NEXT GEN CONSOLES

[Katster]

I'm still residing there myself... It's been two years and I still haven't finished the main quest.

Cool this means I hopefully have at least 23 months more to look forward to

I am currently retrieving some horn for the grey beards - I haven't joined forces with anyone yet preferring to speak to people I meet and only killing if I have to. My horse though has other ideas, it goes storming in all hooves blazing! Lydia is helping me at the moment and she kicks ass. I absolutely love it. It's Zelda made way cooler.

[windy_miller]

Cool this means I hopefully have at least 23 months more to look forward to

I am currently retrieving some horn for the grey beards - I haven't joined forces with anyone yet preferring to speak to people I meet and only killing if I have to. My horse though has other ideas, it goes storming in all hooves blazing! Lydia is helping me at the moment and she kicks ass. I absolutely love it. It's Zelda made way cooler.

I have still not finished the main quest after 2 years either. I always end up side tracked on side quests. I have come across some fantastic locations by doing this. I really should dig it out again, but I I am still unable to tear myself away from Spelunky.

[LondonTom]

Sigh

FIFA 14 has been launched as a "freemium" app on mobile. I was going to upgrade this year as I've got 12 on my phone and its reasonably enjoyable on mobile...but fuck "freemium" just let me buy the game for a fiver and be done with it! I want to know I've got access to the entire game before I invest time playing to be stopped by frickin' paywall!

Edited September 24, 2013 by LondonTom

[luckysalt]

Sainsburys doing FIFA £32.99 if you spend £30 instore. First of the supermarkets to say what their deal is. Bet Tesco will do it for £32 like they did with GTA

[t8yman]

GTA is starting to click for me, just started with Trevor, and the variation he brings to the game is welcoming.

[LondonTom]

Sainsburys doing FIFA £32.99 if you spend £30 instore. First of the supermarkets to say what their deal is. Bet Tesco will do it for £32 like they did with GTA

Oh sweet! Know where my mums doing the weekly shop at the weekend then!!! (That sounds rather child like:P)

Didn't see the offer about GTA before, would have got it otherwise! (Trying to control my spending on games )

The "freemium" model for mobile FIFA isn't quite what I thought it was, and it's £2.99 to have the kick off/manager modes turned on. Seems it's more for the shit that is Ultimate Team, which I don't play. Tot sure on the new touch controls yet though...bit odd!

Must still annoy parents and I don't like it but its not as bad what they have done with Madden where you need to purchase plays. (According to reports, so maybe its not quite what I think again.)

[5co77ie]

Someone make my mind up for me PS4 or XBox1 - the wife says I can't have both and I keep flip flopping between the two now.

[kaosmark2]

Someone make my mind up for me PS4 or XBox1 - the wife says I can't have both and I keep flip flopping between the two now.

Whichever you don't have the current gen of.

[jump]

Someone make my mind up for me PS4 or XBox1 - the wife says I can't have both and I keep flip flopping between the two now.

I'd say avoid Xbox, I've no trust in them to not go back on their word and kick in with all those policies they had orginally announced.

[5co77ie]

Forget it - not been down with the kids recently - just watched Resogun and Playroom - right up my street

with Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Assassins Creed, Diablo, Ray's The Dead, Walking Dead, Abe's Odysee, and Shadow Of The Beast (as in the Amiga - WTF!) I'm sold to PS4

[Spindles]

Microsoft made many poor decisions with the hardware and console design with the 360, which is why there are so many dead ones.

Sony have a better track record with quality in my opinion.

Personally I would avoid the initial models at release anyway and let others pay a premium price for ironing out the kinks.

Surprised no one has mentioned SteamOS, the fact that steam now allows you to share games with friends and family members and it appears that they are going for a multi-pronged strategy to get PC gaming as part of the same ecosystem as console gaming.

I'm really excited for SteamOS. The idea of booting my pc into an environment built for gaming without any of the background bloat to get the raw power of the hardware is going to be interesting.

[t8yman]

I'm defecting from xbox to ps4, xbox stumbled out of the gate - have flip flopped all over the place, and I just think sony might have learnt their lesson from the initial mistakes with the ps3 and all the arrogance around "the power of teh cell" and "the next gen starts when we say it does" etc.

I prefer the humble approach that sony seem to be having. Plus I hate Kinect, and all it stands for.

My trust of M$ is basically in tatters now. They will introduce more and more sinister tactics in the future IMHO, despite the u-turns on used games and always connected etc.

[G-Stud]

If Valve announce a proper game console that operates off of SteamOS and offers a PC gaming experience in console form, I'll be very interested.

[the_hedge]

I'm defecting from xbox to ps4, xbox stumbled out of the gate - have flip flopped all over the place, and I just think sony might have learnt their lesson from the initial mistakes with the ps3 and all the arrogance around "the power of teh cell" and "the next gen starts when we say it does" etc.

