Random Gaming Talk Thread

[Atramental]

[benjipwns]

was reading an old thing by jason rubin, he said when they first showed crash at e3 a lot of people were still confused and would go the wrong directions, backwards or try to go into the scenery and stuff but miyamoto wandered over, instantly figured out the controls and blew through the levels dominating

 

[toku]

jesper kyd do any good scores lately?

[chronovore]

https://imgur.com/gallery/O9tbt

[eleuin]

I remember someone made a similar contraption for the lightning dodges in FFX

madness

[toku]

I remember someone made a similar contraption for the lightning dodges in FFX

madness

haha i remember that one!

[eleuin]

okay that was an easy google, should've just posted the video



miss me with that fake enthusiasm toku!

[toku]

i wasn't joking 

[seagrams hotsauce]

jesper kyd do any good scores lately?

i just wiki'd it and no. The Hitman osts were so good

[toku]

 :'(

[benjipwns]

There's never been a game like it, really I mean, you're shooting Nazi's, it's pretty unique.

[seagrams hotsauce]

 :'(

mid aughts stealth game tracks fuckin knocked mayne

[seagrams hotsauce]

I miss blood money so bad

[Rufus]

https://twitter.com/house_house_/status/915460576872038405

[Mr. Nobody]

What's the best way to get Dreamcast to output VGA on a modern TV?

Tried a Retro-Bit VGA cable and I flushed $13 down the drain 

[Raist]

Just a plain VGA<>HDMI adapter?

edit: I meant is that what you got is?
You need a VGA box. Sega made official ones but there were a whole bunch of 3rd party ones too.

[Mr. Nobody]

Just a plain VGA<>HDMI adapter?

edit: I meant is that what you got is?
You need a VGA box. Sega made official ones but there were a whole bunch of 3rd party ones too.

I tried this since I have VGA ports on 2 TVs and my computer monitor



Didn't work on any of them. Grabbed it because I saw decent reviews from multiple sites. I'm guessing this cable is bunk because if my TVs can take not only my old DC composite cable, but my PS2 running in 480i via component, 480p over VGA shouldn't be too hard considering they have the ports to begin with.

Not even gonna bother trying another or getting a refund (not worth the cost to send back). I guess I'll try one of those $60-80 boxes...if they ever come back in stock.  https://www.beharbros.com/products

[toku]

[Raist]

Just a plain VGA<>HDMI adapter?

edit: I meant is that what you got is?
You need a VGA box. Sega made official ones but there were a whole bunch of 3rd party ones too.

I tried this since I have VGA ports on 2 TVs and my computer monitor

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Didn't work on any of them. Grabbed it because I saw decent reviews from multiple sites. I'm guessing this cable is bunk because if my TVs can take not only my old DC composite cable, but my PS2 running in 480i via component, 480p over VGA shouldn't be too hard considering they have the ports to begin with.

Not even gonna bother trying another or getting a refund (not worth the cost to send back). I guess I'll try one of those $60-80 boxes...if they ever come back in stock.  https://www.beharbros.com/products

Did you try multiple games? Pretty sure some aren't compatible with VGA mode.

[Bebpo]

Crazy thing is I remember reading nothing but mediocre impressions during early access. I hyped before I saw that. But then the reviews have been really positive so it looks like it really just was in early access development and the final polished version came through in the end.

Definitely gonna play this at some point. Loved the old games as kids.

[toku]

yeah i had totally forgotten that I had bought it? or backed it lol. I was surprised to see on the store page that I already owned it 

[Mr. Nobody]

Just a plain VGA<>HDMI adapter?

edit: I meant is that what you got is?
You need a VGA box. Sega made official ones but there were a whole bunch of 3rd party ones too.

I tried this since I have VGA ports on 2 TVs and my computer monitor

(Image removed from quote.)

Didn't work on any of them. Grabbed it because I saw decent reviews from multiple sites. I'm guessing this cable is bunk because if my TVs can take not only my old DC composite cable, but my PS2 running in 480i via component, 480p over VGA shouldn't be too hard considering they have the ports to begin with.

Not even gonna bother trying another or getting a refund (not worth the cost to send back). I guess I'll try one of those $60-80 boxes...if they ever come back in stock.  https://www.beharbros.com/products

Did you try multiple games? Pretty sure some aren't compatible with VGA mode.

Nah, the cable didn't show up at all once plugged in. No signal at all on anything.

