WHAT PLAY YOU!? Version 2.0

[Rey_Piste]

The having to faff about with the outposts was my main gripe with Fallout 4. It was annoying to get stuff coming up about your outpost when you're wandering the wasteland.

[Jazzy G]

So this morning I "finished" Animal Crossing, ie reached the bit where you get to see the credits. Still plenty to do in the game, though. If anybody is getting annoyed by all the bunny day eggs they can be sold for 200 bells each. Easy money for infrastructure, mortgage payments etc. I heard somewhere you only need 62 of each egg to build everything and get a reward.

I've also been playing through Final Fantasy 7. Still in Midgar at the moment. Just rescued Aerith and Red XIII. 

[PunkStep]

1 hour ago, Onyx2 said:

You are literally the only person to have ever said that. And that might be the issue Ralphy's having - fans of New Vegas don't get along with 4 because the voice protagonist doesn't allow them to roleplay fully.

I see that side of the argument, but for me I think it doesn't add as much when you can't hear your character. For example, I felt nothing for my character in Skyrim or 'Claude' in GTA3. Tommy Vercetti, CJ, John Marston, Arthur Morgan and the GTA5 trio on the other hand- those characters added so much to the game.

Then again I guess in roleplaying games I don't envision myself as the character. 

1 hour ago, Rey_Piste said:

The having to faff about with the outposts was my main gripe with Fallout 4. It was annoying to get stuff coming up about your outpost when you're wandering the wasteland.

Just ignore them. Fuck Preston, the lazy prick. 

[Loki]

On 4/3/2020 at 7:04 AM, Mr_Danger said:

If it's not then it's a big plus for Xbox as they already offer upscale on old games and have backwards compatibility all the way back to og Xbox. Part of the selling point on next gen seems to around not having to buy games twice but it's Sony so who knows.

 

I wish this were true but there’s only a tiny percentage of  og and 360 games that are still supported as the XBOne doesn’t have an emulator per se.

I have some games i’d love to play again (Full Spectrum Warrior, Galleon) but they’re not supported.

If the new Xbox genuinely does support all previous consoles that would be huge..

 

Edited April 4, 2020 by Loki

[The Gaffer]

Fallout 4's settlement building was a good, fun distraction and yeah it had some lovely set pieces and well curated vistas and moments but it's a shite RPG and a poor Fallout. New Vegas is the best one. Give me its numerous dialogue options and weird setting over the wooden voice acting any day. 

I know the rollback on Bethesda is overdone/we all played 500 hours of Skyrim before going on about how shallow it was/they're clearly going for something with a more easier to jump into, action oriented appeal but New Vegas beats the piss out of 4. 

Edited April 4, 2020 by Gay as FOOK

[Mikeymike83]

18 hours ago, Mr_Danger said:

Thats bang on half way if I remember correctly. I'd give it a break too. You could knock the difficulty right down and catch up fairly quickly but I really enjoyed getting the back backs and side missions.

Yeah, I'd agree with the add-ons within the game like what you mentioned. Unfortunately they are the time consuming annoyances that I don't really fancy having to repeat though.

Oh well, turn my attention to Mafia 3 now. I'm aware how old these games are btw, but I've not been arsed with gaming for a couple years so I'm catching up!

[quote the raven]

Is halo 5 worth it? I played the others with reach being a stand out. 
 

I won’t be playing online and the reviews are all over the place 

[The Gaffer]

7 minutes ago, quote the raven said:

Is halo 5 worth it? I played the others with reach being a stand out. 
 

I won’t be playing online and the reviews are all over the place 

I'm a big Halo fan and I thought it was complete shit, to be honest. The whole tone of it felt too far outside the canon. Halo's a pretty conservative series, really. All you generally want from it is for it to look and feel like Halo. Master Chief doing twenty foot jumps around big shiny fields, clattering Elite's in the back with Marty O'Donnell's score going mental in the background.

If you've not got it already I'd just pick up the Master Chief Collection and blast through all the proper ones. The Halo 2 upscale, in particular, is still gorgeous and it's still the most interesting game in the series, for me. 

Edited April 4, 2020 by Gay as FOOK

[Loki]

3 hours ago, johnnyboy said:

Full Spectrum Warrior works on the XBOne.

 

Mind blown.  Now I have to dig out the original game!  I hope I didn't take it to a car boot sale along with a lot of my old games a few years back.

[Mr_Danger]

4 hours ago, PunkStep said:

I see that side of the argument, but for me I think it doesn't add as much when you can't hear your character.

 

I do agree though. Don't get me started on creating your own character. I crould never create something as magnificent as Kratos, Arthur Morgan or Trevor.

[Onyx2]

I have some PS Store credit to burn and I've been toying with No Man's Sky since the VR update... but I can't make up my mind. Anyone here got it and can comment? I understand it has come on tremendously since launch and the VR bit is the biggest pull to me.

[Tommy!]

7 hours ago, Gay as FOOK said:

Fallout 4's settlement building was a good, fun distraction and yeah it had some lovely set pieces and well curated vistas and moments but it's a shite RPG and a poor Fallout. New Vegas is the best one. Give me its numerous dialogue options and weird setting over the wooden voice acting any day. 

I know the rollback on Bethesda is overdone/we all played 500 hours of Skyrim before going on about how shallow it was/they're clearly going for something with a more easier to jump into, action oriented appeal but New Vegas beats the piss out of 4. 

I loved Skyrim, still do, and spent hours on both that and fallout 3. New Vegas had a better story and characters but 3 had a more barron and claustrophobic feel in places, perhaps by necessity much like the fog of silent hill, which made for a really engrossing end of the world feel at times mixed into the open world. 

Fallout 4 has lots of uninspired characters for the most part & 4 factions to side with but none are endearing (unlike NV) and little I do really feels of any influence in the gameplay world (unlike either NV or 3), so I'm just mincing about a lot, yet this seems much less adventurous than Skyrim did. 

Pissing about with the settlement building, spending ages building generators or chairs, isn't my bag and that's clearly intended as a big fancy new addition. Much like how making CJ eat a burger or lift weights wasn't appealing for me in GTA:SA. 

That's not to say it's shit as I'm loving playing it and it's great fun, it's just not grabbed me and created the moments the other 2 did.

Fallout 3, NV and Skyrim are probably in the top 5 most enjoyable games I played on Ps3 and up there overall. When it's competition / standards are so high it's a weird state that I'm critical yet still enjoy it and think its great fun. 

[PunkStep]

Merry Christmas Mrs johnnyboy!

[PunkStep]

1 hour ago, johnnyboy said:

she's stolen my entire 2k20 free play afternoon now.

WWE 2K20? You should thank her. 

[FLips]

22 hours ago, Onyx2 said:

I have some PS Store credit to burn and I've been toying with No Man's Sky since the VR update... but I can't make up my mind. Anyone here got it and can comment? I understand it has come on tremendously since launch and the VR bit is the biggest pull to me.

It’s the most impressive and immersive VR game I’ve played, but it still has a fairly open-ended game style that doesn’t offer much outside of exploration and crafting. The motion controls can be a bit fiddly but you work around them. If you can get it for £25 or less then definitely but don’t go full price.