I’ve been listening to the Halo 2 soundtrack (classic version) and it sounds very 2002-2003. Like you can hear the cheap early-2000s equipment and software that was used to make it.

The drums in almost all the tracks really remind me of the old Jak, Tak, and even Crash soundtracks because of it. And it just takes me right back to my childhood playing games on an old box tv with nothing but those speakers.

Why do you think there’s so many?

I mean the Fallout show is honestly giving great. Imo you should at least give it a chance. Especially if you’re even a tiny bit of a fan of the games.

It’s all still based on a video game though. Fallout was never a show first so it’s not “based off a TV show”

4 is actually pretty fun too. Have you played the DLC with the jetpack and weather weapons?

Imo 2 was just a little too rough compared to 3. I never finished 2, but I moved right onto 3 when it came out and I had a blast.

It’s like getting upset over the free choice in Knights of The Old Republic. It’s a story that technically by movie POV, should have already happened exactly as it did in the history books, yet in-game we can do whatever the hell we want, up to killing pretty much whoever we want and just running purely dark side. Technically, we shouldn’t be able to make our own choices and it should be a very linear game; but that’s not what the developers wanted to do.

Same thing with Fallout.

Huh?

It’s a few games and one season of a show (yes I know the second one started, but we’re only one episode in). It’s nowhere near the amount of bullshittery that is the MCU or Disney Star Wars.

All they really need to do for ES6 is bring Michael Kirkbride back and let him run wild with the lore.

I’m not sure about games personally, but there’s the Mantella mod for Skyrim which is pretty much exactly what you’re looking for.

Check out this video if you want to see how it works in practice.

I was also disappointed by that.

Thankfully RTGame has a full playthrough and stream VOD uploaded. It’s actually who I watched play it first and I instantly fell in love

That’s why there are different kinds of trailers. You have announcement/teaser trailers, gameplay trailers, cinematic trailers (for showing cutscenes and story content), character trailers…

Goddamn YouTuber influencers made me get Megabonk the other day, and it’s pretty fun. It reminds me of Risk if Rain 2

The Cyberpunk 2077 announcement trailer was barely even a trailer. Just a moving jpeg of a woman with swords coming out of her arms.

Elder Scrolls 6’s announcement trailer was literally just a super quick flyover of some landscape then a title card.

Don’t suddenly start acting like it’s this huge problematic practice when it’s literally how every piece of media uses announcement trailers - hell, even books will have announcement trailers extremely similar in style to this.

Ego Draconis or Original Sin 2? I’m not a diehard fan or anything, but I know some people online like to make the distinction known.

I’ve only really played Ego Draconis (Divinity 2), but I’ve played the tutorial of Original Sin 2.

That’s kinda how announcement trailers usually go though?

I’ve been hankering to play some MCC for the last couple weeks. It doesn’t help that I’ve been listening to the Halo 2 soundtrack basically on repeat.

I just want another Dragon Knight Saga game.

Being able to transform into a fucking dragon at will practically whenever the hell you want was a massive plus in the game’s favor. Hell of a lot of jank though.

I was about to ask you where the hell to find it, but I just realized I could use Google and found it myself.

It’s on the actual website TimeplittersRewind.com in case anyone else was a little lost like me.

They’re fun and campy, taking most of their inspiration from those old sci-fi B-movies. Some of the humor might not have aged very well, particularly in the second one, but there’s a disclaimer at the beginning of each game that says as much.

For instance, the second game takes place in the 60s, and in a couple levels some of the thoughts you can scan are a little questionable.

Arkham Asylum but not the rest? /s

I loved Spider-Man and Miles Morales, I need to play Spider-Man 2 but I’m waiting for a better sale on steam.

Also, Guardians of the Galaxy blew me away with how fun and awesome it was. Like I honestly feel bad for waiting so long to play it.

The Destroy All Humans! remakes are pretty fun

Halo 3 Theater was the best, imo. Idk why, but I never really bothered with it in the later games, aside from ODST.

