Bigred's Video Game Thread

[Hoopy]

LOL AC unity

I gave up on AC after number 3, just didn't enjoy it anymore.

Currently playing Fallout 3 again, it's crazy how much there to do.

[aubreymcfate]

I gave up on AC after number 3, just didn't enjoy it anymore.

Currently playing Fallout 3 again, it's crazy how much there to do.

yeah fallout 3 is crazy sandbox-y, so sprawling

i think next time i play i'm gonna be an asshole, i'm always a loser good guy when given the option

Anyone here ever play Faster than Light? It's an indie real-time strategy game on Steam, really good and really fucking hard. spacecraft and space battles and all that

http://www.ftlgame.com/

[oskar]

I bought myself an xbox 360 controller last week. I pretty much only bought it for one game, but I love this thing so much I started to look specifically for games I could play while laying motionless on the couch. I'm sure this is old news for most of you, but these things are amazing. Especially if you have your pc hooked up to a TV with Steam in big picture mode.
Highly recommended. Only downside is I don't have many games that support it. I finished A Tale of two Sons and replayed Limbo and now I'm out of games.

[Luco]

I bought myself an xbox 360 controller last week. I pretty much only bought it for one game, but I love this thing so much I started to look specifically for games I could play while laying motionless on the couch. I'm sure this is old news for most of you, but these things are amazing. Especially if you have your pc hooked up to a TV with Steam in big picture mode.
Highly recommended. Only downside is I don't have many games that support it. I finished A Tale of two Sons and replayed Limbo and now I'm out of games.

At the risk of stating the obvious, multi platform games are your friend - although it's worth checking the quality of the PC version / port before buying. Speaking strictly in terms of port quality some are excellent (Sleeping dogs), some are lazy (Darksiders 1 & 2), and some are absolutely awful (Trials evolution, lol ubisoft). Also, if you play battlefield you should definitely consider using the controller for the helis and jets. Battleblock theatre and Castle Crashers are also very controller friendly

The first time Bigred and I played portal 2 together I told him I was using a controller instead of KB/M and he was like "...ew." For portal at least, he had a point. KB/M is way easier

[oskar]

At the risk of stating the obvious, multi platform games are your friend - although it's worth checking the quality of the PC version / port before buying. Speaking strictly in terms of port quality some are excellent (Sleeping dogs), some are lazy (Darksiders 1 & 2), and some are absolutely awful (Trials evolution, lol ubisoft). Also, if you play battlefield you should definitely consider using the controller for the helis and jets. Battleblock theatre and Castle Crashers are also very controller friendly

The first time Bigred and I played portal 2 together I told him I was using a controller instead of KB/M and he was like "...ew." For portal at least, he had a point. KB/M is way easier

I got Tomb Raider. It's fucking amazing with a controller. I never thought I would prefer a controller with a game like this, but it's so well implemented.

[Luco]

I got Tomb Raider. It's fucking amazing with a controller. I never thought I would prefer a controller with a game like this, but it's so well implemented.

It's third person action adventure, controller sounds ideal!

Tomb Raider is already in my steam library (backlog, lol), so you're enjoying it then? I have to say action adventure / third person / open world is my fave genre so I'm almost certainly going to love TR when I get around to it

[oskar]

It's third person action adventure, controller sounds ideal!

Tomb Raider is already in my steam library (backlog, lol), so you're enjoying it then? I have to say action adventure / third person / open world is my fave genre so I'm almost certainly going to love TR when I get around to it

I'm usually not for story driven games. I'm probably not going back to Alien Isolation because it drags itself out too much. I played like 15 min. of the new Wolfenstein and hated how it forced you through the levels. I did eventually get through the Walking Dead, but I'm not a fan of how obvious it is that your choices don't influence anything. That game saves itself by having a great story though.

The pacing of Tomb Raider is perfect. You kill some things, then you move on to the next cutscene. There are no endless wave of enemies, not everyone you meet is hostile. You can make somewhat strategic decisions. You get just the right level of: do you want to explore, or just get on with it? The acting and animation is good enough that I have no desire to mash the skip button. The camera movement is very well done. It feels almost like playing a 2&1/2 D platformer. you hardly need to control the camera at all. The only other game I remember that used camera movement like that was the first Silent Hill. It's not quite the same level of genius, but it's very good.

Only about 1hr in, but so far I'm loving it. To mention the obvious: you get to look at a very nice cgi butt for the entire game. An underused asset in video games if I may say so myself.