kvetcha
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Portal 2 was a great looking game to begin with, too. It's so good.
Also, Disco Elysium would like a word re: funniest game.
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Also, Disco Elysium would like a word re: funniest game.
Mather
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I have not yet played through Disco Elysium but I own it.
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
I think, being that you're a Douglas Adams fan and clearly enjoy quality writing, you will love it.
Mather
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I played the first 10 minutes and I really did. I need to get to it but I just have such a backlog...
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
Mather
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Bang on, minus the PC. Just Xbox SX, Xbox 360 (solely for NHL Hitz 2003), PS5, N64, and an arcade cabinet with every single other system ever made. I have approximately 30 systems and a backlog of like 15,000 games and I'm currently playing Portal 2, a game I've finished about 5 times.
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Thackeraye
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Out of interest, are you playing the SX through your projector?
Mather
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I am yes, I'm using it on the theatre projector downstairs. The PS5 is on the upstairs livingroom projector.
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Thackeraye
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Nice. Definitely something I’m tempted to do long term. Good to know it works well.
Mather
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Yeah that picture of Portal that I posted above is from my downstairs 125 inch screen. I just took a picture of the screen from my couch with my crappy cell phone camera.
These ones are from PS5 Star Wars Jedi Survivor upstairs on the 105 inch screen. Same thing just taken from the couch. So yeah they're still very crisp and bright even on the larger screens.
DownIsTheNewUp
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Dear sirs,
Conker's Bad Fur Day is the funniest game ever made though both Disco and Portal 2 are very funny and more widely played. It's also in the convo for my favorite game of all-time and available via Xbox backwards compatibility. Both the 64 version via Rare Replay and the 360 version (which is how I would go even though it's more censored). Go play it!
I was actually contemplating replaying Portal 2 on my PS3. I plan to eventually get an X Series specifically for backwards compatibility reasons (I have a bunch of OG and 360 games) but don't have one atm. Should I wait?
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DownIsTheNewUp
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The Metroid Prime Remaster was fucking incredible, but I also appear to have fucked myself due to its save system. I'm at the final boss and probably don't have quite enough energy tanks or missiles to get all the way through it's 3rd phase, but have already beaten the 1st phase which means I can't go back to the before the fight and upgrade things.
Not since KotOR has this happened to me. Which ironically is also a top 10 game all-time for me. The 3 games where the final boss prevented me from beating the game are now those two + Dead Cells (which is also a banger and a game I lost my save state on due to a roommate moving). However, when you get that far, might as well call it beaten. Especially cause this was my 3rd attempt at Prime over the years and by far the closest I've gotten.
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I think the last time I was on this thread was at the very end of last year after enjoying and beating Cyberpunk. Here's what I've knocked off this year and the score I gave it:
Jedi Fallen Order: 9.0
Bayonetta (remastered): 9.0
Bulletstorm: Full Clip: 8.0
The Last Guardian: 8.5
Firewatch: 7.0
Little Nightmares: 7.5
Metroid Prime (remastered): 10
For whatever reason, I've been playing a lot of games on the older side. Maybe because I miss when games were 15-25 hours long. That said, currently playing Norco, which is basically a point n click with a captivating dystopian story that came out last year, and nearing the end of Rachet and Clank: Rift Apart which is another solid 8.0. After that, I'm finally gonna play the new Horizon.
Not since KotOR has this happened to me. Which ironically is also a top 10 game all-time for me. The 3 games where the final boss prevented me from beating the game are now those two + Dead Cells (which is also a banger and a game I lost my save state on due to a roommate moving). However, when you get that far, might as well call it beaten. Especially cause this was my 3rd attempt at Prime over the years and by far the closest I've gotten.
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I think the last time I was on this thread was at the very end of last year after enjoying and beating Cyberpunk. Here's what I've knocked off this year and the score I gave it:
Jedi Fallen Order: 9.0
Bayonetta (remastered): 9.0
Bulletstorm: Full Clip: 8.0
The Last Guardian: 8.5
Firewatch: 7.0
Little Nightmares: 7.5
Metroid Prime (remastered): 10
For whatever reason, I've been playing a lot of games on the older side. Maybe because I miss when games were 15-25 hours long. That said, currently playing Norco, which is basically a point n click with a captivating dystopian story that came out last year, and nearing the end of Rachet and Clank: Rift Apart which is another solid 8.0. After that, I'm finally gonna play the new Horizon.
DownIsTheNewUp
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Not to destroy this thread with replies to old comments but--
The appeal is cost of entry and playing on a huge ass TV with a sound system while on my couch instead of in an office where my PC is. I do not care enough about graphics to be dropping 1.5k on a machine that will need to be upgraded in a couple years to play the newest stuff. Even when I had a job that required me to have a nice PC, it also required me to be in front on a computer 10 hours a day and so that was the last place I wanted to be while relaxing.
