Sony PlayStation 4: dumbasses in this thread: "Fireman Sam is a dentist"

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homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

Samuringa posted:

I haven't played The Phantom Pain in one month because of a tailing mission, they're never good.

IIRC you don't have to tail them, if you know where they're going you can just go there. MGSV usually isn't too strict about mission objectives.

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Manatee Cannon: Aug 26, 2010

you can do exactly that. actually you can kidnap them right away

# ? Oct 17, 2017 00:18

Liver Disaster: Mar 31, 2012; no more tears

Manatee Cannon posted:

kidnap them right away

The correct way to handle anything in mgsv.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 00:40

Klisejo: Apr 13, 2006; Who else see da' Leprechaun say YEAH!

fruit on the bottom posted:

Please rate your mission experience!

1 Star. I do not like be lectured about how wrong I am by the guy I just shanked. I came to kill him, not be on Dr. Phil.

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Klisejo posted:

1 Star. I do not like be lectured about how wrong I am by the guy I just shanked. I came to kill him, not be on Dr. Phil.

Mankind doesn�t deserve free will and/or your actions have caused more long term suffering than if you had not gotten involved!

# ? Oct 17, 2017 03:04

OxMan: May 13, 2006; COME SEE
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homeless snail posted:

IIRC you don't have to tail them, if you know where they're going you can just go there. MGSV usually isn't too strict about mission objectives.

If it's the mission I think it is with the guard going duck duck goose until you find the dude you are looking for you only need to follow that dude around once to know where everyone is kept then go hog wild.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 03:42

Unreal_One: Aug 18, 2010; Now you know how I don't like to use the sit-down gun, but this morning we just don't have time for mucking about.

MGSV, for all its faults, has the only good implementation of an eavesdropping mission. You can:

1. Actually eavesdrop, made easier by your plethora of stealth tools
2. Shoot the guy's guards and ask him directly
3. Knock the guy out and send him to your ~information retrieval specialists~
4. Ignore the guy entirely and look for the prisoner

And the only failure states are you or the prisoner dies. Even after you set off an alarm in the base with the prisoner, you've got a bit before they're executed.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 04:07

Manatee Cannon: Aug 26, 2010

OxMan posted:

If it's the mission I think it is with the guard going duck duck goose until you find the dude you are looking for you only need to follow that dude around once to know where everyone is kept then go hog wild.

if you know where he is, you can completely ignore that and run over to where they're taking him regardless. he'll show up either way

there aren't any triggers forcing you to do things a certain way. like the mission where you're supposed to find a specific truck and they want you to go around and figure out where it'll be? you can go directly to where it's sitting before the driver gets there and finish the mission in like 2 minutes

# ? Oct 17, 2017 04:10

CharlieFoxtrot: Mar 27, 2007; organize digital employees

The first time you truly realize that the MGSV missions are freeform and you can do whatever as long as the objective gets completed is very liberating.

Like there's one mission where following the natural path involves sneaking around for ten minutes, but you can also complete it by leveling the base from your helicopter and because that's so quick you get an S Rank for it

# ? Oct 17, 2017 06:42

8-bit Miniboss: May 24, 2005; CORPO COPS CAME FOR MY

Unreal_One posted:

MGSV, for all its faults, has the only good implementation of an eavesdropping mission. You can:

1. Actually eavesdrop, made easier by your plethora of stealth tools
2. Shoot the guy's guards and ask him directly
3. Knock the guy out and send him to your ~information retrieval specialists~
4. Ignore the guy entirely and look for the prisoner

And the only failure states are you or the prisoner dies. Even after you set off an alarm in the base with the prisoner, you've got a bit before they're executed.

This is what I liked in MGSV and I wish other stealth focused games did it. It may have not been the perfect game but the open-endedness of it was refreshing and was a stealth game I could truly enjoy and if I hosed up I could adapt....

Or blow up the entire base/outpost and leave no witnesses.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 06:48

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

The worst thing about MGSV is people complaining that artillery caps your rank. Who loving cares it's god drat artillery.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 06:49

Asteroid Alert: Oct 24, 2012; BINGO!

Quantum of Phallus posted:

If there's one thing you can count on, it's a Bethesda game that isn't ES/FO selling poorly.

DOOM

# ? Oct 17, 2017 08:14

rabidsquid: Oct 11, 2004; LOVES THE KOG

Adaptabullshit posted:

DOOM

that game was twenty bucks in no time, i kinda doubt it did that great

# ? Oct 17, 2017 10:21

John F Bennett: Jan 30, 2013; I always wear my wedding ring. It's my trademark.

DOOM was more of a demo than an actual game.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 10:26

kirbysuperstar: Nov 11, 2012; Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

rabidsquid posted:

that game was twenty bucks in no time, i kinda doubt it did that great

It's at 2m total for PC alone, it did fine.

John F Bennett posted:

DOOM was more of a demo than an actual game.

wut

# ? Oct 17, 2017 10:57

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

The SP for Doom is at least twice the length of most modern FPS campaigns and mega-good.

Bethesda also started slashing prices on the game almost immediately, I remember buying mine on PC near launch for like $48. It's kind of ridiculous that DOOM of all things had to be the sleeper hit of 2016.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 11:00

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

John F Bennett posted:

DOOM was more of a demo than an actual game.

Are you ok there, son?

# ? Oct 17, 2017 11:03

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

JBP posted:

Fighting the (I think) Spanish twin man-o-war battle with your upgunned turbo pirate ship is one of the most memorable things I've done in a game.

