General Gaming thread

strumjoughlamps

monquixote said:

If anyone has a switch and wants a great puzzle game I can recommend "Baba is you"

It's a real brain melter.

It's on PC too and on my consideration list..£9.11  currently on Humble Bundle so I might go for it.

monquixote

strumjoughlamps said:

monquixote said:

If anyone has a switch and wants a great puzzle game I can recommend "Baba is you"

It's a real brain melter.

It's on PC too and on my consideration list..£9.11  currently on Humble Bundle so I might go for it.

It's absolutely fantastic and not really like anything I've played before.

It's a combination of a sliding block puzzle and a word based logic puzzle

ThePrettyDamned

guitargeek62 said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

Had a go at tomb raider

That was poor. QuickTime events in a tomb raider game? *shudder* 

It's quite different from the early ones but worth persevering with. I really liked the new format, and the sequels have been great too.

I lose all immersion as soon as a QuickTime event happens. It's basically a substitute for not being able to make a game more enjoyable - I'd honestly prefer a cut scene, at least I'd only need to watch the thing once. 

Mash this button, now roll the analog stick, now mash - oh no, you didn't do it right, let's just restart it until you remember the whole sequence - how fun! 

Not for me, basically. A shame, it seemed okay but it was a bit linear and the best bit about the old ones was how non-linear they felt (even if they were extremely linear in practice!). 

LuttiS

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

PolarityMan

Darryl_Morris said:

PolarityMan said:

Darryl_Morris said:

With me I'm pretty much only playing Warhammer II: Total War these days (other than the odd sprint through Plague Inc.). Anyone who fancies a co-op/head-to-head campaign with/against my Skaven lads, hit me up.

I never really managed to get into the total war games despite being a big warhammer fan. Cant remember if i have warhammer I or II either. 

The first one was a little odd and atypical of Total War games, in that there were always large portions of the map that certain factions could not actually inhabit, so they just had to ruin them and take attrition instead. The second game works a lot better, thanks to a new climate system and if you have both games then you can play Mortal Empires, which combines both maps and all the races (so far Empire, Dwarfs, Vampire Counts, Greenskins, Norsca, Wood Elves, Bretonnia, High Elves, Dark Elves, Lizardmen, Skaven, Vampire Coast and Tomb Kings).

Double checked its the first one I have..might check to see if 2 is on sale at the moment. 

PolarityMan

LuttiS said:

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

ooh vermintide 2 is on sale....might take you up on that. 

bbill335

bought control on ps4 despite having more than enough to get on with. it's down to £20 and i've wanted to play it since release. played the first hour or so last night and HOOOOOO BOY that's my kinda videogame

stickyfiddle

bbill335 said:

bought control on ps4 desoite having more than enough to get on with. it's down to £20 and i've wanted to play it since release. played the first hour or so last night and HOOOOOO BOY that's my kinda videogame

Good to know

stickyfiddle

Much talk of Nintendo doing remasters of Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy and 3D World for the 35th anniversary this year. I’ll be extremely happy if that turns out to be true as I’m aching to play the Galaxy games again.

Sesh

stickyfiddle said:

Much talk of Nintendo doing remasters of Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy and 3D World for the 35th anniversary this year. I’ll be extremely happy if that turns out to be true as I’m aching to play the Galaxy games again.

Played the galaxy games to death when they came out. Went back to them a couple of months ago, and sadly, I couldn't get on with them anymore.  

dafuzz

Have dusted off the wii and we played new super mario bros for a bit. Bloody hated it.
Used to love em all from the NES onwards, but much like guitar I've slowed down considerably over the years and can't take the frenetic pace of the stuff I used to play anymore!
Simultaneous multiplayer adds a cool dimension though.
We're basically doing as many different party and multiplayer games as we can (2 geezers, 1 burd). We've done Knowledge Is Power, Diablo 3, wii sports, Pure Pool, mario party (9 i think, on wii) - can anyone recommend more? PS4, PS3 or wii

Pwalo

Escape From Tarkov.

Think you’re tasty on CoD? This is the hardest, most frustrating FPS I’ve ever played and I can’t leave it alone.

Moloch

LuttiS said:

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

Campaign or single battles?

PolarityMan said:

Darryl_Morris said:

PolarityMan said:

Darryl_Morris said:

With me I'm pretty much only playing Warhammer II: Total War these days (other than the odd sprint through Plague Inc.). Anyone who fancies a co-op/head-to-head campaign with/against my Skaven lads, hit me up.

I never really managed to get into the total war games despite being a big warhammer fan. Cant remember if i have warhammer I or II either. 

The first one was a little odd and atypical of Total War games, in that there were always large portions of the map that certain factions could not actually inhabit, so they just had to ruin them and take attrition instead. The second game works a lot better, thanks to a new climate system and if you have both games then you can play Mortal Empires, which combines both maps and all the races (so far Empire, Dwarfs, Vampire Counts, Greenskins, Norsca, Wood Elves, Bretonnia, High Elves, Dark Elves, Lizardmen, Skaven, Vampire Coast and Tomb Kings).

Double checked its the first one I have..might check to see if 2 is on sale at the moment. 

https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/search/?q=total war warhammer&fbclid=IwAR1h7hYab_p9OhterkHYSlSbCFTzRodbaMIXEZMBNVHxk7h5IW9MNd6VDbw

bbill335

@dafuzz have you tried the jackbox games?

strumjoughlamps

dafuzz said:

Have dusted off the wii and we played new super mario bros for a bit. Bloody hated it.
Used to love em all from the NES onwards, but much like guitar I've slowed down considerably over the years and can't take the frenetic pace of the stuff I used to play anymore!
Simultaneous multiplayer adds a cool dimension though.
We're basically doing as many different party and multiplayer games as we can (2 geezers, 1 burd). We've done Knowledge Is Power, Diablo 3, wii sports, Pure Pool, mario party (9 i think, on wii) - can anyone recommend more? PS4, PS3 or wii

Worms WMD, Tricky Towers, Bomberman, Party Golf(very addictive), Jackbox games(especially 1 and 2), Trivial Pursuit Live.... all get regular play local multiplayer 

stickyfiddle

strumjoughlamps said:

dafuzz said:

Have dusted off the wii and we played new super mario bros for a bit. Bloody hated it.
Used to love em all from the NES onwards, but much like guitar I've slowed down considerably over the years and can't take the frenetic pace of the stuff I used to play anymore!
Simultaneous multiplayer adds a cool dimension though.
We're basically doing as many different party and multiplayer games as we can (2 geezers, 1 burd). We've done Knowledge Is Power, Diablo 3, wii sports, Pure Pool, mario party (9 i think, on wii) - can anyone recommend more? PS4, PS3 or wii

Worms WMD, Tricky Towers, Bomberman, Party Golf(very addictive), Jackbox games(especially 1 and 2), Trivial Pursuit Live.... all get regular play local multiplayer 

Overcooked (or Overcooked 2). 

monquixote

We've been playing 4 player mini golf on the switch. It's surprisingly fun for 89p

PolarityMan

LuttiS said:

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

vermintide 2 seems pretty buggy at least on PC

LuttiS

PolarityMan said:

LuttiS said:

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

vermintide 2 seems pretty buggy at least on PC

I've only come across one bug where the rat ogre dies if you back it into a corner and it clips through a wall... Only happened once though.

 Darryl_Morris said:

LuttiS said:

I've been almost exclusively on Vermintide ii and Total War Warhammer 2 if any fancies a bash at some point

Campaign or single battles?


Campaigns - not played online. 

Strangefan

Anyone playing anno 1880 yet? It's soooo good!