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Video games...what ya playing? And what are you looking forward to? (5 Viewers)

Indiana jones. Wow.
Is it good?

Only played about 30 min. Felt like i was in the movie so yeah. Need more time on it. Its on my laptop. Need to plug it up to my tv so i can big screen it
I need to wait for it to come out on the PS5 sometime next year. Anyway, add to the list

So a few hours in now. If you enjoyed the latest wolfenstein games it plays like that. Music and visuals are top notch. And its fun punching nazis. Also fun running away ala grand theft auto when you get caught somewhere you are not supposed to be. Had like 30 guys chasing me once. Still havent used my pistol. I have whipped a bunch of dudes in the face
 
Picked up a G29 wheel for black friday. 130 off.

I had the xbox version G923? Stopped using when i got PS5. I had a converter to use the Xbox wheel on my ps4 and it worked most of the time on my ps5 but it was a bit wonky setup.

Will go back to playing forza gt and f22 now with the wheel just to change it up.

I suck but it makes it fun and frustrating
Also picked up a "racing rig"....it's $50 thing to hold wheel and pedals so much better than my tray table.

Now need to remember how to play GTA sport
 
I recently got an Xbox Series S, and bought NBA 2k25. I can't seem to find a play mode that I thought existed in previous years. It's the ability to play a season as a current existing NBA team vs. other current existing NBA teams (CPU-controlled). At this moment, I don't want to create a player, and then build a team around him, and then play a season with that team. I just want to play a full season as the GSWs. Is that possible without grinding (of some sort) or manipulating fantasy teams?

Edit to add: I found it. I was impatient, didn't let the entire game download before I started playing.
 
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So, what did everybody play this year? I thought it might be interesting and give people some ideas for games to try to list them out. I looked through my Xbox achievements to try to retrace my steps; most of the stuff I played wasn't actually released in 2024, but whatever. And I certainly didn't complete all of these.

Frostpunk 2 (just started) (PC)
Dragon Age Veilguard (just started)
Diablo 4 (completed)
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
MLB The Show 24
NBA 2k24
Halo Infinite (multiplayer)
Starfield (completed)
Wartales (PC)
Total War: Troy (PC)
 
Timely post....just got my 2024 PS wrap up

153 hours played
132 sessions
16 games played

85% of the time was sports game

PGA Tour i played 84 hours
NCAA football 42 hours
It takes 2
NHL
GT
 
I thought they fixed S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 on PC, but nope. Downloaded it yesterday, and the controller support is completely busted. Refunded after 30 minutes. That was a first for me.
 
Picked Zelda 2 up again this afternoon, will hopefully get the thing finished before the end of the year, then work to getting a complete speedrun of the game done
 
let's see...

* MLB the Show 24 - been playing this since it came out. I don't play online much, but I like collecting the cards and playing the new content when it comes out. I have pretty much all the cards I want, and still over 1M in stubs. now that there's not really any more new content, I can finally put it to bed.

* Ghost of Tsushima - about 20% into this one, and it hasn't really grabbed me yet. seems like a game I would be all over, but there's just something about it...I don't really get the urge to play it. :shrug:

* XCOM 2 - did another run of this just for fun to save the world. man, this is a fun game. if you've never played it and like tactics games, try it out. the PS store frequently has big sales for this. when I bought it, I got the game + all DLC for like 8 bucks (90%+ discount!). probably something I'll go back and play at least once a year.

* Darkest Dungeon - picked this one up in the last sale, just to try something different, about 10 hours in so far. it's a roguelike that can be pretty difficult. not necessarily about "fun", more like can you survive to improve your squad and see more of the story.

* Cyberpunk 2077 - one of my favorite games on PS5, and they keep improving it. I bought the Phantom Liberty DLC a little while back, so gonna do another run as a different build to play it again with the DLC.
 
From Xbox Year in Review...
Street Fighter 6 (I hate this game so much but I am addicted to it) - 159 hours
Baldur's Gate 3 - 133 hours
Rocket League
PGA Tour
Marvel Rivals
Human Fall Flat
Fall Guys
Age of Empires 2
Age of Mythology
Gears 5

Meta Quest

Walkabout Mini-golf (with a foursome of friends, so fun)
 
I game a lot - prettymuch daily. It's my main hobby. Still, I didn't realize I spent this much time...

