General Videogame Thread

brian the blue said:
Returned to BF4 for the first time in years and it’s so good.

Didn’t bother with BF5 after its terrible launch but have downloaded it on game pass to go give it a go. Still can’t believe they didn’t bother with the main “theatres of war” from WW2.. talk about botching what would’ve been an instant classic.
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Loved BF4, there were so many good maps. My favourite being the map which had that satellite dish. I have a week off in March, I may dig this out if there's still players on this for PS4.

BF1 was superb, the 1st major WW1 game.

I never bothered with BF5, I was put off by reviews although I think my style of play would have been fine for it with player positions not being given away as easily.
 
peace frog said:
im the same , everyone was raving about that game , i played it for an hour never played it again , i was a bit like that about witcher3 , tried it wasnt for me, then tried it again a couple of years later and thought wow
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I have tried so much with witcher 3, i go back to it every now and again but spells, enchantments and things like that are almost too nerdy even for me, and i work in fucking IT!
 
Northernstorirs said:
Loved BF4, there were so many good maps. My favourite being the map which had that satellite dish. I have a week off in March, I may dig this out if there's still players on this for PS4.

BF1 was superb, the 1st major WW1 game.

I never bothered with BF5, I was put off by reviews although I think my style of play would have been fine for it with player positions not being given away as easily.
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There’s still plenty of servers on BF4 for Xbox One, can’t see it being any different for PS4!
 
Northernstorirs said:
Loved BF4, there were so many good maps. My favourite being the map which had that satellite dish. I have a week off in March, I may dig this out if there's still players on this for PS4.

BF1 was superb, the 1st major WW1 game.

I never bothered with BF5, I was put off by reviews although I think my style of play would have been fine for it with player positions not being given away as easily.
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BF5 was actually decent, despite the bad reviews. Gunplay and movement was spot on and I do love WW2 themed games. The lack of content updates was shite from dice though. When they did release new maps, they were ok, it just wasn’t enough to keep fans interested. Add in the fact that firestorm wasn’t free to play, it was a pretty poor instalment at the end of its cycle. I say poor, but that’s compared to other BF games.

BF fans slightly worried about the next game, but I’m not. EA and Dice are apparently putting everything into this game. One bad game out of dozens is a pretty good track record.
 
After waiting for the game to get patched a wee bit I've now properly started playing Cyberpunk, around 20hrs so far. I've got a high spec PC so the game runs nicely with no real sign of bugs up to now.
I have to say I'm really enjoying it so far, I never religiously followed the game through production so maybe didn't have the (unrealistic?) expectations that some had. No doubt the launch was a total clusterfuck and CDPR have tarnished their reputation but cutting through all that stuff the bottom line is I'm having lots of fun playing and looking forward to booting it up again tonight. I definitely get a sense of the original Deus Ex when playing it, no bad thing in my opinion. I might change my opinion after I've finished the game but find all the hate directed towards it a bit bemusing. I do find the map pretty shit though.
 
Thinking about flogging by Series S. Bought it on a bit of a whim to tide me over until I decided which big new console to buy, but I barely use it and what I do use it for my old PS4 or Xbox 1 can also do. I could sell it used, for a £50 profit right now, which seems a bit of a no brainer if I can be arsed.
 
Welp, about a day after first considering selling my Series S and I bit the bullet and did it, sold it for £310 on ebay in about 2 hours. Pretty surprised how quickly it sold considering it was used and there were new ones for not much more, but I guess there is a lot of scams about so mine looked trustworthy? Plus a lot were "collection only", which seemed like taking the piss in a lockdown. Either way, after ebay take their cut I'm still up maybe £30 after having it for a few months. Can't complain.

Didn't really get much out of tbh, there really aren't any proper next gen games yet and won't be for some time. Old gen games did run a bit better and looked a bit nicer, but honestly I struggle to care about that. A good game is a good game, a bad game is a bad game, loading times and better lighting doesn't change that. I'll probably end up buying a PS5 or Series X in a year or so when the actual games turn up, really no idea why I bought it in the first place. Bought in on a whim, sold it on a whim, implausibly made a profit while being an idiot
 
Just read a breakdown of the ps5 dualsense controller, apparently it's been giving drift issues for many users, and a tear down of the insides has revealed the cause as a part worn down with continual use and means your joystick can't return to its starting point and gives the drift issues, and estimates that on average it gives the controller a lifespan of 417 hours.

That's nothing for most gamers I would imagine, and almost certainly will lead to a dualsense v2 this year. A lawsuit is already filed against Sony for defective hardware.

Going to see how this own develops and whether it is some or most users reporting issues come summer, but if it's a bad as it seems then any idea I had to get a ps5 later this year will be shelved for another year, or until replacement controllers become dirt cheap.

Now I'll take my grump arse off to dosbox and boot up Eye of the Beholder again.
 
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bluetonium said:
Just read a breakdown of the ps5 dualsense controller, apparently it's been giving drift issues for many users, and a tear down of the insides has revealed the cause as a part worn down with continual use and means your joystick can't return to its starting point and gives the drift issues, and estimates that on average it gives the controller a lifespan of 417 hours.

That's nothing for most gamers I would imagine, and almost certainly will lead to a dualsense v2 this year. A lawsuit is already filed against Sony for defective hardware.

Going to see how this own develops and whether it is some or most users reporting issues come summer, but if it's a bad as it seems then any idea I had to get a ps5 later this year will be shelved for another year, or until replacement controllers become dirt cheap.

Now I'll take my grump arse off to dosbox and boot up Eye of the Beholder again.
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Their QA is bloody awful to not spot this ahead of launch. A lifespan of 417 hours which as you say is nothing given modern open world games are typically 40 - 70 hours long.
 
bluetonium said:
Just read a breakdown of the ps5 dualsense controller, apparently it's been giving drift issues for many users, and a tear down of the insides has revealed the cause as a part worn down with continual use and means your joystick can't return to its starting point and gives the drift issues, and estimates that on average it gives the controller a lifespan of 417 hours.

That's nothing for most gamers I would imagine, and almost certainly will lead to a dualsense v2 this year. A lawsuit is already filed against Sony for defective hardware.

Going to see how this own develops and whether it is some or most users reporting issues come summer, but if it's a bad as it seems then any idea I had to get a ps5 later this year will be shelved for another year, or until replacement controllers become dirt cheap.

Now I'll take my grump arse off to dosbox and boot up Eye of the Beholder again.
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I think I’ve easily exceeded 300 hours since launch day, probably even more. Yes, I have no life.
 
BigOscar said:
Welp, about a day after first considering selling my Series S and I bit the bullet and did it, sold it for £310 on ebay in about 2 hours. Pretty surprised how quickly it sold considering it was used and there were new ones for not much more, but I guess there is a lot of scams about so mine looked trustworthy? Plus a lot were "collection only", which seemed like taking the piss in a lockdown. Either way, after ebay take their cut I'm still up maybe £30 after having it for a few months. Can't complain.

Didn't really get much out of tbh, there really aren't any proper next gen games yet and won't be for some time. Old gen games did run a bit better and looked a bit nicer, but honestly I struggle to care about that. A good game is a good game, a bad game is a bad game, loading times and better lighting doesn't change that. I'll probably end up buying a PS5 or Series X in a year or so when the actual games turn up, really no idea why I bought it in the first place. Bought in on a whim, sold it on a whim, implausibly made a profit while being an idiot
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Awful lot of energy just to say you're a scalper there mate ;)
 
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