General Videogame Thread

willipp said:
Skyrim is a breathtaking game and for me even betters the Witcher 3. As for the graphics, i dont think it will seem that dated from what i remember and like you say, the gameplay far makes up for any sort of dating on the graphics.
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I never got into Witcher 3 like Skyrim either, but in the end I chalked it up to more of a right game wrong time kind of thing. Skyrim I ended up playing completely on a whim because a mate bought it home and I had a random day off work. Got completely hooked. I suspect if the same thing presented itself with the Witcher instead I would have been just as into it.
 
Drog_Town_Punk said:
Yeah to some it might feel dated, graphics have moved on enormously in the last six years, but after about ten minutes you won't care, cause the story and gameplay is so engrossing, can't recommend this game enough.

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I meant gameplay style as opposed to graphics really! Not arsed about exceptionally HD graphics
 
twosips said:
I meant gameplay style as opposed to graphics really! Not arsed about exceptionally HD graphics
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Post Witcher 3 the melee combat might feel dated in Skyrim, but it's so story driven I don't think it will matter.

I'd definitely give it a go.
 
Drog_Town_Punk said:
Yeah to some it might feel dated, graphics have moved on enormously in the last six years, but after about ten minutes you won't care, cause the story and gameplay is so engrossing, can't recommend this game enough.

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Absolutely right. Can’t tell you how many hours I have played and enjoyed Skyrim. “I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee” haha.
Just love Bethesda stuff
 
So i bought the xbox one x.....

Sleaker console and quieter.
Noticed that you can only switch game sharing profiles 5 times now, which isn't too much of a problem.
The difference in graphics is like going from an average graphics card to a top spec one, its quite stunning.
Controller is matted on the back for grip and seems a sleaker design.

So its pretty much same same, but different, but the same. With awesome graphics.

Resident Evil 8 is terrifying and definitely feels built for a VR headset.
Assassins Creed Origins looks to be a good game.
Haven't tried any other games as its taking forever to download the games!
 
andy1234uk said:
So i bought the xbox one x.....

Sleaker console and quieter.
Noticed that you can only switch game sharing profiles 5 times now, which isn't too much of a problem.
The difference in graphics is like going from an average graphics card to a top spec one, its quite stunning.
Controller is matted on the back for grip and seems a sleaker design.

So its pretty much same same, but different, but the same. With awesome graphics.

Resident Evil 8 is terrifying and definitely feels built for a VR headset.
Assassins Creed Origins looks to be a good game.
Haven't tried any other games as its taking forever to download the games!
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Do you have a 4k TV? There is super sampling which apparently makes your games look better but I'm unsure how much better it can look on a 1080p TV.
 
City_Sean said:
Do you have a 4k TV? There is super sampling which apparently makes your games look better but I'm unsure how much better it can look on a 1080p TV.
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Yeah, I made sure I bought a 4k tv that did hdr10.....some Sony tvs say they do it but it's actually 8bit + fcr which isn't true 10bit.

Hdr and changing the setting to vivid or gaming is spectacular!
 
Borrowed Zelda Breath of the Wild from my mate.
First impressions is that it's good, better than I expected really.
The open world is big but isn't really filled with much to justify the size so I find myself just fast travelling really, kind of what my problem was with Skyrim as well.
The most annoying thing really in the game is the weapon durability, there is no indication of how durable a weapon is, and all you rely on is an on screen message telling you your weapon is about to break.
Weapon durability in games is probably the least most interesting/fun thing, and it should be scrapped.
 
Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot said:
Borrowed Zelda Breath of the Wild from my mate.
First impressions is that it's good, better than I expected really.
The open world is big but isn't really filled with much to justify the size so I find myself just fast travelling really, kind of what my problem was with Skyrim as well.
The most annoying thing really in the game is the weapon durability, there is no indication of how durable a weapon is, and all you rely on is an on screen message telling you your weapon is about to break.
Weapon durability in games is probably the least most interesting/fun thing, and it should be scrapped.
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I thought the weapon durability was shit at first but I soon understood the reasoning behind it as it adds another level of difficulty to the game instead of just getting really good weapons and smashing everything in seconds. You have to think about attacking gangs of enemies using a strategy and other items like bombs and magic. You do eventually get the master sword from previous Zelda games but that has energy which depletes and recharges as well - again it doesn’t make it too easy to defeat hordes of enemies. Stick with it as this Zelda is a very good game which will take the franchise in a new fresh direction. It has borrowed some elements from games like monster hunter, assassin’s creed but those games definitely borrowed off previous Zelda releases. There is lots of things to do in the beautiful vast open world and some of the puzzles/temples will keep you engaged if only you let yourself go with it. Enjoy.
 
Machiavelli said:
I thought the weapon durability was shit at first but I soon understood the reasoning behind it as it adds another level of difficulty to the game instead of just getting really good weapons and smashing everything in seconds. You have to think about attacking gangs of enemies using a strategy and other items like bombs and magic. You do eventually get the master sword from previous Zelda games but that has energy which depletes and recharges as well - again it doesn’t make it too easy to defeat hordes of enemies. Stick with it as this Zelda is a very good game which will take the franchise in a new fresh direction. It has borrowed some elements from games like monster hunter, assassin’s creed but those games definitely borrowed off previous Zelda releases. There is lots of things to do in the beautiful vast open world and some of the puzzles/temples will keep you engaged if only you let yourself go with it. Enjoy.
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Finding the controls really unintuitive at the moment, especially when riding horses.... the camera and horse controls are terrible, and I'm not liking the camera shake when trying to tag shrines using links scope. Is this an issue that's been brought up before as I've never heard anyone mention this problem before?
These are things I can easily bypass/get use to, but seems strange that I've heard no one mention it before.
 
