Merry Switchmas to all
― .oO (silby), Monday, 25 December 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
All these best of 2017 lists are more intimidating than usual, keep seeing stuff that looks good that went off my radar entirely. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/12/ars-technicas-best-video-games-of-2017/
― Nhex, Wednesday, 27 December 2017 03:18 (six years ago) link
I dusted off the witcher 3 since I'm trying to finish it in two years but goddamnit it doesnt make things easy.. trying to upgrade some gear and I need one goddamn component that I cant find anywhere, and the online guides aren't very helpful. THIS IS WHY ITS TAKING ME TWO YEARS TO FINISH THIS SHIT.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
i played the first 30 hours of witcher 3 earlier this year and really enjoyed it, and then went and tried to play it again recently and the magic was completely gone, it just felt really gloomy and samey and heavy handed
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 December 2017 02:02 (six years ago) link
X-Com: Enemy Unknown (2012)
i remember the old VGA DOS one and the cool underwater sequel. never had the game but I did have the demo and it was very fun. this remake was less than $10 on Steam so i finally pulled the trigger. at first it kept crashing during the first mission, but after changing to 1280x768 i haven't seen that problem anymore. anyways the game is really rad. right now im in a railroad yard trying to stealthily move in and disarm plasma bombs while the aliens that set them up try to stop me. i like how unique the missions end up being; someone could get shot by an alien and it may drive someone into a frenzy and they start shooting (maybe killing bad guys, maybe accidental friendly fire) its always something new w this game
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 1 January 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link
so following the tutorial on random missions (even ones marked "easy") and i am horrible at this lol. but it is very fun and looks great and it will be cool to figure out how to make it through w most of my people alive ;-p
i really like the story too. the leader of R&D is very Project Paperclip and i am sure this is on purpose. they talk a lot about the ethics of using the enemy's war machines and the dangers of adopting their techniques. in that way it kind of feel like classic sci fi, and it seems like a good way to tie the story and gameplay together.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 1 January 2018 03:28 (six years ago) link
This is the first year since my childhood I've been mostly familiar with what shows up on end of year lists /:
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Monday, 1 January 2018 03:41 (six years ago) link
tho rn i am playing the last of us for the first time. its certainly a videogame!!
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Monday, 1 January 2018 03:42 (six years ago) link
i bought pyre, little nightmares and sundered for ps4 as they were all on sale and have been recommended on best ofshad every intention of playing through the winter break and didn't touch any of them....
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 1 January 2018 03:43 (six years ago) link
also undertale, west of loathing and fidel dungeon rescue for steam.and persona 5 for ps4and my switch backlogit sure is fun being an adult
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 1 January 2018 03:44 (six years ago) link
Persona 5 is like 100hrs long
― Mordy, Monday, 1 January 2018 03:49 (six years ago) link
lol, i know. i'm buying games that i would be playing if i didn't have all these other interests and an unwieldy life to deal with. I JUST WANNA READ COMICS AND PLAY VIDYA GAMES
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 1 January 2018 03:58 (six years ago) link
Let’s hope for full communism in 2018 so we can finish all these video games.
― The Bridge of Ban Louis J (silby), Monday, 1 January 2018 05:08 (six years ago) link
in the future marxist paradise my asthma and social anxiety will excuse me from difficult labor of any kind. my role will be anime appraiser— Bevis Simpson (@BevisSimpson) April 17, 2013
― ciderpress, Monday, 1 January 2018 05:21 (six years ago) link
Once I got past the presentation, I've found Disgaea to be a complete timesuck.
― Bobby Buttrock (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 January 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
Tried Disgaea so many times but just can't get into it, moving on an isometric grid a big part of my frustrations iirc.Started Horizon Zero Dawn, beautiful environments but the characters & voice acting really offputting, creepy uncanny valley plasticine people giving me the willies!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 1 January 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
need more large-scope games with stylized character designs
― ciderpress, Monday, 1 January 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
Super Mario OdysseyZelda BOTW (just beat Eventide for the 1st time yay)VS. Super Mario Bros.X-Com: Enemy UnknownCupheadStardew ValleyShovel Knight
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 1 January 2018 20:59 (six years ago) link
is there a decent logging site like letterboxd for video games?
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 01:39 (six years ago) link
https://www.backloggery.com/
― The Bridge of Ban Louis J (silby), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 01:46 (six years ago) link
oh yeah i totally forgot about that one. don't love the visual design but i'll give it a try
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 01:49 (six years ago) link
It has no global game metadata, tho, you just fill in whatever you want.
― The Bridge of Ban Louis J (silby), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 01:50 (six years ago) link
There's actually a TON of these sites, but very few have gained any traction. I'm too lazy to sort through all of them.http://chordian.net/2017/06/04/backlogchecklist-web-sites-for-video-games/
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
As is my tendency once I've hoarded collected a couple hundred of a given thing (books, movies, etc.), I literally just maintain a spreadsheet of games. Of particular importance with the games since the majority of them are digital.
― Bobby Buttrock (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
Right now I'm using various text files (the dead app xPad on Mac OS) but I feel like it's time to step up my... methods
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
I bought Stardew Valley a year or so ago, but I'm just now getting to it. It's the perfect zero-stakes game for me right now. I can step in for fifteen minutes, pet some animals, water some crops, save and then go to bed.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Thursday, 4 January 2018 00:50 (six years ago) link
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Monday, January 1, 2018 3:42 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i finished it
it was certainly a videogame
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Thursday, 4 January 2018 07:47 (six years ago) link
I don’t think Horizon is for me, it’s well made and looks pretty but I find it a chore to play and I’m having no fun. Next.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 4 January 2018 07:53 (six years ago) link
I just started it, I fell asleep during the tutorial which maybe doesn't bode well but it was very late and I'd had some ginger wine.
