2022-2024 Video Games Thread - Page 23

NobodyHere · 10-01-2021, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mota

I picked up New World this week. Played with a few friends on a new server, there are some massive queues on the day 1 servers! 2,500 person queue on a server that takes 2,000.
I did enjoy it. The action based combat isn't my favorite, but there's a ton to do, and I do enjoy the usage-based advancement. It's not class based at all, so you get better at things by doing them. Apparently I'm great at skinning wolf hides.

So is the game more PVE focused or PVP focused? I just start up another month of FF14 but I might be interested in New World after that. Hopefully the queue lines are down and launch bugs (if any, I don't know) are fixed.

RainMaker · 10-13-2021, 02:51 PM

Finished AC:Valhalla the other day after playing for months. Fun game but way too long and way too much puzzle nonsense. Felt like I was looking up how to do something constantly because I didn't care to spend 20 minutes figuring out how to open a door.

RainMaker · 10-13-2021, 02:52 PM

Any Far Cry 6 impressions?

Kodos · 10-13-2021, 03:34 PM

Any Back 4 Blood impressions? My PS4 version should arrive tomorrow.

RainMaker · 10-13-2021, 03:46 PM

Interested in that too. Just couldn't pull the trigger on it at $60.

Brian Swartz · 10-13-2021, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Any Far Cry 6 impressions?

I'm seeing a stupid amount of ads for it. Nothing on the game itself, not really up my alley but I'm still curious whether people end up thinking it's good.

SirFozzie · 10-13-2021, 08:09 PM

Back 4 Blood is a good game.

IF.

If you have decent humans on your team.

If you have bots, or run and gunners, mission 1-4 will drive you mad.

Edward64 · 10-22-2021, 02:59 PM

Yeah, I know. Starfield is a year away with a Nov 11, 2022 release date. But I can't wait to play this.

It's inevitably going to be buggy and underwhelm some folks (combat is too easy, unrealistic etc.) but ready for the next great Bethesda game.

I know it's going to be single player. I'm bought into FO76 system where there is some voluntary PvP but mostly still PvE but you can interact with other players. But will still enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpz3...ab_channel=IGN

Thomkal · 10-22-2021, 03:33 PM

Given their history Nov 11 2022 is optimistic ) But yeah very interested too

BYU 14 · 10-23-2021, 02:08 PM

While I have never played the board game, Gloomhaven is a refreshing addition to my video game collection. Unique and brutally unforgiving, have failed on the first main quest 3 times and I love it.

Thomkal · 10-23-2021, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BYU 14

While I have never played the board game, Gloomhaven is a refreshing addition to my video game collection. Unique and brutally unforgiving, have failed on the first main quest 3 times and I love it.

Yeah people either hate you can fail the first quest, even on easy mode, or love it

Coffee Warlord · 11-12-2021, 05:21 PM

Dusted off Mechwarrior Online and have been playing it the last couple of days. Kind of amusing.

Honolulu_Blue · 11-12-2021, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BYU 14

While I have never played the board game, Gloomhaven is a refreshing addition to my video game collection. Unique and brutally unforgiving, have failed on the first main quest 3 times and I love it.

I love it! Both the board game and video game versions. One of my favorite board games of all time. So many perfect turns ruined by the fact that the perfect moves just happen to be both bottom or top half moves. So many and so often not realized until after you’ve played your cards.

Honolulu_Blue · 11-12-2021, 06:24 PM

So finally fired up Wasteland 3. While I gave up on Wasteland 2 about half way through, I’m loving 3. It’s been super fun. Great writing, really good soundtrack, good missions, fun choices and you always feel like you’re trying to get better - characters level up a lot, better guns, better armor, better mods. Super solid turn -based RPG.

Flasch186 · 11-19-2021, 03:06 PM

spam/scam

NobodyHere · 11-19-2021, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Flasch186

spam/scam

But for what? Shouldn't there be a link or something?

Flasch186 · 11-19-2021, 03:23 PM

slow burn

RainMaker · 11-23-2021, 02:35 PM

Is Outer Worlds good? Fan of the old Fallout games and in the midst of playing Skyrim again. Saw it on sale for $20.

JPhillips · 11-23-2021, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Is Outer Worlds good? Fan of the old Fallout games and in the midst of playing Skyrim again. Saw it on sale for $20.

The world is pretty empty and it's fairly short, but I enjoyed it for what it was.

