yeah probably. the actual gameplay is fairly light even for a point+click, it's much more focused on atmosphere and storytelling than being a Game
― ciderpress, Friday, 19 August 2016 21:58 (seven years ago) link
Super Bomberman 2, and other BM games.
My 7yo godson has recently fell in love with this game and keeps kicking my ass on it. lol
― "Stop researching my life" (Ste), Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:38 (seven years ago) link
As I was saying goodbye to him the other day I could just hear him yelling from the lounge "..Get some practice in!"
― "Stop researching my life" (Ste), Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
I took a week off of gta races, but back on track now. Approaching 200 in the last 3 weeks
― calstars, Saturday, 20 August 2016 23:46 (seven years ago) link
Amazing how much better graphics are on a PC laptop from any given year vs a double-priced Mac in boot camp mode
― calstars, Saturday, 20 August 2016 23:48 (seven years ago) link
bomberman > tetris
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 21 August 2016 00:46 (seven years ago) link
challopy but true!
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Sunday, 21 August 2016 00:56 (seven years ago) link
i love me some Bomberman.
highly recommend Saturn Bomberman for not only great gameplay but one of the coolest soundtracks ever.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 21 August 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link
ha cool thanks. Just tried it on Yabause emulator, very nice!
― "Stop researching my life" (Ste), Sunday, 21 August 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
― Nhex, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 09:13 (seven years ago) link
re: kentucky route zero I realized that it's basically Dahlgren which explains why I like it
― ciderpress, Monday, 29 August 2016 11:54 (seven years ago) link
Dhalgren, rather. apologies
― ciderpress, Monday, 29 August 2016 14:00 (seven years ago) link
haha now i feel like i should get around to playing it
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Monday, 29 August 2016 14:12 (seven years ago) link
yeah, sold
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 29 August 2016 14:17 (seven years ago) link
talking of games with that vibe, i'm not going to get it for a minute but ... overland? anyone?
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 08:07 (seven years ago) link
Playing through the original Infamous on PS3. Fairly solid, definitely feels very 2009 in its open world gameplay, growly dumb main character in sloppy racetrack gear (kinda like the guy from Dead Rising 2) and even more dumbass sidekick character. Came out about two years after Assassin's Creed and a few months before Batman: Arkham Asylum which would totally eclipse this. Beginning looked graphically hideous, but the game picked up later. Definitely gotten more fun the more powers/speed you get, though similar to the Arkham games it feels kinda stupid when you're walking around a city getting shot at half a mile away by like a dozen different guys at the same time.
― Nhex, Thursday, 1 September 2016 00:54 (seven years ago) link
About to start playing Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, You Belong to Satan Now, Kill Your Parents, Ultimate Evil Edition on PS4. I'm pumped because I've only played the vanilla PC version, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and the console version is supposed to be better. Also because I'll be playing co-op with my wife this time through, god Satan willing
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 1 September 2016 01:00 (seven years ago) link
I loved playing Infamous and Infamous 2. They are great games to just play without getting too engaged by.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 1 September 2016 03:26 (seven years ago) link
i love sigur ros, they're great music to fall asleep to
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Thursday, 1 September 2016 03:40 (seven years ago) link
lol, yeah
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 1 September 2016 04:22 (seven years ago) link
battlefield 1 beta is a lot of fun. favorite thing so far is taking planes and jumping out of them over caps. also hacking ppl w shovel, gas grenades, and barking commands to squad in turkish
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Saturday, 3 September 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
been working through Bioshock 1 w the remaster. combat is a little blah (damage to enemies carries over to respawn meaning there is very little consequence to dying) but dang, this art design, just incredible. an underwater art deco city is like the perfect video game environment. i love it, i want to eat it w a spoon. even the steampunky backgrounds in the hacking minigames look incredible. sound design rules as well, i love how everything sounds like a penny arcade. i replayed some of Infinite and found it way more boring in comparison.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 16:01 (seven years ago) link
yeah Bioshock has kind of gotten old. world design is still great but running out of ammo, dying over and over, respawning in the next room, rinse, repeat, it's all a bit boring. maybe i am just really bad at this.
i hooked up a new TV and got out the Dreamcast a friend gave to me a year ago. been making some breakthroughs in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2.
any Dreamcast recommendations?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 23 September 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
Jet Set Radio / Rez if you've never played them on another system. Shenmue is worth playing just for wtfing at the world.
Possible Challops: Sonic Adventure is completely terrible.
