The Computer/Console Gaming Thread

[Paulbot]

Yay for the internet downloadable content!

Bought Pokemon Yellow as well, no idea when I'll get a chance to play it, but I played through red about a dozen times while in high school, so hopefully my memory jogs a bit and I can breeze through.

I am getting lazy, I bought Yellow as it is the easiest way to get all three starters.

I got my start as a Pokemon Trainer with Yellow but not sure I could go back and play first gen again though.

Hopefully they've removed the "There is already a save file. Are you sure you want to overwrite?" prompt.

The game has far too many prompts. Even in the latest games, I wish there was a way to turn off the confirmation prompts for "Do you want to give a nickname for the Pokemon you just caught" (no I never do!) and the "Are you sure you want to give up learning X move" prompts" (Yes I'm sure I don't want that move).

[DarkHyren]

Hopefully they've removed the "There is already a save file. Are you sure you want to overwrite?" prompt.

They haven't. The games are 99.9% unchanged from the originals, they even still have missingno and the mew glitch in them

[Paulbot]

That's probably a good thing for the fans that want to play the original games again - but I'm happy to stick to the newer ones and remember fondly playing Yellow back in my Uni days.

[i_amtrunks]

They haven't. The games are 99.9% unchanged from the originals, they even still have missingno and the mew glitch in them

Hunting down that Mew!

Bad thing is that the TM's are back to single use only. Means I have to be careful what I teach my Mew!

[benny444]

Anyone else preorder the Playstation VR today?? I can't wait for October

[kup]

Anyone else preorder the Playstation VR today?? I can't wait for October

The SteamVR has made everything else look obsolete. It detects your physical movements like arms and leg motion and instead of using a PS4/XBox controller, you have dedicated hand grips that help you interact with the world in a more natural way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyjSRGJdd7o

I was blown away by just the act of stepping closer to the edge and and reaching out to touch the whale. To me, Oculus and Sony VR are merely supplanting the TV and camera controls with a VR headset. SteamVR seems to be more forward thinking of what can be done with the technology when it comes to immersion.

[Gutsman Heavy]

If VR survives the initial boom I'll consider it, but I'm sceptical. I'm honestly more excited about potential other uses, like the possibility of streaming ringside seats to a VR headset etc

[kup]

If VR survives the initial boom I'll consider it, but I'm sceptical. I'm honestly more excited about potential other uses, like the possibility of streaming ringside seats to a VR headset etc

Yep, full use of the technology that I feel HTC is more ready to accomplish given their demos - Basically a 'You are there' experience. The rest seem a bit too 'Mega-CD' in the sense that they are using VR technology as a gimmick without any real substance or taking potential of what the technology offers.

I will not be an early adopter for this technology. It is too much of an investment to simply jump in without any real consumer test. It could easily end up as a Virtual Boy or more precisely a 'Wii Fit' in the sense that it has wide spread interest and may even have great sales but ultimately becomes nothing more than a gimmick and forgotten shortly after.

[philby]

i decided to go for the last few achievements left in xcom enemy unknown/within so i started a new game. first one with the slingshot dlc which wasn't too bad but i'm playing on easy to try and get through it relatively quickly hehe.

[kup]

I have been playing Lost Eden which is an old 'point&click' adventure DOS CD game. I have been using the Steam Controller which has become awesome at all mouse games on the couch. Also took me back as that game was released when I was still at school, DOS BOX is awesome.