Video Games

[mbenigni]

I'm not a fan of Horror genre in general but played Resident Evil 4 or 5 back in the day and really liked it!

I tried the PT demo some years back that has since been removed. Now that was another level of unnerving

I was never into the genre, but my wife and I played all the way through RE5 together... must have been XBox 360 with couch co-op? Great memory. Back when we had so much more time on our hands...

The PT demo was creepy AF, and also the first indication of what the PS4 was capable of in terms of next-gen graphics. I had it installed when people started flipping consoles for thousands over it, and seriously considered doing the same. But I was convinced something would backfire (games are tied to usernames, after all) and I'd wind up on the wrong end of a scam.

 

[Aleksi]

I was never into the genre, but my wife and I played all the way through RE4 together... must have been XBox 360 with couch co-op? Great memory. Back when we had so much more time on our hands...

You probably played RE5, which had co-op. No co-op in 4. 5 was fun, but not legendary like 4

 

[Jynx]

The latest Resident Evil 2 remake is a legit great game.

 

[Devin]

As far as spooky games go Alien Isolation was probably peak for me

 

[mbenigni]

You probably played RE5, which had co-op. No co-op in 4. 5 was fun, but not legendary like 4

You're probably right. Fixed in post. :)

 

[Whizzinby]

I watched a no-talk play through of PT last night. That was such a dope premise. It just keeps repeating but with more sense of dread each time. Crazy that never got released, they absolutely nailed making you feel an ever increasing sense of dread.

My play through of RE7 has hit the point of having to resort to running back to save after every minor advancement. The lack of health throughout the house, and it restarting from the last save after dying, has made it a bit of a grind. The best way to advance is just to save grind. Unlock a door, run back and save. Kill one minor baddie, run back and save. My current task is to get the shotgun, so I’m hoping once I get that, I’ll have more flexibility to not feel like I have to panic save just because my health isn’t 100% full. (Since it virtually impossible to not take big damage fighting shit with a knife or pistol, which you never have enough ammo for lol)

My son has resorted to making sure we stop playing early enough so that he can watch something pleasant before bed. I don’t find it scary as much as tense, but I’m battle worn to this stuff more than the young dude. lol

 

[Aleksi]

You're probably right. Fixed in post. :)

Sorry, I'm just a massive RE4 fanboy I really should replay the remake...

 

[Whizzinby]

Sorry, I'm just a massive RE4 fanboy I really should replay the remake...

Do they have a remake of that on Xbox? If so I might round back to it after I beat 7.

I was actually surprised 7 was available on Xbox. I’m so conditioned from the old days where RE was a PS franchise. Seems like 3rd parties have stopped doing the exclusive thing, which is great.

 

[Aleksi]

Do they have a remake of that on Xbox? If so I might round back to it after I beat 7.

I was actually surprised 7 was available on Xbox. I’m so conditioned from the old days where RE was a PS franchise. Seems like 3rd parties have stopped doing the exclusive thing, which is great.

I believe it is on Xbox as well

 

[mbenigni]

Sorry, I'm just a massive RE4 fanboy I really should replay the remake...

Don't apologize for my mistakes! (You'll never find the time LOL.)

 

[strings2000]

 

[Jynx]

Arc Raiders.

This is probably the most paranoid game I've played.

There's roving robots and drones out to get you, but at least you know where you stand with them.

It's the unpredictable human element that has me on edge. I don't know if anyone I'm approaching is going to be friendly or hostile. Will they help me extract goods, or turn on me at the last second.

My last encounter I heard gunfire and approached cautiously. I found two guys shooting at each other across a ravine. I came up behind the nearest one and said, this game has proximity chat by the way, "I'll help you take that guy out." I circled the ravine and flanked the guy. One hostile raider dead. And alliance formed with the other.

This game is quite brilliant. I've just moved from a lowly scavenger with rubbish gear, picking away at the outskirts, to going into the more dangerous areas for better loot.

 

[Dimiguitar]

Live performance of Expedition 33 music. Amazing stuff imo.