762 hours on my xbox. 207 of those in Elden Ring / DLC. Lots of Elder Scrolls Online too. Play a lot of Halo co-op with a friend online as well.

Didn't check stats on PS5, but I'd guess 150 hours or so. Mostly BG3 and Ghost of Tsushima.
 
Started Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart last night.

Been a few years since I played the 2016 title. Lots of fun, looks great, and gameplay is super smooth. Always feels good playing a game actually optimized for the PS5, since there just aren't that many.
 
I game a lot - prettymuch daily. It's my main hobby. Still, I didn't realize I spent this much time...

762 hours on my xbox. 207 of those in Elden Ring / DLC. Lots of Elder Scrolls Online too. Play a lot of Halo co-op with a friend online as well.

Didn't check stats on PS5, but I'd guess 150 hours or so. Mostly BG3 and Ghost of Tsushima.
We're not too far apart. I finished at 670 on my playstation.

I started this last year with Ghost of Tsushima, amazing game. 1/3 of my year was spent on Rocket League.
 
Started Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart last night.

Been a few years since I played the 2016 title. Lots of fun, looks great, and gameplay is super smooth. Always feels good playing a game actually optimized for the PS5, since there just aren't that many.
Haven't played this one, but I did play a couple of R&C titles back when I had a Playstation. These are just straight-up fun games, especially if you have kids around.
 
Going to start gaming more. Have a PS4 with about 18 or so games that I've never really touched me and just bought a new gaming laptop and installed Steam. I see a bunch of cheap games on Steam and will be looking back at recommendations here.
 
Going to start gaming more. Have a PS4 with about 18 or so games that I've never really touched me and just bought a new gaming laptop and installed Steam. I see a bunch of cheap games on Steam and will be looking back at recommendations here.

With that gaming PC in hand I’d suggest pairing it a Meta 3. If you are unsure, you can buy one and try it out and then sell it for 80% of what you bought it for. Its your money, but if you have it, I highly recommend giving it a whirl. EVERYONE should have to experience standing face to chest of Lord Vader. Its up there with the first time you saw the Madden football appear to rise on K/Os, the nuke going off in FO3, the twist at then end of Bioshock, ect.

After firing up my xbox One for about a month of heavy gaming I remembered why I sold my Xbox Series X. Same games, different skins. I simply dont enjoy myself with these enough to justify spending my time playing more of the same. I need a new gaming experience. The poor field of view kills all the immersion.

Going constant slowly building a monster PC in time for the next gen of VR.
 
Going to start gaming more. Have a PS4 with about 18 or so games that I've never really touched me and just bought a new gaming laptop and installed Steam. I see a bunch of cheap games on Steam and will be looking back at recommendations here.
I just picked up Subnautica a week or so ago, and I've poured a little over 25 hours into it in the meantime. A lot of that playtime has to do with taking a bunch of time off over Christmas, but it definitely pulled me in right from the beginning. I picked it up because I was in the mood for a survival game (I tried STALKER 2 but I couldn't get it to run properly) but I knew nothing about it otherwise.

You crash-land on a planet covered by a gigantic ocean, and you have to figure out a way to survive. There are dangerous creatures around, but it's not a game that features much combat. You spend all your time exploring, gathering resources, and building a base. I would not describe it as a horror game, but it is probably the most terrifying video game I have ever played because how immersive it is and how quickly you can go from just chilling while checking out an underwater cave system to having things go horribly wrong. Highly recommend when its on sale.
 
Going to start gaming more. Have a PS4 with about 18 or so games that I've never really touched me and just bought a new gaming laptop and installed Steam. I see a bunch of cheap games on Steam and will be looking back at recommendations here.
I just picked up Subnautica a week or so ago, and I've poured a little over 25 hours into it in the meantime. A lot of that playtime has to do with taking a bunch of time off over Christmas, but it definitely pulled me in right from the beginning. I picked it up because I was in the mood for a survival game (I tried STALKER 2 but I couldn't get it to run properly) but I knew nothing about it otherwise.

You crash-land on a planet covered by a gigantic ocean, and you have to figure out a way to survive. There are dangerous creatures around, but it's not a game that features much combat. You spend all your time exploring, gathering resources, and building a base. I would not describe it as a horror game, but it is probably the most terrifying video game I have ever played because how immersive it is and how quickly you can go from just chilling while checking out an underwater cave system to having things go horribly wrong. Highly recommend when its on sale.
In my que to play for 2025!!!

