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[Detective Beauregard]

I don't know if I'll do RoE or Lost Mission. I kinda want to get to Doom (2016), Doom Eternal and Doom Dark Ages. I know there's nothing stopping me from doing it now, but I have this fing OCD about finishing something, before moving on to the next. Main reason I'm playing the FF games in order. I wanted to do the same with the Castlevania games, but that hasn't really worked out and I do feel slight anxiety over that lol.

Also, Doom 3 is super old, right? 20 years? It was pre DLC days. Reason I'm wondering is, I'm playing it on Game Pass. Game Pass games are only the vanilla game, they don't include DLCs. But if RoE and Lost Mission are already included as part of the base package then I'll be able to play through them.

Lol, I’m the opposite; I feel like I get to the final area of games and then often move on to something else. It’s madness haha.

I’m not sure about the Game Pass thing, but if you’re playing the BFG Edition both RoE and Lost Mission are included.

 

[Detective Beauregard]

I felt dizzy playing doom 3 back in the day and i bought again for ps4 and the same! Lol

Nah,there is no better doom than doom 1 and 2.

I forget which update did it, but eventually the flashlight was added to all weapons do you didn’t have to keep switching to it. Maybe that contributed to the dizziness?

 

[Onhell]

And with vr2 i get sick to almost throw up. But its not with ffps its with doon 3 LOL. I played the new doom before the eternal.

Very likely the lighting.

 

[Onhell]

Lol, I’m the opposite; I feel like I get to the final area of games and then often move on to something else. It’s madness haha.

I’m not sure about the Game Pass thing, but if you’re playing the BFG Edition both RoE and Lost Mission are included.

I'll check. I'm about to leave Site 3. I activated the freight trolley, but I have to seal the hatch first. I have no clue where LOL. it was midnight so I left it for today.

 

[Onhell]

Finished Doom 3 on Sunday. It was a fun ride. Even though the credits says the BFG Edition is from 2012, it does not seem to be said BFG Edition as when I go back to the main menu, I can only start a new campaign, no RoE or Lost Mission option... oh well.

I tried playing Doom Eternal, but it asked me for my Bethesda account. A LOT of games do this. EA's NHL games ask for EA account, Blizzard games ask for your BattleNet account, even some Ubisoft games ask for your Ubisoft account. BUT, all said games allow me to back out or decline said option and still play single player campaigns. Doom Eternal has no said option... I refuse to create a Bethesda account so I couldn't play it.

I thought I had Doom 2016 on deck, but I didn't, as it dowloaded I started Doom Dark Ages aaaand I LOVE it lol. Granted I only did the first mission, but that was enough for me to be hooked hahahaha.

I put FFV aside, because I found it hard to get into. It feels like I take 5 steps and get interrupted by dialogue (not really cut scenes), between party members, the party and a villian, etc. FF 1-4 only had dialogue when interacting with NPCs or before major confrontations. Didn't really interrupt action or cut immersion. I'll get back to it, but for now it's no longer a priority.

 

[Shmoolikipod]

Just devoured The Roottrees Are Dead, at least the first mystery. If any one here has played and liked Return of the Obra Dinn, it's basically exactly the same lol. I had a love/hate thing with Obra Dinn, it's dramatic and emotional and it has a signature visual style that makes it very special, but it's also hard on the eyes, and moving from clue to clue takes so much damn time, especially when some clues were only nested inside other clues... Roottrees is the exact opposite, visually uninteresting but you look for clues on the Internet, and you even have a history tab, so you don't spend 75% of the playtime on trying to remember how to get to that one scene where that one Chinese topman was. Speaking of Chinese topmen, Obra Dinn has so many bullshit clues and answers which honestly made me not enjoy the endgame much at all. Roottrees is so much more fair in this regard. Give me Obra Dinn with the gameplay of Roottrees, that would be the ultimate game.

