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Audible : 1/30/2015 10:51 am
A good month for video games coming up. Be excited!

The actual prompt for this thread is that I saw the announced games for PlayStation Plus for February and it is ridiculous: Apotheon (which is a brand new release) and Transistor for PS4, Thief and Yakuza 4 (one of my favorite games ever) for PS3, Rogue Legacy for all platforms. But even if you don't have PS Plus, it's a good month - The Order: 1886, Evolve, and The Witcher 3 all come out this month.

But I won't be playing any of those games next week, nor am I playing Costume Quest or my Persona 4 The Golden New Game Plus or NBA2K15 or anything else, because I'm playing Grim Fandango and it is glorious.

What are y'all playing?
I thought the Witcher 3 was pushed to May?  
UConn4523 : 1/30/2015 10:53 am : link
maybe I'm wrong there though. But that's the only game i'm buying before Summer. Dragon Age and Fifa are taking up all my time.
Skyrim!  
GiantFilthy : 1/30/2015 10:55 am : link
Also, setting up my own Final Fantasy XI private server in my home so my kid and I can have the world of Vana'diel to ourselves.
Picking up  
BIG FRED 1973 : 1/30/2015 10:55 am : link
Dying Light tomorrow .
Is there  
Metnut : 1/30/2015 11:03 am : link
a way to play MGS4 on PS4? It shows up when i search in the store but only as a PS3 game.
Sniper Elite III  
Chef : 1/30/2015 11:05 am : link
is pretty cool.. playing some older titles as well
RE: I thought the Witcher 3 was pushed to May?  
Audible : 1/30/2015 11:43 am : link
In comment 12115748 UConn4523 said:
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maybe I'm wrong there though. But that's the only game i'm buying before Summer. Dragon Age and Fifa are taking up all my time.


Yeah, I was working off a crowdsourced release date list that appears to be out of date. So... yeah. Still a pretty decent month for AAA by normal February standards, although I guess XB1 is pretty barren outside of Evolve.

For those of you who don't have a PS4, Grim Fandango is also on PC. If you like adventure games at all (I mean even a tiny bit) it is an absolute must-buy. Great writing, great art direction, great puzzles, great soundtrack. It's incredible.

In comment 12115753 GiantFilthy said:
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Skyrim! Also, setting up my own Final Fantasy XI private server in my home so my kid and I can have the world of Vana'diel to ourselves.


That sounds awesome.

In comment 12115772 Metnut said:
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a way to play MGS4 on PS4? It shows up when i search in the store but only as a PS3 game.


There is no PS4 version. There was a brief period of time where MGS4 could be played on a PS4 via PlayStation Now (Sony's cloud-based rental service), but it's since been taken down, which suggests there may be a remaster collection coming down the pipe someday. But right now? No, you need a PS3.

In comment 12115773 Chef said:
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Sniper Elite III is pretty cool.. playing some older titles as well.


Sniper Elite III is going to be a bargain buy for me at some point if it doesn't get a PS Plus release - it looks fun but it's not the type of game I normally play. I'd take a flyer on it at $10 but I don't have time to play even half the games I want to play.
Yeah, I think I may have to sneak  
Enoch : 1/30/2015 11:51 am : link
the Grim Fandango re-release in sometime soon. It's getting tight with Pillars of Eternity coming in late March, though.

I've been messing around with Dragon Age: Origins, with the thought of playing through all of the first 2 while waiting for patches, DLC, and a price drop on the new one.
I dont have the time to play most of my games either  
Chef : 1/30/2015 11:57 am : link
with my schedule and my Son hogging the systems... I have a lot of games I have yet to play.. They xray shots are great..
What happened to the previous Video Games thread?  
CRotondi : 1/30/2015 2:18 pm : link
Went back to look for something and I can't find it.
Finished  
Metnut : 1/30/2015 2:35 pm : link
Dragon Age Inquisition and was very buzzed the other night and looking for an indyish game online to buy. I ended up going with Minecraft and think I made a huge mistake.

I'm assuming my drunken 30 minutes with the tutorial isn't a fair shake and that I need to man up and spend a few hours with this game right?
RE: What happened to the previous Video Games thread?  
Audible : 1/30/2015 4:35 pm : link
In comment 12116227 CRotondi said:
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Went back to look for something and I can't find it.


Threads get archived if nobody posts in them for a certain period of time (I think it's one week).

In comment 12116253 Metnut said:
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Finished Dragon Age Inquisition and was very buzzed the other night and looking for an indyish game online to buy. I ended up going with Minecraft and think I made a huge mistake.

I'm assuming my drunken 30 minutes with the tutorial isn't a fair shake and that I need to man up and spend a few hours with this game right?


Eh... maybe? I think Minecraft and games of that ilk either appeal to you or they don't. It's probably worth a second look but I wouldn't spend hours on it waiting for something to click. I'm not a big fan of building / crafting, either.

If you want to dip into the indie pool (which makes sense - there are great indies in every genre and independent development is as strong as it's ever been), I can probably make some suggestions if you have a good feel for what it is that you like about games and can specify what machines you own.
RE: Skyrim!  
Moondawg : 1/30/2015 9:05 pm : link
In comment 12115753 GiantFilthy said:
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Also, setting up my own Final Fantasy XI private server in my home so my kid and I can have the world of Vana'diel to ourselves.


Filth, you serious? Any good new content mods? Anything come of Skywind?
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