I mean it's not a perfect game and has many glaring issues like performance and lack of coop progress. We'll see how it goes but it feels like an Arkane game...starts out really slowly though and like I said it's not for everybody. Arkane games have always had a niche audience, so it's not surprising.

Man the love for these RPG's is ridiculous! How much time do you guys devote to this? Hours of gameplay? This reminds me of the Evercrack days! LMAO

Give me a story and a linear goal thank you very much! :thumb: MMO's? I can now view the NERD crowd. Holy shit! **** that shit! Put me in and let's ROCK! Gathering shit for advancement? TOOOOOO much time and BS for a "GAME".

I beat Dust: An Elysium Tail. Good game.

Star Wars is next.

Now another AAA game release is facing 1st day disaster issues, in Redfall. Stop pre-ordering games, folks.

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Each to their own, I have 25 hours already into it and am saddened I must put it down to rest. Arkane games have always been niche and this being a looter brings on the hate from the solo players. Throw in the fact that Playstation got kicked to the curb so the Sony geeks were not going to be happy.

has anyone here played The War of Rights?

the game looks simultaneously amazing, scary, difficult, and slow. I bet it would be a blast if you get in a server with the right 300 players.

I do the Chiefsplanet DC version ;)

Art Director for Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Satoru Takizawa said in an interview:

"Making a "wide variety" was pretty challenging. The four Divine Beasts were the dungeons in the last game, and they shared similar designs. This time, the dungeons are huge and each carry their own regional look and feel, just like traditional The Legend of Zelda games. We think they will provide a satisfying challenge for players. They were certainly a challenge to develop."

Tomorrow night hype!!!! Just watching the trailer you could see what looks like bosses like the three headed dragon, the flying serpent in the clouds, the giant golem coming out of the wall.

Tears of the Kingdom leaked early. People with Nintendo Switch emulators have already been playing it for weeks. Many have already beaten the game, before it is even released.

It's getting really good reviews from the pirates so far.

This game got a review from IGN as a 4. Plenty of glitches.

https://www.ign.com/articles/redfall-review

Loving "Chivalry II"

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Literally every single review I've seen is super negative. Game devs everywhere should be sweating bullets right now because it's been a disaster for lots of new AAA releases as of late.

Playing Tears of the Kingdom on my PC...

Releases on Switch tomorrow.

I think i might be.....growing out of gaming.

NOOOOOOOO!

This can't be happening. I might be....growing up a little bit? **** NO! NO!

Only PC game ive played in the past month+ is a couple hours of Forza.

I keep trying to console game and nothing holds my attention.

I'm legit bored with gaming right now.

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It's not just you. There's been a really rough dry spell recently.

I mean if you're into Zelda that is a big release but other than that, what's out there?

There are still so many people that haven't gone to next gen on consoles so it feels like we are stuck in this lull period of just kinda waiting it out. I enjoy gaming and I haven't gotten really into anything in awhile.

I haven't even powered up my PS5 in a month. I just really have no desire to play right now. It's weird because usually I'm micro-managing my time so I have more time to game. For the last 6 weeks or so, I just don't have any motivation to play.

It's because there are just no big releases, and I do think companies avoided releasing around Zelda on purpose.

I mean I have a back catalog I can play through and all that so it helps but it's eh. I also think the advent of gamepass and the new ps plus options are making game developers question what they're doing.

Unless you are making a huge must have game you know is gonna sell a lot of people will just wait till your game hits the sub service.

Yeah, I have a back catalog too but I'm not interested in playing those games, either. I haven't even finished AC Valhalla and I've still got Far Cry 6 DLC to play. I spent 100's of hours on both of those games and about the middle of February, I just lost interest. And my gaming desire dried up altogether about the end of March.

I mean, I still game. I'll probably have to burn my man card but I've actually been playing Peggle with my wife on her Series S.

I own Animal Crossing....

Set the game down for a while and decided to come back to finish it. I finally beat this ****er and Gna as well.

