GameTZ

7-Dec-03 9:25am
#1

Guru

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17-Mar-23 11:58am
#181

DCGX


benstylus wrote:
DCGX wrote:> Plus, there's virtually no way to catch up if you're too far back. Blue shells are bad though.
Sure, but with 'Split/Second,' if everyone is on the same skill level, it's the environmental triggers that are meant to shift advantage, but if you're too far back for one reason or another, those (and most shortcuts) won't make a difference. Basically, if you screw up or get screwed at the beginning of a race, there's no hope to being competitive.

17-Mar-23 2:54pm
#182

Anxiouz


I replayed through S/S last year and absolutely loved it and felt it held up extremely well. Really great game.

18-Mar-23 6:34pm
#183

PizzaTheHutt


Ridge Racer 2 {} 8/10

I've always had mixed feelings on the Ridge Racer series overall. I've not played all of them and only consider myself a casual fan of the series, but of the ones I have played, some of the entries are good (OG Ridge Racer, Ridge Racer 3D), some are just average (Ridge Racer 64/RRDS) and some were pretty damn bad (Ridge Racer Unbounded).

This one definitely goes in the Good category.
Sometimes I'm just in the mood to play a good old fashioned arcade-style racer, unlocking better cars as I progress, and without having to worry about tinkering around under the hood to upgrade parts of my current car. The Ridge Racer games usually allow me to do just that, no upgrading nonsense, just pure racing. And the racing in this one is fun.

The game handles well too. I don't know how it controlled on the PSP but I never was a fan of that little nub anyway.

They did a decent job touching up the graphics on PS4/PS5. One issue I have though is the UI just takes up too much of the screen. Your only options are to deal with it, or turn it off completely with the select button. I would've liked a middle ground where I can at least see what place I'm in and how much nitro I have stored up, and turn off the rest.

19-Mar-23 12:02pm
#184

loztdogs


NBA 2k15 remote play via Chiaki.

Coming off of NBA2K13…15 feels bad. My biggest complaint is I’ve noticed the comp nerfs my team when ever I play top rated teams like Lebron James’ cavaliers. All of a sudden no one can make a free throw or lay up. Lots of loose balls in 15 and shooting sucks. I think ima shelf this after this season. 6/10.

19-Mar-23 12:07pm
#185

Kommie


loztdogs wrote:
NBA 2k15 remote play via Chiaki. Coming off of NBA2K13…15 feels bad. My biggest complaint is I’ve noticed the comp nerfs my team when ever I play top rated teams like Lebron James’ cavaliers. All of a sudden no one can make a free throw or lay up. Lots of loose balls in 15 and shooting sucks. I think ima shelf this after this season. 6/10.
Steam Deck Chiaki or Windows app?

19-Mar-23 12:34pm
#186

loztdogs


@Kommie I’ve used Steam Deck Chiaki but I happen to be playing on my Switch with the Hori split pads.

19-Mar-23 12:45pm
#187

Kommie


loztdogs wrote:
@Kommie I’ve used Steam Deck Chiaki but I happen to be playing on my Switch with the Hori split pads.
Do you get random white flashes or graphical glitches? No matter what settings I try, there's always some flash/green artifact or glitch.

19-Mar-23 12:59pm
#188

loztdogs


Kommie wrote:
loztdogs wrote:> @Kommie I’ve used Steam Deck Chiaki but I happen to be playing on my Switch with> the Hori split pads.> > Do you get random white flashes or graphical glitches? No matter what settings I try, there's always some flash/green artifact or glitch.
Never experienced that on either platform.

19-Mar-23 1:26pm
#189

Kommie


loztdogs wrote:
Never experienced that on either platform.
So I assume you never messed with any of the settings then? just installed it and played with no tinkering?

19-Mar-23 1:32pm
#190

DrizzDrizzDrizz


Been playing Dishonored 2. I really love this series. Still pretty early, finished chapter 3, but i’m fully engrossed

19-Mar-23 3:11pm
#191

loztdogs


Kommie wrote:
loztdogs wrote: |>> Never experienced that on either platform.> > So I assume you never messed with any of the settings then? just installed it and played with no tinkering?
Yup, fired it up out of the box. No tinkering.

19-Mar-23 3:37pm
#192

Archer


loztdogs wrote:
NBA 2k15 remote play via Chiaki. Coming off of NBA2K13…15 feels bad. My biggest complaint is I’ve noticed the comp nerfs my team when ever I play top rated teams like Lebron James’ cavaliers. All of a sudden no one can make a free throw or lay up. Lots of loose balls in 15 and shooting sucks. I think ima shelf this after this season. 6/10.
They just keep getting worse every year after. 16 was decent if I remember correctly. But 17-22 is garbage. With each year becoming worse than the year before. I skipped this years because why bother at this point.

19-Mar-23 4:06pm
#193

BucketofJustice


I bought NBA 2K22 after not playing it since 2K16 and I didn’t see the need to continue forward. It maybe played a little better, but they’re all basically the same and the micro transaction crap was just too much.

