Video games...what ya playing? And what are you looking forward to? (6 Viewers)

[DA RAIDERS]

Best games for Xbox?

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Best games for Xbox?

currently? or like of all time?

 

[belljr]

Ghost of yotei was amazing

So mad, only played an hour just haven't had time. I've been looking forward to this for so long

 

[need2know]

Ghost of yotei was amazing

So mad, only played an hour just haven't had time. I've been looking forward to this for so long

Its better than the first in every way imaginable. Finished on lethal a few days ago. Looking forward to new game plus

 

[The Z Machine]

I like turn based games since I am no good at timing, etc. I had a little fun with Every Day We Fight. It's a quick game, and the weapons mods kinda suck, but I do like the mechanics of it. I'm now doing Project Phoenix. It's much longer and more like XCOM 2, which is OK.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

You guys ever get stuck at a particular part in a game and it’s kind of tedious and you’ve had to replay a few times so you dread getting through it so you just don’t play the game? I’m still stuck at the wedding in kingdom come deliverance too. I was enjoying the game so much and I know I just have to get past the part and I’ll have fun again, but I just can’t bear to go through it. I don’t know what it is.

Terrible level, and it feels like it never ends. But it eventually does and you can get back to what you like. But yea, it's almost like a wasted evening of gaming.

Finally got through this Slog only to be met by another quest that was even worse immediately after the wedding, “For Whom The Bell Tolls”. Luckily there a YT guide that gets you through that entire mission in ~3 minutes.

I think this is probably the best/most polished Medieval RPG ever made. Just a masterpiece. I would love to see what these guys could do with a more fantasy (magic) RPG.

 

[jwb]

You guys ever get stuck at a particular part in a game and it’s kind of tedious and you’ve had to replay a few times so you dread getting through it so you just don’t play the game? I’m still stuck at the wedding in kingdom come deliverance too. I was enjoying the game so much and I know I just have to get past the part and I’ll have fun again, but I just can’t bear to go through it. I don’t know what it is.

Terrible level, and it feels like it never ends. But it eventually does and you can get back to what you like. But yea, it's almost like a wasted evening of gaming.

Finally got through this Slog only to be met by another quest that was even worse immediately after the wedding, “For Whom The Bell Tolls”. Luckily there a YT guide that gets you through that entire mission in ~3 minutes.

I think this is probably the best/most polished Medieval RPG ever made. Just a masterpiece. I would love to see what these guys could do with a more fantasy (magic) RPG.

Heh, yea that one too. Hans thanks you for your dedication.

Did you get to the "sneak through the camp at night" one yet? There's another YT walkthrough.

Agreed on this game though - as far as a Medieval RPG, it's just off the charts despite a few clunky/hard levels like we're talking about. I'd like to see them do a fantasy one too - I'd love to see magic, but kind of lower-tier in power like they make h2h combat here.

 

[tjford]

Has anyone picked up The Outer Worlds 2?

I played the original Outer Worlds and enjoyed it. It was made by the same team that put together Fallout: New Vegas.

 

[MTskibum]

Has anyone picked up The Outer Worlds 2?

I played the original Outer Worlds and enjoyed it. It was made by the same team that put together Fallout: New Vegas.

@jwb on last page mentioned he was playing it and liking it.

It is on list of games I will play eventually, although Final Fantasy Tactics which I am yet to start will be ahead of it on the list.

 

[tjford]

Has anyone picked up The Outer Worlds 2?

I played the original Outer Worlds and enjoyed it. It was made by the same team that put together Fallout: New Vegas.

@jwb on last page mentioned he was playing it and liking it.

It is on list of games I will play eventually, although Final Fantasy Tactics which I am yet to start will be ahead of it on the list.

That's what I get for posting without catching up on reading.

Final Fantasy Tactics is my travel game right now as I got it on Switch. Just enough quality of life changes to get you back into the game again.

 

[thecatch]

Has anyone picked up The Outer Worlds 2?

I played the original Outer Worlds and enjoyed it. It was made by the same team that put together Fallout: New Vegas.

