What are you playing?

I've taken over server duties and partial responsibility for running my ArmA 3 unit. The only thing I've even remotely had time to play lately is Fate/Grand Order on my phone. It's a grindfest with one of the most awkwardly scripted translations ever, but the core game is fun and a nice way to waste some time.

I remembered to pre-order Everyone's Golf yesterday while I was out and about. The $40 price was the deciding factor, but I'll check some reviews before picking it up. At worst, I switch my order to that new Uncharted game that is also $40.

DrAstroZoom; Since you have a PS4, and seem to be looking for a space exploration type of game? The updates for No Man's Sky have really added depth and story to the game. Even a bit of very basic multi-player if you want it (you can chat with other players who appear as glowing orbs). I've seen a couple used copies of NMS at every Gamestop I've been in the last couple months, priced at $20.

My family will be getting Everybody's Golf when it comes out in a few weeks too. My wife and I loved the last one on the PS3, and all of the added features in this one look great, including the ability to create characters who are kids.

Picking up Agents of Mayhem tomorrow. I prefer a Saints Row 5 but this still looks like a lot of fun.

"Desides wrote:

I've taken over server duties and partial responsibility for running my ArmA 3 unit. The only thing I've even remotely had time to play lately is Fate/Grand Order on my phone. It's a grindfest with one of the most awkwardly scripted translations ever, but the core game is fun and a nice way to waste some time.

Have you become the defacto gaming overlord here?! Haven't seen you post anything football related in ages.

"Bumrush wrote:

Have you become the defacto gaming overlord here?! Haven't seen you post anything football related in ages.

I have enough confidence in Gase that I don't feel the need to obsess over the team anymore. I'm not nearly as worried or concerned about the team as I have been under the last few clowns. Coupled with a promotion at my real job and the virtual second job that is now my ArmA community thing, and the Dolphins became a third priority at best.

I have plenty of thoughts about the Dolphins, like how I wasn't a huge fan of this year's draft, but there's no point in posting or complaining. I think Gase will keep things together, but we'll miss the playoffs this year, in part because of the medical mishandling of Ryan Tannehill.

"Desides wrote:

I have enough confidence in Gase that I don't feel the need to obsess over the team anymore. I'm not nearly as worried or concerned about the team as I have been under the last few clowns. Coupled with a promotion at my real job and the virtual second job that is now my ArmA community thing, and the Dolphins became a third priority at best.

I have plenty of thoughts about the Dolphins, like how I wasn't a huge fan of this year's draft, but there's no point in posting or complaining. I think Gase will keep things together, but we'll miss the playoffs this year, in part because of the medical mishandling of Ryan Tannehill.

Well thanks for being the first person here to agree with my sentiment that the team fucked up with Ryan.. Nothing can disprove the outcome of his treatment and no that doesn't make me an armchair doctor.

"Bumrush wrote:

Well thanks for being the first person here to agree with my sentiment that the team ****ed up with Ryan.. Nothing can disprove the outcome of his treatment and no that doesn't make me an armchair doctor.

Has there been a sentiment here that Tannehill's medical situation was handled correctly? If he went down to a non-contact injury, then it's fairly clear he wasn't handled correctly, IMO. Individually, it can be considered a freak thing. But this is just the latest star in the constellation of questionable medical decisions by the Miami Dolphins. The context in which this is occurring cannot be discounted.

So there's the closest I'll come to a Dolphins hot take. Gase knows what he's doing.

DAoC is dead. WoW sucks.

Farting around on my phone on crap games atm.

Looking for the game to replace DAoC/WoW. Would love to have that right now.

"Desides wrote:

Has there been a sentiment here that Tannehill's medical situation was handled correctly? If he went down to a non-contact injury, then it's fairly clear he wasn't handled correctly, IMO. Individually, it can be considered a freak thing. But this is just the latest star in the constellation of questionable medical decisions by the Miami Dolphins. The context in which this is occurring cannot be discounted.

So there's the closest I'll come to a Dolphins hot take. Gase knows what he's doing.

Hindsight is always 20/20. There are numerous studies showing that him not having surgery was the best option. Obviously that turned out to be incorrect. At the time, however, it was the right thing to do.

As far as his recent injury being non-contact, talk to Teddy Bridgewater about that. Tons of ACL's are torn without any contact from another player.

It is legitimate to question the Dolphins medical staff due to their history. But how many changes, if any, have been made since, say, the Brees/ Culpepper mistake?

"danmarino wrote:

But how many changes, if any, have been made since, say, the Brees/ Culpepper mistake?

The only announced changes to the training staff happened as a result of the Incognito scandal, to my recollection.

And I really don't want to hijack this thread any more than I already have, so, let's leave the football talk in the football forums.

I just got Cities Skylines for the PS4 as a gift, and played a few hours last night. As expected, it shares a lot in common with Sim City, but there are plenty of differences as well. It holds your hand a lot less, which might be great once I'm used to it, but right now, I'd like some more advice, lol. I wish that there was a setting that I could toggle on/off as far as that goes. It'll be a lot of trial and error.

