OT: Video Game Computers/Gadgets/Gizmos Thread

MikeIsGood · Post #101 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sat Dec 1, 2018 8:03 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Replaying Metal Gear V. I'd forgotten how incredible it looks. Even coming directly from RDR2, I think this actually looks better.

Dude. Odyssey.

MikeIsGood · Post #102 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sun Dec 2, 2018 2:07 pm

humanrefutation wrote:
MikeIsGood wrote:
jschligs wrote:

No but i'm really interested as well. I saw that some complained about the lack of multiplayer (both off and online) but that's not something I've ever done in Civ. I pour hours and hours into Civ V and was ready to jump on Civ 6 for Switch this Christmas.

I really want it, as well, but haven't bitten yet because it's more than 3x as expensive as you can get the PC game for, and with far less content and no possibility to mod. I love the idea, but execution and what is possible in that regards is not great.

I don't particularly care about online multi-player. But the price does give me pause. I've also read some people saying that the game lags a bit once you fill out a map, which is a huge no-no for me.

But damn, it would be fun to be able to play that on the go.

$40 at Target today, and today only. No coupon needed. In-store and online. $38 after red card.

I'm still passing for my aforementioned reasons - no expansions, no mods - but this is a more reasonable price for the portability.

Gianstoppable · Post #103 » by **Gianstoppable** » Sun Dec 2, 2018 4:30 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Replaying Metal Gear V. I'd forgotten how incredible it looks. Even coming directly from RDR2, I think this actually looks better.

Maybe it was just me being impatient and I know its MGS style of gameplay but that game started way too slow for me to stay interested. I've only heard great things tho and I love most of the series just the cut scenes and slow intro made me feel like in 2 hours I played 10 minutes lol. I remember when Sons of Liberty came out I was younger with no kids obviously and beat the game in 2 days, barely slept. I should retry it after I finally get back into playing RDR2 consistently

Post #104 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sun Dec 2, 2018 5:07 pm

Speaking of the Metal Gear story, I somehow spent 205 minutes watching an 11(!) part summary of the whole story yesterday on Youtube and legitimately enjoyed all of it. God damn that series is bat-sh*t insane.

MissKhriddleton · Post #105 » by **MissKhriddleton** » Sun Dec 2, 2018 5:16 pm

MGSV was so **** cool but I had no idea what was going on.

Now that I'm out of the mountains I'm finally starting to get into RDR2. Still a bit overwhelming though.

StickeeFingaz · Post #106 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Sun Dec 2, 2018 6:45 pm

Was going to buy Odyssey but it's full price on Amazon, I'll have to wait for the price to go down. Just finished all the Hitman 2 levels. Now I have to do the elusive target before it expires but I'm not super confident with the Miami map yet and the "you only get one shot" factor of the elusive target makes me nervous.

Rockmaninoff · Post #107 » by **Rockmaninoff** » Sun Dec 2, 2018 7:08 pm

If you're playing RDR2 Online, do yourself a favor and buy a Varmint Rifle.

jschligs · Post #108 » by **jschligs** » Mon Dec 3, 2018 2:30 pm

StickeeFingaz wrote:Was going to buy Odyssey but it's full price on Amazon, I'll have to wait for the price to go down. Just finished all the Hitman 2 levels. Now I have to do the elusive target before it expires but I'm not super confident with the Miami map yet and the "you only get one shot" factor of the elusive target makes me nervous.

Would you say Hitman 2 is worth it for $29? It's on sale now and that price is pretty tempting.

jmuelly · Post #109 » by **jmuelly** » Mon Dec 3, 2018 4:09 pm

jschligs wrote:
StickeeFingaz wrote:Was going to buy Odyssey but it's full price on Amazon, I'll have to wait for the price to go down. Just finished all the Hitman 2 levels. Now I have to do the elusive target before it expires but I'm not super confident with the Miami map yet and the "you only get one shot" factor of the elusive target makes me nervous.

Would you say Hitman 2 is worth it for $29? It's on sale now and that price is pretty tempting.

where is it on sale? I thought that was cyber Monday sale.

I played the 1st and didn't care for the episode style approach. Used to love the hitman series.

jschligs · Post #110 » by **jschligs** » Mon Dec 3, 2018 4:33 pm

jmuelly wrote:
jschligs wrote:
StickeeFingaz wrote:Was going to buy Odyssey but it's full price on Amazon, I'll have to wait for the price to go down. Just finished all the Hitman 2 levels. Now I have to do the elusive target before it expires but I'm not super confident with the Miami map yet and the "you only get one shot" factor of the elusive target makes me nervous.

Would you say Hitman 2 is worth it for $29? It's on sale now and that price is pretty tempting.

where is it on sale? I thought that was cyber Monday sale.

I played the 1st and didn't care for the episode style approach. Used to love the hitman series.

CDkeys.com - I've used them before and haven't had an issue.

StickeeFingaz · Post #111 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Mon Dec 3, 2018 4:56 pm

jschligs wrote:
StickeeFingaz wrote:Was going to buy Odyssey but it's full price on Amazon, I'll have to wait for the price to go down. Just finished all the Hitman 2 levels. Now I have to do the elusive target before it expires but I'm not super confident with the Miami map yet and the "you only get one shot" factor of the elusive target makes me nervous.

