Random Gaming Talk Thread

[D3RANG3D]

[bork]

Looks like Lenovo is also gearing up to release another handheld, which may be dubbed the "Legion Go Mini.". Seems to be just a rumor at the moment.

[Svejk]

Of course when GT7 drops to $40 on the Days of Play sale, they drop a new update for it too.... Making my wallet hemorrhage what's not there.. 

That Skyline and Volvo Waaaaaagon! 



https://blog.playstation.com/2024/05/29/gran-turismo-7-update-1-48-features-5-new-cars-cafe-menu-and-world-circuit-events/

[bork]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/29/24167109/zotac-zone-gaming-handheld-oled-display



Another one.  Everyone's getting in on the handhelds now!

[bork]

[D3RANG3D]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/composer-geoff-follin-plok-silver-surfer-equinox-has-passed-away.886002/?post=123734361#post-123734361

[Svejk]

Nice to see this splurge of Eastern influenced (and developed) games incoming...
- Dynasty Warriors Origins
- Where Winds Meet
- Phantom Blade Zero

Eatin'

[Svejk]

And yet, this is the other side as to why video games are considerred shit these days.... 






Seriously... who's asking for these??

At least there's a bunch of people out there that get it... The gaming renaissance is coming...

The Astro Bot trailer has been almost universally praised, receiving 99% likes on YouTube at the time of writing (23,405 likes versus just 245 dislikes).

However, the Concord gameplay trailer has received an overwhelmingly negative response, with only 18% likes on YouTube at the time of writing (2,735 likes versus 12,070 dislikes).

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/astro-bot-trailer-gets-99-likes-on-youtube-concord-gets-18/

[Svejk]

https://x.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1796579526341988414

[MMaRsu]

 

[bork]

Nice improvements but probably not worth the upgrade.  The click bait title is regarding their recent RMA issues but it sounds like Linus himself is gonna get one anyway.

Retro Game Corps dude also had a video today and recommended just waiting for the original model to go on sale cheap instead.

[Polident Hive]

https://twitter.com/primevideo_jp/status/1797825609768345666

If it doesn’t embed, a RGG/Yakuza mini series announced.

What’s sort of interesting is the younger actor and in progress tattoo makes it seem like it’ll be set before Kiryu goes to prison. So after zero, ten years before RGG1, maybe set in the 90s?

nvm

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/like-a-dragon-yakuza-live-action-series-sega-game-prime-video-1236024275/

“The series’ story is set in two time periods, 1995 and 2005, and follows the life, childhood friends and the repercussions of the decisions of a fearsome and peerless Yakuza warrior with a strong sense of justice, duty, and humanity.”

[D3RANG3D]

[Svejk]

Want to sell some gaming shit laying around.

Saw an offer that popped up on the PS4 dash, of all places, of a site called Back Market, where they offered an additional $100 trade in for a PS4, towards some other Sony hardware.  Definitely piqued my interest , as I have a spare PS4 collecting dust now... But when going on their site and generating their offer, not seeing where you can get that extra credit applied, or show what you can trade towards... Have you all heard anything about Back Market?  Reddit posts/reviews seem to be hit or miss.  Never heard of them, but sounded a bit less of a hassle than say ebay or Gamestop.

Ultimately, I'd like to basically trade-in my spare PS4 (box and everything), PSVR1 (box and everything) with 3 Move controllers.... and if the kids allow, the Switch and like 10 games,
towards a PSVR2.  Everything I've read seems to all suggest ebay is still the best for the most bang for the buck. 

[MMaRsu]

A psvr2 for which games exactly?

[Svejk]

A psvr2 for which games exactly?

RE8, RE4, GT7, No Man's Sky, Legendary Tales, Arashi, Moss Book II, Project Wingman... Those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head.  There'll be an eventual Astrobot as well. The demand is too high for there not to be some iteration.  I only played a dozen or so games in the PSVR1, but was totally worth all the experiences to me. Loved it.

And now with the PC adapter coming in August, ever more reason to want one.

