Random Gaming Talk Thread

[BisMarckie]

so did samba de amigo 2 (or was it just a wii port?) and jet set radio future came out on the xbox.

Still make threes of all of them, plz

Samba de Amigo was just a port IIRC, and Jet Set Radio Future isn't Jet Grind Radio 2.

I didn't know Seaman 2 existed though 

[thisismyusername]

I didn’t even realize that was happening 

I mean, that aside: It's PSO. PSO1 and PSU/PSP all had the same MENU MENU MENU design.

[Positive Touch]

huh, the samba de amigo wii port was done by gearbox. weird

[Tuckers Law]

I didn’t even realize that was happening 

I mean, that aside: It's PSO. PSO1 and PSU/PSP all had the same MENU MENU MENU design.

Last time I played a PSO game was when Dreamcast was current-gen, so I’ll have to take your word on it, as I don’t really remember that part of the game.

[Rahxephon91]

Menu Menu Menu design sounds like a Japanese mmo. Even old FFXIV was all about menus. Hell, XIV now still has a lot of menus.

[Positive Touch]

that fucking image that shows you how many of your item slots in ffxiv are full is the most useless ui thing i have ever seen. the first thing i did in the game was shrink and erase almost all the clutter on screen, until it looked more like xiii's interface. those people that have ability icons and shit all over the screen are insane.

[thisismyusername]

I didn’t even realize that was happening 

I mean, that aside: It's PSO. PSO1 and PSU/PSP all had the same MENU MENU MENU design.

Last time I played a PSO game was when Dreamcast was current-gen, so I’ll have to take your word on it, as I don’t really remember that part of the game.

You have to go to a quest desk (like PSO2) to get the quest, then you have to go to the quest giver (not in PSO2 thankfully, at least from the little I played before it suicided) to get the information. Then you go on the quest. Then you return, to report the quest finished and get your rewards.

You dive through menus to equip Mag Arts, feed your Mag (PSO's only), equip/unequip items, etc.

Basically:

Menu Menu Menu design sounds like a Japanese mmo. Even old FFXIV was all about menus. Hell, XIV now still has a lot of menus.

[Positive Touch]

 

[Svejk]

I got PSO2 (PC) working on my second attempt. (did a regular ass uninstall then reinstalled it.. worked fine so far)  Made a braver Cast character and went through the prologue np... Gotta say, it's kindling some old school Sonic Team vibes.. Feels like PSO, just way more enhanced...  Will venture more into it.   Will say this though, I already like it a helluva lot better than Black Desert.    What's a few more hours to stack on the countless of hundreds of hours spent on every other PSO/U released? 

[Great Rumbler]

How would you even play something with a screen that small?

[Joe Molotov]

Yeah, Gameboy Micro...that's the ticket! That was really popular...*checks notes*...15 years ago. Oh, it wasn't popular? Well fuck it, we'll do it live!

[Great Rumbler]

Could've done a Sega Saturn Mini instead.

[eleuin]

Looking to start collecting for a mid range pc build (580 / 1660 / 1070 / 1080 / 5700XT & 3600x)

If anyone has older parts (mobo, psu, ram etc) that you're willing to sell and ship to canada lmk

[paprikastaude]

[Positive Touch]

that's a gigantic hand, right?

[Nintex]

lmao gamegear micro

xbots never change 

[paprikastaude]

The real scoop is that they are doing cloud gaming for arcades or something in Japan.

[EchoRin]

I had a Game Gear. I can't think of enough key titles to justify a Micro (actually I'm drawing a complete blank) . Certainly can't justify spending over 20 bucks for it.

The Sonic GG games have probably ended up on some other collections over the last 20 no? If not I'd be much more inclined to picking them up digitally as Steam/console online store titles than picking up a Micro.

I did really enjoy the Power Rangers game on the GG, but for all I know it was shit and I didn't know it back then.

I guess the main flaw I see is that the GG was meant to give you a similar graphical experience and gaming experience as the current consoles at the time. And yeah it was cool playing NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat on the thing, but in the end they are inferior to the Genesis/SNES titles. Like triple A port's of PS2 like games on the PSP. Impressive, sure. But kinda irrelevant as time passes on as they are somewhat gimped compared to their console brothers. Though the PSP had its quality exclusives that weren't about keeping up with the consoles.

[porkbun]

The only GG games that I can think of that are unique and good (ie, not a watered down Genesis or SMS port) are the Shinobi games.  Even if they had more of a selection to pick from, that thing looks to be unplayable and each version only comes with 4 games. 

*wet fart*

They would have been better off doing a mini SMS/GG combo.

[EchoRin]

Oh gosh. It really is that small  . I thought the tweet was an exaggeration in its smallness, but clicking on the link to the Japanese site. Nope. It's the size a cracker.