I just started Avowed but I will start Outer Worlds 2 as soon as I'm done with it. Supposed to be a big upgrade on the first one. Looking forward to it.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Best games for Xbox?

currently? or like of all time?

Both? . I have a series x

 

[jwb]

Has anyone picked up The Outer Worlds 2?

I played the original Outer Worlds and enjoyed it. It was made by the same team that put together Fallout: New Vegas.

I just started Avowed but I will start Outer Worlds 2 as soon as I'm done with it. Supposed to be a big upgrade on the first one. Looking forward to it.

I'm enjoying OW2 a lot. It's much closer to F:NV in feel than the first. It also seems to be more of a true RPG where your skills / skillchecks matter. You can and will be locked out of things because there are not enough skill points to be good at everything. The game makes it pretty clear by increasingly higher skillcheck levels that spreading things out too much will hamper you, even if they do have a flaw geared for this playstyle as well. I personally like that type of limitation - lets you really lean into the type of character you want to play.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Downloaded Astro Bot a couple of days ago and y'all I haven’t had this much fun since the OG NES Super Mario Brothers.

Truly inspired gaming - the developers at Sony went whole hog on this one. An absolutely delightful game, fun puzzles, rewarding animations, and every level something comes up that makes me either laugh or say out loud, “no ****ing way!”

Highly, highly recommend this game to gamers of all ages. Just an absolutely brilliant game. 5/5 ️

 

[TLEF316]

So I upgraded my video card for Borderlands and Bf6 a few weeks ago. I stupidly ordered from Amazon rather than Newegg not realizing that Newegg had a GPU Trade-in program that could have offset some of the cost.

I dont really feel like going through the hassle of selling the card privately through another site (EBAY, Facebook marketplace, whatever) so I figured I'd give someone from FBG's a shot if interested.

The card is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming Z Trio

Are you a human?

www.newegg.com

Nothing fancy at this point, as its a ~3 or 4 year old card....but it will run pretty much any modern game at more than playable settings. Trade-in value at Newegg was $351, but I'll sell it to a FBG in good standing for $250 + whatever it costs to ship.

PM if interested.

 

[MTskibum]

Best games for Xbox?

currently? or like of all time?

Both? . I have a series x

This is a tough question to answer.

If you want to play with wife/kids:
Overcooked
Tmnt shredders revenge

Solo rpg:
Disco Elysium < my recommendation
Baldurs gate
Witcher 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Hogwarts legacy


Action:
Mass effect series
Borderlands 2
Batman arkham asylum
Hades


Other:
Latest forza or Need for speed

 

[Moe.]

Sheesh you needed to upgrade a 3080 for those games? I’ve read that the pc optimization on Borderlands 4 is horrible, part of why I haven’t bought it yet. What did you replace it with?

 

[TLEF316]

Sheesh you needed to upgrade a 3080 for those games? I’ve read that the pc optimization on Borderlands 4 is horrible, part of why I haven’t bought it yet. What did you replace it with?

NEED to? No. Just wanted to.

I didn't experience the bl4 issues that others did, even with the 3080.

5070 runs everything like butter

 

[Scoresman]

A really fun Xbox game is the latest Indiana Jones game. Production quality is top notch. Might even still be on game pass.

Feels like you're playing through a movie (with a plot better than recent films), and when it ended I was sad.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

A really fun Xbox game is the latest Indiana Jones game. Production quality is top notch. Might even still be on game pass.

Feels like you're playing through a movie (with a plot better than recent films), and when it ended I was sad.

I’ve heard good things. Plus punching Nazis is always fun.

 

[titusbramble]

Microsoft did a big price increase at the beginning of this month for Game Pass. They also eliminated some of the tricks to get free months like using MS Rewards points and such. Started working on the backlog of games I've had for years. Downloaded a bunch, tried some and if it didn't hook me right away deleted it. Will see what I can clear out or finish off before I probably cancel my subscription before much longer as I can't justify spending that much a month when I "might" have time to play every once in a blue moon. When it was cheap or I could get a few free months fairly often I was okay leaving the subscription running but not now. From what I understand the $1 trick has been dead for a while too. Way to kill the golden goose M$FT

Almost as if renting your games rather than buying them is a false economy

 

[InDitkaWeTrust]

It's great being able to catch up on really good games that I wasn't able to take advantage of when the kids were little. Playing through the story part of Red Dead Redemption 2 right now. Great game! After that, I'll probably hit Witcher 3 and Baldur's Gate 3.