Did feel like the intro was quite heavily stealth focussed though, and I've not got much patience when it comes to throwing stones to distract baddies or hiding in bushes waiting for them to pass (see also The Last of Us/Dishonoured). Is there lots of that in the game itself? Fair chance I'll bounce off it if so.
― JimD, Thursday, 4 January 2018 11:22 (six years ago) link
All sorts of crap I got from a humble bundle recently.
I'd forgotten how horrible the 'just one more level' effect is from tower defence games. urgh.
― In space, pizza sends out for YOU (Ste), Thursday, 4 January 2018 12:46 (six years ago) link
Doki Doki Literature Club was pretty much exactly what i thought it might be from all the hype, but done very very well. also, its free.
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 4 January 2018 13:31 (six years ago) link
got thru the 'very hard' challenges on Through the Ages, which i want to record somewhere just because it nearly drove my crazy and actually feels like an accomplishment. somehow there are still 2 higher difficulty levels? i'm good thanks.
finally buckled and tried Stardew Valley because i figured it would be a good game for the plane ride across the atlantic and back. totally sucked in now.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 4 January 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
i've been playing the last guardian, which definitely feels like ico and shadow of the colossus: a cool, different concept hampered by clumsy controls and boring world design. trico is really well-designed though, it really feels like a giant potentially dangerous but cute pet, and it acts like an animal. the best parts are riding on its back as it makes those giant leaps through the world. my mother in law has been visiting and at first she was just watching me play and now she's full-on backseat driving.
― na (NA), Thursday, 4 January 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
Oh that reminds me, there's a free last guardian PSVR thing, only 10 minutes long but I really liked it. Looking up at a huge looming Trico is terrifying.
― JimD, Thursday, 4 January 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
lots to explore here:http://igf.com/article/2018-independent-games-festival-announces-main-competition-finalists
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 4 January 2018 18:17 (six years ago) link
I just borrowed my mom's Wii and then discovered that you can hack it to play downloaded ISOs so I now have the following games on an external HD and have been playing all of them:
Super Mario Galaxy 2Kirby’s Epic YarnDonkey Kong Country ReturnsThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight PrincessNew Super Mario Bros. WiiMuramasaOkamiSuper Paper MarioXenoblade ChroniclesResident Evil 4Metroid Prime Trilogy
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 6 January 2018 15:25 (six years ago) link
nice
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 6 January 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
Wii is great
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 6 January 2018 15:55 (six years ago) link
Wii library is so underrated
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 6 January 2018 16:06 (six years ago) link
is there anything else I should add to my list?
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 6 January 2018 21:42 (six years ago) link
god help me, i've been playing League of Legends. i never really thought i would be a fan of a moba since i don't didn't really enjoy watching streams of it. but a few of my friends and i play together as a team using voicechat (discord) and it makes the whole thing so much more fun, even as we continually get our asses kicked by human opponents. does anyone else lol? sad lol.
i've also been playing a lot of the new brough game (cinco paus). it's sometimes frustrating to play, especially when you get screwed by the 5 weapons that you're randomly assigned to use for each playthrough. the abilities of the weapons are randomly chosen, and some of the "abilities" are negative (for example, some of them do nothing at all, while some even create enemies when you use them). but most of the time you draw a set that provides at least a possibility of making it through a full playthrough (which consists of 5 screens/levels). i find it hard to put down, despite the occasional frustrations.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 6 January 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link
I play league every weekend w/ a group of friends, it's pretty fun as a team game when you know everyone. used to play solo queue in the past and it quickly got miserable
― ciderpress, Saturday, 6 January 2018 21:59 (six years ago) link
xpostoff the top my of head try:Punchout remakeSin & Punishment Star SuccessorFire Emblem Radiant DawnArtstyle Light Trax (would kill for this on switch!)Last StoryTrauma Team (especialły the Forensic sections)Lost In Shadow/A Shadow’s TaleI loved Another Code R but no one else seemed to lol
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 6 January 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
Oh hai, finally bought and started playing Destiny because it was on sale, anything else I should check out while I'm visiting the year 2014?
― Bobby Buttrock (Old Lunch), Saturday, 6 January 2018 23:52 (six years ago) link
alien: isolation?
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 7 January 2018 00:40 (six years ago) link
just started playing yakuza 0 and the combination of hardboiled crime story and batshit-crazy side missions is melting my mind
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 7 January 2018 00:41 (six years ago) link
a boy and his blobbatman: the brave and the boldkirby's return to dream land
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Sunday, 7 January 2018 00:48 (six years ago) link
lol this game is utterly destroying me even on Easy. it is random what missions you will get so i often start a new game and do fine for a few and then suddenly i have to choose between DIFFICULT or VERY DIFFICULT and im helplessly under-leveled and watching all my squad get turned into zombies.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 7 January 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link
I've been enjoying Blocky Farm ON IPAD but at level 28 I just got the last kind of animal (G O A T S) and it's getting boring, so I guess it's time to delete and move on. This is the first freemium farm game I've played---a review said it would be like Harvest Moon but no, it's just like Farmville.
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 7 January 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
Streets of Rogue, which I love! A lot of games attempt the sandboxy, approach-it-however-you-want thing, but this game really nails it. Lots of different characters that invite very different styles of gameplay.
It's still in alpha, but it seems pretty fully formed to me. I guess the "big main" quest isn't done yet, but I won't be skilled enough to even attempt something like that for a long time.
Graphically it's nothing special, but I was racking my brain trying to figure out what other game it reminds me of, and I think it was actually an obscure gameboy pac-man-like puzzler called Lock 'n' Chase!
― Dan I., Monday, 8 January 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link