Vidya Games Chat Thread
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I'm excited for Armoured Core 6, as I loooooved the original, but 8000en+ is a bit much for me to stomach for a game, so I'm going to wait for the inevitable steam sale down the line. I'm also a bit worried about the spec stretching on Phantom Liberty, as my pc, while decent, isn't great, and everything I've read about it suggests the developers are going all out to make top end gpus overheat and die We shall see...
Weirdly, I've never played a Baldur's Gate game, so I was blissfully unaware it hadn't launched here. I hope those interested get their hands on it sooner rather than later.
As for me, I've been doing my usual time killing with MtG:Arena, as I have accumulated a comfortable enough stash of cards/packs/game currency that I can just kinda cruise along maintaining resource parity while building the odd deck that takes my fancy. I recently updated my Grixis Death's Shadow deck to include Orcish Bowmasters and Snapcaster Mage, and dang I can see why better gamers than I got their knickers in a twist about their power levels when they were released (which was many years apart irl, but they landed on Arena pretty close together). I've also been puttering along with Fortnite. This season's final level skin is Ahsoka, a character who I'm rather fond of, so I'll probably see it through to at least level 100. They also reintroduced a silenced sniper rifle, which is exactly the kind of play style I like, so I'm enjoying taking folks out from hundreds of metres away, safely ensconced in a bush.
Honestly, though, I've actually been trying hard this past few weeks or so to play less games. I've been catching up on TV, and watched The Witcher and its Blood Origin spin off (less bad than expected, actually, and weirdly full of Scottish people. Why do all elves/dwarves have to be celtic, eh?) I've also currently got a VPN installed and am enjoyed The Legend of Korra (on UK netflix) immensely.
*Edit* oh yeah, I also installed Valorant, because my son was pestering me to do so. Dear. God. You think you're at least a reasonably competent at FPS games and then one comes along and makes it abundantly clear that you Suck. Big time. Without any exaggeration, my life expectancy in the game is 10-15 seconds. Every damn time. I dunno how people do it
Weirdly, I've never played a Baldur's Gate game, so I was blissfully unaware it hadn't launched here. I hope those interested get their hands on it sooner rather than later.
As for me, I've been doing my usual time killing with MtG:Arena, as I have accumulated a comfortable enough stash of cards/packs/game currency that I can just kinda cruise along maintaining resource parity while building the odd deck that takes my fancy. I recently updated my Grixis Death's Shadow deck to include Orcish Bowmasters and Snapcaster Mage, and dang I can see why better gamers than I got their knickers in a twist about their power levels when they were released (which was many years apart irl, but they landed on Arena pretty close together). I've also been puttering along with Fortnite. This season's final level skin is Ahsoka, a character who I'm rather fond of, so I'll probably see it through to at least level 100. They also reintroduced a silenced sniper rifle, which is exactly the kind of play style I like, so I'm enjoying taking folks out from hundreds of metres away, safely ensconced in a bush.
Honestly, though, I've actually been trying hard this past few weeks or so to play less games. I've been catching up on TV, and watched The Witcher and its Blood Origin spin off (less bad than expected, actually, and weirdly full of Scottish people. Why do all elves/dwarves have to be celtic, eh?) I've also currently got a VPN installed and am enjoyed The Legend of Korra (on UK netflix) immensely.
*Edit* oh yeah, I also installed Valorant, because my son was pestering me to do so. Dear. God. You think you're at least a reasonably competent at FPS games and then one comes along and makes it abundantly clear that you Suck. Big time. Without any exaggeration, my life expectancy in the game is 10-15 seconds. Every damn time. I dunno how people do it
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Re: Vidya Games Chat Thread
Came across Boltgun https://store.steampowered.com/app/2005 ... 0_Boltgun/ recently - anyone tried it? Looks like old school Doom or Duke Nuke'em but 40K?
So many games, so little time....
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I haven't tried it (I think Jye has?) but have heard good things - I'm not very good at boomer shooters so I didn't pick it up myself.
I have been playing a lot of Cyperpunk 2077 now that the big expansion DLC is out, and it continues to be real good - better, in fact, than when I played it a year or so ago thanks to a big patch with lots of reworking of game mechanics. It's a preem game, my choombas!
The news also came out recently that Horizon Forbidden West will be getting a Steam release in early 2024, so everyone who's been waiting on that can look forward to it. It, too, is a very good game, even though it has a bit of Open World Disease.
I have been playing a lot of Cyperpunk 2077 now that the big expansion DLC is out, and it continues to be real good - better, in fact, than when I played it a year or so ago thanks to a big patch with lots of reworking of game mechanics. It's a preem game, my choombas!
The news also came out recently that Horizon Forbidden West will be getting a Steam release in early 2024, so everyone who's been waiting on that can look forward to it. It, too, is a very good game, even though it has a bit of Open World Disease.
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Loved Boltgun, not least because the eponymous weapon is good and stays good through the game.
I'm not a connoisseur of "boomer shooters*" so can't compare it to recent entries in the genre but I had a grand time.
*seriously kids you can't call the games of my childhood that, even my parents aren't really boomers
I'm not a connoisseur of "boomer shooters*" so can't compare it to recent entries in the genre but I had a grand time.
*seriously kids you can't call the games of my childhood that, even my parents aren't really boomers
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I have been playing a bunch of things (and Cyberpunk is on the list to revisit) but the RE4 remake and the Separate Ways DLC really grabbed me. I wasn't actually a Biohazard/RE player the first time around but the remakes are great and 4 is the best of them.
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Sounds like its worth a try. Never heard the term "boomer shooter" - considering boomers generation ends in the mid 60s and Pong didnt come out until '72 it sounds like someone is trying too hard to make up fancy labelsJye Nicolson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 2:01 amLoved Boltgun, not least because the eponymous weapon is good and stays good through the game.
I'm not a connoisseur of "boomer shooters*" so can't compare it to recent entries in the genre but I had a grand time.
*seriously kids you can't call the games of my childhood that, even my parents aren't really boomers
So many games, so little time....
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If you said "Doom clone" kids these days would think you meant Doom 2016.YellowStreak wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:42 amSounds like its worth a try. Never heard the term "boomer shooter" - considering boomers generation ends in the mid 60s and Pong didnt come out until '72 it sounds like someone is trying too hard to make up fancy labels
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I think at least part of it is the fact that boomer shooters focus more than some other genres on, y'know, explosions. Plus if you follow the usual pattern of "forgetting Gen X exists", the yoots lumping us in with boomers is on brand.
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Jye Nicolson wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:01 amIf you said "Doom clone" kids these days would think you meant Doom 2016.YellowStreak wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:42 amSounds like its worth a try. Never heard the term "boomer shooter" - considering boomers generation ends in the mid 60s and Pong didnt come out until '72 it sounds like someone is trying too hard to make up fancy labels
Well I will say I bought 'Boltgun' and (possibly showing my age), am enjoying it immensely!
So many games, so little time....
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