General Gaming thread

Stratavarious

LuttiS said:

Just started Mass Effect Andromeda..  I'm a huge ME fan, loved 1-3.. this one got a lot of negativity when it came out, and due to having no time I decided to wait.. picked it up for a fiver in a sale recently.

So far so good!

Watching this... tried it recently but it did not hook me like the last one. Might try it again.

monquixote

I remember watching a video of how many crazy glitches were in it at launch.

stickyfiddle

andyp said:

I downloaded Far Cry 5 from the x box store as it was a bargain (£9 for the Gold Edition) and I’m loving it. First of the Far Cry games I’ve played. Bought Far Cry 3 also as it was only £2.50. Haven’t played that yet but 5 looks like it will keep me amused for at least a couple of months.

I found 5 a bit frustrating after 3 & 4. If you're playing 5 first there's every chance you'll like it a lot, and then play 3 and enjoy that even more:)

IMC1980

stickyfiddle said:

andyp said:

I downloaded Far Cry 5 from the x box store as it was a bargain (£9 for the Gold Edition) and I’m loving it. First of the Far Cry games I’ve played. Bought Far Cry 3 also as it was only £2.50. Haven’t played that yet but 5 looks like it will keep me amused for at least a couple of months.

I found 5 a bit frustrating after 3 & 4. If you're playing 5 first there's every chance you'll like it a lot, and then play 3 and enjoy that even more:)

Not played 4 or 5, but 3 was very good fun!

hollywoodrox

iPad. GTA vice city  vehicle control is very very sensitive , I can just about get by on a moped or cruiser type bike , I had GTA 3 Or something g and control was much better

andyp

stickyfiddle said:

andyp said:

I downloaded Far Cry 5 from the x box store as it was a bargain (£9 for the Gold Edition) and I’m loving it. First of the Far Cry games I’ve played. Bought Far Cry 3 also as it was only £2.50. Haven’t played that yet but 5 looks like it will keep me amused for at least a couple of months.

I found 5 a bit frustrating after 3 & 4. If you're playing 5 first there's every chance you'll like it a lot, and then play 3 and enjoy that even more:)

That’ll work for me

I read somewhere that 3 is the best. Complete bargain. I see that 5 is back at £60 now on the x box store. Not that anyone would ever pay that when it’s way less on disc.

monquixote

stickyfiddle said:

monquixote said:

strtdv said:

Just played through Superhot on Switch over the past couple of days, really enjoyed it, most original FPS I'd played in a long time

I was thinking about getting that. 

Is it alright for people like me who are crap at games?

Yeah, it's great. The polar opposite of a twitch shooter. Literally, the slower you move the slower the game goes. It's really really good.

you've convinced me.

Got it in the switch sale.

westford

andyp said:

I downloaded Far Cry 5 from the x box store as it was a bargain (£9 for the Gold Edition) and I’m loving it. First of the Far Cry games I’ve played. Bought Far Cry 3 also as it was only £2.50. Haven’t played that yet but 5 looks like it will keep me amused for at least a couple of months.

I finished 5 a few weeks ago after getting frustrated with it halfway through and then going back to it months later. Still got the additional dlc games to tackle (started the Vietnam one and it’s pretty good). If you like 5, you’ll love 3; it’s one of my favourite games ever.

andyp

Awesome! Cheers! I bought the Gold one so I think I have the expansion packs but I’ve not tried them yet.

dafuzz

Just a non-update really, but having been playing Zelda BOTW on Switch since I got it Christmas day I am still absolutely loving it

I'm slowing down and playing other things alongside cos I almost don't want to finish it. I was the same with Ni No Kuni - which reminds me I still Ni No Kuni 2 in the wrapper somewhere...

BOTW 2 is on the horizon though so I spose I'd better get a move on

ThePrettyDamned

Still playing slay the spire, and it's still fantastic.

I'm properly jonesing for a switch and breath of the wild and some pokemon... But my car broke down and all spending plans are out of the window. 

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Got 'F1 2019' when it was on offer a month or so ago. Pretty good, probably the best Official F1 game I've ever played.

Now just got 'Dirt Rally 2.0' as it's just gone on offer for £15. Going from winning the F1 title driving a 900hp Mercedes F1 car on the hot tarmac of Abu Dhabi, straight to driving a 100hp 60s Mini Cooper through the mud of New Zealand was quite the culture shock!

The game is freaking amazing though, possibly the most immersive sim racer I've ever played. Bloody challenging though, and it's quite limited in scope, so maybe one for the racing sim afficionados only!

FarleyUK

Loving Ghost of Tshishima on the PS4.

Highly recommended - although I had to resort to English voices as the Japanese ones sounded angry all the time (which you could say is not surprising, given the storyline).

Stevepage

FarleyUK said:

Loving Ghost of Tshishima on the PS4.

Highly recommended - although I had to resort to English voices as the Japanese ones sounded angry all the time (which you could say is not surprising, given the storyline).

I was given that as a birthday present. I'll have to try it out tonight.

FarleyUK

Stevepage said:

FarleyUK said:

Loving Ghost of Tshishima on the PS4.

Highly recommended - although I had to resort to English voices as the Japanese ones sounded angry all the time (which you could say is not surprising, given the storyline).

I was given that as a birthday present. I'll have to try it out tonight.

It's really good - they've also just updated it with a new difficulty level called 'lethal', which makes the fights more challenging; you and the enemies can only survive a couple of hits. I'll be moving to that later on!

wibble

Got around to platinuming Far Cry 5 the other day, just in time for Skater XL. Trying to get used to the controls, a bit different to my Skate 3 muscle memory!

FYI CoD MW2 Campaign is on the PS Store early! (it's one of next month's PS+ free games)

TimmyO

stickyfiddle said:

andyp said:

I downloaded Far Cry 5 from the x box store as it was a bargain (£9 for the Gold Edition) and I’m loving it. First of the Far Cry games I’ve played. Bought Far Cry 3 also as it was only £2.50. Haven’t played that yet but 5 looks like it will keep me amused for at least a couple of months.

I found 5 a bit frustrating after 3 & 4. If you're playing 5 first there's every chance you'll like it a lot, and then play 3 and enjoy that even more:)

Similar thing here - I enjoyed the first map region you start in but once I unlocked the next region it all got a bit tedious and I didn’t bother carrying on. 4 and 3 were ace though. 

strumjoughlamps

wibble said:

Got around to platinuming Far Cry 5 the other day, just in time for Skater XL. Trying to get used to the controls, a bit different to my Skate 3 muscle memory!

FYI CoD MW2 Campaign is on the PS Store early! (it's one of next month's PS+ free games)

Is SkaterXL a full game now then..?

wibble

strumjoughlamps said:

wibble said:

Got around to platinuming Far Cry 5 the other day, just in time for Skater XL. Trying to get used to the controls, a bit different to my Skate 3 muscle memory!

FYI CoD MW2 Campaign is on the PS Store early! (it's one of next month's PS+ free games)

Is SkaterXL a full game now then..?

Not full in the sense of a story/campaign/online. It's got 5 official maps (including a big ramp map) plus 3 community maps. All with challenges. They've hinted at an online mode in a future patch.

andyp

Skater XL looks amazing. I’m probably going to get the Tony Hawk twin pack though. I played them both to death back in the day.