**** both of them. Took me probably 100+ attempts between the two of them.

Oh, I also re-played GTA V over the last month or so as well. That game is ****ing incredible.

I pretty much only focused on the main storyline so I’ll move onto some other stuff then do some more exploring. I don’t think I’ve seen half of what that game has to offer.

Been playing GTA V since its release in '13 (IIRC).

I gave it up about 6 months ago (played the PC version).

I've collected hundreds of cars. Dozens of properties. Every business in the game.

I recently decided to give a go on console only to find that i can't transfer my PC account to Console.

Super ****ing lame.

Late to the party on this one but man is it fun...

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Ghost of Tsushima

Where do you keep all of your cars? I burned through the main storyline and legitimately didn’t spend a lick of cash on anything. Right near one of the last missions I decided it would be smart to upgrade all of the boys’ main rides with the aesthetic but also bulletproof tires and stuff. I wish I had decided to do all of that sooner but whatever.

Getting together a bunch of cars and actually buying properties is on my list of things to do this go ‘round.

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I've tried telling all of you disaffected gamers to try out roguelikes. You aren't going to reignite your passion by playing the 7th iteration of some kind of open world AAA created by corporate committee game.

I'm playing the Division 2 pts descent mode roguelike, it's amazing :)

Yep, but I came to this realization a few years ago. The last game I played non-stop was Doom 2016. I even got bored with its sequel Doom Eternal, which was amazing, but I just couldn't get into it. And I just never feel like firing up the console, like ever.

My eternal hope for Half Life 3 is well documented (lol), but I'm not sure if even that game showing up now would be enough to pull me back in. I just.....got over it, I guess?

It's been getting nice out, weather is improving and so people are more likely to go outside. Naturally, gaming takes a back seat for awhile. See if you're still growing out of gaming when it's below zero for a month back in the dead of winter. lol

I'm opening my pool today, I just wish I could keep it open year round.

That booty development though....

https://i.redd.it/ztiju3xfsoza1.jpg

We're close to launch (next Month I believe):

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Looks like George Brett will be in the game as well. Really going to challenge my promise of never buying an EA game. I hope to see Snag Roper back as well!

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/su...eball-legends/

200+ MLB legends

2 way players

Expanded Bullpens

Option for automatic runner in extra innings

55 new traits

Shuffle Draft

Customizable free agent pool

Updated presentation and player models

New licensed and original music

6 new ballparks

You talking Story Mode or Online?

Story mode i completed a decade ago and havent touched since.

Online, i have, idk, roughly 200ish cars.

I have (going off memory here):

2x Skyrise Condos w/ 10 car garage each.
CEO Office w/ 30+ cars x3 Floors (so like 90 cars)
Night Club (Which houses another, idk 30-40 cars)
Arcade ( 10 car garage)
Auto Shop (10 car garage)
Casino Penthouse (10 Car Garage)
Agency (idk, like 30 cars i think)
Chop Shop (10 specialty vehicles)
Motorcycle Club (10 Motorcycles)
Doomsday Shelter (idk, 10+ more?)
Arena Race Team Garage (30+)
Basic Garage (10 cars)

On top of that i have an airport hanger for Helos and planes, a Submarine and a Yacht.

I'm probably forgetting some stuff, idk, it's been so so long since ive logged into that account.

I hear ya with EA. If they ever add a ballpark creator/editor.......man o man....

Ya I was hoping for that but with EA? Ya no way that's going to happen, still waiting for modders to add some cool stuff like that.

Ah, shit, yeah I only play Story Mode. Literally have not spent one second online.

mass effect legendary edition (all ME games and DLC) and days gone both on sale for 15 bucks today LMAO

damn, that's tempting

Good ****ing looking out, Bump. I added a few of these games to my library after this conversation and Fallout 4 was the one I was most interested in playing. I didn't start playing it until this past week but I'm enjoying it.

