That is horrible ROFL ya it's broken

Small schools dominating rankings after barely a year or 2...wow

Of course.

EA doesn't even try these days...

People have begged for the series to return and they put in minimal effort...sad

I'm still waiting because I'm not doing the pay to not be late bullshit. But it doesn't sound great, hopefully the gameplay is good at least. Should know by now not to expect anything from EAsports.

This is why I am glad that I held off on buying it. Looks like I made a wise choice in saving my money.

CFB 25 looks like Madden tbh

I’m loving ncaa 25
I don’t think it feels much like madden. Back in NCAA hay day, I did t touch madden for probably a decade. Loved NCAA too much. THen after it went away I switched to madden and hated it. Didn’t play it until mahomes was on the cover the. Only played for two months. It wasn’t until I got a PS5 last year that I picked up Madden.

I’m currently messing around with RTG as a QB from Bowling Green. Rush of memories flooded back remembering when I would play several RTG with my own invented storylines. I love the passing setting of accuracy and power . I haven’t touched dynasty yet. Just flipping back and forth between RTG and play now/playing random games. .

Stomping ku with a 60 overall "cupcake create a team" was always fun, but of course they probably took away create a team like they did in Madden. Bastards

Watched a couple of interesting CFB25 videos.

Obviously, Kollmann is complicating it... you don't have to be a wizard at pass protections to know if you constantly have empty sets, the CPU might get to the QB (and he just leaves the QB standing there for demonstration). But, being able to play around with those schemes is cool.

The review points out the two things that somehow got far worse between the mid-2000s and ~2010-2012... dynasty mode being really easy and simmed games being all ****ed up with far too many upsets and then weird playoff match ups.

He mentions a patch though, if that's on its way and they're looking at fixing those issues, that would be sweet.... or at least the simmed games and simply difficulty when playing correlating to who you're playing (and not the exact opposite).

I might pick it up eventually and just deal with the flaws... a lot of people are saying the gameplay is really fun.

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the gameplay on dynasty with adjusted sliders to make it a little more realistic is pretty good. I had to turn the music off though, those constant drums were something else.

Someone play me in college football online. I have no mic fyi

Who's up for it?

First game I played in CFB25, my team had 5 roughing the punter penalties.

Fallout: London is out. TC for Fallout 4.

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I think I'm getting rid of CFB25.

Ive gotten back into WoW...../hides under table.

IT'S MY WIFE'S FAULT!

Update broke alot of things!

It's incredible how less options this thing has than '14

Coach carasoul doesn't work. Contracts are broken on coaches as well. You don't have that natural coach progression to new programs like a decade ago

Won the heisman with a 80 overall DE because he got alot of TFL

No offline custom teams
No league history. Awards champions. Nothing.
Recruiting is broken
Progression is broken. Kennesaw State is 84 overall in year 3 with only a few 3 star recruits. Most of the increase came from existing scrubs on their roster blowing up and the Tactician perk of my coach broke the game.

How can a game 10 years later on a superior machine be a far less immersion experience?

Simply unbelievable how disappointing this game is when it should be incredible

EA botched CFB 25 more than the NFL kickoff return rules

Im still playing SOD, wild growth server hmu

About as predictable as the sun rising.

Ya I'm going to try and make sure I never buy anything from EA sports, activision and ubisoft ever again. AAA gaming is trash

I never played Horizon Forbidden West, had it on PS5, loved the first one even though it drags in long sections of the game, but been getting into Forbidden West on Steam, new 4k gaming monitor, really having a good time with it even though the game has been out for years at this point, but feels good to soak time into an enjoyable gaming experience again, and going to do the same for Jedi Survivor next.

I need to get back into Forbidden West. I loved Zero Dawn, but I was struggling to like FW. Maybe giving it another try after I finish Ghost of Tsushima might change my opinions on the game.

Madden 25 playbooks look neat. A ton of gimmicky shit that teams have been doing is in the game now.