Currently playing:

MLB 24 - 1990 Blue Jays Season replay

CFB 25 - Alabama Year 7 - started as a coach at FAU and went 10-3 and took them to a bowl game. We lost our last 3 in a row so a downer...however we took the OC job at Notre Dame and led them to a Natty in year 5 and recruited some incredible players. Bama on the other hand crumbled down to a 3.5 star prestige and offered me the HC job which we took. We led them to a CFP birth in Year 6 and lost to ...yep my old team ND in the Semi's. Year 7 we are currently 9th and 7-2 heading into week 10. This game has been incredible. My sports game of the year.

NHL 25 - Panthers Year 1 and we are at mid season and leading the Eastern Conference in points. LOVE THIS GAME.

Star Wars Outlaws - finally doing a full playthrough and the DLC.

In the Que

Subnautica
Civilization 6
Ghost Recon Breakpoint
The Quarry
Baldurs Gate 3
Cyberpunk 2077 PS5 Patched version

RPGS completed in 2024:

Dragons Age Veilguard
Dragons Dogma 2
 
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Just got my kid a gaming pc. He wants to start dabbling in Unreal Engine. But he's gotta come up with the other half of the money before he gets to mess with it. In the meantime I added Steam and want to test it out so I'll be watching this thread as well. I haven't really done PC gaming since Quake 2 circa 1998. Have any of you played the Ghost of Sashimi? I've seen great things about it and thought it would be a nice start. I'll add Subnautica too. I was eyeing it on Switch for a bit.
 
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Just got my kid a gaming pc. He wants to start dabbling in Unreal Engine. But he's gotta come up with the other half of the money before he gets to mess with it. In the meantime I added Steam and want to test it out so I'll be watching this thread as well. I haven't really done PC gaming since Quake 2 circa 1998. Have any of you played the Ghost of Sashimi? I've seen great things about it and thought it would be a nice start. I'll add Subnautica too. I was eyeing it on Switch for a bit.
DO you mean Tshushima?

If so one of the best games ever done imo

Unless there is a raw fish game I'm not aware of ... ;)
 
:Sehorn:

Just got my kid a gaming pc. He wants to start dabbling in Unreal Engine. But he's gotta come up with the other half of the money before he gets to mess with it. In the meantime I added Steam and want to test it out so I'll be watching this thread as well. I haven't really done PC gaming since Quake 2 circa 1998. Have any of you played the Ghost of Sashimi? I've seen great things about it and thought it would be a nice start. I'll add Subnautica too. I was eyeing it on Switch for a bit.
DO you mean Tshushima?

If so one of the best games ever done imo

Unless there is a raw fish game I'm not aware of ... ;)
Hahaha and agree Ghost of Tsushima was a top 5 for me all time non sports title.

Loved it start to finish.
 
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Just got my kid a gaming pc. He wants to start dabbling in Unreal Engine. But he's gotta come up with the other half of the money before he gets to mess with it. In the meantime I added Steam and want to test it out so I'll be watching this thread as well. I haven't really done PC gaming since Quake 2 circa 1998. Have any of you played the Ghost of Sashimi? I've seen great things about it and thought it would be a nice start. I'll add Subnautica too. I was eyeing it on Switch for a bit.
DO you mean Tshushima?

If so one of the best games ever done imo

Unless there is a raw fish game I'm not aware of ... ;)
Yes, thanks. Sometimes my shtick is dumb lol
 
Christ, had a chance to get the score I wanted in Tetris today and then put the game to bed forever, but was in a match and the commentator pointed out the score I wanted was on, which made me aware of it and then I choked
 
Unicorn Overlord consuming all my game time this last week. But I’m old and played Ogre Battle 64 so shouldn’t be a surprise how much I like this game.

I finally started and am a few hours in, weird recommendations such as this are why i check this thread.

Quick description for everyone else.

Unicorn Overlord

Gameplay: Think of it as a game of chess where you get to design your own pieces. You can decide based on your team building how fast your units move, how much range ability they have, and which units are good verse enemy knights, fliers, casters, etc with a variety of different tactics that will work. Half of the work is in building your army and making sure they have the correct moves and equipment. The other half is in moving your units around the battlefield.

Once a fight begins it is auto battle, this is why i described it as chess. You are moving pieces around making sure they are in optimal position.

