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Modern Video Games / Mega Man 11 and Mega Man X Legacy Collection Announced

« on: December 04, 2017, 04:33:05 pm »

A brand new Mega Man game was announced.  3D graphics, 2D gameplay, very clearly based around classic NES Mega Man, though he does have actual physical transformations with his abilities now, not just suit colors.  Looks nice, I'm just glad it's not another pure NES rehash, though I would've preferred a new Mega Man X.  That block/castle looking Mega Man art that got around last year was actually an easter egg/teaser for the new game they stuck in the Legacy Collection 2.

Also announced, is that Mega Man X1 to X8 will get a collection (Though not confirmed at the moment if it's all in one set or split like with the first collection games) release.  I'm assuming split for maximum profitability.

https://nintendowire.com/news/2017/12/04/mega-man-11-announced-nintendo-switch-coming-2018/

And in lesser news, they did say that the two Mega Man Legacy Collections are coming to Switch for those that want the games there which is nice. There is also some amiibo support, but nothing about what that may be.

https://nintendowire.com/news/2017/12/04/mega-man-legacy-collections-1-2-coming-switch-amiibo-functionality-confirmed/

Overall, while I'm not crazy excited for Mega Man 11, as I would prefer Legends or X, it's nice to see that Capcom cares abit for the Blue Bomber again.

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Off Topic / Movie and TV Show News [No Spoilers]

« on: November 13, 2017, 06:12:04 pm »

While we have a thread for what we watched, I thought it would be alright to discuss upcoming stuff in a different thread.  I would say that this should be a no spoilers place, just more about recent announcements and what not.

To start, a pretty big one in the news right now is that Lord of the Rings is getting an Amazon tv show.  Amazon paid the Tolkien estate 250 million dollars just for the rights.  That does not include the actual cost of making the show.  It has no one attached, so it's likely years out, but this is pretty big deal.

https://deadline.com/2017/11/amazon-the-lord-of-the-rings-tv-series-multi-season-commitment-1202207065/

I know there was a lot of people against it, but I'm 100% okay with it, though with a big asterisk at the end of that, because it depends on who they get for it and what their plans are.  If it's all side and extra stuff from Tolkien or even new material, that's what I want.  I don't want to see Hobbit or LOTR remade, I want different stuff, because I want to see that world expanded.  I also don't want to see them try and "Game of Thrones" it.  That's the only reason Amazon did this deal, but these are vastly different types of stories and I don't want a more "adult" take on the series, which usually just means sex, nudeity, and killing off a lot of people.

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Marketplace / Selling Persona 5 (PS4)

« on: October 30, 2017, 05:06:23 am »

Clearing out a few games to make room for new stuff, so selling Persona 5 and South Park: The Fractured But Whole on PS4.  Also Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle for Switch.  Any codes with them aren't active, but games are in good condition.

Asking $40 each, which includes USA shipping, and payment is through Paypal.  I'll knock off 5 bucks per game if wanting to buy together.

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Off Topic / Cheap/Free Forum possibilities?

« on: October 23, 2017, 11:12:23 pm »

I'm a part of a local gamer group, nothing huge, sub-1000 people in the Facebook group, though the active people is well under 100.  We have a Discord, but I've sorta realized how awful it is for any real discussion.  It's meant for in the moment interaction and simple chatting, not actual discussions and at times the channel can get dominated by these things.  The Facebook page is good for our meetups and at the moment news, but it's not organized.

What I'd like is what we have here basically, so we could have a section for user reviews, and we have a couple Twitch streamers that could use it for talking to folks and setting up stuff, and we could have a marketplace, and game news won't get buried by unrelated things.

Now back in the day, like 10+ years ago, you could find places that'll offer free and easy space for small forums with easy to alter layouts, but nowadays, I don't know if any of that exists or if there's at least very cheap things that could be done.  Maybe if all we need is a server, I could find someone with a spare PC to host it, but I also don't know anything about that kind of setup.

