The Video Game thread

[jrfox92]

Personally, I like the idea of an open world game in that I kinda just want a life simulator that's a little more fantastic than real life.
I enjoy No Man's Sky because it's kinda like that, but the mechanics of the game are just a bit too wonky or complex for me to properly get into it.
Lately I've realized that I really want something with your typical Call of Battlefall: Siege shooting mechanics coupled with survival mechanics that aren't "shove as much food and drink in your face or you'll die". Just, y'know, build a nice little cabin, maybe have a farm or garden that you have to tend, and maybe go out and shoot a few NPCs when you feel like it. Like, if Forager was a 3D shooter.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I've always sort of wanted a game like that. But I think now it sounds like too much of a time commitment and I wouldn't get that much out of it Vs something exciting and fairly easy

[mr. sound boy king]

Thanks for all of your thoughts on "Witcher 3." I definitely plan to play it now, on the Switch Lite, so I can play during my numerous coffee breaks at work. Is the Gwent part necessary? I hate the game-within-a-game conceit (I'm looking at you especially "Final Fantasy X," which I rage quit after failing to understand the underwater sports-ball section).

I like open world games except "Xenoblade Chronicles X" which I put ~40 hours into and then couldn't find enough plants or whatever to advance the game. I rage quit and sold it. Still, I will one day play "Xenoblade Chronicles 2." I love "Fallout 3," "NV," and "4." I even liked "Fallout '76" for ~40 hours until I stopped caring entirely about the narrative. I guess it's had some updates where NPCs appear? Maybe I'll open it up again one day. I have come to believe that "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey" is a troll game which cannot be completed. I haven't played "Breath of the Wild" yet because I'm not a huge fan of Zelda games. One day, perhaps, I'll fire it up as it seems universally beloved. I rage quit "GTA V" during the part where the game forces you to torture someone. I played "No Man's Sky" at launch and became desperately bored. I hear the updates make it fun but there are so many other games competing for my time that I doubt I'll fire it up again soon. Those are my thoughts on open world games.

[calfzilla]

Thanks for all of your thoughts on "Witcher 3." I definitely plan to play it now, on the Switch Lite, so I can play during my numerous coffee breaks at work. Is the Gwent part necessary? I hate the game-within-a-game conceit (I'm looking at you especially "Final Fantasy X," which I rage quit after failing to understand the underwater sports-ball section).

I like open world games except "Xenoblade Chronicles X" which I put ~40 hours into and then couldn't find enough plants or whatever to advance the game. I rage quit and sold it. Still, I will one day play "Xenoblade Chronicles 2." I love "Fallout 3," "NV," and "4." I even liked "Fallout '76" for ~40 hours until I stopped caring entirely about the narrative. I guess it's had some updates where NPCs appear? Maybe I'll open it up again one day. I have come to believe that "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey" is a troll game which cannot be completed. I haven't played "Breath of the Wild" yet because I'm not a huge fan of Zelda games. One day, perhaps, I'll fire it up as it seems universally beloved. I rage quit "GTA V" during the part where the game forces you to torture someone. I played "No Man's Sky" at launch and became desperately bored. I hear the updates make it fun but there are so many other games competing for my time that I doubt I'll fire it up again soon. Those are my thoughts on open world games.

Gwent isn't really necessary.... there are a couple of spots where you can play someone to pass the time or for some other reward, but it's usually for something that doesn't matter.

P.S.- I loved Blitzball for some reason. Plus it gave you the Jecht Shot II and the Auroch Reels, which were awesome.

[GAS KING]

The Outer Worlds is amazing so far.
Only a couple hours in and its got more depth than the other games I've been playing. Depth to characters, story and mechanics/systems.
I previously couldn't get into Fallout/Skyrim/Witcher but TOW is hitting the spot.
Runs well on PC. Some stutter/frame drop randomly but overall good.

Only $1 if you sign up for xbox game pass through the windows store (PC). You can cancel after a month.

