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!

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Guru

DLC is ruining gaming IMO. Nickel and dime. Nickel and dime.

I'm guessing you haven't heard about the tokens in Mortal Kombat that you can buy? The tokens that allow you to do easy fatalities instead of memorizing buttons.

[Fish]

Paying money for fatality moves? .....

[kcxiv]

to be fair Fatalities in that game do NOT give any person an advantage one way or another. when its time for fatalities you either won or lost.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

to be fair Fatalities in that game do NOT give any person an advantage one way or another. when its time for fatalities you either won or lost.

Which makes it even more pathetic and pointless.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

Which makes it even more pathetic and pointless.

if people want to pay for a 1 button fatality then by all means. It doesnt hurt gameplay one bit. Its basically just a celebration of the victory at the end.


Im just not good with unfair advantages which this gives none of.

[ragedogg69]

Back in my day, we didnt have 1 button fatalities. And when they did have them, it was called cheat codes.

/old man rant

[DaveNull]

Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

I'm guessing you haven't heard about the tokens in Mortal Kombat that you can buy? The tokens that allow you to do easy fatalities instead of memorizing buttons.

Actually it's "instead of hitting the pause button to see what the combo is".

They're not terribly complex anyway. forward back back forward was the combo for the dude I was playing with last night.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by DaveNull

Actually it's "instead of hitting the pause button to see what the combo is".

They're not terribly complex anyway. forward back back forward was the combo for the dude I was playing with last night.

I was around during the first era if MK as well. For fatalities all you did was have to remember some stupid ass direction and button combo. If people want to pay for hold back and press trangle then ok. It does absolutely 0/zero/nil to the actual game play. If people want to waste real life money on something so stupid, then by all means lol

[007]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

I was around during the first era if MK as well. For fatalities all you did was have to remember some stupid ass direction and button combo. If people want to pay for hold back and press trangle then ok. It does absolutely 0/zero/nil to the actual game play. If people want to waste real life money on something so stupid, then by all means lol

unfortunately they will. Perpetuating the problem.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by Guru

unfortunately they will. Perpetuating the problem.

except there is NO problem. Its doing nothing but making the company more money with and im ok with that.

After playing fighting games so hardcore the last 6 years. At least street fighter iv. i have put in easy about 15,000 matches online. Thats probably lowballing it. Something like 1 button fatalities is absolutely nothing. Now if it was 1 button combo's then we got a huge ****ing problem.

[Gonzo]

I usually don't buy sports games every year anymore. No real difference between them each year. Just a few little upgrades here and there. Roster updates and all that shit.
I bought MLB 14 last year, played it for a month and got tired of it. Nothing new or different. I didn't care for the fielding mechanics either.
Well, that was on a last generation system... It's gotta be awesome on next gen, right?
Well... The short answer is a resounding "meh."

The game is good on its own merits. It's competitive, faster paced and great online. It does a good job of matching and the ranking system upgrades you regularly. They did some decent upgrades to fielding but the pitching and hitting mechanics are the same. You pretty much swing at everything, guess pitches correctly once you learn the routine and there's not a lot of walks. At least not on regular difficulty.
Graphics - They're decent but they are definitely not next gen. The crowds are cookie cutter and very boring.
I see some differences with graphics regarding on-field play but nothing worth writing about.

If you haven't played a MLB game in a few years, this one is worth a go. It has a lot of good features and it's fairly glitch-free. I had some framerate issues once or twice but nothing too irritating. It has decent music in areas, (like most MLB titles) and Yaay! You can pick walk up music for every player. Like who gives two shits, right?
So, if you ignore the lack of upgrades year over year and take this game on its own merits, it's tough to find a lot to bitch about. It's pretty much a copy/paste from last year's edition but it's still a good game.
While I do wish they'd play around with some of the batting and pitching mechanics and make it a bit more realistic, the game does give choices on how you perform said mechanics so that's nice.

So, to summarize... The game is good, it's the same as last year, wish they'd upgrade graphics and you could basically get the same game via last year's edition.

Final grade: 6.5

Maybe wait a few weeks for a price drop.

[007]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

except there is NO problem. Its doing nothing but making the company more money with and im ok with that.

After playing fighting games so hardcore the last 6 years. At least street fighter iv. i have put in easy about 15,000 matches online. Thats probably lowballing it. Something like 1 button fatalities is absolutely nothing. Now if it was 1 button combo's then we got a huge ****ing problem.

But don't you see? The more people prove they are willing to pay more money for things like this, the more the company will put things aside to charge money for rather than include it in the game.

Its not a good thing for the consumer at all.

[ThaVirus]

I had Xbox Live Gold from 2009 until February of 2015. In that span I got exactly two games worth a shit for free (Civilization: Revolution and Hitman: Absolution).

In the two months that I've let my Gold account expire, they've already offered up Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag for free.

Douchebag Microsoft...

[Gonzo]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I had Xbox Live Gold from 2009 until February of 2015. In that span I got exactly two games worth a shit for free (Civilization: Revolution and Hitman: Absolution).

In the two months that I've let my Gold account expire, they've already offered up Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag for free.

Douchebag Microsoft...

They've been doing better lately with XB1 sales. They took a helluva hit (PR wise) when they announced they were doing the no used game shit. Good thing they went back on it.

Playstation's PS now stuff is pretty good so far. A lot of good PS3 games coming on every week.

[The Franchise]