Gaming: What Are You Playing?

The Division is similar only in the sense of building a character and adding to a base. But game play is completely different, and all the missions can be played either solo or co-op. The co-op aspect is fantastic. There is also a Dark Zone where you can encounter rogue human players or help other human players.

Are you on Xbox One, Barns? If so, you need to get it so we can co-op.

 

Yeah, I'm on Xbox One. I do think I want it sometime soon, but I'm not 100% on it yet. I'll let you know if/when I get it though to co-op

 

what's your gamertag TIME?

 

TIME REDUX

I used to have TIME but I finally dumped it because a hacker that Microsoft could not stop kept stealing it. I agreed to perma-ban the account just so he could not have it.

I'm currently level 9 in The Division.

 

I couldn't be more disappointed with the current generation of consoles. Games must take forever to produce due to the increase in graphics power, so I get that, but man, my PS4 has been collecting dust for months. I can only play NBA 2K16 so much, and I don't give a crap about Call of Duty, Tom Clancy, or Assassin's Creed games, which is all they seem to make these days. I'm patiently waiting for Ratchet and Clank in April, Uncharted 4 and Mirror's Edge Catalyst in May, and The Last Guardian, Hot Shots Golf 5, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Gran Turismo 7, and a few more at SOME point, hopefully. Until then I continue to play PS3 and 360 games, and I've bought some old PS One games I hadn't played in years and still love, like Driver, NFL Blitz 2000, and Bust-A-Move 2. I won't be getting an Xbox One either, as I have nothing against it, but its lineup is nothing exciting to me either. I play it at my uncle's house, I've gotten my fill of Forza Horizon 2, and beaten Halo 5. I think unless some of these games to come blow me away, my favorite console generations have come and gone. I haven't gotten a tiny bit of the overal fun I got out of PSOne, 2 and 3 out of PS4.

 

Don't like open world games very much, much more of a linear storyline fan, I'm oldschool, or "get off my lawn" that way. Also don't like open world racers if I have a choice, can't stand that's the way they've gone. Give me tracks, give me goals, let me do them in order. Give me Burnout Revenge over Paradise, give me Need for Speed Hot Pursuit over Rivals, give me old school Ridge Racer (4, 7, PSP). This next generation just might not be for me in the end except for some big titles I can't miss, too much big open world stuff, that's why the games I listed appeal to me, linear stories.

 

Yup, Last of Us was a classic, I love Naughty Dog, I still play Crash Bandicoot 1-3 regularly, Jak and Daxter, and the only other game on PS4 I'm playing when I do use it is the Uncharted collection. That was last-gen though, and sadly a big problem I see in this gen is a good chunk of these new releases are re-released old games, remasters, whatever you wanna call it. I see it's happening with Resident Evil yet again. I believe my PS4 purchase will be worth it in a few years, it's just as of right now, there isn't much for a gamer like me.

While I'm on my soap box, you know what a I really hate, Infinity. God what a scam those games are, money making machine, I can't believe what people pay for those figurines to play a game they already payed for. Also, Destiny. You already paid for the game, you want to play more, pay more. I can't believe they close off sections of the game that used to be open when you originally bought it, that game is a complete rip-off and people sit back and take it, thus inspiring other game companies to follow that model. Sorry if I offended any Destiny fans, but you're the ones who paid like $150 to play the full game, which IMO isn't even that good to begin with. My uncle tried to get me into it and I just couldn't, it was so repetitive and pointless. I was like THIS is what these guys stopped making Halo to do?

 

It'd be easier to excuse the PS4 if it was fairly new, but it really isn't. It was released November 2013, well over 2 years ago. By this time into the PSOne, 2, and 3 we had some killer games already. They need to get on top of this already, they have a massive installed userbase already for a console this young, now we need the games. It can easily be said had I waited until today to buy a PS4 I wouldn't have really missed anything, and that's not good.

 

I didn't notice if you mentioned it, but if you haven't tried it, you really might like the Telltale games. The Walking Dead series and Wolf Among us games are great and linear like you say you prefer.

 

The Walking Dead Telltale series is pretty solid.

I've been waiting for Uncharted 4... I don't know what the hell is taking so long.

 

Played the Ratchet and Clank demo at Target tonight, now I can't wait for that one. It's the same old same old as far as gameplay, but it's absolutely gorgeous and this is one of my favorite game series anyway, plus it's only $40 at release.

 

Watch Dogs was fun - and it had that thing TIME was explaining about rogue players. You can toggle on/off missions against others - they try to hack you, you have to find and stop (or kill) them. Was pretty fun.

 

I'm not really in a gaming mood. Maybe once summer hits and I have time, I'll start looking for a game. I expect y'all to deliver awesome recommendations.

Oh, I heard X Com 2 is out/will be out soon. I really enjoyed the first one. Anyone else play it?