The battles are about 1/2-3/4 the gameplay in most tactical RPG's. This one has the combat at about 3/4 so far and 1/4 is story/exploration. As is the case with many games in this genre you have lots of short cutscenes to flesh out each of the characters in your gigantic army.


Review:
Pretty good so far, i like it better than triangle strategy, recent fire emblems, and about the same as the last Ogre Battle remake. This is about as good as it gets in this genre of games.

Downside:

Story is about average, the writing quality is not as good as some of the nintendo or squaresoft entries in this genre, but it is not terrible. There are alot of cutscenes to view and i find myself skipping over some of the interactions with the lesser characters. Any time you have to write the backstory for TONS(80+?) recruitable characters you will get a few misses.

Difficulty curve, I quickly turned up the difficulty to tactical and i am still just crushing levels, but they can take a while due to the size. I am worried that turning up the difficulty to the highest level will make the larger boss levels take way too long. I have not looked up any information related to this game as I want to go in blind and I am missing possibly good treasures along the way, and it is still pretty easy on a harder difficulty. If you are the type that wants to min-max and look up guides then the difficulty would be trivial.
 
Picked up a G29 wheel for black friday. 130 off.

I had the xbox version G923? Stopped using when i got PS5. I had a converter to use the Xbox wheel on my ps4 and it worked most of the time on my ps5 but it was a bit wonky setup.

Will go back to playing forza gt and f22 now with the wheel just to change it up.

I suck but it makes it fun and frustrating
Also picked up a "racing rig"....it's $50 thing to hold wheel and pedals so much better than my tray table.

Now need to remember how to play GTA sport

How do you like the G29?

I've been searching for a used direct drive wheel, but not willing to pay a too money since I lost the racing bug a few years ago.
 
Picked up a G29 wheel for black friday. 130 off.

I had the xbox version G923? Stopped using when i got PS5. I had a converter to use the Xbox wheel on my ps4 and it worked most of the time on my ps5 but it was a bit wonky setup.

Will go back to playing forza gt and f22 now with the wheel just to change it up.

I suck but it makes it fun and frustrating
Also picked up a "racing rig"....it's $50 thing to hold wheel and pedals so much better than my tray table.

Now need to remember how to play GTA sport

How do you like the G29?

I've been searching for a used direct drive wheel, but not willing to pay a too money since I lost the racing bug a few years ago.

I have a G29 and it is good enough for me, I don't think a better wheel would make me enjoy the racing games more nor would it make me better.
 
Picked up a G29 wheel for black friday. 130 off.

I had the xbox version G923? Stopped using when i got PS5. I had a converter to use the Xbox wheel on my ps4 and it worked most of the time on my ps5 but it was a bit wonky setup.

Will go back to playing forza gt and f22 now with the wheel just to change it up.

I suck but it makes it fun and frustrating
Also picked up a "racing rig"....it's $50 thing to hold wheel and pedals so much better than my tray table.

Now need to remember how to play GTA sport

How do you like the G29?

I've been searching for a used direct drive wheel, but not willing to pay a too money since I lost the racing bug a few years ago.
Love it. I didn't buy a shifter. The force feedback is great, it is very similar to the old MS xbox360 steering wheel. Definite upgrade over the basic wheels.

I'm not good enough or serious enough to go to some ridiculous upgraded wheel.

Full disclosure - I had the Xbox version for years so knew what I was getting
 
Picked up a G29 wheel for black friday. 130 off.

I had the xbox version G923? Stopped using when i got PS5. I had a converter to use the Xbox wheel on my ps4 and it worked most of the time on my ps5 but it was a bit wonky setup.

Will go back to playing forza gt and f22 now with the wheel just to change it up.

I suck but it makes it fun and frustrating
Also picked up a "racing rig"....it's $50 thing to hold wheel and pedals so much better than my tray table.

Now need to remember how to play GTA sport

How do you like the G29?

I've been searching for a used direct drive wheel, but not willing to pay a too money since I lost the racing bug a few years ago.
Love it. I didn't buy a shifter. The force feedback is great, it is very similar to the old MS xbox360 steering wheel. Definite upgrade over the basic wheels.

I'm not good enough or serious enough to go to some ridiculous upgraded wheel.

Full disclosure - I had the Xbox version for years so knew what I was getting

I bought his for my G29 and love it, bought the wheel off facebook marketplace for $125 and it was basically brand new. I honestly thought it was going to be a scam right up until she took my money and I walked away with it. I suck at driving and need to find a game where I don't have to unlock all the fun cars by completing missions and races

 
Picked up a G29 wheel for black friday. 130 off.