In that case I see no point.

edit: "That's what she said"

[Nintex]

There are more important things than video games right now

Haha euro racing sims go brrr 

[bork]

https://www.pcgamer.com/amp/the-windows-store-is-so-awful-phantasy-star-online-2-fans-made-a-custom-launcher-to-circumvent-it/

[Joe Molotov]

https://twitter.com/ReckoningGame/status/1268558080532455426

But why tho?

[Great Rumbler]

Yeah, boy, I can't wait to replay a faux-MMO that already felt dated by the time it first came out 8 years ago.

[BisMarckie]

Another game I can cross off from my backlog and replace with a newer version

[Svejk]

I really tried to like it, but kept going back to Dragon's Dogma.. Far, far superior.

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.gematsu.com/2020/06/clockwork-aquario-cancelled-westone-bit-entertainment-arcade-game-from-1992-coming-to-ps4-and-switch-in-2020

This is cool. A cancelled 1992 arcade game from the creator of Wonder Boy is being rescued and released on PS4/Switch.

[Rahxephon91]

Yeah, boy, I can't wait to replay a faux-MMO that already felt dated by the time it first came out 8 years ago.

Dated and bland.

The kmart of wRPGS.

[chronovore]

https://twitter.com/ReckoningGame/status/1268558080532455426

But why tho?

I remember downloading the demo on my 360, I think it was the whole game with a 90 minute timer active. At the end of 90 minutes, I felt I had seen everything I needed to see.

[Pissy F Benny]

i had it and got to the first town or new area and never even looked at it again

[Rufus]

I played the entire thing, even though the game is structurally boring. You cannot get any sort of challenge from it, by design.

And I'm currently playing Damnation.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/damnation

spoiler (click to show/hide)

This is not a cry for help.

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[thisismyusername]

https://www.pcgamer.com/amp/the-windows-store-is-so-awful-phantasy-star-online-2-fans-made-a-custom-launcher-to-circumvent-it/

I haven't tried it yet, but the PSO2 discord was talking about it. I'll have to free up 100gigs (or get another drive/fit it into my bay) to do that. Hopefully their launcher finds a way to delete the bloat that the MS version does.

There are more important things than video games right now

Haha euro racing sims go brrr 

They're already on number 3!? I still haven't played the first one (that I got through Humble). I remember trying the Pagani edition/demo and the controller support was really bad (wheel recommended). Apparently 2 didn't fix that, so hopefully #3 is the third time the charm for that to be fixed if they want it to compete with Forza.

[Pissy F Benny]

i wonder what the car count is, theres something that puts me off racers when you're up against 20 other cars but theres only 3 different car models in the race, and the game isn't pissing new whips over your face like

[BisMarckie]

Project Cars is a weird game series stuck in limbo between the serious sims like iracing,rfactor or even Assetto Corsa and the more casual games like Forza and Gran Turismo. They should pick a direction, because the games so far have neither been particularly fun or realistic.

[Pissy F Benny]

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-06-04-project-cars-3-takes-the-series-on-a-new-direction

sounds like they're going in the forza direction, which is fine by me, shame demos largely don't exist anymore cos I'm intrigued but need a taste before buying.

[Akala]

I have been wanting to try that new NFS game (HEAT) cause of the Miami vibe...it's on sale but nooooot quite there yet.

I am excited for next gen racers, I really think it'll be one of the genres that benefits greatly from better data streaming/rapid load times.

[Pissy F Benny]

NFS heat is kinda wack, avoid unless you’re desperate for a new open world racer

[Akala]

I generally don't like NFS games but keep getting them when they hit ~$10 

[BisMarckie]

I generally don't like NFS games but keep getting them when they hit ~$10 

Me too, I think I have more or less a complete collection. I don’t think I have played any of them since Rivals came out

[toku]

I actually heard good things about Heat from enthusiasts. Especially the PC version since you can tweak it

[toku]

[Pissy F Benny]

I generally don't like NFS games but keep getting them when they hit ~$10 

Me too, I think I have more or less a complete collection. I don’t think I have played any of them since Rivals came out

Rivals had the goat cutscenes

[Nintex]

Had to be done

[thisismyusername]

"we cancel roadmap"

Even as a non-owner of BFVagina, I felt that.

[Positive Touch]

https://twitter.com/aitaikimochi/status/1269313387898388480?s

[Svejk]

https://twitter.com/aitaikimochi/status/1269313387898388480?s

His ass better be done with whatever's needed for Dragon's Dogma 2 before moving on.
 

[Nintex]

New Insurgency Sandstorm update



- All maps now have night versions
- Very realistic nighttime gameplay
- More extreme PTSD

[Mr Gilhaney]

Bought a new keyboard



Fucking love it. But it's too good for my original purpose, of just using it for csgo (i have a huge L shaped desk, and dedicate half of it for cs/competitive shooters with my 240hz monitor, and use the larger part of it for my ultra wide). So thinking about returning it, to get the same keyboard in full size with function and media keys. 