Would you say Hitman 2 is worth it for $29? It's on sale now and that price is pretty tempting.

Definitely. Then you can buy all maps from season 1 for like $20. There’s so much replay ability for each map.

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jmuelly · Post #112 » by **jmuelly** » Mon Dec 3, 2018 6:06 pm

StickeeFingaz wrote:
jschligs wrote:
StickeeFingaz wrote:Was going to buy Odyssey but it's full price on Amazon, I'll have to wait for the price to go down. Just finished all the Hitman 2 levels. Now I have to do the elusive target before it expires but I'm not super confident with the Miami map yet and the "you only get one shot" factor of the elusive target makes me nervous.

Would you say Hitman 2 is worth it for $29? It's on sale now and that price is pretty tempting.

Definitely. Then you can buy all maps from season 1 for like $20. There’s so much replay ability for each map.

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Can you use all the first maps in the 2nd if you already own them or must you rebuy them?

StickeeFingaz · Post #113 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Mon Dec 3, 2018 6:23 pm

jmuelly wrote:
StickeeFingaz wrote:
jschligs wrote:

Would you say Hitman 2 is worth it for $29? It's on sale now and that price is pretty tempting.

Definitely. Then you can buy all maps from season 1 for like $20. There’s so much replay ability for each map.

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Can you use all the first maps in the 2nd if you already own them or must you rebuy them?

If I understand it correctly, If you already own Hitman, you should be able to download a legacy pack that brings those maps into Hitman 2.

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Ron Swanson · Post #114 » by **Ron Swanson** » Mon Dec 3, 2018 6:44 pm

Gianstoppable wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:Replaying Metal Gear V. I'd forgotten how incredible it looks. Even coming directly from RDR2, I think this actually looks better.

Maybe it was just me being impatient and I know its MGS style of gameplay but that game started way too slow for me to stay interested. I've only heard great things tho and I love most of the series just the cut scenes and slow intro made me feel like in 2 hours I played 10 minutes lol. I remember when Sons of Liberty came out I was younger with no kids obviously and beat the game in 2 days, barely slept. I should retry it after I finally get back into playing RDR2 consistently

MGS4 was really the only game that completely missed the mark in that series (though I haven't played Ground Zeros). MGS games notoriously start out pretty slow, especially 5 with the way-too-long Hospital prologue mission. But yeah, once you get going in the main open world and can free roam, clear outposts, build your base, recruit mercenaries etc. it's an insane amount of fun. I was always skeptical how they were gonna pull off an open world MGS game but I thought they did it almost perfectly. The wacky villains and story were just kind of a bonus, as opposed to the main draw in previous games.

Gianstoppable · Post #115 » by **Gianstoppable** » Tue Dec 4, 2018 7:44 pm

MissKhriddleton wrote:MGSV was so **** cool but I had no idea what was going on.

Now that I'm out of the mountains I'm finally starting to get into RDR2. Still a bit overwhelming though.

Agreed on the overwhelming part. Its fun for me to just ride around and **** around. My bounty is well over $400 in most towns and is making the game hard since I keep screwing around and not playing the actual game lol. Way too many things going on though, I dont want to have to eat, brush my horse and feed it. I dont know, when I was younger I thought it would be cool to have a game that detailed but now its just kinda annoying. It's a harder game for me (With a 2 year old and a 2 month old) to just pick up and play for an hour.

3 years later and I still play Rocket League like a mofo

Post #116 » by **humanrefutation** » Tue Dec 4, 2018 8:24 pm

Anyone play any RDR 2 Online, yet?

jschligs · Post #117 » by **jschligs** » Tue Dec 4, 2018 9:12 pm

I've watched a couple of game reviews on Kotaku and I ****ing hate them. It's so stupid, trying way too hard to be funny and the guys voice (and tone) make me want to punch him in the face. /rant

Post #118 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Dec 4, 2018 9:25 pm

jschligs wrote:I've watched a couple of game reviews on Kotaku and I ****ing hate them. It's so stupid, trying way too hard to be funny and the guys voice (and tone) make me want to punch him in the face. /rant

Tim Rogers is SO BAD.

MikeIsGood · Post #119 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue Dec 4, 2018 11:40 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:
jschligs wrote:I've watched a couple of game reviews on Kotaku and I ****ing hate them. It's so stupid, trying way too hard to be funny and the guys voice (and tone) make me want to punch him in the face. /rant

Tim Rogers is SO BAD.

God, his Dragon Quest 11 review was PAINFUL.

REDDzone · Post #120 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Dec 5, 2018 2:57 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:
jschligs wrote:I've watched a couple of game reviews on Kotaku and I ****ing hate them. It's so stupid, trying way too hard to be funny and the guys voice (and tone) make me want to punch him in the face. /rant

Tim Rogers is SO BAD.

God, his Dragon Quest 11 review was PAINFUL.

Why do people love that so much? I don't consume a ton of videogame content but watched some of that review and was pretty horrified lol.