And in the past- as a story driven, platforming and 3rd person action gamer with little interest in FPS- Sony and Nintendo put out a huge % of the games I cared about. With developers Bioware, Remedy, Platinum and Rockstar also being fully available (or best suited for) on console.
That said, as budgets have escalated and a lot of the quirkier shit has stopped getting made (see Sony Japan getting shut down) and with Sony finally releasing a lot of its games (abiet often in broken states), AND because local multiplayer has all but disappeared... I do think there is now an argument for PC as the besr option IF you can afford it.
Also, @RenegadeMonster, much like Disco Elysium did-- those games will eventually hit console.
Playing Cyberpunk last fall / winter was great. The story and universe were solid to excellent (dependeding on the mission) and the characters were awesome. I played it with a focus on gunplay and really enjoyed it that way.
The game's main flaw is that it isn't a good open world game but because it's set up as one, you want it to be. Once I learned to treat it as a Bioware / Bethesda game and not a Rockstar one, the flaws were less frustrating. A solid 8.5 that rates higher than that on the enjoyment scale basically. Especially because I love WRPGs and the good ones are few and far between these days-- and the ones that do exist usually involve high fantasy which isn't my thing (see Witcher 3).
Excited to see what the DLC brings. Supposedly they are finally adding a star system and cops that actually chase you instead of randomly spawning which, if done well, would go a loooong way to adressing my main complaint.
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DownIsTheNewUp
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I'm really happy to hear that. The first one is top 3-5 game of last generarion for me, but the reviews of the new one seem all over the place. I just started it up last night, and so far I feel like the controls arent quite as tight as in the first one and are overly complicated (why the fuck are you using more than one button for jumping).
The first game's story was also so well done and fairly self contained and I'm not sure how you match that.
Speaking of which, now that the last generation is on its death bed and I only have a couple more games to knock off the backlog (Psychonauts 2, RE7, Yakuza O, Uncharted 4, more than a couple indies, some Nintendo stuff)...
What were you're favorite games of the previous era. Let's call the end of 2020 the cut off. Ala Cyberpunk, Elden Ring, HFW = new gen. Although it's obviously more complicated than that. For example, I'd argue Control = new gen considering it barely runs on a base PS4 and the Switch is still chugging along...
I got:
Breath of the Wild
Stardew Valley
God of War
Horizon Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Inside
Red Dead Redemption 2
13 Sentinels: Agies Rim
Dead Cells
Disco Elysium
Honoroable mentions-
Gris
Nier Automata
Ori and the Blind Forest
Tony Hawk Remaster
The Last of Us 2
A Night in the Woods
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CroutonBoy
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I don't have a Switch so I cannot in good conscious nominate Breath of the Wild, even though I've watched my daughter play it and can tell it would near the top of my list had I played it myself. But here's my list...lots of overlap, but you left off my favorite:
Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt
Red Dead Redemption 2
God of War
Ghost of Tsushima
Horizon Zero Dawn
(tie) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End / Uncharted: Lost Legacy
Marvel's Spider-Man
Diablo III
Control (I finished it on PS4)
Assassin's Creed: Origins
Honorable Mentions:
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
The Outer Worlds
What Remains of Edith Fitch
Civilization IV (the game itself is 10/10 and is an all-timer for me, but it's a port from PC so not gonna give it full credit)
Batman: Arkham Knight (Batmobile missions ruined what was otherwise and excellent conclusion)
Fillip J Phry
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Still have my N64 cartridge. Hard to come by in that format due to it coming out at the end of the N64's life, but a great game. I second your recommendation to play through Rare Replay or the 360 version, different but both good. Also, First 4 Figures is doing a Great Mighty Poo figure currently that's really neat (as is most of their stuff) First 4 Figures
Fillip J Phry
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I love this, great chance to look back and remember all the great games I played. In no particular order except #1. Going to be a big list!
The Binding of Isaac (cheating a little, this came out in 2011 before Gen8 technically started, but I discovered it after the first DLC came out, and the majority of my 2K+ hours spent sucking at this game were during this generation. Also the console versions were all this gen)
Celeste
Rayman Legends
Hollow Knight
Titanfall 2
P.T.
The Messenger
Blasphemous (cutting it close, late 2019)
Breath of the Wild
Red Dead Redemption 2
Dragon Quest XI
Horizon Zero Dawn
Beat Saber
God of War
Ghost of Tsushima
Stardew Valley
Super Mario Odyssey
AC: New Horizons
Smash Ultimate
Spider-Man
Bloodborne
Ori and the Blind Forest
Cuphead
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
A Night in the Woods
Oxenfree
Dark Souls III
Jedi: Fallen Order
Control (Xbox One X)
Guacamelee 1 & 2
Inside
Also a ton more that I can't remember right now, and the ones on the other lists that I haven't played would likely be on my had I played them.
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