LEGEND The Video Games Thread

[yrba1]

I was just going to jump on and post this too. Bumped into this morning on the Reddit.
Very exciting news! I may even have to cave in an purchase a XBONE just to celebrate.

On PC? Hell yeah bruh, definitely get it on Steam.

 

[ChrisW]

Esports is growing. Counter Strike held a major tournament this past weekend in Katowice, Poland. There were over 11,000 in attendance and topped 1 million concurrent viewers across the Twitch streams that held it. I never thought I'd see that many people tuning in to see a video game being played. All the major tournaments are sponsored by valve and currently have a $250,000 prize pool with $100,000 going to the winner.

 

[LumberTubs]

I recently downloaded dragon age inquisition on Xbox one. Has anyone played this?

I'm not sure I like it all that much. I'm one of the big dudes with the horns and have a sword and shield. Combat basically involves holding down RT and occasionally pressing x because that seems to do some damage too.

It was described in one review I read as the child of skyrim and mass effect 2. Two of my absolute favourite games of all time. Loads of other good reviews as well. I'm just not feeling it.

Anyone else experiencing this or is it just me?

 

[Rams Until I Die]

I recently downloaded dragon age inquisition on Xbox one. Has anyone played this?

I'm not sure I like it all that much. I'm one of the big dudes with the horns and have a sword and shield. Combat basically involves holding down RT and occasionally pressing x because that seems to do some damage too.

It was described in one review I read as the child of skyrim and mass effect 2. Two of my absolute favourite games of all time. Loads of other good reviews as well. I'm just not feeling it.

Anyone else experiencing this or is it just me?

How far are you? I'm playing as a warrior as well and I get what you're saying. It gets better though once battles get harder and you have to start directing your party a bit more. I got an ability that lets me dodge roll. That freshens it up a bit. In every rpg I usually play as a warrior first and in this game we are mainly suppose to be tanks and take damage and get a few big (your shield bash attacks) hits in. Kinda wish I went Mage first this time.

 

[snackdaddy]

My grandson plays all those on line games on his Xbox. I downloaded Half Life 2 on my PC and let him play it. He loves it. Says its cooler than his games. Graphics aren't quite as good as his Xbox cuz its an older game, but I remember playing it a dozen years ago. A great game.

 

[LumberTubs]

How far are you? I'm playing as a warrior as well and I get what you're saying. It gets better though once battles get harder and you have to start directing your party a bit more. I got an ability that lets me dodge roll. That freshens it up a bit. In every rpg I usually play as a warrior first and in this game we are mainly suppose to be tanks and take damage and get a few big (your shield bash attacks) hits in. Kinda wish I went Mage first this time.

I haven't got very far to be honest. I think I'm basically doing the first main quest (after the prologue) so I'm probably guilty of judging it too soon and maybe also expecting it to be as good as skyrim was a mistake as well.

 

[Rams Until I Die]

I haven't got very far to be honest. I think I'm basically doing the first main quest (after the prologue) so I'm probably guilty of judging it too soon and maybe also expecting it to be as good as skyrim was a mistake as well.

Skyrim does set the bar real high. Love that game!

 

[DCH]

Been playing Starbound of late. Great world-building game, basically Terraria in space (and Terraria is basically 2D Minecraft with more action)

 

[Rams Until I Die]

50% of the way down with Dying light. Really enjoying this game. Love the game world and all the little details in all the environments. Playing at night (in game) is actually pretty nerve racking. Anyone else playing it? Spending most of my time with this, dragon age and Fifa 15 lately.

 

[Tron]

Just bought a ps4. Used some of my tax return money for it. It's "the last of us" remastered edition(comes with free digital download of the game). Have played the last of us on ps3 and am looking forward to playing it again. It's an amazing game.

Also bought final Fantasy type 0 hd which I am playing now currently. Great game so far and amazing soundtrack. Wife has told me repeatedly to turn the damn volume down cause I am cranking it big time. Can't wait till the ffxv demo finishes downloading, only been waiting 9 years for it....Probably what I am most excited about.

 

[Rams Until I Die]

Just bought a ps4. Used some of my tax return money for it. It's "the last of us" remastered edition(comes with free digital download of the game). Have played the last of us on ps3 and am looking forward to playing it again. It's an amazing game.

