Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play

coliver

@jaredbusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

Ticket to ride with the girls.

Great family game!

PenguinWrangler

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

Steam sale is still two days away, but the GOG.com Winter Sale is on and you get free games just for checking it out!

Okay now I really hate you. They have a new Star Control Game coming out. Star Control II is my all time favorite game.

Nic

I finished up all the main endings of Nier Automata, and enjoyed it immensely.

I'm now starting on Prey, which seems like a spiritual successor to the System Shock series. So far it's kept me interested and I'm enjoying the mystery.

scottalanmiller

I just got myself Maniac Mansion on Steam.

wirestyle22

Dragon Ball Fighter Z coming at the end of January. Made by Arcsys too, the same company that created guilty gear.

momurda

@wirestyle22 I saw that. But why would I buy that when I have Xenoverse 1+2 which has more chars, more moves, and 3d movement and large 3d destructible arenas?

wirestyle22

@momurda said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@wirestyle22 I saw that. But why would I buy that when I have Xenoverse 1+2 which has more chars, more moves, and 3d movement and large 3d destructible arenas?

Oh god where to begin.

Every other DBZ game has characters that are literally useless. This game, every character has unique mechanics and infinite callbacks to the show, etc. Every character looks really good as in they aren't useless.
It's made my Arcsys on the same Engine that Guilty Gear was, which is the BEST fighting game of all-time. Period.
Bandai-Namco has to come out with a new DBZ game every year (for licensing) and DBFZ is going to be eating all of that up with newer and newer versions of this game. So those games Xenoverse games will likely not receive a lot of love.
It's designed as a balanced (relatively) tournament worthy fighting game.
The combat is 3v3, very akin to Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (in all of the good ways) with assists and everything.
Destructible stages as well as your character getting more and more damaged over time.

3D fighting games have their place, but I have always and will always prefer 2D. The gameplay is just completely differerent and IMO much more interesting.

I've been a fighting game tournament player since 2007, I just love the genre

coliver

@wirestyle22 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@momurda said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@wirestyle22 I saw that. But why would I buy that when I have Xenoverse 1+2 which has more chars, more moves, and 3d movement and large 3d destructible arenas?

Oh god where to begin.

Every other DBZ game has characters that are literally useless. This game, every character has unique mechanics and infinite callbacks to the show, etc. Every character looks really good as in they aren't useless.

It's made my Arcsys on the same Engine that Guilty Gear was, which is the BEST fighting game of all-time. Period.

Bandai-Namco has to come out with a new DBZ game every year (for licensing) and DBFZ is going to be eating all of that up with newer and newer versions of this game. So those games Xenoverse games will likely not receive a lot of love.

It's designed as a balanced (relatively) tournament worthy fighting game.

The combat is 3v3, very akin to Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (in all of the good ways) with assists and everything.

Destructible stages as well as your character getting more and more damaged over time.

3D fighting games have their place, but I have always and will always prefer 2D. The gameplay is just completely differerent and IMO much more interesting.

I've been a fighting game tournament player since 2007, I just love the genre

Basically you have to enjoy fighting games as a genre before you can enjoy this one.

wirestyle22

@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@wirestyle22 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@momurda said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@wirestyle22 I saw that. But why would I buy that when I have Xenoverse 1+2 which has more chars, more moves, and 3d movement and large 3d destructible arenas?

Oh god where to begin.

Every other DBZ game has characters that are literally useless. This game, every character has unique mechanics and infinite callbacks to the show, etc. Every character looks really good as in they aren't useless.

It's made my Arcsys on the same Engine that Guilty Gear was, which is the BEST fighting game of all-time. Period.

Bandai-Namco has to come out with a new DBZ game every year (for licensing) and DBFZ is going to be eating all of that up with newer and newer versions of this game. So those games Xenoverse games will likely not receive a lot of love.

It's designed as a balanced (relatively) tournament worthy fighting game.

The combat is 3v3, very akin to Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (in all of the good ways) with assists and everything.

Destructible stages as well as your character getting more and more damaged over time.

3D fighting games have their place, but I have always and will always prefer 2D. The gameplay is just completely differerent and IMO much more interesting.

I've been a fighting game tournament player since 2007, I just love the genre

Basically you have to enjoy fighting games as a genre before you can enjoy this one.

It's a fighting game. If you don't like fighting games you aren't going to like it. Although I will say that it is incredibly easy to pick up. Mastering it will be another story as it usually is.

scottalanmiller

Steam sale should start today.

momurda

Still hasnt started... it is like 3 days before christmas. wtf

momurda

It has begun.
Oh look Ys Seven for PC. Buying.

RojoLoco

Is anyone else having issues with the "next page" button on the steam sale? If I click the arrow, I get an error, but if I click the next page number, it works fine.

Nic

I finally picked up Dark Souls 3 for $15. I hope it's better than the disappointment that 2 was, since it had the flunkies at the helm. Since Hidetaka Miyazaki was back in charge for 3, here's hoping.

wirestyle22

@nic said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

I finally picked up Dark Souls 3 for $15. I hope it's better than the disappointment that 2 was, since it had the flunkies at the helm. Since Hidetaka Miyazaki was back in charge for 3, here's hoping.

Any Dark Souls is good. Don't bite the hand that feeds. DS3 is our last Dark Souls $:\$

Nic

@wirestyle22 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@nic said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

I finally picked up Dark Souls 3 for $15. I hope it's better than the disappointment that 2 was, since it had the flunkies at the helm. Since Hidetaka Miyazaki was back in charge for 3, here's hoping.

Any Dark Souls is good. Don't bite the hand that feeds. DS3 is our last Dark Souls $:\$

I would argue that only the ones actually created by Miyazaki are good - he was just an advisor for 2:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Souls_II

He was off doing Bloodborne at the time. It's like when your favorite TV show's creator leaves and the quality dips.

scottalanmiller

The Steam Winter Sale just started (like seconds ago.)

black3dynamite

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

The Steam Winter Sale just started (like seconds ago.)

Hopefully there are some good multi platform games that I like on sale.

scottalanmiller

My collection is so extensive that there isn’t much enticing on the sale.

RojoLoco

I picked up The Stick of Truth... it literally like playing an episode of South Park.