 

[DallasDMac]

Was considering OW2 or Assassins Creed : Shadow. This page convinced me to go OW2. Loved the first one. And based on jwb's post, sounds like there's some play-style replayability there.

 

[zoobird]

I'm not much of a gamer, but I played Age of Empires when it first came out, and I've come to the conclusion that it's the ideal game for my current gaming style...short games, relatively easy to learn, etc. The only problem is that I have a Mac and didn't want to figure out how install it on a virtual machine.

Good news for me...0 AD is a free, cross-platform game that VERY closely resembles Age of Empires. It's exactly what I was looking for.

 

[Todem]

Ghost of yotei was amazing

So mad, only played an hour just haven't had time. I've been looking forward to this for so long

Its better than the first in every way imaginable. Finished on lethal a few days ago. Looking forward to new game plus

That is saying a lot because I consider Ghost of Tshushima a top 5 for me all time.

 

[Todem]

A really fun Xbox game is the latest Indiana Jones game. Production quality is top notch. Might even still be on game pass.

Feels like you're playing through a movie (with a plot better than recent films), and when it ended I was sad.

I’ve heard good things. Plus punching Nazis is always fun.

Outstanding game and a Top 3 Indiana Jones story arc.

 

[Kanil]

Ghost of yotei was amazing

So mad, only played an hour just haven't had time. I've been looking forward to this for so long

Its better than the first in every way imaginable. Finished on lethal a few days ago. Looking forward to new game plus

That is saying a lot because I consider Ghost of Tshushima a top 5 for me all time.

My wife is a huge Ghost fan and loves both games. She thinks Yotei is slightly worse than the Tsushima but still thinks it's phenomenal. I haven't played either so take what I say with a grain of salt but from listening to her talk about the game:

Yotei Pros:

• Tsushima you had to do the main storyline to unlock things like bows, whereas you start with almost everything in Yotei
• It's a true sequel. You get thrown right into the fire with minimal handholding.
• She thinks the coin game is fun
• Fox shrines are more variable

Yotei Cons:

• Some of the quests feel a little more repetitive that Tsushima
• The combat seems simpler than Tsushima and can be cheesed. In Tsushima you had to use stances correctly to counter a lot of fights/mob types and all stances were used, and even then some of the fights were very difficult. In Yotei, the counter mechanic is using different weapons but a lot of the time this can be cheesed through other abilities/items. She's mentioned there's one weapon she never uses at all.
• She hasn't finished the game yet but feels like it's a fairly predictable storyline. She's 100% positive she knows how it's going to end.

Again, she said the game is phenomenal and if you liked Tsushima, you'll like Yotei but it's ranked just slightly below Tsushima for her.

 

[Moe.]

I would add in Yotei you have the option to unlock everything early in the game - you don't start with it. All of the side content is available in Chapter 1, there isn't much locked behind story progression.

I finished up the platinum on Yotei last week, took me 70ish hours. Everything is an improvement on the first game with the exception of the story in my opinion. The combat and the scenery is what I love about these games, and Yotei knocks it out of the park there. I like the change from different stances to different weapons - the combat feels much more varied than the first game.

 

[Scoresman]

I didnt last long in Tsushima because the open map just seemed like a checklist of things to do for no real reason. I like when side quests help your character get stronger or give substantial rewards. If I remember correctly, I didn;t get that feeling at all with Tsushima.

 

[Kanil]

I didnt last long in Tsushima because the open map just seemed like a checklist of things to do for no real reason. I like when side quests help your character get stronger or give substantial rewards. If I remember correctly, I didn;t get that feeling at all with Tsushima.

But... you got to pet the foxes.

 

[Moe.]

I didnt last long in Tsushima because the open map just seemed like a checklist of things to do for no real reason. I like when side quests help your character get stronger or give substantial rewards. If I remember correctly, I didn;t get that feeling at all with Tsushima.

