The Video Game Thread

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

FireWatch is a great short game. 19 bucks. It only took me about 4 hours to complete though

That's like $5 a hour!

[thesaint258]

The Division is the best game I have played in many years. I was on the closed beta and the open beta starts tomorrow for xbox, game releases on March 8th.

I played some of the beta last night and had a lot of fun. I'm definitely going to pick up a copy.

[Flystripper]

I played some of the beta last night and had a lot of fun. I'm definitely going to pick up a copy.

just saw the trailers. I will check it out

[Coach McGuirk]

I played some of the beta last night and had a lot of fun. I'm definitely going to pick up a copy.

Did you play alone or with peeps? It's fun either way, but being to play multiplayer in and out of the dark zone is where the real fun lies. We usually roll with the full 4 team.

[Katy Lied]

Just got Rocket League. Tons of fun. And no cussing, shooting, and beating prostitutes. $22.77 with tax.

[old_gregg]

no cussing, shooting, and beating prostitutes.

sounds dumb. also, hfn's nephew streams himself playing this and drinking pbr.

[Katy Lied]

?? It just dropped on xbox one this past Tuesday.

[old_gregg]

?? It just dropped on xbox one this past Tuesday.

pc. not sure if it's been in beta, but there's been a pretty popular multiplayer scene for a long time.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

sounds dumb. also, hfn's nephew streams himself playing this and drinking pbr.

I've never watched, whenever I see his updates saying he's doing that it seems really boring to me.

[thesaint258]

Did you play alone or with peeps? It's fun either way, but being to play multiplayer in and out of the dark zone is where the real fun lies. We usually roll with the full 4 team.

Alone--I need to find a group. The dark zone is pretty fun. There's a lot of potential for a group going rogue and cleaning up using various strategies in various locations. A lot of fun to be had in this game.

[Katy Lied]

My boss has taken to calling next Friday, March 3, "Switchmas." He is taking the day off to play Zelda, Breath of the Wild-- it drops next Friday. I've purchased the cartridge (old school!) but I cannot find anywhere selling the Nintendo Switch system. PLease let me know if you hear of anyplace! Thanks.

[Commando]

My boss has taken to calling next Friday, March 3, "Switchmas." He is taking the day off to play Zelda, Breath of the Wild-- it drops next Friday. I've purchased the cartridge (old school!) but I cannot find anywhere selling the Nintendo Switch system. PLease let me know if you hear of anyplace! Thanks.

You'd have to have pre-ordered it. Some places did it in limited quantities a couple months ago. You may call around to places like Gamestop the day before to see if they were sent an extra or 2. I would get it, but I highly doubt I'd be able to find one.

[Commando]

I got the Switch a month ago or so. My initial impression before I got it was 'ehh.. doesn't look that cool' but I rolled the dice and got it anyway because of the reviews and sheer morbid curiosity. However, the game just has a great feel and just feels fun to play. I'm not sure how they did it. The new Zelda is amazing, too-- far and away the best Zelda game ever made. They really did a good job of making the system so that it incorporates group gaming. The screen has a little kickstand so you can huddle around it and play multi-player games like MarioKart. I also noticed that they took the 'NES Classic,' the plug-in NES w the 30 pre-loaded games, off the market. I believe they are ramping up to release the classics on the switch, which will really help things out. All in all: a fantastic little system that I don't even think of in the same terms as my Xbox, but is awesome all the same.

[Omaha 680]

I got the Switch a month ago or so. My initial impression before I got it was 'ehh.. doesn't look that cool' but I rolled the dice and got it anyway because of the reviews and sheer morbid curiosity. However, the game just has a great feel and just feels fun to play. I'm not sure how they did it. The new Zelda is amazing, too-- far and away the best Zelda game ever made. They really did a good job of making the system so that it incorporates group gaming. The screen has a little kickstand so you can huddle around it and play multi-player games like MarioKart. I also noticed that they took the 'NES Classic,' the plug-in NES w the 30 pre-loaded games, off the market. I believe they are ramping up to release the classics on the switch, which will really help things out. All in all: a fantastic little system that I don't even think of in the same terms as my Xbox, but is awesome all the same.

I played Mario Kart on the switch with some friends a couple weeks ago. Mario Kart 64 was one of the most fun group play games ever and none of the Mario Kart iterations since then have come close in my opinion. They finally got it right again with the Mario Kart game on the switch.

[Commando]

I played Mario Kart on the switch with some friends a couple weeks ago. Mario Kart 64 was one of the most fun group play games ever and none of the Mario Kart iterations since then have come close in my opinion. They finally got it right again with the Mario Kart game on the switch.

My personal favorite was Mario Kart DD on the Gamecube b/c of the co-op feature. Now that was a screaming good time if you were partnered up w someone who knew how to play. Plus no annoying split screen. I bet they could easily bring that feature back via DLC if they had reason to.