Videogame Discussion Thread

Do you play Elder Scrolls online? If so, what do you think about it?

Recently finished Rayman Legends...



A seriously whacky platformer. The physics, settings, music, and gameplay are all exceptional. It'll even make you laugh a few times. One gripe is that you need to collect enough "teensies" to unlock certain levels and continue the game, and the only way you can collect them is to go back to levels you've already played and get a higher score. A stupid system. Replaying a game or level should be a choice, not something you're forced to do.

 

Thanks, I'll have to check that out. I need to get my hands on a PC. The Thinkpads I have aren't powerful enough to run Ori, and it's likely never to be published on PS4.

 

With Fallout 4 in T-14 hours (that's right North America release is 12:01AM EST) I am pretty set.

I know some people are buying Legacy of the Void and Star Wars Battlefront (LotV might be a later pickup for me). I've been around the block as I play CS:GO (MGE ranked currently), used to play WoW (Blizzard sure knows how to space out expansions...), used to play SWTOR (yes, probably one of the best single player experiences within an MMO but it's fault lies in the boring raiding), used to play FFXIV (probably one of the best WoW alternatives I have played. Raid mechanics are great but this game is not very noob friendly and I had to look a lot of things up to understand it but for anyone who played it when it first came out knows it is much better than it was).

 

Convinced CEE TEE to get a PS4 and it turns out QuestHate got one too. I might cancel my PC pre-order and go ps4 to play with them.

Honestly, I've recently spent my limited free time starting up destiny. I will probably finally pick up GTA 5, transformers devastation, and a few others on sale for Black Friday.

 

Destiny would be a great game but unfortunately spending too much time over at Microsoft XBOX HQ caused them to not make games for PC (which is their roots). It's really sad when a company like Sony can create an ecosystem that works together with both console and PC gamers FFXIV and Bungie hasn't even given PC gamers a second thought.

 

Anyone with a PS4, feel free to add me. Shoot me a PM and I'll give you my username and phone number so that maybe we can coordinate some times to play Destiny or something.

In other news, Fallout 4 is about as horribly unoptimized as I expected. I have to jump through all sorts of hoops (mods, ini tweaks, lowered graphics settings, custom driver settings, etc.) just to make it run right on my R9 Fury. Meanwhile, the wife's GTX 970, a generally slower card, has no issues. Hooray?

Halo 5 has been pretty good so far. I've mostly ignored the campaign, but I think the multiplayer is the best they've put out since, well, Halo 1. Granted, I hate 2 and 3's MP, and 4 was pretty good once you got rid of the loadouts and orbital drops or whatever. H5 feels like a more classic arena shooter, and I love that you're immediately viable with the assault rifle and pistol, where as 2 and 3 made it a total scramble for power weapons. Might be the best weapon balance they've had. Previously, if you didn't know where the power weapons were, good luck doing well! Not to mention H5 shows you some power weapon spawn points on the map with countdown timer. It's like even a newbie can jump in and feel slightly competitive, and those additions help focus teams on objectives and power weapons. Plus the maneuverability stuff they added gives it a slightly more frantic feel, which I am enjoying. I'm not super great at it, but it scratches the same sort of itch Halo 1 did without having to deal with the crappy Master Chief Collection (so sad).

 

No comment about the issues regarding Fallout 4 PC (I agree it's been pretty bad). Turn off godrays, make sure your drivers are updated, oh yah and make sure for whatever reason your drivers aren't setting your screen to view in 3d mode (I had this problem and trust me it sucked).

 

Only if there is a healer class, and only we can use ventrillo, and only if you don't overextend so I can keep healing you, and only if you come back to me and peel when I say "peel". Might be not a good idea. Was too hyper competitive with these type of games.