The Video Game Thread

[darthseinfeld]

4 years later, I still cant put down Fallout 4 or Witcher 3

 

[SlammedZero]

4 years later, I still cant put down Fallout 4 or Witcher 3

I really need to play Fallout 4. I've heard nothing but great things about it. I flirted with it at a buddy's house several years ago but for some reason I have not sat down and became intimate with it.

 

[darthseinfeld]

I really need to play Fallout 4. I've heard nothing but great things about it. I flirted with it at a buddy's house several years ago but for some reason I have not sat down and became intimate with it.

Highly recommend it. So many different to do from the quests to all the settlement building stuff.

I recommend the full game with DLC's. Alot of great content

 

[Juggernaut]

The Game Awards show was streamed on Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook Live and Steam, as well as through gaming consoles such as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Spoiler: The Game Awards Full Results

Game of the Year
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Best Ongoing Game
Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Overwatch (Blizzard)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

Best Game Direction
A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA)
Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Best Art Direction
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC)

Best Family Game
Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)
Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)BEST SCORE/MUSIC

Best Music
Celeste (Lena Raine)
God of War (Bear McCreary)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (Joe Hisaishi)
Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)

Best Audio Design
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch Studios / Activision)
Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Best Performance
Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human
Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War
Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2
Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man

Games for Impact
11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)

Best Independent Game
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
Into the Breach (Subset Games)
Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)

Best Mobile Game
Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
PUBG Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital)

Best Narrative
Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Best VR/AR Game
Astro Bot Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)
Beat Saber (Beat Games)
Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)
Moss (Polyarc Games)
Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)

Best Action Game
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Mega Man 11 (Capcom)

Best RPG
Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix)
Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5 / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)

Best Fighting Game
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works)
Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Soulcalibur 6 (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Street Fighter 5 Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)

Best Strategy Game
Battletech (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive)
Frostpunk (11 bit studios)
Into the Breach (Subset Games)
The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega)

Best Sports/Racing
FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions / Konami)

Best Multiplayer Game
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)

Content Creator of the Year
Dr. Lupo
Myth
Ninja
Pokimane
Willyrex

Best Student Game
Combat 2018 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway)
Dash Quasar (UC Santa Cruz)
JERA (Digipen Bilbao, Spain)
LIFF (ISTART Digital – France)
RE: Charge (MIT)

Best Debut Indie Game
Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
Moss (Polyarc Games)
The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)

Best Action/Adventure Game
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)

Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dota 2
Fortnite
League of Legends
Overwatch

Best Esports Player
Dominique “SonicFox” McLean (Echo Fox)
Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao (Royal Never Give Up)
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere)
Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang (New York Excelsior)

Best Esports Team
Astralis (CSGO)
Cloud9 (LOL)
Fnatic (LOL)
London Spitfire (Overwatch)
OG (Dota 2)

Best Esports Coach
Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu (Cloud9)
Cristian “ppasarel” Bănăseanu (OG)
Danny “zonic” Sørensen (Astralis)
Dylan Falco (Fnatic)
Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi (Team Vitality)
Janko “YNk” Paunovic (MiBR)

Best Esports Event
ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
Evo 2018
League of Legends World Championship
Overwatch League Grand Finals
The International 2018

Best Esports Host
Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
Alex “Machine” Richardson
Anders Blume
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Paul “RedEye” Chaloner

Best Esports Moment
C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE (ELEAGUE)
KT vs IG Base Race (LOL Worlds)
G2 Beating RNG (LOL Worlds)
OG’s Massive Upset of LGD (DOTA 2 Finals)
SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ (EVO)

Speaking of channels, CBS is planning to air the inaugural fan-voted Gamers’ Choice Awards on December 9th from 5-6 pm EST. Vote here: http://www.gamerschoice.tv

