The General Pooter Games Thread.

[Erik Setzer]

Though how old must it be looking at the consoles?

Not just looking at the consoles, but having split-screen... It seems a lot of the newer games have been dropping split-screen.

I like my X-Box 360 and One (and even the Wii, when it's not deciding to be dead), but acting like they're superior to a PC is silly. Yeah, I spent around a thousand dollars on my PC, but it's also so I can run two monitors, run a bunch of productivity programs without slowing down, and haven't have to upgrade in years, while still able to run games at really high graphics settings without issue. On my PC I can play games like This War of Mine, Cities: Skylines, Mordheim, Warmachine Tactics, the Total War series, most MMOs, indie games like Shoppe Keep or Game Dev Tycoon, and I can mod the heck out of games. I can also expand my storage easier and cheaper. My XBox One doesn't have many games on it but already has a good chunk of its hard drive used up. On PC I can switch between keyboard/mouse, controller, joystick, or steering wheel pretty easily, and have lots of options for each. Oh, and I can actually do all that productivity stuff on my computer.

Consoles are made for casual gaming. I like my consoles for that (and for using YouTube or Netflix on the couch), but it's silly to act like they're superior to PCs.

[Kirsten]

Anyone else play Luftrausers? I have been slightly addicted since it launched a couple of years ago

[Psychosplodge]

No but now I've been and looked what it is it reminds me of a sepia version of harrier attack from the commodore 64 with added weapon options. I played the **** out of that game but never got past level 3. Probably mostly cause I was probably about seven.

[Psychosplodge]

Also the wii U has possibly the most fun messaging system

[Kirsten]

seems legit

[Mr Mystery]

Absolutely thrashing my way through Freeblade at the moment, so have downloaded Plants V Zombies for the meantime.

[Psychosplodge]

Went back on fallout 4 for a couple of hours last night. They seem to have added a new quest to the cicular ones "Build defences at this settlement" which is ok but I've already built defences at my settlements so I just stand there for like three minutes and then it triggers 100% and then an attack by one one of the factions.
Seems one of the patches has added a few new odds and ends in the build menu as well. You can now live like a supermutant under canvas surrounded by bloody bags of body parts

[Kirsten]

No but now I've been and looked what it is it reminds me of a sepia version of harrier attack from the commodore 64 with added weapon options. I played the **** out of that game but never got past level 3. Probably mostly cause I was probably about seven.

pretty much. loads of options to kit your craft, all valid and fun, loads of combinations. steadily ramps up the enemies as you score more points. I finally managed to kill the blimp boss this evening, and what did I get for my troubles? hard mode. all the hard enemies from the beginning, in far greater numbers, and firing far more shots.

[Psychosplodge]

I fell like I'd need to find my joystick for this.

[Kirsten]

I am using an xbox one controller, but it is ok with keyboard too, you only have to go forwards, left right, and shoot