What video game are you playing?

[greyhammer90]

Loved the one in Florence,… was hyped for the Revolution one and the one on the Vita but they both, in my opinion, were so bad I basically moved on from the whole series

AC3 sucked so bad.

Black Flag is like a really good pirate game that occasionally forces you to play a mediocre Assassin's Creed game to progress. When it's just you and the boat it's great fun. When you get off the boat it's meh.

 

[IrishLion]

AC3 sucked so bad.

Black Flag is like a really good pirate game that occasionally forces you to play a mediocre Assassin's Creed game to progress. When it's just you and the boat it's great fun. When you get off the boat it's meh.

Black Flag actually has some of my favorite assassin mechanics, but the missions don't get often get involved enough to let you use everything at your disposal.

One of my favorite levels in the whole franchise is one of the few Black Flag levels that lets you go off, though... you're tracking what I believe is a Spanish ship down an inlet, and you have to navigate a camp set up along the inlet on land, while the ship moves along the water. You have to use stealth, strategically go point-to-point, use the whistle mechanic, use sleep darts, etc. You use the whole assassin repertoire, and it's a real challenge because getting spotted is an auto-fail.

 

[IrishLion]

I had a dream last night that I was the main character in Elden Ring, and I was trapped in a legacy dungeon that was designed to be a massive version of the Adams Family mansion. One side of the mansion was a puzzle/platforming section that I kept failing, where I had to make my way from the top floor to the ground floor, defeating enemies and being careful not to fall the whole time... when I finally got through that, there was an evergaol in their 'back yard' where I had to fight a perverted, jacked-up version of Lurch, who had a great sword that had piano keys down the blade, and made cacophonous piano noises when he swung it.

Then I had to go through a secret passage in their cemetery to an underground chapel, where I had to activate four altars to make it out and back into the main Elden Ring world. I kept dying before I could get through the last portion, because the altar room was tiny, and I didn't have enough room to act defensively.

It was the most detailed and in-depth dream I've ever had, and it felt like it was going to whole night. At one point I woke up from the stress, then fell asleep and went right back into the dream.

I've had a headache all day, likely from my brain designing a video game complete with enemies and NPC's on the fly all night.

I might need to take a break from video games lol

 

[ACamp1900]

Reminds me of all my dreams of sleeping with Salma Hayek while in full Castlevania gear in the middle of Angels stadium,… I however am not taking a break from anything as these dreams are peak form.

 

[calvegas04]

 

[greyhammer90]

I refuse to get my hopes up after seeing what Madden has become lately. EA makes borderline mobile games now.

 

[IrishLion]

Crazy Train on select third-downs or we riot

 

[greyhammer90]

Crazy Train on select third-downs or we riot

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[IrishLion]

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That's probably putting too much faith in EA, tbh



The real problem is that we haven't heard an update on EA's licensing. They had 100+ schools, but some notable exclusions were ND and Ohio State, among others. I wonder where that all stands currently... should be a breeze with NIL, unless they are negotiating with individual players one-by-one.

 

[IrishLion]

I also wonder if they're scrambling to incorporate NIL somehow, or if they will leave recruiting as a traditional venture for the first release.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

I also wonder if they're scrambling to incorporate NIL somehow, or if they will leave recruiting as a traditional venture for the first release.

Would be hilarious to add in NIL as a "F*ck you, CFB fan" micro-transaction feature. Real CFB is pay-to-win, so now your video game is too.

 

[IrishLion]

Would be hilarious to add in NIL as a "F*ck you, CFB fan" feature. Real CFB is pay-to-win, so now your video game is too.

Everyone expects the "Ultimate Team" feature to be the paid DLC...

It's actually going to be "pay real money to recruit anybody in the top 250 of our computer-generated rankings" DLC

 

[IrishLion]

Some info on ND's potential inclusion, from Matt Brown's "Extra Points" newsletter:

What schools are IN the game so far?​

According to the Feb 25 memo, CLC is claiming that "nearly 120 institutions, athletic conferences and bowl games" have "conceptually approved participation."

However, I am told that the remaining holdouts have still provided stadium and musical assets, and are operating as if they are going to participate in the project. The holdouts, I'm told, are either because there is not currently an established mechanism for paying athletes for their likenesses to appear in the game, or because there are still a few licensing wrinkles to be ironed out for schools that currently don't operate under the CLC umbrella.

The industry expectation is that every single FBS institution, including the newest members joining from FCS, will participate in the game at launch.

 

[ACamp1900]

Ha!! I was searching for news on it randomly this morning and almost came here to complain about the lack of it.

I did see where playoff expansion would most likely be in but no mention of playoff elimination,… which would be straight fire

 

[arahop]

NCAA 23! Been waiting for years.

 

[ulukinatme]

It's been too long...I sincerely hope they add the option to add your own tunes/cheers for teams like they did in the past. I had all kinds of ND band stuff downloaded, from cadence stuff, to the Rakes of Mallow, Celtic Chant, 1812 Overture for the start of the 4th...I even spliced together a sound file with the kickoff songs "Here Come the Irish" from a live game along with Shipping up to Boston (That one wasn't live, the previous audio got cut off before it). It sounded good. Needless to say...felt like a real home game, I was very much invested in bringing in all the sounds and cheers.

