Video Games

[FighttheGoodFight]

PC gamers, what keyboards do you guys use? I'm looking to get a new one, I've had the same logitech g15 since I was in highshool (I'm 28 now). I'm looking for a Mechanical one under 100 bucks but that seems to be hard to find. Any suggestions would be nice.

First you want to figure out what switches you like! (http://i.imgur.com/GWfV3.gif)

Then from there you have quite a few choices.

For under $100 I like the CM Storm Quickfire TK, Logitech G710 (gotta get it on sale), or maybe the Rosewill RK-9000 (v2).

I personally use Coolermaster Keyboards just because I am used to them over the years. I have a logitech for my mouse and I would buy one of their keyboards in a heartbeat.

[Thomas Vu]

They're super cheap on amazon. Small question, do you need a number pad/10 key?

[elitespy]

They're super cheap on amazon. Small question, do you need a number pad/10 key?

I dunno if I need one or not. It would be really weird to not have one but I think I could get used to it.

[jerrywall]

I tend to use the number pad when gaming, but a lot of times it's because I've mapped keys there. Especially MMO's like World of Warcraft.

[Thomas Vu]

If 10 key isn't needed,

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...1b87758bb0bd3f

[elitespy]

Anybody here apart of the mythic race for WoW?

[David]

I haven't done any organized raiding since Wrath, just been fairly casually playing since then. LFR has been nice enough to give me what I want to see of the raid storyline, though I did dabble in the flex raiding mode at the end of MoP.

I have been super enjoying Legion, it really feels like a home run so far.

[elitespy]

Yeah, I've really enjoyed it as well. I can't wait for 7.1 either, I never had the chance to raid Karazhan so being able to go back in with a smaller group should be fun. We have full cleared the raid on Normal twice now, and when I say we I mean the four guys in my guild and the pugs we picked up, lol.

[Throckmorton]

Any interesting news about video games today?

[UnFrSaKn]

Oh I think so. Just a little.

[FighttheGoodFight]

My body is ready for RDR2. I might wait for PC but I'm not sure I can.

Also the new Nintendo system looks interesting. I'll wait to see if it really has good 3rd party support. But I want the new Zelda game regardless.

[elitespy]

Here is the initial list of third party partners they released this morning. I'm really excited by this list so far, I hope it continues to grow. I'm a Nintendo fan boy, and this will be a day one purchase for me. If the games they showed in the trailer are launch titles that is an awesome group of games. Zelda, A new 3D Mario game, a new Mario Kart, Skyrim remastered, NBA2k, and what looks like Splatoon 2? Yeah, I'm pretty excited for this.

[FighttheGoodFight]

It is also said this is run on NVIDIA. Looks to be an X2 chip which is ARM based. We will see how devs respond to that since the PS4 and Xbox One are on the same architecture

[elitespy]

If anybody watched the Switch presentation last Thursday what's everybody's thoughts on it? I got my pre-order Friday morning but I'm a self proclaimed Nintendo fan boy so I was always going to get one. I am however a little turned off by the launch lineup, I was hoping for something a little more robust when it came to choice of games. Zelda and Mario of course are going to be great and some of the JRPG's they showed off look really good IMO, after that I really couldn't care less about what was announced. I guess if we are honest here nobody buys Nintendo consoles for the third party games, we buy Nintendo for the Nintendo games. As far as the Switch itself is concerned I am really liking the tech side of it. I can't wait for the videos of people breaking it down and explaining how everything works.

[FighttheGoodFight]

I was all hyped for the Switch then they announced paid for online gaming... Wow a company that has never gotten online right is going to charge for it now? That was a big turn off. I might buy it a year later for 100 less dollars to play mario and zelda.

I feel like if this fails Nintendo just needs to sell their third party games on the other two consoles and PC. They could make a killing.

I am guessing the architecture of this deal won't be able to run any new AAA games that are graphic intensive. They showed Skyrim but that games is pretty old now.

Also if they announce a console Pokemon people might buy it up. We shall see how it sells in a year.

[elitespy]

I was all hyped for the Switch then they announced paid for online gaming... Wow a company that has never gotten online right is going to charge for it now? That was a big turn off. I might buy it a year later for 100 less dollars to play mario and zelda.

I feel like if this fails Nintendo just needs to sell their third party games on the other two consoles and PC. They could make a killing.

I am guessing the architecture of this deal won't be able to run any new AAA games that are graphic intensive. They showed Skyrim but that games is pretty old now.

Also if they announce a console Pokemon people might buy it up. We shall see how it sells in a year.

Yeah, the paid online would bother me more if it wasn't industry standard. I'm guessing they are using the free online till the fall to iron out all the kinks and whatnot. Something that does bother me though is using your cell phone or "smart device" for the voice chat and inviting friends to games. I really want to know more about that whole situation.

[Thomas Vu]

If the quality of the net play increases, I'd gladly pay that cost.

[Plutonic Panda]

Has anyone have any thoughts on the Friday the 13th game? I like the concept and it looks okay, I just wish there was some intricate single player mode as I enjoy those more than multiplayer.

[FighttheGoodFight]

Yeah, the paid online would bother me more if it wasn't industry standard. I'm guessing they are using the free online till the fall to iron out all the kinks and whatnot. Something that does bother me though is using your cell phone or "smart device" for the voice chat and inviting friends to games. I really want to know more about that whole situation.

