All Things Video Games & Game Reviews

[Gonzo]

Hey guys...
Thought we could use a thread to help one another out with purchasing new and used games. Now that the next gen consoles are out and the holiday season will soon be upon us, many new games are going to drop. We've been throwing 'reviews' in several different threads or making new threads for each game. I thought we might like to converge and discuss them as a whole. Whether you're on PS3, 360, PS4, XB one or even a wii, PC and Mac, this is a repository for what you're playing and how you rate it.

Let's try to do a 1-10 scale for each game. Take into account the following:

Storyline
Challenge
Replayability
Graphics
Online functionality
Downloadable content
AI/npc's
Price
Length of gameplay

You can use all or some of those as a guide to score the game. If there are other aspects you'd like to tell as about with your game, please do so. These are just suggentions.

Please note what system, (if necessary i.e. It being exclusive to a system) you're playing on and let us know what you think.

1. Sucks, I'd rather watch Brodie Croyle play as our starter. This game is dogshit.
2. Don't waste your time. It's obviously been programmed by a bunch of chimps with syphilis.
3. I'd rather eat tapioca pudding out of my grandmothers colostomy bag, then stick my tongue in her stoma.
4. Meh, there's really better stuff to do, (like waxing my pubes) but I was lazy.
5. This is kinda like purgatory. It's not the best place to be but it could be worse.
6. Not bad at all... It's like I just scored a BJ from my hot first cousin.
7. Entertaining as all hell, kinda like the feeling where you just drank enough not to puke and can still walk.
8. Buy this game, I'm super-cereal. It's got stuff that makes my nipples tingly.
9. HELL F'ing YEAH! I'd talk more about it but I'm gonna be locked in place for a week just playing this ****er.
10. This game is like godfather two and the empire strikes back joined forces to **** your face off with wow. I'm taking all of my PTO days and going on FMLA.


EDIT: We can also discuss upcoming/all things gaming in here as well.
Enjoy!

[millz]

Witcher was just too much for me. Really didn't understand how to create potions and all this and that. Gonna play it on a lower difficulty and beat it at some point.

I can't wait for arkham city.

[Gonzo]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
PS4

Trying to summarize this game via the written word is almost impossible. Fitting in a brief description of everything the game has to offer is a real pain because you have to leave stuff out. However, I'll give it a shot.

Stating that The Witcher 3 is a "big game" is like saying Hitler was a "bit pissy" about the Jews. Yes, you get the jyst of the statement but you really have no idea exactly what you're getting into until you finally sit back and take what it has to give. Preparing for this game is a lot like your first experience with anal play.
Sure it looks good on paper but what will happen when you finally go balls-deep?

Well, I suppose it's all in how you look at it. If you're a first timer, it might be a bit overwhelming. I did discover that relaxing and accepting does help a lot.
So take a deep breath, think about baseball and let her fly. (No homo)

If you're like me, you've had little or no previous experience with The Witcher games from CD Projekt Red. They're a Polish game company and they're very proud of this game, (with good reason). You play as Geralt (not Gerald) of Rivia. He's a Witcher. Witchers kill monsters for money. These monsters can be things like Griffins, Cyclops, Drowners, (they're blue swamp-things), fat witches, Trolls, etc.
the list goes on and on. As a matter of fact, I've counted at least 40 different varieties of monsters.
Geralt is in search of his adopted daughter Ciri. She's being pursued by a group of bad-asses called The Wild Hunt. They intend to utilize her for her special powers and take over their world. Ciri has been on the run for years but The Hunt is closing in on her. In comes Geralt of Rivia to save the day.

The story is a magnificent concoction of magic, sorcery, swords and deceit. There's debauchery, douchebaggery and decapitations. The game is an open-world RPG. Now stating its open-world is a little relative. There are about 6 different areas, some are huge while others are smaller. Each time you have to travel from one section to another, the game needs a minute or two to load. That's a bit of a drag but you get used to it.
Geralt has different "powers" that he utilizes mostly in combat. He can shoot fire, produce a shield, a trap, stun people's/critters minds via telekinesis or uses a telekinetic blast to knock enemies over. As you progress, (like in most RPG's) you can upgrade said powers or you can upgrade the normal shit like fighting skills, vitality etc.
As you explore the world you find hundreds of different side quests that help you along the way. For the first time in quite a while in RPG games, these quests aren't a chore. Some of them get a little tiring but the reward is usually worth it. You can loot everything in this game. In the first few hours, I was looting so much just because I was afraid of missing something. You'll find that some areas offer more than others.
The enemies you face in this game are all at a certain level, if they're too much for you the game will let you know. Each level has that same property as well. If you're about to start something that's say, a level 22 and you're sitting there at level 10, the game will advise you of your imminent death.

