General Videogame Thread

[BigOscar]

Found myself dangerously addicted to Slay the Spire, starting to regret following someone on heres advice and getting it! A real time vacuum, you can easily find yourself sat their and it's 3 in the morning, when you think it's only midnight. Dangerous game. Just did an endless cycle that I ended up losing on purpose as my deck had gotten so good it was just boring, having gone through the whole thing about 10 times on that save.

Need to get back to YAkuza Kiwami 2 as I think it's the first Yakuza game I think I can realistically platinum, even if it means learning how to play Koi-Koi and cheating to win a game of Japanese chess (which is mental btw). Also an incredibly large amount of Mahjong, but I love Mahjong so that's fine. Man, Yakuza is such a weird but great series

 

[bluetonium]

Torn between waiting for the updates or trying to return my ps4 physical copy of Cyberpunk 2077.

I'm in no rush to play it anymore and will happily give it a go again after the patches, however a big part of me feels that CDPR and the gaming industry in general,need to learn a lesson.

I'm not generally even the kind of guy who can tell the difference on graphics, but I have to say that the PS4 graphics are akin to PS3 era, and I find their latest statement puzzling too, as if they're suprised that current gen players would be relevant and bugs are ok if it's not pc or next gen.

It's also a little unfair that they've closing the returns process before Christmas and before the next patch is released, let alone the big updates next January and February. The gaming company who sent me the game itself were great, I'd feel bad punishing them, and I'm not up for paying postage returns but CDPR having to warehouse thousands of current gen copies of the game may be what it takes to change things.

Will have a think over the next few days

 

[twosips]

My all time favourite. If you enjoyed God Of War I am pretty certain you'll enjoy Witcher 3. I'd recommend the DLC's too as they're just as good. Combat isn't anything special and some have called it clunky in the past, but the story and the game visually are spectacular.

Loved God of War, Zelda games, RDR2, Final Fantasy games... but I found Witcher 3 quite annoying personally! Think its nowt like God of War either really.

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

Loved God of War, Zelda games, RDR2, Final Fantasy games... but I found Witcher 3 quite annoying personally! Think its nowt like God of War either really.

Might have been a poor comparison come to think of it. Both had solid stories though in my view. Witcher 3 is generally quite cheap from what i've seen so it's worth trying.

 

[twosips]

Might have been a poor comparison come to think of it. Both had solid stories though in my view. Witcher 3 is generally quite cheap from what i've seen so it's worth trying.

Oh aye, defo worth trying. It doesn't click for me at all, but pretty much everyone else loves it so it must be doing something right! ha.

 

[BigOscar]

First time I played Witcher 3, I got overwhelmed almost instantly and stopped playing after about 2 hours and didn't touch it again for about 2 years. Then I played it again, loved it, and sunk probably a couple hundred hours into it, completing it on normal and then on Death March (where tbh the game actually excels as all the extra mechanisms become necessary instead of just slightly pointless)

I would say it's absolutely worth a go, but you might need to be patient with it and not get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff to figure out. I was scared off by just not knowing what I should and shouldn't pick up, which in hindsight was a bit ridiculous, but there is a seriously large amount to pick up!

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

First time I played Witcher 3, I got overwhelmed almost instantly and stopped playing after about 2 hours and didn't touch it again for about 2 years. Then I played it again, loved it, and sunk probably a couple hundred hours into it, completing it on normal and then on Death March (where tbh the game actually excels as all the extra mechanisms become necessary instead of just slightly pointless)

I would say it's absolutely worth a go, but you might need to be patient with it and not get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff to figure out. I was scared off by just not knowing what I should and shouldn't pick up, which in hindsight was a bit ridiculous, but there is a seriously large amount to pick up!

Pretty much. Apparently it averages 63 hours for completion.

 

[che_don_john]

Anyone played Witcher 3? Is t good? I haven't played any of the Witcher games. Can I just start with Witcher 3?

I just started playing it last week, having it it on my pile of shame for three years.

I played the first one on PC because it was built using Neverwinter Nights (of which I was a big fan), but didn't get round to playing the second game. My sense so far is that, story-wise, the second game is more useful to W3 than the first, but certainly not essential.

I'm one of those 'no stone unturned' players when it comes to RPGs, a bit OCD, and with less free time nowadays this game is really testing me! My feeling so far is that there is too much in the game, it's too big. I think there is certainly a sweet spot when it comes to the scale of open-world games, and this goes a bit over the top to the point that it's overwhelming.

With regards to the story, I've paid very little attention, again due to my time constraints as a gamer. Is used to love a good story, but these days I'm more inclined to the Action-RPG style of Pillars, Diablo, etc. I think I struggle to engage in stories where the protagonist is decided for me (i.e. as opposed to creating my own character, putting in my own personality, etc.) So, I can't pass fair judgement on that aspect of W3.

Gameplay-wise, I found it boring at first, but now I'm really enjoying it. I guess the combat started to click, abilities became available, etc.

Overall, I'd say give it a go - if you have the time, or don't mind spreading it out over period. The size of it can be daunting, but eventually you learn to live with it and manage it. Everyone I know who has played it has loved it, and most are, like me, big RPG fans.

 

[twosips]

First time I played Witcher 3, I got overwhelmed almost instantly and stopped playing after about 2 hours and didn't touch it again for about 2 years. Then I played it again, loved it, and sunk probably a couple hundred hours into it, completing it on normal and then on Death March (where tbh the game actually excels as all the extra mechanisms become necessary instead of just slightly pointless)

I would say it's absolutely worth a go, but you might need to be patient with it and not get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff to figure out. I was scared off by just not knowing what I should and shouldn't pick up, which in hindsight was a bit ridiculous, but there is a seriously large amount to pick up!

I think I've started it like four times. Once just past the Bloody Baron mission. Another a bit further, where some blonde witch lady was messing about in a weird cosmic place in a bath, and then you went through some dungeons down below the ground before coming out the other side of some portal/gate thing near loads of water, and then a final time where I did a mission with those creepy kids in the woods before getting to a big winged beast to fight on a hill or something.

And lost interest in all three play throughs. Can't remember the fourth. Probably ended at a similar point to the others. Literally no idea why it doesn't click. I think it might be entirely down to the movement at a guess. I struggle with a game if moving the character doesn't feel satisfying. Combat and moving the guy drives me mad. World never connected with me for whatever reason too, and even though the stories were kinda interesting I was a bit *shrug* when going through them. Does it drastically change after 20 hours or so gameplay wise?

 

[markstephenhickey]

That's incorrect. Have you played the game? The police do chase you although you can lose them after about 30 seconds. It's being patched

Chase in vehicles ? They just spawn next to me.