So I'm sorta asking around for what our options might be for this.

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Modern Video Games / What would you like to see in Fallout 5?

« on: September 26, 2017, 04:46:38 am »

As someone that loves the modern Fallout games, and even enjoyed the flawed and divisive Fallout 4, I've been thinking for awhile on what I want to see done to significant improve a game that drastically needs it.  I'm sure there are a few more Fallout fans out there too and I'm curious to see different viewpoints on this.

- Improved/New Engine - Bethesda isn't exactly known for creating stable and bug free games.  As a fan, I can overlook them for the big game experiences they offer, but it's bad, and a lot of what was bad in Fallout 3, is still bad in Fallout 4.  Some things got cleaned up, but so much is still super buggy, to the point that it's very clear its a problem with the engine and not just something that can be patched.  We've all seen tables with items freakout, or ragdolls go nuts, or all manner of different visual issues that have been around since Fallout 3.  I think they need to vastly overhaul things as they've stretched this engine as far as it can go.

- Improved UI - I dealt with the Pipboy UI for two games and while it was never great, it was functional.  With Fallout 4, I was hoping for an overhaul or something, because its frustrating to use when you have a lot of crap.  Of course, Fallout 4 came out and it's the same thing.  I'm not sure if they are too stubborn to move away from the Pipboy or are worried that updating it to be smooth and nice in design would take away from the aesthetic, but it's so frustrating to use now.  Even mods really don't do anything to improve it other than with better organization.  Some people might want the dialogue improved, or better gameplay or whatever, I just want to be able to browse my Pipboy better!

- New Country - I know much of what Fallout thrives on is 50's American culture and hyper-patriotism, but I want to see what is going on in the rest of the world.  I don't know lore wise what countries are still around or may be functioning at the same level as the USA, I haven't delved into that in a long time, but I'd love to see what might be going on in Japan, or England, or somewhere else.  Even Canada would be different enough.  That would offer us new creatures to fight too which would be great to move on from a few of the critters like Radscorpions and Deathclaws.  Maybe doesn't even have to be the full game, maybe it's treated like the expansions in Fallout 4, where you get to go to a reasonably sized new area.  I think that would be pretty neat.

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Marketplace / Checking Interest: Destiny 2 PS4 for $45

« on: August 31, 2017, 04:50:41 pm »

I'm considering upgrading to the Playstation 4 Pro by trading in my regular PS4 as they got a good bonus going on at Gamestop and then I was thinking of getting the Destiny 2 version for the white console instead of having a black console as I'm bored of the black color scheme for everything.  It comes with a copy of Destiny 2 and I figured if I could have that sold off, I'd be more inclined to get the Destiny 2 version.  So this is more just to see if anyone would buy it off of me if I got the Destiny 2 Bundle.  It would be $45, which covers shipping, and because I'd be pre-ordering, I'd get the codes for whatever the pre-order bonus was.  I'd need a confirmed "YES" for this by this weekend.

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Marketplace / FS: Crash Bandicoot Trilogy (PS4)

« on: August 11, 2017, 07:45:54 pm »

I've completed the game and got other stuff coming up, so I'm selling off Crash Bandicoot Trilogy with the Gamestop pre-order keychain.  Asking 30 bucks which of course includes shipping.

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Modern Video Games / What would your game be?

« on: May 26, 2017, 05:43:31 am »

I believe me or someone else might've done this awhile back, but I find it fun to think up games I'd really like to see that haven't been done yet and could make for a fun time.

I got the idea this time watching some slick promo for a likely lame mobile game, but it got me thinking about a zombie game, but with a military force.  Not side games with wave based zombies, or solo survival ventures, but like Battlefield World War Z.  Large scale maps, destructible terrain, hefty weaponry, multiple zombie types and massive amounts of zombies, it's something I'm surprised was never done when zombies had way more hype going on.  Everyone was trying to just latch onto like DayZ, or Call of Duty Zombies, but nothing else outside of the Walking Dead story games, Dead Island/Dying Light, or Left 4 Dead and State of Decay.  People complained about the amount of zombie games at a point, but like there aren't a ton of a really good zombie games.