Also bought final Fantasy type 0 hd which I am playing now currently. Great game so far and amazing soundtrack. Wife has told me repeatedly to turn the damn volume down cause I am cranking it big time. Can't wait till the ffxv demo finishes downloading, only been waiting 9 years for it....Probably what I am most excited about.

Glad to here type 0 is good! I bought it on day 1 and haven't played it yet. Told myself I had to beat dying light or dragon age first. I think I'm halfway through the 15 demo. I really like it but dang it feels weird finally playing it after so long.

 

[Tron]

Glad to here type 0 is good! I bought it on day 1 and haven't played it yet. Told myself I had to beat dying light or dragon age first. I think I'm halfway through the 15 demo. I really like it but dang it feels weird finally playing it after so long.

The only thing I don't like about type 0 is that there is no main char. It is fun to cycle through multiple chars though and using the one that works best for whoever ur fighting. Very quick paced game. So far I like fighting with the girls more than the men.

Glad the demo is good. I don't know if I could live if it ended up being a shitty game.

 

[Rams Until I Die]

The only thing I don't like about type 0 is that there is no main char. It is fun to cycle through multiple chars though and using the one that works best for whoever ur fighting. Very quick paced game. So far I like fighting with the girls more than the men.

Glad the demo is good. I don't know if I could live if it ended up being a crappy game.

When you do play the demo keep in mind square said the game is only 60 or 80 % done can't remember which. It's been getting some but I enjoy it. Not sure when I'll go back and finish it... Part of me want to save it.

 

[iced]

anyone buying Mortal Kombat X on launch night? (ps4, xbox one on april 14)

 

[Tron]

When you do play the demo keep in mind square said the game is only 60 or 80 % done can't remember which.

Good, I have finished it and am going to do a review of both Type 0 and XV demo. XV is pretty great, really happy it it is close to being done, but it does have some flaws I will point out in the review.

 

[Rams Until I Die]

Good, I have finished it and am going to do a review of both Type 0 and XV demo. XV is pretty great, really happy it it is close to being done, but it does have some flaws I will point out in the review.

Look forward to reading those! Glad you liked 15. I played a little more the other day and I am at the part where I have to fight the behemoth again. Still haven't touched type 0 yet. Trying to be strong and actually finish a couple games before.

 

[Rams Until I Die]

anyone buying Mortal Kombat X on launch night? (ps4, xbox one on april 14)

Looks awesome but I usually only rent fighting games. Let us know what you think.

 

[Tron]

Here is my review of Type-0 HD and the FFXV demo. Both played on PS4.

*I must say that prior to buying and playing these I had just spent about 150+ hours playing FFX HD remake(didnt finish yet), so am used to the older FF games at the moment and playing the new ones was a big change.

Type-0 HD Remake

Overview: War, war, war, oh yea, more war. It's all about war in this game, from opening till (I assume) close. Really, thats it, just war.... Some sad moments in the game, but mostly the opening scene was the saddest so far. You play as 14 different characters...yes, thats right...14!!! Unlike the previous FF games where if your 3 characters die the game is over, here all 14 have to die before that happens, and you can even quit the mission and still get exp.

Very quick paced game, still only about 8 hours into it so really havent gotten to far but have a general feel for the game at least. You cant do everything you want to in one run through, that becomes painfully obvious as you go through it. You have "down time" between missions to do lots of stuff, but it isnt close to enough time. I read it takes 2-3 run throughs to be able to do it all.

Graphics: 6/10
It's ok, it is an HD remake of a psp game so they wont be amazing or anything, and I wasnt expecting them to be. Runs pretty flawless, but dont see that they would be any different if it was on the ps3 or xbox 360.

Music: 9.9/10
Awesome, just pure awesome. Only reason it isnt a 10/10 is because I think they could of had more songs. It is a game that takes a long time to finish, so more variety is my only nit-pick in this area.
Here is one of the amazing songs(and my favorite) that plays throughout the game. Listen to it completely. When in battle this song is so perfect.


Battle System: 9/10
Battle system is easy to use and can use R1 to lock onto your target and the camera works great with this(I mention this because of the XV demo, you will see). Very fast paced fighting system but easy to maneuver and use, so that was a big thumbs up.