This is the initial vibe I'm getting. It is a fun game but I don't have that sense of amazement and wonder I had when I first played Fallout 3/New Vegas. That could just be due to the fact that it isn't as new to me anymore after playing New Vegas and Skyrim.

I've still been spending quite a bit of time playing it, though. These games are always such a huge time-suck for me. I've probably already put 10-20 hours in, have only completed the first handful of missions and still have 90% of the map still left to be explored lol

Fallout 4 is awesome. I loved the story. A lot of good stuff in there ripped off from Terminator and Westworld. Interesting exploring Boston.

If you enjoy the game, then you really gotta try Online. This game is really about the Online component.

At this point in the game's development, Story Mode is really the side game compared to Online. Online is a mammoth in terms of content.

Are you playing PC or console version?

Im daddy war bucks on PC. On console i don't even own a vehicle yet, let alone businesses and properties.

When you're just starting the money grind as a new player online, it can be daunting. It takes a long time to grind money as a new player. The bar for entry is kinda high. But it's an enjoyable experience as long as you focus on all the cool content you're doing, rather than eyeballing your bank account and being impatient.

The idea is to make money, then use that money to reinvest in another business to make even more money. The more you invest, the more income. But it could take weeks or more to get your foot in the door to making your first bit of real cash.

For example, a new player could spend about an hour playing GTA Online, focused soley on making cash. In that hour, you could probably expect to make about $50K-$100K, assuming you chain missions and successfully complete them all, you know what you're doing etc. It's much more likely however, as a new player, to be on the $50K side of that or less.

My OG PC account could grind $3-4M cash in about 2 hours of play time.

The more money you've made, the more you invest, the more you make for equal time spent.

If this is something that interests you i could go over exactly how to spend your time so that it's maximized.

And if you're a PC player, i could even let you in on a slice of my pie to help get you going.

Lol, GTA Online on PC is a glorious disaster. Just be warned if you play in public lobbies you're almost guaranteed to run into modders.

Ughhhh......yea. The modding shit ruins the game. If you're in a packed lobby, it's guaranteed to be full of God Mode modders.

I pretty much never play in full lobbies. I'll keep refreshing lobbies until i get one with 5 or less people.

GTA V has done some stuff in recent years though to help alleviate the problems modders and griefers present.

About a year ago they nerfed the ultimate griefer vehicle, and then created cars that can't be locked on by missle launchers etc.

It's even better with Mods

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yep. same here. last time i actually gave a single **** about gaming was hogwarts legacy. played a bit and eventually got bored from how garbage the actual storyline was and never finished.

gaming is just not what it used to be for me as a kid. i can never get my head into anything. the last time a game truly made me care was when i played the witcher 3.

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Huxley I thought was dead more than a decade ago and I can't find much info on many of these other games but they look cool.

I was like that for a while. Now I'm trying to experience everything in Ark before GPortal decides to dump the game for the newer version when it comes out. I always really enjoyed Ark and most PVE games.

There's something about knowing something is coming to an end in sight that gives you that sense of urgency and renewed interest.

I've honestly never played it. I watched about 4 hours of gameplay lately though and really liked the acting/story for this one. I'll be getting it eventually. Hopefully the online aspect isn't discontinued by the time I do.

It won't be. They make an incredible amount of $ on micro transactions from GTA Online. At the very least until GTA 6 comes out.

The Storyline for Hogwarts was GARBAGE.

This game just got a HUGE free upgrade combining a Diablo style loot system lots of new spells and vampire powers. It's a Survival game with TONS of content now. $20 on Steam it's now $15.99 on sale

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Picked up Tears of the Kingdom on Friday. At first I thought some of the new game mechanics were going to be super difficult to use, but they're not bad. It feels like a different game than Breath of the Wild, but with just the right amount of the same stuff BOTW had.
..
I'm loving it so far.

