General Videogame Thread

BJL_City said:
Anyway, for sports gamers F1 2020 is out and you can create your own team for the first time this year.
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First F1 game I’m considering buying since F1 2017. It is hard to innovate a game that is based on a sport that changes so little from year to year but the My Team feature does look pretty good.
 
moggymoz said:
Old school... But what a game

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Been on my to play list for a while and think I'll have to now you've posts that :)

I played everbody's gone to the rapture, a walking sim and story driven so not everyone's cup of tea, but what an incredible game that was. Genuinely like walking round a village in Norfolk, poking your nose into everyone's houses.
 
bluetonium said:
Been on my to play list for a while and think I'll have to now you've posts that :)

I played everbody's gone to the rapture, a walking sim and story driven so not everyone's cup of tea, but what an incredible game that was. Genuinely like walking round a village in Norfolk, poking your nose into everyone's houses.
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It's a great game, the graphics and music are stunning, you get totally lost in the whole experience... And at £1.49 on Steam its an absolute steal. Thanks for the heads up on the game "Everybody's Gone to the Rapture" I will deffo be purchasing it :)
 
bluetonium said:
Been on my to play list for a while and think I'll have to now you've posts that :)

I played everbody's gone to the rapture, a walking sim and story driven so not everyone's cup of tea, but what an incredible game that was. Genuinely like walking round a village in Norfolk, poking your nose into everyone's houses.
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Yeah, I was totally wow-ed by that one. There were loads of stories you could follow. I still worry if that couple ever found the dog.

Edith Finch is another one in the same mould I'd reccomend. It's somewhere between a simple family history and a wild ride into grimm fairy tales.


I enjoyed The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter quite a lot. The quality of the puzzles varied dramatically but at it's best it was a very uncanny and immersive experience. The landscape is remarkable, and it delves quite effectively into a mystery-horror hybrid.



They are releasing an expanded version of The Stanley Parable soon! Should be fun. Follow up The Beginner's Guide is a lot more reflective, with relatively little humour, but it's a bizarre and strange thing by the end, with plenty to say regarding games and the way we invest ourselves in them.

There's a little known walking sim called Virginia. It's not got the expensive look of these other games, and some people didn't like it. But it's a really interesting dream-like journey of someone joining the FBI, quite reminiscent of Twin Peaks. I had to quit because it's locked at 30fps and the movement is a little odd. But I did like it - a lot. Gone Home is highly reviewed but it didn't really satisfy me.

Firewatch is one I've started a couple of times but never got far. I do rate the writing but the characters seemed pretty unlikeable, that's probably my problem rather than the game's. The same writers were involved in Oxenfree, a 2d walking/talking sim, that one I can definitely recommend.

There's a load more 'smaller' games, the very short, very meta Dr Langeskov, The Tiger and the Cursed Emerald (Free), a very philosophical and beautiful nature walk called 'Walden', and like ...a tonne of others. Everyone seems extremely happy with A Short Hike.

The Hex is probably my favourite narrative game I've played this year, and that has a hilarious walking sim sequence at it's centre. Although there's really no centre to this game, as it spills out all over the place. If you like narrative games, ARG's, are into spotting references, secrets and parodies, this one is really a bit of a must.

(Full disclosure I got everything from Firewatch down for $5 in the itch racial justice bundle I spammed a couple of weeks back, sucks to miss out, but I would definitely say these games are worth the normal asking prices)
 
Jacob Smith said:
First F1 game I’m considering buying since F1 2017. It is hard to innovate a game that is based on a sport that changes so little from year to year but the My Team feature does look pretty good.
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Really enjoying the My Team feature so far. Makes you care a lot more about your own career mode.
 
Started to play Titanfall 2 again and it's still brilliant. Single player is great and even though multiplayer is a twitch shooter it's really easy to play for an FOC like me!

Everything is so balanced and once you get the wall running/sliding / shooting combo going it's so satisfying.

Still has a big community as well. I'm on Xbox and there's always always between 8-12,000 online so it's really easy to get into games.

Very underated game and highly recommended
 
Project Cars got hammered last night, 3am until I realised I should never be given a car licence and that I will never learn now how to drive a computer generated car. The game is flawless though the graphics take you there and even though I am pap at it I will play it again.
 
I could probably have Googled this but decided to come to Bluemoon court instead. How do pre-orders work? Part of the reason i've tried to hammer through the end of FF7 Remake this week is because I pre-ordered Ghost of Tsushima which is out on Friday. Does this mean I get the game on the day? It's not crucial for me to have it this weekend.
 
Nebuchadnezzar said:
I could probably have Googled this but decided to come to Bluemoon court instead. How do pre-orders work? Part of the reason i've tried to hammer through the end of FF7 Remake this week is because I pre-ordered Ghost of Tsushima which is out on Friday. Does this mean I get the game on the day? It's not crucial for me to have it this weekend.
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Depends how you've bought it. If digitally then you will be able to download the game now but you can't play till midnight tomorrow.

If you're bought a physical copy say from game or Amazon then the game will be delivered Friday although sometimes it might get delivered a day early.

My copy of red dead redemption 2 from Amazon got delivered 2 days earlier for some reason. I didn't complain!!
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Depends how you've bought it. If digitally then you will be able to download the game now but you can't play till midnight tomorrow.

If you're bought a physical copy say from game or Amazon then the game will be delivered Friday although sometimes it might get delivered a day early.

My copy of red dead redemption 2 from Amazon got delivered 2 days earlier for some reason. I didn't complain!!
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Cheers for the explanation. It's a physical copy from Smyths Toys so we'll just have to see how it pans out in that case.
 
Started BF3 for the first time last night, god, those campaigns are awful, buggy messes. What is the point in your team in them? They don't kill enemies, enemies don't kill them. Couple of hours and it's been binned.
 
PannickAtTheDisco said:
remember playing that, getting City promoted, over-achieving and fulfilling my dream of signing Crespo as my record signing, 1 month in he does a Luc Nilis and tears his knee out and promptly retires. Good ol' days.
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Many great days playing it. I remember Leonenko and Luzhny being brilliant signings in CM 96/7
 
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