transistor is great but imo Bastion is better. Both hv great soundtracks

beed84

bbill335 said:

mgs2 has some pacing issues, some boss encounters and stuff that go on far too long, particularly in the back end, but it ain't nearly as weirdly put together as mgs4!

I loved MGS2. The ending, while long, was unbelievably good! Currently on with MGS3 and waiting for things to get going.

Picked up Ikaruga for the GameCube the over the weekend. What a brilliant and beautifully designed game. I highly recommend it and believe it’s available on the Switch.

strumjoughlamps

beed84 said:

Picked up Ikaruga for the GameCube the over the weekend. What a brilliant and beautifully designed game. I highly recommend it and believe it’s available on the Switch.

Hard as fk tho.

fretmeister

bbill335 said:

fretmeister said:

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!

found it, mapped to L1. honestly the menus in this have to be be one of the most user-unfriendly around. no button mapping menu, no practice/time trial that i can find, split screen is bafflingly integrated. strange game. 

It's still the closest thing to Pacific Rift I've found so it will do me.

Until the Motorstorm people find a way to do an update... just after Elvis comes back from the dead.

beed84

strumjoughlamps said:

beed84 said:

Picked up Ikaruga for the GameCube the over the weekend. What a brilliant and beautifully designed game. I highly recommend it and believe it’s available on the Switch.

Hard as fk tho.

Yeah, that too. I’ve not got far at all!

LuttiS

Doom Eternal has finally hit a price I'm comfortable with.. wow... It's really something
Green eyes! Blam! Blam! Aww sheeiit!

FarleyUK

LuttiS said:

Doom Eternal has finally hit a price I'm comfortable with.. wow... It's really something
Green eyes! Blam! Blam! Aww sheeiit!

Unfortunately, it's nowhere near as good as the remake that came before it. Far too much of a focus on platforming and speedrunning IMO.

LuttiS

FarleyUK said:

LuttiS said:

Doom Eternal has finally hit a price I'm comfortable with.. wow... It's really something
Green eyes! Blam! Blam! Aww sheeiit!

Unfortunately, it's nowhere near as good as the remake that came before it. Far too much of a focus on platforming and speedrunning IMO.

Are we talking Doom 3 or Doom 2016? I'd agree on either one to be honest, but it's still a hell (see what I did there!) of a lot of fun. 

Was reading recently that apparently people didn't like Doom 3.. too much horror and having to think or something.. 

beed84

FarleyUK said:

LuttiS said:

Doom Eternal has finally hit a price I'm comfortable with.. wow... It's really something
Green eyes! Blam! Blam! Aww sheeiit!

Unfortunately, it's nowhere near as good as the remake that came before it. Far too much of a focus on platforming and speedrunning IMO.

Agreed. While it’s a great game, there came a point when I just wanted it to end. DOOM 2016 was pretty much perfect.

PolarityMan

Doom 2016 is fucking great and Mick Gordon is a total legend. Doom eternal was only alright though.

ThePrettyDamned

LuttiS said:

FarleyUK said:

LuttiS said:

Doom Eternal has finally hit a price I'm comfortable with.. wow... It's really something
Green eyes! Blam! Blam! Aww sheeiit!

Unfortunately, it's nowhere near as good as the remake that came before it. Far too much of a focus on platforming and speedrunning IMO.

Are we talking Doom 3 or Doom 2016? I'd agree on either one to be honest, but it's still a hell (see what I did there!) of a lot of fun. 

Was reading recently that apparently people didn't like Doom 3.. too much horror and having to think or something.. 

Doom 3 is an oddball in some ways - the original release forced you to turn a flashlight on or off, with battery life, and was quite a bit different to what Doom was. It was a pretty fun game in it's own right, though, and the world has finally begun to warm to it.

Not played doom eternal but loved doom 64! There is also a sequel to sigil soon.

Anyone preordered diablo 2 resurrected? 

stickyfiddle

I really enjoyed Doom 3. You just gotta take it as the slow-ish horror game that it is and not a fast-paced explodey-shooter.