Random Gaming Talk Thread

[bork]

HUNTDOWN came out today.  It's a 16-bit style 2D run n' gun shooter.  Seems pretty good so far! 



It's on PS4, Xbone, Switch, and PC.

[bluemax]

some new game getting announced on TGA stream in 2mins...and they are playing music from THPS
https://www.twitch.tv/thegameawards

it's made me realize i can just get anything i'd want from a new THPS game from a spotify playlist

e: nvm lol
https://twitter.com/tonyhawk/status/1260236885881794560

[Don Rumata]

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Parents should've bought him a PS3.

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2008 meme gang unite.

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[Rahxephon91]

Well I sure hope 2Tbs of HDD space on both the Xbox and PS4 is good enough for the rest of the gen. Not investing in anymore storage management and thats what both have left after my HDD crisis.

I mean it would help if I wasnt a nerdy loser who wants every game installed just in case I get the nudge to check a game out, but I am.

[Rahxephon91]

https://i.imgur.com/ihIG1GI.mp4
Took forever but whatever now I can never touch these games again.

[Svejk]

https://i.imgur.com/ihIG1GI.mp4
Took forever but whatever now I can never touch these games again.

How bout some folders?  Like an A-H Folder, I-R Folder and S-Z Folder? 

I know that feeling... In case I get some wild urge to fire up some random game...  I got a 2TB on mine for that reason, but I reasoned with myself knowing that I'll never have time to go back to certain ones. lol

[Nintex]

https://i.imgur.com/ihIG1GI.mp4
Took forever but whatever now I can never touch these games again.

Look at all those vidya 

I've been thinking about expanding my Xbox One X Storage as well but I'll probably get a new SSD for my PC and then use my oldest PC SSD for some extra room on the X.
Or I'll wipe clean my Wii U external HDD and use that instead. 

As it stands I can only have about 8 or 9 game installed at a time with some of the larger ones with DLC getting close to 100GB.
Some games that are nice to pick up and play like racers I have to remove in favor of story heavy games not to mention every time something on GamePass pops up that I want I'm playing a game of Tetris with my storage first.

My real storage issue is on my PC though,

C: SSD drive - OS - 250GB / 30GB left
D: SSD drive - Games - 500GB / 40GB left
G: HDD drive - Games - 1TB / 128GB left
I: HDD drive - Adobe Creative Cloud and other Applications / Google Drive (work stuff) / PC backups / Plex folder with Documentaries, Movies & TV shows - 3TB / 300GB left
M: HDD drive -  Downloads / Phone backups / Plex folder with Documentaries, Movies & TV shows - 3TB / 18GB left

"lmao breh just delete some porn", well adult entertainment is hardly a drop in the bucket when it comes to storage space.
In total, including what I assume is still left in backups from the days when streaming content was less common about ~200GB.
A single video takes up anything from 200MB to 5GB depending on the age, type of content and resolution.
Not to mention other than the labels these drives are about as well organized as you'd imagine a Nintex storage device to be.
I'm already buying all my 4K HDR movies on Blu-Ray to save some space but some movies are still not released in 4K nor found on Netflix.

However a single game like Call of Duty consumes 200GB and it needs to be installed on an SSD to run well so I don't see any other option but to buy a 1TB SSD to replace the 250GB one if another game pops up that requires an SSD.

Next gen is going to be fun. The 825GB SSD that comes with the PS5 sounds impressive but with UE5 and those 8k textures you will be able to install about 5 - 8 games at best.

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/GrahamSig/status/1260360673328082944

[Nintex]

Oh man, GameFaqs guides that takes me back to wonderful days of reading them.

Authors spend a lot of time and care to describe every single frame of certain games.
Some of them even included their own character backstories, epilogues and interpretations of stories in SNES RPG's.

God bless those warriors 

[Akala]

How bout some folders?  Like an A-H Folder, I-R Folder and S-Z Folder? 

I know that feeling... In case I get some wild urge to fire up some random game...  I got a 2TB on mine for that reason, but I reasoned with myself knowing that I'll never have time to go back to certain ones. lol

there is no way I could ever be bothered to alphabetize, for PS4 I have folders loosely by genre.