[benjipwns]

From some google searching of those specific cables it looks like those cables might be "upbranded" Chinese crap that's missing the ground and you need a ~$7-10 adapter to provide it:

I'm not sure what the "Retro Cast" VGA cable is - if I look for it all I find are the Retro-Bit ones, and those look like they're the same as the generic Chinese ones. Those are missing the ground connection for some reason, though the only monitor I've found that doesn't like that is my ancient ~20 year old VGA CRT which displays a rolling picture or "no sync". If you have a device with a VGA pass-through you could try running the VGA connection through that as they often join all the ground pins together.

I know you probably don't want to throw any more money at the problem but I can vouch for the cheap MINI VGA2HDMI devices. They get the aspect ratio slightly wrong but otherwise work fine in conjunction with the cheap Chinese Dreamcast VGA cables. It would be worth double checking that your TV supports 640x480 first, though.

IIRC, you can also do this with a video card/laptop that has the proper ports. I seem to remember a run on some like $20 garbage ATI cards a few years back because they had them (for video capture or something normal) and were cheaper than the boxes.

[toku]

why isn't symphony of the night on steam

[Positive Touch]

 bc konami is balls and run by wastes of life

[benjipwns]

why isn't symphony of the night on steam

Valve's download size limits, they can't fit it.

[desert punk]

Never played the first one. Is this a pure platformer or some kind of genre mix?

I bought that Ratchet and Clank remake during a PSN sale a while ago hoping for some nice platforming action but to my disappointment it played more like an action adventure than anything else.

[Rufus]

[Raist]

Someone fucked up.

https://twitter.com/BroTeamPill/status/916069902578061313

[thisismyusername]

EAfront 2 is just as bad as the first. If not more-so.

Grab the intel and suddenly the enemy attacking base is YOUR spawning base and the objective you have to haul-ass to is THEIR spawn now.

@ DICE.

[benjipwns]

So is this ever actually coming out? 

It's always been scheduled for 2018. They knew to set the date pretty far out.

Glad you linked tho, cuz there was Starfox Devs Play with Dylan Cuthbert:

[Rahxephon91]

All I wanted was Battlefield 4 with a Star Wars skin. I do not understand why Dice not make that.

[Mr. Nobody]

Someone fucked up.

https://twitter.com/BroTeamPill/status/916069902578061313

 

[chronovore]

http://www.newsweek.com/nazi-video-game-wolfenstein-angers-nazis-make-america-nazi-free-again-slogan-679530

 In today’s game news, Nazis are upset that there is Nazi-killing in a Nazi killing game.

[Bebpo]

Stumbled across Ruiner having Hirasawa Susumu tracks. Was like hollllyyyyy shiiiit how did that happen and looked into it and they just licensed some old tracks to use, which is still cool but man if they had gotten Hirasawa to write a track or two for the game that would've been stellar.

[Joe Molotov]

My weekend haul

[tiesto]

Alisia Dragoon is really good, its from Game Arts of Lunar fame. Good challenge level, nice graphics and music.

[Positive Touch]

WRONG

[tiesto]

Alisia Dragoon is really good, its from Game Arts of Grandia II fame. Good challenge level, nice graphics and music.

FTFY

Hmm, I'd think aside from Saturn fans, more people would be familiar with Lunar than Grandia...

[Positive Touch]

tbh i really can't stand the bitching over loot boxes. reminds me of when people howled at the introduction of dlc. seems like it's a bunch of whiny nerds complaining that they want something for free or that they want it to be easy to obtain. there's just this constant undercurrent of "how DARE they charge me!" whenever a developer adds in some optional pay content and it's really annoying and comes off as entitled. just ignore it and play the damn game, or cough up the cash if you really can't live with that extra character skin or whatever.

[a slime appears]

Lootboxes when done poorly are fucking awful, don't get me wrong, but the people whining about it are the extreme minority. It's actually hilarious just how one-sided that argument is. Lootboxes are a major profit center.

I don't like 'em myself though, no thanks.

[fistfulofmetal]

tbh i really can't stand the bitching over loot boxes. reminds me of when people howled at the introduction of dlc. seems like it's a bunch of whiny nerds complaining that they want something for free or that they want it to be easy to obtain. there's just this constant undercurrent of "how DARE they charge me!" whenever a developer adds in some optional pay content and it's really annoying and comes off as entitled. just ignore it and play the damn game, or cough up the cash if you really can't live with that extra character skin or whatever.

IMO this is some bullshit tbh.

