The Video/PC Game Discussion Thread

Haven't gone back to Dark Souls yet. Been mostly playing The Evil Within. Not sure what made me buy it, as I'd tried the demo twice before and found it rather lacking, but I'm actually glad that I did as for the most part I'm really enjoying the game. It has some horrendously frustrating parts though, such as literally every new enemy introduced over the last few chapters having a one hit kill move. One boss I even had to eventually just do the 'run away' method on as no matter how hard I tried she just wouldn't die, no matter how much ammo I unloaded into her. If I didn't run out of ammo completely I got caught by her one hit kill attack, which put the fight right back to square one each time. 

I liked Soul Suspect a lot as well, especially the exploration and investigative parts. I also enjoyed the ending and thought the big plot twist was pretty interesting. Even the actual stealth I was surprisingly good at and had a lot of fun with. My only complaint about it was that the QTE's to kill off demons were really awkward and I could never get them down properly, so there would be many times where I'd be nailing the stealth, getting behind an enemy with nothing else in sight, only to get screwed over because I messed up the QTE. Aside from that, though, I thought it was a very fun and very underrated game.

Well I finished Life is Strange. Loved the game and will do another run sooner rather than later but man did my ending make me feel like a complete bastard. Got to give it credit though, I never saw the big reveal about the villain coming. 

Edited by adg211288 - 03 Jan 2016 at 2:58pm

Psydye wrote: I recently beat the game Undertale. I couldn't decide for a bit if I really wanted the game or not(mostly because of the hype train....that's had a habit of putting games off for me, as juvenile as it is). However I recently decided to bite the bullet and just get it! GLAAAADDDD I DIIID!!!! Very strong story, charming characters, was very hard not to tear up in places. Anyone who's into a good emotional story and whatnot should get this! WORTH EVERY DAMN PENNY!!

Well the next Steam sale purchase disaster has been found in Magnetic: Closed Cage. This one had me rage quitting in the first 20 minutes due to some really touchy controls and the game's design so that a single mistake on a puzzle means that you have to completely start over from scratch. Got stuck on about the fifth room I think it was, trying to solve this really awkward jumping puzzle where you can to propel yourself about using a magnetic gun. Between either falling way too short, or flying right over the platforms or just plain getting zapped by the big electric thing in the center of the path. Not fun at all.

There are plenty of indie gems out there such as Brothers A Tale of Two Sons, Terraria, Limbo and The Long Dark (this one is even still in early access and it's already fantastic), but for every gem there's probably three that are pretty poor for one reason or another (bugs, feeling more like a demo, or just plain bad, etc).

It's addictive for certain. I've clocked almost another 20 hours in just the last few days. 

It depends on the difficultly in some respects but even playing on the easy mode you have to deal with finding shelter (The Long Dark is a cold and unforgiving place), food, water, keeping healthy and otherwise manages supplies (clothes, tools, firewood etc). On higher difficulties you also have hostile wildlife to contend with. Wolves are the biggest threat. Bears typically aren't hostile unless you mess with them first (I got overconfident once and took a pot shot at a bear and it mauled me near to death, ripping all my clothing to shreds and inflicting massive injuries and damage. I survived but only just - the bear didn't). It's up to you how you play, but I find that part of the fun is in exploring the world (there are five main regions now). You can also keep an in-game journal of your time in the game, or just use it to note the location of precious supplies that you couldn't take at that point. 

DippoMagoo wrote: Started Echoes of Aetheria, an RPG Maker game and the latest from the developer of Skyborn. I had a bit of a rough start, as I tried playing on hard first chance I got but wasn't prepared for an early boss and took over an hour to get it. After restarting and setting my party up better, I went back to hard, smoked that boss in one go and have been cruising along since. It feels similar to Skyborn in most ways, though its battle system has potential to be better as it goes along. Otherwise, it has all the positive qualities as Skyborn so far and it definitely seems far above most other RPG Maker games, once again.

^Lol! The sad thing is, as much I enjoyed the game on my playthrough and especially the Hearts of Stone DLC, I do find it pretty ridiculous how much Bethesda and other companies have been getting criticized for bugs and performance issues while this game is being widely praised as GOTY everywhere and everyone seems to be giving it a free pass, when I actually found it to be way bugger than anything I've played since probably New Vegas (not even by Bethesda, obviously) and Fallout 4 was actually more stable than I expected, considering I played on PS4 and only had a few very minor issues outside of one  crash. Like, Fallout 4 at launch ran wayyyyyy better for me than The Witcher 3 did the last I played it, which was right after Hearts of Stone came out. My opinion on the game has actually taken a hit entirely due to all the praise it gets, even though as I said, I had a great time with it. I find its fanbase to be extremely insufferable, though, kinda like how I actually got soured a bit on Undertale due to how insane its fanbase is (people apparently sent whispers to my brother on twitch calling him an idiot because he dared to make a couple criticisms against a game he liked..... Ugh!)