For this, like I said, bigger, more open maps.  Modern military weaponry, though limited to some degree, as it could be set abit deeper into the infection cycle, so tanks and heavy vehicles are used sparingly, minimal air support, local communication only.  Not only would there be zombies and mutated types, but it would also have roaming gangs trying to get military hardware for themselves or going as far as foreign invasion utilizing the infection as a way to take over, so Red Dawn meets World War Z meets Battlefield lol I think there's a fun game in this with a good story to.

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Modern Video Games / Resident Evil 7 SPOILER Thread

« on: January 26, 2017, 02:17:45 am »

Yup, spoilers from here on in. 

Not sure if anyone else beat the game yet, but I've beaten it twice now, once with a normal playthrough, and the second started out with me going to do all the coins and bobble heads, but changed my mind and did the under 4 hour run of the game.  I managed to do it in 3 and 1/2 hours and it wasn't even an ideal run.  I was also able to use the Albert during this run which is a great gun combined with enhanced bullets, even if it's only a 3 shot gun, it makes up for it in power.  I imagine speed runners are getting this game down to like nearly 2 hours.

While I feel like this is a top notch game, really fantastic, I do have a few nitpicks I'm unsure about, so I'll talk about those. 

As much as I like the video tapes, I think they are really stretching how believable they are, running around with a giant VHS recorder.   Clancy and Mia's first tapes are fine enough, they are clearly holding cameras, though they screw up by showing Eveline in Mia's tape, which makes no sense as Eveline is a hallucination whenever she is seen in the game other than Mia's second tape.  The second time though, clearly they aren't holding cameras.  Sure, it's a game, but they are trying to make things relatively believable and when I realized it, it kinda bugged me.  There could possibly be an excuse that Mia's time in the past could not actually be a tape, but Eveline just giving her memories back, but still relies on a tape with information related to her.

I actually had an issue with Lucas being unresolved, but stupidly I only really now realized that the bit where Umbrella and Chris would be explained in that free chapter coming, that Lucas and Zoe could be resolved in that chapter also.  I was initially annoyed that it would be a cliffhanger or possible paid DLC conclusion, but clearly we'll deal with them there.  My guess is that this chapter was initially meant to be something unlocked after you beat the game, but due to deadlines, they needed more time, so cut it, that way they could get another month or so of development to finish up.  I'm alright, cause it's clearly extra and it doesn't hurt the main game at all, unlike Final Fantasy XV.

My other issue is the ending.  That boss fight is real weak.  Cool looking, but it is very lackluster compared to the other boss fights we had.  It's very modern RE, but I feel like they could've done something more engaging.  The boss has a lot of scripted elements and it takes abit to learn them since only certain parts matter if you shoot and others don't.  Made for a couple real dumb deaths.

One other minor thing would be that enemy variety is minimal.  I'm glad it wasn't just zombies, but 4 types of mold guys and the Bakers is very low in variety, especially when the last third of the game introduces nothing new.  I mean why didn't we get like a moldgator? That would've been awesome.  It's not a bad thing, because this game is meant to be kind of a scaled down reset for the series, but it would've been nice to have more molded variety.  I feel like it's open for more possibilities.

Otherwise, I really love the game.  Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of creepy horror games, like I love zombie games and things with good atmosphere like Metro 2033, but I don't play hardly any horror games and I'm glad I played this though.  It's creepy, it's scary, it's regularly unsettling.  Can't say that about any other RE game.