 

[IrishLion]

It's been too long...I sincerely hope they add the option to add your own tunes/cheers for teams like they did in the past. I had all kinds of ND band stuff downloaded, from cadence stuff, to the Rakes of Mallow, Celtic Chant, 1812 Overture for the start of the 4th...I even spliced together a sound file with the kickoff songs "Here Come the Irish" from a live game along with Shipping up to Boston (That one wasn't live, the previous audio got cut off before it). It sounded good. Needless to say...felt like a real home game, I was very much invested in bringing in all the sounds and cheers.

I did the same thing! I think it may have been you that pointed me to the Operation Sports thread that had the ND zip file for all the sounds to load in.

 

[ulukinatme]

I did the same thing! I think it may have been you that pointed me to the Operation Sports thread that had the ND zip file for all the sounds to load in.

Hit me up once they release this puppy. I've got stuff from the ND Band CDs and more that aren't in the Operation Sports download.

 

[ACamp1900]

It's been too long...I sincerely hope they add the option to add your own tunes/cheers for teams like they did in the past. I had all kinds of ND band stuff downloaded, from cadence stuff, to the Rakes of Mallow, Celtic Chant, 1812 Overture for the start of the 4th...I even spliced together a sound file with the kickoff songs "Here Come the Irish" from a live game along with Shipping up to Boston (That one wasn't live, the previous audio got cut off before it). It sounded good. Needless to say...felt like a real home game, I was very much invested in bringing in all the sounds and cheers.

Yeah my last ncaa on Xbox is pimped out with songs and cheers but it’s EA guys. Next years game will be stripped down basic,… just prepare yourself and they’ll add maybe two of the 20 things they took out from 14 every year and sell it as new

 

[ulukinatme]

Yeah my last ncaa on Xbox is pimped out with songs and cheers but it’s EA guys. Next years game will be stripped down basic,… just prepare yourself and they’ll add maybe two of the 20 things they took out from 14 every year and sell it as new

That's what I'm afraid of. Give us crumbs every few years so people will keep buying...not like I wasn't buying the game each year already. Just would be nice if most the previous features were retained.

 

[ACamp1900]

That's what I'm afraid of. Give us crumbs every few years so people will keep buying...not like I wasn't buying the game each year already. Just would be nice if most the previous features were retained.

You know that’s what’s going to happen tho

 

[IrishLion]

That Extra Points newsletter did have Ultimate Team in for 2023 as a certainty… but mentioned that dynasty mode (aka the only reason to play the game) as included “in some capacity.”

That doesn’t inspire confidence, and ACamp may be right… could be a bare bones experience for non-pay-to-play modes the first year while they iron everything out.

But the pay-to-play stuff and the DLC will be in mint condition! EA has to accrue those micro transactions!

Hopefully they sell a “gold” edition that includes non-ultimate team DLC for free, just get it out of the way with one sticker price like with the AC games.

 

[ulukinatme]

That Extra Points newsletter did have Ultimate Team in for 2023 as a certainty… but mentioned that dynasty mode (aka the only reason to play the game) as included “in some capacity.”

That doesn’t inspire confidence, and ACamp may be right… could be a bare bones experience for non-pay-to-play modes the first year while they iron everything out.

But the pay-to-play stuff and the DLC will be in mint condition! EA has to accrue those micro transactions!

Hopefully they sell a “gold” edition that includes non-ultimate team DLC for free, just get it out of the way with one sticker price like with the AC games.

There better be a standard dynasty mode /w recruiting or we riot! If it's scaled down a bit, fine, but it better have all the standard stuff like the playoff, bowls, recruitment, etc.

 

[calvegas04]

Thought EA learned from SW Battlefront about doing too much micro transactions and has going away from that.

 

[ACamp1900]

Thought EA learned from SW Battlefront about doing too much micro transactions and has going away from that.

Their sports dept ain’t learned shit.

 

[IrishLion]

I feel it in my soul when the music hits:



It never fails… probably gonna break out the 3DS and start a new game on Pokémon Red tonight.

 

[ACamp1900]

I feel it in my soul when the music hits:



It never fails… probably gonna break out the 3DS and start a new game on Pokémon Red tonight.

Not a Pokémon fan at all but I totally get it,… I’m the same way with the classic Castlevania games and a few after that

 

[tussin]

I feel it in my soul when the music hits:



It never fails… probably gonna break out the 3DS and start a new game on Pokémon Red tonight.

I'll be 95 years old on my death bed and instantly know what that's from.

 

[ulukinatme]

Need a thread just dedicated to video game music. Goes hard @2:12

 

[ACamp1900]

After I beat CV3 I hit a rut,.. the Angels in real life have me bitter towards The Show,… so idk what to play.

I started Super Castlevania but as beloved as that game is I just don’t feel it as much. The turning room stage just pisses me off

I think I’m going to go back to Curse of the Moon 2. I never did beat that one and I’ve heard once you beat the first episode you start unlocking the characters from CotM 1 which would be awesome