I had the xbox version G923? Stopped using when i got PS5. I had a converter to use the Xbox wheel on my ps4 and it worked most of the time on my ps5 but it was a bit wonky setup.

Will go back to playing forza gt and f22 now with the wheel just to change it up.

I suck but it makes it fun and frustrating
Also picked up a "racing rig"....it's $50 thing to hold wheel and pedals so much better than my tray table.

Now need to remember how to play GTA sport

How do you like the G29?

I've been searching for a used direct drive wheel, but not willing to pay a too money since I lost the racing bug a few years ago.
Love it. I didn't buy a shifter. The force feedback is great, it is very similar to the old MS xbox360 steering wheel. Definite upgrade over the basic wheels.

I'm not good enough or serious enough to go to some ridiculous upgraded wheel.

Full disclosure - I had the Xbox version for years so knew what I was getting

I bought his for my G29 and love it, bought the wheel off facebook marketplace for $125 and it was basically brand new. I honestly thought it was going to be a scam right up until she took my money and I walked away with it. I suck at driving and need to find a game where I don't have to unlock all the fun cars by completing missions and races


I sold a G923 for that same amount and regret it, i should have given it to my BIL instead. He is big into racing games, has an x-box series x, but is too cheap to buy a wheel.
 
Picked up a G29 wheel for black friday. 130 off.

I had the xbox version G923? Stopped using when i got PS5. I had a converter to use the Xbox wheel on my ps4 and it worked most of the time on my ps5 but it was a bit wonky setup.

Will go back to playing forza gt and f22 now with the wheel just to change it up.

I suck but it makes it fun and frustrating
Also picked up a "racing rig"....it's $50 thing to hold wheel and pedals so much better than my tray table.

Now need to remember how to play GTA sport

How do you like the G29?

I've been searching for a used direct drive wheel, but not willing to pay a too money since I lost the racing bug a few years ago.
Love it. I didn't buy a shifter. The force feedback is great, it is very similar to the old MS xbox360 steering wheel. Definite upgrade over the basic wheels.

I'm not good enough or serious enough to go to some ridiculous upgraded wheel.

Full disclosure - I had the Xbox version for years so knew what I was getting

I bought his for my G29 and love it, bought the wheel off facebook marketplace for $125 and it was basically brand new. I honestly thought it was going to be a scam right up until she took my money and I walked away with it. I suck at driving and need to find a game where I don't have to unlock all the fun cars by completing missions and races

This is what I got for Black Friday for $50

VEVOR G920 Racing Wheel Stand - Take Your Gaming to the Next Level https://a.co/d/85BkoxQ
 
Going to start gaming more. Have a PS4 with about 18 or so games that I've never really touched me and just bought a new gaming laptop and installed Steam. I see a bunch of cheap games on Steam and will be looking back at recommendations here.
I just picked up Subnautica a week or so ago, and I've poured a little over 25 hours into it in the meantime. A lot of that playtime has to do with taking a bunch of time off over Christmas, but it definitely pulled me in right from the beginning. I picked it up because I was in the mood for a survival game (I tried STALKER 2 but I couldn't get it to run properly) but I knew nothing about it otherwise.

You crash-land on a planet covered by a gigantic ocean, and you have to figure out a way to survive. There are dangerous creatures around, but it's not a game that features much combat. You spend all your time exploring, gathering resources, and building a base. I would not describe it as a horror game, but it is probably the most terrifying video game I have ever played because how immersive it is and how quickly you can go from just chilling while checking out an underwater cave system to having things go horribly wrong. Highly recommend when its on sale.
I've been wanting to pick this game up. Looks like my cup of tea.
 
The games that I recently picked up, and I realize I am way behind the times here, are Slay the Spire and Balatro.

Slay the Spire may be one of the hardest games I have ever played and has a very deep learning curve. I've beaten the first 3 characters on the highest difficulty and am working my way through the 4th (currently on A12 out of 20). The more you play the game the more nuance you pick up regarding the many synergies that exist between cards and relics as well as the bosses you face. Really deep game.

