It’s nowhere near on the level of the Dead End Thrills team or dedicated screenshotters, but I love taking pictures like this.
Obviously, it’s from No Man’s Sky. It’s nice to just remove the HUD, wander around a bit, and frame a shot. So, unsurprisingly, I’ll be doing a little more of this.
Even the early mods have completely enhanced the NMS experience for me. There’s no more of that annoying “hold down the mouse button to try and sell 500 platinum” or those bloody scan lines. All gone. And the blurriness that Cam and I noticed when we first fired up the PC port, as well as that crappy vignetting, is kaput as well.
Thank God for that.
If I get some spare time, I’ll also try and test some of F1 2016’s multiplayer with some friends of mine. A couple of them are pretty big on simulation racers, and according to them it’s the best F1 title Codies has released so far. Which is nice, except for the part where I still race on a gamepad using automatic gearbox (I’m trying to learn manual, go easy on me).
So I’ll probably get wrecked. But hey, that’s part of the fun.
What will you be playing this weekend?
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Nothing.
Not even monopoly? Everyone loves monopoly
I hate it as whenever our family plays it we end up starting WW3, someone flips the board and there’s lots of tears! (age range 30-70)
Just like Mario Party, so good!
Mario Party doesnt have little green houses you can shove up peoples noses…
Just sayin’
A real shame that
I thought you were playing that new game where you post negative/trolly comments on every Kotaku article? Or am I wrong and you’re taking a break for the weekend?
Ouch!
I don’t go on here on weekends, but I am taking a prolonged break from Kotaku cuz starting my new career as a Dentist in two weeks. Expect plenty of shitposts next week as my going away present.
Mate I cant wait. You shall be missed buddy. Good luck on the dentistry business, hope you’re able to really sink your teeth into the job!
NOOOO DON’T LEAVE US D:
Post once a day at 2:30 🙂
I’m still digging through the backlog.
This weekend is gta V. I think I’m about 30% through it? I’ve just got Trevor on board.
Might chuck some mods on while I’m at it. What’s good?
Got WWE 2K16 free with Gold yesterday. Had a lot of fun creating a character last night, but MY GOD did the gameplay suck. So disappointed. It is so slow and clunky (as are the menus). Maybe I’ll try out an actual WWE superstar tonight and see if that makes it any more fun, but I doubt it. Having one button to strike just baffles my mind. I guess I expected more UFC style combat as I haven’t played a wrestling game in so long (10+ years).
So prob mostly just Rocket League.
Been thinking about playing Assassin’s Creed Syndicate should be a nice tie in-between August 30th when Nuka-World is released. I also haven’t finished Trails of Cold Steel yet so that’s a possibility.
Loved Trails of Cold Steel. Very happy I did a second play-through on Nightmare.
ToCS 2 has a US release date of 6th Sept, so I’m hoping Oz isn’t too different, although I can’t seem to find any definite details.
It’s a solid game, problem I had with it though is that it starts really slowly clicking through ten hours of dialogue before you board the first train out of the academy is brutal but i figured once you get into the game i’ll probably miss the character development.
I suppose ToCS2 should give me more reason to push on.
I enjoyed the slow pace, but then again I prefer to play at my own speed and dislike any sort of time limit.
Once the train trips started happening I did feel the game really started to open up.
Fire Emblem Fates on Lunatic/Classic. Then after I scream through gritted teeth after losing again and again, I’ll move onto Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, soloing through G rank. Then when I finally lose my shit, I’ll simply curl up in the shower with a box of cookies.
Heh heh, when I started Fates Revelation I heeded advice to go casual, because the enemies just have inflated HP, which in turn means that it’s harder to take them out (even with follow-ups). So now I’m no longer restarting chapters due to losing characters it is much less stressful. It really amazed me that the AI could instantly target the weakest characters with a double or triple-team even though it meant certain death for those enemies in the next turn. Fecking AI…
So it turns out nets have been added into the Don Bradman Cricket 17 demo.
*fires game up*
What mod did you use to remove the bluriness in NMS? Was it the internal resolution scaler?
Yup, plus forced tweaks in NVIDIA Control Panel.
Awesome, thanks! Between this and 1.04 it should help with most of my issues
I really want to put a few more hours into Pillars of Eternity, but as I predicted last week, tired me ain’t so great at it.
I’ve been hitting Snowboard Kids & Waverace a lot.
And giving Twilight Princess a second shot. The slow introduction really rubs me the wrong way, but ive managed to get past where I gave up last time.
I’m sure there’s a good game in there somewhere.
Ganking horde scum while they try to do Legion invasions.
I am always Watching Over you all.
I dream at night, I can only see your face.
No Man’s Sky probably, but I’m a 134,000 light years from the centre and just continually jumping is getting a little old. The planets I’m landing on now sometimes have a surprising critter, but definitely feeling I’ve seen most variations. Exotic materials are definitely more common now. I have put at least 100 hours into it though, probably more..
