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- Bluejam0
- disappointed.Bluejam
- Paying extra for vader is madness.section_014
- well, the fact that you don't have to have a season pass for extra content AND has a good single player campaign (he says anyway) makes this must buy for me.SteveJobs
- i've got a copy of it waiting for me when i get home tonight. played the beta and loved it. but ... this loot crate/gambling mechanism in games is bullshit.Bluejam
- I'll wait a year or so until it's GOTY or 19.99 on the PSN store. Or pick it up used.elahon
- dee-dubs0
Rocket League out on Switch today...!
I played it very briefly and it seems hard to play on the small screen (but then I am quite shit at it to begin with)
- Nutter0
Brütal Legend is currently free on Humble Bundle for PC and Mac. I remember I quite liked it until it turned into a condusing strategy game midway through the story.
Get it here: https://www.humblebundle.com/sto…
- face_melter0
Not content with already convincing gullible loons to pay thousands of dollars for ships in Star Citizen - a game that doesn't exist, has no gameplay, or concrete release date - the conmen over at CIG have hit upon the wizard idea of selling virtual plots of land on planets and moons that don't exist.
- the plots are just gifts for crowdfunding, no?monospaced
- They are grifting their backers for even more cash.face_melter
- Still don't see the big deal. Pledge $50 and get a reward. It's not mandatory or anything.monospaced
- Nutter0
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (the third person shooter/tactical game) is free on humble bundle for another day:
- Nutter1
Homefront for PC is free for 48 hours over at Humble bundle:
https://www.humblebundle.com/sto…Here is a bit of gameplay from it:
- arne0
- still have no idea what it isCygnusZero4
- kojima probably doesn't know eitherMilan
- Nutter1
Assasins Creed: Black Flag (the pirate one) is free on Uplay til the 18th december:
- ok_not_ok4
- I can't believe I watched the whole match. Impressive play.monospaced
- plash0
Betting Against Net Neutrality, Companies Offer Gamers a Paid Solution to Lag 'With net neutrality going away, these tactics will become more omnipresent.'
- Milan0
So good!
- I don't even really fuck with video games and I want this.garbage
- Oh man, got a Switch for the ahem kids at Xmas. I will be getting this.fadein11
- looks generic but funsince1979
- Its decent as far as "roguelikes" go. Very hard, I don't think I've ever gotten past the second level.Nutter
- ^ It is hard as hell. Disappointed at the lack of a full co-op mode, but the game is fun and has a good charm about it.garbage
- Also don't you dare pull the trigger in the shop or your session is pretty much over.garbage
- @nutter What are your thoughts on Risk of Rain? Those two games ate up my Crimbo.garbage
- v.disappointing in reality. can i get a refund? :)fadein11
- SteveJobs0
So I just beat the single-player campaign mode of Battlefront II and I have to say I was pretty happy with the game. Christmas eve I was just in the mood for some Star Wars and picked it up for my ps4 (but the power supply unit died an hour in) so I decided to buy it for the PC for $35 on sale. And I'm kinda glad it turned out like that because this game was actually much easier for me with the keyboard and mouse, particularly the FPS modes.
It really does feel like the game was put together by several development studios. While the overall game and experience is pretty polished and the story is actually better than Rogue One and Force Awakens put together (and very funny at times too), it does have some very weak moments and seemingly rushed environments and a few odd design choices. There's literally a part of the game where you play as Luke Skywalker, the now zen-like jehova's witness, and you're swatting at giant bugs with your lightsaber like some bizzaro old school star trek episode. Compared to the rest of the game it just felt out of place. Another scene you're wandering a city which I guess is under marshal law or something (citizens of the empire with guns to their heads and what not) and had an almost half-life/1984 vibe. Like there was a red poster with stormtroopers on it advertising recruitment or something (it was in some alien language). So weird almost out-of-place bits like that.
But for the most part the game is solid. The mechanics are pretty intuitive and the controls feel pretty good and are customizable - which is really good because of a few odd default behaviors like walking as a default (you have to hold a second button down to run). But thankfully there are key remapping and toggle options to switch things up to your liking. One odd thing is you can't play with the hero's in the first person, only third person, which was kinda disappointing.
The starfighter, space-shooting, whatever sections of the game are very well done. There's so much atmosphere and the particle effects are very, very nice. The flight and shooting mechanics have a unique feel that takes some getting used to but it's fun once you do and it's an engaging experience taking out enemy ships while dodging floating space debris.
One gripe (not limited to these battles) is the out of bounds areas. It's kind of annoying, especially with being so spoiled with all these open-world games, to find yourself exploring the beautiful environments or just trying to take a break from the action (because the cut-scenes and loading screens are your 'only hope' for that) and for the screen colors to turn greyscale and have you ordered to return to the battle, with a countdown no less! I had just completed a tiring battle and was listening to the scripted dialog that was preparing me for the next scene not realizing I was drifting 'out of bounds'. By the time I got the warning and tried to re-orient my ship and figure out which was was back, it timed me out and I had to restart the entire mission over. Punches for?
The final battle at Jakku was exactly what you hoped it would look like with all of the artists' renders and screenshot teases. There was so much going on on-screen and everything looked perfect and epic. The whole game, for the most part, really captured the essence of Star Wars in my opinion (not that I've ever considered myself a huge fan) but the colors and environments and sounds and music all felt like what you'd expect from a big budget game based on the popular Lucasfilm franchise. I kinda wish it was a little less of a rail and more open world but I can't imagine how long that universe would take to create, so this'll do I suppose.
I haven't played the multiplayer yet (only the single-player campaign and arcade mode) so I can't really comment on that experience but tbh single player was all I really wanted and never got from the previous installment so I'm pretty satisfied with this one.
I rate this 8 star wars out of 10. Would (and will) play again.
- drgs2
- Balls.DRIFTMONKEY
- good gameGuyFawkes
- well playedinteliboy
- love the musicjaylarson
- kingsteven0
Been playing fortnite on my PS4 with a keyboard and mouse, haven't played like that in years and am totally shit now... but my fuck this is what I love. Tried on my (just over a year old) macbook first a couple of weeks ago... was getting 20-30fps at 720p on lowest quality settings! On the PS4 the graphics are just as good as a PC rig that I could never afford and don't have to stress about all the inevitable months of ini file tweaks that come with it. Why the fuck do no console titles support keyboard + mouse! and why are macs so shit!
Game is great too, Epic killing it with the updates/ bonus game types etc.
- i have enjoyed it and my 9 year old is very good at it too.cruddlebub
- i'm told it's because keyboard & mouse offer an unfair advantage to players on the same network as controller gamers...scarabin_net
- i've never seen any proof scarabin. maybe at pro level but for most there are advantages and disadvantages. if i'm one of epic's test subjects i'm doing my bitkingsteven
- to disprove that myth :-D love playing with a controller too. tbh for me it's the immersion from sitting at a desk with a monitor in your face vs on the sofa...kingsteven