Gamers Thread

[Vegard Pompey]

I have yet to play any of the Souls games but I've owned the first one since forever and was planning to dive into it this summer. What's this about a remaster though? Do I need that? Don't want to buy the game twice when I have yet to play it once.

 

[Phylactery]

I demand you play it now! Pretty sure it’s everything you’d want in a video game and would massively appeal to you! If you have the Steam version there’s a no need to get the remaster. The console versions, however, suffer from massive frame rate drops in Blight Town unless they fixed that.

Also, don’t give it up so easily. I considered it a slog for the first few hours, nothing stood out. Then suddenly it all clicked, the world started to intertwine and wrap back on itself by discovery of absolutely genius shortcuts. By the 5 hour mark I was obsessed. The atmosphere is just amazing. Dark, bleak and oppressive but also bizarre and unnerving and wrapped in mystique. Enveloped in an inexplicable aura that most of the best metal albums have.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Sorry, can't play anything for the next two months.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

The game is so good that it’s worth buying the remaster and I don’t say that about many games.

 

[Omni]

I don't find Dark Souls to be particularly oppressive or unnerving. It's just a cool journey through a dying world that is often very beautiful even though it's falling apart.

 

[no country for old wainds]

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Great video. That was pretty much a perfect summary of all the reasons why Morrowind is the best game ever.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

It's sad how they built something so pedestrian as Skyrim (which I still like tons) on the legacy of Morrowind. Though the decline started with Oblivion, which I kind of appreciate for being its own kind of batshit:






(best part is at 11:15 or so)

 

[arg]

Devastated this bitch with brutal wall combos

 

[isberg]

Just finished God of War. Just awesome. Might be another game i actually play twise.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Still been playing Ark. Wish I had fucking read up on some of the sea spawns because I made a badass house boat, like hella badass with a bunch of my shit in it, and it turns out there's a dino that only spawns specifically to attack boats whereas the other creatures hardly make a dent. Fucked my shit up. Started a new game.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Anyone played Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice? This game rules.

 

[Omni]

This actually looks really fun and cute. Since I buy Switch games for my nephew to play when he is staying with me, I'll probably get this one.

 

[isberg]

Anyone played Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice? This game rules.

I tried it. Played it a couple hours but got pulled into other games by friends. Love the atmosphere in that game. Should get back on it.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

It's a pretty easy game and not too long. Definitely worth $30.

 

[Omni]

Bye.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

As someone who has never played Dark Souls, but owns the Prepare to Die edition on PC, is it worth buying the remaster or should I just play the old version?

I don't mind paying a little more to play the remaster if it's actually good, since I've heard the Prepare to Die edition is kind of a bad port, but I've also heard the initial response to the remaster hasn't been positive.

 

[Phylactery]

The remastered edition is half price if you own the Prepare to Die Edition on Steam. I know the port was considered to be poor when it was released but I think they fixed all the issues with it. I never had frame rate drops, whereas my friend who had it on Xbox got huge frame rate drops in Blighttown. A lot of the issues were to do with poor controls on the PC iirc, but I plugged my 360 controller in to play it so never had problems with that. I’d recommend you’d do the same - I would never play it with a mouse and keyboard!

 

[Omni]

If you have the $20, the improved performance and the new matchmaking are valid reasons to buy it. I'm not sure if you care about the latter. They also added a checkpoint at a blacksmith that was annoying to get back to in the past.

I'm playing it on PS4 because I always play these games on PlayStation consoles because they're usually the most active. Sony also has multiple exclusive From Software games anyway. Since you'll probably be playing on PC, you wouldn't have to worry about me invading and bullying you though.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I wonder how the game-invasion stuff would even work for me since my latency with the rest of the planet is best measured in eons.