General Videogame Thread

[N1985]

OK thanks a lot mate - it looks fantastic and as I will be indoors most of the time I will give it a try.

Will give me a break from re-playing the Half Life series over and over!

It's superb, on my second playthrough now and it's like a different game. Had some very sketchy moments playing it, in the dark with the headphones on.

I've had Half-Life sat there for half my fucking life and never played it. Keep meaning to get round to it. My mate, like you, plays through them all the time

 

[Blue Maverick]

It's superb, on my second playthrough now and it's like a different game. Had some very sketchy moments playing it, in the dark with the headphones on.

I've had Half-Life sat there for half my fucking life and never played it. Keep meaning to get round to it. My mate, like you, plays through them all the time

Call yourself a gamer and not played Half Life!

 

[N1985]

Call yourself a gamer and not played Half Life!

I know, I also wasn't at York away. Fucking poser I am ;-)

 

[ultimateharold]

They were a bit snide on game pass. Existing subs would continue at the old price. Only new ones at the higher one. Announced after everyone had cancelled. Fuckers

 

[crooky]

They were a bit snide on game pass. Existing subs would continue at the old price. Only new ones at the higher one. Announced after everyone had cancelled. Fuckers

Xbox never fails to fail.

 

[Blue Maverick]

They were a bit snide on game pass. Existing subs would continue at the old price. Only new ones at the higher one. Announced after everyone had cancelled. Fuckers

They’ve only done that to stop more cancelling

 

[Scottyboi]

Just completed the main story in Ghost of Tsushima really enjoyed it, now to finish the side quests and DLC.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Get a year's pass from loaded (used to be CDkeys) £124.99 for a year and you can stack them for up to 3 years.

https://www.loaded.com/12-month-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-xbox-one-pc-eu

Nice one for that pal

 

[GOULDYBOBS]

Recently finished Elden Ring (first go through) and moved onto Sekiro where I am struggling with the final fight. Both are amazing. Whilst I hone my skills on Sekiro to finish it I restarted Ghost of Tsushima. Its totally stunning to look at and is fun at the start but I think its too big and gets a bit samey. Still recommend it though.

I gave up on the final boss on both Sekiro and Elden Ring. Ran out of beans

 

[bluetonium]

Finished Atomfall, decent enough but quite easy once you figure out the mechanics. Managed to speed run it on 40 minutes on second play through but on the first I took my time with the lore and world and racked up about 20 hours. I'd say it's fallout-lite set in Cumbria.

Have now moved on to Tales of Arise, not played a Tales of game for nearly a decade but now having to overcome the fact the main antagonist is called Ballsack (Balzak). Yes i'm childish, but beats the stress of work.

Also pre ordered Football Manager 26 and snagged it for £29.99 without beta access. Although with no international management on a world cup year and more reports coming out of what else it is lacking, I may be hovering over the refund button if the early access reviews don't hold up.

 

[city5189]

Started playing call of the wild the hunter,only few hours in but quite enjoying it so far.
Its a lot slower paced game than I'm used to but really don't mind, think I'm getting to old for FPS multiplayer with all these kids these days it's a struggle so this is right up my street.

 

[meltonblue]

Finished Atomfall, decent enough but quite easy once you figure out the mechanics. Managed to speed run it on 40 minutes on second play through but on the first I took my time with the lore and world and racked up about 20 hours. I'd say it's fallout-lite set in Cumbria.

Have now moved on to Tales of Arise, not played a Tales of game for nearly a decade but now having to overcome the fact the main antagonist is called Ballsack (Balzak). Yes i'm childish, but beats the stress of work.

Also pre ordered Football Manager 26 and snagged it for £29.99 without beta access. Although with no international management on a world cup year and more reports coming out of what else it is lacking, I may be hovering over the refund button if the early access reviews don't hold up.

Not sure what else is missing but international management will be in before the World Cup, they’ve got a deal with FIFA too.

 

[wayne71]

So I bought myself a ps5 to pass some time whilst stuck at home with a leg injury.

I hadn’t played fifa for about 5 years or so and was shocked when I played fc26 earlier, it’s absolutely terrible and the worst version I have ever played since the 90s.

So glad I played the ea play trial and not wasted 70 quid!

I am loving GT7 and Silent Hill 2.

 

[Dazzle84]

So I bought myself a ps5 to pass some time whilst stuck at home with a leg injury.

I hadn’t played fifa for about 5 years or so and was shocked when I played fc26 earlier, it’s absolutely terrible and the worst version I have ever played since the 90s.

So glad I played the ea play trial and not wasted 70 quid!

I am loving GT7 and Silent Hill 2.

It's incredible how bad the FIFA games have got. I bought EAFC last year and absolutely hated it, wasted a fortune then & regretted it

I saw something earlier about it being the 20 year anniversary of PES 5. The pinnacle I think.

Some cracking games on PS5 if you get PS Extra too though

 

[wayne71]

It's incredible how bad the FIFA games have got. I bought EAFC last year and absolutely hated it, wasted a fortune then & regretted it

I saw something earlier about it being the 20 year anniversary of PES 5. The pinnacle I think.

Some cracking games on PS5 if you get PS Extra too though

Yep pro evo was a cracker for a couple of years. Happy days..

 

[crooky]

It's incredible how bad the FIFA games have got. I bought EAFC last year and absolutely hated it, wasted a fortune then & regretted it

I saw something earlier about it being the 20 year anniversary of PES 5. The pinnacle I think.

Some cracking games on PS5 if you get PS Extra too though

I was playing the following feverishly a few months ago. On the Wii it has a rather interesting mode where you get to take players off of the teams you play if you beat them.

So it means your squad is constantly changing and you're having to make tough decisions on who gets the chop to make room for the next 'superstar'.

Shame the game cost so much...

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

It's incredible how bad the FIFA games have got. I bought EAFC last year and absolutely hated it, wasted a fortune then & regretted it

I saw something earlier about it being the 20 year anniversary of PES 5. The pinnacle I think.

Some cracking games on PS5 if you get PS Extra too though

I’ve started playing e football again on ps5, it’s not perfect but it wipes the floor with fifa with its game play, it actually feels like playing football as apposed to the stupid 100mph false shit from ea sports

 

[mexico1970]

Dead Island is on the menu now, looks a bit like Dying Light so should be good.

 

[bluetonium]

Dead Island is on the menu now, looks a bit like Dying Light so should be good.

The first one? It's excellent and probably one of less than five first person games I've actually enjoyed. Not played the second yet.

Anyone got into the beta for FM26 yet? I have a full release key that activates 4th November, but no beta access. Everything I am hearing is you have to re-train your entire FM brain to get in to it, even the layout and menus are vastly different, so it's taking a while for meaningful feedback.

 

[Fourinarow]

Dead Island is on the menu now, looks a bit like Dying Light so should be good.

Me and the missus are starting Dead Island 2 in co-op next week.