 

[Tom Frezzo]

Just devoured The Roottrees Are Dead, at least the first mystery. If any one here has played and liked Return of the Obra Dinn, it's basically exactly the same lol. I had a love/hate thing with Obra Dinn, it's dramatic and emotional and it has a signature visual style that makes it very special, but it's also hard on the eyes, and moving from clue to clue takes so much damn time, especially when some clues were only nested inside other clues... Roottrees is the exact opposite, visually uninteresting but you look for clues on the Internet, and you even have a history tab, so you don't spend 75% of the playtime on trying to remember how to get to that one scene where that one Chinese topman was. Speaking of Chinese topmen, Obra Dinn has so many bullshit clues and answers which honestly made me not enjoy the endgame much at all. Roottrees is so much more fair in this regard. Give me Obra Dinn with the gameplay of Roottrees, that would be the ultimate site.

Roottrees sounds like exactly the kind of thing I'd enjoy more than Obra Dinn. I loved the idea and atmosphere of Obra Dinn, but some of those clues felt like the game was actively trying to mess with me. The whole “spend five minutes just getting back to the exact scene you need” thing definitely got old too. I really like the idea of Roottrees making the investigation itself the focus instead of fighting the interface. Now I kinda want that hypothetical Obra Dinn with Roottrees' mechanics too lol.

 

[Onhell]

I feel relieved to see I'm not the only one that got a tad overwhelmed with Obra Dinn lol. It's definitely a game I want to go back to, but like many, when I feel I have the time to just sit there and work through it.

Speaking of which, I am still hitting my head against a wall with FrostPunk's The Refugees scenario. I refuse to look up a guide. I'm sure I can crack it like I did with the previous two scenarios.

I'm Halfway through Doom The Dark Ages. I'm loving it. It is the perfect blend of action, exploration, visually striking, ridiculous "story" and power fantasy. I watched Noah Caldwell's review of the Doom 2016, Eternal and Dark Ages "trilogy" and he said that the Halo elements (like the Dragon missions being ripped straight out of Reach) felt misplaced. I couldn't care less, I loved riding a dragon and killing shit hahahaha. He does make a good point that Dark Ages is the synthesis of Doom and Quake and ultimately, it works. I spent the weekend scratching my OCD making sure all missions are 100% before moving on. The replay value is insane. I spent about 2 hours on a particular level making sure I got all the collectibles, secrets and objectives. When I went back to do a clean up run because I was at 98% completion, as soon as I got what I missed, I could run through the level in under 10 minutes just going from checkpoint to checkpoint. The dragon mission was even faster. I only needed to kill one more Hellcat to complete the Cat and Mouse objective. I got it at the very start of the level. I ran from ship to ship and killed everything in sight in under 5 minutes LOL.

 

[Onhell]

I'm at mission 17 of 22 in Doom the Dark Ages. It's scratching a certain itch I can't explain. It is the perfect blend of action, exploration, collecting, puzzles, etc. Reminds me quite a bit of the Darksider games. That being said, it is still a tad exhausting. You see a secret on the map... you don't know how to access it. You think, maybe I have to keep moving forward, but then the opportunity is gone. Now, you've missed it. And there it sits, 99% completion. And you feel like a failure, you understand why you're divorced and live with your mother. Or maybe that's just me...

That brings me to Crysis! I don't know much about it. What I have gathered is, it was ICONIC upon release. People showing off their latest gaming rigs were asked, "Yeah, but can it CRYSIS?" One video I watched went as far as to say that only recently computers could run it on MAX settings. It was another trilogy released on the PS3/360 along with Mass Effect, Dead Space, Gears of War, etc. Another FPS trve gAmErS gravitated to like Far Cry, Halo, Medal of Honor (remember that!?) and Call of Duty.

So a few years back I downloaded it. Played the first couple of missions or so, can't remember. I wasn't impressed, it didn't grab me so I left it, but I didn't uninstall it. Yesterday I was looking at the games I had installed and my back catalogue. Suffering from a bit of gamer fatigue and struggling with the want to play something and the exhaustion of playing another game that demanded my full attention I saw it there.... Crysis. And I thought, eh, why not.

I spent the whole day playing it. I might of finished it if it weren't for the fact I SUCK at FPSs. I know I'm towards the end, I just killed the big bad, some "Korean" general or whatever. But the reason I played it all day was it's simplicity. Objective on your map, go get it, kill bad guys trying to kill you on the way there. No collectibles, no secrets, no audiologs, just... run and shoot. It scratched a different itch than Doom TDA. The simple fact I was having pure fun. Safe to say I'll play the other two.

