Random Gaming Talk Thread

[EchoRin]

*Nightfire video*

This popped up on YouTube. I loved this game back in the day but had totally forgotten about it. I really miss these sort of highly varied action games

Nightfire I think I only played the multiplayer at a friend's. Agent Under Fire, which was the game before Nightfire, I actually had. My dad is a Bond fan so this kind of shooting game was fine in his eyes  . I didn't have that much FPS experience up to that point so I found it fun at the time. Played a little bit of it again sometime during the 360 generation and realized that it was really quite bad. It made sense though why I enjoyed it back then. There was lots of variety, familiarity with Bond, general lack of FPS experience. Like I'm pretty sure the only FPS I had played up to that point was snippets of the first 2 Doom games, Goldeneye and it's sequel on N64 (only the multiplayer for both), Unreal Tournament, and multiplayer Halo. Now you can say "and somehow you didn't realize that compared to those games Agent Under Fire didn't compare?". When you're a kid, nah. Not really. You just recognize that shootbang is happening and if it isn't boring you, it's A OK in your book.

What's the point of this post? I don't know. When you're young you are able to have fun with things that aren't all that good cause you don't have that many comparisons I guess.

[CatsCatsCats]

I’m replaying on switch rn, myself. Did I fuck up making a season character for my first character? Can’t turn the story up past masterful. Or do I need to beat the story once with the character? Confused.

Playing cheap as fuck (aka elective mode) necro and just wrecking

[MMaRsu]

[toku]

I’m replaying on switch rn, myself. Did I fuck up making a season character for my first character? Can’t turn the story up past masterful. Or do I need to beat the story once with the character? Confused.

Playing cheap as fuck (aka elective mode) necro and just wrecking

Nah you can make a new character thats non seasonal anytime you want. If it's like PC though you have to be in in the main menu to turn difficulty up (you can turn it down mid game though if shit gets too rough iirc). Seasonal just means you're on leaderboards and you get special seasonal items for doing certain shit.

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/Soulflarz/status/1253357063461318658

[paprikastaude]

https://twitter.com/ViolateGeneva/status/1253398663310856193

[MMaRsu]

Didnt know this existed but might go back to dqxi now

[demi]

Free PacMan CE 2 on PC/Console

https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/1253670161124454402

[Svejk]

Free PacMan CE 2 on PC/Console

https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/1253670161124454402

just bought this like 2-3 weeks ago. 

[MMaRsu]

[Nintex]

Well, they made it further into the game than Dean Takahashi 

[Don Rumata]

Today my monitor decided to start doing this shit all over (i know it's the monitor, because it does so even when i unplug the Display Port from the PC).
What could it be?


It's a bunch of red vertical lines, but only on (any) pure black parts of the screen, and only on the left half of the monitor.
Also yes, that is an actual photo of the screen, because screen capture wouldn't capture the bug itself.

Any idea of what it could be? just a random hardware failure? I didn't hit it or anything, and i noticed it first today. 

The monitor is some AOC ultrawide fancy shit i bought when i still had money. 

EDIT:
Found this guy with the same issue, even if a different device, so i assume it's just my monitor failing.
I did get it on offer on the cheap after all, there was bound to be something. 

[Nintex]

Maybe a faulty cable?

Either inside the monitor itself or the cable that hooks up your PC and screen.

because screen capture wouldn't capture the bug itself.

That means that your GPU is a-ok and it's likely a cable, port or a cable in the monitor itself.

I found this on some other message board:

that is not a stuck pixel and no software is going to fix this. It is a TAB error and really can’t be fixed by DIY measures. You would have to disassemble your display assembly and put some pressure on the ribbon cable that enters the LCD display right where you see the red line. That should change that line. It is where the small ribbon cable is bonded to the panel and that bond has failed. Sometimes pressure and a piece of fabric tape can hold it down for wahile and make that line disappear, but that would be temporary.

[Don Rumata]

I don't think it's the cable because when i unplug the display port from the screen (but keep the screen on) it still has the whole left side of the screen with red lines.





Also, just checked my order date, and the warranty (2 years) expired, like, 2 weeks ago.
Now, i'm not saying it's a big fucking conspiracy, but... 







PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE!!! 