I forgot about that! Haha. They announced a smart phone app to have voice chat.... It's a phone. What.

[SoonerDave]

Sorry, old guy warning

This may be considered a bit of a one-off on this thread, so if it's a "hijack" I'll be glad to start a separate one....but I'm trying to find some game titles for the XBox One that are more puzzle-solving oriented rather than FPS. I'm thinking along the lines of the old Portal series, where the story required the player to apply logic and solve puzzles of varying degrees of complexity to advance to the next phase. Anyone have any suggestions?

I've been watching my daughter play Final Fantasy and it's just not my cup of tea. I've never been any more than a casual gamer, but the old games I did play back in the day were of the (very) old Infocom ilk, like Starcross and Zork, where the key was puzzles and logic games and less on the shoot-em-up. Anything like that exist these days?

[Richard at Remax]

Portal and Portal 2 are about as good as it gets in regards to puzzle solving. But other than those two I can't really help you out. I've never played minecraft but that seems to be popular.

On another note since it has been a somewhat slow time of year I have been on an Indie kick. I've played Soma, Inside, Gone Home, and Virginia all over the last month or so. Each are pretty unique and have their own interesting angle. Even better is that they are all story oriented, with Inside and Virginia making you draw your own conclusions as there is no dialogue. I recommend all of them.

[Uptowner]

Sorry, old guy warning

This may be considered a bit of a one-off on this thread, so if it's a "hijack" I'll be glad to start a separate one....but I'm trying to find some game titles for the XBox One that are more puzzle-solving oriented rather than FPS. I'm thinking along the lines of the old Portal series, where the story required the player to apply logic and solve puzzles of varying degrees of complexity to advance to the next phase. Anyone have any suggestions?

I've been watching my daughter play Final Fantasy and it's just not my cup of tea. I've never been any more than a casual gamer, but the old games I did play back in the day were of the (very) old Infocom ilk, like Starcross and Zork, where the key was puzzles and logic games and less on the shoot-em-up. Anything like that exist these days?

This isn't going to help you for Xbox one but there are TONS of Nintendo titles in that realm. Especially Zelda titles, a lot of that RPG is puzzle, mazes, and problem solving. Even the battles are strategic. I bought a 3Ds XL a few years ago and have been thrilled to replay ocarina of time and majoras mask again on remastered graphics and bug fixes. There's scribblenauts and puzzle games galore.

But for the Xbox one you might try a live gold account and browse the downloadable games. If you want 150+ hours of solid gold home run fun just pick up GTA V. It will have you grinning no matter what style game you're into. It was my first gta since the birds eye car theft shareware games in the 90's and it was a blast. I didn't dare take it to the online stage when I finished the story. 6 years later people are still all over that community dropping real world $$ for in game cash.

[SoonerDave]

This isn't going to help you for Xbox one but there are TONS of Nintendo titles in that realm. Especially Zelda titles, a lot of that RPG is puzzle, mazes, and problem solving. Even the battles are strategic. I bought a 3Ds XL a few years ago and have been thrilled to replay ocarina of time and majoras mask again on remastered graphics and bug fixes. There's scribblenauts and puzzle games galore.

But for the Xbox one you might try a live gold account and browse the downloadable games. If you want 150+ hours of solid gold home run fun just pick up GTA V. It will have you grinning no matter what style game you're into. It was my first gta since the birds eye car theft shareware games in the 90's and it was a blast. I didn't dare take it to the online stage when I finished the story. 6 years later people are still all over that community dropping real world $$ for in game cash.

Thanks.. I'm already on XBL from our previous XBox that had more or less been retired until my kids surprised me with an XB1 with a 4K BluRay player (which is what I really wanted) for Christmas. And I've spent the first month playing PacMan (which, as good as the version on the Xbox is, is nearly impossible to play with the full 360-degree joystick rather than the fixed, four-position joystick the original arcade game had) and Carcassonne (a thoroughly addictive tile and strategy game). I saw a couple of intriguing titles on the games list that I might explore further. I'll admit I'm probably jaded and completely spoiled by both the Portal games - I watched my kids play through those two and I absolutely loved them....I just never got to PLAY them LOL. (Ah, those of us who are kids at heart). Heck, I might even give GTA a try

[chuck5815]

This isn't going to help you for Xbox one but there are TONS of Nintendo titles in that realm. Especially Zelda titles, a lot of that RPG is puzzle, mazes, and problem solving. Even the battles are strategic. I bought a 3Ds XL a few years ago and have been thrilled to replay ocarina of time and majoras mask again on remastered graphics and bug fixes. There's scribblenauts and puzzle games galore.

But for the Xbox one you might try a live gold account and browse the downloadable games. If you want 150+ hours of solid gold home run fun just pick up GTA V. It will have you grinning no matter what style game you're into. It was my first gta since the birds eye car theft shareware games in the 90's and it was a blast. I didn't dare take it to the online stage when I finished the story. 6 years later people are still all over that community dropping real world $$ for in game cash.

it is a phenomenal game. so much so that it recently beat it on my PS3, and now I'm playing it again on my new PS4 Pro. the one thing I would add is that Rockstar seemingly hasn't optimized it for the PS4 Pro. I get the sense that it plays on the Pro much like it plays on the regular PS4, which is a bit of a disappointment given the extra horsepower available in the Pro. In any event, it's just an all-around fantastic game

[Ginkasa]

GTAV came out on the PS4 two years prior to the release of the PS4 Pro.