JonInMiddleGA · 11-23-2021, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Flasch186

spam/scam

Spam zapper to the rescue

dubb93 · 11-26-2021, 09:42 AM

Anyone have an ideas on how to fudge the game list on the XBox One?

Looking to pick up a few Christmas games while they are on sale and don’t want them like all over the place advertising we own them.

Edward64 · 12-03-2021, 01:28 PM

It has great looking ships. Wish it would just get done. Don't know why people are still funding it.

Star Citizen Gets New Video All About New Ships While Crowdfunding Breaks Records Passing $418 Million

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In other Star Citizen news, the crowdfunding total has just passed $418 million and it’s currently sitting on $418,652,521.

This is quite significant because, with nearly 79 million in crowdfunding since January 1, the game has now surpassed the previous record from 2020 with a month to spare, marking another year of growth for the seemingly unstoppable crowdfunding campaign.

The recently-concluded Interactive Aerospace Expo contributed approximately $19.5 million, also beating the same event last year by a quite wide margin.

GrantDawg · 01-18-2022, 07:37 AM

WSJ reports that Microsoft is buying Blizzard. That would be a big move, but makes sense with all the trouble Blizzard has been having recently.

Edit: The price tag is $70 billion dollars. Microsoft has announced it is official.

GrantDawg · 01-18-2022, 07:42 AM

Just to add, the CEO of Microsoft gaming confirms that means all Activision Blizzard games, including many older games, are going to become part of the Xbox Game Pass. Nice.

Thomkal · 01-18-2022, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

WSJ reports that Microsoft is buying Blizzard. That would be a big move, but makes sense with all the trouble Blizzard has been having recently.

Edit: The price tag is $70 billion dollars. Microsoft has announced it is official.

wow wasn't expecting that to happen

spleen1015 · 01-18-2022, 10:01 AM

Gotta get rid of Bobby or nothing changes, IMO.

Atocep · 01-18-2022, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by spleen1015

Gotta get rid of Bobby or nothing changes, IMO.

I can't imagine a scenario where Bobby survives this. He may hang around to help with the merger but my guess is he'll be out relatively soon.

flere-imsaho · 01-18-2022, 12:34 PM

Gotta do something with all that cash lying around, I suppose.

RainMaker · 01-18-2022, 12:40 PM

I think he knew he was gone and that's why there was the push to sell.

Little surprised by the price tag. I knew Call of Duty was big, but didn't know it was that big.

spleen1015 · 01-18-2022, 12:46 PM

Candy Crush is the big money maker there.

GrantDawg · 01-18-2022, 04:48 PM

I had read somewhere they had about $60 billion in revenue, so that price is not much over revenue. It actually might be a bargain.

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RainMaker · 01-18-2022, 05:24 PM

WTF. Had no idea those games generated so much revenue.

spleen1015 · 01-18-2022, 05:27 PM

Candy Crush has been downloaded something like 2.4 billion times.

flere-imsaho · 01-18-2022, 08:17 PM

Sell 20-30M copies of a AAA game at ~$60/unit, and that's $1B-$2B right there.

kingnebwsu · 01-25-2022, 12:30 AM

Just discovered the awesomeness of Stardew Valley. Reminds me of the old Harvest Moon games from the PS2 era. It's on Game Pass & cheap on many devices. Especially great with split-screen/online multiplayer!

Atocep · 01-25-2022, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by kingnebwsu

Just discovered the awesomeness of Stardew Valley. Reminds me of the old Harvest Moon games from the PS2 era. It's on Game Pass & cheap on many devices. Especially great with split-screen/online multiplayer!

Between the switch and PC versions I've probably played 200 or so hours. One of the most fun and relaxing games I've played in a long time.

thesloppy · 01-25-2022, 05:09 PM

I always hear people reference Stardew Valley as relaxing, but it has the absolute opposite effect on me, I stress about the time of day and getting enough stuff done in each day, and it ends up feeling worse than work. I am quite high-strung though.

kingnebwsu · 01-25-2022, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by thesloppy

I always hear people reference Stardew Valley as relaxing, but it has the absolute opposite effect on me, I stress about the time of day and getting enough stuff done in each day, and it ends up feeling worse than work. I am quite high-strung though.

It's definitely a different feeling than competitive games or more intense games so in that regard it's "low stress."

My advice would be to do multiplayer if that interests you. Having others to share the experience with makes it even better.

sterlingice · 01-25-2022, 10:50 PM

Compare it with Animal Crossing? That and Harvest Moon seem to kindof be the comps for it. I've put in a lot of hours falling asleep to various versions of Animal Crossing but whenever I start becoming completist in it, it gets messy and stressful.