19-Mar-23 4:11pm
#194

benstylus


I've recently been looking at EA Basketball games on the Sega Genesis.

The nostalgia for Lakers vs Celtics and the NBA Playoffs is real

19-Mar-23 4:11pm
#195

loztdogs


I hate all the new career nonsense in the newer games.

19-Mar-23 10:15pm
#196

Slickriven


Recore Why am I suffering through this /10

Game's always sort of been on my radar since it was one of the very few exclusives from early on and then it came to GP so I've had it installed on my large external drive on my system for like 2+ years. Well M$ has a challenge to earn an Achievement for Women's month from some games with leading ladies and Recore was one, so on a whim I finally started it and sort of got sucked in b/c there are redeeming elements but it's also largely crap. First holy cow it is blown OUT with the colors/brightness/HDR. I started it on my OLED and XSX and took the brightness to as low as the game would allow and it was still so bright when you're out in the sands. But later on there's a dungeon in the dark and it was hard to see b/c of how dark it was. It's like they turned the HDR up to 11 or 14. Add in that it plays with colors a lot - the foes are largely in the 3 primary colors and you want to match that to deal more damage and visually this game actually gave me a headache in my last session.

I moved to playing on a smaller Hisense set where my X1X lives b/c the XSX wasn't popping achievements and that seems to be an 'issue' with the game. It's maybe worse with HDR on there, but that could be the TV, but I also just did a section that looks like 80's Tron and where you need to do some rubbish platforming and killing of enemies where the instant pull mechanic was in use a lot and that did some very bright screen flashes and it was very frustrating, so I'm sure that's where my headache came from... Then to top it off after wanting to tear my hear out I finally reached the end and went to the interface thingy and... instead of it being the multi-use thing, it teleported me to the beginning of the area... and I didn't unlock the fast travel point after that section, so I need to repeat it. If I didn't have a headache I think I would've smashed something - flarking HORRIBLE design choice - why the flying F would I want to go back to the beginning without it granting me the ability to return to where I suspect most folks will at least have some frustration in completing. So Stupid!

Game has some other issues like the camera, the lock-on being nearly useless (it switches very easily to a different enemy) and just too much going on at times, plus some other minor bugs. The version I'm playing has the DLC included that gives you another companion bot that's a mini tank you ride like a quad - it helps with traversing the large open sections of the map, which is nice, but then there are some chase activities you need to do to progress in the DLC's story and it does NOT control all that well for them.

I really should take a break from this especially since I now need to redo the last section that was frustrating trash. I oddly have a desire to beat this so I think I'll finish it, but it's not very good and I don't know why I'm punishing myself. I do like the story some and the lore.

19-Mar-23 10:23pm
#197

TalonJedi87


I liked Recore but can understand why it’d feel like a chore. It just reminded me of having Mega Man elements with switching different weapons for enemy weaknesses. I can understand why it’s redundancy didn’t net it a sequel though.

19-Mar-23 10:45pm
#198

Slickriven


@TalonJedi87 there's some good stuff in the game for sure - it's kept me playing and most of it I've enjoyed. But the annoying crap doesn't go away and especially in the tower 'climb', floor 2 can Suck it (not looking forward to having to replay that - and then a few more). 3D platforming when you're way up in the air (or there's just no ground below) and needing to advance like 50 feet and land on a 3' square platform in wide-open space with all sorts of obstacles wasn't great - especially when some of the designs felt pure BS or there was bad collision detection. Also the camera got too close to you at times in those sections. I liked that they added the orange circle under your feet so you could somewhat tell where you'd land, but the camera liked to be more behind you and not angled down enough to even show that circle. Also using the spider-bot to try to attach to those rails and the camera not showing that either was annoying.
I guess 75% of my gripes are around the camera and lock-on's weaknesses. Other 25% might be the blown out HDR or mixing, I like that it's not Gears of Grey but the sand areas are way to bright and the dungeons are darker but then the fights can deliver too much light and flashes.

20-Mar-23 12:44pm
#199

Anxiouz


I generally liked Recore but honestly don't remember it much at this point. And after putting it down for a few weeks when I came back I had no idea what to do. So I would say stick with it until you beat it or just drop it entirely.

But what I remember most was trying to get this one collectible. It was a sequence of traversing between tall platforms sticking out of sand. There was only way to do it, if you failed it was a long way back to the one place you can climb up to start the sequence, and each platform was barely half a pixel close enough to the max distance you could actually make. So it required perfection. This is literally the only thing I think of when thinking about this game besides diff colored enemies.

20-Mar-23 1:33pm
#200

Anxiouz


KeyWe (PS5) - 7/10 - I've been playing this with my son and it's a lot of fun. There are some collision detection issues from time to time, but in small doses this has been a great couch co-op game. Certainly not as maddening as Overcooked! It does require a lot of teamwork and it's been neat to see how his little brain problem solves and how he gives instructions.

20-Mar-23 11:36pm
#201

kevolones


Ive started playing The Quarry. Im enjoying it, but visually it is very distracting. Very weird animations, people look odd, lots of visual artifacts and 30fps. Really wish this had the performance vs fidelity options.