Official Video Games Thread VIII: Titans are destined to fall

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AGDQ is this week. Save the frames, kill the animals!

[The Paragon of Virtue]

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AGDQ is this week. Save the frames, kill the animals!

Kill has won at least twice in a row now. I'd like to see Save win this time, especially since it's a 100% race.

Any thoughts on the Switch? I feel like I'll get it somewhere down the road, almost entirely because of the teaser for Shin Megami Tensei V. Fire Emblem, Dragon Quest, and the new Zelda game don't hurt either. But that will not happen for ages, as Sony gets my Atlus-exclusive money first when I get a PS4 to play Persona 5 come April.

[Jimjamesak]

AGDQ is this week. Save the frames, kill the animals!

* that, save the animals!

Been getting through my holiday stuff that I got.

Uncharted Collection: I already owned the originals but it's nice to have the collection and get to play through them again. But whoo boy is the first game rough, forgot how frustrating it is. Uncharted 2 is still one of the GOATs though.

Uncharted 4: Loved it. It's what is, hopefully, a fitting end to a great series. The stealth stuff was really refreshing.

Final Fantasy XV: I've just started it but it's certainly better than XIII. It's nice to be in a FF game and not be completely on the rails. However, I know I'm old, but I'd rather have a turn based combat system. The new system is fine and I understand why they to use it, I get it. Just wish I could get the ATB back...

[bronconick]

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* that, save the animals!

Been getting through my holiday stuff that I got.

Uncharted Collection: I already owned the originals but it's nice to have the collection and get to play through them again. But whoo boy is the first game rough, forgot how frustrating it is. Uncharted 2 is still one of the GOATs though.

Uncharted 4: Loved it. It's what is, hopefully, a fitting end to a great series. The stealth stuff was really refreshing.

Final Fantasy XV: I've just started it but it's certainly better than XIII. It's nice to be in a FF game and not be completely on the rails. However, I know I'm old, but I'd rather have a turn based combat system. The new system is fine and I understand why they to use it, I get it. Just wish I could get the ATB back...

They're re-releasing Dragon Quest 8 for 3DS on Friday if you need turn based RPG

[JF_Gophers]

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Pokemon Bank and Transporter has been updated to Sun/Moon compatible.

[JF_Gophers]

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Found an NES Classic in stock at Gamestop yesterday. Nabbed that for me, not for ebay.

[St. Clown]

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Found an NES Classic in stock at Gamestop yesterday. Nabbed that for me, not for ebay.

How's the display on an HDTV? IIRC, Nintendo said that they upgraded the graphics a little to account for how new TVs work vs. the old tubes.

[RaceBoarder]

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Found an NES Classic in stock at Gamestop yesterday. Nabbed that for me, not for ebay.

I hate you

[JF_Gophers]

How's the display on an HDTV? IIRC, Nintendo said that they upgraded the graphics a little to account for how new TVs work vs. the old tubes.

They offer 3 displays. The old CRT, a pixel perfect mode that fills in the missing CRT rows, and a 4:3 mode.

So it does look better.

[JF_Gophers]

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Nothing interesting until Mass Effect at the end of March it seems.

Playing a bit of Fate/Extella and Digimon World: Next Order until then.

[Slap Shot]

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Bought the kids a PS4. The graphics for Battlefield 1 are so gorgeous I may have to give up my self-imposed exile (going on about 1 year now) of not playing games and least perform the campaign. Just wow.

[Twitch Boy]

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Merry Switchmas everyone!

Might wait a bit for the rush/inevitable system kinks to die down and pick one up, if only for online Mario Kart and Splatoon. Breath of the Wild looks glorious too.

[St. Clown]

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Merry Switchmas everyone!

Might wait a bit for the rush/inevitable system kinks to die down and pick one up, if only for online Mario Kart and Splatoon. Breath of the Wild looks glorious too.

I bought a used Wii U last year, and ordered Breath of the Wild which should be sitting at my doorstep/mailbox as I type.

If you weren't one of the people quick on the trigger to pre-order it, the Switch is just going to be too difficult to find in stores for a while. I figure they'll be easier to find come April or May, and I can wait.

ETA: Also with Zelda, my coworker was telling me that you can find some advanced weapons early on in the game if you just wander around a bit rather than going straight for your first mission. It's supposed to be open world after the tutorial portion, so I assume they mean once you get to Hyrule Field.

[Twitch Boy]

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If you weren't one of the people quick on the trigger to pre-order it, the Switch is just going to be too difficult to find in stores for a while. I figure they'll be easier to find come April or May, and I can wait.

That's my thinking too - wait for a few more titles to hit the market and see how it holds up. Plus you always want to avoid the first batch of systems because of the inevitable technical problems. I've seen a few posts on Reddit about running hot and bluescreening.

[Slap Shot]

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My son is Jonesing for Battlefront 3 even though we just got Battlefield 1 on the PS4 and he adores the game. Any thoughts? I know they're different games but a similar genre right?