Yeah, that's fine. My first PS2 game was Onimusha, which I adored, and I've loved that aesthetic ever since.

 

So seeing as there seems to be a decent sized group of people here who play mobile games (If the Fire Emblem Heroes thread is anything to go by), anyone playing Final Fantasy Brave Exvius? I don't want to derail the other thread.

 

I don't, but I do play Fate/Grand Order. F2P, but still relatively proud of my stable of Servants. It's fairly enjoyable, but since it's Japanese-only I can't really recommend it.

I'm not interested in playing another mobile game, but I'm curious anyway: how is Exvius? The only real thing I know about it is that I heard quite a bit of bitching about the Ariana Grande collab and that Cloud isn't in the game yet.

 

I really enjoy it. It's got a nice and varied combat system, there's lots of content including an event, and a new summon banner every 2 weeks to keep you busy. And there are hard boss fights that actually require strategy and planning to defeat.

I've been playing everyday since launch basically.

And funnily enough Cloud came out a few days ago in Japan ,but us in the global sever have to wait another 6 months presumably.

 

I'm really enjoying for honor too, but despite wanting to be good with the warden I find that I'm only passably good at the weeaboo spear lady.

I'm very good at nobushi though. Or at least I like to think so at any rate. Still need to figure out how to feint properly, but that's about the only mechanic I don't have a great grasp on.

Also the berserker's infinite chain. Even against a level 0 bot I couldn't pull that off

In any event the beta is, frankly, excellent. I was lukewarm on for honor and hadn't intended to get it, but the beta convinced me to preorder the deluxe edition so it succeeded there.

 

We should be playing Persona 5 today.

Never forget.

 

Played the fuck out of the For Honor beta. Got to the point of prestiging my Warden and was winning every other duel.

I would really like to play the game and try different characters seeing as how I exclusively played Warden but I'm broke as hell

 

My Collector's Edition would have made this snow day go so much quicker. On the bright side I've managed to avoid most spoilers so I'll still be going in fresh in April.

 

Is the PS4 Pro worth the price hike if you don't have a 4k TV?

 

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh depends on how good a deal you can get on a PS slim.

I got mine after black friday for $200 including Uncharted 4. to pay twice that for a pro didn't appeal to me.

OTOH you're sure as hell not gunna find that price now, so depending on what deals you can get...

Either which way, you'll get the most benefit at 4k with a HDR TV. If you don't have that, meh. Buuuuut boost mode will sure as hell improve gameplay in the vast majority of your games. Bloodborne without the FPS drops is a joy, or so I've heard.

 

I'm considering buying a used Slim Uncharted package from Amazon that is $220. I'm not sure yet though. I might just fork over the extra $30 and get it new.

Also have the Uncharted collection that has the other 3 games, Bloodborne, Far Cry 4 and Dishonored for pretty good deals lined up - it's about time I play those.

 

Fyi, with boost mode, Bloodborne has much quicker load times and stable framerate on the Pro.

If you only care about first party exclusives though (Infamous, uncharted, tlou, horizon, god of war etc) just get the cheapest console. First party games always run great. They're wizards like that.

 

Anyone else playing Nier: Automata? I haven't played a hack and slash game since I was a kid and it's a first for me on PC.

 

I'd vehemently argue about it being hack and slash, but yes. It's incredible.

 

Drove to Brisbane to visit some family, went to the local markets and I saw a Retro game store. I was like 'I'll go in, buy Banjo-Tooie and A Link to the Past and thats it.'

An hour and a couple of yarns later...

Some serious coin there in some of those SNES games. I'll justify it by deluding myself into thinking its an invesment for the future.

*Just what I bought, not whole collection.

Also walked away with a bet to see if i could finish Ghouls N' Ghosts or not, meant to be a pretty hard game to complete.

A good day.

 

If you don't mind me asking, how much did those go for?

(and a not insignificant part of me still cringes at n64 and psx games being considered retro, lol)

 

Didn't get an itemised list, but roughly these for $89 AU each:

Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Super Metroid and Zelda: A Link To The Past.

The rest of them around $250 all up. Some were pretty cheap I only wanted for memories, Goldeneye, Turok etc. A couple I haven't played but they highly recommended.

Comparing to buying online some were cheaper others slightly more expensive, but that doesn't include postage. Overall pretty impressive little stall with a good selection, could of easily dropped another $500 but I was mainly interested in the RPGs when I was looking.