Random Gaming Talk Thread

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[Nintex]

Symphony of the Waifu's 

So many interesting games, so little time to play 

[Bebpo]

How does Inti Create make so many fucking games 

I never play any of their stuff but I swear they have a new game every six months.

[Polident Hive]

Found this YouTube channel that compiled the entire library of a console in one long video, around ten seconds per game. The PS2 video is over 11 hours, with over 4000 games. By comparison GameCube is under two hours with 650 games. Yes this is digging back to console warzzz two decades removed. And yes most of that 4000 are junk. Thought the DS would dwarf it for the cheap mobile games it had, but that’s 3500.

More surprising to me is the 3DS nearing 1000 games. Probably only own about ten games for it. Four are Zeldas.

[Bebpo]

Is the Wii U one like 10 mins?

[HardcoreRetro]

WiiU had a load of indie stuff. Should be around the length of the Gamecube one.

[Polident Hive]

There doesn’t seem to be Wii U yet, but the shorter I saw is the Jaguar.



Somehow a new Jaguar emulator came out last month. Finally, all 56 games are playable. From Aircars to Zoop.

[MMaRsu]

Play this game you heathens

[Svejk]

Play this game you heathens

Bring that shit to PS Fif and I will.

[Svejk]

Just bought RE8 on the current sale for $20.  Can't wait to not play it till I can manage a PSVR2! 

[Tasty]

There doesn’t seem to be Wii U yet, but the shorter I saw is the Jaguar.



Somehow a new Jaguar emulator came out last month. Finally, all 56 games are playable. From Aircars to Zoop.

[Nintex]

9(!) GHZ

https://twitter.com/VideoCardz/status/1605575715029647361

[Nintex]

I really need to start playing this once I finish Live A Live.
Cool throw back to the FF2 font.

[Bebpo]

I really need to start playing this once I finish Live A Live.
Cool throw back to the FF2 font.

I want to play the DLCs but they made the stupid decision of requiring grinding to get started on them so that's a skip for me.

Base game was great though. Definitely play it. There's a story bit in it that's really good.

[Tasty]

9(!) GHZ

https://twitter.com/VideoCardz/status/1605575715029647361

I remember being 11 and thinking the GHz would go on forever... That part of me is excited by this news for some reason.

[benjipwns]

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/znfw7y/my_name_is_nasser_the_game_is_censoring_the_word/

[Potato]

9(!) GHZ

https://twitter.com/VideoCardz/status/1605575715029647361

I remember being 11 and thinking the GHz would go on forever... That part of me is excited by this news for some reason.

Clock speed on my first PC was 75 MHz if I remember correctly

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[Polident Hive]

Addendum to the PS2 library chat after scrubbed through the video. Strange how many Simple 2000 games were ported to PAL regions. They’d take Simple 2000 vol 162 THE Yo-Yo and release it as String Toy Frenzy and sold cheap at Sainsburys. But the lower than low tier games are PAL exclusives.



Hell yeah

[benjipwns]

Some of those PS2 garbage bin games (that many noticed later as Wii titles) are amazing. That one company existed on the premise that they could sell the things as impulse purchases in supermarkets near the checkouts.

[Bebpo]

The one jrpg series I've always felt regret for never playing is Tengai Makyou (Far East of Eden). Been wanting to play 2/4 and the Kabuki gaiden one forever.

There are plenty of individual jrpgs I've never gotten around to, but that's probably the only major franchise I've completely missed. I'd say Phantasy Star as well, but I've given PS2 a few shakes and it's just not my thing.

[archnemesis]

Same here. Tengai Makyou is the only renowned Japanese series that I have no experience with.

[paprikastaude]

[Bebpo]

Same here. Tengai Makyou is the only renowned Japanese series that I have no experience with.

Actually, I can also add Metal Max to the list for me. The first three games seem pretty well regarded. Never tried any of them.

It's never seemed too interesting of a franchise to me. I think DJTiesto here may have played a few of them.

[Tasty]

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I came here to have a good time and I'm feeling so attacked right now

[Polident Hive]

Missed out on many (many) notable JRPGs across the PS1 and PS2. Really, for two reasons. When younger, I couldn’t get into turned based combat. Were the times I kept hearing the game were over 70 hours long and it took 20 hours to get going. Exaggerations but influenced what I picked. Turn based games I played usually had some hook. Like Grandia 2 and Breath of Fire V. Why when I had a 360, I played Infinite Undiscovery but not Blue Dragon or Lost Odyssey. Actually, I played Pokémon as a kid so what do I know.

[tiesto]

Same here. Tengai Makyou is the only renowned Japanese series that I have no experience with.

