What are you playing?

[sepheronx]

Wow! It still scares the heck out of me and I'm on one and a half times

that game scares you? Man, I aint young but I would hate to ask if you played Silent Hill 1 or 2. Now those games can be scary.

 

[Splinterdog]

that game scares you? Man, I aint young but I would hate to ask if you played Silent Hill 1 or 2. Now those games can be scary.

I just watched the trailers and they look damn scary, so I'll stick with Deus EX, thanks

 

[Ruru]

that game scares you? Man, I aint young but I would hate to ask if you played Silent Hill 1 or 2. Now those games can be scary.

Havent played SH1 or 2 but I played SH3 years ago. Hella great game!

 

[Sithaer]

that game scares you? Man, I aint young but I would hate to ask if you played Silent Hill 1 or 2. Now those games can be scary.

I'm also not a big fan of scare games.
Problem is that sometimes I do like the game itself and then have to somehow pass the scare parts.

For example I loved Dead Space 1+2 but man those games gave me the creeps and sometimes I could barely get to the next save point and call it a day. 'well ok I played those long ago when I was younger but still'
Another one is Outlast 1+2, great games but damn some parts really pushed my limits but I did finish both game eventually.
I also play such games at night with a headset so yea.

 

[metalfiber]

Starting Guardians of the Galaxy. That little white robot up by the light bulb, i had it...the Coleco Vision...Samantha Fox...the music...ooohhh, oooHHH, OOOHHH...I'm have'n an 80s orgasm.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Scary games have never been scary to me. Maybe it's because I grew up in the days of horror movies being deeply disturbing and I'm numb to it all. Or maybe it's because I've been to a few warzones, have seen real life horrors and nothing can compare..

 

[sepheronx]

Havent played SH1 or 2 but I played SH3 years ago. Hella great game!

3 was OK. Maybe I am older than some here so first one was SH1 for me. If you think 3 was good, you may find SH2 to be very good. I liked the story way more and lots of cool little things to try and get different endings. I think there were 8 endings? SH1 is very dated obviously and for those who dont like PS1 graphics may find it harder to get into. But modern emulators do a good job smoothing out the graphics.

I'm also not a big fan of scare games.
Problem is that sometimes I do like the game itself and then have to somehow pass the scare parts.

For example I loved Dead Space 1+2 but man those games gave me the creeps and sometimes I could barely get to the next save point and call it a day. 'well ok I played those long ago when I was younger but still'
Another one is Outlast 1+2, great games but damn some parts really pushed my limits but I did finish both game eventually.
I also play such games at night with a headset so yea.

Dead Space was pretty solid and had good scary moments. I am no fan myself of those Amnesia or Outlast games. The reason being is that jump scares isn't scary, its just annoying. Its a cheap (very cheap) way to scare someone. The tension is good though.

I find psychological horrors like Silent Hill series to be where Horror should be. Heck, The Thing video game or Cold Fear are also fantastic horror games IMO. Very underrated. Some jumpscares do exist but it doesn't rely on them.

 

[Ruru]

3 was OK. Maybe I am older than some here so first one was SH1 for me. If you think 3 was good, you may find SH2 to be very good. I liked the story way more and lots of cool little things to try and get different endings. I think there were 8 endings? SH1 is very dated obviously and for those who dont like PS1 graphics may find it harder to get into. But modern emulators do a good job smoothing out the graphics.

Dunno, I'm 31 and I love PS2 (and that era) mostly. I do still play PS1 games as well though. My current collection of console games (I have FFX on PS2 too, loaned it to a friend)

 

[sepheronx]

Dunno, I'm 31 and I love PS2 (and that era) mostly. I do still play PS1 games as well though. My current collection of console games (I have FFX on PS2 too, loaned it to a friend)

I am older so yeah. But I guess you just werent into it back when SH1 came out and its understandable.

Nice collection BTW, especially Dino Crisis. Now thats a great game. I am jealous of your FF NES collection. My sister took my NES collection and she "lost" the NES. Dunno how she managed that.

I dont see Xbox games so I am assuming you didn't get one. If you have one though, I recommend the SH2 on Xbox as it had extra plot stuff.

 

[Ruru]

I am older so yeah. But I guess you just werent into it back when SH1 came out and its understandable.

Nice collection BTW, especially Dino Crisis. Now thats a great game. I am jealous of your FF NES collection. My sister took my NES collection and she "lost" the NES. Dunno how she managed that.

Actually I just didn't care then, I loved RE series even then already.

Those NES FFs are reproduction ones with English translations got those free few years ago.

 

[sepheronx]

Actually I just didn't care then, I loved RE series even then already.