I got Oxenfree to play, and I was halfway through the Fallout 4 DLC before NMS came out. May play those instead if my tolerance levels don’t keep up.
Xenoblade Chronicles for the most part but there will also be some Trillion: God of Destruction and Etrian Odyssey Untold 2.
No Man’s Sky. Also sewing my coat
I tried to get into NMS but gave up after a couple of hours. It just isnt for me.
Only game I am really playing at the moment is Rimworld. So that will tide me over until Deus Ex next week.
Same as last weekend – Dragon Age: Inquisition.
But since that’s becoming a little draggy, I also fired up Far Cry 4 during the week. 8 missions in, I am having a blast. I also did Beyond Good and Evil after gettng it free with Gold. I like the gameplay but so far story seems pretty standard. Maybe it was great for the time it was released?
In summary, I will be playing Dragon Age: Inquisition with a bit of Fat Cry 4 and Beyond Good and Evil thrown in.
I’m packing for a holiday and probably knitting. If I get time I might just drive around gta V enjoying the scenery
The Mass Effect trilogy with all DLC. Spent 36 hours total on ME1 recently and I’ve put about 29 hours into ME2 since last weekend.
Your username is strangely appropriate 😉
My body is having crazy replay urges again but my mind says I can’t lose another 100 hours.
No Mans Sky.
Just found a Vortex planet, gonna try a few merchant runs to see if it compares to my resource runs.
Yeah, found one last night myself. Not the greatest concentration, and the sent’s go straight to lvl 3 after 1 module, so its a bit of a grind to get any decent number. But even just 5 minutes was 300k or so while still figuring it out.
Watery planet as well, and I just realised I havnt checked to see if there were any under water. That might solve the sentinel issue.
I lucked out and got a planet where the sentinels don’t care and the void cubes are amassed underground.
The turn around flight is a bit long so I may need to find a trading post to keep things streamlined
No Mans sky
Planetside 2 (gotta get my KD up to 2)
Overwatch
Maby some total war warhammer, really need to spend some more time on that.
Probably sleep after a few late nights in a row watching the Olympics, however i need to get back to playing NMS couple of days away and i am feeling a little depressed. Will probably continue ticking away on Pokemon Go as well, hit a bit of a lull in the game right now and need to find new places to play.
Hopefully the new Formula 1 game!
Gee, cffndncr, what are we going to do this weekend?
The same thing we do every weekend, Pinky. Play Dota until we reach maximum saltiness.
Shadow of Mordor
Rainbow Six Siege
WW2K16
Beyond Good and Evil.
I’m attempting a HUD-less playthrough of Far Cry Primal (it is very pretty on Ultra), though the game really is designed as a follow-the-minimap experience, which makes it a little difficult.
Zone of the Enders HD on PS3.
Overwatch on PS4
Fire Emblem Fates Revelation on 3DS.
I generally only play one game at a time, and don’t have a huge amount of gaming time so I end up playing the same game for ages. Currently it’s Mass Effect 3 – I did the Tuchanka and Citadel II missions last night (which were pretty bloody awesome).
I haven’t gotten to the famed unpopular ending yet, but so far I’m liking Mass Effect 3 more than 2. It has a stronger storyline to it. I liked 2 a lot, but I like 3 even more.
It’s not that bad.
Overwatch with a dash of Red Dead thrown in. Maybe delve back into the Witcher 3, though that is a daunting thought
Since Worms WMD isn’t out yet, I might play Rayman Origins since it was released for free yesterday! Maybe give Goldeneye Source a go too.
Where is origins free? Uplay?
yeah. part of ubi’s 30th b’day celebration
Went back to watch dogs (up the the T-Bone missions)
Will also download the Titanfall 2 beta today
.hack//GU Rebirth. Been wanting to play this game for years (it’s decent).
Good lord. One of these days I should find my save file and finish Reminisce, then start on Redemption.
I’ve had all three since they came out yet have only finished the first.
I actually just started Reminisce (didn’t realise how close to the end of Rebirth I was). Bit of a slow beginning, but I’m still into it.
I’m really hoping the AIDA Seeds aren’t going to be the reminisce (did I use that right?) of the Virus Core system from the previous .hack// games. That was… that was really bad padding. “Want RNG with your Data Drain that you cannot spam because it’ll kill you? Good! Have fun!”
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse.
No Mans Sky. Having clocked up 20 hours in the first week is a huge effort for me given my gaming time is usually one large session on a Friday night if no plans.
I snuck a few mid week, late nighter’s in. It was like being in my 20’s again. Good times.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions. I got No Mans Sky and tried it out but it is 100% not for me. It’s the type of game i should love but just can’t seem to enjoy it. Hopefully Deus Ex next week will keep me pumped until something else comes out? (No idea what is coming out before November)
probably a bit of doom if i have time, great game, just have time to get into anything these days.
