The Gaming Thread

bosstrabs

Hades on Nintendo Switch is absolutely ace.

LT42

Hell Let Loose is without doubt the best war game/simulation I’ve ever played. Exceptional.

Wally

Currently nearing the end of ‘Deathloop’ which is very, very good - one of Arkane games’ best - once you get your head around it and learn to live with the awful UI. Recommended.

Dubman

Thinking of buying my mum a Nintendo switch ring fit adventure. Has anyone used got or used one for a workout,

vinnyt77

Wow. Massive move from Microsoft…

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/01/18/microsoft-to-buy-activision.html

Mad_Cyril

vinnyt77
All cash.

Suspect the boutros will be on standby!

LT42

vinnyt77 its about time, those bandits at Activision have been taking the piss for years with COD.
Over 10 years since the groundbreaking COD4 and the game has gotten worse. It needs an injection of new ideas.

Wally

vinnyt77 I may even consider buying an xbox now.

BlainSA

LT42 Or they might just continue churning the same old crap and take the cash.

If MW2 gets remastered I might just get it (and get whipped by 10 year olds with their lightning reactions).

Mad_Cyril

Wally Had you down as a Raspberry Pi kinda chap Wal?

Wally

Not really my thing tbh.

LT42

BlainSA they lost a ton of players to the new Halo because they churned out the same ole shit. Terrible map design, overbearing sound, a clusterfuck and overdone class setup. It needs an overhaul, even the developers know that. They’ve been using the same engine for over 15 years. COD4 and MW2 were damn near perfect. 👍

BlainSA

LT42 Ah yes, I heard halo was being ran terribly and saw the crazy rip offs they were doing with skins. I meant them taking on cod and keeping it BAU with the cod releases. Seems to be a lot more cartoony now with players that have capes and rainbow guns that make funny noises and animations when they fire or kill someone. COD4 and MW2 didn’t need all of that shit.

LT42

BlainSA Halo wouldn’t be my cuppa, I can’t stand all that bouncing around the screen and phaser guns, pew pew, pew. All the pros seem to be raving about it’s gameplay though in comparison to COD.

Along_the_Wire

LT42 The early MP games and ranking systems were brutal and brilliant.

LT42

Along_the_Wire yep, amazing. I grinded for a year or two in COD4 and got my gold cross. Granted I was going to bed most nights seeing red dot optics on the walls 😆

Along_the_Wire

LT42 I meant Halo - simply avoid the silly noise by using the Battle Rifle or shotgun all the time. Early COD was the same to be fair

jonattonyeah

@Wally

Hey Wals. Is it worth waiting for a PS5 or should I just grab a PS4? Not a big game guy but would like to dive into RDR2 now that some time is freeing up.

GerS

jonattonyeah I was going to say a PS4 Pro would be better than the usual PS4 if you’re not a hardcore gamer and you want to get stuck into RDR2, it’ll perform better on the pro over the regular PS4.

BUT, you could pick up a used Xbox One X at the moment cheap enough and you’ll get almost similar specs but a bit more power than the PS4 Pro, and you have gamepass on Xbox which is great value and can’t be beaten.
And the benefit to the Xbox, if there’s next gen Series X games that come out on Gamepass, the usual Microsoft exclusives you might want to play, you’ll be able to still play them on the last gen console through the cloud streaming they’re offering nowadays.

There’s the comparison…
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/xbox-one-x-vs-ps4-pro/

Use the gamepass / Xbox gold conversion trick and you can get up to 3 years of gamepass for about $150 if you want…
https://www.pcworld.com/article/397667/get-3-years-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-tip.html

Mad_Cyril

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rhouses

My Japanese friend has sort of forced me to buy Monster Hunter Rise on the Switch. My PGA2k21 gang says it looks hectic and are not joining me.

Amps

rhouses Looks awful.

bosstrabs

rhouses My Japanese friend has sort of forced me to buy Monster Hunter Rise on the Switch. My PGA2k21 gang says it looks hectic and are not joining me.

Rhouses, what’s it like being a complete idiot?

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