I prefer the humble approach that sony seem to be having. Plus I hate Kinect, and all it stands for.

My trust of M$ is basically in tatters now. They will introduce more and more sinister tactics in the future IMHO, despite the u-turns on used games and always connected etc.

Having had a PS3 for some years I would be wary of the switch. My online gaming experience (especially COD) is not good on the PS3. The games on the Xbox run much smoother. Also bear in mind Xbox will have dedicated servers straight away using the cloud, PS4 will be some time next year. And the main reason to buy the XBox is Titan Falls. This game is going to be epic and will probably be the game to finally break the COD franchise.

Edited September 25, 2013 by the_hedge

[kaosmark2]

Surprised no one has mentioned SteamOS, the fact that steam now allows you to share games with friends and family members and it appears that they are going for a multi-pronged strategy to get PC gaming as part of the same ecosystem as console gaming.

I'm really excited for SteamOS. The idea of booting my pc into an environment built for gaming without any of the background bloat to get the raw power of the hardware is going to be interesting.

I was chatting about this is the pub last night. It's such a positive step. I'm really excited about it, but ultimately, while I'd love to be able to run linux, I need MS Office.

[Jackmypie]

Gamestop are shite. Don't shop there. I cancelled the GTA order last Thursday however they have not refunded me yet and I've had to open a PayPal dispute. They think that they haven't charged me because they only charge people just before they ship the item. I doubt they will even reply to the dispute cos their communications are shit. They take over 2 days to reply to your emails and their phone lines are always down. Dick heads.

[G-Stud]

Valve have managed to make 2014 seem very far away... Can't wait to see what they come out with!

[t8yman]

Having had a PS3 for some years I would be wary of the switch. My online gaming experience (especially COD) is not good on the PS3. The games on the Xbox run much smoother. Also bear in mind Xbox will have dedicated servers straight away using the cloud, PS4 will be some time next year. And the main reason to buy the XBox is Titan Falls. This game is going to be epic and will probably be the game to finally break the COD franchise.

I am playing less and less online now anyway, I normally play COD for a couple of months, then get very bored of it. I like to play battlefield, but find I get left behind very quickly - I can be quite an accomplished player, but the level of competition is huge, and even a couple of days off can impact on your ability to compete pretty harshly.

The only thing I ever disliked about my 2 different times owning a PS3, was the fucking tiny controller, which appears to be better on the PS4.

And to be perfectly honest, my initial reaction to titanfall was a huge yawn, and I've seen nothing else so far that convinces me otherwise. The thing I am most looking forward to on next gen is The Divison, which is of course - cross platform.

[the_hedge]

I am playing less and less online now anyway, I normally play COD for a couple of months, then get very bored of it. I like to play battlefield, but find I get left behind very quickly - I can be quite an accomplished player, but the level of competition is huge, and even a couple of days off can impact on your ability to compete pretty harshly.

The only thing I ever disliked about my 2 different times owning a PS3, was the fucking tiny controller, which appears to be better on the PS4.

And to be perfectly honest, my initial reaction to titanfall was a huge yawn, and I've seen nothing else so far that convinces me otherwise. The thing I am most looking forward to on next gen is The Divison, which is of course - cross platform.

I feel pretty excited about Titan Fall. I'm expecting good things as it the developers that were behind COD before the game went crap. It's no coincidence the game went crap after these guys left Infinity Ward.

[Jackmypie]

FIFA 14 dispatched.

[Purple Monkey]

Giddy about Wind Waker HD now. I know it's pretty much 10 years old or whatever but it's timeless, just look at it, it's gorgeous GIMME!!!!!

Edited September 27, 2013 by Purple Monkey

[jump]

Giddy about Wind Waker HD now. I know it's pretty much 10 years old or whatever but it's timeless, just look at it, it's gorgeous GIMME!!!!!

If I had a Wii U I'd get it as they have apparently fixed the last 3rd of the game where all you did is sail around playing fetch.

[Purple Monkey]

Yeah they've cut it down since it's the same task (go to a bit of the map and fish) multiplied 8 times. Now it's 3 or something. It's probably the pieces that don't involve fishing or doing the same thing twice. They probably cut it down to the pieces that were the most fun to go fetch.

[jump]

I'd rather they spread that out across the game or had an extra dungeon as it really killed the momentum of the game for me in an otherwise brilliant game. Hmm...I may dig out my Gamecube copy and play it again on the Wii.

[Paul ™]

Dusted off the PS3 yesterday, signed up for 3 months PS+ and downloaded Far Cry 3, bloody hell that's some size of game.. enjoying it though and probably the first game I've played on my PS3 in about 2 years!!