Next I plan to playthrough to collect everything.  I highly recommend you to do it on your third try.  First beat the game on normal, then do the under 4 hour run.  Doing that, it gets you a defense item and you get both a new and stronger melee weapon, but X-Ray Glasses, which is a permanent psychostimulant.  Then if you want to have a real tough time, do Madhouse.  I might try it, but I'm not one for crazy hard difficulties, though from what I understand, the difficulty comes from rearranged items, lower ammo, and that now you have to use tapes to save, like with the old games.

*EDIT*
Figured I'd start into my Madhouse run.  Normally I hate frustrating difficulties, but I figure with the circular saw, albert pistol, and two defense items, I might be able to get through.  Took me an hour and 15 minutes to get to the item box.  Died nearly 10 times trying to get past the Mia chainsaw fight.  It's a much more terrifying fight, where she takes much more hits, you will run out of ammo unless you have 100% headshot accuracy, and she only has to hit you like twice, even guarding, to kill you.  I can only imagine how a few of the fights are going to go.

Also got the X-Ray Specs, so I'm gonna use those to try and 100% the game for collectibles.  There's way more coins to find in the game on Madhouse difficulty.

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General / The Resident Evil Thread

« on: January 22, 2017, 06:54:25 am »

*EDIT* Please no RE7 spoilers in this thread.  Once you play or beat it, you can talk about whether you liked it or not but keep all the story and character stuff out as much as possible.  I might open up an RE7 Spoiler thread once I beat the game depending on how I like it.

With RE7 out soon, I figured we'd do another one of these threads, talk about the games we liked, the ones we didn't, and what we might enjoy about RE7.

I'm in the minority of a lot of RE fans, in that I don't like any of the games before RE4.  Original and Remastered.  While I've dabbled in nearly every one of those early games, I hate how they play so much.  I even tried to get into the recent remaster bundle they put out on PS4 and I can't stand the controls.  They are just not fun to play for me.  Never have, never will.  A shame, because I love the ideas of the games.  It's big dumb b-movie nonsense, but it's entertaining.

Resident Evil 4 - Absolute favorite of the series, no contest.  I've played it at least a half dozen times between GC and PS2 and will probably replay it again once the guy making the HD texture pack is done on PC.  It's probably an all time top 10 game for me.  I wish it played slightly more like a regular third person game with proper movement and aiming, but that's just my very personal preference for having the best controls possible for myself lol

Resident Evil 5 - I've appreciated this game more as the years have gone on.  I haven't beaten it more than maybe two times, and while compared to RE4, it's not as good, it's still a good game.  It's just the start of the downfall for the series, introducing my most hated mechanic of forced co-op (Which was kinda busted on singleplayer for awhile) and was really doing more action segments.

Operation Raccoon City - I don't hate this idea.  I'm fine if they want to do an offshoot action game.  The problem is, this is a mostly bad third person shooter.  I never played the multiplayer, but I liked the idea of having kinda some unique characters with different gear types and such, running around in a non-canon RE setting.  It just was not good though.  I was actually kinda disappointed lol

Resident Evil: Revelations - I didn't play this on the 3DS, but I did play it on PC and just this past week actually beat it, because I never did before.  It's...not terrible.  It's a very shallow RE experience, essentially Resident Evil 6 Lite, introducing multiple sets of character with intertwining plots, but it doesn't work.  It's honestly kind of boring, though I like a few of the creature designs and the final boss is basically just Legend of Zelda Ganon.  Kinda dug that.  Though the co-op/partner element thankfully isn't obtrusive and annoying like RE5 or RE6.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 - I actually don't have the best memory for this game, but it's not bad at all, I remember liking it.  Especially after Resident Evil 6.  I still am not fond of co-op in these games, but again, didn't hate it at all.  I think this is the only genuinely good RE game after 5 so far.  I'll replay it maybe after RE7.