[MrNovember]

I am very tempted by the Outer Worlds. But I am still messing around with BL3 and Death Stranding should be here in two weeks. Too many games to play, not enough time

[behndy]

gawd i'm slow.

yeah. i want to like open world games? they seem like what i wished for when i was a kicken. maybe it comes down to time available for gaming? when i had hours and hours a day to dump into Virtual Living (love my life, but i hearken to days of yore sometimes) maybe i would have loved all the branching and meandering possibilities? but now i just get frustrated. there's a constant feel of never actually doing anything. lol. or doing ALL the things and ending up so over powered that when i remember to do the main quest it's button mashy easiness?

Borderlands is the closest i can get to open world enjoyment. with 3 i've been jamming through the main quest with no side tracking, then playing all the optional missions once i can flick on Mayhem mode and have the enemies/loot scaled to whatever level my character is.

they just hot fixed it so consoles can go into Mayhem in True Vault Hunter as soon as they get to Sanctuary. and are working on dedicated drop pools instead of everything being world drops.

WOOT.

[MrNovember]

they just hot fixed it so consoles can go into Mayhem in True Vault Hunter as soon as they get to Sanctuary. and are working on dedicated drop pools instead of everything being world drops.

WOOT.

I just noticed this and it is MUCH appreciated. I just started TVHM and it is WAY too easy. I've been playing only the main quest so far and made it back to the second Vault. To get there I have literally only used the One Pump Chump and have killed every normal enemy in one shot (two or three for Badasses). It's fun being so overpowered, but there has literally been no challenge. I don't think I've even died yet.

Also, I just found a Tediore SMG that is actually a flamethrower and when you reload it, it chases enemies around lighting them on fire. Ridiculous!

[GAS KING]

I am very tempted by the Outer Worlds. But I am still messing around with BL3 and Death Stranding should be here in two weeks. Too many games to play, not enough time

Heard its 15 to 40 hrs long.....depending on how you play it.
15hrs being a speed run.

[MrNovember]

I am very tempted by the Outer Worlds. But I am still messing around with BL3 and Death Stranding should be here in two weeks. Too many games to play, not enough time

Heard its 15 to 40 hrs long.....depending on how you play it.
15hrs being a speed run.

Yeah that's part of what makes it tempting. The other part is that it's pretty true open world and doesn't try to force you into any specific direction, which lets you build ridiculous characters for very different gameplay experiences. It looks like everything I loved about Fallout, but new and in space.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Yeah Outer Worlds could be ok?

Trailer definitely looks exactly like the recent fallouts in space though. No real attempt to mix up the formula there

[MrNovember]

This is the article that got me excited:
http://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/int ... -interview

Doesn't sound like they stray too far from the Fallout formula, but it sounds like it's a nice evolution to the formula (whereas, Fallout 4 was pretty much just Fallout 3 with better graphics)

[waltdogg]

Can't wait for the supposed Switch port of TOW. I need to put some cash aside for all the games that have been coming out this year.

[coldbrightsunlight]

This is the article that got me excited:
http://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/int ... -interview

Doesn't sound like they stray too far from the Fallout formula, but it sounds like it's a nice evolution to the formula (whereas, Fallout 4 was pretty much just Fallout 3 with better graphics)

The article certainly does sell it. That's always what you want from these sorts of games and I don't know if I've got as close to this feeling since Fallout 2. Which I played a LOT of times with very different builds.

[MechaGodzilla]

I haven't played "Breath of the Wild" yet because I'm not a huge fan of Zelda games. One day, perhaps, I'll fire it up as it seems universally beloved.

nothing is "universally beloved", but the main naysayers around BOTW seem to be weirdo Zelda fans that are obsessed with dungeons, who fail to realise that the whole game is chock full of mini-dungeons and the overworld littered with boss battles. it's a very generous game that you can basically play however you want. i think the menus and inventory could be better but it's a truly excellent game.