The Video Game thread

[jrfox92]

[GAS KING]

^that looks terrifying.

[Dapper Bandit]

Finally bought a Switch after some great (for me) announcements. Namely Luigi's Mansion 3, as me and the good Lady Bandit can play that together it justifies the console.

Mario Odyssey is a fan-fecking-tastic 3D platformer, I can easily see myself taking another playthrough but currently working on getting as close to 100% as possible.

[behndy]

sooooooooo.... i hate to say it, because i loooove Zelda but. fuck breath of the Wild. have tried like 10 times to get into that game and it's soooooo damn borinnnnnnnng.

and it's not the game's fault. i know i don't enjoy open world games. i..... i thought this time would be DIFFERENT.

.... it wasn't.

[Eivind August]

I'm finally trying Final Fantasy X for the first time, I will likely hate it.

Speaking of, I never really got into the series, but recently picked up a cheap Chinese bootleg of Final Fantasy IV Advance on a whim. Really enjoying it so far! The story got me invested and after a while I actually got into the turn-based fighting, which is generally not my thing.

Wooo. IV is great.

If you like that try VI! It's fantastic and the pinnacle of the sprite era FF games.

Funny that you mention that. Got that SNES Classic thingamajig as a chrimbus gift from my brother two years ago, and just hooked it up to start VI! Really enjoyed IV, and have gathered that VI is even better.

To nobodys surprise FFVI is an amazing game and I had a great time. Got really invested in (most of) the story, and the gameplay was very fun.

Probably picking up a Switch later this year to play the Link's Awakening remake and the upcoming BotW 2, and noticed there are several Final Fantasy games available for it. Maybe I should take a plunge deeper down this rabbit hole? The internet tells me FFIX is a good one?

[MechaGodzilla]

Octopath Traveller is really good, too. And Dragon Quest XI

[calfzilla]

I'm finally trying Final Fantasy X for the first time, I will likely hate it.

Speaking of, I never really got into the series, but recently picked up a cheap Chinese bootleg of Final Fantasy IV Advance on a whim. Really enjoying it so far! The story got me invested and after a while I actually got into the turn-based fighting, which is generally not my thing.

Wooo. IV is great.

If you like that try VI! It's fantastic and the pinnacle of the sprite era FF games.

Funny that you mention that. Got that SNES Classic thingamajig as a chrimbus gift from my brother two years ago, and just hooked it up to start VI! Really enjoyed IV, and have gathered that VI is even better.

To nobodys surprise FFVI is an amazing game and I had a great time. Got really invested in (most of) the story, and the gameplay was very fun.

Probably picking up a Switch later this year to play the Link's Awakening remake and the upcoming BotW 2, and noticed there are several Final Fantasy games available for it. Maybe I should take a plunge deeper down this rabbit hole? The internet tells me FFIX is a good one?

FFIX was my favorite of the bunch. Probably doesn't have the most compelling story, but I felt like it had to right mix of difficulty and enjoyment. There's no sadistic bosses, but there are definitely some things to push your team and the little passive ability system made for a lot of fun.

[lordgalvar]

I like XII alright. Been replaying it on and off. The Gambit thing makes it kind of fun but I don't feel the classes have enough unique stuff. Lots of optional quests. Not enough enemy variety though. Maybe 10 enemy types reskinned throughout which is kind of lame considering the good job they did of world building otherwise.

[Circuithead]

I'm about 50 hours into Prey right now and holy shit does it scratch that System Shock let's-creatively-solve-some-problems itch.

This is my best story so far :

Was nearly out of ammo and had to kill some bullet sponge to get through a tough spot. I managed to setup a trap using two turrets that I positioned on either side of a hallway with a gas canister about 50 feet in front of it. I walked back behind the turrets and I lured the enemy towards the trap thinking "it's gonna get tenderized by the turrets, and when it gets close to the canister I'll just shoot it off and this should do it."

In the end I didn't have to fire a shot because as the enemy was closing in towards me, it had to get close to the canister first while being shot at relentlessly by the turrets. The two turrets lines of fire crossed over naturally at the canister because the enemy floated right up to it trying to get to me, so the canister exploded and killed the creature. The turrets did all the work. I stood there dumbfounded at my accidental cleverness. I set up that trap at different spots 4 times and it worked exactly as described twice. The other two times it was a disaster that created more problems than it solved but still, this game is a masterpiece.

[Andrew]

Had my fill of FFX. Though I've still got that VII remake buzz going on... since I hardly remember anything of FFXV, i'm giving that another shot. I do know that they were updating the game so certain story hooks were revamped aswell as a 'Royal Pack' upgrade. I think that game's story is only effective after the 1st playthrough - i'm actually enjoying it now.

I did buy Far Cry 5 during the Steam sale, it's stupid as fuck but it's fun to shoot stuff.

[MechaGodzilla]

My good lady got me Sekiro, looking forward to getting my ass beat over and over

[coldbrightsunlight]

I'm about 50 hours into Prey right now and holy shit does it scratch that System Shock let's-creatively-solve-some-problems itch.

This is my best story so far :

Was nearly out of ammo and had to kill some bullet sponge to get through a tough spot. I managed to setup a trap using two turrets that I positioned on either side of a hallway with a gas canister about 50 feet in front of it. I walked back behind the turrets and I lured the enemy towards the trap thinking "it's gonna get tenderized by the turrets, and when it gets close to the canister I'll just shoot it off and this should do it."

In the end I didn't have to fire a shot because as the enemy was closing in towards me, it had to get close to the canister first while being shot at relentlessly by the turrets. The two turrets lines of fire crossed over naturally at the canister because the enemy floated right up to it trying to get to me, so the canister exploded and killed the creature. The turrets did all the work. I stood there dumbfounded at my accidental cleverness. I set up that trap at different spots 4 times and it worked exactly as described twice. The other two times it was a disaster that created more problems than it solved but still, this game is a masterpiece.

Haha excellent!

I still need to finish Prey. I didn't stop for any particular reason but I took a break and now I haven't played it in months.

Great game though I was really enjoying it

[PanicProne]

Finished Unravel today. Enjoyed it. Really relaxing. Got Unravel Two next up and also still continuing with Spiderman. Web/yarn-swinging seems to be my thing atm.

[odontophobia]

Had my fill of FFX. Though I've still got that VII remake buzz going on... since I hardly remember anything of FFXV, i'm giving that another shot. I do know that they were updating the game so certain story hooks were revamped aswell as a 'Royal Pack' upgrade. I think that game's story is only effective after the 1st playthrough - i'm actually enjoying it now.

I did buy Far Cry 5 during the Steam sale, it's stupid as fuck but it's fun to shoot stuff.

Did you give up on FFX or finish it?
I get a lot of flack for it but I love that game.
Did a play through of VII last summer. Have started XII and IX and not completed, same with VIII so those are all on the docket.
Just started playing World of Final Fantasy which is like Pokémon/No No Kuni for FF fans. Fun

[Circuithead]

Haha excellent!

I still need to finish Prey. I didn't stop for any particular reason but I took a break and now I haven't played it in months.

Great game though I was really enjoying it

I was discussing my playthrough with a colleague who finished it too, and it was like we were talking about two completely different games sometimes. We triggered events in massively different ways and in different order so I ended up meeting people he never heard of, and he ended up seeing crazy things that I never heard of and/or breezing through sections I found crushingly hard.

The nature of the ending left me cold even though the way it's presented to you is fantastic, so I might wait a bit before going in for a second time, and right now I started playing Jalopy and I'm quite addicted to it.