Gaming thread

[Gordus]

Heads up to anyone playing Arma 3

I've recently started the newly added RP inspired "Old Man" campaign, and instantly fell in love with it.

Unfortunatly it appears to be quite bugged. Some 30 hours in and at a certain point the save files start to become corrupted and dissapear. Lost a ton of progress, forced to start over. Nothing new really when it comes to A3, but in this case, frustrating ah.

Similar to the main campaigns, the game gives you limited save options.

So here are my recommendations:

1 ) Do not pick the recommended save mode. Select the 2nd option. It will frustrate you.

2 ) Try to not use mods.

3 ) Make a backup of your autosaves. Maybe not literaly every single time, but at least whenever you do a "main" mission.

• When you evetualy get to that 'recover intel from that plane wreck in the sea' mission, definitly make sure to save and backup, because it keeps crashing there, for me, and other people as well.

 

[Gordus]

Apart from that, the scenario is solid

You start as retired legionnaire ( "Old Man" ) on Tanoa recovering intel for British / Nato sof on the definitly not Chinese Pacific CSAT forces, who were invited by the local government to take care of a new definitly not inspired by recent events virus outbreak. There seems to be foul play involved, meanwhile a war is going on between local guerilla and the gov / CSAT. It's completly up to you how to approach the situation and how much to get involved. Be loud, be sneaky, or both. Decisions and actions, or lack of, have consequences.

 

[nobodythank you]

Unfortunatly it appears to be quite bugged.

LoL Welcome to ARMA. The ARMA gods will extract their pound of flesh.

No but seriously the game is something like 7 years old and has its share of bugs. To be fair Bohemia is still cranking out updates for the game so good on them.

 

[Raptor]

Been a while since I've played ARMA, I need to hop on it and see how horrible I am at Wasteland after all this time.

 

[Stretcher Jockey]

I've had a PC for a while now, but decided to pick up a PS Now subscription. Played through Horizon: Zero Dawn and The Last of Us. Two excellent games I wouldn't have had a chance to play otherwise since they're PS exclusive.

PS Now itself kinda sucks. I had a ton of issues playing TLOU: solid 20 fps, horrible input lag from the controller, service crashed a few times. It kind of killed the experience for the game since it had so many technical stutters. But for $10 getting to play two fantastic games was worth it. Might start playing through the God of War franchise since I've got nothing but time.

 

[Gordus]

To be fair Bohemia is still cranking out updates for the game so good on them.

That's why I am not really mad. They know the problems, try to fix what they can, and keep giving.
I hope they manage to figure out a more stable solution for the next title though. Because it's really a great game.

 

[Cookie_]

Was looking for a good couch co-op arcade game on PS4 to play with the girlfriend and discovered that they've recently remastered Castle Crashers for it.

Brought back many a memory of drunken barracks weekends with about 8 people shoved into my tiny room waiting to get a turn.

Good side-scroller beat-em-up for anybody who's into those

 

[AWP]

Public Service Annoucement: Sipping Tullamore Dew, playing Destiny 2, and listening to Tool is a pretty solid way to spend your day off.

 

[SaintKP]

Well, I've ascended to the PC master race again.

 

[BloodStripe]

@Ranger Psych, how good a builder are you?...

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/g8e557

 

[Kaldak]

I want one too!!!

 

[Ranger Psych]

@Ranger Psych, how good a builder are you?...

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/g8e557

I had a window, ventilation and custom paint case modded Xeon server turned desktop system in the barracks back in the late 90's, complete with optionally sound controlled lighting.

Nowadays I just go for the Obelisk of Destruction motif, aka "The Nondescript Silent Black Box of Computational Power".

 

[Gordus]

Hey. Just wanted to share that you can get Total War: Shogun 2 for free right now. Imo one of the best TW titles.
Save 100% on Total War: SHOGUN 2 on Steam

While the standalone 'Fall of the Samurai' is 75% off.
Save 75% on Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI on Steam

The mixed reviews on FoS are mainly because of the steep original price and ppl complaining that it should have been a DLC for Shogun.
Otherwise it's also great.

 

[nobodythank you]

For those that play COD MW, you know what this skin means Got it just before the latest update. The riot shield, crossbow, and the HDR were mother FUCKERS. For those grinding for the camo skins, the shield's final camo skin is 3 kills in a row (without dying) 50 times. That would not have happened without 24/7 Shipment. Hell, damascus skin wouldn't have happened without Shoot the Ship or 24/7 shipment or shoot house. Shipment is great for all of the camos except longshots. Shoot house is awesome for mounted and longshot kills. That quarantine life baby.

 

[Salt USMC]

Those look pretty sick

 

[SaintKP]

For those that play COD MW, you know what this skin means Got it just before the latest update. The riot shield, crossbow, and the HDR were mother FUCKERS. For those grinding for the camo skins, the shield's final camo skin is 3 kills in a row (without dying) 50 times. That would not have happened without 24/7 Shipment. Hell, damascus skin wouldn't have happened without Shoot the Ship or 24/7 shipment or shoot house. Shipment is great for all of the camos except longshots. Shoot house is awesome for mounted and longshot kills. That quarantine life baby.

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Normally I go for the mastery camos but in this one I didn't feel like the camo was worth the grind for it. I'll just stick to my all gold (and eventually obsidian)

 

[Kaldak]

Is this a PC or console game? I'm looking for something new. But, I refuse to purchase a console.

 

[SaintKP]

Is this a PC or console game? I'm looking for something new. But, I refuse to purchase a console.

It's on all platforms, however just as a heads up there's a bug on PC right now that makes it so matchmaking takes a very long time right now. Oh and besides the fact that the game will take around 185GB of your storage.

What kind of games are you into?

 

[Kaldak]

I've typically been an RPG guy and anything Blizzard to some extent. WoW has been my mainstay for a decade, but looking to branch out. Call of Duty has always fascinated me. Didn't know if PC was better or worse than console (we all know typically PC is king).

 

[nobodythank you]

I've typically been an RPG guy and anything Blizzard to some extent. WoW has been my mainstay for a decade, but looking to branch out. Call of Duty has always fascinated me. Didn't know if PC was better or worse than console (we all know typically PC is king).

PC is ALWAYS king. So much so that PC has to be given a nerf (aim assist) to allow the console plebs to even be given a chance at comparing. The problem there though is the aim assist REALLY makes a difference and gives them too much of an advantage. If your mainstay is RPG then COD won't appeal too much. The campaign is a lot of fun, but otherwise it is a twitch 1st person shooter.

RPG wise you have The Witcher, Skyrim, Star Wars KOTR, and Fallout are all titles I have not played, but have heard from friends that loved them a lot.

Ones I have played and can vouch for include:
Deus Ex (played the series and loved the whole story and gameplay)
Mass Effect (fucking amazing game play and story, they really did a great job with this one...except Andromeda.. leave that piece of shit alone)