Hell, just rounding a cove at full sail with the dudes singing sea shanties and spotting a merchant fleet is snake_spots_bees_nest.jpg every single time. It doesn't get old.

I hate the ship combat because with no wind direction its a lot of doing circles around each other

# ? Oct 17, 2017 11:51

Wandle Cax: Dec 15, 2006

Real hurthling! posted:

I hate the ship combat because with no wind direction its a lot of doing circles around each other

but there is wind direction. it's the arrow on the minimap

# ? Oct 17, 2017 11:54

nachos: Jun 27, 2004; Wario Chalmers! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

John F Bennett posted:

DOOM was more of a demo than an actual game.

Strange because I thought DOOM was too long for its own good and wore out its welcome 3/4 of the way through

# ? Oct 17, 2017 12:26

fridge corn: Apr 2, 2003; NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN

I got tired.of doom by the second to last mission. It was hello good though and only.cost me £8 new

# ? Oct 17, 2017 12:47

Klisejo: Apr 13, 2006; Who else see da' Leprechaun say YEAH!

John F Bennett posted:

DOOM was more of a demo than an actual game.

That's the shareware version. Check your other floppies, the rest of the episodes are on there.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 13:27

Jimbot: Jul 22, 2008

In Everybody's Golf is there a good way to build up your 1W's Control? Is there a good hole to in open that you can reach the green on with it?

# ? Oct 17, 2017 16:30

lets hang out: Jan 10, 2015

any par 3 I'd imagine

# ? Oct 17, 2017 16:54

Owl Inspector: Sep 14, 2011

acksplode posted:

I generally like most games I play (due in large part to goons posting negative opinions that help me avoid stuff I won't like), but I find uncritical opinions generally boring. If I'm ever posting something completely positive about a game it's usually because I feel it or some aspect of it is under-appreciated. I don't think you can really engage with any work of art from a position of total deference; no human-made thing is untouched by the flawed world in which it was created. And that's especially true of a medium that's as commercial as video games. This isn't to say positive posts are bad, just that I usually skim and scroll right past them. I'd be suspicious of any group of enthusiasts that didn't have strong and well-formed and nitpicky opinions about the things they claim to obsess over.

It's good to be critical of the things you like. Nothing's perfect and expecting something to be treated as perfection leads to blind fanboyism.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 17:26

ElwoodCuse: Jan 11, 2004; we're puttin' the band back together

Jimbot posted:

In Everybody's Golf is there a good way to build up your 1W's Control? Is there a good hole to in open that you can reach the green on with it?

What's your yardage, when you get fairly powered up there are some par 4s on eagle city that are drivable

# ? Oct 17, 2017 17:36

Liver Disaster: Mar 31, 2012; no more tears

Digirat posted:

It's good to be critical of the things you like.

Actually the only value I have as a person is being critical of things other people like, how else will I get attention on the internet?

# ? Oct 17, 2017 17:53

Samuringa: Mar 27, 2017; Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.

I guess I am the problem with the Phantom Pain

I'll try the mission again another day, more open to new ways this time.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 17:59

Rabid Snake: Aug 6, 2004

I recently bought a new 4K HDR TV. Is it normal for HDR to look a lot more "washed out" or darker? That's what HDR is for right?

Also, is upgrading to the PS4 Pro worth it? Or should I just let my TV upscale from 1080p to 4k? The picture quality seems fine for Horizon Zero Dawn and NBA 2K18 but I know it doesn't compare to the PS4 Pro. I really wished the PS4 Pro had UHD Blu-Ray playback as I'd upgrade alone just for that.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 19:29

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

Rabid Snake posted:

I recently bought a new 4K HDR TV. Is it normal for HDR to look a lot more "washed out" or darker? That's what HDR is for right?

Also, is upgrading to the PS4 Pro worth it? Or should I just let my TV upscale from 1080p to 4k? The picture quality seems fine for Horizon Zero Dawn and NBA 2K18 but I know it doesn't compare to the PS4 Pro. I really wished the PS4 Pro had UHD Blu-Ray playback as I'd upgrade alone just for that.

For HDR, make sure every part of the chain supports HDR and has it enabled- the console, the TV, the game, any other hardware you may have between the TV and the console. The TV may have weird rules like only supporting HDR on certain inputs or with certain menu items enabled. The PSVR processor box does not support HDR and will need to be bypassed if you have one.

A PS4 Pro will look much better than a slim/launch on a 4K TV, if you can drop that kind of cash after the TV it's probably worthwhile to upgrade.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 19:33

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Digirat posted:

It's good to be critical of the things you like. Nothing's perfect and expecting something to be treated as perfection leads to blind fanboyism.

Given enough time and energy I could probably find fault with all the games I like, but my feeling is ultimately what's the point? For whose benefit is it to be de facto critical all the time? If I think a game is awesome its flaws aren't really going to bother me unless I dwell on them, and to dwell on them would reduce my overall enjoyment of what I've experienced, so I'm just probably going to let it all side. If my emotional response is positive overall, then I'll hold it in high regard until something better comes along.

# ? Oct 17, 2017 19:48

Ausmund: Jan 24, 2007; THUNDERDOME LOSER

My PS4 suddenly shut off during a game and I had to manually eject the disc. It now makes this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrLgWathHU noise when its on, if it even stays on at all. I got it in 2014. Is it dead?