Games you're playing, and games...

Fry750 · 13 May 2021 at 21:57

McBain said:
I also jumped back in recently after a year out. The driving physics are still abysmal, and the repair bug still exists where your vehicle just spontaneously flies off in all directions hitting everything until it blows up.

Apparently it's due to the doors falling off. They're still on the map and don't despawn, when you repair the vehicle they travel to it with such velocity they smash it up... At least that's what I read

Undead said they thought there was a fix but I had the issue the other day, had to reload the save.

ic1male · 14 May 2021 at 00:44

Will finish Gears of War 2 tomorrow and then it’s Mass Effect trilogy followed by Andromeda (which I haven’t played for more than an hour before).

CaptainRAVE · 14 May 2021 at 19:25

Tried JC4. Looks absolutely shocking and runs like crap. Instant uninstall.

Hoping ME is as good as I remember.

Noxia · 15 May 2021 at 09:45

CaptainRAVE said:
Tried JC4. Looks absolutely shocking and runs like crap. Instant uninstall.

Hoping ME is as good as I remember.

I wasn't exaggerating when I said it looked like a PS3 game in the other thread!

CaptainRAVE · 15 May 2021 at 10:05

Noxia said:
I wasn't exaggerating when I said it looked like a PS3 game in the other thread!

No, you were spot on.

Vandle · 17 May 2021 at 00:47

Thought I'd ask this in this thread..

Tried to play UFC 3 last night with my brother in the UK. He's on xbox one, me on series X (although shouldn't make a difference). He's playing via gamepass but I have the disk version which I installed ages ago but never played. Did a 4 gig update fine when I launched it. I can play it ok but got the following message when I tried to go online "You must be signed into Xbox live and EA servers in order to access the online features of this title". I was most definitely signed into Live and we were in a party without any issues. In the game settings I tried to connect to EA but got the same message. I have a GP ultimate subscription billed monthly. I rebooted the xbox but got the same error messages.
Any ideas?? :confused:

Relentless81 · 18 May 2021 at 12:32

Vandle said:
Thought I'd ask this in this thread..

Tried to play UFC 3 last night with my brother in the UK. He's on xbox one, me on series X (although shouldn't make a difference). He's playing via gamepass but I have the disk version which I installed ages ago but never played. Did a 4 gig update fine when I launched it. I can play it ok but got the following message when I tried to go online "You must be signed into Xbox live and EA servers in order to access the online features of this title". I was most definitely signed into Live and we were in a party without any issues. In the game settings I tried to connect to EA but got the same message. I have a GP ultimate subscription billed monthly. I rebooted the xbox but got the same error messages.
Any ideas??

Dont you need to sign into your EA account in the game somewhere? I had to, to play Jedi Fallen Order

I download and installed Steep, after faffing about signing into my Ubisoft account and linking my Microsoft account I played it for 15 minutes before uninstalling it. I just don't get the controls and it didn't keep my attention enough to want to get to grips with them.

Benny · 18 May 2021 at 17:36

Been getting back into Fallout 4 again, I bought the GOTY edition so trying to actually finish it is going to be a challenge, this is my third attempt at it. Spent 2 hours scavenging Aluminium cans yesterday. Can't help but be amazed at this game with the firefights that go on off in the distance. Most of my settlements are set up with artillery now and once you engage in a firefight and have 2 or three settlements in range it is a real blast. So much fun. This is part of the reason and I never progress with games like these. Just end up exacting carnage and picking stuff up. It does look incredible but a bit gutted to get the real eye candy having to play it at 30fps, tried the FPS boost and was noticeably lower resolution, though the performance was great.

Vandle · 18 May 2021 at 23:39

Relentless81 said:
Dont you need to sign into your EA account in the game somewhere? I had to, to play Jedi Fallen Order

I download and installed Steep, after faffing about signing into my Ubisoft account and linking my Microsoft account I played it for 15 minutes before uninstalling it. I just don't get the controls and it didn't keep my attention enough to want to get to grips with them.

Yeah, tried doing that and go the same message. You must be signed into Live and EA servers. So I have to be signed into EA in order to sign into EA. :confused:

ic1male · 19 May 2021 at 09:30

Had about 20 minutes on SnowRunner last night after finishing Mass Effect 1. I thought it was quite good truth be told. I got as far as repairing the bridge. Tempted to keep at it and put ME2 on hold for a bit.