Loot boxes are an entirely artificially created concept in modern "AAA" games. They're taking the inherent concept of loot from treasure chests from Diablo and Borderlands and forcefully shoving it in games that it doesn't belong in. These games are started to be tuned to steer you in that direction. They wouldn't be putting them in the game in the first place if they didn't expect you to shell out a few dollars here and there. It's super shitty and invasive seeing how they're trying to siphon more money out of people who are already spending 60-90 bucks on a video game.

You and I may be able to ignore it but we're not everyone. And this shit is clearly only beginning, I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't in every major release next year.

[Positive Touch]

oh it will be in everything soon, but my point is it's easy to ignore. money for bigger games has to come from somewhere, so ofc they're going to put in stuff like this. but just like dlc or paid powerups or f2p gatcha it'll be possible to pay the game just fine while ignoring the other stuff if you don't want it. i don't see what the problem is except that people want the stuff for free.

[Joe Molotov]

Lootboxes are shit, don't defend this crap. Gambling for the right to buy the DLC you want, smh.

[Rahxephon91]

Fuck I would rather just buy the skin I want instead of spending 100s of hours or spending money to maybe get the skin I want.

[D3RANG3D]

[Positive Touch]

seems like I struck a nerve lol

I can't argue against specific dlc vs crates bc yeah, it sucks as an alternative. my main point tho, is that I disagree with "unlockables barely exist anymore" bc games are so much bigger than they ever were. huge quests are buffed by side activities and quests, there's free updates to go with dlc, etc. remember when we used to complain about 30 ps1 games being too bloated? nowadays you wouldn't waste $60 on a game that short. and the way aaa games are designed, you can blaze thru the main quest and unlock all the areas of you want, or you can do all the side shit, climb all the tiers, get the dlc, and keep that shit going for like a solid year. so yeah it sucks that they put items behind a grab bag system, but it's ultimately irrelevant if you don't want to pay the extra cash because you'll still have a full game right there to play.

[D3RANG3D]

https://twitter.com/bk2128/status/918072211876880384

[demi]

Good use of resources

[thisismyusername]

seems like I struck a nerve lol

You didn't strike a nerve. You're just defending stupid shit.

Lootboxes are shit, don't defend this crap. Gambling for the right to buy the DLC you want, smh.

[Joe Molotov]

Good use of resources

Adding Trophy support.

[demi]

?

Star Ocean 4 had trophies on PS3

[Joe Molotov]

My bad, the bullet point features for this listed "trophy support" so I though the old one didn't have it. Turns out this is just shit then.

Resolution: From 720p on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 –> PlayStation 4 Pro: Maximum 4K / PlayStation 4: Full HD
Functionality to change image settings (shadow and blur settings, etc.)
Trophy support
Share button support

Read more at http://gematsu.com/2017/10/star-ocean-last-hope-4k-full-hd-remaster-announced-ps4-pc#lGsVZmHxKexWqEMJ.99

[Great Rumbler]

SHARE BUTTON SUPPORT

[benjipwns]

Scarface is actually a surprisingly fun open world game that got lost in the generational shuffle but I totally saw all kinds of bugs like this.

Don't remember it looking that bad though, maybe it's because I have the Xbox version. Or maybe it's because it actually loaded in the textures.

[benjipwns]

Maybe that's the PSP version...or Wii version?

Never knew it had a PC version.

In July 2005, Vivendi president Phil O'Neil intimated there were plans to turn Scarface into a multigame franchise, saying "a Scarface 2, a Scarface 3, a Scarface 4, and consecutive iterations of that product [are] a really important component of what we're trying to do here."

welp

[Raist]

[Joe Molotov]

Maybe that's the PSP version...or Wii version?

Never knew it had a PC version.

In July 2005, Vivendi president Phil O'Neil intimated there were plans to turn Scarface into a multigame franchise, saying "a Scarface 2, a Scarface 3, a Scarface 4, and consecutive iterations of that product [are] a really important component of what we're trying to do here."

welp

Mah deep Scarface mythos

[Raist]

Phil Spencer still with his dumb PR act instead of worrying about the XboneX launch

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-boss-unsure-if-cross-play-with-ps4-will-happe/1100-6453994/

"I have a real struggle making comments about their motivation or timelines. I know there is a certain view that says if my friends have this console, they can't play with people who buy another console. That's a reason they go buy my console," he said.

Well yeah, that may work out if the XB1 wasn't a piece of junk.

[Nabbis]

Fuck lootboxes. If you did not buy that shit, it would not cost any money and would exist in a form that compliments gameplay design as to make it a fun activity instead of a money bait.

Or better yet, they would not exist at all because they are shit compared to other progression models.