Omegamanthethird

Omegamanthethird, 3 days ago

I got a Vita TV recently and hacked it to put a larger memory card into it. I’ve been using it as a small PS1.

I didn’t really want to hack it with emulators because it’s extra work and their actual PS1 catalog is quite expensive. But a few games that I own physically were never made available. Or in a couple cases, the digital games were blocked from Vitas for some reason.

Omegamanthethird, 3 days ago

I’ve been wanting to play Dissidia over ad-hoc between my Vita and Vita TV. Did you ever play online using the PS3’s ad-hoc party?

Omegamanthethird, 3 days ago

I assume it doesn’t work anymore. But you would set your PSP to ad-hoc, go into ad-hoc party on your PS3, find someone in a lobby with your game, and your PSP would act as if it found a local connection.

Omegamanthethird, 7 days ago

I met my wife playing Rock Band. It was definitely a top gaming moment. But I didn’t realize at the time what it would lead to eventually.

Omegamanthethird, 7 days ago

Wandering around in Morrowind before I really knew what I was doing, being happy just to find a few coins in a tree stump or a crappy dagger.

Other games have given more extreme emotions. But no other game has instilled such a joyous sense of wonder.

Omegamanthethird, 9 days ago

Secondary games are also my main. Rogue Legacy 1 & 2, Loco Roco, old Final Fantasy games, Spyro.

I need to have the energy and time to dig into a main game, and I usually do not have that after a long day when everyone else goes to sleep.

Omegamanthethird, 11 days ago

I love the inFamous games. inFamous 2 in particular is in my top 5. I’m trying to remember some of the choices, but some of them are execute the mass murderer or not in one (or multiple) cases. But also, they have a variation of the trolley problem which I thought was a nice touch. The ultimate decision in 2 is pretty extreme, but it’s also the culmination of two games worth of selfish vs selfless decisions.

The biggest morality question though is whether to use area of effect vs precision damage.

Having said that, I think it’s interesting how these two games are so similar on a surface level. But in my experience, most people heavily prefer one or the other. I remember my friend and I were each obsessed with one of the two franchises when they came out, but neither of us were interested in the other.

Side note: inFamous 2 had a standalone DLC which just used the map from 2 with an entirely new powerset, and it was awesome. But it was a lot shorter than a full game. However, I remember losing interest in Bioshock 2 because it felt like I was just replaying the first game.

Omegamanthethird, 13 days ago

Technically ∞ Loop on my phone. But the last real game I was playing was Jade Cocoon.

Omegamanthethird, 15 days ago

I have zero problem with consoles investing in new IPs and funding high budget games as console sellers.

But I don’t like these buyouts or pointless exclusives. I don’t know why there are still exclusive Final Fantasy games.

Omegamanthethird, 29 days ago

I got my Xbox Series to play Fable. It also doubles as an extra Halo machine for Lan parties. But it was really for Fable.

Still waiting, but it’s supposed to finally come out next year I believe.

I was on board with PS5 immediately with Ratchet & Clank and I’ve been pretty happy with it.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

Damn, is this game that good?

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

How does it compare to something like Sackboy?

Omegamanthethird, 30 days ago

Do you mean that Sackboy was relatively grounded compared to Astrobot or are thinking of Little Big Planet?

Either way, it sounds like I need to play Astrobot.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

I’m going to give a possibly controversial opinion. But my favorite casual game to play is Rogue Legacy.

If you accept that you know you’ll die a lot, it’s a lot less stressful. Outside of that, it’s extremely player friendly. It’s not too complicated. There’s progression. You have runs that end and give you a place to stop. You can turn it off anytime without needing to worry too much about losing progress. It has platforming.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

I kind of love the early game. If I see a particularly difficult room, usually it’s a treasure room and you can back out or take the challenge. The two real objectives are get gold or kill a boss.

RL2 feels a lot bigger and more dependent on longer marathon runs and more strategic builds. For me it’s still a lot of fun, but not nearly the same cozy feel. Plus there are other challenges that seem mandatory for progression. Having said that, I have not touched the difficulty sliders.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

Holy crap, I thought you were joking. Yeah, it’s Among Us.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

Fine, I’ll play them.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

I love the Morrowind recommendation. Also, unlikely suggestion, but I had to get a pen and paper for The Great Crystal dungeon on Final Fantasy XII.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

If it’s backwards compatible with PSP, Vita, PS1, then I’m down. Otherwise, meh.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

From the sound of it, it will just use PS5 OS. So probably not. But every system after PS1 other than the PS4 has had some sort of backwards compatibility.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

My 5 year old freaking loves Donut County.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

What Remains of Edith Finch

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

I used to see them all the time on Playstation. Kingdom Come Deliverance and Prey are $3 right now, Control and Shadow of War are $6, Serious Sam 4 is $6 (I might get that one). There are others too. But not as many as there used to be though.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

I would love to know for sure. I’ve put hundreds of hours into Final Fantasy 8, Final Fantasy X, Morrowind, and probably Halo: Reach too.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

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Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

My PSP was half it’s own console and half a portable PS1. The PS3 ended up with a massive PS1 catalog and I think all of it was downloadable to the PSP.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

Tie between Final Fantasy X and Morrowind.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

“With this character’s death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created.”

