WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2016

myp · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2016 13:04

Saturnalian wrote:

Funny story about the Steam Controller. In my mind, i've been using it like a mouse even for first person shooters so up is up and down is down but when I go back to the PS4 controller suddenly I can't play a FPS with invert, which is my norm.

Crazy.

Related story: I used to be an invert Y person - then I played World War 2 Online which didn't have the option. So I trained myself to use it the normal way. And then I couldn't go back.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Lonewolves wrote:

Saturnalian wrote:

Funny story about the Steam Controller. In my mind, i've been using it like a mouse even for first person shooters so up is up and down is down but when I go back to the PS4 controller suddenly I can't play a FPS with invert, which is my norm.

Crazy.

Related story: I used to be an invert Y person - then I played World War 2 Online which didn't have the option. So I trained myself to use it the normal way. And then I couldn't go back.

Same here, different game.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2016 13:40

Saturnalian wrote:

Funny story about the Steam Controller. In my mind, i've been using it like a mouse even for first person shooters so up is up and down is down but when I go back to the PS4 controller suddenly I can't play a FPS with invert, which is my norm.

Crazy.

Aye. I now use non inverted mouse after using inverted controller having originally learnt on inverted mouse

Is controller any good?

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14359

If you like fiddling with stuff you'll enjoy fiddling around with this stuff. If you don't, you might find messing around with it a bit of a chore as it ain't exactly plug-n-play (although you can, for all intents, plug it in and it works) (after downloading some firmware and, hnnngh, using Big Picture).

And I didn't even realise how to engage the gyroscope until I read about it on Reddit. Stupid thing has this stupid symbol on big picture. Stupid. Anyway, that's quite good.

So, yeah. I kinda like it.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2016 14:05

Saturnalian wrote:

If you like fiddling with stuff you'll enjoy fiddling around with this stuff. If you don't, you might find messing around with it a bit of a chore as it ain't exactly plug-n-play (although you can, for all intents, plug it in and it works) (after downloading some firmware and, hnnngh, using Big Picture).

And I didn't even realise how to engage the gyroscope until I read about it on Reddit. Stupid thing has this stupid symbol on big picture. Stupid. Anyway, that's quite good.

So, yeah. I kinda like it.

Big Picture is mainly fine, and it defaults to that using the Steam Link anyway.

From what I've heard the default best-voted community config for each game is applied automatically. Have you found that?

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14359

I've not noticed that happening. When I played Black Mesa all the moves were already mapped to the controller so it might have happened then but when I played The Forest (which is really cool by the way, but I haven't really played enough of it beyond an hour) it didn't recognise the Steam Controller at all.

I might have to load up a few more games to see what happens.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:43

I'm off the mark!
Mario party 6 <30>
Another world: 20th anniversary edition <3.20>

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:57

£30 for Mario Party?! Cor.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jan 13, 2016 13:08

Grim... wrote:

£30 for Mario Party?! Cor.

Nintendo games never get cheap, sadly. One of the reasons I'm happy to buy on day one usually.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jan 13, 2016 14:03

I'd have totally sold you my copy for a tenner.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Jan 13, 2016 14:40

But does it come with the microphone and cardboard box?

If it does... I'll be annoyed.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

<1.08> on Reveal the Deep for Android.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

<9.99> on Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:28

Bamba wrote:

<9.99> on Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

spoiler: Everybody has gone to the rapture.

(It's obviously a gripping story, given I can no longer remember why everyone vanished)

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:02

A boy and his blob <6.79>
Asteroids deluxe <1.99>

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:58

Mr Dave wrote:

Bamba wrote:

<9.99> on Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

spoiler: Everybody has gone to the rapture.

(It's obviously a gripping story, given I can no longer remember why everyone vanished)

Yeah. I loved the setting, but the story was like a sub-standard Radio 4 play.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

<0.60> Ghosts of Memories for Android.

Morte · **Posted:** Tue Feb 02, 2016 8:04

XCom 2 - Steam <34.99>
Ace Patrol Bundle - Steam <1.19>

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

<2.16> on Plug & Play for Android.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

<76.38> XCOM 2 w/ DLC pass and Steam Controller

Edit -- Jesus, I'm ahead of TheVision on the score board. Ruh roh.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Jesus, I'm ahead of TheVision on the score board. Ruh roh.

It's early days, there's plenty of time yet from him to spend a stupid amount of money on a whole load of retro shite.

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3214

<1.45> All Stars Bundle, Tropico 4, Magicka, +
<1.89> MVP Bundle, OOTP 15, Axis Football 2015
<10.62> Humble weekly bundle, Chaos Reborn etc.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

<1.61> on Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon for Android. The sequel to Spider: Secret of Bryce Manor.

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2016 16:04

Bamba wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Jesus, I'm ahead of TheVision on the score board. Ruh roh.

It's early days, there's plenty of time yet from him to spend a stupid amount of money on a whole load of retro shite.

There's nothing shite about the stuff I buy. Besides, I'm taking it easy this year. Until I know what's happening with my job, I can't really justify spending a lot of money on games.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

TheVision wrote:

There's nothing shite about the stuff I buy.