[Nintex]

In that case open up and see if the plug connecting the panel and board hasn't gotten loose.

[Don Rumata]

Yeah, tomorrow i'll look into some guide or something to see how to open it up and see WTF is going on.

EDIT: Fug, i tapped the screen and it went away by itself. 
Maybe it'll come back, but it makes me think that you're on to something with some connection being loose, Nintex.

[demi]

It will probably come back, I'm pretty sure I had a similiar issue on a monitor before

[Don Rumata]

Ok, it's definitely something to do with the power cable, because the problem comes and goes when i fiddle with it.
It could've come somewhat loose today, since my cat always passes behind there, maybe they pulled it a bit.

[MMaRsu]

 

[Great Rumbler]

I'd love to have a setup like that to play racing games.

[Positive Touch]

i got to try a setup like that and it was the most fun I'd had in years. i flew off the road and hit the brakes and my whole body seized up like real life, til it realized i wasn't in any actual danger. couldn't believe how intense it felt.

[Joe Molotov]

Well, they made it further into the game than Dean Takahashi 

May God show us direction.

[BisMarckie]

 

Totally would.

[Pissy F Benny]

Why is that bitch wearing gloves to play vidya

[MMaRsu]

Why is that bitch wearing gloves to play vidya

The feel?

[Rufus]

I'd love to have a setup like that to play racing games.

Yup. I can't actually have fun playing sim-racing games with controllers. You either play with tons of assists or you don't and feel hampered by the sticks. A permanent set-up like this would be great, but I don't have the room for it.

Why is that bitch wearing gloves to play vidya

Real rally wheels/gloves are sticky. Maybe they replicated that; maybe it's just what she's used to.

[Coax]

Today my monitor decided to start doing this shit all over (i know it's the monitor, because it does so even when i unplug the Display Port from the PC).
What could it be?

I've had that happen on a monitor. Was caused by the internal display connector not contacting fully (can be exacerbated by humidity IIRC). In my case it was known where in the monitor the connection resided and a firm but quick whack to the plastic monitor housing there or in a particular spot on the front would resolve it (sometimes took a few attempts). The alternative was taking the monitor apart but cba.

[tiesto]

The one guy who mentioned he played Rygar was interesting, I mean if you've only played one game before in the past, I'd imagine it would have been something a bit more iconic like Pac Man or Pong or Space Invaders.

[Great Rumbler]

Pakistan probably wasn't getting the hot new titles, so it makes some sense that it would be a game that's more obscure.

[Great Rumbler]

[benjipwns]

The one guy who mentioned he played Rygar was interesting, I mean if you've only played one game before in the past, I'd imagine it would have been something a bit more iconic like Pac Man or Pong or Space Invaders.

I don't think it was his only game. Same guy mentions it was 1990 and that he had played Mario before and as he starts to play he totally remembers the level and mechanics of the power-ups. I figure he actually played more games as a kid but just Rygar was his favorite. Another guy seems to start to remember the level too as he notes the flag is coming up.

That fat dude who talked a bunch about wrestling also seems to have played some games before as he's holding and using the controller pretty properly.

I thought this was interesting in terms of the age thing not just with the guys, you can see the younger women also liking it more and figuring it out better, while the one older woman you can tell wants no part of it after dying immediately and the other is kinda baffled.

Really makes you think how they're just like us in so many ways.

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[Joe Molotov]

Why is that bitch wearing gloves to play vidya

We've got a global pandemic going on ffs, the real question is where is her mask?

[tiesto]

Pakistan probably wasn't getting the hot new titles, so it makes some sense that it would be a game that's more obscure.

My coworker, who's about a year older than me, grew up in rural India and he told me he had a pirated Famiclone growing up, his favorite games were Contra and the Mario titles - it's so interesting how universal this stuff is, even though for most of my life I always thought gaming was mainly a Japan/US/Western Europe (mainly UK) thing. Pete Dorr (retro youtuber who's local, met him a few times in person) has a cool video about the gaming scene in India:

[MMaRsu]

If we are talking about Pakistan I still love the Tekken story about Arslan



Also he uses my fav T7 character too

[MMaRsu]

[MMaRsu]

[D3RANG3D]

http://archive.is/MlHzJ

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Visual Novel Fan Translated Into English.

