OT: Video Game Computers/Gadgets/Gizmos Thread

Sauce Boss · Post #1281 » by **Sauce Boss** » Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:32 pm

Love a lose-lose.

Ryan5UW · Post #1282 » by **Ryan5UW** » Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:04 pm

glenn wrote:Decided to try out NBA 2K22 and, like every time I give it shot, I suck. I just can’t translate the many specific inputs from the training mode to a game. Can’t get the shooting down either. I’m under 20% with Middleton at the moment.

Finding the MyTeam solo stuff surprisingly fun though.

I felt the same way for awhile with 2K21. There's just too damn many button combos to do things. Maybe I'm just old, but I don't really need button combos to do 17 different types of dunks and drives down the lane. Once I stopped trying to do half of those things, it got easier for me. I could never shoot well with Middleton either, I traded his ass.

Sauce Boss · Post #1283 » by **Sauce Boss** » Sat Sep 11, 2021 12:52 am

A little bit of me would love to play 2k22 since the series used to be a blast 10 years ago. But most of me thinks it’d be a waste of money with the mode I’d want to play most, association/franchise, likely being neglected in favor of micro transactions for MyPlayer.

jschligs · Post #1284 » by **jschligs** » Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:07 am

I don't think I can ever bring myself to pay for a current year sports game. They're hardly ever different outside of rosters, and like you Sauce, I ONLY play franchise mode. The Madden 04 franchise was perfect, I don't know why they change from that (at least for football), but the last 15 have largely been the same and 2k is no different.

I just bought 2k21 a month ago for $12. And like I guessed, franchise was almost identical. I still play it, but would never pay full price. If you absolutely need 2k22 it'll be $35 by Nov.

Sauce Boss · Post #1285 » by **Sauce Boss** » Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:30 am

Pretty much what I thought. Maybe I’ll get 2k30 at this rate. Maybe.

Post #1286 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sat Sep 11, 2021 5:02 pm

God of War is such an amazing game, but the number of collectibles (338) is such bull. I really hate collectibles in games in general. Scour every scene, look behind every nook and cranny...it's padded out bull. I wouldn't care if they were for cosmetic purposes, but when this hide and seek has real impact on the gameplay I think that's trash.

Post #1287 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 1:05 pm

Read on Twitter

Sauce Boss · Post #1288 » by **Sauce Boss** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 1:11 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

Well crap. I loved the Dishonored series and now this sounds awesome.

MikeIsGood · Post #1289 » by **MikeIsGood** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 1:43 pm

Shooter, so PC will be my preference. I'll wishlist it and pick it up sometime on deep sale. I obviously knew about this game because it was shoved down our throats, but it wasn't on my radar as something good. I'll check it out now.

Started Tales last night. Really enjoying it so far, only about 2 hours in. Great music and sound, and the main character voice acting has been great thus far too. Interesting story - wrapped in anime - and super fun combat.

ETA: Just watched the IGN review. ****, this sounds fantastic.

WRau1 · Post #1290 » by **WRau1** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:53 pm

Darkest Dungeon II - October 26th.

Post #1291 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:02 am

Been playing a lot of God of War over the last five or so days and I nearly had a disaster. I don't know if I turned autosave off three years ago or if I just assumed the game was saving, but I hadn't saved once since I picked this back up. I just rested the PS4. I went into an area, saw a dude kneeling with his back to me, and thought uh yea, time to check that save. Last save was 8/23/18. Dieing would have absolutely caused me to never pick the game up again.

ETA: Dude ended up being a pushover anyway.

MikeIsGood · Post #1292 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:05 am

WRau1 wrote:Darkest Dungeon II - October 26th.

I didn't know there was going to be a sequel - I guess it was announced quite a while ago. Epic Store only. Lots of changes from the first - like not cycling through characters? And it's 3D? But I'm intrigued by the 'roguelike Oregon Trail' idea so I'll keep an eye out.

MVP2110 · Post #1293 » by **MVP2110** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:59 am

The ring ceremony in 2k22 is pretty fun to watch. Especially with the additions of each teams PA accouncers.

GoldenAntlers · Post #1294 » by **GoldenAntlers** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:19 am

Anyone plan on playing New World? I was on open beta this weekend and was very impressed as an MMO player of 20 years.

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WRau1 · Post #1295 » by **WRau1** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:02 pm

GoldenAntlers wrote:Anyone plan on playing New World? I was on open beta this weekend and was very impressed as an MMO player of 20 years.

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I will try it out since I have it preordered but there are so many good looking games releasing around the same time that it will be hard for me to spend the amount of time needed, at least right away, for a game like New World.

WRau1 · Post #1296 » by **WRau1** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:45 pm

Anybody have early impressions on Deathloop?

MikeIsGood · Post #1297 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:54 pm

Excited for the iPhone 13 announcement today. I've been rocking an X for far too long and it's time for an upgrade. Have considered switching to Android, but I really do like iPhone/don't really have any qualms, and it's nice when your entire friend/family base also uses it. I think I know 1 Android user total in my close contacts.

machu46 · Post #1298 » by **machu46** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:12 pm

jschligs wrote:https://www.ign.com/videos/knights-of-the-old-republic-remake-cinematic-reveal-trailer

I'm absolutely JACKED for this. The OG on Xbox brings back so many memories. I have the mobile port, but a remake?!

I recently played through this on my PC and finally completed it for the first time. The two KOTOR games were some of the most enjoyable games I've ever played. I hear the remake is going to ditch turn based combat which should make it quite a bit different but I'm sure I'll pick this up.

I wish they'd just give us a new KOTOR game though since I know the plot of these games so well at this point.

machu46 · Post #1299 » by **machu46** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:15 pm

Sauce Boss wrote:A little bit of me would love to play 2k22 since the series used to be a blast 10 years ago. But most of me thinks it’d be a waste of money with the mode I’d want to play most, association/franchise, likely being neglected in favor of micro transactions for MyPlayer.

2K22's franchise mode is messed up right now anyways. The G-League is filled with 80-90 overall players with A+ potential so it completely breaks the league once you hit free agency and all these randomly generated GOATs start filling the league.

The gameplay has greatly exceeded my expectations though. I'm nervous they'll eventually patch the game to hell like they usually do, but this is the best a 2K game has played in a long time; maybe ever. If the leave the gameplay as is and just fix the G-League glitch, this should be a blast for franchise mode.

machu46 · Post #1300 » by **machu46** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:17 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:Excited for the iPhone 13 announcement today. I've been rocking an X for far too long and it's time for an upgrade. Have considered switching to Android, but I really do like iPhone/don't really have any qualms, and it's nice when your entire friend/family base also uses it. I think I know 1 Android user total in my close contacts.

Yeah, I've been rocking the XR since it came out and I'll probably be in the market for a new phone this holiday season. I've always been curious about trying a different brand (especially back when the Google Phone's camera blew everyone else's away, though that seems to not be the case anymore), but I think at this point I'm too far ingrained in how iPhones work to really go with anything else.