It may be all the StS I've played over the past few months, but Balatro definitely feels like a much more approachable game for the average person. My first few hours were rather difficult to get a grasp of how to play, but once you start learning how the jokers synergize it actually becomes pretty normal to start putting together insane runs. My major knock on the game, especially at gold stake is that there is a lot of randomness to the availability of jokers and I've re-run a bunch of seeds that I'm convinced are impossible as you're just given nothing to scale with in terms or points or economy. I always shoot for high card decks, but you need to be flexible and adjust based on what the game gives you.
 
The games that I recently picked up, and I realize I am way behind the times here, are Slay the Spire and Balatro.

Slay the Spire may be one of the hardest games I have ever played and has a very deep learning curve. I've beaten the first 3 characters on the highest difficulty and am working my way through the 4th (currently on A12 out of 20). The more you play the game the more nuance you pick up regarding the many synergies that exist between cards and relics as well as the bosses you face. Really deep game.

It may be all the StS I've played over the past few months, but Balatro definitely feels like a much more approachable game for the average person. My first few hours were rather difficult to get a grasp of how to play, but once you start learning how the jokers synergize it actually becomes pretty normal to start putting together insane runs. My major knock on the game, especially at gold stake is that there is a lot of randomness to the availability of jokers and I've re-run a bunch of seeds that I'm convinced are impossible as you're just given nothing to scale with in terms or points or economy. I always shoot for high card decks, but you need to be flexible and adjust based on what the game gives you.
I agree 100%. First, it is important for people to know that I am bad at these games, so perhaps take all of this with a grain of salt. I've played quite a bit of STS, but I've never gotten the "true" ending ever, and I never try for it. It's hard enough as it is. Balatro is vastly friendlier to the uninitiated, especially once you "forget" your poker knowledge. As you note, you can have phenomenal runs build on pairs or high card once you get a basic idea of how the game works.
 
The games that I recently picked up, and I realize I am way behind the times here, are Slay the Spire and Balatro.

Slay the Spire may be one of the hardest games I have ever played and has a very deep learning curve. I've beaten the first 3 characters on the highest difficulty and am working my way through the 4th (currently on A12 out of 20). The more you play the game the more nuance you pick up regarding the many synergies that exist between cards and relics as well as the bosses you face. Really deep game.

It may be all the StS I've played over the past few months, but Balatro definitely feels like a much more approachable game for the average person. My first few hours were rather difficult to get a grasp of how to play, but once you start learning how the jokers synergize it actually becomes pretty normal to start putting together insane runs. My major knock on the game, especially at gold stake is that there is a lot of randomness to the availability of jokers and I've re-run a bunch of seeds that I'm convinced are impossible as you're just given nothing to scale with in terms or points or economy. I always shoot for high card decks, but you need to be flexible and adjust based on what the game gives you.
I agree 100%. First, it is important for people to know that I am bad at these games, so perhaps take all of this with a grain of salt. I've played quite a bit of STS, but I've never gotten the "true" ending ever, and I never try for it. It's hard enough as it is. Balatro is vastly friendlier to the uninitiated, especially once you "forget" your poker knowledge. As you note, you can have phenomenal runs build on pairs or high card once you get a basic idea of how the game works.
Yea, Act 4 in STS feels impossible the first few times you attempt it, but once you understand what’s ahead you can create a plan for it. The game is addictive, but mentally exhausting.

I also 100% agree with leaving poker knowledge behind for Balatro. High card is probably the most consistent hand type that wins runs because no matter what you draw you will always have a single card.
 
Picked up a G29 wheel for black friday. 130 off.

I had the xbox version G923? Stopped using when i got PS5. I had a converter to use the Xbox wheel on my ps4 and it worked most of the time on my ps5 but it was a bit wonky setup.

Will go back to playing forza gt and f22 now with the wheel just to change it up.

I suck but it makes it fun and frustrating
Also picked up a "racing rig"....it's $50 thing to hold wheel and pedals so much better than my tray table.

Now need to remember how to play GTA sport

How do you like the G29?

I've been searching for a used direct drive wheel, but not willing to pay a too money since I lost the racing bug a few years ago.
Love it. I didn't buy a shifter. The force feedback is great, it is very similar to the old MS xbox360 steering wheel. Definite upgrade over the basic wheels.

I'm not good enough or serious enough to go to some ridiculous upgraded wheel.