The graphics and sound are superb. It's a beautiful game and runs very smoothly. The music and sound effects are perfect. I noticed a few glitches here and there with delays when you'd strike an enemy and other things are happening but the sound effect is gratifying.

Combat... Yeah, the only real downfall of this game. I hate spamming the same button over and over but that's what this one is all about. When you're just looking to dispatch an enemy or two and go on with your mission, you hit the same buttons repeatedly. This does get a little old but it's also part of the games charm. When you face tougher enemies, (especially on hard difficulty) you have to utilize potions, magic and weapon enhancements to defeat them and that is a good mechanic. Sometimes you have to guess what you're going up against and you prepare your potions. Guess wrong and you're hosed.
In closing...
I really enjoyed this game. It's story is beautiful and gripping. Like in other Witcher games, sex is a part of it but each encounter is strictly voluntary. It's nice that they don't shove it down your throat.
The game is something to be experienced. If you truly sit down and explore everything and take part in the side missions, you'll spend at least 200 hours playing. The main campaign is around 60 hours. I'm sure you've figured out that it's a very adult game with adult themes. The game deals with sexuality, racism and politics. If you're on the fence about this one, don't be. This is truly a game of the year contender.
Final score: 10 out of 10 a perfect game.
The combat system and occasional glitch was a little tedious but that's the only drawback. Recent patches make the game better and better.
This is one you should seriously look into. It'll blow your mind.

[hometeam]

Good review. I feel the same way in just my 8 hours or so of the game. Cool game, but combat is clunky. Shadow of Mordor/AC/Arkham set the bar extremely high for adventure games of this style.

[Beef Supreme]

Kinda what I expected to hear. Lots of bullshit potion making and shitty combat. If I'm gonna spend 100 hours plus playing a game, the combat can't suck. And to be honest, shadow of mordor and the batman games are pretty goddamn repetitive too. I'd like to see some mass effect type combat in an open world game. Maybe that'll happen. Looking forward to Fallout 4.

I couldn't make it through either of the first two Witcher games, and though they solved some of my gripes about the first two, I'm gonna hold off on this one. Maybe pick it up during a steam blowout.

[The Franchise]

Ended up finishing the single player campaign of Far Cry 4 this weekend. Looked up the different endings online and it looks like there were 3.

Spoiler!

One of the endings is...

In the beginning of the game...you're capture and brought to dinner with Pagan Min. He goes off and tells you to stay put until he's back from torturing your friend. Most people would just get up leave and start the game. Apparently if you wait 13 minutes...he comes back and then tells you what really happened to your family.

And that's the end of the game.

[Gonzo]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

Ended up finishing the single player campaign of Far Cry 4 this weekend. Looked up the different endings online and it looks like there were 3.

Spoiler!

One of the endings is...

In the beginning of the game...you're capture and brought to dinner with Pagan Min. He goes off and tells you to stay put until he's back from torturing your friend. Most people would just get up leave and start the game. Apparently if you wait 13 minutes...he comes back and then tells you what really happened to your family.

And that's the end of the game.

Yep, hidden ending. It's a good game, I loved it. The storyline isn't quite as good as 3 but it was good enough to keep me interested. Very pretty game too.

[Beef Supreme]

I'm playing Farcry 4 the past couple weeks or so. Haven't finished the story yet. The overall plot is much less than the sum of it's parts however. They do great characters.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Gonzo

Yep, hidden ending. It's a good game, I loved it. The storyline isn't quite as good as 3 but it was good enough to keep me interested. Very pretty game too.

Definitely a beautiful looking game. Some of the side missions got annoying really quickly.

[ReynardMuldrake]

Counting the days until Fallout 4 comes out.

[Gonzo]

Just beat Arkahm Knight. Very weird story but enjoyable. Had a couple "piss yourself" parts but I enjoyed it.

What I did not enjoy was how the damn batmobile is shoved down your throat every other mission.
If I wanted to play battle-tanks I would've bought it instead.

[eDave]

[ragedogg69]

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[hometeam]

Originally Posted by ragedogg69

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[ragedogg69]

already subscribed there.

you have to sign in to see the gmg deals so i assume it was limited to email subscribers.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by eDave

That looks like something out of the Tron movie. The first one, not the reboot.