SI

kingnebwsu · 01-26-2022, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Compare it with Animal Crossing? That and Harvest Moon seem to kindof be the comps for it. I've put in a lot of hours falling asleep to various versions of Animal Crossing but whenever I start becoming completist in it, it gets messy and stressful.

SI

I would describe it as a cross between Harvest Moon & Animal Crossing though closer to the HM side of the spectrum.

If either of those games are appealing then I definitely recommend Stardew Valley.

spleen1015 · 01-26-2022, 03:15 AM

The first time I played it, when I didn't know what I was doing, the time component stressed me out too. Then, I watched Cohh play it for a few days and got to know the game better. I went back and played and it wasn't stressful. There's always tomorrow.

GrantDawg · 01-26-2022, 06:22 AM

Some day I will go back and play it. I tried it out because people kept bragging on it, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why it is so loved. I probably need to watch some videos to see what the point of the game is.

spleen1015 · 01-27-2022, 02:02 PM

Looks like I am getting a used digital PS5 from a co-worker.

I want to trade in my PS4, but it looks like none of the retailers that I can conveniently trade it in to have a way for me to use the credit to buy digital games.

WTF?!

RainMaker · 02-23-2022, 02:53 PM

Anyone buying Elden Ring?

Atocep · 02-23-2022, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Anyone buying Elden Ring?

100%

An open world souls game is as close to perfection as I can imagine.

bhlloy · 02-23-2022, 03:43 PM

I was ready not to like Elden Ring but it sounds incredible. Although the story sounds like GRR had 2 weeks to turn it in and realized he hadn’t done any work and just decided to plagiarize Tolkien and hope he got away with it.

Thomkal · 02-24-2022, 12:08 PM

CohhCarnage has started a Let's Play of Elden Ring:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esQCBrcirAE

bhlloy · 02-25-2022, 03:58 PM

Sounds like it has major framerate issues for most people who aren't on a super high end system?

BYU 14 · 02-25-2022, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bhlloy

Sounds like it has major framerate issues for most people who aren't on a super high end system?

Yeah, this worried me, so i went console, no complaints with it

cartman · 02-25-2022, 07:09 PM

I've never played a Dark Souls game before, and so far the game has been pure suffering

10-13-2021, 03:34 PM	#1104
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Any Back 4 Blood impressions? My PS4 version should arrive tomorrow. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties. Last edited by Kodos : 10-13-2021 at 03:35 PM.

10-13-2021, 08:09 PM	#1107
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Back 4 Blood is a good game. IF. If you have decent humans on your team. If you have bots, or run and gunners, mission 1-4 will drive you mad. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

10-22-2021, 03:33 PM	#1109
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Given their history Nov 11 2022 is optimistic ) But yeah very interested too __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

11-12-2021, 06:24 PM	#1114
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	So finally fired up Wasteland 3. While I gave up on Wasteland 2 about half way through, I’m loving 3. It’s been super fun. Great writing, really good soundtrack, good missions, fun choices and you always feel like you’re trying to get better - characters level up a lot, better guns, better armor, better mods. Super solid turn -based RPG. __________________ *Steve Yzerman*: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons).

11-19-2021, 03:06 PM	#1115
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	spam/scam __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

10-13-2021, 02:51 PM	#1102
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Finished AC:Valhalla the other day after playing for months. Fun game but way too long and way too much puzzle nonsense. Felt like I was looking up how to do something constantly because I didn't care to spend 20 minutes figuring out how to open a door.

10-13-2021, 02:52 PM	#1103
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Any Far Cry 6 impressions?

10-13-2021, 03:46 PM	#1105
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Interested in that too. Just couldn't pull the trigger on it at $60.

10-22-2021, 02:59 PM	#1108
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	Yeah, I know. Starfield is a year away with a Nov 11, 2022 release date. But I can't wait to play this. It's inevitably going to be buggy and underwhelm some folks (combat is too easy, unrealistic etc.) but ready for the next great Bethesda game. I know it's going to be single player. I'm bought into FO76 system where there is some voluntary PvP but mostly still PvE but you can interact with other players. But will still enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpz3...ab_channel=IGN

10-23-2021, 02:08 PM	#1110
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	While I have never played the board game, Gloomhaven is a refreshing addition to my video game collection. Unique and brutally unforgiving, have failed on the first main quest 3 times and I love it.

