Random Gaming Talk Thread

[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

[Stro]

Feeling a sudden urge to play a bunch of Dreamcast games

[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/

[Stro]

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)

[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

[Stro]

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.


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.

[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

(Image removed from quote.)

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 

[Mr Gilhaney]

someone just pointed out to me i also got a fiat panda. maybe i do have a thing for pandas. 

[Mr Gilhaney]

https://twitter.com/RisingStarGames/status/1270339868174897152c

[Positive Touch]

this game is gonna be so fucking awesome

[MMaRsu]

skim stones or skip stones?

 

[Great Rumbler]

skim stones or skip stones?

 

Skipping stones if you're 'Merican, skimming stones if you're a smelly Brit.

[MMaRsu]

Ive only ever heard of skipping stones and skimming money off the top

Also

[Stro]

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. (Image removed from quote.)

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.

I found the 2020 DC redump on archive, others had been deleted or were otherwise troubled. None of that info I don't know what to do with, just zips of every DC game

[Don Rumata]

https://twitter.com/RisingStarGames/status/1270339868174897152c

Bad water tho.

[MMaRsu]

I thought that was asphalt 

[Great Rumbler]

[Mr Gilhaney]

I thought that was asphalt 

that's the charm of deadly premonition.

[MMaRsu]

[EchoRin]

[bork]

New Star War

https://twitter.com/EAStarWars/status/1271502677667528704

[bork]

Gematsu is saying Star Wars will release on PC, PS4, and Xbone.

The home page of Xbox.com has leaked the announcement of Star Wars: Squadron, a new game in the Star Wars franchise developed by Electronic Arts subsidiary Motive Studios.

Star Wars: Squadron is the official title of Star Wars: Project Maverick, the existence of which leaked via PlayStation Network in March.

According to VentureBeat, citing sources familiar with the game’s production, Star Wars: Squadrons is an aerial and space combat game about piloting ships in head-to-head battles. It includes a single-player campaign, but the main focus is team-based multiplayer. It is reportedly planned for release on consoles and PC this fall.

[Nintex]