JCC Gaming Förceboat Parté - JC G4m3z thr34d (Gaming General Discussion)

Do you guys think Rock Band will ever come back to the video game systems?

 

The impression I get is that they were gambling really hard on Rock Band 4 being the big revival and it didn’t pay off as well as they had hoped. It’s still supported with periodic DLC, I think, so that is an option if you can track down a kit for your system of choice.

 

I just got an X-Box from a co-worker. I was wondering what was the best game that one can go from room to room and have to find hidden objects to move on. Your input would be great. Thank you.

 

The new Tomb Raider games have some fun tomb puzzling if that's what you mean.

 

I'm in the middle of playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider now. In the later games (like the current reboot trilogy), the most difficult puzzles are in the tombs that are optional side quests. It's still important if you want to get a feel of everything the game has to offer; not to mention a Platinum trophy. The puzzles require a lot of trial and error; unless you just cheat and watch a Youtube video chances are you won't get them on the fly.

 

Resident Evil 7 is a great one for puzzles and object hunting. Traditional survival horror games have always been really good in those regards, and 7 picks up that spirit and runs with it.

 

Of course, that is if you're fine also being utterly terrified

If you want the ultimate puzzle game, you should check out The Witness. This requires you to take notes, photos, etc.

 

The Witness came to my mind but I have a feeling gersh is referring to hidden object games specifically.

 

I'm now wondering if that sense of recovering from the edge of disaster is what makes the roguelike genre work so well for some. As on a couple of recent Everspace runs, I've had things go wrong but also then, by not playing the 'oh, **** it' card, recovered from them.

The way it tends to work is out of fuel, cue suicide jump, cue wrecked systems, trying to repair, run out of nanobots and/or other resources and, for a time, am pretty much ****ed. On one run, it happened that Life Support got whacked and I couldn't repair it. I did get enough fuel to jump and made into another sector, but still nothing, survived a couple more fights, got fuel for another jump, then had a major shoot-out, the life support was down to 40% and falling and then, in the distance, there's a load of nanobots! I grab those, patch up life support, whammo - I'm back in business after a really crappy 2-3 areas!

 

Cracked open my PSVR last night. I mean, the box; the headset itself has not been cracked.

My initial thoughts: 1. Even going in knowing the visuals were not going to be super-high quality, I was surprised at just how low-res they are. Or is that just on the demo disc? Could be. Hopefully. 2. I'm going to buy Thumper real soon. Holy **** that demo is amazing.

 

Yeah. Definitely more like Resident Evil the first one one on PS1

 

Still going through dq11s. Glad jrpg’s are so damn long, havent had to buy anything in a while.

Got a vizio tv with smartcast/airplay built in 1 button press for christmas and I've gotta say...i really wish i could cast from my Switch instead of needing the dock. Its packed in a box somewhere and im too lazy to look.

 

Totally depends on the game. Thumper is mond blowing though. But play Superhot VR first.

 

I haven't broken out the move controllers yet. But the Demo Disc has a Superhot demo, so I'll be doing that soon.

 

Hey, how do you like that TV? How is the contrast, and black levels? I’m in the market for a new TV and I’ve been leaning towards a Vizio

 

Definitely also consider the TCL 6 series. It's CNET's too rated 4k TV for a reason..basically very good quality at a low price. Great low latency for games too.

 

Thanks, I’ll look into those. I have a Samsung that’s going on 10 years old and it’s got a major ghosting problem, which I think is due to contrast? In darker areas like caves and stuff in Jedi: Fallen Order things look pretty bad.

 

My uncle called yesterday to let us know he's got a 42" 3D television, that's about 10 years old, that he's looking to give away as he recently replaced it with a Smart TV. I'm really looking to eventually replace my standard HD TV with a 4K one.

 

You can get a really nice TCL 6-series 55" for about $550 these days, FYI. It's 4k HDR.

 

Well that's nice but the television I'm looking to replace is only 32" in my bedroom. Even the 42" is a bit of a stretch; but from what I gather the 4Ks and OLEDs don't come any smaller than that.

 

I got my 40" for £400, although admittedly it was on sale and, because I'm stuck on disability benefits and poor, I still needed to pay it off in monthly instalments.

It's still a really nice TV though, and I'm future proofed for when 4K ends up becoming the standard. Which will probably be when the new generation of consoles comes out at the end of the year. PS2 and Xbox standardised the DVD, PS3 standardised the Blu-Ray (HD-DVD probably wouldn't have gone the way of betamax had Microsoft not decided to launch the HD-DVD drive as an optional accessory.) and, with 4K being the next big technological step, I'm certain the PS5 and Xbox Series will do the same again.

As SJ said, the visual fidelity depends on the game in question. But even at its best, the PSVR isn't going to look that amazing. That's not because of the headset itself. In fact, I think when homebrew software was launched to make the PSVR compatible with PC games, the resolution within the hardware was actually better the Occulus and Vive headsets at the time. Which is pretty impressive considering it's the entry level VR set.

The problem is that the PS4, a piece of hardware that launched in 2013, is trying to render VR environments at a minimum of 90fps, a mandatory minimum frame rate enforced by Sony as it's the sweet spot to minimise motion sickness and input latency. That's something even current mid-range GPUs struggle with.

The PS4 Pro does have some extra processing oomph, but for some reason it doesn't provide any resolution benefits over the base model. Instead developers decide to use that extra power on texture down scaling, to make their games look prettier at that same resolution and frame rate.

It's why games with simple geometry (Beat Saber) or a crisp, colourful art style(Falcon Age, Astro Bot.) are the best ways to experience the system. That's not to sniff at how it handles "realism" though. As an entry level system, it make a very convincing case for the future of VR gaming.

 

Oh! Well in that case, I don't think they have the 6 series in that size anymore, but the 5 series which is nearly as good and does 4k HDR is $250 for a 43" model.