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

Morrowind

Any time a critical character dies (usually because you’re on a killing spree) it says that. But it’s also become a meme when someone famous dies in real life.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

Kinda seems like only xbox fanboys were applauding it. I hate multiplatform developers getting bought and made exclusive.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

I definitely saw people looking at the culture angle as a silver lining or sometimes as a potential net positive. I only saw fanboys celebrating Bethesda though.

Either way it seemed to me like most were looking at the potential upside. Not that they were actually glad that it happened.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

I don’t find that hypocritical. My issue with acquisitions is that it makes multiplatform games potentially exclusive.

Franchises they built and invested in should be exclusive. Franchises they hoard with no additional resources should remain multiplatform.

Omegamanthethird, 1 month ago

XII is so much fun to explore. I didn’t even beat it on the original PS2 version because I kept getting distracted.

Although my personal favorite to replay is VIII because there are multiple different ways to build your magic up (to actually get stronger).

Omegamanthethird, 2 months ago

What I always hear is that companies will send C&D letters to small ventures, because it creates precedence. Without that, a company loses the right to sue.

I wonder how true that actually is.

Omegamanthethird, 2 months ago

Not a fan of autopilot or subtracting flags (that one really screws with my head). But I like the game!

Omegamanthethird, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

It’s weird that games nailed fun racing games back in the PS2/Xbox era. Between Burnout, Midnight Club, Need for Speed, all of them peaked. Then couldn’t repeat formula. Then on the PS3 they had Motorstorm. But really there hasn’t been a lot of fun racing games since.

Omegamanthethird, 2 months ago

I used to play the crap out of this game. I got a ridiculous amount of stuff without paying a dime too. I had to stop playing because it took too much of my time.

Omegamanthethird, 2 months ago

I have that one on the PS2. I don’t know that there is a better Sonic collection.

Omegamanthethird, 2 months ago

I thought it was fine. I don’t know about underrated though. I don’t think it’s nearly as good as Xcom.

Omegamanthethird, 2 months ago

I’m kind of in a different boat with this. I’m paying for quality, not quantity. Especially since I don’t have as much free time as I did 20 years ago.

So if I can play through a phenomenal story within a couple months over a 20 hour game (which usually takes me 30 hours) at the height of the hype when people are still talking about it, I love it. Give me efficient storytelling.

In fact, if it’s something longer, it kind makes me rethink it whether I want to pay full price. Why rush?

Omegamanthethird, 3 months ago

I really like some of the Halo games for this, especially any levels that don’t involve The Flood. The inventive hit-boxes, slow movements, the vehicles that are fun to just drive around, and the addition of gameplay modifiers, they’re pretty cathartic for me.

Omegamanthethird, 3 months ago

I love playing reach in God mode with infinite abilities just mowing down enemies. Just remember to turn on Grunt Birthday Party.

Omegamanthethird, 3 months ago

Their comment sounds like something you spam on a bunch of posts to get someone to click the scam link.

Omegamanthethird, 3 months ago

I just want a sequel to Halo 5 that concludes the Promethean trilogy. The game ended at a great spot for a final chapter, not a fucking epilogue.

Omegamanthethird, 3 months ago

Yeah, Halo Infinite just skips everything that Halo 5 set up. Everything Promethean is over. There are no more Spartan companions (whether any are still alive or not is kind of up in the air). Humans are on the brink of extinction. The whole game is just telling you that’s the new reality. Not really a lot of plot, just world building.

Omegamanthethird, 3 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

I liked the FF8 remaster. The field models are just field models. It’s not like they look like the FMV cutscene character models on the original either. They’re just so distorted that you have to imagine the FMV characters.

Editing out Siren’s bush was a sin though.

Edit: Oh, and getting rid of vibration. I had forgot about that until just now. That was 100% the worst part of the remaster. I hope they’re fixing that, because otherwise what’s the point in the demaster?

Edit 2: Also losing omnidirectional movement since it’s based on the PC port. Same reason there’s no vibration.

Omegamanthethird, 3 months ago

As far as I know, they gave up on assassinations too. To be honest, by the time I finished the game, the missing features were at the bottom of the list of problems I had with it.

Omegamanthethird, 3 months ago

I STRONGLY disagree. 5 was a letdown with some bright spots. Infinite is offensively bad with no redeeming value.

Even if you remove Infinite, 5’s combat is better than 4’s in every single way. I would split second worst between those two depending on what aspects you’re comparing.