In Yotei the weapons you unlock are behind side quests, so there is a feeling of progression attached to some of them. But yeah in general it's basically just a map game with really cool combat.

 

[Moe.]

Speaking of Yotei, it did not get nominated for game of the year. Nominees are:

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Hades II (is anyone here playing? I've been waiting to talk about this game forever)
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Donkey Kong Bananza
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Hades II (is anyone here playing? I've been waiting to talk about this game forever)

I am, and it is every bit as as the original.

The music, as w/most SGG titles, is exquisite.

 

[BigJohn]

Ok, question. (TLDR, see *below)

I recently learned that Farming Simulator 25 and Cities Skylines 2 hog up a ton of space on your c: drive in the /appdata folder. This sent me down a rabbit hole. My OS hdd is a 112 GB Sata SSD, so it filled up quick when I began playing these games. I moved my OS to a 2 TB nvme drive. But.....soon after I started getting crashes on both CS2 and FS25. The problem is it would also fubar my OS. Wouldn't boot, etc. So, I started this cycle of reinstalling my OS, reinstalling the games, several times. I eventually landed on the decision that there is some kind of issue with either the nvme port or the drive itself. So, I reinstalled my OS on my SSD and went to reinstall the games. I bought FS25 direct from GIANTS software and CS2 on Steam. When I went to reinstall FS25 it said that I exceeded the online activations. So, I emailed customer service and after 3 weeks, they emailed back that they added one more activation. I have reinstalled CS2 from Steam just as many times, if mot more than FS25.

*below

So, my question is, if I buy a game through steam, is there the same limit on activations as if I buy direct from the dev? I 've never had to 'activate' CS2 so I'm guessing the same does not apply.

 

[El Floppo]

Anybody play Evony?

 

[Hawks64]

Ghost of yotei was amazing

So mad, only played an hour just haven't had time. I've been looking forward to this for so long

Its better than the first in every way imaginable. Finished on lethal a few days ago. Looking forward to new game plus

That is saying a lot because I consider Ghost of Tshushima a top 5 for me all time.

My wife is a huge Ghost fan and loves both games. She thinks Yotei is slightly worse than the Tsushima but still thinks it's phenomenal. I haven't played either so take what I say with a grain of salt but from listening to her talk about the game:

Yotei Pros:

• Tsushima you had to do the main storyline to unlock things like bows, whereas you start with almost everything in Yotei
• It's a true sequel. You get thrown right into the fire with minimal handholding.
• She thinks the coin game is fun
• Fox shrines are more variable

Yotei Cons:

• Some of the quests feel a little more repetitive that Tsushima
• The combat seems simpler than Tsushima and can be cheesed. In Tsushima you had to use stances correctly to counter a lot of fights/mob types and all stances were used, and even then some of the fights were very difficult. In Yotei, the counter mechanic is using different weapons but a lot of the time this can be cheesed through other abilities/items. She's mentioned there's one weapon she never uses at all.
• She hasn't finished the game yet but feels like it's a fairly predictable storyline. She's 100% positive she knows how it's going to end.

Again, she said the game is phenomenal and if you liked Tsushima, you'll like Yotei but it's ranked just slightly below Tsushima for her.

There is a specific armor that gives you huge buffs if you use the right counter weapon for each weapon you're attacked with. It's awesome.

And this is the only game I have ever platinumed, because it really wasn't you have to find 100 of these widgets.

 

[MTskibum]

Ok, question. (TLDR, see *below)

I recently learned that Farming Simulator 25 and Cities Skylines 2 hog up a ton of space on your c: drive in the /appdata folder. This sent me down a rabbit hole. My OS hdd is a 112 GB Sata SSD, so it filled up quick when I began playing these games. I moved my OS to a 2 TB nvme drive. But.....soon after I started getting crashes on both CS2 and FS25. The problem is it would also fubar my OS. Wouldn't boot, etc. So, I started this cycle of reinstalling my OS, reinstalling the games, several times. I eventually landed on the decision that there is some kind of issue with either the nvme port or the drive itself. So, I reinstalled my OS on my SSD and went to reinstall the games. I bought FS25 direct from GIANTS software and CS2 on Steam. When I went to reinstall FS25 it said that I exceeded the online activations. So, I emailed customer service and after 3 weeks, they emailed back that they added one more activation. I have reinstalled CS2 from Steam just as many times, if mot more than FS25.

