General Gaming thread

Tenebrous

TeleMaster said:

Buy new for £50/£60, complete in three-four weeks and sell for £45. 

Can't really resell PC games outside of the 2 hour refund window on Steam sadly. Happy to wait, as the PC version reportedly has issues with stuttering, no doubt in part down to Denuvo being terrible (but thankfully usually removed after the opening few months anyway).

Looks like a very good time overall. Can't say there's much else on the horizon that really tickles my fancy, but something always pops up whenever I think that.

Tenebrous

https://twitter.com/danfornace/status/1439370004365905920

I really can't wait for this.

TeleMaster

I've preordered a Steam Deck. Not sure what that game is though. 

Tenebrous

Rivals of Aether - Basically Smash Bros with indie characters Obviously looking forward to playing actual Smash as well on the Deck

PolarityMan

anyone going to pick up diablo 2: remastered?

Tenebrous

PolarityMan said:

anyone going to pick up diablo 2: remastered?

It can feck off! Kicked me offline, reduced my characters level, & now my character is gone completely!*

*(Alright I know it'll be fine. This is just typical Blizzard on a launch day).

Server issues aside I've been impressed so far. The game looks fantastic, & the gameplay holds up a lot better than I thought it would.

PolarityMan

only managed to grab 20 mins so far but seems pretty decent, of course its really when you get a bit further that it starts to really get good

Tenebrous

Had to re-do half of Act I, but made it to Act II & decided to call it a night. Servers seem to be stable for now, so hopefully there's no more rollbacks.

PolarityMan

I only cleared the first map...level 4 sorceress

PolarityMan

hopefully wont need to work alte tonight though so i can get a rpoper session

beed84

Nintendo Switch is getting N64 and Sega Mega Drive games. And yes, they’re releasing wireless controllers for them both. Sweet!

Tenebrous

beed84 said:

Nintendo Switch is getting N64 and Sega Mega Drive games. And yes, they’re releasing wireless controllers for them both. Sweet!

It's had them for a while

Simonh

Anything good out for the PS5 yet?

TeleMaster

Simonh said:

Anything good out for the PS5 yet?

Deathloop
Returnal
Miles Morales

stickyfiddle

TeleMaster said:

Simonh said:

Anything good out for the PS5 yet?

Deathloop
Returnal
Miles Morales

Ratchet & Clank

and Ghost of Tsushima & Control at full power…

TeleMaster

Control was very good yea. Went on a bit long I thought. 

ThePrettyDamned

I want d2 remastered but not sure my pc is up to scratch - gtx970 and an i7 of some kind.

Luckily, it's the same as the old one which is flawless and actually works, unlike a blizzard game at release  

I will get it at some point, it's an excellent game and has a few fixes (like ladder rune words coming into non-ladder). 

TeleMaster

It’s one of those games, not only is it a remake, but it’s very similar to every reiteration that comes out. 

ThePrettyDamned

TeleMaster said:

It’s one of those games, not only is it a remake, but it’s very similar to every reiteration that comes out. 

I'm going to against the grain and say I don't think many arpgs capture anything near the same feel and action of d1 and d2, the difficulty of d3 is such a joke - press button, blow up screen, move on. 

Contrast to d2 - teleport in with a weapon with teleport charges, cast lower res on second slot wand, teleport out, maintain distance I between casts/attacks, manage potion belt. 

It's manic, fast and incredibly difficult. You can brick characters if you don't know what you're doing and that's a good thing, although respecs are available in later patches of LOD. 

Tenebrous

ThePrettyDamned said:

I want d2 remastered but not sure my pc is up to scratch - gtx970 and an i7 of some kind.

Luckily, it's the same as the old one which is flawless and actually works, unlike a blizzard game at release  

I will get it at some point, it's an excellent game and has a few fixes (like ladder rune words coming into non-ladder). 

You should be fine! Recommended specs are a 3rd gen i3 & a GTX 660, with the recommended specs being a 1060, something the 970 is practically identical to.

I WANT to play it, but with all the rollback nonsense going on I just cannot be bothered to commit the time to a character that might end up being rolled back/deleted. I'll play when it all calms down & have a blast though I'm sure.