That's terrible. What happened to third person action,adventure, or horror titles? It looks like Death Stranding is made of remnants of what was left of a new Silent Hill title before Konami had its meltdown. Would have loved another one of those.?
Anyone Play Video Games?
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just got the Switch and it's freaking awesome. Seriously I highly recommend it. Have been having a blast this weekend playing old NES games and the New Mario Cart.
I used to play a lot more than i do. Most recently i have played a lot of Elite Dangerous and Skyrim Special Edition.
Got disgusted with ED after one of the recent patches all but broke the game and havent been back. My squadmates probably wonder what happend to me.
Played a lot of quake and quake 2 online, I was pretty good, sadly the twitch muscles and reaction time arent what they used to be.
Got disgusted with ED after one of the recent patches all but broke the game and havent been back. My squadmates probably wonder what happend to me.
Played a lot of quake and quake 2 online, I was pretty good, sadly the twitch muscles and reaction time arent what they used to be.
Ever since my daughter was born 7 years ago, I barely play any games. Every great once and a while I would sneak a few hours of GTA while she was sleeping. Last year I bought her Minecraft. And she absolutely fell in love with it. So much that I bought it for myself so I could play it with her. So that's kind of our thing when we have downtime. Father daughter Minecraft lol.
And I've been a fan of The Sims ever since it came out. Owned every version.
And I've been a fan of The Sims ever since it came out. Owned every version.
I have never been a gaming guy. I always thought of time wasted on games so I stopped playing them.
But there were few games that spoke to my heart so I finished them.
First was Duke Nukem that came with my first PC back in '98
Then Dune and UFO.
Oh, and few advantures of Leisure Suit Larry Even bought Android game when it came out a few years back (it's cheap and worth playing for nostalgia reasons at least, and it's fun!)
Fall in love with Final Fantasy VIII - that story!
Later it was Serious Sam - pure fun!
And lastly The Witcher III after a loooong break (I want to replay it in nearest future). It's best game in my books so far!
I try different games from time to time but it's mostly like 3-4 evenings and I get bored.
But there were few games that spoke to my heart so I finished them.
First was Duke Nukem that came with my first PC back in '98
Then Dune and UFO.Oh, and few advantures of Leisure Suit Larry
Even bought Android game when it came out a few years back (it's cheap and worth playing for nostalgia reasons at least, and it's fun!)Fall in love with Final Fantasy VIII - that story!
Later it was Serious Sam - pure fun!
And lastly The Witcher III after a loooong break (I want to replay it in nearest future). It's best game in my books so far!
I try different games from time to time but it's mostly like 3-4 evenings and I get bored.
games are like books for me, I always have one open. Currently it's Mario vs Rabbids Kingdom Battle, which is pretty much a Ubisoft/Nintendo take on Xcom. Loving it.
I also really like Japanese rpgs. The turn based battle lends itself to a more relaxed play style that suits smoking a pipe.
I also really like Japanese rpgs. The turn based battle lends itself to a more relaxed play style that suits smoking a pipe.
I'm mainly a retro gamer. Just recently picked up a Sega Genesis Mini and I love it! If anyone else is a retro gamer and is a Sega fanboy like myself, I highly recommend it!
I've recently played through The Outer Worlds, Call Of Duty WWII, Skyrim (remastered PS4 version), Red Dead Redemption, all of the Batman Arkham games, Ride 3, Project Cars 2, The Last Of Us (remastered), Jedi Fallen Order. Currently playing Ace Combat 7, Nascar Heat 3, Ghost Recon:Wildlands. Eagerly awaiting the remake of Final Fantasy 7 and I think my next one will be Greedfall. Yeah.... I play video games
And you still haven't played Nier Automata.I've recently played through The Outer Worlds, Call Of Duty WWII, Skyrim (remastered PS4 version), Red Dead Redemption, all of the Batman Arkham games, Ride 3, Project Cars 2, The Last Of Us (remastered), Jedi Fallen Order. Currently playing Ace Combat 7, Nascar Heat 3, Ghost Recon:Wildlands. Eagerly awaiting the remake of Final Fantasy 7 and I think my next one will be Greedfall. Yeah.... I play video games
I know
But I still plan on getting that one!