Story: 5/10
Besides the bases of the game being about war, there really isn't anything else. There is no main character or characters. There is not much depth to any of the 14 characters really so far, just a cut scene here or there that focuses on one for a very brief moment. They are all cadets who are being used to go out and fight the war so all the soldiers and fighters can be use to protect the dominion. All other fighters get power from a special crystal that the enemy has figured out how to block, the 14 cadets though get there power from a secret crystal or some shit, so thats why they are being used. Its odd playing this and not getting emotionally attached to any of the characters. And cant blame it on the fact that it was a PSP game, as I played FFVII: Crises Core on PSP and got attached to Zack big time. One of my favorite things about FF games are the characters and storyline, and in this regard, this game lacks big time. The only thing that saves it is that this game is basically non stop war. If that is what they were going for, they succeeded.

Overall: 6.5/10
Not a bad game at all and worthy of playing. Has the feel of a FF game but also feels that it is lacking. I blame it on not being character focused what so ever, which is a big change from the FF I am used to. The 14 characters are there, you can level them up, and thats about it. Big lack of depth.

Also, the original Japanese had a multiplayer mode, which seems like it would be hella awesome, but this HD remake does not have that, which is probably a big reason why sales in Japan were horrible.

*I highly recommend buying or finding a strategy guide for this game. It'd take you 10 playthroughs to do everything without one IMO.



Final Fantasy XV Demo

Overview:
Ahhh, characters with some depth, now thats what I'm talking about. *I will just go off of this demo and not anything about what I have read about the storyline.

You are the main character(Noctis), Prince of there homeland, and are traveling with your 3 best friends on your way to do some important shit and then your super cool and awesome car breaks down, so you are stranded in a vast open world area(hopefully many areas like this in the game). You need to level up and get strong enough to take out a Behemoth and use the reward money to fix your sexy car so you can continue on with your important shit.

Your friends are your friends, they bust your balls and mess with you, but when shit hits the fans, they seem to stop being your friends, and more like bodyguards. Becomes really evident when they start calling him "highness" when shit is going bad. But they are good guys.

Not really many cutscenes in this demo, and the ones they do have aren't the major ones(you know what im talking about), just normal cutscenes. I have a feeling though the major cutscenes are going to be truly amazing. Would have been nice to see one at least, even if it was just for the demo.

Also, one thing that annoyed me that I dont think they will change is the save system. To save you have to camp for the night. No such thing as a save sphere in this game. I dont mind camping at night and eating and getting some perks, but not having save spheres kinda sucked.

Characters: 9/10
You got the main character, the big muscle bound fighter friend, the smart intellectual friend, and then of course, the funny one who cant fight worth shit and just gets in the way. Good group of guys. They all wear black and look like they are in the final fantasy boy band though lol.

Graphics: 8/10
As this is a demo and the game is not complete yet, I am hoping they tune the graphics up a bit. They are not bad by any means, but for a game of this caliber, I hope they fine tune it and get to the 10/10 zone. The little stuff does matter.

Music: Incomplete
Music was fine, wasn't blown away by any of it, but seeing how this was a demo in one area, cant fault them on this and really have no clue how it will be in the big picture. This is the only one I give an incomplete to due to it being a demo.

Battle System: 5/10
5/10? really? why a 5/10? Well, to be honest the battle system is fucking amazing and awesome.......but........the camera... Unlike Type-0, you cant use a trigger to follow and keep the enemy you are targeted on in your front view. Monsters can move fast, and if they run left or right and out of your view, the only way to see them is to use the joystick to turn your view and find them. It is painfully annoying as you lose sight of them constantly. With 4-5 monster, 3 other characters fighting and losing site of who you are locked on and how far away they are, it can get rather confusing and annoying. If they fix this issue, the battle system will become a 10/10(once I figure it out perfectly that is lol).

Also, special moves woulda hve been nice to use(besides the warp system). all you really do is hack and slash, but I believe it will be a lot more expanded in the real game.

Also, Noctis's teleport system is fucking awesome as hell. Still trying to figure out his weapon system, would of been nice if they had a tutorial on it.


Story: ????
Wasn't really much story to it. Car breaks down as they are headed somewhere important, and you have have to raise money to fix it. The end. Assuming that this part of the game is somewhere in the front half of the timeline it seems like a filler of sorts. So no grade on this. Having watched every trailor and piece of footage I could find on the game, I think the storyline will be a 10/10 or close to it.