Full disclosure - I had the Xbox version for years so knew what I was getting

I bought his for my G29 and love it, bought the wheel off facebook marketplace for $125 and it was basically brand new. I honestly thought it was going to be a scam right up until she took my money and I walked away with it. I suck at driving and need to find a game where I don't have to unlock all the fun cars by completing missions and races



My patience paid off for a change. I didn't find a direct drive wheel, but I did pick up a hardly used looking T300 on FB Market Place for $80.00
That's half price of what what a used one normally goes for, and the same wheel I was using before it crapped out on me.
 
Dragon Age: The Veilguard launched two days ago. It hit a peak of ~77K concurrent players on Steam over the past 24 hours. For comparison, Baldur's Gate 3, which launched over a year ago, peaked at ~73K concurrent players during those same 24 hours. It's all-time peak hit 870K.

So in just the second half of 2024, we've seen the failure of a new open world Stars Wars game by Ubisoft, an 9-figure GaaS by Sony, and a new Dragon Age title by Bioware. And the new Assassins Creed was so obviously doomed that it got pushed back to spring.

These are all massive, high-profile AAA or AAA+ titles by major companies, and they're failing one after another, some in truly spectacular fashion. Concord, for example, now probably holds the record for Biggest Videogame Flop of All Time, depending on how you measure that. (I'm sure the gameplay was better than ET, but more people bought and played ET.) In previous years, each of these big fall releases would have been titles that consumers were eagerly anticipating, and studios would have been hoping to position their titles for GOTY consideration. Instead, the company that made Concord has already been shut down, Bioware is probably done, and it wouldn't shock me if Ubisoft failed next year. I know Ubisoft is big, but I don't know that they're big enough to survive Outlaws and AC Shadows.

This industry needs a good controlled burn to clear out the deadwood, and it looks like we're finally getting it. What I'm hoping to see next are a few things:
  • Less ideology crammed into games. I don't want to be preached at, and religious fundamentalists generally don't produce good creative products. (See Christian movies, Christian television, and Christian music -- this stuff is painful).
  • Far fewer $200M+ titles. If you're making a game that expensive, it's too big to fail, which means the people calling the shots get way too risk-averse. Ditch the paint-by-numbers Ubisoft model. Ditch the paint-by-numbers Bethesda model. This stuff was innovative 10-20 years ago. It's played out now. It's slop.
  • On a related note, AAA+ games increasingly rely on in-game monetization to make back their production costs. In-game monetization sucks. Another reason to make games smaller.
  • Bring back the 12-16 hour single player game. You know who likes those games? Adult male gamers, who have disposable income to spend on games.
Larian Studios created a fantastic single-player RPG that genuinely moved the medium forward. FromSoft has a long track record of the same. Studios can do this if they want to. Or they can keep setting money on fire. It's up to them I guess.
So Dragon Age: The Veilgaurd missed its sales expectations by about 50%, which caused EA stock to fall about 17% today.

Disclaimer: If you played DA:V and liked it, and you don't own stock in EA, great. It's a single player game so there's no immediate reason for you to care about sales. You got to enjoy the game. Thumbs up.

With that out of the way, this was predictable. And we've had a bunch of these in 2024. It was hyperbole a few years ago, but "Go woke, go broke" is literally true today, and you can point to several high-profile examples from just this year. I have a hypothesis that any game that was in development in 2020 is just DOA at this point. GTA6 is the obvious counter-example, but I have fairly low expectations for that one too, because there's no way a GTA game made it through that development cycle unscathed.
 
I think most games just need some new mechanics. That Star Wars game was pretty good, but still rehashed a bunch of stuff we've seen a lot before. I've never been into DA that much but it sounds a lot like the same thing there. Assassin's Creed is the worst offender as a franchise that does this. I think that's the main reason. I couldnt give two ****s how woke a game is or what gender people are in it.
 
I think most games just need some new mechanics. That Star Wars game was pretty good, but still rehashed a bunch of stuff we've seen a lot before. I've never been into DA that much but it sounds a lot like the same thing there. Assassin's Creed is the worst offender as a franchise that does this. I think that's the main reason. I couldnt give two ****s how woke a game is or what gender people are in it.

This! Stale game mechanics and poor field of vision n addition to short development cycles - can’t take too long to develop a game because of money and the outpacing of the tech. I think AI will help get things done quicker but we’re still stuck watching/playing on our flatscreens.
 
Picked up Enshrouded with my wife last week. It's still in early access but the amount of quests and things to do makes it seem pretty huge. We're about 15 hours in and still having a lot of fun.
 