 

[Detective Beauregard]

I'm at mission 17 of 22 in Doom the Dark Ages. It's scratching a certain itch I can't explain. It is the perfect blend of action, exploration, collecting, puzzles, etc. Reminds me quite a bit of the Darksider games. That being said, it is still a tad exhausting. You see a secret on the map... you don't know how to access it. You think, maybe I have to keep moving forward, but then the opportunity is gone. Now, you've missed it. And there it sits, 99% completion. And you feel like a failure, you understand why you're divorced and live with your mother. Or maybe that's just me...

Haha, I know what you mean. You really have to scrounge around for secrets in these games. On my first playthrough I think I missed a few in one of the cosmic realm levels (it had green sky and lots of those leaping rings).

That brings me to Crysis! I don't know much about it. What I have gathered is, it was ICONIC upon release. People showing off their latest gaming rigs were asked, "Yeah, but can it CRYSIS?" One video I watched went as far as to say that only recently computers could run it on MAX settings. It was another trilogy released on the PS3/360 along with Mass Effect, Dead Space, Gears of War, etc. Another FPS trve gAmErS gravitated to like Far Cry, Halo, Medal of Honor (remember that!?) and Call of Duty.

So a few years back I downloaded it. Played the first couple of missions or so, can't remember. I wasn't impressed, it didn't grab me so I left it, but I didn't uninstall it. Yesterday I was looking at the games I had installed and my back catalogue. Suffering from a bit of gamer fatigue and struggling with the want to play something and the exhaustion of playing another game that demanded my full attention I saw it there.... Crysis. And I thought, eh, why not.

It's a fun game that still looks great to this day. I've been meaning to go back and run through the trilogy.

I know I'm towards the end, I just killed the big bad, some "Korean" general or whatever.

If I remember correctly, that's just past the halfway point. Be warned: the game changes massively after this.

Safe to say I'll play the other two.

Most people like the first one the best, but 2 is my favorite. The levels in the sequels are less open-ended and a tad more linear, but the overall experience is amazing.

 

[Onhell]

Haha, I know what you mean. You really have to scrounge around for secrets in these games. On my first playthrough I think I missed a few in one of the cosmic realm levels (it had green sky and lots of those leaping rings).

Yup, that's the one. Taking full advantage of my game pass, taking a break by playing Wolfenstein 3D and Crisis.

It's a fun game that still looks great to this day. I've been meaning to go back and run through the trilogy.


If I remember correctly, that's just past the halfway point. Be warned: the game changes massively after this.


Most people like the first one the best, but 2 is my favorite. The levels in the sequels are less open-ended and a tad more linear, but the overall experience is amazing.

Oh, yeah, there was plenty of game left, but finished it today. Even with my skill issues it went quick. The flow of the game made it easy to keep going. It rarely stops completely and instead one chapter bleeds into the next almost seemlessly with the only tell being the widescreen bars at the top and bottom of the screen.
Since I played the 360 version it was far from the visual spectacle it was meant to be, but the physics of the game are insane. Being able to interact with EVERYTHING and blow up ANYTHING with maybe 3 loading screens. There's a Remastered version.... We'll see if I pick it up after playing the 379 versions

 

[Detective Beauregard]

Yup, that's the one. Taking full advantage of my game pass, taking a break by playing Wolfenstein 3D and Crisis.

That reminds me of that newer Wolfenstein game (I think it’s New Colossus) where you find the arcade machine on the submarine and you can play the entire Wolfenstein 3D, but it’s an alternate version where you play as a Nazi and the enemies are Americans. I was laughing so hard, then went down the rabbit hole and spent the next week or so just playing the game within the game. The level design was the same, so the secrets were all intact (just as I remembered them).

 

[Onhell]

That reminds me of that newer Wolfenstein game (I think it’s New Colossus) where you find the arcade machine on the submarine and you can play the entire Wolfenstein 3D, but it’s an alternate version where you play as a Nazi and the enemies are Americans. I was laughing so hard, then went down the rabbit hole and spent the next week or so just playing the game within the game. The level design was the same, so the secrets were all intact (just as I remembered them).

Yeah, One of them had the beds where you would "dream" the old one and there was the arcade in the other one. I really liked that trilogy (old blood, colossus, order. Young blood can go f itself).