It would have been No Man’s Sky, but I returned it. So many problems I had with the game. I knew I wouldn’t be able to enjoy it when I first launched off in my ship and noticed I was forced to fly at a set height. Total freedom my ass.
Season 1 of Competitive mode for Overwatch just ended (I hate all you players who refuse to learn how to play) so I’m taking a break from that. Yesterday I started Ape Escape 2 and managed to power through that entire game. Only trophy remaining is to start again with a specific skin and catch all 300 monkeys again, not sure if I feel like I can be stuffed.
I also recently finished the main game for Witcher 3, so I can give that game a rest.
There are some backlog games I can look into. Maybe I’ll even start Rogue Galaxy, heard a lot of good things about it.
Don’t know if I will get to any games, but given I’ve been teasing others (mostly @weresmurf) with Star Trek V I think it’s high time I just watch it and get it out of the way.
Yes, I’m giving myself a dose of my own medicine.
Probably a good thing I have at least four seasons of TNG to wash any bad taste (or battle scars) off me when I’m done.
When you get to Insurrection and then Nemesis I’ll have my revenge >:D
Then I wash them away with some DS9, which I plan to watch in stages during the series.
I’ve already thought of that, 😛
This is mostly for @weresmurf but other Trekkies feel free to chip in.
Anyhow, I’ve finally done so; I’ve taken my own medicine and have watched Star Trek V. And to be honest, I’ve played worse in video games so it actually wasn’t bad.
[Reels back from Trekkies readying everything from phasers on kill a board with a nail through it]
…..Hear me out.
Before I pull the movie apart lemme get the few good elements out. Like with ST2, the movie opens up with a classic reference that become the underpinning of the whole movie, it was nice to see the background lore of some of the main characters, Kirk’s view on what make one who one is and the idea of the placement of God was nice.
Those alone though don’t make a hour and forty-five minute film though. There is one huge problem; the film simply doesn’t stand on it’s own.
It sounds strange but lets pull the movie scenes apart.
The movie opens up with Spock’s brother approaching a scavenger on a desert like planet wearing a white robe. Having seem it just this year I could not stop thinking about A New Hope when I saw scene on Nimbus III.
Heck, a lot of the film takes place on the planet and it’s settlement Mos Eisley. Sorry, Paradise; but like the opening be damned if I could stop thinking of that reference.
And the references keep coming. There are probably others but I’ll keep to the ones I noticed.
Approaching the Great Barrier. Already been done in ST1.
Travelling to the planet? 2001: a space odyssey. Even the planet’s surface transforming is basically a hybrid of the ending to 2001 and the final fight in ST3.
Seeing the face of God? The 10 Commandments.
Finding God is a fake? Besides being an obvious twist, it’s basically Wizard of Oz.
The ending was also just there and felt tortured.
To sum up, is ST5 as bad as they say? I honestly can’t tell; it draws too much from other films and doesn’t stand on its own enough to be judged as good or bad. To be cheeky and use the lore, there is no enough substance to ST5 to show on the scanners.
But I will agree with other Trekkies, this would have to be the weakest I’ve seen so far.
It’s not the worst. Insurrection or Nemesis. I can’t decide. One of those is.. lol
Well, you are in for a wait to see my reaction to them, :-P. They take place after TNG so I’m not putting the disks in until I finish TNG.
And even then, I plan to mix some DS9 in the final two seasons (or thereabouts) as they run in parallel.
Heh yeah they do, but there’s no real crossover episodes alas, which was a missed opportunity. Though there are cameos, such as Quark in a season 7 episode of TNG briefly. Picard in the opening ep of DS9 for a nice chunk and bits here and there.
Oh and then Worf cameos on DS9 for four years straight 😛 lol
The Titanfall 2 Tech Demo and Metroid Prime 2 (maybe 3 if I can wrap it up tonight). Waiting for King of Fighters XIV…
After about 50 hours of NMS I’m still months from the Galactic Core and it got boring 48 hours ago so I’ve given up on that. Will probably play the Titanfall 2 tech demo, some Overwatch, some Rainbow 6: Siege.
Who am I kidding? I’ll spend the whole weekend cleaning, gardening and dreaming about gaming.
Well we finished off Trine 3 last weekend so not sure if we will start somethign new
Still part way through Fallout 4 and monochroma so maybe just them or some more grinding on the 100% of hand of fate
decided to try my first nuzlocke run. So probably continue playing Soul Silver this weekend.
Bloodborne
Titanfall 2.
I’ll tell u what I’m not playing. Van Helsing on xbox one. Months ago when my brother and I tried to play the network issues were atrocious. We decided to give it another crack.
Now I can’t play online because my profile name may cause offense to others. I’d previously played online many times. And my name online is simply chachi with an xo either side of it. Wtf is that shit. I am completely exasperated.
F1 2016
Playing ARK PRIMITIVE+
Holy shit it’s good. It’s sooooooooo good. Makes Ark fun and challenging again!