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Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 10271

Cras wrote:

Bloody hell, you've got a good memory, man.

Or he knows you don't and he can just make shit up.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2018 15:35

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Mr Chonks · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2018 16:18

Overcooked! You should play Overcooked together. Honestly!

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 10271

Lonewolves wrote:

Overcooked! You should play Overcooked together. Honestly!

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8231

After nearly destroying 100 lives playing over cooked, I bought Overcooked 2. Played it with the boy, rage quit during the prologue. Never started it up again.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2018 20:09

Bamba wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Overcooked! You should play Overcooked together. Honestly!

I agree with Myppit.

I'm going for a shower.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Fri Dec 07, 2018 9:40

Happy birthday Joans!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:41

Happy Birthday Joans!

Hope today is electric

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 34867

Happy birthday, Joans!

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:26

Happy Birthday Joans!

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Jem · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2018 12:31

Happy birthday for Friday Joans, hope you had a great day.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30244

Happy birthday Joans.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12505

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/ ... 018-so-far

The Guardian lists the best games of 2018.

1 & 2 won’t surprise anyone. I see that this month’s PS+ game Iconoclasts is at No. 16. I’ve played a tiny of it and thought it was super-nice so I might have to crack on with that!

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 16:01

I read an article on The Guardian about why Half Life was the most important game of all time. The mistakes started in the first paragraph, and it went downhill from there.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 16:02

Here it is: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/ ... -fi-horror

Mr Chonks · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 16:45

What’s wrong in the first paragraph? And whether it stands up as a good game or not anymore, it is definitely influential.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 17:02

Satsuma wrote:

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/jun/26/best-video-games-of-2018-so-far

The Guardian lists the best games of 2018.

1 & 2 won’t surprise anyone. I see that this month’s PS+ game Iconoclasts is at No. 16. I’ve played a tiny of it and thought it was super-nice so I might have to crack on with that!

Another cracking year from Microsoft and the Xbox One there then.

Also, I've heard a lot about into the breach. I think I'm going to have to check it out.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 17:08

Lonewolves wrote:

What’s wrong in the first paragraph?

It's not a new job. Everyone there knows him well.

Lonewolves wrote:

And whether it stands up as a good game or not anymore, it is definitely influential.

It is definitely influential (and good). It is not "the most important shooter ever made".

Mr Chonks · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 17:12

Yeah I thought that could be the only thing about it. I’m going to play Black Mesa soon I think. Xen is being released next year and then it’s pretty much done.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 31998

Grim... wrote:

It is not "the most important shooter ever made".

What is?

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12505

He better not say Doom.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 17:17

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Grim... wrote:

It is not "the most important shooter ever made".

What is?

Depends on your definition of "important", I guess.

Half-life was really good, don't get me wrong, but it didn't do anything astoundingly new, it just did everything astoundingly well.

Really the answer should be Maze War, but I can't not give it to Wolfenstein 3D. Doom

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12505

TheVision wrote:

Another cracking year from Microsoft and the Xbox One there then.

Huh? Am I going mad or is Borza 4 the only Xbox exclusive on that list?

*edit* full list for the lazy:

Red Dead Redemption 2
God of War
Into the Breach
Forza Horizon 4
Tetris Effect
Monster Hunter World
Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Celeste
Return of the Obra Dinn
Ni no Kuni 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
Florence
Dark Souls Remastered
Iconoclasts
Moss
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
Yoku’s Island Express
Yakuza 6

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 17:22

You are not going mad. The only other Xbox exclusive from this year I can think of is Sea of Thieves.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12505

TheVision wrote:

You are not going mad. The only other Xbox exclusive from this year I can think of is Sea of Thieves.

It’s not on the list.

Bit of an odd hurrah for Microsoft/Xbox then?

Mr Chonks · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 17:24

Half-Life paved the way for more narrative-based shooters, I think. Beforehand it was just shooting and that was pretty much it.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 10271

Satsuma wrote:

TheVision wrote:

You are not going mad. The only other Xbox exclusive from this year I can think of is Sea of Thieves.

It’s not on the list.

Bit of an odd hurrah for Microsoft/Xbox then?

I'm assuming he was being sarcastic. The alternative doesn't bear thinking about.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12505

But...but...Praisebot?

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 18:34

I genuinely can't think of any other Xbox exclusives so no.. I wasn't being sarcastic.

Personally I think Sea of Thieves is brilliant but I can't see it troubling many 'game of the year' lists.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 18:35

TheVision wrote:

I genuinely can't think of any other Xbox exclusives so no.. I wasn't being sarcastic.

You think 1/20 is a "cracking year"?