Ive just been grinding alts with the pre-patch content. I now have 6 max level toons @ around 480 ilvl.

I was a Mythic raider for years. Not having taken this game seriously for years, im now just a total noob.

Probably just roll around doing xmog runs and other noobie shit ROFL.

I blame Maximum Football for not having an alternative. What a disaster that's turned out to be

Great. More unstoppable money plays. These games are only playable with the play call limiter and a shit ton of slider tweaks

Oh yeah. For some reason Jet Sweeps of any kind are overtuned as ****.

LMAO Pacheco running is perfect.

Blame the NFL for not allowing competition. I mean for Madden anyway, CFB is a minefield for video game devs.

There are times where I think about playing again. So many good memories. But....nobody I played with before still plays or wants to play. We all quit in early 2013. Mists of Pandaria was the new expansion

It's been kinda refreshing coming back because i played very sparingly through the last 3 xpacs, not doing any real content or any real consistent raiding etc.

So now that im playing again there's a ton of mounts, mogs, pets etc to collect.

Anyone buy Madden?

I'm sure my son will soon, I'll ask him if it's the same trash. He's an addict on this Madden crap.

Nope. They were supposed to provide a legit alternative and failed miserably

If he plays Ultimate Team, you've failed

It's relatively fun compared to the older games, although there's the usual release shenanigans that need to be ironed out with the first big patch.

College football 25: they massacred my boy

Last patch was game breaking

Madden feels very similar to years prior, but now they added a lot more animations where the ball carriers bounce off tackles. And now there are 3 separate announcer crews which they've needed for a long long time.

Corndog is in the playbook now too. I tried it from the 2 yard line. It was covered well but I ran it in with Mahomes anyway.

Nah he plays offline, still Madden is garbage.

the dynasty mode has failed with any sort of immersion for me

And how often do starters just transfer when they are going to start again the next season for a school like KU? 5-6 per year seems weird to me but I haven't been paying that much attention to college football over the years.

I'd ask my son but he falls for the false hopes everytime.

"No dad it's different this time because X Y Z"

Well I just played my first game. I haven’t played since Mahomes and Brady were on the cover. I must say the game’s incredibly realistic. Toney injured himself on a running play where he wasn’t touched in the third quarter and was out the rest of the game.

He didn't grow up with the good football games, all we really have is Madden these days which sucks. I prefer Tecmo bowl any day of the week to this crap.

[Heavy guitar riff]

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This should be a lot better than the movie lolz

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i bought a steam deck and a got this top down game deep rock galatic survivor. I have no idea what is going on and refuse to google how to play it.

This looks interesting:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/...d898b2e3&ei=18

AntStream Arcade is expanding to PS4 and PS5, offering retro gaming fans access to 1,300 classic video games through cloud streaming.

The subscription service, priced at $39.99 yearly or $99.99 lifetime, includes titles from NES, Sega Genesis, Atari, and more, with new games added weekly.

AntStream emphasizes video game preservation, community engagement, and mini game challenges in addition to offering retro gaming experiences.

AntStream Arcade, a third-party retro game streaming service, will soon be making its way to PS4 and PS5 consoles. AntStream Arcade is a subscription gaming service that, for $39.99 per year or $99.99 for lifetime access, offers cloud access to more than 1,300 classic video games. Its imminent addition to the PlayStation Store will instantly provide retro gaming fans with a plethora of new titles to enjoy, without the hassle of dealing with adapters, emulators, or ROMs.

AntStream Arcade became available on Xbox consoles a little over a year ago and has been well received on that platform. This actually made several classic PlayStation 1 titles — including Hogs of War and Worms — playable on Xbox. AntStream also offers games originally released on the NES, Sega Genesis, Atari Lynx, and even Amiga, among many others. The cloud gaming service adds two new titles to its catalog every week, with the total offering currently hitting 1,357.