Started Crysis 2 today. Liking it so far. Yeah the story is ridiculous and makes no sense. Yes they dumbed it down for new players for whatever reason. BUT the gameplay loop is fun and it is a GORGEOUS game. Crytec really likes to "cry". Crytec, Crytec engine 3, Crynet, Crysis... ok, we get it, cry babies. Wonder whatever happened to them... Like, is Crysis all they did? Did anybody else use the Crytec engine? I know many people used the Quake engine and of course Unreal Engine seems to be the go to as well as Havok. There's another one that I can remeber at the moment. But I can't think of a single game that has used that engine and frankly can't think of another game by these guys.

 

[Detective Beauregard]

I didn’t care much for Youngblood, either. On top of the obvious “built for co-op” and “not playing as BJ,” all the locations felt far too similar. It just didn’t have the charm of New Order or even New Colossus or whatever that one is with the zombies and the fat Nazi woman and the big golem demon at the end.

 

[wizardry]

I forget which update did it, but eventually the flashlight was added to all weapons do you didn’t have to keep switching to it. Maybe that contributed to the dizziness?

@Onhell , too. I don't know if you can fiddle with that, but try to look through the FOV settings of the game (field of view). Sometimes, this feeling of dizziness may happen because the FOV of the game is too dissimilar to the one you have in real life and that causes strain on your eyes. In the mid 00s, when most games were also made for consoles, FOVs got severely diminished to deal with hardware limitations.

 

[Onhell]

@Onhell , too. I don't know if you can fiddle with that, but try to look through the FOV settings of the game (field of view). Sometimes, this feeling of dizziness may happen because the FOV of the game is too dissimilar to the one you have in real life and that causes strain on your eyes. In the mid 00s, when most games were also made for consoles, FOVs got severely diminished to deal with hardware limitations.

I'll keep it in mind though I rarely ever feel dizzy. My biggest problem is being able to see, so I'm always messing with brightness and contrast.

 

[dickinson1978]

Speaking about generations,new consoles and old. I do miss the old cartridge, i have a good colection of them between SMS ( quite a lot) and snes. But this generation i felt like NES. Thousands of games but Some of them boring and really bad. I have one calle gray "something" about aliens that could be ET for atari nowadays. The snes and sms had some games that now are legendary the FF or phantasy star, or wonderboys...many of them.

Im going to quote myself and put this article.
Someone feel the same about the game indistry

La industria del videojuego tiene síntomas de estar enferma, parece ir directa a un nuevo "crash" como en 1983... y nadie quiere aplicar la cura

Reflexionamos sobre la situación actual de la industria del videojuego, y como un nuevo 'crash', como el de 1983, podría volver a suceder si no cambian las cosas.

www.hobbyconsolas.com

 

[wizardry]

Im going to quote myself and put this article.
Someone feel the same about the game indistry

La industria del videojuego tiene síntomas de estar enferma, parece ir directa a un nuevo "crash" como en 1983... y nadie quiere aplicar la cura

Reflexionamos sobre la situación actual de la industria del videojuego, y como un nuevo 'crash', como el de 1983, podría volver a suceder si no cambian las cosas.

www.hobbyconsolas.com

This is echoing Tim Sweeney who is a guy who spent almost ten years overseeing a digital storefront without thinking of adding a shopping cart. But still, he's known as somewhat of a... dumb guy, to put it politely.
By the way, the "video game crash" of 1983 was something strictly domestic for the american market, the rest of the world kept going just fine.

 

[dickinson1978]

This is echoing Tim Sweeney who is a guy who spent almost ten years overseeing a digital storefront without thinking of adding a shopping cart. But still, he's known as somewhat of a... dumb guy, to put it politely.
By the way, the "video game crash" of 1983 was something strictly domestic for the american market, the rest of the world kept going just fine.

Well is not saying what i said because i felt that we have tons of bad games. But it looks like the videogames are now in crisis.

 

[wizardry]

Well is not saying what i said because i felt that we have tons of bad games. But it looks like the videogames are now in crisis.

Sweeney is trying to pull this "crisis" not because of the arguments he uses (layoffs) but because he wants to see Steam crumble. The sole motivating reason as to why Epic Games exists is to try to destroy Valve and Steam and they already failed. Nobody seems to take him seriously to be honest. It's not really related to what you said either, he's following his own agenda.