*below

So, my question is, if I buy a game through steam, is there the same limit on activations as if I buy direct from the dev? I 've never had to 'activate' CS2 so I'm guessing the same does not apply.

Steam manages the licenses when you buy through them.

The best license manager/storefront is GOG and it is not close, however Steam would be a distance 2nd behind them and way ahead of Epic/Microsoft.

 

[need2know]

Speaking of Yotei, it did not get nominated for game of the year. Nominees are:

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Hades II (is anyone here playing? I've been waiting to talk about this game forever)
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Donkey Kong Bananza
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

hades 2 was great but played it a long time ago when it early released. went back to it a couple months back to see the updates. solid game.
only other one on this list i played was Kingdom Come 2. thats my pick for GOW. its def not for everybody though. if you cant get the combat down you will hate it

 

[need2know]

Ghost of yotei was amazing

So mad, only played an hour just haven't had time. I've been looking forward to this for so long

Its better than the first in every way imaginable. Finished on lethal a few days ago. Looking forward to new game plus

That is saying a lot because I consider Ghost of Tshushima a top 5 for me all time.

My wife is a huge Ghost fan and loves both games. She thinks Yotei is slightly worse than the Tsushima but still thinks it's phenomenal. I haven't played either so take what I say with a grain of salt but from listening to her talk about the game:

Yotei Pros:

• Tsushima you had to do the main storyline to unlock things like bows, whereas you start with almost everything in Yotei
• It's a true sequel. You get thrown right into the fire with minimal handholding.
• She thinks the coin game is fun
• Fox shrines are more variable

Yotei Cons:

• Some of the quests feel a little more repetitive that Tsushima
• The combat seems simpler than Tsushima and can be cheesed. In Tsushima you had to use stances correctly to counter a lot of fights/mob types and all stances were used, and even then some of the fights were very difficult. In Yotei, the counter mechanic is using different weapons but a lot of the time this can be cheesed through other abilities/items. She's mentioned there's one weapon she never uses at all.
• She hasn't finished the game yet but feels like it's a fairly predictable storyline. She's 100% positive she knows how it's going to end.

Again, she said the game is phenomenal and if you liked Tsushima, you'll like Yotei but it's ranked just slightly below Tsushima for her.

There is a specific armor that gives you huge buffs if you use the right counter weapon for each weapon you're attacked with. It's awesome.

And this is the only game I have ever platinumed, because it really wasn't you have to find 100 of these widgets.

undying samurai

 

[Hawks64]

Ghost of yotei was amazing

So mad, only played an hour just haven't had time. I've been looking forward to this for so long

Its better than the first in every way imaginable. Finished on lethal a few days ago. Looking forward to new game plus

That is saying a lot because I consider Ghost of Tshushima a top 5 for me all time.

My wife is a huge Ghost fan and loves both games. She thinks Yotei is slightly worse than the Tsushima but still thinks it's phenomenal. I haven't played either so take what I say with a grain of salt but from listening to her talk about the game:

Yotei Pros:

• Tsushima you had to do the main storyline to unlock things like bows, whereas you start with almost everything in Yotei
• It's a true sequel. You get thrown right into the fire with minimal handholding.
• She thinks the coin game is fun
• Fox shrines are more variable

Yotei Cons:

• Some of the quests feel a little more repetitive that Tsushima
• The combat seems simpler than Tsushima and can be cheesed. In Tsushima you had to use stances correctly to counter a lot of fights/mob types and all stances were used, and even then some of the fights were very difficult. In Yotei, the counter mechanic is using different weapons but a lot of the time this can be cheesed through other abilities/items. She's mentioned there's one weapon she never uses at all.
• She hasn't finished the game yet but feels like it's a fairly predictable storyline. She's 100% positive she knows how it's going to end.

