which roguelikes?
and thimbleweed park is cute as heck but i only got up to unlocking the map and haven't done much since then. kinda loses a bit of its momentum?
i refuse to play anything with clickers in the name
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 21:16 (seven years ago) link
Oh, I've been playing Caves of Qud recently, and I've been getting back into ADOM too.
Yeah, there's always a problem with graphical adventures (or whatever you call them) that when you open up a lot of places at once it can be overwhelming. The puzzle aspect gets diluted somehow? I think they work best when you have a few screens at a time. I'm enjoying TP, though; some interesting stuff in it.
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link
thimbleweed's over use of meta humour just got on my nerves
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
Caves of Qud looks like the rogue game I need right now though.
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 22:15 (seven years ago) link
xp dowd - this is a classic adventure game design problem imo. half the reason i quit early on many games. i think the last one this hit me with was Machinarium
― Nhex, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 22:22 (seven years ago) link
Mordy what do you think of mgs
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 22:26 (seven years ago) link
so far i like it a lot - story is v engaging, tackles themes that don't get a lot of exposure in video gaming, and the gameplay itself is serviceable (if not a bit repetitive and clunky esp regarding switching to 3d perspective). i'm still v early on (only a bit after the first boss) but i could see myself playing through it. i've already started wondering how well i can emulate ps2 on my macbook.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
Lara Croft GOSorta Monument Valley lite. Nice art, puzzles not too hard, soothing nature sounds.
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 22:56 (seven years ago) link
mordy i envy you getting to experience MGS for the first time
― Nhex, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 23:34 (seven years ago) link
also just playing MGS1 for the first time, on vita. I can totally see why it was so huge for the time, its still pretty amazing in many ways. but daaamn the tank controls are unfun.... i sort of also wish the gameplay sequences between boss fights were a little longer, parts of it just feel like boss boss boss. currently just killed sniper wolf, but did actually think i was gonna give up just before i finally beat Psycho Mantis on my 15th attempt. old games were hard.
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 08:57 (seven years ago) link
Pretty sure you had to like switch your controller to the Player 2 port to beat Psycho Mantis on PS1. Not sure how they translate that to a Vita.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 12:49 (seven years ago) link
He would also read details off of your memory card. Pretty neat headfuck at the time.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 12:50 (seven years ago) link
the controls for that game really suck. it is very much stuck between 2D and 3D. some of the boss fights are a huge pain.
it's definitely worth playing tho. at least play it to when you find the scientist! he has the best cutscenes.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 13:07 (seven years ago) link
oh i switched the controller port (easy to do on vita) but that fight is still a total bitch with those controls. plus the possible instafail at a certain point half way into it...
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 13:58 (seven years ago) link
that had me completely stumped on the orginal ps. Wasn't there a similar head fuck boss fight?
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
check the back of the box
― Nhex, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:01 (seven years ago) link
recommend me your five fave ios games under $5 GO!
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
ThreesDesert GolfingImbroglioTiny Wings
*rolls twenty-sided die…*
Downwell
― softie (silby), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link
lol, i own all those already! GO AGAIN!
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link
is this part of the Psycho Mantis fight?
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
lol
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 22:01 (seven years ago) link
i recommend the MGS VR Virtual Missions as well. it is a very cool minimalist Matrix/Tron-style compilation of stealth challenges, hundreds of missions all focusing on different skill sets, all set in beautiful glowing laser tag arenas.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 22:37 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e2L_Iuk1uE&t=210s
stuck at this fight
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/946346-bayonetta/53212543
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:47 (seven years ago) link
what is the Wicked Weave is that the post-combo hair special attack?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:48 (seven years ago) link
WW are the giant hair fist/feet attacks, yes
― chihuahuau, Thursday, 27 April 2017 18:02 (seven years ago) link
Have any of you ever tried xcom as a co-op? I'm thinking that we could just each control half the squad (2 players each) and make decisions independently rather than discussing each move.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 29 April 2017 03:01 (seven years ago) link
i remember playing FF6 like that, which actually gave 2P the ability to control half the team. sort of an unadvertised bonus feature
― Nhex, Saturday, 29 April 2017 03:40 (seven years ago) link
got the diablo 3 allthestuffedition on ps4 sale. This is so much better than the half game I bought on PC a few years ago. my god this thing is addictive.
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 30 April 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link
How much? And it controls well on the ps?
― Mordy, Sunday, 30 April 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
Controls very well on PS4. I went online and was playing with some obviously hacked randos and gained a zillion levels and overpowered equipment which essentially broke my character. Would be wary of playing with anyone you aren't friends with.
― circa1916, Sunday, 30 April 2017 20:07 (seven years ago) link
i probably played more diablo 3 than any other game last year, it's great
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 30 April 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link
Alienation - free on ps plus this month. tons of fun twin stick Alien Breed style shooter / Diablo loot grind. hugely enjoyable.
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 8 May 2017 09:48 (seven years ago) link
Hostess club manager minigame in Yazuza 0 - GOTY 2017
― devvvine, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 14:09 (seven years ago) link
yakuza*
― devvvine, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 14:10 (seven years ago) link
is that thing 50% off yet? also waiting for persona 5 to drop in price.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
No idea, picked it up a while ago and have just been working through it a few hours a week. First one of these i've played and really enjoying the hard cuts between side activity lunacy and gritty, tense mainstory cutscenes.
Finished Persona 5 and despite some weak characters and pacing it's still a great game just doesn't hold a candle to 4 in terms of personality for me.
― devvvine, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
― Mordy, Wednesday, May 10, 2017 4:22 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
No but Kiwami, the PS4 remake of Yakuza 1, comes out this summer at half-price.
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
Torment: Tides of Numenera has been reliably entertaining and low key so far (not very far into it, far enough to have filled my party with the three female NPCs)
also started back into Diablo III with a seasonal character
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
oh! i've been playing d3 a bunch. i'm at like torment VIII w/ my witch doctor. putting together the final pieces on a helltooth gargantuan build (just got my short man's finger last night -- still really need a ring of royal grandeur to cube).
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 19:27 (seven years ago) link
Just want to remind everyone, that I'm not addicted
hours played ;Farming Sim 2011 : 326 hoursFarming Sim 2013 : 600 hoursFarming Sim 2015 : 1122 hoursFarming Sim 2017 : 399 hours ...
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 22:39 (seven years ago) link
I have actually jumped back into Skyrim, and surprised at how quickly I remember where I am with the outstanding quests.
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 22:40 (seven years ago) link
My strange video game addiction would make a good thread
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 22:41 (seven years ago) link
there's already a thread for MPQ
― qualx, Thursday, 11 May 2017 02:43 (seven years ago) link
Turns out Super Metroid is pretty dope. I'm playing on an SNES emulator with a not-SNES gamepad (https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Electronics-Photo/Buffalo-BSGP801GY-Classic-USB-Gamepad-PC/B002B9XB0E) and graphics/controls/baddies/sound are blowing me away. And oh, the music!
― barbarian radge (NotEnough), Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:12 (seven years ago) link
it is GOAT status no doubt
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:32 (seven years ago) link
Scott's 1,2, and 3 and these weird but quite good Fall comps called Creative Distortion.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
Oops thought this was ILM. Just ignore that.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:40 (seven years ago) link
Super Walker Bros.
― devvvine, Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:44 (seven years ago) link
Scott 2 has average graphics but the sound is off the charts good and it definitely rewards repeated playthroughs
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:50 (seven years ago) link