Chris
Hall-of-Famer
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2008
- Messages
- 40,066
- Reaction score
- 26,389
- Points
- 135
Was a surprise as I didn’t know they were doing Chaos Undivided. Hell yeah.
This game looks MASSIVE. Already bought it on Steam.
-
Changing RCF's index page, please click on "Forums" to access the forums.
The "What are you playing now?" Thread
- Thread starter Jack Brickman
- Start date
This game looks MASSIVE. Already bought it on Steam.
browniebob
In the Rotation
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2019
- Messages
- 339
- Reaction score
- 682
- Points
- 93
I gave Witcher 3 a shot several years ago, but I struggled to get into it. I think the complexity of its world, the crafting, potions, signs etc were a little overwhelming. I tried it again a month ago and I'm blown away. Such a fantastic game and the mini game, Gwent, is incredibly addictive.
Jack Brickman
Hall-of-Famer
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2012
- Messages
- 38,456
- Reaction score
- 61,544
- Points
- 148
Sony is buying Bungie. That feels...pointless? And maybe even a little embarrassing after Microsoft's purchases of Bethesda and Activision/Blizzard.
Chris
Hall-of-Famer
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2008
- Messages
- 40,066
- Reaction score
- 26,389
- Points
- 135
Definitely a quality purchase. Destiny is a big money maker and Bungie has lots of talent. Probably more of a future thing though that could be said for all of these acquisitions.
not on the level of MS purchases recently, though, no.
Jack Brickman
Hall-of-Famer
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2012
- Messages
- 38,456
- Reaction score
- 61,544
- Points
- 148
What's really crazy to me is that Bungie cost half as much as Bethesda. Bethesda has two billion dollar IPs in Fallout and Elder Scrolls, and may well have a third whenever Starfield comes out. They've also got popular, respected franchises in Doom, Wolfenstein, and Dishonored, among others.
Sony basically just gets Destiny and a company that hasn't released a game in five years, and who arguably peaked with Halo 2 over fifteen years ago.
Last edited:
Stark
The Winds of Winter
- Joined
- Apr 3, 2012
- Messages
- 22,094
- Reaction score
- 23,852
- Points
- 135
Yeah 2K22 is also the first 2K that I've bought in a while.
Next-gen helps it a lot, but online play is still such a cheesefest that I can't get into it. There's a Lakers Lonzo Ball in the MyTeam right now with like a 98 3PT shot that is better than any LeBron, MJ, or Kobe in the game right now. Shit like that is lame as fuck.
MyCareer and MyLeague are a lot of fun though.
Next-gen helps it a lot, but online play is still such a cheesefest that I can't get into it. There's a Lakers Lonzo Ball in the MyTeam right now with like a 98 3PT shot that is better than any LeBron, MJ, or Kobe in the game right now. Shit like that is lame as fuck.
MyCareer and MyLeague are a lot of fun though.
Ohio
Woosah
- Joined
- Dec 14, 2011
- Messages
- 41,933
- Reaction score
- 48,770
- Points
- 148
I haven't even touched online yet, that's a bummer to hear. I'm sure with the way 2K whores out VC that won't be changing anytime soon
foucault87
All-Star
- Joined
- Dec 20, 2009
- Messages
- 7,033
- Reaction score
- 9,219
- Points
- 113
Havent played 2k22, but 20 and 21 both got dragged down by the VC nonsense for MyPlayer. It is actually incredible how the original MyPlayer back in 2k14 or whatever is better than the current one just because you need to spend an extra 100 just to make your guy better than Pagnos
foucault87
All-Star
- Joined
- Dec 20, 2009
- Messages
- 7,033
- Reaction score
- 9,219
- Points
- 113
I will wait for more widespread gameplay but everything seems to indicate Elden Ring will be excellent
Jack Brickman
Hall-of-Famer
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2012
- Messages
- 38,456
- Reaction score
- 61,544
- Points
- 148
Been playing Gears 5 after signing up for the Game Pass with cloud gaming. Playing that shit on my past its prime PC and it runs more or less flawlessly.
As for the game, if you've played one Gears, you've played them all. Take a lot of cover, kill a lot of enemies that look more or less exactly the same, get annoyed at a random difficulty spike where the game developers decide it's time to sodomize you, and also annoyed at the various types of smaller enemies that rush toward you, but wriggle back and forth so they're difficult to target with a controller when you're being shot at by forty different greyish blurs in the distance...rinse, repeat.
The story is reasonably interesting and the voice acting is quality. It's also very pretty, and has a blessedly varied color palate by Gears standards. You spend a large chunk of the game either in the desert with blood red sand piled over everything or in the arctic with prevalent snow and ice.
The enemy rotation has been a little weak, though, and there are rarely encounters that feel very crafted like those fucking juggernaut Locust in the first game that would instakill you if they ran into you. Each of those segments felt specifically tailored to the scenario, whereas here they'll occasionally throw a super tough enemy at you, but often it's in environments that make those enemies annoying to fight rather than fun.
The act two boss fight is particularly annoying because the game essentially cripples you to make it more difficult, occasionally throwing up a red fog that's entirely in your character's head that obscures your vision and makes it damn near impossible to know if the boss is going to charge at you or leap at you, one of which requires you to hold your ground and the other to dodge. I find that to be bad game design. They couldn't figure out a way to make it more difficult organically so instead they just make it harder to see things.
As always, your AI teammates are the next best thing to completely fucking useless. They seem to mildly injure the enemy, but they'll rush into death with an urgency that would make Leeroy Jenkins proud and yet are rarely in a similar hurry to help you when you get downed.
I imagine I'll finish it, which is more than I can say for most games these days.
As for the game, if you've played one Gears, you've played them all. Take a lot of cover, kill a lot of enemies that look more or less exactly the same, get annoyed at a random difficulty spike where the game developers decide it's time to sodomize you, and also annoyed at the various types of smaller enemies that rush toward you, but wriggle back and forth so they're difficult to target with a controller when you're being shot at by forty different greyish blurs in the distance...rinse, repeat.
The story is reasonably interesting and the voice acting is quality. It's also very pretty, and has a blessedly varied color palate by Gears standards. You spend a large chunk of the game either in the desert with blood red sand piled over everything or in the arctic with prevalent snow and ice.
The enemy rotation has been a little weak, though, and there are rarely encounters that feel very crafted like those fucking juggernaut Locust in the first game that would instakill you if they ran into you. Each of those segments felt specifically tailored to the scenario, whereas here they'll occasionally throw a super tough enemy at you, but often it's in environments that make those enemies annoying to fight rather than fun.
The act two boss fight is particularly annoying because the game essentially cripples you to make it more difficult, occasionally throwing up a red fog that's entirely in your character's head that obscures your vision and makes it damn near impossible to know if the boss is going to charge at you or leap at you, one of which requires you to hold your ground and the other to dodge. I find that to be bad game design. They couldn't figure out a way to make it more difficult organically so instead they just make it harder to see things.
As always, your AI teammates are the next best thing to completely fucking useless. They seem to mildly injure the enemy, but they'll rush into death with an urgency that would make Leeroy Jenkins proud and yet are rarely in a similar hurry to help you when you get downed.
I imagine I'll finish it, which is more than I can say for most games these days.