[D3RANG3D]

[bork]

https://www.androidauthority.com/msi-claw-ai-8-plus-zotac-zone-handheld-3448549/

MSI already showing another Claw

[Polident Hive]

This thing is so close to what I'd want out of an android emulation handheld. Put the sega dpad up top and give it a 4:3 screen.

[D3RANG3D]

[chronovore]

Man, I was into the channel for a week or two, but now I just can't stand seeing Linus' face any longer.

[bork]

This thing is so close to what I'd want out of an android emulation handheld. Put the sega dpad up top and give it a 4:3 screen.

How about the RG Arc?

[bork]

Someone needs to photoshop that to a sub sandwich

[D3RANG3D]

[Coax]

Interesting, another indie rock climbing game in just a year with a similar style to last year's Jusant. Read that the latter simplified gameplay too much so I'm curious if this is any different.

I'd actually be interested in a kind of Death Stranding but for mountain climbing, though this doesn't look like it's that either.

[Svejk]

Interesting, another indie rock climbing game in just a year with a similar style to last year's Jusant. Read that the latter simplified gameplay too much so I'm curious if this is any different.

I'd actually be interested in a kind of Death Stranding but for mountain climbing, though this doesn't look like it's that either.

They should just Remake Cliffhanger .. might as well have some fist flights and some gun action, then snowboard down the other side being chased by an avalanche.

[Svejk]

Phantom Blade Zero is looking rather sick.  Totally down.

[Raist]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/06/09/xbox-series-x-s-new-console-options/

Xbox Series S 1TB - $349,90.
Xbox Series X 1TB All Digital - $449,90.
Xbox Series X 2TB - $599,90 (limited edition)

[MMaRsu]

Still Xbox showed some decent games today

Except Dragon Age Veilguard LOL

[Svejk]

Doom looked great.  Totally down for MGS∆ too.
Everything else, meh...

Dragon Age though.... RIP, Bioware.

[bork]

Doom looked great.  Totally down for MGS∆ too.
Everything else, meh...

Perfect Dark and Expedition 33

[bork]

 

[Polident Hive]

How about the RG Arc?

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I considered it. The three improvements there would be more power to play Saturn games. Analog sticks. And controversially, make all six buttons the same size like the 3D pad.

[Svejk]

Doom looked great.  Totally down for MGS∆ too.
Everything else, meh...

Perfect Dark and Expedition 33

They looked interesting, but not enough to say, "I gotta play that!"
Not yet at least.

[D3RANG3D]

[bork]

How about the RG Arc?

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I considered it. The three improvements there would be more power to play Saturn games. Analog sticks. And controversially, make all six buttons the same size like the 3D pad.

Did you get the hybrid OS one?  Retro Game Corps noted in his review that some Saturn games perform better on Linux than they do when run on Android.

[Polident Hive]

Messed with that 32” LG OLED PC monitor that’s about $2000. It’s a vastly beyond I’d ever need. They advertise a 1080p 480hz mode, when the 4K 240hz mode is more than I can appreciate. Still, it’s really really nice. Not 5x the monitor I’m buying nice. Somewhere down the road, maybe.

How about the RG Arc?

(Image removed from quote.)

I considered it. The three improvements there would be more power to play Saturn games. Analog sticks. And controversially, make all six buttons the same size like the 3D pad.

Did you get the hybrid OS one?  Retro Game Corps noted in his review that some Saturn games perform better on Linux than they do when run on Android.

That’s interesting. Actually, my old Pi4 on Batocera Linux wasn’t terrible at playing Saturn and I imagine it’s a lot weaker than many of these handhelds. I’ll admit, Steam Deck having power to run the more accurate emulators (like Beetle for Saturn) spoiled me on options with tons of compromises. These days it seems devices in the $150 to $200 range are hitting that.

Actually, on screen size I’d prefer 16:10 to 4:3. Been a nice balance of old and…less old systems. But it seems like these handhelds use old phone parts. Think the Retroid 4 has a resolution of 750p because it’s using an iPhone screen.

[D3RANG3D]

[Svejk]

Not what I was expecting... Was expecting a co-op Contra clone... Looks more like a TMNT mod.