Spoiler: Gamers' Choice Awards Full Results

Fan Favorite Game: Fortnite

Fan Favorite Male Gamer/Streamer presented by Overpowered: TimTheTatman

Fan Favorite Female Gamer/Streamer: Pokimane

Most Anticipated Game: The Last of Us II

Fan Favorite Action Game: Marvel’s Spider-Man

Fan Favorite Single Player Gaming Experience: Marvel’s Spider-Man

Fan Favorite Multiplayer Game: Fortnite

Fan Favorite Shooter Game: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

Fan Favorite Celebrity Gamer (Actor): Terry Crews

Fan Favorite Celebrity Gamer (Athlete): Juju Smith-Schuster

Fan Favorite Celebrity Gamer (Musician): Snoop Dogg

Fan Favorite Esports Team: FaZe Clan

Fan Favorite Esports Game: Fortnite

Fan Favorite Esports Player (League of Legends): Faker

Fan Favorite Battle Royale Game: Fortnite

Fan Favorite Fighting Game: DragonBall FighterZ

Fan Favorite Sports/Racing Game: Rocket League

Fan Favorite Family-Friendly Multiplayer Game: Super Mario Party

Fan Favorite Role-Playing Game: Monster Hunter: World

Fan Favorite MMORPG: World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

Fan Favorite VR Game: Beat Saber

Fan Favorite Mobile Game: Pokémon GO

Most Desired Franchise Resurrection: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Fan Favorite Indie Game: Subnautica

Fan Favorite Gaming Device: PC

Fan Favorite Gaming Convention: TwitchCon

Favorite Streaming Service: Twitch

Fan Favorite Gaming Moment presented by HyperX: Drake plays with Ninja

Fan Favorite Female Voice Actor: Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft (Shadow of the Tomb Raider)

Fan Favorite Character of the Year: Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel's Spider-Man)

Fan Favorite Retro Game: Super Mario Brothers

Fan Favorite Retro Character: Mario (Super Mario Bros.)

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Dota 2): Miracle

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Super Smash Bros Melee): Magn0

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Dragon Ball FighterZ): SonicFox

Fan Favorite Esports Player (CS:GO): s1mple

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Overwatch): Profit

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Rocket League): Squishy

Fan Favorite Esports Player (PUBG): Fuzzface

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Fortnite): Ninja

Fan Favorite Overall Esports Player: Ninja

Fan Favorite Esports Caster Duo: Monte and Doa

Fan Favorite Esports Caster: CouRage

Fan Favorite Esports Event of the Year: Call of Duty: World League Grand Finals

Fan Favorite Esports Moment: Cloud9 Wins Boston Major

Fan Favorite Esports League Format: Fortnite- Community Skirmishes

Fan Favorite Male Voice Actor: Christopher Judge as Kratos (God of War)

Fan Favorite Collegiate Esports Team Presented by iBuyPower: Ohio State

Fan Favorite Esports Host: Alex 'Goldenboy' Mendez

Fan Favorite Fall Release: Red Dead Redemption 2

 

[Lutonio]

The Last of Us 2 is totally the most anticipated game. As great as the main game was, I played multiplayer in that game until the disc ground into dust in my system.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

The Last of Us 2 is totally the most anticipated game. As great as the main game was, I played multiplayer in that game until the disc ground into dust in my system.

That's due out this spring isn't it?

 

[SlammedZero]

This seems like a really great year for games. I have so many I am playing/want to play and just not enough time.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

This seems like a really great year for games. I have so many I am playing/want to play and just not enough time.

Nope, I have a backlog of games on Steam and the PS4 that will probably never get around to finishing.

 

[SlammedZero]

So I decided to rent Just Cause 4 from the ole' Redbox last night. I've played it for a few hours now and my first initial reactions are meh. Feels kind of like Just Cause 3.5. Same mechanics are in the game with the grapple and wing-suit, map seems gigantic, and it feels mostly the same with some different add-ons. Now for my major gripe.........the graphics. This game literally feels like I am playing it on my Xbox 360. There is no reason any game being released in 2018 (almost 2019) should look this bad. Disappointing to say the least, and though it doesn't affect game-play, it feels like it just takes away from the game as a whole. When you have gorgeous games like God of War, Forza Horizon, and RDR2 being released, well, it kind of raises your expectations.

I'll continue to play it but overall I'm just left not very impressed.

 

[BigStar]

So I decided to rent Just Cause 4 from the ole' Redbox last night. I've played it for a few hours now and my first initial reactions are meh. Feels kind of like Just Cause 3.5. Same mechanics are in the game with the grapple and wing-suit, map seems gigantic, and it feels mostly the same with some different add-ons. Now for my major gripe.........the graphics. This game literally feels like I am playing it on my Xbox 360. There is no reason any game being released in 2018 (almost 2019) should look this bad. Disappointing to say the least, and though it doesn't affect game-play, it feels like it just takes away from the game as a whole. When you have gorgeous games like God of War, Forza Horizon, and RDR2 being released, well, it kind of raises your expectations.