EAST
WEST
FIGHT
RACE
SPORT
MINI
VR

[eleuin]

I have no wish to purchase anything related to that idiot Tim Sweeney.

Is that not allowed?

I have some bad news to tell you about a wildly popular engine powering many games of the last 2 decades

[bluemax]

I have no wish to purchase anything related to that idiot Tim Sweeney.

Is that not allowed?

I have some bad news to tell you about a wildly popular engine powering many games of the last 2 decades

It just got a sequel, and they're literally giving it away!

[D3RANG3D]

[Joe Molotov]

Grinding used to be my main problem with this game, now it's the glorification of Satan.

[demi]

AVGN has gone downhill, but I guess people gotta get paid still

[Joe Molotov]

Yeah, it's now mostly just a way for James to make little home movies and get paid for it, which is what he wanted to do before AVGN popped off.

[MMaRsu]

I have no wish to purchase anything related to that idiot Tim Sweeney.

Is that not allowed?

I have some bad news to tell you about a wildly popular engine powering many games of the last 2 decades

Oh man we're gonna start this up again? Fine.

Just because they create an engine that is used in many games, and I buy those games from somewhere, doesnt mean I'm directly supporting them with my money.

There is a pretty significant difference.

[MMaRsu]

HUNTDOWN came out today.  It's a 16-bit style 2D run n' gun shooter.  Seems pretty good so far! 



It's on PS4, Xbone, Switch, and PC.

Damn man I've been looking for a week on where to get this on Steam. It said release date 12th May so I kept updating the page and was like : why cant I buy it?

Then I looked at the discussions and it said it's exclusive to the epic crap store.



Goddamnit  :'(

[Don Rumata]

HUNTDOWN came out today.  It's a 16-bit style 2D run n' gun shooter.  Seems pretty good so far! 



It's on PS4, Xbone, Switch, and PC.

Damn man I've been looking for a week on where to get this on Steam. It said release date 12th May so I kept updating the page and was like : why cant I buy it?

Then I looked at the discussions and it said it's exclusive to the epic crap store.

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Goddamnit  :'(

"well, well, well... look who's come crawling back to daddy."

[Positive Touch]

VALUES

[MMaRsu]

ey im not gonna buy that game if its only on EGS Ill just wait for the Steam release
It looks fun though

On another funny note

[Tuckers Law]

You should rage about Seanbaby next.

[MMaRsu]

https://twitter.com/Edddddddddddi3/status/1260724114521763842

 

[MMaRsu]

I like avgn but all his shit is more of the same and its not as funny as it was back then.

still occasionally funny

[paprikastaude]

The fatties run the channel now. One of the last things I watched was Star Wars 9 impressions and it was a video of the them rambling endlessly and James sitting inbetween like a mute puppet.  I guess they are slightly less stupid than Mike, but none of them are particularly interesting to listen to. Though Mike's fat buddy is bottom of the barrel.

but tbf the channel feels like it's run its course for a decade now. Subscribed out of habit and having something to distract from my tinnitus. At least it's never become as awful as Nostalgia Critic?

[Tuckers Law]

16 years is a long time, guy’s been doing this since before YouTube.  I haven’t found much of his stuff particularly compelling for years now, but more power to him if he likes doing it.

[EightBitNate]

Ghost of Tsushima looks insane

[Pennywise]

Ghost of Tsushima looks insane

Visuals are great.

The normal combat looks pretty dull.

[paprikastaude]

These guys wanted to be film makers, but only were lucky to strike gold with the angry screaming nerd shtick during just the right time.  Nostalgia Critic guy wanted to move to other projects, which crashed and burned and now he's stuck with his awful screaming videos. Remember shit like Spoony?

RLM is a channel that doesn't feel like it's fallen completely out of time. Even with their dumb skits, they never felt manbabyish like other typical YT joke reviewers. Meanwhile AVGN is still the same thing from the time when I torrented Naruto, watched Saladfingers and shilled for Nintendo Revolution.  I don't have strong feelings towards the channel, that's just what it is.

[BIONIC]

AVGN is still good fun (though I didn’t see the latest episode).