Despite their age and technological limitations, many arcade games from the golden age are still an absolute blast to play today.

During AntStream’s Arcade Connect Presentation on August 14, it was revealed that the streaming service will soon be available on PS4 and PS5 consoles. Though CEO Steve Cottam stated in the presentation that the service was “available now” on PlayStation platforms, as of the time of writing, it can only be wishlisted on the PlayStation Store. Nevertheless, the addition of AntStream Arcade will mark the first time a third-party cloud streaming service has joined the PlayStation ecosystem and will surely be welcomed by retro gaming fans.

What Does AntStream Arcade Have on Offer?

Also during the presentation, AntStream gave a preview of the retro games that subscribers can expect to see added to the service now or in the near future, including Gun Force 2, Tiger Shark, and Doodle World. But AntStream also now offers new retro indie games, such as ones created with PICO-8 Fantasy Console. In August, the platform is adding two PICO-8-developed titles: Puzzles of the Paladin and Mad Bomber. These games retain the classic 8-bit aesthetic that retro gamers appreciate, but also have the potential to integrate modern-day quality-of-life considerations that are sometimes noticeably missing from games created decades ago.


Now that it’s coming to PlayStation, AntStream Arcade is available for retro fans on Xbox, PC, Epic Games Store, iOS, Android, and even Samsung TVs and Amazon Fire TV. But the cloud gaming service isn’t just for playing games. AntStream has an active Discord community and offers mini game challenges and world tournaments as well. The company also places an emphasis on video game preservation, which is increasingly important as the number of classic games available for purchase out in the wild is now incredibly low.

The games in their list look absolutely awful. Shame.

I’m knee deep in Forbidden West right now actually. I told myself I was going to try to stick to the main storylines after exhausting myself chasing every quest and question mark on the map of Ghost of Tsushima. That lasted for like two seconds lol

At this point I’ve completed every salvage contract, damn near every side quest, climbed all those dumb ass signal towers, and only have one of the black boxes and survey drones left to find.

I will probably wrap up the main storyline here within the next week or so.

The game is really good so far.

A lot of the same from Zero Dawn, which I was OK with. This one has more weapons and gear by far.

I. LOVE ncaa 25
It’s got its warts etc but man it’s so mf fun. Especially once you learn pass protection concepts and coverages etc I went down a football 101 rabbit hole and I’ve been enjoying the **** out of it. It’s hard. And it’s great. It makes the moments when you call the right play and the defense plays the coverage you were expecting and you have pass pro set up and let it rip. So rewarding.

IMO of course

Anyone interested in the Silent Hill 2 remake? Just curious of thoughts on this. Seems like they are remaking so many older games now a days.

Do you like this current trend? :hmmm:

I am very much looking forward to it. I'm a big time Silent Hill fan. I remember getting the first one on my birthday in 1999. At first I thought it was a Resident Evil wannabe, but I quickly came to love it.

I don't know if the remake of SH2 will be good or shitty. From what I've seen, it could go either way. I'm sure there will be some things that I don't like since I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to these games. I just wish they would remaster the originals and release them on the PS store. Seems like an easy cash grab.

Yeah I'm in it now but in the beginning right after your first encounter with Beta, but the open world, hunting, upgrading, the verticality with the new shield, just Breath of the Wild levels of enjoyment and just getting lost in the world. I don't have alot of time to play but when I do on my new 4k computer monitor with 4090 card, is exceptional. I felt underpowered at first, like egregiously so, but once I figured out where the valor and three arrow draw were at, it instantly became pretty awesome, step by step in line with Zero Dawn, but I feel the story so far is much more engaging off the bat and less mysterious and ambiguous. Seeing you being able to fly on Glinthawks in social media videos can't wait for that to open up, also my breath underwater doesn't last nearly long enough so looking forward to when I get an item that lets me hold my breath underwater so I can explore that as well.

