General Videogame Thread

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
 
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
 
MeatnSpudsMCFC said:
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.
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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.
 
twosips said:
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.
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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.
 
MeatnSpudsMCFC said:
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.
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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.
 
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!
 
BigOscar said:
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!
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Pretty much. Apparently it averages 63 hours for completion.
 
roy.or.r said:
Anyone played Witcher 3? Is t good? I haven't played any of the Witcher games. Can I just start with Witcher 3?
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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.
 
BigOscar said:
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!
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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?
 
twosips said:
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?
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Honestly, I've redownloaded it on Xbox gamespass to get the achievements again after doing it all on PS4 and I can't get on with it. I've not got the camera settings how I had them on PS4 and it's irking me, they seem either too slow, or inverting in the wrong places, or something, but it's irking me more than it should. When I have it set up right, I love it, when I don't, it feels really janky.

As for whether it changes after 20 hours, not hugely. The more you explore the easier it all gets I guess, then you eventually unlock Skellige, the second region, but that's not drastically different beyond more annoying water and boats.

Like I said, it was only on Death March where I think the game really plays right. You can't survive a fight with a couple of wolves early on if you aren't careful, don't use potions, the right oil and the like. On normal, you can pretty much just Quin and dodge your way past everything and just hack everything apart when your shield is up. On hard you the combat is a lot more tacitcal (although still very dodge and quin based) It makes all the crafting (and therefore the picking up of endless stuff) necessary, so you really actually have to concentrate a bit on getting formula and blueprints and all that stuff. In terms of the story, it possibly is more immersive if you've at least played 2, but it's pretty solid, even if it's fairly linear. Geralt is Geralt, no matter what choices you make.

Most of the choices only affect the ending. My wife ended up nicely settled down with one of the ladies in her vineyard, everyone alive and the world at relative peace. I ended up all alone, with most of my friends dead and the Witcher equivalent of the Nazi's in power, so things can go a bit sideways!
 
BigOscar said:
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!
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i was exactly the same playing the witcher, tried it put it down then played and loved it a year or two later
 
mexico1970 said:
I purchased a key from that CDKEY site for Wolfenstein new order for £2.60 yesterday and put the key into steam and it registered and had a blast killing Zombie Nazis last night before shitting the bed and getting murdered loads of times.
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Class game, it has a good mixture of gore, shooting and stealth to keep it interesting.
 
twosips said:
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.
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I have been tempted to buy GOW a few times now. Might take the plunge over Christmas.
 
EdersonsSmiley said:
I mean why wouldn't they. Most of their customers are complete morons who will pre-order after countless games being either not what was advertised (no man's sky) or buggy as fuck (almost every open world game).

I don't understand for single player games why people can't even wait a day to see if either of the above issues plague the game they want to buy.

For years I have only ever bough single players games 1-2 years after release when you have the 'ultimate edition' with everything fixed and all DLC for half the price.

I will do the same with cyberpunk and probably thoroughly enjoy it just as I did with Witcher 3.
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So customers are morons for buying a game that’s been in the making for years? After all the hype and excitement, only to be let down with a buggy game. I personally never have pre ordered any game, but I do buy games on launch day. But the blame shouldn’t be on the customers, it’s the greedy developers taking chances on their loyal customers. Take a look at CDPR statement today, tells you everything about the robbing bastards.
 
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