Those NES FFs are reproduction ones with English translations got those free few years ago.

I edited my post, but if you are interested in SH 1 and 2, I recommend getting 2 on the XBOX (OG) as it was the better version. More stuff in it.

 

[Ruru]

I edited my post, but if you are interested in SH 1 and 2, I recommend getting 2 on the XBOX (OG) as it was the better version. More stuff in it.

Hmm, I keep that in mind! Need to check that does it work in X360

 

[AusWolf]

I've just started Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

It's been a while since I played the original, but apart from the UI, I can't really see any changes. Oh, elevators are faster now. Wow! It's good that I bought it on a discount, otherwise, I'd ask for a refund.

 

[Cvrk]

I've just started Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

It's been a while since I played the original, but apart from the UI, I can't really see any changes. Oh, elevators are faster now. Wow! It's good that I bought it on a discount, otherwise, I'd ask for a refund.

there are changes but they are very small. the most you will see are in MELE 2 &3. The first one is a mess.
Honestly, I regret paying so much money for it. It was my favorite game of all time, however, after years of playing a better mechanics game, the industry will spoil you. Now, instead of my favorite game of all time, I'm just replaying something old made once upon a time.
Something tells me Witcher 3 Remake will be the same.

 

[AusWolf]

Something tells me Witcher 3 Remake will be the same.

Maybe, but at least owners of the original won't have to pay to get it. The only reason I'm complaining about MELE is that it's so expensive for everyone. EA could have given us an exclusive discount at least.

 

[arni-gx]

just...... world of tanks in my PC, asia server.......there is halloween event for 2 weeks......

 

[AusWolf]

just...... world of tanks in my PC, asia server.......there is halloween event for 2 weeks......

Ah, the only massively multiplayer game that I've ever cared about!

 

[Sithaer]

I've just started Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

It's been a while since I played the original, but apart from the UI, I can't really see any changes. Oh, elevators are faster now. Wow! It's good that I bought it on a discount, otherwise, I'd ask for a refund.

There are changes, a fair ammount actually.
Can you notice them, thats another question but they are clearly there:
https://www.ea.com/games/mass-effect/mass-effect-legendary-edition/news/gameplay-calibrations

11 min long video explaining all of the 3 games in the remaster:

I paid ~40 euro for the game, and I can't complain about it really.
Gave me a good ~230+ hours of fun even as my third playthrough of the serie.

there are changes but they are very small. the most you will see are in MELE 2 &3. The first one is a mess.
Honestly, I regret paying so much money for it. It was my favorite game of all time, however, after years of playing a better mechanics game, the industry will spoil you. Now, instead of my favorite game of all time, I'm just replaying something old made once upon a time.
Something tells me Witcher 3 Remake will be the same.

Thats not exactly true, ME 1 remaster had the most work done and they did not touch ME 2/3 for the most part, its mainly higher res textures and bug fixes in 2+3 according to the developers since those games still hold up somewhat okay till this day.
Not my words, its in that same video I linked there, you can watch it if you want.

Mess is a bit strong word here, apparently this Legendary edition was a rather big success in overall:
https://gamerant.com/mass-effect-legendary-edition-sales-dragon-age-trilogy/

To be honest I'm not sure what some ppl expected, it was meant to be a remaster not a remake and for that it did well.

 

[sepheronx]

I just watched the trailers and they look damn scary, so I'll stick with Deus EX, thanks

For poops and giggles, you need to do a lets play as you play SH1 and 2. It would be great entertainment.

 

[Splinterdog]

As I've already mentioned, I'm completely hooked on Mankind Divided with a second playthrough, this time on Game+ and the additional kits from the season pass. But this time with as much stealth as possible and you can play a large part of the game without even firing a shot, which is much more satisfying.
The game also has unlimited saves which is unusual today, even if the game is from 2016. Some have criticised the system for encouraging 'save scumming', which actually sounds like a nasty condition, lol.
That's when you go back to a previous save before you got wiped out, so you can play it again with the benefit of hindsight. It's a video game, duh! That's what manual saving is for.
I've also got most of the augs now, but am largely avoiding the x-ray vision ones because they could make the game too easy. Probably one of the best games I've ever played and no jump scares

 

[Ahhzz]

Looking to try this out this weekend. Free demo to play, looks pretty cool...

