The Video Game thread

[JereFuzz]

Loving LOZ: Link’s Awakening

[MechaGodzilla]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdiTAzX_ltc

Patrick Klepek played a level I made for him, starts about 4:45. Dotter did the art on the postcard, started crying when she saw this video, meant a lot to her to see. Quite touching.

I don't know that streamer but sounds like a wonderful moment for you and your kid!! I wanna play that level and then check out what he says afterwards.

I had some SMM2 success over the weekend, too. A quick level I bashed out in the week got featured in this Kotaku post!

I have also been *LOVING* watching the GSA SMM2 matches. When the clock is running down and two skilled players are tied up, it's absolutely GRIPPING.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDkq_yVM4q0[/youtube]

[Dapper Bandit]

Slowly getting hyped for the survival horror game of this gen. Pre-order is in with my local store and now I'm just counting down the days:


That's so cool that people are ending up on SMM streams! I would partake in SMM2 but my wifi downstairs does not like my Switch and I'm not set up upstairs for it so I have to settle with watching BarbarousKing on my lunchbreaks.

[MechaGodzilla]

I've found that games that are difficult or overly challenging aren't for me.
I play to relax....so dark souls games, open world and PvP/comp game just stress me out.

i feel this so much lately. i sunk tonnes of hours into Sekiro and then some real life shit went down and since then, my brain hasn't been able to cope with anything more involved than turn-based RPGs. if i can't put the controller down at any moment and not die, i haven't really had the mental energy to play with it. there was the big Celeste expansion and i haven't even looked at it, and i friggin love Celeste. i'm ~60 hours into Octopath Traveller, which is pretty good but a bit of a slog now.

however, i have managed to commit some time to beating a couple of really tough Mario Maker levels this weekend. the guy that wrote the Scott Pilgrim books has some utterly genius levels but they're tough!

[GAS KING]

What are people's thoughts on Red Dead Redemption 2? coming to PC soon.

[Eivind August]

i'm ~60 hours into Octopath Traveller, which is pretty good but a bit of a slog now.

Been thinking about getting that one, but should probably wait until after I finish Dragon Quest XI since I don't have unlimited time. It looks gorgeous, though.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Yeah it looked pretty interesting to me. But IDK much about the actual gameplay. 60 hours and not finished sounds like a no from me.

[MechaGodzilla]

Yeah it looked pretty interesting to me. But IDK much about the actual gameplay. 60 hours and not finished sounds like a no from me.

it's quite good at making you change up your play style by forcing you to have different characters in your party based on story events, and you unlock character classes and the way that mechanic works is really innovative and unique. The writing and story also gets much MUCH better as it progresses - it starts out like eight levels of Baby's First JRPG and then gets weirder and deeper. It's not perfect but it is Very Very Good.

i'm ~60 hours into Octopath Traveller, which is pretty good but a bit of a slog now.

Been thinking about getting that one, but should probably wait until after I finish Dragon Quest XI since I don't have unlimited time. It looks gorgeous, though.

DQ11 is almost definitely better. Unless Octopath pulls out something utterly bonkers and unexpected in the last chunk, it's not gonna top DQ11 for me.

What are people's thoughts on Red Dead Redemption 2? coming to PC soon.

I loved it a LOT... but i don't expect i'll ever play it again. i also have not touched the online, just not my thing.

[MrNovember]

What are people's thoughts on Red Dead Redemption 2? coming to PC soon.

I liked it quite a bit. If you liked the first one, you'll like the second one. It's a pretty decent improvement on the first one

[coldbrightsunlight]

Yeah it looked pretty interesting to me. But IDK much about the actual gameplay. 60 hours and not finished sounds like a no from me.

it's quite good at making you change up your play style by forcing you to have different characters in your party based on story events, and you unlock character classes and the way that mechanic works is really innovative and unique. The writing and story also gets much MUCH better as it progresses - it starts out like eight levels of Baby's First JRPG and then gets weirder and deeper. It's not perfect but it is Very Very Good.

OK interesting! I'm willing to put in that much time for a really good game, it's just with the limited amount of time I spend gaming these days, 60 hours is like a year in real time unless I get totally hooked.

Oh and it is on Steam now! Might add it to the watch list....

[GAS KING]

I watched a couple basic reviews and RDR2 comes off as a beautiful looking game with a great story but can be slow or a slog?

[MrNovember]

I watched a couple basic reviews and RDR2 comes off as a beautiful looking game with a great story but can be slow or a slog?

It was definitely slower paced than many games, but I never felt like it was a slog. That's definitely my take though. I have heard people complain about the pacing

[MechaGodzilla]

OK interesting! I'm willing to put in that much time for a really good game, it's just with the limited amount of time I spend gaming these days, 60 hours is like a year in real time unless I get totally hooked.

Oh and it is on Steam now! Might add it to the watch list....

well the beauty of the Switch is Octopath is a perfect bedtime game. Just put the Switch to sleep before i... uh, sleep and it just boots back up at the same point next time.

I watched a couple basic reviews and RDR2 comes off as a beautiful looking game with a great story but can be slow or a slog?

the story is has some great characters and writing but it's very long and the missions are typical Rockstar fare - escort missions, driving around listening to conversations, and then a bunch of shooting. it's not hugely engaging. i would say the very start and very end are the best points in the story, and in the middle it's just a great sandbox to mess about in.

[coldbrightsunlight]

OK interesting! I'm willing to put in that much time for a really good game, it's just with the limited amount of time I spend gaming these days, 60 hours is like a year in real time unless I get totally hooked.

Oh and it is on Steam now! Might add it to the watch list....

well the beauty of the Switch is Octopath is a perfect bedtime game. Just put the Switch to sleep before i... uh, sleep and it just boots back up at the same point next time.

That does sound lovely but the game is expensive enough without buying an entire console for it

[Eivind August]

Yeah it looked pretty interesting to me. But IDK much about the actual gameplay. 60 hours and not finished sounds like a no from me.

it's quite good at making you change up your play style by forcing you to have different characters in your party based on story events, and you unlock character classes and the way that mechanic works is really innovative and unique. The writing and story also gets much MUCH better as it progresses - it starts out like eight levels of Baby's First JRPG and then gets weirder and deeper. It's not perfect but it is Very Very Good.

i'm ~60 hours into Octopath Traveller, which is pretty good but a bit of a slog now.

Been thinking about getting that one, but should probably wait until after I finish Dragon Quest XI since I don't have unlimited time. It looks gorgeous, though.

DQ11 is almost definitely better. Unless Octopath pulls out something utterly bonkers and unexpected in the last chunk, it's not gonna top DQ11 for me.

Ah right, thanks for the insight. I might end up getting it at some point then, but not right away. Have the same thing with Xenoblade 2. Quite liked the first one back in the day, but jumping on a 100 hour game still is a bit endearing.