Late to the thread but yeah, in for the long haul. Started with the Atari 2600, through pretty much every console going (not a PC gamer at all) to the PS4 Pro I spend most time on now. One of my early jobs out of school was a QA tester for US Gold, my dream job, but it didn't last as they moved across country. RPG's are my go to usually, currently working through Borderlands 3 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance. I spend more time playing video games than any other hobby or activity even age 48 - could say I'm addicted!
Just bought a new system and am waiting for it to ship. I usually hate pre-built systems but as I'm in India I don't have much choice. I was originally going with an AMD build for sentimental reasons but ran across an ASUS ROG tower with a Core i7-9700K processor and a middling graphics card for under $1200. The only thing that NEEDS changing is the RAM and that's cheap here. I should probably have waited and spent the $1800+ but I can still switch out the video card, upgrade the RAM and stick a better hard drive in for a fraction of that price. I'll end up with a better system out of the deal too.
All-in-all a winning situation and I'll finally get back in the "game" so to speak.
All-in-all a winning situation and I'll finally get back in the "game" so to speak.
Been having some fun with my "retro" setup lately,
here are some titles that I still enjoy.
It helps to print out a map with shops & districts labeled for Shenmue 2
(not my drawing) :
PS1 games running on a PS3, the setting for graphics smoothing really helps.
Dug out my Front Mission 3 strategy guide. I've beaten this without it back in the day, then I bought the guide to play through again with a better handle on how to use the computer to set up for combo attacks etc., & never got around to it until I guess now. The game will let you play through again with all of your learned skills if you've beaten it once, but I don't think I can move my old save-file from a PS1 memory card to PS3, so I've started from scratch, & it's still a lot of fun to play this game! The PS3 graphics smoothing makes a huge difference. Some of the in-game rendered cut-scenes between missions are tough to watch due to some bad graphics, but I had the same complaint back in the day. They look a lot better on the PS3 with the smoothing turned on, & the rendered still pics & rendered FMV still look really good. My only new minor complaint so far is that the analog stick doesn't work when running on PS3, but it really doesn't matter for this type of game.
Some PS2 & from a more current era, PS3 titles.
BF3's still online, although there are definitely hackers.
Some old-school pirate stuff. You would plug the "Gold Finger" into the PS1's parallel port & stick a spring in the door-pin so you could swap discs after booting on a proper game. That thing was tough to get back in the day.
here are some titles that I still enjoy.
It helps to print out a map with shops & districts labeled for Shenmue 2
(not my drawing) :
PS1 games running on a PS3, the setting for graphics smoothing really helps.
Dug out my Front Mission 3 strategy guide. I've beaten this without it back in the day, then I bought the guide to play through again with a better handle on how to use the computer to set up for combo attacks etc., & never got around to it until I guess now. The game will let you play through again with all of your learned skills if you've beaten it once, but I don't think I can move my old save-file from a PS1 memory card to PS3, so I've started from scratch, & it's still a lot of fun to play this game! The PS3 graphics smoothing makes a huge difference. Some of the in-game rendered cut-scenes between missions are tough to watch due to some bad graphics, but I had the same complaint back in the day. They look a lot better on the PS3 with the smoothing turned on, & the rendered still pics & rendered FMV still look really good. My only new minor complaint so far is that the analog stick doesn't work when running on PS3, but it really doesn't matter for this type of game.
Some PS2 & from a more current era, PS3 titles.
BF3's still online, although there are definitely hackers.
Some old-school pirate stuff. You would plug the "Gold Finger" into the PS1's parallel port & stick a spring in the door-pin so you could swap discs after booting on a proper game. That thing was tough to get back in the day.
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I too am late to this thread, but was always a nintendo kid of the N64 generation, so Zelda Zelda, Mario 64, golden eye. Eventually got into to pc gaming and things like the Half-Life series. Recently my wife and I have been playing though the Myst games starting with the original. Anyone in here ever try those? Excellent puzzle games with beautiful scenery and decent story line, though some of the puzzles can be a bit finicky if you miss only little clue, but that’s what guides are for!
Myst is impossible to finish without a guide!
If you liked Myst, you should enjoy Obduction.
If you liked Myst, you should enjoy Obduction.
When I finished Myst in 2000, I didn't have a guide. Needed one for Riven though.
Currently playing Final Fantasy 7 Remake, the Uncharted Trilogy recently given free on PSN, The Inner Friend, and My Friend Pedro.