ΔV: Rings of Saturn on Steam

A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Frick]

As I've already mentioned, I'm completely hooked on Mankind Divided with a second playthrough, this time on Game+ and the additional kits from the season pass. But this time with as much stealth as possible and you can play a large part of the game without even firing a shot, which is much more satisfying.
The game also has unlimited saves which is unusual today, even if the game is from 2016. Some have criticised the system for encouraging 'save scumming', which actually sounds like a nasty condition, lol.
That's when you go back to a previous save before you got wiped out, so you can play it again with the benefit of hindsight. It's a video game, duh! That's what manual saving is for.
I've also got most of the augs now, but am largely avoiding the x-ray vision ones because they could make the game too easy. Probably one of the best games I've ever played and no jump scares
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I HATE game in which you can't manually save. This ain't the 90's anymore and the cartridges have very limited storage. In some games it works, but generally the very concept of not being able to save manually is absolutely abhorrent. And this ties in nicely with this:

Finished Rage 2 'base game only', put in a good ~35 hours or so since I did a fair ammount of side activities.
Have to say this is an underrated game imo, had a blast playing it.
Its a mad crazy game but its fun imo. 'good gun play and the skills are pretty cool/fun to use'

Now to play another EPIC freebie I had around and something I was curious about for a good while.
Control, base game again cause that was free.
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For now its kinda confusing but I'm only at the beginning of the game.

That game could have been pretty great. I've only played like six hours or so, but I really, really don't like the waypoint system. It doesn't make sense. It's like it's trying to be a big, sprawling open world game as well as an intense, claustrophobic paranormal story. It would have been so much better had it been a linear game, IMO.

 

[Sithaer]

I HATE game in which you can't manually save. This ain't the 90's anymore and the cartridges have very limited storage. In some games it works, but generally the very concept of not being able to save manually is absolutely abhorrent. And this ties in nicely with this:



That game could have been pretty great. I've only played like six hours or so, but I really, really don't like the waypoint system. It doesn't make sense. It's like it's trying to be a big, sprawling open world game as well as an intense, claustrophobic paranormal story. It would have been so much better had it been a linear game, IMO.

If you meant Control then yea I get you where you are coming from.
To be honest I knew nothing about the game when I started playing it recently, only watched GPU performance vids on it and what I read in this topic.

Its not exactly what I expected but eh so far I like it and the destruction in the game is fun 'personal HL 2 gravity gun much', I also expected something like a linear game but its more like Darksiders 3 or the souls like games with the waypoints and everything. 'I'm around ~9 hours in, I'm a pretty slow player and take my time'
Difficulty is so so, for now I can deal with it and progress but I hope its not gonna go crazy on me later on cause I do not enjoy DS level difficulty in games.

 

[Splinterdog]

If you meant Control then yea I get you where you are coming from.
To be honest I knew nothing about the game when I started playing it recently, only watched GPU performance vids on it and what I read in this topic.

Its not exactly what I expected but eh so far I like it and the destruction in the game is fun 'personal HL 2 gravity gun much', I also expected something like a linear game but its more like Darksiders 3 or the souls like games with the waypoints and everything. 'I'm around ~9 hours in, I'm a pretty slow player and take my time'
Difficulty is so so, for now I can deal with it and progress but I hope its not gonna go crazy on me later on cause I do not enjoy DS level difficulty in games.

Control drove me nuts. I mean, it's a clever game, but there's one boss fight which is utterly one-sided, so I gave up on it.
Having said that, I often leave a game for months, go back to it and manage to overcome the block. Same with Mirror's Edge Catalyst in which another boss fight completely floored me.
I expect I'll go back to both eventually, find ways to improve my arsenal or whatever and have another bash.

 

[Sithaer]

Control drove me nuts. I mean, it's a clever game, but there's one boss fight which is utterly one-sided, so I gave up on it.
Having said that, I often leave a game for months, go back to it and manage to overcome the block. Same with Mirror's Edge Catalyst in which another boss fight completely floored me.
I expect I'll go back to both eventually, find ways to improve my arsenal or whatever and have another bash.

For now I'm okay but we will see if I can finish the game or not, my patience is limited with games if it pisses me off.
I'm not exactly the best with such games and well I'm getting older for sure '32', not a teen anymore when I had patience to play even PvP games.

I also grew up playing grind games like ARPGs and MMOs so if I have to go back to other zones/do side missions and 'power up' then thats all fine with me, did the same in Darksiders 3 and basically powered through the game's first playthrough like that.

Mirror's Edge Catalyst was alright for me, I can only recall 1 place where I had to try a few times before I managed it.
Some zone that locked me in and had to fight off a bunch of enemies and had to run around kicking them and whatnot, also had a jump around the end that took me a good few tries to do.

I do plan a second playthrough at some point, should be easier now I guess.
If possible I don't like to leave games behind and only play 1 maybe 2 games at a time until I finish them.
When I leave a game its a lot harder to pick up again since I tend to forget the controls and everything.