Played last sniper 2 or 3.

Last Sniper 5 was free with my PS5 account.

They fixed a lot of the glitches and it's really well done. Having a blast. I'm not very stealthy but try
LOVE Sniper Series!! 3/4/5 are great. And each one improved on the previous one. Fun times killing Nazi's.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard launched two days ago. It hit a peak of ~77K concurrent players on Steam over the past 24 hours. For comparison, Baldur's Gate 3, which launched over a year ago, peaked at ~73K concurrent players during those same 24 hours. It's all-time peak hit 870K.

So in just the second half of 2024, we've seen the failure of a new open world Stars Wars game by Ubisoft, an 9-figure GaaS by Sony, and a new Dragon Age title by Bioware. And the new Assassins Creed was so obviously doomed that it got pushed back to spring.

These are all massive, high-profile AAA or AAA+ titles by major companies, and they're failing one after another, some in truly spectacular fashion. Concord, for example, now probably holds the record for Biggest Videogame Flop of All Time, depending on how you measure that. (I'm sure the gameplay was better than ET, but more people bought and played ET.) In previous years, each of these big fall releases would have been titles that consumers were eagerly anticipating, and studios would have been hoping to position their titles for GOTY consideration. Instead, the company that made Concord has already been shut down, Bioware is probably done, and it wouldn't shock me if Ubisoft failed next year. I know Ubisoft is big, but I don't know that they're big enough to survive Outlaws and AC Shadows.

This industry needs a good controlled burn to clear out the deadwood, and it looks like we're finally getting it. What I'm hoping to see next are a few things:
  • Less ideology crammed into games. I don't want to be preached at, and religious fundamentalists generally don't produce good creative products. (See Christian movies, Christian television, and Christian music -- this stuff is painful).
  • Far fewer $200M+ titles. If you're making a game that expensive, it's too big to fail, which means the people calling the shots get way too risk-averse. Ditch the paint-by-numbers Ubisoft model. Ditch the paint-by-numbers Bethesda model. This stuff was innovative 10-20 years ago. It's played out now. It's slop.
  • On a related note, AAA+ games increasingly rely on in-game monetization to make back their production costs. In-game monetization sucks. Another reason to make games smaller.
  • Bring back the 12-16 hour single player game. You know who likes those games? Adult male gamers, who have disposable income to spend on games.
Larian Studios created a fantastic single-player RPG that genuinely moved the medium forward. FromSoft has a long track record of the same. Studios can do this if they want to. Or they can keep setting money on fire. It's up to them I guess.
So Dragon Age: The Veilgaurd missed its sales expectations by about 50%, which caused EA stock to fall about 17% today.

Disclaimer: If you played DA:V and liked it, and you don't own stock in EA, great. It's a single player game so there's no immediate reason for you to care about sales. You got to enjoy the game. Thumbs up.

With that out of the way, this was predictable. And we've had a bunch of these in 2024. It was hyperbole a few years ago, but "Go woke, go broke" is literally true today, and you can point to several high-profile examples from just this year. I have a hypothesis that any game that was in development in 2020 is just DOA at this point. GTA6 is the obvious counter-example, but I have fairly low expectations for that one too, because there's no way a GTA game made it through that development cycle unscathed.
Yeah the Wokeness in DAV was extremely obvious. And one of the lead designers I believe is a Transgender. So to their demise they killed the buzz of this....fantastic game. I don't make a big deal outta all that crap.....but I get the sentiment of it being forced down people's throats ad-nausea the last 4 years.

Things are going to change in that regard. And that is how this country and most of the world works.

Money talks and BS walks. Woke is proving to be a destroyer of business. And big Corporate America is finally taking notice....for better or for worse.

I just play the games....if they are great....I don't let that crap ruin my enjoyment. I just roll my eyes and move on.
 
Played last sniper 2 or 3.

Last Sniper 5 was free with my PS5 account.

They fixed a lot of the glitches and it's really well done. Having a blast. I'm not very stealthy but try
LOVE Sniper Series!! 3/4/5 are great. And each one improved on the previous one. Fun times killing Nazi's.

Yeah 3 was good but I gave up on it I don't recall why. Skipped 4 which I now regret lol.

Playing on medium level is hard enough for me lol. Took me a while to figure out the intricacy of baiting and sniping without being heard
 

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