The Video Game thread

[BitchPudding]

yea, hella hype for destiny 2.

PSN name is TapeSoup if y'all wanna play that shit together. ILF clan or something.

[GAS KING]

I'm on PC for Destiny 2.

It's really optimized. I was getting 75fps at high settings. around 60fps with some drops on ultra. (my computer is upper mid range. R9 390 GPU) I was surprised it ran so well.
Game actually looked good at low settings too. I started low, and kept going up in settings til I saw some fps drop.
I read the anti-aliasing wasn't ready/optimized for the Beta....so I just keep that low and it runs even better.

As for the gameplay, nice to be back in Destiny after 1.5 years of switching to PC. It's as good as I remember it.
Beta only has intro mission, 1 strike, and quick play and comp PvP.

[ziltoid]

Destiny 2 closed Beta today for pre-orders on PC.
Open Beta 29,30,31 for all other orders? (not sure how that works)

Pretty excited. PUBG will take a back burner for the week.

Then 8 weeks wait until full release. 7 weeks after console release.

PUBG for ever. I'm all about that chicken.

[GAS KING]

PUBG for ever. I'm all about that chicken.

Word. I'm 110 hours in and it still hasn't gotten old at all.

[MechaGodzilla]

I had a file on Metroid Prime about an hour in, having just got the Varia Suit. This is where it starts getting really good, so I've been playing it the past two days. It's been long enough that I'm not just blasting through, I'm reacquainting myself with the environment again.

Retro/hoarder types - the fairly cheap S-video cable you can get off amazon (I think mine was about £15?) makes a noticeable difference on my PAL GameCube, presumably SNES and N64 too. It's not progressive scan but it's an improvement on my fairly up-to-date-but-budget LED TV.

[UglyCasanova]

GF gave me an early bday present: Switch with Breath of the Wild!

Now, what other games do I get? Single player or local co-op stuff! New Mario is obvious...

[waltdogg]

anyone interested in metroid: samus returns?

i kinda really want it. but i don't want it if i can't run and shoot at the same time, which for some reason has not been shown in any gameplay footage...

[BetterOffShred]

^^ Love Metroid in all it's incarnations. I don't have any of the new systems, but I did just acquire Echoes for my Cube.. booya

[MechaGodzilla]

anyone interested in metroid: samus returns?

i kinda really want it. but i don't want it if i can't run and shoot at the same time, which for some reason has not been shown in any gameplay footage...

I'll prolly get it. Just to send the message that I still believe in metroid after Other M.

[waltdogg]

well, just let me know if you can run and shoot and at the same time. i have a major bone of contention over this.

[MechaGodzilla]

It looks like you can shoot without going into the laser-sight aim mode.

[waltdogg]

but can you shoot and run at the same time?

[Andrew]

Ugggghhhhhhhh 'Project Octopath' looks great. Finally, it's getting to the stage where a Switch is a definate purchase.

Every single non-FF SquareEnix RPG has been better than the past 17 years of Final Fantasy

[jrfox92]

I wonder if Star Citizen will ever be released.

[Olin]

I wonder if Star Citizen will ever be released.

D'you see three of the Whales each got $15k refunds? I'm starting to doubt it will ever be done, and certainly that it will ever meet the absurd standards Chris has set. It's currently sitting at 16% completion (lank: http://starcitizentracker.github.io/) and I'm probably, reluctantly, giving up hope for it. Sorry space worms, I wanted to...

Edit: Dev's deny refunds happened, opinion stays the same