Resident Evil 6 - Man this game is dumb and misses the point of RE by a mile.  3 co-op campaigns, 7 total playable characters, stretched across something like 30 hours of story, with just the dumbest action movie bullshit going on.  I watched someone replay Leon's campaign.  He comes out unscathed from a car crash, a bus crash, escapes a nuke, walks away from an airline crashing into a city, survives a crashing train, outruns a carpet bombing, survives a helicopter crash, and for good measure, one more jeep crash.  This just isn't Resident Evil lol I know Resident Evil is dumb, but this hit a new level alongside it's super awful story.

Umbrella Corps - ...moving along...

Resident Evil 7 - Now I've played the demo and while I hate the obscure PT level puzzle shit, it gave me a good feeling for the game.  I'm way into FPS gaming, it's a return to a smaller scale and definitely survival horror.  Initially I was worried, cause it's obvious they are adopting the ideas of the current modern horror scene, particularly Amnesia, Outlast, and PT for good measure.  I hate those games though, because they aren't fun to play, it's just running and hiding.  This though has actual combat in it.  You get guns and melee weapons, so that's a huge plus.  I'm really hoping for the best out of this as I'm not someone that regularly plays a lot of horror games, especially creepy ones.  I play tons of zombie games, but most aren't scary or very creepy.

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Marketplace / For Sale: Fallout 4 Pipboy Collectors Edition/Fallout Anthology for PC

« on: January 15, 2017, 02:57:47 pm »

Selling my Fallout 4 Pipboy Collector's Edition for PC.  It doesn't come with the game, so this is just for the physical stuff, which includes the Pipboy, stand, case, steelbook case and disc, and paperwork.  To double confirm, the game code does not work.

Also selling Fallout Anthology for PC.  This one is complete, all codes for the games are unused, and is in good condition other than some slight skuffs on the outer plastic.

Thinking 80 for them both and would include shipping.  Both are kinda big, but not heavy, so it might not be too much to ship I hope.  Paypal only.

*EDIT* STILL AVAILABLE.  If you are wanting it and are from Canada, you can still buy it, but it's gonna be 120 bucks total due to the shipping costs as I found out working it out for someone else.

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Marketplace / SOLD

« on: January 15, 2017, 02:41:57 pm »

Selling a Black New Nintendo 3DS XL that's in pretty good condition since I rarely played it outside of a few Zelda games and used it mostly at home.  Comes with the box and all the original packaging.  It has a 32gb sd card already installed and has the original 4gb sd card too.  There is a copy of Super Mario 3D Land, but it's just the game and cover in a generic 3DS case, so not technically complete.  And it comes with a Nintendo power adapter.

Asking 200 bucks for it all, which includes shipping, Paypal only.

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Modern Video Games / The Nintendo Switch Discussion

« on: January 14, 2017, 12:28:52 am »

I figured with the other one being outdated and having stuff spanning from last year till now, that I'll make a brand new thread with everything we know at the moment, and that way we can have a fresh thread with as much information that people can use without needing to dig around.

Nintendo Switch System
-Nintendo Switch Release Date: March 3rd, 2017
-Nintendo Switch Price: $299.99 (NA)
-Most games will be region free
-Paid online service free till this fall, no price point currently.  Introducing a lot of smart phone app use, voice communication, lobby creating, friend lists, etc.
-Battery life is between 2.5 and 6.5 hours depending on game use.
-Share button only does screenshots at launch, but will allow for video later.
-32gb built in storage, supports microsdhxc cards.
-Two bundles at launch, only difference is one has grey joycon controllers, the other has "neon" (Red and Blue).  Comes with Switch tablet, two detachable joycon controllers, Switch dock, joycon controller charge unit, two wrist strap connectors for detached joycons, USBC power adapter, and HDMI cord.