Overall: 8/10
As an unfinished game with minor annoying flaws, I'd still buy it in a heartbeat. That could be due to me waiting since it was announced in 2006, or me loving all FF games, but regardless, of that, it was fun and enjoyable. Even with the flawed camera system during battle, no save spheres and needing a graphics tweak, it is still a game that (based off this demo) will consume about 200+ hours of my life, if not much more. This was a small taste of something I feel will be very vast, in-depth and truly amazing. I expect that 8/10 to raise to a 9/10-10/10 when it is complete and released.

If you are a fan of FF, this will be a must get.

Ill leave you with this:
I have been playing and enjoying Type-0 a lot but taking a lot of breaks and passing myself, h. When FFXV finished downloading I played it completely through and finished it without any breaks and even after finished it played it for many more hours.

I wasnt going to compare the two games, but if I had to choose one, FFXV would be the one. Thats not taking anything away from Type-0, as it is a really great game, but XV is just going to be amazing(hopefully) IMO.

 

[Rams Until I Die]

Here is my review of Type-0 HD and the FFXV demo. Both played on PS4.

*I must say that prior to buying and playing these I had just spent about 150+ hours playing FFX HD remake(didnt finish yet), so am used to the older FF games at the moment and playing the new ones was a big change.

Type-0 HD Remake

Overview: War, war, war, oh yea, more war. It's all about war in this game, from opening till (I assume) close. Really, thats it, just war.... Some sad moments in the game, but mostly the opening scene was the saddest so far. You play as 14 different characters...yes, thats right...14!!! Unlike the previous FF games where if your 3 characters die the game is over, here all 14 have to die before that happens, and you can even quit the mission and still get exp.

Very quick paced game, still only about 8 hours into it so really havent gotten to far but have a general feel for the game at least. You cant do everything you want to in one run through, that becomes painfully obvious as you go through it. You have "down time" between missions to do lots of stuff, but it isnt close to enough time. I read it takes 2-3 run throughs to be able to do it all.

Graphics: 6/10
It's ok, it is an HD remake of a psp game so they wont be amazing or anything, and I wasnt expecting them to be. Runs pretty flawless, but dont see that they would be any different if it was on the ps3 or xbox 360.

Music: 9.9/10
Awesome, just pure awesome. Only reason it isnt a 10/10 is because I think they could of had more songs. It is a game that takes a long time to finish, so more variety is my only nit-pick in this area.
Here is one of the amazing songs(and my favorite) that plays throughout the game. Listen to it completely. When in battle this song is so perfect.


Battle System: 9/10
Battle system is easy to use and can use R1 to lock onto your target and the camera works great with this(I mention this because of the XV demo, you will see). Very fast paced fighting system but easy to maneuver and use, so that was a big thumbs up.

Story: 5/10
Besides the bases of the game being about war, there really isn't anything else. There is no main character or characters. There is not much depth to any of the 14 characters really so far, just a cut scene here or there that focuses on one for a very brief moment. They are all cadets who are being used to go out and fight the war so all the soldiers and fighters can be use to protect the dominion. All other fighters get power from a special crystal that the enemy has figured out how to block, the 14 cadets though get there power from a secret crystal or some crap, so thats why they are being used. Its odd playing this and not getting emotionally attached to any of the characters. And cant blame it on the fact that it was a PSP game, as I played FFVII: Crises Core on PSP and got attached to Zack big time. One of my favorite things about FF games are the characters and storyline, and in this regard, this game lacks big time. The only thing that saves it is that this game is basically non stop war. If that is what they were going for, they succeeded.

Overall: 6.5/10
Not a bad game at all and worthy of playing. Has the feel of a FF game but also feels that it is lacking. I blame it on not being character focused what so ever, which is a big change from the FF I am used to. The 14 characters are there, you can level them up, and thats about it. Big lack of depth.

Also, the original Japanese had a multiplayer mode, which seems like it would be hella awesome, but this HD remake does not have that, which is probably a big reason why sales in Japan were horrible.

*I highly recommend buying or finding a strategy guide for this game. It'd take you 10 playthroughs to do everything without one IMO.



Final Fantasy XV Demo

Overview:
Ahhh, characters with some depth, now thats what I'm talking about. *I will just go off of this demo and not anything about what I have read about the storyline.

You are the main character(Noctis), Prince of there homeland, and are traveling with your 3 best friends on your way to do some important crap and then your super cool and awesome car breaks down, so you are stranded in a vast open world area(hopefully many areas like this in the game). You need to level up and get strong enough to take out a Behemoth and use the reward money to fix your sexy car so you can continue on with your important crap.