Machiavelli said:
I thought the weapon durability was shit at first but I soon understood the reasoning behind it as it adds another level of difficulty to the game instead of just getting really good weapons and smashing everything in seconds. You have to think about attacking gangs of enemies using a strategy and other items like bombs and magic. You do eventually get the master sword from previous Zelda games but that has energy which depletes and recharges as well - again it doesn’t make it too easy to defeat hordes of enemies. Stick with it as this Zelda is a very good game which will take the franchise in a new fresh direction. It has borrowed some elements from games like monster hunter, assassin’s creed but those games definitely borrowed off previous Zelda releases. There is lots of things to do in the beautiful vast open world and some of the puzzles/temples will keep you engaged if only you let yourself go with it. Enjoy.
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I like the puzzles, temples aspect of games. Loved Rise of the Tomb Raider temples on my Xb1 but there weren't enough. I'm tempted to buy a switch for Zelda and the new Mario. Not bothered about all this 4k stuff, I just want good addictive and challenging gameplay.

Is there plenty of temples puzzles in Zelda ? Also are the framerate issues when playing on TV as bad as I read ?
 
Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot said:
Finding the controls really unintuitive at the moment, especially when riding horses.... the camera and horse controls are terrible, and I'm not liking the camera shake when trying to tag shrines using links scope. Is this an issue that's been brought up before as I've never heard anyone mention this problem before?
These are things I can easily bypass/get use to, but seems strange that I've heard no one mention it before.
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The horses have different ability stats some of them are harder to ride.
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I’ve not had any trouble tagging shrines tbh.
I haven’t played the game on the Switch, I downloaded it for free on the release date for my hacked WiiU including all the DLC. I haven’t put it on for a while as I’m in the middle of getting my house ready for sale. I will be going back in when I’ve moved. I found the game to be good but it didn’t grab me as much as I anticipated, saying that no game has done that for a while, even PS4 games.
 
Machiavelli said:
The horses have different ability stats some of them are harder to ride.
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I’ve not had any trouble tagging shrines tbh.
I haven’t played the game on the Switch, I downloaded it for free on the release date for my hacked WiiU including all the DLC. I haven’t put it on for a while as I’m in the middle of getting my house ready for sale. I will be going back in when I’ve moved. I found the game to be good but it didn’t grab me as much as I anticipated, saying that no game has done that for a while, even PS4 games.
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Found out why it was.... the motion control was enabled in the settings menu, so it was causing my aim to shake, I thought it was an in game feature to make it look like tension was causing Link to shake... was well pissing me off haha!!

Yeah my horse has decent stats but I find the riding pretty clunky controls, kind of like Witcher 3... It's as if they've tried to make it too realistic (if that makes sense)
 
80s Shorts said:
I like the puzzles, temples aspect of games. Loved Rise of the Tomb Raider temples on my Xb1 but there weren't enough. I'm tempted to buy a switch for Zelda and the new Mario. Not bothered about all this 4k stuff, I just want good addictive and challenging gameplay.

Is there plenty of temples puzzles in Zelda ? Also are the framerate issues when playing on TV as bad as I read ?
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I've had a few framrate drops when near tall grass... I'll be honest though, It's so much more fun playing it as a handheld... sounds strange but it just feels so much better!! Zelda kills the battery though, but you can charge and play anyway.
 
80s Shorts said:
I like the puzzles, temples aspect of games. Loved Rise of the Tomb Raider temples on my Xb1 but there weren't enough. I'm tempted to buy a switch for Zelda and the new Mario. Not bothered about all this 4k stuff, I just want good addictive and challenging gameplay.

Is there plenty of temples puzzles in Zelda ? Also are the framerate issues when playing on TV as bad as I read ?
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As posted I haven’t actually got a Switch yet (in the middle of getting ready to move) on my wiiU it is fine with the various updates. I can’t say I even noticed any prior to the updates though. I too aren’t bothered about 60fps blah blah. It’s a game not a film. I’ve played Zelda and Mario briefly on a mates switch and found them to be great if you’re a fan of the franchises. The puzzles in the temples are innovative, however they’re not like previous temples/dungeons in Zelda games, some of them are just one puzzle and the temple is completed, some are multiple rooms/puzzles which get harder as you progress through the game. If you like previous Zelda games this will satisfy @twosips is a Zelda/Nintendo fan of many years and an owner of a Switch he may know more about the frame rate drop out but I haven’t seen any myself.
 
Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot said:
I've had a few framrate drops when near tall grass... I'll be honest though, It's so much more fun playing it as a handheld... sounds strange but it just feels so much better!! Zelda kills the battery though, but you can charge and play anyway.
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Thanks for that. That's whats put me off. I wanna play on my TV. Guess I'll stick to my XB1 for now.
 
Machiavelli said:
As posted I haven’t actually got a Switch yet (in the middle of getting ready to move) on my wiiU it is fine with the various updates. I can’t say I even noticed any prior to the updates though. I too aren’t bothered about 60fps blah blah. It’s a game not a film. I’ve played Zelda and Mario briefly on a mates switch and found them to be great if you’re a fan of the franchises. The puzzles in the temples are innovative, however they’re not like previous temples/dungeons in Zelda games, some of them are just one puzzle and the temple is completed, some are multiple rooms/puzzles which get harder as you progress through the game. If you like previous Zelda games this will satisfy @twosips is a Zelda/Nintendo fan of many years and an owner of a Switch he may know more about the frame rate drop out but I haven’t seen any myself.
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Thanks matey. I will play it eventually. Probably wait another 12 months when prices drop. Used to be an "early adopter" in my younger days but got over that now.
 
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