Actually, I can also add Metal Max to the list for me. The first three games seem pretty well regarded. Never tried any of them.

It's never seemed too interesting of a franchise to me. I think DJTiesto here may have played a few of them.

Its a fun series with a cool atmosphere, like an anime take on Mad Max. More nonlinear than the standard RPG. We only got 3 of the games here - Metal Saga on ps2 and Xeno/Xeno Reborn (a remake a few years later with a grittier art style) on ps4/switch.

My big Japanese series I never bothered with are Momotaru Densetsu and *gasp* Monster Hunter.

[Bebpo]

Same here. Tengai Makyou is the only renowned Japanese series that I have no experience with.

Actually, I can also add Metal Max to the list for me. The first three games seem pretty well regarded. Never tried any of them.

It's never seemed too interesting of a franchise to me. I think DJTiesto here may have played a few of them.

Its a fun series with a cool atmosphere, like an anime take on Mad Max. More nonlinear than the standard RPG. We only got 3 of the games here - Metal Saga on ps2 and Xeno/Xeno Reborn (a remake a few years later with a grittier art style) on ps4/switch.

My big Japanese series I never bothered with are Momotaru Densetsu and *gasp* Monster Hunter.

Yeah, I've never touched Momotaru but isn't it a board game series? Not my kind of thing at all.

[bork]

Same here. Tengai Makyou is the only renowned Japanese series that I have no experience with.

Actually, I can also add Metal Max to the list for me. The first three games seem pretty well regarded. Never tried any of them.

It's never seemed too interesting of a franchise to me. I think DJTiesto here may have played a few of them.

Its a fun series with a cool atmosphere, like an anime take on Mad Max. More nonlinear than the standard RPG. We only got 3 of the games here - Metal Saga on ps2 and Xeno/Xeno Reborn (a remake a few years later with a grittier art style) on ps4/switch.

My big Japanese series I never bothered with are Momotaru Densetsu and *gasp* Monster Hunter.

Yeah, I've never touched Momotaru but isn't it a board game series? Not my kind of thing at all.

Apparently Momotaro Densetsu is an RPG series and Momotaro Dentetsu is the board game series.

[Polident Hive]

Been thinking about other JRPGs I missed. This is niche and specific. The .hack series after the initial .hack series. I played those first four on PS2. Heard the second set were much better. Got weirdly into the series, anime and all, but those games passed me by.

[Bebpo]

Been thinking about other JRPGs I missed. This is niche and specific. The .hack series after the initial .hack series. I played those first four on PS2. Heard the second set were much better. Got weirdly into the series, anime and all, but those games passed me by.

Story-wise and music-wise the original series was way better than GU. You didn't miss anything.

GU looked way better and played better but the story was whatever.

[Bebpo]

Speaking of other jrpg series. I started playing Utawarerumono #1 just now to finally check it out a bit. This music is pretty chill.

[Nintex]

My top played games of 2022 on Xbox and Switch according to the yearly review thingies.

Xbox: Elden Ring (94 hours)
Switch: Xenoblade 3 (134 hours)

92% of my Switch play time was RPG's

[Svejk]

The Metro Saga Bundle is $15 on PSN.  Always had an interest in them, but never really tried them.  They any good?  Read they're pretty immersive, which has me pondering picking this up.

Also Doom and Dishonored 2 are $5 a piece.  Had interest in those as well...

These Year End sales are killing me.   

[Nintex]

I'm a big fan of Metro 2033 and Last Light.

I didn't like Exodus as much though.

[archnemesis]

I reinstalled Metro 2033 after having read the novel earlier this year. I didn't like it when it was released because of the ammo scarcity and I don't like it now because it's heavily scripted and shooting things doesn't feel satisfying.

That being said, it's a popular series, and for that price you might as well give it a shot. Maybe you'll love it.

[Nintex]

The biggest year of Xbox

https://twitter.com/JezCorden/status/1607537449500041217

[Nintex]

These Year End sales are killing me.   

[Svejk]

https://twitter.com/thegameawards/status/1607520020862750721
 

[Svejk]

I'm a big fan of Metro 2033 and Last Light.

I didn't like Exodus as much though.

I reinstalled Metro 2033 after having read the novel earlier this year. I didn't like it when it was released because of the ammo scarcity and I don't like it now because it's heavily scripted and shooting things doesn't feel satisfying.

That being said, it's a popular series, and for that price you might as well give it a shot. Maybe you'll love it.

They actually have a demo up for these.  Gonna try it first.  Demos FTW!

[paprikastaude]

https://twitter.com/bk2128/status/1607754070277902336

[Svejk]

https://twitter.com/CapcomUSA_/status/1607813347390492672

[Bebpo]

Glad the Gooch is still making games even if I haven't jived with any of them since Lost Odyssey.