[Mr Gilhaney]

Gamereactor saying new Silent Hill is real. 

and a bunch of other shit

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/gywi6a/gamereactor_has_made_an_article_detailing_leaked/

[Rufus]

Dicking around with Dreamcast stuff: Started with NullDC but kept getting errors, move on to a newer emulator called Redream that is very slick and organized and basically plug and play in the sense there's no bios, no plugins, etc. However I can't get it to recognize all the games I've put in the directory, and I"m not really even sure why or how because I had Tennis 2k2/Virtua Tennis 2 in there and it didn't show up in the library but then suddenly it showed up 4 times so...I'm also having trouble finding some games. Giant Gram 2000 where the fuck are you I know that shit is easily found because I had downloaded it and played it within the past 2-3 years but it seems like it was only up at the isozone and emuparadise, both of which have been decimated


Thinking about Crazy Taxi 1/2, Sonic Adventure 1/2 (I only played 1 in a display at a toy store, had 2 on Gamecube but I'm sure I never finished it), maybe Street Fighter 3, NBA 2K for a game or two (Imo, Allen Iverson is the Dreamcast mascot, not Sonic)

NullDC is ded. Redream is indeed nice, but doesn't play Naomi or WinCE titles. Demul does both.

Search for "redump dreamcast" on Archive.org. :3

Those Tennis games don't happen to be gdi's? Those can be iffy.
https://redream.io/help#running

Bookmark this:
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page

[Akala]

Warhammer II seems vast. I really like it, but am far beyond the curve on these and there are a lot of systems/faction variation/etc. I am digging the setting so will give it a bit, maybe watch some vids. 

I always try and get into Total War but it never clicks. I feel like I am playing them wrong or something. 

[Bebpo]

Warhammer II seems vast. I really like it, but am far beyond the curve on these and there are a lot of systems/faction variation/etc. I am digging the setting so will give it a bit, maybe watch some vids. 

I always try and get into Total War but it never clicks. I feel like I am playing them wrong or something. 

Yeah, I've always wanted to get into a Total War game and I've tried a few but without experience in the genre it feels like something you'll need to spend the time & patience to learn.

[toku]

Bought a new keyboard

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Fucking love it. But it's too good for my original purpose, of just using it for csgo (i have a huge L shaped desk, and dedicate half of it for cs/competitive shooters with my 240hz monitor, and use the larger part of it for my ultra wide). So thinking about returning it, to get the same keyboard in full size with function and media keys. 

whats the brand/model g

[Mr Gilhaney]

Ducky x Varmilo MIYA-Pro Panda. There is a few different sizes of it. I got blue switches, because I like upsetting people on discord.

Also came with a decent mousepad, and... uhm... a panda?



I even fixed all my cables (not included in this photo) today, and moved my setup around now in excitement over how good it is. 

[toku]

very clean setup g, surprising lack of garfield =P

[EchoRin]

Honest question. What's the deal with the panda aesthetic? Is there any ryhme or reason to it? I don't mean that as a criticism. It's more that it seems so different from "gamer" keyboards.

Did it come with the plushy as well?

[toku]

Honest question. What's the deal with the panda aesthetic? Is there any ryhme or reason to it? I don't mean that as a criticism. It's more that it seems so different from "gamer" keyboards.

Did it come with the plushy as well?

its the brand/marketing of the keyboard not his personal taste (idthink?)

[Mr Gilhaney]

Honest question. What's the deal with the panda aesthetic? Is there any ryhme or reason to it? I don't mean that as a criticism. It's more that it seems so different from "gamer" keyboards.

Did it come with the plushy as well?

It did come with that yeah. Varmilo is chinese, and do year of the ***** editions every time a new one comes around. Here's year of the pig and year of the dog editions.







 Since then they branched out, and just started doing the themes to whatever they want I guess. Mostly still animals, but also some interesting other ones. But I just chose it because I thought it looked good, and was one of the few Varmilo keyboards I could order here in Denmark without having to wait forever for it to be imported.

I really like this one with a calculator they did as well

very clean setup g, surprising lack of garfield =P

You haven't seen what stickers my pc got on it m8

[Rufus]

The tennis games worked they just weren't recognized at first and I didn't do anything to change that and then it suddenly recognized it multiple times. I did come across the redump stuff and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with any of the info.

Ah, OK. I'm just trying to casually induct you into the league of people who spend more time configuring emulators than they do emulating games. Isn't it great though? All that stuff, just out there.

yadda yadda

Redump collections are (assumed to be) good dumps and emulator authors generally treat them as a base line for troubleshooting. The databases are available on redump.org (except Wii, but it's out there), so if you ever come across an image you're unsure of, you can use them to cross-reference the checksums.

The wiki I linked to is just a great resource for what's out there, but they also openly link to bios collections, rom sites and have tips and guides for less user friendly emulators.

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Sonic Adventure is actually For some reason I was under the impression this wasn't very well received but I'm quite impressed with the scope.

Give it some time.

[Nintex]

Sonic Adventure Remastered