Your friends are your friends, they bust your balls and mess with you, but when crap hits the fans, they seem to stop being your friends, and more like bodyguards. Becomes really evident when they start calling him "highness" when crap is going bad. But they are good guys.

Not really many cutscenes in this demo, and the ones they do have aren't the major ones(you know what im talking about), just normal cutscenes. I have a feeling though the major cutscenes are going to be truly amazing. Would have been nice to see one at least, even if it was just for the demo.

Also, one thing that annoyed me that I dont think they will change is the save system. To save you have to camp for the night. No such thing as a save sphere in this game. I dont mind camping at night and eating and getting some perks, but not having save spheres kinda sucked.

Characters: 9/10
You got the main character, the big muscle bound fighter friend, the smart intellectual friend, and then of course, the funny one who cant fight worth crap and just gets in the way. Good group of guys. They all wear black and look like they are in the final fantasy boy band though lol.

Graphics: 8/10
As this is a demo and the game is not complete yet, I am hoping they tune the graphics up a bit. They are not bad by any means, but for a game of this caliber, I hope they fine tune it and get to the 10/10 zone. The little stuff does matter.

Music: Incomplete
Music was fine, wasn't blown away by any of it, but seeing how this was a demo in one area, cant fault them on this and really have no clue how it will be in the big picture. This is the only one I give an incomplete to due to it being a demo.

Battle System: 5/10
5/10? really? why a 5/10? Well, to be honest the battle system is freaking amazing and awesome.......but........the camera... Unlike Type-0, you cant use a trigger to follow and keep the enemy you are targeted on in your front view. Monsters can move fast, and if they run left or right and out of your view, the only way to see them is to use the joystick to turn your view and find them. It is painfully annoying as you lose sight of them constantly. With 4-5 monster, 3 other characters fighting and losing site of who you are locked on and how far away they are, it can get rather confusing and annoying. If they fix this issue, the battle system will become a 10/10(once I figure it out perfectly that is lol).

Also, special moves woulda hve been nice to use(besides the warp system). all you really do is hack and slash, but I believe it will be a lot more expanded in the real game.

Also, Noctis's teleport system is freaking awesome as hell. Still trying to figure out his weapon system, would of been nice if they had a tutorial on it.


Story: ????
Wasn't really much story to it. Car breaks down as they are headed somewhere important, and you have have to raise money to fix it. The end. Assuming that this part of the game is somewhere in the front half of the timeline it seems like a filler of sorts. So no grade on this. Having watched every trailor and piece of footage I could find on the game, I think the storyline will be a 10/10 or close to it.

Overall: 8/10
As an unfinished game with minor annoying flaws, I'd still buy it in a heartbeat. That could be due to me waiting since it was announced in 2006, or me loving all FF games, but regardless, of that, it was fun and enjoyable. Even with the flawed camera system during battle, no save spheres and needing a graphics tweak, it is still a game that (based off this demo) will consume about 200+ hours of my life, if not much more. This was a small taste of something I feel will be very vast, in-depth and truly amazing. I expect that 8/10 to raise to a 9/10-10/10 when it is complete and released.

If you are a fan of FF, this will be a must get.

Ill leave you with this:
I have been playing and enjoying Type-0 a lot but taking a lot of breaks and passing myself, h. When FFXV finished downloading I played it completely through and finished it without any breaks and even after finished it played it for many more hours.

I wasnt going to compare the two games, but if I had to choose one, FFXV would be the one. Thats not taking anything away from Type-0, as it is a really great game, but XV is just going to be amazing(hopefully) IMO.

Good read man! Can't wait to play type 0 and I agree with your thoughts on 15. There is a lock on but it hardly works... It's so close to greatness though! Also I almost stopped reading at Crisis Core. Love. That. Game!!!!

 

[Tron]

Good read man! Can't wait to play type 0 and I agree with your thoughts on 15. There is a lock on but it hardly works... It's so close to greatness though! Also I almost stopped reading at Crisis Core. Love. That. Game!!!!

I know you can lock on, but it really doesn't help worth shit as you say. Damn camera system. So think your right on it not working worth a darn.

Thanks for the nice comments by the way!

Agree that with just a few tweaks will be utterly amazing.

If my psp wasn't broken I'd go and play crisis core again, game should be remade for ps4(along with VII). Now that would be amazing!