TheVision, in the last year's thread wrote:

A Hannah Montana PSP

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2016 16:57

Bamba wrote:

TheVision wrote:

There's nothing shite about the stuff I buy.

TheVision, in the last year's thread wrote:

A Hannah Montana PSP

Exactly! It's not shite, it's brilliant. If you saw the colour of it in real life, you'd fall in love.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

TheVision wrote:

Bamba wrote:

TheVision wrote:

There's nothing shite about the stuff I buy.

TheVision, in the last year's thread wrote:

A Hannah Montana PSP

Exactly! It's not shite, it's brilliant. If you saw the colour of it in real life, you'd fall in love...

...with the lump hammer that smashes it.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2016 21:28

Oh. Wow.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Bamba wrote:

TheVision wrote:

There's nothing shite about the stuff I buy.

TheVision, in the last year's thread wrote:

A Hannah Montana PSP

That's some powerful investigative journalism right there, Bamba. Applause.gif

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Cras wrote:

Bamba wrote:

TheVision wrote:

There's nothing shite about the stuff I buy.

TheVision, in the last year's thread wrote:

A Hannah Montana PSP

That's some powerful investigative journalism right there, Bamba. Applause.gif

Lol, I knew he's have listed some terrible tat in a Wongawatch thread and searching all of someone's posts there is trivial.

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2016 23:58

Bamba wrote:

Cras wrote:

Bamba wrote:

TheVision wrote:

There's nothing shite about the stuff I buy.

TheVision, in the last year's thread wrote:

A Hannah Montana PSP

That's some powerful investigative journalism right there, Bamba. Applause.gif

Lol, I knew he's have listed some terrible tat in a Wongawatch thread and searching all of someone's posts there is trivial.

Yeah, except I don't list terrible tat. Only classic games and "must have" retro items. Apart from that, you're spot on.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

<35.45> - Dark Souls III

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

<3.63> on Year Walk for the PC because I came home gagging to play Layers of Fear only to realise the bloody thing isn't out until tomorrow so I wanted something short to tide me over.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

<15.99> on Layers of Fear for the PS4.

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3214

<2.99> Bundlestars

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2016 0:15

I done bought some things...
Life is strange
The Evil Within
Max: The curse of the brotherhood
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive edition
Gone Home: Console edition
Rocket League
Clockwork Knight 2
Sonic 3D
Street Fighter vs Marvel Super Heroes
The House of the Dead
Vampire Saviour
A play and charge kit
<182.83>

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2016 0:24

Sleeping Dogs is amazing.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Sleeping Dogs is amazing. It had the moment in gaming I feel most guilty about. My girlfriend dumped me, so I broke her leg.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2016 0:38

You beast...

This is the definitive version apparently which includes all the DLC but yeah, I'm looking forward to giving it a go. I've heard very good things about it!

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:28

I broke her arm, the two-timing fuck.

She screamed. A lot.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Grim... wrote:

I broke her arm, the two-timing fuck.

She screamed. A lot.

Christ. I had to scroll back for context!

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:33

I found SD OK. The car handling was laughable though

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Cras wrote:

Sleeping Dogs is amazing. It had the moment in gaming I feel most guilty about. My girlfriend dumped me, so I broke her leg.

I'm still not over letting my goat die in Harvest Moon to allow me the space to buy a new cow. I starved her to death. The old farmhand just sadly shook his head at me. I almost re-set the game.

Stupid goat.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2016 22:59

<5.77> Humble Weekly Bundle: Orbyt Play (PC/Mac/Linux)

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

I fucking finally managed to spend <24.99> on the Fallout 4 season pass; not that Sony made it bloody easy for me. As of this afternoon I still can't buy it on the bloody website but they finally let the purchase through on the PS4 itself. Fannie. Anyway, like any right thinking human being I wouldn't normally touch a season pass with a bargepole but I feel it's justifiable in this case as the story DLC I'm interested in is £20 to start with and they've said they'll be doing more so I'm pretty sure I'll get at least another fiver's worth out of it at which point it's paid for itself. Indeed they're actually going to raise the price of the season pass to £40 on the 1st of March so I'm pretty confident in the value of it at £25.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

<12.45> on The Town of Light.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Bamba wrote:

I fucking finally managed to spend <24.99> on the Fallout 4 season pass; not that Sony made it bloody easy for me. As of this afternoon I still can't buy it on the bloody website but they finally let the purchase through on the PS4 itself. Fannie. Anyway, like any right thinking human being I wouldn't normally touch a season pass with a bargepole but I feel it's justifiable in this case as the story DLC I'm interested in is £20 to start with and they've said they'll be doing more so I'm pretty sure I'll get at least another fiver's worth out of it at which point it's paid for itself. Indeed they're actually going to raise the price of the season pass to £40 on the 1st of March so I'm pretty confident in the value of it at £25.

This reminded me I haven't done this. It's showing up as £40 on the PSN website just now. Bugger.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Fortunately it's still £25 on Amazon - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B017 ... sin_detail

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