James’ shitty friends are worse than Sonic’s lmao. There’s no reason anyone should subject themselves to their shit so whatever. Never cared for his channel beyond that.

[nachobro]

that samurai game looks boring as fuck

[EchoRin]

Ghost of AssCreed. 

I don't know what I expected, but yeah it kind of gives me Assasin's Creed vibes with how it plays. Could be fine of course. Just wasn't thinking that would be my takeaway after watching the the developer's preview showcase.

[Nintex]

boring as fuck good looking games are very on brand for PLAYSTATION STUDIOS

[Great Rumbler]

Meanwhile AVGN is still the same thing from the time when I torrented Naruto, watched Saladfingers and shilled for Nintendo Revolution. 

[Joe Molotov]

Looks cool, I just wanna be a samurai and ride my horse through a bamboo field and be like "Once again, I've cut a worthless object."

[MMaRsu]

havent watched the vid but can you cut the bamboo ala bushido blade??

Are there fights in bamboo forests?

Can I listen to the soundtrack to Shogun Assassin while playing this or?

[Mr Gilhaney]

You can play a reskinned ass creed

[Svejk]

Looks like the Eastern AssCreed folks have been wanting forever now.    Looks good to me... Nothing too special, but not bad.

[HardcoreRetro]

Why does everything look so flat and lifeless?

Whatever they did in post-processing, it looks fucking awful. The effects are straight up distracting.

[Rufus]

*beautiful overlook, points of interest in view

"So we've continually asked ourselves, how can we let the island guide you in the most thematic and immersive ways possible?"

*opens map, creates waypoint



Dunno why, but this cracked me up.

[paprikastaude]

The map looks great. That movie filter
But it's open world, so expect repetition after two hours.

[Don Rumata]

As a big open world/Assassin's Creed guy, i was kind of let down by the Tsushima demo.

Graphics (and animations in particular) look alright to subpar, the cape flapping in the wind and some combat anbimations were the only impressive aspects.
The map looks small and as usual, packed with shit to the point where it loses any naturalistic feel (something AC Origins got right).
The "no waypoint" gimmick is cute, but in my opinion will end up being less immersive, not more, when every wildlife and decorative element is turned into a purely mechanical gameplay tool.
Combat looked like old AC games, so something most hated to hell, even though it at least looks fancy, so i'm not too down on it.
Stealth looks basic.

I really liked the black & white filter though, sure you could've just adjusted your TV settings, but i wouldn't have bothered otherwise, now i'll probably play the game like that from the start (as i don't like their art direction in color).

Overall, much like Horizon it seems like an open world made by and for people who don't get what is so good about open worlds (this was true for Infamous as well).
And the sandbox aspect, which you could get from games like MGSV or FarCry, doesn't seem explored at all.

Overall i think that, beyond the setting, it'll end up being a very mediocre game, with production values that, from yesterday's video, aren't even all that impressive.

Why does everything look so flat and lifeless?

Whatever they did in post-processing, it looks fucking awful. The effects are straight up distracting.

Every highlight being bright white doesn't help, i'm not sure what they were coing for, but in B&W that's at least mitigated a bit.

[Rahxephon91]

As someone who doesn't like open world games for the sandbox aspect, I loved Horizon. I like open world games for the scale and immersion factor I guess. I like it when they feel like a "place". Something like Mafia 2 dosen't bother me. I'm going to play it linearly and the open world is more so for atmosphere and a sense of being. I loved Horizon for how the world felt like a place even if the environment wasn't big. The scale was awesome, as you leave the opening village and journey to this big gate fortress that leads to this multi-teird city.

I hate open world Ubisoft style games that just seem to give you this big land mass of pointless objectives. I actually liked how Horizon had few side objectives and yet they felt unique and worthwhile. Yes there were only like 6 "towers" to climb, but all where in an interesting area with diffrent approaches. Yes there were only like 6 side dunegons, but each had it's own theme. As far as open world games go, Horizon is one of the few I could stand. I hate Assassin's Creed and Far Cry where they just seem to be a checklist of whatever without any real authored feeling content.

