The gaming thread

[tubby74]

decent offers on the steam winter sale. being someone of limited imagination i just loaded all the dirt rally 2 dlc for 50% off.

 

[gippyz]

Decided to get ac Valhalla for $59 from Amazon. Odyssey was so good. Let’s hope I’m not disappointed!

 

[tobbogonist]

decent offers on the steam winter sale. being someone of limited imagination i just loaded all the dirt rally 2 dlc for 50% off.

A bloke i work with plays dirt with Colin Mcrea's nephew. I tried to play with them once, lapped me about 2 minutes in. Racing games are not for me.

 

[ForkinGreat]

Decided to get ac Valhalla for $59 from Amazon. Odyssey was so good. Let’s hope I’m not disappointed!

just started Odyssey, on the starting island. liking it, great scenery, gameplay seems good. playing without the 'join the dots' navigation. still has way points and such. just slightly less go to point A stab this, loot that, go to point B, etc vibe. if there's too much navigation assistance, you might as well be on a frikken conveyor belt, IMO.

 

[gippyz]

just started Odyssey, on the starting island. liking it, great scenery, gameplay seems good. playing without the 'join the dots' navigation. still has way points and such. just slightly less go to point A stab this, loot that, go to point B, etc vibe. if there's too much navigation assistance, you might as well be on a frikken conveyor belt, IMO.

The join the dots thingy has always been the trademark of ac games I think. It’s certainly much much more challenging without it.

It’ll get more interesting after the starting island. I don’t want to spoil it for u

 

[Mr Crudley]

A bloke i work with plays dirt with Colin Mcrea's nephew. I tried to play with them once, lapped me about 2 minutes in. Racing games are not for me.

Agreed. Some racing games and fun but some just miss the mark. I didn't mind the earlier Colin McRae games but the later Dirt just weren't as fun for me. The Need For Speeds were hit n' miss.

I liked Burnout games just for the speed and scenery. SW Pod Racer was fun too.

Motocross Madness and Pure was just no thinking, go fast fun.

 

[teK--]

A bloke i work with plays dirt with Colin Mcrea's nephew. I tried to play with them once, lapped me about 2 minutes in. Racing games are not for me.

But is he as fast as Cookie?

 

[HamboCairns]

Just bought Totally Accurate Battle Simulator on Steam. LOL brilliant game!

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator on Steam

Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.

store.steampowered.com

 

[ForkinGreat]

Agreed. Some racing games and fun but some just miss the mark. I didn't mind the earlier Colin McRae games but the later Dirt just weren't as fun for me. The Need For Speeds were hit n' miss.

I liked Burnout games just for the speed and scenery. SW Pod Racer was fun too.

Motocross Madness and Pure was just no thinking, go fast fun.

Drive Club is fun. you get to drive the teats off some cool exotic sports cars in different settings, and the engine notes are pretty sweet, to my ear.

Dirt rally was intense, haven't tried DR2, but just got WRC 9 to try out over the break. Jimmy Broadbent (sim racer) approved

 

[steve jobs' pancreas]

Road Rash was the pinnacle of all driving / riding games

 

[tubby74]

Agreed. Some racing games and fun but some just miss the mark. I didn't mind the earlier Colin McRae games but the later Dirt just weren't as fun for me. The Need For Speeds were hit n' miss.

the dirt series is very arcadey, dirt rally 1 and 2 are more serious. Still the best racing i found was in iracing but it sucks when you want to do a series but need to constantly buy new tracks or sit a week out and find something else.

 

[tobbogonist]

Agreed. Some racing games and fun but some just miss the mark. I didn't mind the earlier Colin McRae games but the later Dirt just weren't as fun for me. The Need For Speeds were hit n' miss.

I liked Burnout games just for the speed and scenery. SW Pod Racer was fun too.

Motocross Madness and Pure was just no thinking, go fast fun.

The early burnout games where amazing.
I remember something about motor cross madness where you would get to the end of the map and be 'shot' back to the track or something. I used to play it with a mate I'd completely forgot existed. Just found him on my girlfriends facebook, he is a muscly as shit and into dirt bikes now. This has been a wild ride haha.

 

[Mr Crudley]

Drive Club is fun. you get to drive the teats off some cool exotic sports cars in different settings, and the engine notes are pretty sweet, to my ear.

Dirt rally was intense, haven't tried DR2, but just got WRC 9 to try out over the break. Jimmy Broadbent (sim racer) approved

Might have ot give it a try. I'm on the fence with games that get too sim-like where you are adjusting all sorts of car settings opposed to ones where you just drive fast, and don't run into bug immovable things.

 

[Mr Crudley]

Road Rash was the pinnacle of all driving / riding games

I have spent some time in that one too. It was a lot of fun.

 

[Mr Crudley]

the dirt series is very arcadey, dirt rally 1 and 2 are more serious. Still the best racing i found was in iracing but it sucks when you want to do a series but need to constantly buy new tracks or sit a week out and find something else.

I might have to try a few more. I don't mind a bit more arcade over full on serious car sims. Each have their place though

 

[Mr Crudley]

The early burnout games where amazing.
I remember something about motor cross madness where you would get to the end of the map and be 'shot' back to the track or something. I used to play it with a mate I'd completely forgot existed. Just found him on my girlfriends facebook, he is a muscly as shit and into dirt bikes now. This has been a wild ride haha.

They were pretty good at the time and packed a lot into into. Play the original one now if you want to hear music from the 90s

I remember being slingshoted by MCM boundaries. Getting flung in the air.

I liked the open drive fast Baja tracks I think but the freestyle stuff - like most of those skateboard,snowboard or anything else that you have to do a bunch of moves before hitting the ground don't do it as much for me.

 

[Squidfayce]

As far as racing games go I was a fan of gran turismo. I liked that if you didn't know shit about cars you could really fuck up a build with some upgrades.

 

[Plankosaurus]

I might have to try a few more. I don't mind a bit more arcade over full on serious car sims. Each have their place though

Get on it. Not the dirt rally series, just the dirt series. 2 was the most fun I reckon, pure Arcady action. 3&4 tried to add some realism so kinda lost me a bit. Havn't played 5 yet but I hear it's more or less discarded the realism again, so should be a hoot

The early burnout games where amazing.
I remember something about motor cross madness where you would get to the end of the map and be 'shot' back to the track or something. I used to play it with a mate I'd completely forgot existed. Just found him on my girlfriends facebook, he is a muscly as shit and into dirt bikes now. This has been a wild ride haha.

Still got burnout dominator and revenge on the PSP, ripper games

Road Rash was the pinnacle of all driving / riding games

Hahahahahaha! Best reason to have a mega drive over a SNES

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[Beaker74]

Grand Prix Legends was the pinnacle of all driving / riding games

Agreed.

 

[tubby74]

Now is the perfect time to grab last gen games. DR2 is a yesr old and only $7 on sale. Dirt 4 is $5. All because dirt 5 is just out