Defy Belief · 19 May 2021 at 12:18

Just played through Titanfall 2, criminally underrated game in my opinion

RedFluffy · 21 May 2021 at 01:55

Getting through trails of cold steel iv. Niche game series but has unbelievably good world building.

ic1male · 22 May 2021 at 10:29

Well I was going to have a very quick go on Borderlands 1 to get a missing trophy (and seeing as it's a free MP weekend on PlayStation). But there's not a single person out there in the whole wide world playing this game on PS4. Will try again later tonight.

Plainsong · 22 May 2021 at 12:03

Returnal. Phenomenal game. Was totally addicted to it for the whole duration. A real challenge for me with 70 odd deaths (so 70 restarts) but I loved every mad minute of it. Going to play it a bit more to get the true ending. Probably the best PS5 game to date. Atmosphere and setting, 3D audio (best use of the official headset by far) and controller feedback all top notch. 9/10.

Noxia · 22 May 2021 at 12:05

Plainsong said:
Returnal. Phenomenal game. Was totally addicted to it for the whole duration. A real challenge for me with 70 odd deaths (so 70 restarts) but I loved every mad minute of it. Going to play it a bit more to get the true ending. Probably the best PS5 game to date. Atmosphere and setting, 3D audio (best use of the official headset by far) and controller feedback all top notch. 9/10.

I'm currently trying to decide if I get that, Yakuza or Mass Effect with my nectar points. I want to get one today but having to pay for it means a lot more thoguht goes into it. ME, a LOT of content and I never finished any of the games. Yakuza, I love turn based combat and Yakuza setting generally and again lots of content, Returnal, looks cool but not sure if it's a game I'd want to play in big blasts.

Plainsong · 22 May 2021 at 12:14

Noxia said:
I'm currently trying to decide if I get that, Yakuza or Mass Effect with my nectar points. I want to get one today but having to pay for it means a lot more thoguht goes into it. ME, a LOT of content and I never finished any of the games. Yakuza, I love turn based combat and Yakuza setting generally and again lots of content, Returnal, looks cool but not sure if it's a game I'd want to play in big blasts.

It's quite a stressful game early on until you understand all the systems then it starts to get easier. I'm not really big into roguelites but I adore Metroidvanias and anything that reminds me of the Alien franchise (Prometheus is obviously a big influence here). ME is obviously massive and far more chilled out. I am thinking of getting that next. Finished 1 and 2 before on the 360 but didnt play 3 much past the opening.

Noxia · 22 May 2021 at 12:16

Plainsong said:
It's quite a stressful game early on until you understand all the systems then it starts to get easier. I'm not really big into roguelites but I adore Metroidvanias and anything that reminds me of the Alien franchise (Prometheus is obviously a big influence here). ME is obviously massive and far more chilled out. I am thinking of getting that next. Finished 1 and 2 before on the 360 but didnt play 3 much past the opening.

I'll get ME, then in 2 years time when I finish we can swap

I do not like metroidvanias but I do enjoy Roguelites/likes.

Plainsong · 22 May 2021 at 12:21

Noxia said:
I'll get ME, then in 2 years time when I finish we can swap

I do not like metroidvanias but I do enjoy Roguelites/likes.

Haha deal!

Cex £48 for Returnal so that £70 price doesn't seem so high now considering I put over 50 hours into it. Cant decide whether to keep it or not as they are looking to keep adding to it. Hmm decisions..

Noxia · 22 May 2021 at 12:32

Plainsong said:
Haha deal!

Cex £48 for Returnal so that £70 price doesn't seem so high now considering I put over 50 hours into it. Cant decide whether to keep it or not as they are looking to keep adding to it. Hmm decisions..

Yeah that's a tough one, in your mind you'll think I'm losing money by keeping it. I'm trying to get in the habit of just writing off the whole amount as if I won't sell.

Plainsong · 23 May 2021 at 15:11

Noxia said:
Yeah that's a tough one, in your mind you'll think I'm losing money by keeping it. I'm trying to get in the habit of just writing off the whole amount as if I won't sell.

I made up my mind and traded it in and got RE8 as a straight up swap. Replaying 7 first then i'll have a go at that