[BIONIC]

I loved Lost Odyssey even though I never finished it since life happened by the time I got to Disc 4, and I never picked it back up since 50+ hour JRPG saves have at most a month before you completely forget everything that happened, how to play the game, what you should equip on your characters, etc. Been meaning to start over for 5 fucking years now 

The Last Story was fun if not mostly forgettable. I had a good time though, and it was short so that was a plus.

Fantasian had no right being as good as it was for a phone game. Well worth using my Apple Arcade trial on it last year. The difficulty balance goes to complete shit in the second half though, but it’s doable.

I never played Blue Dragon past the “tutorial” so I can’t say much about it.

Hope his next game hits consoles!

[Bebpo]

Fantasian had no right being as good as it was for a phone game. Well worth using my Apple Arcade trial on it last year. The difficulty balance goes to complete shit in the second half though, but it’s doable.

I still haven't resubbed to apple arcade to play the second half. The first half was...ok. Like for a phone game it was good, but for a jrpg in general it was kind of vanilla until the end.

I hear pt.2 is more open and interesting, but also a lot lengthier so not super excited to commit to it. Battles were also a bit slow iirc.

[BIONIC]

Second part is probably double the length of the first one despite having like half the unique content (you revisit almost all the areas, and there aren’t too many new ones added), so yeah lol

I honestly like the first part better since it felt better balanced and paced, and I personally don’t mind my JRPGs to be a bit on the linear side (eg FFX). Story gets spread too thin in the second part imo.

[Nintex]

Interesting to see what the average PC gamer is on and how well it holds up.

[BIONIC]

[Svejk]

Forgot about this reveal(remake?) during the VGA's.  This shit looks incredibly dope..  Dat UE5 



So, is this suppose to be a remake of the 2014 LotF?  Or a direct follow up with the same name?    I have the PS4 one (via PS+), but never gave it a try.  I assume at this point, with ER and other Soulsborne games out, it's not worth the time?  Any of you all play it?

[bork]

[HardcoreRetro]

Forgot about this reveal(remake?) during the VGA's.  This shit looks incredibly dope..  Dat UE5 



So, is this suppose to be a remake of the 2014 LotF?  Or a direct follow up with the same name?    I have the PS4 one (via PS+), but never gave it a try.  I assume at this point, with ER and other Soulsborne games out, it's not worth the time?  Any of you all play it?

It's meant to be a sequel.

First game is kinda rough. Got dubbed Clunky Souls by the souls-community around the time of release. I tried to play through it twice but dropped it both times after the first two bosses. All of it just feels off. It's not just clunky, but it feels like the game has bad inherent response time. Animations that don't sell the weight of the clunkier design at all.

Biggest thing it has going for it is that it was one of the first Souls copycat games. As a gaming history piece it's probably fun to look at for like an hour or two when it's on sale for like a buck. Otherwise I would not recommend it in any capacity.

[Svejk]

Forgot about this reveal(remake?) during the VGA's.  This shit looks incredibly dope..  Dat UE5 



So, is this suppose to be a remake of the 2014 LotF?  Or a direct follow up with the same name?    I have the PS4 one (via PS+), but never gave it a try.  I assume at this point, with ER and other Soulsborne games out, it's not worth the time?  Any of you all play it?

It's meant to be a sequel.

First game is kinda rough. Got dubbed Clunky Souls by the souls-community around the time of release. I tried to play through it twice but dropped it both times after the first two bosses. All of it just feels off. It's not just clunky, but it feels like the game has bad inherent response time. Animations that don't sell the weight of the clunkier design at all.

Biggest thing it has going for it is that it was one of the first Souls copycat games. As a gaming history piece it's probably fun to look at for like an hour or two when it's on sale for like a buck. Otherwise I would not recommend it in any capacity.

Yeah, the quick vids of gameplay I pulled up do look clunky.  Guess I should reserve expectations if they don't improve on the gameplay aspect.

[paprikastaude]

https://twitter.com/bk2128/status/1607754070277902336

https://www.gematsu.com/2022/12/japanese-creators-discuss-2023-ambitions
Fumito Ueda

—Ambitions for 2023

“All of genDesign is working hard to be able to finally announce something, so please give us your support.”

 

[Nintex]

 

[Beezy]

MM/X/ZX with close combat instead of ranged weapon and swords looks sick.

[bork]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1609206986088001536

[bork]

https://twitter.com/Button__Masher/status/1608875618434961409

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/MaddenNFLDirect/status/1609198387580084225

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[Joe Molotov]