RETIRED - The all inclusive video game thread

[CopperTom]

I beat all of the new Zelda DLC. Trial of the Sword was very good - I only died once and I had an inventory full of food. I proudly beat the final trial on my first try. Who knew Guardian Arrows one hit Lynels? I sure didn't. I only shot 2 throughout my entire main playthrough. The gear quests could have been better. The Korok Mask is helpful to say the least. It just shows how incredible the players who found all 900 without the mask are. Some of these are so overlookable. I had 388 before I found the Korok Mask. I can't wait until December and DLC2!

I'm taking my time with it. I think I will try the Trial of the Sword sometime this week. Did you try the Hard Mode yet?

I haven't. I just can't invest another 100+ hours in hard mode

[Monkey_Driven]

I beat all of the new Zelda DLC. Trial of the Sword was very good - I only died once and I had an inventory full of food. I proudly beat the final trial on my first try. Who knew Guardian Arrows one hit Lynels? I sure didn't. I only shot 2 throughout my entire main playthrough. The gear quests could have been better. The Korok Mask is helpful to say the least. It just shows how incredible the players who found all 900 without the mask are. Some of these are so overlookable. I had 388 before I found the Korok Mask. I can't wait until December and DLC2!

I'm taking my time with it. I think I will try the Trial of the Sword sometime this week. Did you try the Hard Mode yet?

I haven't. I just can't invest another 100+ hours in hard mode

Me either. I've never really revised a Zelda game other than Wind Waker. I will definitely come back to it at some point.

[CopperTom]

I beat all of the new Zelda DLC. Trial of the Sword was very good - I only died once and I had an inventory full of food. I proudly beat the final trial on my first try. Who knew Guardian Arrows one hit Lynels? I sure didn't. I only shot 2 throughout my entire main playthrough. The gear quests could have been better. The Korok Mask is helpful to say the least. It just shows how incredible the players who found all 900 without the mask are. Some of these are so overlookable. I had 388 before I found the Korok Mask. I can't wait until December and DLC2!

I'm taking my time with it. I think I will try the Trial of the Sword sometime this week. Did you try the Hard Mode yet?

I haven't. I just can't invest another 100+ hours in hard mode

Me either. I've never really revised a Zelda game other than Wind Waker. I will definitely come back to it at some point.

Zelda is the rare franchise that I would revisit. I would have my initial playthrough and then a 100% playthrough. I'm not going to go crazy finding all of the Koroks. Is there a trophy that you obtain if you kill all of the different Hinoxes, Taluses and Lynels, respectively? I might go after that next.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Picked up a Steam Link the other day. Pretty damn good, now I can play any steam game on our main lounge or bedroom TV. Response was pretty good on the wifi, visual and mouse/keyboard wise, but the sound lagged a bit. Apparently it's best on a wired connection though.

Apparently a PS4 controller can be connected via bluetooth, so that'll be the next step.

[tragabigzanda]

What are the big game exclusives that might draw me to try a Steam setup?

[Sgt. Crackpot]

What are the big game exclusives that might draw me to try a Steam setup?

[tragabigzanda]

What did I say?

[Sgt. Crackpot]

What did I say?

Sorry, I thought you were making a joke. The steam link works with ANY game on Steam.

[tragabigzanda]

What did I say?

Sorry, I thought you were making a joke. The steam link works with ANY game on Steam.

Right, but are most of those games available for PC? Or are there lots of good exclusives?

[Jammer XCI]

Crash N. Sane Trilogy is

Still difficult as fuck in a lot of parts too, glad they didn't dumb down the challenging levels.

[Monkey_Driven]

Snake Pass is a nice surprise. Nothing spectacular, just a relaxing, sometimes challenging platformer with a satisfying mechanic. It was on sale this weekend on the Switch.

Nex Machina is also very solid. Tougher than Resogun, but scratches that Smash TV or Defender arcade itch.

[run2death]

Bought the Amanita bundle for iPad for $13. Love Machinarium, but only had it on Android. Looking forward to playing Samorost 3 and Botanicula.

[Mecca]

What did I say?

Sorry, I thought you were making a joke. The steam link works with ANY game on Steam.

Right, but are most of those games available for PC? Or are there lots of good exclusives?

trag, steam=pc

[tragabigzanda]

What did I say?

Sorry, I thought you were making a joke. The steam link works with ANY game on Steam.

Right, but are most of those games available for PC? Or are there lots of good exclusives?

trag, steam=pc

I didn't fully understand that. I thought it was its own PC-offshoot, meaning games built on the same programming language but powered by a heartier machine. My assumption was that there are broader limits to the games that could be created with Steam...

So if it's just PC games in a console-style box, what's the draw? That weird looking controller?

[Norah]

steam is just a distribution platform for pc games

[Sgt. Crackpot]

So if it's just PC games in a console-style box, what's the draw? That weird looking controller?

The controller is shit. Better to use pc, xbox or sony one which just plug straight in, or can be connected via bluetooth. You can also use mouse and keyboard, via cord, bluetooth, or via those little unifying wireless receiver style ontes.

It basically allows you to play/stream your games on a TV anywhere in your house without moving your PC around. Great for me where my main PC is setup in the basement, but sometimes I'd like to game in the lounge or bedroom. It's a little box the size of a sandwich and is a piece of piss to setup.

For $30, it's a pretty fucking sweet deal.

[i got bugs]

Grabbed NBA playgrounds for 13 bucks

Good stuff, like a combo of NBA jam n street

[tragabigzanda]

So if it's just PC games in a console-style box, what's the draw? That weird looking controller?

The controller is shit. Better to use pc, xbox or sony one which just plug straight in, or can be connected via bluetooth. You can also use mouse and keyboard, via cord, bluetooth, or via those little unifying wireless receiver style ontes.

It basically allows you to play/stream your games on a TV anywhere in your house without moving your PC around. Great for me where my main PC is setup in the basement, but sometimes I'd like to game in the lounge or bedroom. It's a little box the size of a sandwich and is a piece of piss to setup.

For $30, it's a pretty fucking sweet deal.

Wait, so it just streams the games from your PC?

[Mecca]

Final Fantasy XII remake next week. That thread was one of the first very active threads I was involved in on RM. I still never beat Yaz

[Revelator]

I picked up Crash too for nostalgic purposes. I have this terrible habit of buying games and not playing them for like 4-6 months after I buy them. So I finally got around to playing Horizon seriously last night. Goddamn what a beautiful game, it really is stunning on my 4k TV. Didn't think anything would surpass UC4 in terms of graphical display, but pretty sure this has it beat and I'm only about an hour into the game. I can see what the rave is about now......