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The one that got me most excited was No Rest For The Wicked. The art direction on that was right up my alley.

I'm also kind of excited for the Jurassic Park Survival game, but I have to admit the whole "i was left on the island" angle kinda bugged me, especially since they're showing that it took place immediately after the first movie. Like, where was she while the entire movie was happening? Did she sleep through that shit? Was she left behind by the final boat during the storm, or the helicopter that rescued Grant, Ellie, etc.? Because technically that would mean she got left twice. Don't count on this chick to be on time for literally anything.

I'm so torn on whether I want to watch, or just wait till it's over and get the cliff notes. I don't give two shits about the awards.

8 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

RIP Korean booby streamers 🌹

1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said:

Yeah that was a tough one... I can't imagine trying to coordinate that with two people.

Yeah it took us probably about 15 tries. Most of that was trial and error though trying to memorize the cube movement pattern. We divided the sides and he took the right while I took the left. Once we were able to get a feel for the patterns on our cubes we were able to get through it.

I literally bought this on sale three days before it shadow dropped on Game Pass.

That said, I've been playing co-op with a buddy and it's been a pretty good time. That Cube boss in the labyrinth can fuck right off tho.

Took a look at it, saw the grid, moved on.

Those kinds of games are just not for me.

1 minute ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

It runs Linux.  You can move files on a network or SD Card.

I forget the Deck can run in desktop mode 

I didn't realize until now that not all Steam games support cloud saves. Is there a way to manually transfer saves to the Deck?

16 hours ago, best3444 said:

Thank you for the heads up. I actually played Elex 2 (free trial on PS5) and jfc was it bad. 

Of course it's bad. But it's also good. That's the whole point of euro-jank.

no mustache = fail

18 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

$30? Seems more than reasonable.

Eh, $20 and I'm there. That's what I bought the first two for. $30 falls outside of impulse purchase territory. Now it's firmly in the "wait for sale" category.

Why do they always have to ruin my excitement with ridiculous price tags? 

2K Drive is one of those games that I wanted to try, but the premium price point and grindy F2P mechanics made it a hard pass.

Will try it for free though.

4 hours ago, TwinIon said:

 

 

 

Eve came out in 2003, WoW in 2004, FF XVI in 2010, TOR in 2011, Guild Wars 2 in 2012, and ESO in 2014.

 

So we're a nearly a decade out from the last launch of a successful MMO?

 

The only big MMO release in recent memory is New World, and that wasn't exactly a blockbuster after the first week.

Well you asked what the last one was.

15 hours ago, TwinIon said:

Besides, what was the last successful MMO?

Well, there's that tiny game called Final Fantasy 14.

Aside from that Elder Scrolls Online is still doing quite well. And I guess WoW is still kicking. Other than that though the focus has pretty much shifted to service games. 

13 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

I don't have any money but thanks.

Now what kind of attitude is that? Does a crackhead let "no money" stop them from getting their crack?

Ok so I loaded up a few of my Steam games to try out. Keep in mind a few of these are pretty old so they were never intended for mobile play.

Hunted: The Demon's Forge - ran perfectly. The game already had gamepad support, but I played this game for about an hour and a half and zero problems. Which is nice because it's not technically "verified" by Steam.

Risen - Only played this one for a few minutes. The controls seem to work fine; I didn't do much combat, but this one also had a gamepad mode, so it worked. The only problem is the text is tiny, and this is a conversation-heavy game. Might have to play this one on the desktop.

Yakuza 0 - I think this one was already verfied, but yeah it ran great. It looked amazing on the OLED as well, since the city is literally nothing but glowing signs and neon lights.

Warhammer 40k Space Marine - This one looked and ran amazing, despite not being verified. Controlled really well.

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic - It "worked" but it was designed for mouse and keyboard, so even with the control re-mapping, it was wonky. It took a lot of tweaking on the controls to get it to feel "good" but I'm not sure it's worth the trouble. Probably better off just playing this one on the PC.

F.E.A.R. 3 - Ran perfectly, FPS controls felt good, even though they were technically re-mapped mouse and keyboard. (This game should have been recent enough for gamepad support?)

I am kind of bummed that GOG games are hit and miss. I was watching tutorials last night on getting them running on the Deck, and it really didn't seem worth the effort. Which is a shame because I have about 100 GOG games, including ones that work great with gamepad controls. I have the entire Ys series on GOG, as well as games like Wolfenstein, the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series, Prince of Persia trilogy, Deus Ex, etc. GOG has having a string of great sales for a while, and I amassed quite the collection. Sucks I don't really get to enjoy them here. I guess technically a ROG Ally would have been better for that, huh, since it's basically just a handheld Windows PC...

14 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Tears of the Kingdom for $50 the best deal you'll find in the next 10 years!

 

https://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-mp-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-nintendo-switch

 

why buy Tears of the Kingdom for $50 when I can get Breath of the Wild, a much older game, also for $50?

I really can't help but wonder if Nintendo literally restricts retailers from putting their first-party games on sale. Even when they do, they're just as shitty as Nintendo's eshop.

7 hours ago, stepee said:

Got emudeck set up and most of my roms over besides ps2 and wii/gc as those folders will each takes a couple hours to transfer to micro sd so Ill do them in two other phases.

 

I’ve really wanted a good oled emulation device - these games look so much better on oled but also having those pure black borders is key on 4:3 games. I can’t BELIEVE Nintendo never offered an option to turn borders off on the Switch VC stuff. Speaking of, the gigantic 7.4” display also really helps them still be large while maintaining the correct aspect ratio. 

I have to admit, I'm seriously thinking about making this an emulation machine.

Goddang this boy chonky!

1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Well the way Jeff Grubb describes it is, all the family is gathered in front of the TV, they do stuff on the TV while he sits there playing a game in handheld which counts as being together i suppose. You can't be "with" your family if you have two TVs, unless the two TVs are in the same room. (Although, my dad had two TVs in the same room and it worked out fine )

My wife and I lived in a small apartment for a few years. She sat and watched TV while I chilled at my computer desk in the same room playing my video games on the monitor. Luckily we were eventually able to upgrade to larger living spaces but it was never an issue.

I'll never understand the "when my wife/kids want to use the tv, I can game on this" argument. What household has a PS5 and only one tv? If you can afford a Portal, you can afford a second TV. I bought a 40" 4K Samsung for like, $179. It's not the greatest tv ever, but it's mine, and the wife can watch the big tv all she wants and it doesn't interfere with my plans in the slightest.

Mine should be arriving by tomorrow night. I couldn't resist the Autumn Sale temptation, so I guess it will be my Yakuza machine for the forseeable future, since I bought the first seven games for like, $50.

Correction: First eight games. I keep forgetting I added Like A Dragon to the pile.