Elex looks more like a AA title than a AAA. I'm sure that it will have its shortcomings, and something akin to Fallout 4 might be its ceiling. I won't be buying it next week at launch for full price, but I remain interested. Very curious to see reviews once its out in the wild.

https://www.dualshockers.com/okami-hd-rerelease/

Okami is getting a HD remaster and will release not only on the PS4, but also the Xbox One and the PC on December 12th. I never played it, but its my wife's favorite game of all time, and I spent many hours watching her enjoy it. Hopefully this does well and it gets a chance for a sequel.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

https://www.dualshockers.com/okami-hd-rerelease/

Okami is getting a HD remaster and will release not only on the PS4, but also the Xbox One and the PC on December 12th. I never played it, but its my wife's favorite game of all time, and I spent many hours watching her enjoy it. Hopefully this does well and it gets a chance for a sequel.

Isn't Okamiden technically a sequel?

"Stitches wrote:

Isn't Okamiden technically a sequel?

I didn't know of its existance before reading the article, but I'm also hesitant to refer to anything thats exclusively on a handheld a true sequel regardless. To me its sort of like saying that a 30 minute program on a cable network is a sequel to a major motion picture.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I didn't know of its existance before reading the article, but I'm also hesitant to refer to anything thats exclusively on a handheld a true sequel regardless. To me its sort of like saying that a 30 minute program on a cable network is a sequel to a major motion picture.

I mean it is a 20+ hour game, I don't really think that's a fair comparison. It's not a throw-away game.

And I didn't realize it was mentioned in the article, I thought it was just an article talking about the re-release.

"Stitches wrote:

I mean it is a 20+ hour game, I don't really think that's a fair comparison. It's not a throw-away game.

And I didn't realize it was mentioned in the article, I thought it was just an article talking about the re-release.

Either way, its a beautiful and unique game. The mechanics were so unique at the time. My wife is very attached to it. Perfect puzzles and art for her style.

Basically finished the singe player, offline content of Everybody's Golf in about two weeks. Sadly disappointed in how shallow a game it is. The previous version on the PS3 took me months. Its pretty, and handles well, but there's just not much too it. Not worth the $40 I spent. I'll check out the online aspect of it when I'm eventually able to, but its headed to the shelf for now.

After buying it ages ago, I finally jumped into the Ratchet and Clank reboot, only to find that its not. Its not a remaster either, but its a ground up remake of mostly existing R&C content, virtually identical to that found in previous games, just made for the PS4 so its prettier, with some bonus features slapped on. That's not what I expected, after reading the reviews, which made it out to be a brand new video game version of the feature film. Its still fun, but I'm very glad that I bought it on ultra clearance below $20 and not anywhere near full price.

I'm still working through unlocking stuff for Everybody's Golf. I have created versions of friends and family as golfers which is more fun than I thought it would be. It does seem to be focused on online play, which I have less interest in.

I grabbed a new copy of Flatout4 at Walmart for $30, so I picked that up yesterday. Played one quick race in Career mode, and it is exactly what I expected, just better looking. I don't play racing game all that much since my personal heyday on the old Dreamcast and first Xbox consoles.

I just completed The Frozen Wilds DLC last night. A really good addition to the main game. Some really funny moments, a few sad ones, some new robotic animals, and some new weapons/armor too. It took me 12 hours or a bit more to complete. Death was not uncommon, as the enemies will be faster, tougher, and the powered armor offers less protection than it used to. Certain enemies will take your shield down immediately too. The pacing seemed a bit off again, as the ending is a half hour of talking (filling in a lot of details on the world before and what was going on in the Yellowstone area before the end). Actually, I might go back and take out a few more of the new machines in a couple areas, and I want to find the complete set of animal figurines (which are used to awesome/funny effect).

Looking to the near future, I am debating about getting the PSVR. There are some nice bundle deals for Black Friday and we still have some credit with Dell, so we might get a bundle for about $250 if it all works out. There are a half dozen game that I'd like to play, but only the Skyrim VR game looks like it would take quite some time to play through. Most of the VR games seems to fall into the $15-$20 range and offer a couple hours of gameplay. Is the PS4 Pro really needed to run the PSVR decently though? That would add quite a bit more to the cost of getting into VR gaming.

"Deus ex dolphin wrote:

I'm still working through unlocking stuff for Everybody's Golf. I have created versions of friends and family as golfers which is more fun than I thought it would be. It does seem to be focused on online play, which I have less interest in.

I'm the same. My girls (age 6 and 3) love having me create new players. The creator is actually pretty deep. I'm close to being totally done with the game though. Surprisingly little depth.

After buying my new laptop, Im back into Civ 6. I actually may not game all that much on my PS4 the next month or so before getting a few new games.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I'm the same. My girls (age 6 and 3) love having me create new players. The creator is actually pretty deep. I'm close to being totally done with the game though. Surprisingly little depth.

After buying my new laptop, Im back into Civ 6. I actually may not game all that much on my PS4 the next month or so before getting a few new games.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3238865/gaming/civilization-vi-rise-and-fall-expansion.html

There is a new expansion announced today.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3238865/gaming/civilization-vi-rise-and-fall-expansion.html

There is a new expansion announced today.

I spent six hours downloading the main game at my parents house this past weekend. The expansions will have to wait, but I'll likely end up getting most of them eventually.

Definitely in for the Civ expansion eventually.

Started playing Horizon Zero Dawn this past weekend. One of like eleven console games I bought as part of black Friday sales.

"Stitches wrote:

Definitely in for the Civ expansion eventually.

Started playing Horizon Zero Dawn this past weekend. One of like eleven console games I bought as part of black Friday sales.

HZD is well worth it. Wonderful game in all ways. I would advise playing it "blind" as much as you can to get full enjoyment.