I'll continue to play it but overall I'm just left not very impressed.

Good look on the review Slammed, was just about to purchase this. Just Cause 3 was like GTA on an island but didn't have much depth. With the poor graphics I'll just pass all together. Darksiders III didn't get good reviews either which is unf bc I really like that series too.

 

[Lutonio]

I got Vermintide 2 on ps4. I really like what I've played.

 

[BigStar]

I got Vermintide 2 on ps4. I really like what I've played.

I saw that advertised, is it kinda like Diablo?

 

[Lutonio]

I saw that advertised, is it kinda like Diablo?

Not really.

Have you played Left 4 Dead? Take that game, replace the zombies with rat people, and then replace the guns with swords and flintlock weapons.

 

[BigStar]

Not really.

Have you played Left 4 Dead? Take that game, replace the zombies with rat people, and then replace the guns with swords and flintlock weapons.

Oh cool, yeah I was way off. Not really a mp anymore but the game looks sharp.

 

[BigStar]

I just got a PS4 Pro but not any of the VR stuff. Are there any games out there worth putting up the money for that headset? Resident Evil 7 and Borderlands are the only games that kind of peaked my interest. Any suggestions/advice? Tks in advance!

 

[SlammedZero]

I just got a PS4 Pro but not any of the VR stuff. Are there any games out there worth putting up the money for that headset? Resident Evil 7 and Borderlands are the only games that kind of peaked my interest. Any suggestions/advice? Tks in advance!

Astrobots is an absolutely amazing VR game. It's like Mario in VR except you're a little robot. Loving every second of it so far. Batman is really good. RE7 was pretty solid, especially if you don't mind scary games. Outside that, games have been hit or miss for me. I just got Moss in the mail from Gamefly today and I hear that is pretty good.

Admittedly I don't play my VR as much as I thought I would upon initially purchasing it, however, it definitely is a neat novelty item to break out from time to time and enjoy. It's even been a good centerpiece for little gatherings when I have had people over. It hurts to see how much I forked over for the stupid thing compared to what you can get them for today. Haha I just HAD to have it right away.

 

[Lutonio]

VR still seems like casual parlor gimmicks to me right now. Most people still don't have it, so serious developers don't waste their time due to the small customer population.

Maybe the next batch of technology.

 

[Reality]

VR still seems like casual parlor gimmicks to me right now. Most people still don't have it, so serious developers don't waste their time due to the small customer population.

Maybe the next batch of technology.

I really want to like VR but I have not seen anything from VR that interests me so far. It was like the VR push many years ago. The graphics, the apps (games), etc. are just too simplistic or poorly designed to draw my interest.

I hope that the next iteration of VR makes things more appealing but I have a feeling that augmented reality (AR) will likely end up being a better way to ultimately transition to VR by allowing a faster development process and more widespread interest. AR will also give technology a chance to improve and become affordable while also creating a consumer foundation of potential customers that will make serious VR application and game development a worthwhile investment for software and game developers.

 

[Lutonio]

I really want to like VR but I have not seen anything from VR that interests me so far. It was like the VR push many years ago. The graphics, the apps (games), etc. are just too simplistic or poorly designed to draw my interest.

I hope that the next iteration of VR makes things more appealing but I have a feeling that augmented reality (AR) will likely end up being a better way to ultimately transition to VR as it will give technology a chance to improve and become affordable while also creating a consumer foundation of potential customers that will make serious VR application and game development a worthwhile investment for software and game developers.

Nailed it. Right now, it's just too expensive for most homes to have and therefore not practical for developers to focus on. So you're stuck playing gimmick games that almost feel like cellphone distraction games.

There's a reason Resident Evil 7 and Borderlands are the only games catching your interest @BigStar. But do you want shell out money for a VR headset to play a game that is a decade old in Borderlands? And I enjoyed Resident Evil for a grand total of $9 over a weekend courtesy of Redbox playing the traditional way.

 

[SlammedZero]

I wish you guys had the chance to play Astrobots.

You have to remember too that we are still in the infancy of the technology. I've already seen improvements, albeit small, in terms of resolution. Indeed, there is still a ways to go, but, I'm willing to give it time.