Topic: Gamer thread

[patsy02]

What's the cause of the ridiculous OZ prices? Distributors or government being dickheads?

Its distributors screwing Australia because it costs a little bit more to ship to, and a bit more effort to get it here in the same kind of timeframe.
Its games, software, hardware. Most tech costs more here.

So the distributors are being dickheads, then. One of you should just start your own import business and sell games for $70.

[zifnab0]

I've been watching some online playthroughs of Dragon Age: Inquisition.  Does not look fun or interesting.

I really wish they had gone with an open world system.  The linear game reminds me too much of Final XIII.  Ugh.

[Ursa Doom]

Which generation PS3 do you have?

A PS3 slim I belive it's called, from 2011.

[phillyt]

Weird!  Mine is the 2nd gen!

[Athiuen]

I've been watching some online playthroughs of Dragon Age: Inquisition.  Does not look fun or interesting.

I really wish they had gone with an open world system.  The linear game reminds me too much of Final XIII.  Ugh.

It's very good.
That said, it's not as good as Dragon Age Origins.
The crafting system makes crafted loot better than found loot and since the loot follows a diablo pattern all loot is cheapened and nothing feels special.
The quests in the areas are mostly MMO fetch/kill quests which are boring.

There are some really excellent set pieces (Assassin in Val Royeux), and of course the characters and dialogue are great (it is bioware).

I would have prefered a linear game because the side missions (as in Origins) would have felt meaningful.
Then again the quests feel more meaningful and world changing (mostly) than skyrim in which nothing ever changed.

Overall it's definitely worth playing if you've played the other games and if you like RPG's in general.  It certainly has enough to hold itself up.  Then again if I knew what it was like I wouldn't have payed $89 AUD for it.

Wait for it to go on sale or get it from G2A.

[Xathrodox86]

Shadow of mordor is well worthplaying, i think itll be on blaxk friday deals for cheap.

Oh,  but ps3 version sucks apparently

Another game I must play. So many games, so little time...

[StealthKnightSteg]

Well I went into SWTOR (Star Wars The Old Republic) as a free 2 play, and I must say I was pleasantly suprised with the game so far.. maybe a bit glitchy at times and you can't have the full benefits as a subscriber, but almost anything you need you can get as a F2P.

And it seems that the "endgame" content is not as massive as it used to be in WoW with 40 men raids and later 25 men.. top in SWTOR is 8 and 16 with some global world events going to max 24 I think.

Also they are releasing 3.0 on dec2 (for pre order players) and dec9 for all others, where they are dropping the skill tree idea into a discipline flow so they get rid of the motly tweaking of skills on higher levels and making leveling less a burden as you don't have to worry about allocating skills in the right order. Besides the disciplines they get a utility choice you can adjust to the current environment as you need to. They explain it better then I
http://www.swtor.com/blog/developer-update-introduction-disciplines

[Finlay]

Banner saga is on steam sale for £3.74.

HIGHLY recomend it at that price.

[phillyt]

I am getting 7 Days to Die!

[phillyt]

Anyone who doesn't have Dragon Age Inquisition, it is $45 today on Amazon for all systems!

I just ordered mine!

[Ursa Doom]

I figure I would wait until I get a PS4 next year.

[rufus sparkfire]

It looks as though dragon age is quite bad on the 360.

[Gneisenau]

Says who, out of interest?

[Finlay]

I think its time for new gen!

[Ursa Doom]

PS3 and 360 is probably less of a priority than the PS4 and Xbone for Bioware so they no doubt stuck the B-team on them.

[Finlay]

Yes.

Mordor for ps3 was developed by an entirely different team than ps4!

[phillyt]

I am not super up on it, but when they are modifying the games for separate systems, it is the same assets they are working with.  They aren't necessarily developing the game completely from scratch or even part way.  I could be wrong.  Grutch would be a great asset on this discussion!

Some companies seem to make some serious modifications to get a game running on everything.

Look at the difference between the PS4 and PS3 Destiny games.  HUGE difference in complexity with the terrain especially.

[Warlord]

SSB4 is out.

I thought I would be more excited.

Probably because my TV is not HDMI, means I need to play it on the handheld, and the battery life is limited. Plus I didn't get the GC controller hub, but doesn't matter because it would be unplayable on my TV anyway.

I think the other part of my discomfort is how many new characters there are, new levels, and new items.

It does feel more like Melee though, rather than brawl, which is a good thing.

[Sig]

Get a new TV! Or play on a PC monitor if you have one that supports it.

[Warlord]

The TV works fine.
We are saving for a house and can't justify a needless cost.
And I already have 2 PC monitors on my desk for my PC (Neither HDMI) so not an option there either.

Good suggestion with the PC monitor though!

[phillyt]

Far Cry 4 was awesome!

[Mogsam]

Bought the new taletell games GoT game. For £20 it only lasted two hours! Say whAT!!

[Ursa Doom]

They release the game in episodes. You have to wait two months or something for the next episode maybe.

I rather enjoyed them both. The Game of Thrones one was pretty tense.

[Warlord]

Bought the new taletell games GoT game. For £20 it only lasted two hours! Say whAT!!

I think I bought one of those!
Not sure which one though, but 2 hours is disappointing.

[phillyt]

If you paid the full 20, I think that gets you all the episodes.  Most of the time their episodes are $5 each, with a $5 savings if you buy the lot.  I only have the Walking Dead one, and have only played through the second episode.