Again, she said the game is phenomenal and if you liked Tsushima, you'll like Yotei but it's ranked just slightly below Tsushima for her.

There is a specific armor that gives you huge buffs if you use the right counter weapon for each weapon you're attacked with. It's awesome.

And this is the only game I have ever platinumed, because it really wasn't you have to find 100 of these widgets.

undying samurai

Wasn't posting the name on purpose as it's considered a spoiler.

 

[Kanil]

Ghost of yotei was amazing

So mad, only played an hour just haven't had time. I've been looking forward to this for so long

Its better than the first in every way imaginable. Finished on lethal a few days ago. Looking forward to new game plus

That is saying a lot because I consider Ghost of Tshushima a top 5 for me all time.

My wife is a huge Ghost fan and loves both games. She thinks Yotei is slightly worse than the Tsushima but still thinks it's phenomenal. I haven't played either so take what I say with a grain of salt but from listening to her talk about the game:

Yotei Pros:

• Tsushima you had to do the main storyline to unlock things like bows, whereas you start with almost everything in Yotei
• It's a true sequel. You get thrown right into the fire with minimal handholding.
• She thinks the coin game is fun
• Fox shrines are more variable

Yotei Cons:

• Some of the quests feel a little more repetitive that Tsushima
• The combat seems simpler than Tsushima and can be cheesed. In Tsushima you had to use stances correctly to counter a lot of fights/mob types and all stances were used, and even then some of the fights were very difficult. In Yotei, the counter mechanic is using different weapons but a lot of the time this can be cheesed through other abilities/items. She's mentioned there's one weapon she never uses at all.
• She hasn't finished the game yet but feels like it's a fairly predictable storyline. She's 100% positive she knows how it's going to end.

Again, she said the game is phenomenal and if you liked Tsushima, you'll like Yotei but it's ranked just slightly below Tsushima for her.

There is a specific armor that gives you huge buffs if you use the right counter weapon for each weapon you're attacked with. It's awesome.

And this is the only game I have ever platinumed, because it really wasn't you have to find 100 of these widgets.

undying samurai

Wasn't posting the name on purpose as it's considered a spoiler.

"New Game+" mode coming next week for Yotei.

 

[need2know]

Ghost of yotei was amazing

So mad, only played an hour just haven't had time. I've been looking forward to this for so long

Its better than the first in every way imaginable. Finished on lethal a few days ago. Looking forward to new game plus

That is saying a lot because I consider Ghost of Tshushima a top 5 for me all time.

My wife is a huge Ghost fan and loves both games. She thinks Yotei is slightly worse than the Tsushima but still thinks it's phenomenal. I haven't played either so take what I say with a grain of salt but from listening to her talk about the game:

Yotei Pros:

• Tsushima you had to do the main storyline to unlock things like bows, whereas you start with almost everything in Yotei
• It's a true sequel. You get thrown right into the fire with minimal handholding.
• She thinks the coin game is fun
• Fox shrines are more variable

Yotei Cons:

• Some of the quests feel a little more repetitive that Tsushima
• The combat seems simpler than Tsushima and can be cheesed. In Tsushima you had to use stances correctly to counter a lot of fights/mob types and all stances were used, and even then some of the fights were very difficult. In Yotei, the counter mechanic is using different weapons but a lot of the time this can be cheesed through other abilities/items. She's mentioned there's one weapon she never uses at all.
• She hasn't finished the game yet but feels like it's a fairly predictable storyline. She's 100% positive she knows how it's going to end.

Again, she said the game is phenomenal and if you liked Tsushima, you'll like Yotei but it's ranked just slightly below Tsushima for her.

There is a specific armor that gives you huge buffs if you use the right counter weapon for each weapon you're attacked with. It's awesome.

And this is the only game I have ever platinumed, because it really wasn't you have to find 100 of these widgets.

undying samurai

Wasn't posting the name on purpose as it's considered a spoiler.

"New Game+" mode coming next week for Yotei.

Thanks for the heads up. I will go back to it

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Hades II (is anyone here playing? I've been waiting to talk about this game forever)

The 1st one was one of my favorite games of all time.

Waiting for the PS5 release of Hades II. I will purchase it instantly.