I'm not sure that I haven't missed a joke

Mr Chonks · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 18:44

I don't think Praisebot knows what sarcasm is

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2018 18:57

Oh right, hang on.. I was being sarcastic. I was responding to Bambas quote where he hadn't quoted my sarcasm.

Never mind. Carry on.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2018 1:56

Lonewolves wrote:

Yeah I thought that could be the only thing about it. I’m going to play Black Mesa soon I think. Xen is being released next year and then it’s pretty much done.

Man, I'd play it before they inflict Xen upon it.

Unless you really like being molested by giant scrotums.

Mr Chonks · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2018 9:01

Mr Dave wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Yeah I thought that could be the only thing about it. I’m going to play Black Mesa soon I think. Xen is being released next year and then it’s pretty much done.

Man, I'd play it before they inflict Xen upon it.

Unless you really like being molested by giant scrotums.

It’s a total reimagining according to the latest articles I’ve read. It actually looks quite good!

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2018 9:20

Oh ffs, the wind caught the gates and now a gatepost is sheared and hinge has pulled out several screws and the latch is bent. Appreciate this is a first world problem but now the hoi polloi can saunter in

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2018 9:46

Lonewolves wrote:

Mr Dave wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Yeah I thought that could be the only thing about it. I’m going to play Black Mesa soon I think. Xen is being released next year and then it’s pretty much done.

Man, I'd play it before they inflict Xen upon it.

Unless you really like being molested by giant scrotums.

It’s a total reimagining according to the latest articles I’ve read. It actually looks quite good!

My memory of it when I played it was that it was beginning to drag on by that point anyway. And then you get attacked by a gonad.

But then again, I was broadly indifferent to hl2, so perhaps not the target audience.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:05

HL2 was rather easy to be broadly indifferent to.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 10271

When buying Human Fall Flat there it occurred to me that I'd just blindly bought it on Steam because it was 50% off there, but it may have actually been cheaper elsewhere. Which led me to realise I don't really have a complete mental list of reputable (i.e. not G2A) online game stores to check when looking for stuff. What good places I missing from this list:

Steam
Humble Store
GOG
Green Man Gaming

I'm sure there's loads of others I know about but I'm having a total mental block at the minute. Actually, I suppose the ideal here would be a site that constantly scrapes and indexes prices from all the actual stores, does something like that exists that's reliable?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 34867

Indiegala?

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:12

Bamba wrote:

When buying Human Fall Flat there it occurred to me that I'd just blindly bought it on Steam because it was 50% off there, but it may have actually been cheaper elsewhere. Which led me to realise I don't really have a complete mental list of reputable (i.e. not G2A) online game stores to check when looking for stuff. What good places I missing from this list:

Steam
Humble Store
GOG
Green Man Gaming

I'm sure there's loads of others I know about but I'm having a total mental block at the minute. Actually, I suppose the ideal here would be a site that constantly scrapes and indexes prices from all the actual stores, does something like that exists that's reliable?

I use IsThereAnyDeal, personally.

EDIT - if you link it to your Steam wishlist, you can receive email notifications when one of the games is on offer and not just in a Steam sale.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 10271

devilman wrote:

Bamba wrote:

When buying Human Fall Flat there it occurred to me that I'd just blindly bought it on Steam because it was 50% off there, but it may have actually been cheaper elsewhere. Which led me to realise I don't really have a complete mental list of reputable (i.e. not G2A) online game stores to check when looking for stuff. What good places I missing from this list:

Steam
Humble Store
GOG
Green Man Gaming

I'm sure there's loads of others I know about but I'm having a total mental block at the minute. Actually, I suppose the ideal here would be a site that constantly scrapes and indexes prices from all the actual stores, does something like that exists that's reliable?

I use IsThereAnyDeal, personally.

EDIT - if you link it to your Steam wishlist, you can receive email notifications when one of the games is on offer and not just in a Steam sale.

Nice one, I'll give that a shot.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2018 12:52

Add the Epic store, I guess.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 10271

Grim... wrote:

Add the Epic store, I guess.

Right now they only seem to have a handful of games available so they're not a worthwhile comparison source for the moment. Well, either that or their website doesn't actually show their full catalogue and you need to launch the actual client to see everything, in which case they can get fucked anyway.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2018 13:49

Oh, they have free shit. Yoink!

Mr Chonks · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2018 16:12

Don’t you “need” Origin for EA games and Battle.net for Blizzard/Acti games?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 13471

For anyone who liked Pony Island - The Hex : https://www.destructoid.com/review-the-hex-529574.phtml

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12505

Was it Grim... or Cras being wrapped up on Celebirty Juice’s Christmas Special?

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:35

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30244

Does anyone have any knowledge of how easy it is to emigrate to New Zealand? This place is beyond amazing.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 20663

Just land at the docks and tell them you are British.

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