[nachobro]

new wwe game looks more like all stars, which was pretty good, and the lead on the xbone killer instinct is in charge of it

[demi]

If any of yall have old games sitting in your closet and want to make some money, the reseller market seems to be popping right now. I think people are itching to waste their Coronabux on old videogames.

Chibi Robo seems to have jumped up to about $150 on eBay for whatever reason ... ?

That's just one example of course

Crisis Core on PSP went up as well - FF7R probably helped with that.

[MMaRsu]

Is CC selling through though? I can buy one for 18 eur from a local gaming shop

[demi]

Nobody cares about PAL games, sorry haha I should have specified

[tiesto]

Interview with Hiromichi Tanaka and Koichi Ishii about FF3, in honor of the game's 30th anniversary. Good stuff for one of the most underrated games in the franchise (Famicom version that is, the DS version's not that great)

https://na.finalfantasy.com/topics/171

Oh, and as for something that we had trouble with making FFIII, there’s one good story. Right in the middle of development our main programmer Nasir Gebelli’s visa expired. He was living in a rental condo in Aoyama at the time, but he moved from there back to America. [laughs]
We still had about two months until the master of the game would be ready, so we said, “Well, what else can we do? Let’s go to him,” and packed up the PC and NES and all that and went to the United States. Obviously we were a bunch of Japanese people with all this suspicious technology, and Mr. Sakaguchi got held up in customs at San Francisco. The rest of us said we were there for business and got in just fine, but maybe he told the agent he was just sightseeing or something. [laughs]

[toku]

[Nintex]

It delivers?

They made a Death Stranding clone? 

[Vit-Symty]

https://twitter.com/Hideki_Naganuma/status/1255161563889020929

?​?​?​??​?​?​?

Man, it better be JSR related. Like a new one. Please.

[Don Rumata]

https://twitter.com/Hideki_Naganuma/status/1255161563889020929

?​?​?​??​?​?​?

Man, it better be JSR related. Like a new one. Please.

People would just bitch that it's too much like JSRF and not enough like JSR. 

[bork]

3D Realms and 1C Entertainment announced that they will release the old-school first-person shooter Ion Fury on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on May 14, with a physical release planned for June 26 on all consoles.

[Great Rumbler]

Probably gonna get the Switch version.

[paprikastaude]

Cool, with physical I'll try this sooner than later.

[Svejk]

Sega would probably just hand JSR3 to the studio who did Panzer Dragoon Remaster.     OG Smilebit crew, or no deal. 

[VomKriege]

[Positive Touch]

let's be honest, it's pretty much guaranteed that we'll be dealing with some sort of gamer outrage no matter who handles a potential new JSR

[Akala]

we need to talk about these new jet set character designs   

I have no kneepads and I must scream

[EchoRin]

Akala you little twerp. Your post made me think that there was some character reveal or something.

On a side note. Jet Set Radio, that's cool if it makes a resurgence. Where is my Skies of Arcadia remaster? Preferably based on the Gamecube version just for the sake of random encounter numbers. I'm sure they can hype it up as some lost Dreamcast treasure or whatever as far as nostalgia goes.

[Akala]

I think I would take a skies remake over a sequel/new game. 

[MMaRsu]

Most companies cant do these games justice anyway

[paprikastaude]

I think I would take a skies remake over a sequel/new game. 

After the turns that Shining has taken, yes Just put out an HD version like Grandia.

[Don Rumata]

let's be honest, it's pretty much guaranteed that we'll be dealing with some sort of gamer outrage no matter who handles a potential new JSR

My worry (not even worry, more like question) is why they'd want to do another? If it's just because they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for IPs to use, then i can see it turn out like a completely soulless "parody" of the previous games.
But if someone in the development team really does have an idea, or a twist on the formula, of course i'd like them to go ahead with it.

The jump from JSR to JSRF was pretty massive, in terms of style and core design changes, which, like it or not, to me means that they had an idea to bring forward, instead of just trying to "do another".

And of course, Smilebit is no more, right? So i'm not sure who'd be behind it.

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/assassinscreed/status/1255587664612524038

It's happening, new vidya 

[MMaRsu]

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