Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@kyleforrester87 I've reported everyone of those as spam.

@RogerRoger That would have been a great April Fools article to be sure.

Chess is a definite 10/10.

@LiamCroft I dunno man. The board needs some hella antialiasing or something.

8x8 resolution 🤮🤮🤮

@LiamCroft
I always said you had the best taste in games.

@RogerRoger
I could see some sites kicking off a bit over things like difficulty, lack of narrative, no opportunities to romance any of the characters. Too many different endings?

with the recent delays and many more following soon for sure it comes to my notice that FF7 could be the last MAJOR game to release this year.

i think that other huge games like cyberpunk and GOT will be delayed to next year aswell.

even if the pandemic slows down during the summer,companies perhaps would not like the risk yet.
and no i don't think that many if any of them will opt for digital only releases for their biggest games. it's not that simple as people think.

@jdv95 I think we all have to accept there is a very strong possibility of the next gen consoles will be delayed until next year too. Even if most countries have gotten over the worst of covid-19, economically most countries will most likely still be recovering when the consoles are due to launch. So could be unwise to release a console then.

Talk about a busy release window — Just think, the summer Olympics, the NBA playoffs, the NFL season, every major motion picture set to release this year, every major video game set to release this year, and the PS5 — are all going to hit us all at once next year. From famine to feast.

@Th3solution I actually haven’t thought of it that way! That really does sound great plus I’m loving all this classic sport we’re getting instead. Maybe things won’t be so bad when it eventually blows over.

@nessisonett Sound great? Sounds like a nightmare. There isn't enough time in the day to play that many games all at once. The only thing I would be okay with is GoT having a fancy version to play on the PS5 with awesome ray tracing, better audio, and crazy good view draw distance.
I'm just hoping Sakura Wars doesn't get delayed as I may not get if it's shoved close enough to certain other releases. Part of the reason I'm getting it is because it's releasing at a good time.

@Jaz007 At least this way I’m having a good crack at my backlog this year. It will be interesting to see if this gives the devs time to work on PS5 patches for the big exclusives.

@nessisonett Yeah, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is the only thing in my backlog atm, it just didn't 'pop' for me the first time I played it, despite beating the Chimera and the first Dragon on my first try.

@nessisonett
Might depend on how many people are working from home. We've just seen TLOU2 delayed so I'd expect that for other games as well.

Good grief, there are a lot of new topics asking for help, aren’t there? I think the COVID home isolation is bringing in a lot more traffic and everyone is wanting help with their consoles that don’t work, their DLC that won’t load, their games that crash, transferring game saves, etc. I used to look at all those topics just in case I might have a bit of wise advice to give, but I can’t keep up with all these.

@Th3solution It’s the fact they ignore the clearly signposted ‘help’ section. That really gets me 😂😂

@Th3solution I'm just being lazy! You can also throw into the mix that PS support is more difficult to get hold of these days.

Ah....
It's raining now in my place. 🙄
Such a gloomy...
Well, i think i will continue my FF XII TZA Switch.

Couldn't see this anywhere else on here, but Google Stadia is now free to everyone. All you need is a gmail account. I'm still not that interested in the service as i have enough to keep me going on the PS4, but it hought i would share it anyway.

@JohnnyShoulder Well that should be a fun experiment, I’ve had some really good experiences streaming on PS4 despite a few hiccups.

So I have this book '1001 games you must play before you die'. I thought it was apt during lockdown. Anyhow I have had this in my possession for a while now, The last game they recommend was Bioshock Infinite 2013 so a good 7 years have passed since its publication.

A fantastic read with a quick synopsis of the game and maybe a screenshot. I have used this more as an irregular read over the last few years, however earlier today (after the egg hunt, bacon rolls and making sure my daughter was watching a movie) I decided to actually play through some of the listed early dated games I have missed, by trying to find the proper game on a developer website when possible.

Games I played today;

The Oregon Trail
Pong
Breakout
Eamon
Arkanoid
A.P..B (1987)
Tie Fighter

The Oregon Trail is brilliant fun, all the tenants of a life sim are here, you need food - to make major river crossing decisions - to repair your cart - keep everyone healthy (I actually had one of my team, young Geraldine died from a mix of dysentery and measles at one point which was a shock). I am glad I played it and although I had one eye on other games at the time, so failed to read up on the locales I passed, its a worthwhile game to play. The shooting is bit rubbish though.

Pong - I have played variations on pong throughout the years but never the original arcade code. Its not worth looking up, the physics are rubbish and its not fun.

Breakout - Again like Pong, I have played all manner of breakout clones but never the original arcade code. Its even worse than Pong if that's possible. The paddle is tiny, the way the ball bounces off you isn't varied enough (so hitting the last brick is way harder than it should be) and the bat is tiny!

Eamon - Now I need to recommend this to both @foxy-goddess-skotchy and @RogerRoger in somewhat of a cheat this is pseudo live service game which has constantly been updated from its original routes. Its a text RPG with a graphical overlay of your gear. The parser (interface) is uncomplicated and I was beating up gorillas and mimic chest monsters with my weak axe. One of the reasons its worth a look is they take submissions, so if you can write - you can make a game! (Just to mention I am unsure the last time it was updated but worth a look nonetheless)

Arkanoid - I played this on the Amstrad back in the 80s and loved it, however this was the original code. Such a great breakout clone. This variation has power ups which really alter the flow of the game, Your already meaty bat (compared to breakout) can have lazers, multi ball, the sticky power up lets the ball stick to you so you can reposition. Then there are nerf drops - making your bat small and enemies to bounce off. It keeps you entertained and was the best bat and ball game I played today.

A.P..B (1987) - Top down police sim, I have always wanted to play this game, however it failed to live upto my expectations. The introductory missions are nails, the controls tough and unforgiving. I will replay this one as the presentation is great and maybe If I wasn't rushed for time would have nailed at least one mission.

Tie Fighter - Any Star Wars fans, the introduction to this is phenomenal, the gameplay is probably fun. But man there are so many keyboard controls I couldn't even pass the tutorial mission. It was the last game I played (just before posting earlier tonight) so haven't give it a fair whack but but the control scheme is way overt the top!