As for Ghost, I don't actually care. I found the last Infamous game to be pretty lame. There's also nothing that I've seen about this game that really feels like it has anything going for it beyond visuals.

[Don Rumata]

As someone who doesn't like open world games for the sandbox aspect, I loved Horizon. I like open world games for the scale and immersion factor I guess. I like it when they feel like a "place". Something like Mafia 2 dosen't bother me. I'm going to play it linearly and the open world is more so for atmosphere and a sense of being. I loved Horizon for how the world felt like a place even if the environment wasn't big. The scale was awesome, as you leave the opening village and journey to this big gate fortress that leads to this multi-teird city.

I hate open world Ubisoft style games that just seem to give you this big land mass of pointless objectives. I actually liked how Horizon had few side objectives and yet they felt unique and worthwhile. Yes there were only like 6 "towers" to climb, but all where in an interesting area with diffrent approaches. Yes there were only like 6 side dunegons, but each had it's own theme. As far as open world games go, Horizon is one of the few I could stand. I hate Assassin's Creed and Far Cry where they just seem to be a checklist of whatever without any real authored feeling content.

As for Ghost, I don't actually care. I found the last Infamous game to be pretty lame. There's also nothing that I've seen about this game that really feels like it has anything going for it beyond visuals.

That was actually the worst aspect of Horizon in my opinion.
The world was cramped and didn't look very natural, gameplay elements like tall grass were awkwardly inserted into the landscape, and stood out like a sore thumb, the cities were devoid of life, with people mostly standing around doing nothing, it was really poor on that front.
The combat was very fun and the robo dinos were cool (and of course the graphics and production values were impressive) but as a "world" i thought it was a solid step below something like Assassin's Creed Origins or GTAV/RDR2.. or even Witcher 3.

[demi]

Free LEGO Ninjago game

https://twitter.com/TTGames/status/1261283872198873090

[Great Rumbler]

[paprikastaude]

Updated Capcom sales: http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/finance/million.html

RE7 and RE2make possibly taking over 5 and 6 by next quarter. Shit-tier RE will finally be fully annihilated Iceborn now also above all previous MH updates.

[team filler]

shit-tier RE 

[Positive Touch]

shit-tier RE 

he means 0 and code veronica, ofc

[Joe Molotov]

shit-tier REEEEEEEEE

[team filler]

shit-tier RE 

he means 0 and code veronica, ofc

code v was great until I saved before a (final?)boss and didn't have the weapons I needed to win and couldn't get out of there to get more weapons/ammo 

[Rahxephon91]

I mean they are still making first person Resident Evil so shit tier isn’t over.

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I kid....kind of. I’m sure RE7 was a fine game, but the first person isn’t something I want. As long as they keep making the over the shoulder ones I’ll play them.

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[Mr Gilhaney]

https://twitter.com/Nors3/status/1261399049674149895


 

[Svejk]

Jesper Kyd is supposedly doing some of the score of AssCrud Valhalla!     Wish he'd just do the entire thing.      

[Don Rumata]

Jesper Kyd is supposedly doing some of the score of AssCrud Valhalla!     Wish he'd just do the entire thing.   

I feel you, but Sarah Schachner's work on both Unity and Origins was really fantastic:



And the third guy they have, has worked on the Vikings (the tv show) soundtrack (which in itself was pretty good) so he's mostly there to bring that angle, i think.

As much as i dislike the setting, i'm quite excited for the sountrack, as Jesper and Sarah were the best composers the series had so far, and it's nice they're both back, hopefully they can work well together, and it's not one of those "too many cooks" situations.

[bork]

https://twitter.com/PixelProspector/status/1261621683829571589

[paprikastaude]

16 bit Castlevania

e: Also Konami in the 80s and 90s doesn't sound like a great place to work at either and their prior strategy makes perfect sense with today's

[paprikastaude]

Also that channel is really good, never seen it before. Someone who actually goes beyond Wikipedia knowledge and doesn't rely on any spastic humour? What is this witchcraft?

[D3RANG3D]

[MMaRsu]

Didnt we have some guy here who was way into these souls like games

I dunno i forgot his name