[bork]

Not what I was expecting... Was expecting a co-op Contra clone... Looks more like a TMNT mod.

There's a demo up on Steam.  It's pretty bad

[Svejk]

Was excited about the Rocket Knight Adventures: ReSparked Collection... But $30 for these 3 ROMS?   

[Svejk]

https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1800687947085402182

 

I know a lot of people hated this entry, but it was particularly special to me.. It released during a transitional period where a door closed on a big chapter in my life, and opened up an even greater one... Only played it that one time.  Will be looking forward to playing it again in MGS: Master Collection 2!

[Polident Hive]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2671230/BLADE_CHIMERA/

Demo for Team Ladybug's next game. if you played their previous games, Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth and Touhou Luna Nights, you'll be shocked to learn it's another Castlevania SOTN type. Okay they did make a Gradius game called Drainus. They don't hide their influences very well.

[bork]

Messed with that 32” LG OLED PC monitor that’s about $2000. It’s a vastly beyond I’d ever need. They advertise a 1080p 480hz mode, when the 4K 240hz mode is more than I can appreciate. Still, it’s really really nice. Not 5x the monitor I’m buying nice. Somewhere down the road, maybe.

I looked at that when I was shopping for a new monitor- way too expensive and I'd be too worried about burn-in regardless.  Even harder to justify when I have a 48" LG C1 OLED that I use to play games at 4K/120hz at anyway.  And it cost way less than that 32"!

I just went with their 32" 4K/144hz IPS monitor.  It's really good and wasn't too bad price-wise since they had just dropped the price by $200 to a more reasonable $599.

That’s interesting. Actually, my old Pi4 on Batocera Linux wasn’t terrible at playing Saturn and I imagine it’s a lot weaker than many of these handhelds. I’ll admit, Steam Deck having power to run the more accurate emulators (like Beetle for Saturn) spoiled me on options with tons of compromises. These days it seems devices in the $150 to $200 range are hitting that.

Actually, on screen size I’d prefer 16:10 to 4:3. Been a nice balance of old and…less old systems. But it seems like these handhelds use old phone parts. Think the Retroid 4 has a resolution of 750p because it’s using an iPhone screen.

On the subject, I almost ordered the RG35XX SP the other day, but then saw that Amazon had a few Miyoo Mini V4s in stock so pulled the trigger on one of those instead- they're usually always sold out and I've wanted to try one ever since they came out two years ago.  If it doesn't live up to the hype I'll probably return it and get either the SP or the Arc.

[bork]

Will be looking forward to playing it again in MGS: Master Collection 2!

Can't wait for another shit-tier port from Konami!   

[Polident Hive]

Messed with that 32” LG OLED PC monitor that’s about $2000. It’s a vastly beyond I’d ever need. They advertise a 1080p 480hz mode, when the 4K 240hz mode is more than I can appreciate. Still, it’s really really nice. Not 5x the monitor I’m buying nice. Somewhere down the road, maybe.

I looked at that when I was shopping for a new monitor- way too expensive and I'd be too worried about burn-in regardless.  Even harder to justify when I have a 48" LG C1 OLED that I use to play games at 4K/120hz at anyway.  And it cost way less than that 32"!

I just went with their 32" 4K/144hz IPS monitor.  It's really good and wasn't too bad price-wise since they had just dropped the price by $200 to a more reasonable $599.

I tried fooling myself by saying if I bought it, I wouldn't need to buy speakers. Reviews point out how good the audio quality is and it is noticeable in a crowded store at only 20% volume. But the monitor I'm going for is about $260 (27" 1440p 165hz) and speakers about $90. Kind of hard to pretend like I'm saving money by going all in one.

I'm going for the same basic LG monitor I have had home. Happy with it and the price is less than I payed back in 2020/21. Despite updating it throughout the years, now LG considers it a budget monitor. What I'm learning is HDMI 2.0 is capped at 1440p 144hz. There's a whole rigamarole in buying an HDMI 2.1 to displayport adapter for those 21hz. But honestly, past 120hz I don't think it matters very much for me.