So I was actually closer to the end than I anticipated and was able to finish it last night. I enjoyed the open world, crafting, etc. like you say. The customization and upgrading of the gear was a highlight. I loved going to the top of the highest mountains and parachuting off - some pretty amazing views.

I ended up liking the story for Zero Dawn a bit more but this one was definitely interesting as well.

I’ll spoiler tag this for you just in case, though I don’t think it’s super spoilery. It’s more so advice about some of the stuff you just mentioned.

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Silent Hill 2 remake
 

45 minutes of gameplay...

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Thoughts?

Yes gimme Paul Rudd playing SNES all day!

Gamechanger.

To this day, probably my favorite console experience. SNES and SEGA Genesis anyway.

Super Mario World, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter II, Sonic, A Link to the Past, Yoshi’s Island, Tetris (and Dr Mario), Donkey Kong Country, NBA Jam, Turtles in Time.. man. Those were the days.

Iots actually a fun time waster.


its vampire survivors with dwarves basically.

My brother and I would play ToeJam and Earl on Genesis all day long.

#attacked

https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...4A&oe=66D11392

Yes...yes

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
 

That looks fun

I used to go around to every pawn shop in the late 90's and buy all of the Toe Jam and Earl's for Genesis for $5 and flip them on ebay for about $50-60. It was my favorite thing to do at the time.

So, my cousin and I used to play Delta Force Xtreme back in the day, and we tried to pick it up tonight for a few rounds...but all the servers are dead.

Any suggestions for a good one on one online shooter, these days? Where you can just log in and frag your buddy? Something basic bitch with sniper rifles and vehicles and shit. We're men of simple tastes.

NM, DF Blackhawk Down FTW!!!!!!!! Direct IP play. LMAO

Anybody following the drama over the new big multiplayer game Concord?

Apparently in development for 8 years. Debuted like 2 weeks ago. But player numbers are so abysmal that they're completely pulling the game on Sept. 6th, and issuing everyone refunds.

I hope developers are learning something...

Sony is taking Concord offline on September 6th after disastrous launch

It's been a dumpster fire all along, not sure why they didn't see it sooner. Literally had no interest and they put all that money into it.

Sony put a lot of money into concord and I enjoy watching the fallout ROFL

They just pulled the plug less than 2 weeks after it came out. I bet not one lesson was learned either.

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This looks fun

I saw that Asmongold made a video on it but i have yet to watch it.

For any WoW fans that have been thinking about the new Xpac: Do it.

Ive been enjoying after basically tapping out early the last 3 xpacs. But the new design aimed at encouraging alt play has been great.

I'm liking the current iteration of the game. It's casual friendly, the new talents are fun and im loving the move to more cosmetic reward systems rather than the game just being about grinding for the latest tier set of w/e.

I picked up Pathfinder: Kingmaker from Steam when it was on sale a few weeks ago for $2.99.

I've never heard of it before so I thought I'd throw it out there and if you were a nerd like me in middle school and played D&D this game rocks. It's not as refined as Baulder's Gate from what I've taken in but it's very granular in game play and customization and guaranteed to last you at least 100 hours of game play.

There's some newer games in the Pathfinder ecosystem that are more refined. This of this one as a poor man's Baulder's Gate.

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The sequel to Pathfinder: Kingmaker. I can't believe I never heard of these games until a week or two ago.


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I'm enjoying this as a lover of the original. Also plays a bit like the old Lord Of the Rings Rise of The Witch King rts from EA(RIP).

PS5 Pro for $700. No disc drive. Cheap plastic stand sold separately.

Where are the games? We barely got any true PS5 exclusives since launch. But it's fine. Im getting a better PC pretty soon. I'm more interested in older games at this point. Most of what I play on PS5 are remakes and remasters besides FromSoftware stuff.

Definitely agree with that. The Pro doesn't seem worth that at all and the PS5 exclusives are all old at this point. There's not much to get hyped about at this point I'm just waiting for next year with anything new for games.