11-12-2021, 05:21 PM	#1112
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Dusted off Mechwarrior Online and have been playing it the last couple of days. Kind of amusing.

11-19-2021, 03:23 PM	#1117
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	slow burn __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

11-23-2021, 02:35 PM	#1118
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Is Outer Worlds good? Fan of the old Fallout games and in the midst of playing Skyrim again. Saw it on sale for $20.

01-18-2022, 07:37 AM	#1123
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	WSJ reports that Microsoft is buying Blizzard. That would be a big move, but makes sense with all the trouble Blizzard has been having recently. Edit: The price tag is $70 billion dollars. Microsoft has announced it is official. Last edited by GrantDawg : 01-18-2022 at 07:40 AM.

01-18-2022, 07:42 AM	#1124
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Just to add, the CEO of Microsoft gaming confirms that means all Activision Blizzard games, including many older games, are going to become part of the Xbox Game Pass. Nice.

01-18-2022, 10:01 AM	#1126
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Gotta get rid of Bobby or nothing changes, IMO. __________________ Why choose failure when success is an option?

01-18-2022, 12:34 PM	#1128
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	Gotta do something with all that cash lying around, I suppose.

01-18-2022, 12:40 PM	#1129
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	I think he knew he was gone and that's why there was the push to sell. Little surprised by the price tag. I knew Call of Duty was big, but didn't know it was that big.

01-18-2022, 12:46 PM	#1130
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Candy Crush is the big money maker there. __________________ Why choose failure when success is an option?

01-18-2022, 04:48 PM	#1131
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	I had read somewhere they had about $60 billion in revenue, so that price is not much over revenue. It actually might be a bargain. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

01-18-2022, 05:24 PM	#1132
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	WTF. Had no idea those games generated so much revenue.

01-18-2022, 05:27 PM	#1133
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Candy Crush has been downloaded something like 2.4 billion times. __________________ Why choose failure when success is an option?

01-18-2022, 08:17 PM	#1134
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	Sell 20-30M copies of a AAA game at ~$60/unit, and that's $1B-$2B right there.

01-25-2022, 12:30 AM	#1135
kingnebwsu College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Ohio	Just discovered the awesomeness of Stardew Valley. Reminds me of the old Harvest Moon games from the PS2 era. It's on Game Pass & cheap on many devices. Especially great with split-screen/online multiplayer!

01-25-2022, 05:09 PM	#1137
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	I always hear people reference Stardew Valley as relaxing, but it has the absolute opposite effect on me, I stress about the time of day and getting enough stuff done in each day, and it ends up feeling worse than work. I am quite high-strung though. __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM.

01-25-2022, 10:50 PM	#1139
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Compare it with Animal Crossing? That and Harvest Moon seem to kindof be the comps for it. I've put in a lot of hours falling asleep to various versions of Animal Crossing but whenever I start becoming completist in it, it gets messy and stressful. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 01-25-2022 at 10:50 PM.

01-26-2022, 03:15 AM	#1141
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	The first time I played it, when I didn't know what I was doing, the time component stressed me out too. Then, I watched Cohh play it for a few days and got to know the game better. I went back and played and it wasn't stressful. There's always tomorrow. __________________ Why choose failure when success is an option?

01-26-2022, 06:22 AM	#1142
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Some day I will go back and play it. I tried it out because people kept bragging on it, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why it is so loved. I probably need to watch some videos to see what the point of the game is.

01-27-2022, 02:02 PM	#1143
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Looks like I am getting a used digital PS5 from a co-worker. I want to trade in my PS4, but it looks like none of the retailers that I can conveniently trade it in to have a way for me to use the credit to buy digital games. WTF?! __________________ Why choose failure when success is an option?

02-23-2022, 02:53 PM	#1144
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Anyone buying Elden Ring?

02-23-2022, 03:43 PM	#1146
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	I was ready not to like Elden Ring but it sounds incredible. Although the story sounds like GRR had 2 weeks to turn it in and realized he hadn’t done any work and just decided to plagiarize Tolkien and hope he got away with it.

02-24-2022, 12:08 PM	#1147
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	CohhCarnage has started a Let's Play of Elden Ring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esQCBrcirAE __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

02-25-2022, 03:58 PM	#1148
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Sounds like it has major framerate issues for most people who aren't on a super high end system?

02-25-2022, 07:09 PM	#1150
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	I've never played a Dark Souls game before, and so far the game has been pure suffering __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

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