[Svejk]

 
https://x.com/Chris_Dring/status/1801623632688357865

[Svejk]

Shadow of the Erdtree is getting insane perfect scores.  Holy shit this year is like no other.
 

[MMaRsu]

Lazlow interview live!!!!!

[D3RANG3D]

[D3RANG3D]

[bork]

Rumor:

https://gamerant.com/sony-native-ps3-backwards-compatibility-in-development-rumor/

"Select" games only, but could be a good start if true.

[MMaRsu]

Danny o Dwyer really blocked me for asking proof about accusations on DrDisrespect 'sexting' a minor

https://x.com/MMaRsu/status/1805341404958208094

This is insane.

The Verge has written articles on it. Resetera has threads on it.

The man clearly posted he didn't do anything illegal, it was settled in the court.
They don't believe him (they wouldn't believe him if he could prove he didn't do anything wrong mind you)

Its like a modern day witch hunt, without any substantiated evidence. Is this what we as a society have come to?

Now if there is any truth to it, he should be punished to the fullest extent. However there is zero proof so far.
But sure, let's all just pretend we know facts, make up stories in our head about what happened to support the current story.

[demi]

He's done MMarsu, time to be an Elajjaz main

[Svejk]

Danny o Dwyer really blocked me for asking proof about accusations on DrDisrespect 'sexting' a minor

https://x.com/MMaRsu/status/1805341404958208094

This is insane.

The Verge has written articles on it. Resetera has threads on it.

The man clearly posted he didn't do anything illegal, it was settled in the court.
They don't believe him (they wouldn't believe him if he could prove he didn't do anything wrong mind you)

Its like a modern day witch hunt, without any substantiated evidence. Is this what we as a society have come to?

Now if there is any truth to it, he should be punished to the fullest extent. However there is zero proof so far.
But sure, let's all just pretend we know facts, make up stories in our head about what happened to support the current story.

I feel ya, man... Same shit they pulled on Jeremy Soule.  Zero evidence and just accusations from crazies. 
Though I'm pretty sure I figured it out how/who arranged to have him set up to be cancelled. It's pretty evident knowing who runs shit. It's getting disgustingly old.

[MMaRsu]

He's done MMarsu, time to be an Elajjaz main

Oh hes done for sure even if he didnt do anything I wouldnt want to come back to this scene.

People calling you a pedo with literally zero evidence lmao.

I mean if he did some bad shit he deserves all the pubishment but I havent seen anything specific proof wise. Words of an ex twitch employee doesnt mean shit to me

[Coax]

Unexpectedly he's confirmed inappropriately messaging them and the service used. The only thing he disagrees with is the semantics of describing it as sexting as nothing veered into being actually criminal (which was the general expectation I'd seen given this was settled privately).

[bork]

Unexpectedly he's confirmed inappropriately messaging them and the service used. The only thing he disagrees with is the semantics of describing it as sexting as nothing veered into being actually criminal (which was the general expectation I'd seen given this was settled privately).

That's the edited version- he quickly dropped "minor" from that Tweet, but it was caught before he changed it.

https://x.com/steinkobbe/status/1805667213200048309?t=qmkx10tQAMxK8PUOnvIzUQ&s=19

Meme of it that's more clear:



Can't believe a dude who cheated on his wife and streamed from a public bathroom could be such a scumbag!

...Oh, wait. 

[Svejk]

 

[MMaRsu]

Unexpectedly he's confirmed inappropriately messaging them and the service used. The only thing he disagrees with is the semantics of describing it as sexting as nothing veered into being actually criminal (which was the general expectation I'd seen given this was settled privately).

That's the edited version- he quickly dropped "minor" from that Tweet, but it was caught before he changed it.

https://x.com/steinkobbe/status/1805667213200048309?t=qmkx10tQAMxK8PUOnvIzUQ&s=19

Meme of it that's more clear:

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Can't believe a dude who cheated on his wife and streamed from a public bathroom could be such a scumbag!

...Oh, wait. 

Not saying I approve because messaging minors isnt on at all, but plenty of people cheat on their spouse and dont message minors.. dumbest correlation ever