Did you catch all that news about the new World of Warcraft expansion? Did it feel to you like twelve year old Metzen was running rings around forty+ year old Metzen saying “YOUR GAME NEEDS MORE COOL THINGS?!” No? That was just me? Oh well. Maybe you’re going to play World of Warcraft this weekend, who knows? But this is what Twinstiq is up to:
- Andrew (Twitter): I might check out the new (old) DLC in Smash Bros this weekend. Normally, I'd be pretty put off by this piecemeal DLC model they've got going (not to mention re-selling a lot of the older stuff they probably should have included from the start), but I am such a sucker for Smash that I hardly even care.
- Dante: I'm playing the pack everything in sight game because I'm moving. I'll leave the PC for last to play Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm and TF2.
- Strangethumb (Twitter): Still at Gamescom. Most of the weekend will be spent in lines probably, trying out the consumer experience. We'll see how that goes. Would love to try some Battlefront, but i fear that would be the only thing i'll do that day.
- Greywolfe (Twitter, YouTube): in larry, we are going to meet patti again and she's going to meet up with pc hammer to suss out more secrets. kyrandia 1 is slowly winding down, now, since i'm at the endgame - there's just the royal castle left to explore. hearthstone tavern brawls continue! and also more magic duels: origins, because i don't feel like stainless have kicked me in the teeth enough.
- Hasenpfeffer: Picked up Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark on clearance at Best Buy. Maybe the best worst $19 I've spent in a while. Also playing some Rocket League and maybe some Trove.
- Pixelatedzen (Twitter): Working on a Java program that's been giving me probems, and then playing some more Shadow of the Horned Rat and possibly Magic Duels
- Tisnight (Twitch): Started playing rocket league on my ps4 with some friends but because of work this weekend I'll be only able to play some hearthstone in my spare time.
- Yoda0VGs (Twitter): Still can't stop playing Rocket League when I get a few spare minutes. I'll most likely start to pick up Dota2 again after I go check out the International live in a movie theater this weekend. :smile: So that's going to be fracking amazing!
My S-video cable for Gamecube finally arrived, so I might sit down with some Rogue Leader or Killer 7. I should probably check out Galak-Z, as well, before it becomes another lost soul in my “bought and
forgot” backlog.
…but all of that is contingent on whether or not I can pull myself away from Rare Replay – fuck me, this is a
phenomenal compilation. It’s not just the scope and variety of what’s on offer, but the sheer love and joy with which the whole package has been put together.
Between the opening musical number, the inside-baseball extra content (the opening music to the cancelled Project Dream??) and the addictive snapshot challenges, this is the best retro compilation to come down the pike in years.
Furthermore, it’s great to FINALLY be able to play the Speccy games after reading about them for years in Retro Gamer magazine…though it turns out that I may have overestimated my tolerance for 30+ year old game design. While Jetpac definitely stands the test of time (even moreso than the visually-busy 360 remake, I’d argue), Sabre Wulf, Atic Atac, Gunfright and Underwurlde can suck one or most of my balls. The combination of loose/slippery controls and completely obscure, opaque objectives creates a pretty miserable experience.
…still, that leaves, like, 26 incredible games on the disc to work through.
plus, those games are just ridiculously difficult.
but it’s at least fun to see where some of the new stuff stemmed from. and as long as you don’t sink too much time into stuff that dated [if your threshold for it is too low] then you’re probably good :)
Oh man your gnna make me start playing Rouge Squadron and Spiderman2 all over again mentioning the gamecube lol
I may not be gaming a ton this weekend since I’ve got company coming over, but should I find the time I’ll play a bit more Titanfall as well as Morrowind and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood.
Geometery Wars 3 and Castle Storm have both been occupying my Vita time. Castle Storm in particular feels better on the smaller screen than it does playing it from my X1 on the tv. That’ll stay in the living room to help me make it through commercial breaks.
Nice. I fucked with Titanfall pretty hard on PC during it’s initial release, but now that it’s part of the EA Access vault, I’ve been meaning to give it a go on the X1 (the mere notion of playing the game with the X1 controller is enough to get me interested in starting from lvl. 1).
Has Morrowind aged well? I bought it at launch but I computer couldn’t even remotely handle it. For somebody who’s poured hours into Bethesda’s seventh-gen Gamebryo-based games, is Morrowind accessible? I like the world of Morrowind more than the more recent Elder Scrolls settings, but is the gameplay is too archaic?
As for Castle Storm, I’m desperately looking for more games to download on my new Vita…I bit the bullet and imported a 64 GB memory card, so I’m in the middle of a digital shopping spree.
On a related note, also noticed Dangonranpa and its sequel are discounted as part of Sony’s Summer Sale…
I’ve got Titanfall on both PC and the X1 and I’ve put way more time in on the Xbox. One reason is because the population is so much greater. It’s getting pretty thin on some of the playlists on Origin, but never had trouble getting into any match on the console version.
Morrowind is MUCH easier on the eyes after installing the Morrowind Overhaul, which is a ton of improvements all bundled together. I’d put it on par with Skyrim in many ways, or even better in some. Gameplay might be a mixed bag if you haven’t played before. There is no hand holding here. When you are given a destination, there are no compass pointers or map markers. You have to read and look for physical landmarks in the world to find your way. At one point, I was told to hunt down a rare book, and suggested that I check with booksellers. That’s it. Booksellers are in some towns, but not all, and no way to know which ones. Even then, the book I needed didn’t show up in the seller’s items for barter, it was just laying in the shop, begging to be stolen. The game also starts off much slower paced than the other Elder Scrolls games. Walking is at a snail’s pace, and running quickly depletes your stamina. It requires patience, but Morrowind also delivers ultimate freedom. You can actually kill every NPC in the game, regardless if you need them for a quest. The game just pops up with a message telling you to reload a save, or ‘continue in the doomed world you have created’.
Magic also has been toned down in the later games. In Morrowind you can create spells of infinite levitation, as well as water walking and anything else you can imagine. The combat is a bit to get used to, as it’s not based in physics but a roll of the dice as to whether you land a blow or not.
I’d say it’s definitely worth a go, especially with the graphics modded up, just to see where the series has come from.
Here’s a screenshot I took of the sun coming up in the Bitter Coast region.
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Looking forward to trying out Galak-Z…before I run into the same problem as David. =P
As far as rogue-likes have gone, they haven’t been my thing, but…it looks so beautiful with all the macross-inspired missile animation and general anime aesthetic.
Well I guess I’m a glutton for punishment it seems as I started Alien Isolation on Nightmare. I just cant get enough of this game for some reason.
Finished Wither 3 this past week (that is a big game) and now I’m back to my Hearthstone addiction and have also been getting into Heroes of the Storm. Wow, does Blizzard ever know how to pull people in.