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looking forward to the full gameplay trailer. I'm not a warhammer gamer but I do hope this turns out to be a good RTS because it's coming to PS5 and I would like it if a good RTS comes out. Company of heroes 3 is but it doesn't look all that good.

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This shit happened after I found a PS5. Bought it and have played it maybe 3 times. I've got games to play but no drive to play them.

I've got a little bit of time off due to surgery, so I've been thinking of wasting some of that time gaming. Thinking of either getting Hogwarts Legacy, or Red Dead Redemption 1 or 2 for PS4. I've never played any of those, but the Red Dead looks pretty fun. Sucks that so many people think Hogwarts is terrible, so maybe it's Red Dead.

What say you?

Red Dead easily.

Should I start with 1 or 2?

2 is a prequel to 1. I would start with 1 though.

Hogwarts is a beautiful game, graphically. I never played it, my wife never finished it and everyone else complains about the story.

The RDR franchise may be the best "Story Mode" i ever played. Ever.

RDR2's open world is visually stunning. If you love the great outdoors, you can get lost in RDR2 for hours simply riding around horseback, hunting and picking flowers. I use to jump onto RDR2 just to play the card games in the saloons, haha.

Yeah, if you haven't played a Red Dead game, you just gotta go that route. RDR2 is obviously gonna be more impressive to look at, and has the online component. The story is great in both, but the 1st one is the 1st one, ya know? (And i know it's not technically the 1st as Red Dead Revolver exists too)

RDR1's story was just so freakin' good. Iconic.

RDR2's story was no slouch either, it was damn good in it's own right.

I do wonder though how the experience would differ if you played 2 first.

Some of the lore would be lost on you, there are a ton of callbacks.

Do any of you guys care about "trophy hunting" or 100% games or is that just there and don't really care.

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Coming to PC in late July! Woot I can't wait, first Returnal now Ratchet!

You beat Returnal?

I've never played any game worrying about trophies or achievements.

I'll do it if they come naturally or it's a game I really enjoy.

Yes :)

Same, that came along with the Xbox generation. I've been gaming a lot longer than that.

I normally never care, but if I play a long term game then I care. Or if I really like the game. The only games where I have all the trophies on playstation for a platinum trophy are Smite, Path of Exile and Hades.

Couldn't care less about trophy hunting.

My grandparents were completionists though. Couldn't play freakin' Mario Bros or Donkey Kong w/o collecting literally every coin. They were completionist GODS.

It was a ****ing nightmare for my 6 year old self to play with them though. Im tryna race through the level as fast as i can and they're all like, "No you gotta go back and get that coin!"

**** YO COINS!

Never gave two shits about trophies until I played God of War 4. I beat the game and just naturally ended up at nearly 100% completion. It was weird. I ended up getting to 100% just to say that I did.

Haven’t given a shit about it since.

I think I mentioned that I recently replayed GTA V and have Red Dead 2 is on my list. I couldn’t imagine trying to 100% a game like that.

2 is a prequel to 1 so start there.

I'm not sure if I've ever even looked at a trophy list for a game. I see the notifications but I'm not interested in what they are for.

same, when they first came out on the Xbox, i was all imma 100 every game. After i beat said game, iw as like yeah, im not going back to do the rest of them trophies or points or whatever! I may have 1 or 2 100's but im glad i dont have that ocd tendency! lol

I go for some Steam achievements. I set my profile to display my rarest achievements. it will display the percentage of players that have earned that badge too.

Got super mega baseball 4 premium edition which gets you extra stadiums and 3 day early access (launches officially June 2).

Liking it so far. Graphics upgrade and everything is much smoother.

Big difference with sounds. I have surround sound in my game room and you can hear all kinds of crazy stuff through rear speakers.

Additionally, lots of new animations with pitchers, umps, foul balls, etc

Maybe EA didn’t curse them after all!

This is literally the biggest year for gaming of all time, so many things I want to get. I'm not used to wanting to much lolz. I really hate EA but I MIGHT pick it up on sale later, happy you're enjoying it.