Nintendo Switch Games
AT LAUNCH
-Just Dance 2017
-Super Bomberman R
-1, 2, Switch
-The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U version confirmed for March 3rd release)
-Skylanders Imaginators
-Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
-World of Goo
-Little Infernal
-Human Resource Machine

MARCH
-Snipperclips
-Fast RMX
-I am Setsuna
-Has-Been Heroes

APRIL 28TH
-Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

SPRING 2017
-Arms
-Puyopyuo Tetris
-Redout

SUMMER 2017
-Rime
-Splatoon 2

FALL 2017
-Skyrim
-Fire Emblem Warriors

HOLIDAY 2017
-Super Mario Odyssey

2017 IN GENERAL
-Xenoblade Chronicles 2
-Minecraft
-Ultra Street Fighter 2: The Final Challengers
-FIFA
-Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
-Disgaea 5
-Sonic Mania
-Steep
-NBA 2k
-Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
-Project Sonic 2017

OTHER CONFIRMED GAMES
-Fire Emblem
-Shin Megami Tensei
-Dragon Quest X, XI, Dragon Quest Heroes 1&2
-Project: Octopath Traveler (Square Enix RPG)
-No More Heroes
-Rayman Legends Definitive Edition
-Yooka-Laylee
-Blazblue
-Farming Simulator
-Lego City Undercover
-Minecraft: Story Mode
-Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
-New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers
-Stardew Valley
-Story of Seasons
-Syberia 3
-State of Mind

Other Announcements
-2 New Breath of the Wild Amiibo's, bringing the total up to 5 with the three previously released ones.  Apparently Wolf Link amiibo is getting a separate release from its Twilight Princess bundle.
-Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is getting two special editions.  A special edition with a map, CD, Switch carry case, and button.  The Master Edition, which is already sold out basically everywhere, comes with a Master Sword statute as seen in the recent trailer, all scuffed and old.
-January 18th there will be a Fire Emblem direct.
-Ultra Street Fighter 2 is bringing in two more characters, Evil Ryu & Violent Ken, some alternate modes, and will allow you to switch from old school graphics or HD graphics.  It will have local and network play.

If I got anything wrong or missed anything, feel free to add it, I'll try and keep this updated till launch as we start to get stuff confirmed and more revealed as its guaranteed not to stop with less than 2 months to go.

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Off Topic / 2017 In Movies

« on: January 06, 2017, 05:19:01 pm »

What you looking forward to watching this year?

-John Wick: Chapter 2
-The Lego Batman Movie
-Logan
-Kong: Skull Island
-Ghost in the Shell
-Guardians of the Galaxy 2
-Alien Covenant
-Spider-Man: Homecoming
-War for the Planet of the Apes
-The Dark Tower
-Blade Runner 2049
-Thor: Ragnarok
-Star Wars: Episode 8

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Modern Video Games / Fighting Games You Would Like To See

« on: December 28, 2016, 06:33:03 pm »

Pick a property and pick a gameplay style you'd love to see for a new fighting! Or just kinda create something out of your own imagination, though at least try to keep in mind a media property of some sort.

One thing that I feel Dragon Ball misses a lot, is quality fighting gameplay.  There have been proper fighting games over the years, I think a number of the older sprite based ones played like regular fighters, but it's been a long time since DB has had good fighting in it, as Xenoverse certainly doesn't have that.

I'd personally want to see a game that encompasses Dragon Ball, Z, GT, and Super, but done in a Capcom fighting game style, so either Street Fighter or maybe something more crazy being Marvel vs Capcom which allows for a lot more special bar craziness and mobility.  V Triggers could be powering up or even transformation like Super Saiyan, supers are clearly for the special moves like Final Flash for Vegeta or Supernova for Frieza.  Art style could actually be what they used on like what I feel is only one cutscene in the entire game of Xenoverse 2, where they show the death of Gohan in Trunks future, and it has like this serious shading and lighting and detail.  It looks like it is from a different game and gives Dragon Ball some visual depth it hasn't had too much of.  The rest of this game doesn't look this good lol  Either this or something on the level of animation quality that is Guilty Gear Xrd, which uses 3D models to create an animated look.