This seems like a decent rundown:http://www.denofgeek.com/games/sega-dreamcast/25026/the-top-25-sega-dreamcast-games
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 23 September 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
thanks! i will definitely look into Rez! looks nice and psych.
Sonic Adventure is hilarious. closest thing ever to "bad movie good" a videogame has gotten.
i have Jet Set Radio, love that soundtrack so much. takes me back to my late-90s shibuya-kei obsession.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 23 September 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
In fairness I suspect that a lot of SA's terribleness was just impenetrability - I'm not the sort to need my hand held, nor do I hate stumbling into something hidden, but once I started reading FAQs for what I had to do I realised that there wasn't any hints about a lot of things relating to basic progression at all.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 23 September 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link
Bangai-O
― chihuahuau, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
Chu Chu Rocket is a good time. And it's free! (It's probably not free any more).
― JimD, Friday, 23 September 2016 19:33 (seven years ago) link
Also, Powerstone.
powerstone was amazing
― the devastation is very important to me (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 23 September 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
cosign chu chu rocket and powerstone, but it's all about the multiplayer with both of them
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Friday, 23 September 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
oh for sure - multiplayer powerstone is some of the best fun i've ever had with a game
― the devastation is very important to me (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 23 September 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
https://archive.org/details/festivalfloppies
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Sunday, 25 September 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
does anyone remember a short level strategy game on the PC that i think had an egyptian theme? it was called something like papyrus or nile or pharoah i think (but it's not the sierra city building game pharoah). it's maybe from about 10 years ago and is less grand strategy than like small board strategy?
― Mordy, Monday, 3 October 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
thought for a second it might be named after an egyptian god - but osiris and anubis aren't coming up with it and isis is, as you might expect, impossible to google.
― Mordy, Monday, 3 October 2016 14:40 (seven years ago) link
in addition to the ones listed upthread, I have much love for Skies of Arcadia (or play it on Dolphin), Fire Pro Wrestling D, and Typing of the Dead (also available on Steam if you can't track down the DC keyboard).
― thos beads (jamescobo), Monday, 3 October 2016 17:18 (seven years ago) link
stoked for dragon quest builders. just downloaded it. anyone else take the plunge?
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
MGSV. started using Rocket Punch regularly on FOBs and it is a game changer.
maybe one of the best weapons in any game ever. in MGSV you have a robot arm, and if you level it up enough, you can shoot it, controlling it in first-person. it is undetectable by enemies, meaning you can just hide somewhere and shoot that thing and turn around corners, fly up stairs, etc., knocking out an enemy. usually it will instantly stun an enemy. what's more, it will keep going after it knocks somebody out, meaning if there are a bunch of bag guys lined up to get you, you can just Rocket Punch them one after the other. amazing.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 20 October 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
that's awesome
― calstars, Friday, 21 October 2016 00:36 (seven years ago) link
if the idea of playing a turn based tactical rpg style soccer game appeals - and to whom would it not, frankly - this game is a singular delight in a curiously uncrowded market: http://store.steampowered.com/app/375530
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 26 October 2016 13:34 (seven years ago) link
started zero time dilemma today
fuck those games are fucking dark
― a simba man (Will M.), Monday, 31 October 2016 04:51 (seven years ago) link
playing that series is one of my dreams. someday...
― Nhex, Monday, 31 October 2016 07:10 (seven years ago) link
baffled at the idea that anything about sonic adventure was in any way daunting
welp, still trying to finish nuclear throne
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Monday, 31 October 2016 07:30 (seven years ago) link
i got to the nuclear throne a few times but never beat it. and once you beat the throne u start looping so there's really no end to it anyway
― Mordy, Monday, 31 October 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link
Mini Metro ON IPAD is terrific, as you organise public transport on cities familiar and not: you start with London, Paris and New York maps, suiting many readers here I imagine, and unlock Berlin, Melbourne, Hong Kong, and others as you progress. Games are quick as you end up with overcrowded stations but you learn and improve your plans. And it's gorgeous to look at, particularly if you love to look at public transports maps already as I do.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 31 October 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
Mini Metro is great and meditative and has great procedural sound designed by Disasterpeace
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Monday, 31 October 2016 16:25 (seven years ago) link
civ civ civ civ
― (rocketcat) 🚀🐱 👑🐟 (kingfish), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 06:53 (seven years ago) link
titanfall multiplayer is a blastttt
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 23:23 (seven years ago) link
the campaign is supposed to be good as well (i only played through the first couple steps there thus far, mp is too significant a distraction)
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 23:37 (seven years ago) link
Realm Grinder
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Friday, 4 November 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link