Hell yeah. I spent a few hours playing with some friends too, all the way back when Labs was the farthest you could go.

I finally finished Abiotic Factor, and yup. I need more story and places to explore already. And I haven’t even done everything there is to do yet.

I’ve also been playing some more Enshrouded. Finally got to the mountains, and now I just need to make some warm armor. I probably need to take a day or two to expand my main base, as it’s getting a little cramped. I have pretty much all the crafters and some villagers in the main building with all their stations shoved into different corners, but my farmers actually have a house that I built for them with a separate bedroom upstairs.

True. And I do like the games, it just kinda felt a little strange the first time I played the first one.

Baranor is one of my favorite side characters in anything LOTR too.

Idk, I felt like the story for the games was pretty complete once I finished it. It’s a little weird with the whole “Shelob can shapeshift and helps this Gondorian guard get his petty revenge on Sauron” noncanonicity though.

It’s my IP to sit on and do nothing with!

I started a playthrough right before they released the 1.0 update and wiped my progress (which I was aware of, and I’m not upset about). How are you liking the full release? I’m kind of excited to get an airship and be able to fly it around.

Abiotic Factor. I finally made it to the Residence Sector and am working my way through the last bit of story content now. It’s taking me a bit because I’m kinda taking my time, but also cause I’m playing solo. I’m sure I could do more to make it more smooth/faster, but I like playing at my own pace.

Other than that, I’ve been picking away at 100% Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 and a second run of DC Supervillains.

I bought it and played through the tutorial.

I haven’t touched it since. But I do think it’s a cool idea/game, as basically just a single player DnD campaign.

Damn, now I want a mod that replaces all Covenant enemies with these fascists, and replace all their voice lines with actual quotes they’ve said.

You could do Stephen Miller for the Prophets, Trump for the Elites, and maybe Alex Jones or something for the Grunts.

Instead of Mexican Joker we’ll have Mexican Chief

I never played classic Blue Shift until a couple years ago (I didn’t actually finish though, but I did get a part of the way through Xen in that one) and thought it had a little more “personal” feel to it rather than Half-Life. Like everyone has a name, and calls you Barney or Calhoun all the time and such.

The Blue Shift Remake mod for Black Mesa is really cool imo. It’s bigger, there’s been more stuff added to levels, and it kinda fleshes out Black Mesa itself as a location (you have different divisions with their uniforms and such, like Security, Research, Warehouse and Maintenance).

Or the spirit you meet who tasks you with stealing insignificant things. She was fun.

ETA: I also treat that undead crypt keeper nicely any time I see him in a playthrough. He’s always nice to me so it only seems fair.

Psychonauts 2 was probably the best sequel ever imo. I grew up playing the first game so I’m a little biased, but holy shit is that second one a masterpiece.

It’s such a fun and cozy little game, I honestly want the creators to make it into a show or something. I love all the characters and I want to see more of them!

And the soundtrack was absolutely gorgeous too.

I think the moment that got the biggest laugh from me, was shooting that kid in the face then telling his mom about it, or finding the dying care bear dude voiced by PsychicPebbles and he’s going on for almost more than five whole minutes about how close he is to dying and he sees the light and blah blah blah. Anytime you tried to leave he’d be like “wait where are you going?! You’re just gonna leave me here to die alone?!”

Those Wolfenstein games kinda rule because they’re so over the top.

And then you become Terror Billy.

Holy shit The Alters has a music video scene? Is it like in American Dad when he’s in Francine’s mind and has the other versions of him sing a song?

I’ve been wanting to play the full game for a while now, but I saw a review that said it was a surprisingly short game, so I’ve been holding off spending the $20 on it. I had a TON of fun with the demo though. Kicking barrels and crates into people, kicking people into furniture and water, all their little comments like “maybe if we don’t move, she’ll forget we’re still here” after “knocking them out.”