Recent Gaming Purchases

[JohnGrey]

Cuphead has dominated my Steam gaming since release. I finally got round to getting Samus Returns after work yesterday and my copy of Superstar Saga has already been dispatched from Amazon. Loved the game on GBA, so I've been looking forward to it since the announcement.

 

[Taustin Powers]

I took my son (2) to the local electronics retailer today, in the mood to spend some money.

I left with nothing. Super poor selection, I was interested in Skyrim, Cities Skylines, Elite Dangerous, Resident Evil 7....nothing in stock. The new Uncharted and Dishonored spinoffs were nearly full retail price, way too much for what basically amounts to half a game.

Ah well, back to the backlog with me!

 

[Aneres11]

Not really a 'gaming' purchase, but just moved into my new house and picked up an LG OLED TV yesterday afternoon.


PS4 Pro is imminent...!

 

[Sensamic]

Not really a 'gaming' purchase, but just moved into my new house and picked up an LG OLED TV yesterday afternoon.


PS4 Pro is imminent...!

I was about to buy an LG OLED TV too this Monday. There were some really good deals in a retailer: 55 B7 for 1580€ and 65 B6 for 1680€.

I went online and did some research and finally didn't pull the trigger. Rtings is doing some burn-in and permanent image retention tests since August and they have confirmed the B6 has this issue. Of course, this may happen over a long time during normal usage, but I read too many issues online: the organic leds do degrade over time and lose picture quality, banding, image retention, less brightness, HDR game mode is dimmer than normal mode and motion issues.

LED also has its own issues. I really wanted to take advantage of the deals and buy an OLED. It looks so so good. But I've been burned already with burn-in issues on phone screens so can't take that risk on a 1680€ TV.

 

[Aneres11]

I was about to buy an LG OLED TV too this Monday. There were some really good deals in a retailer: 55 B7 for 1580€ and 65 B6 for 1680€.

I went online and did some research and finally didn't pull the trigger. Rtings is doing some burn-in and permanent image retention tests since August and they have confirmed the B6 has this issue. Of course, this may happen over a long time during normal usage, but I read too many issues online: the organic leds do degrade over time and lose picture quality, banding, image retention, less brightness, HDR game mode is dimmer than normal mode and motion issues.

LED also has its own issues. I really wanted to take advantage of the deals and buy an OLED. It looks so so good. But I've been burned already with burn-in issues on phone screens so can't take that risk on a 1680€ TV.

Yeah the B6 is last year's model so not sure on that one. I bought the C something, which is 2017's. Nothing reported about burn in for that one, everywhere you look it's basically touted as the best you can buy for the money. Just not quite as good as Sony's OLED panel but that's double the price.

I've been so pleased with it since I got it and set it up. It really is an amazing TV.

 

[Taustin Powers]

The "6" models are last year's models (B6, C6, E6), the "7" models are the new ones. I just bought the C7 which is incredible.

B7 and C7 are almost identical spec-wise. The "C" series used to be curved, but the C6 was the last curved model, C7 is "normal".

 

[0098386]

I just bought some Samsung monitor to replace the display on my iMac. 28” QLED, 4K, 1ms response rate, 1 billion colours, 125% sRGB blah blah etc. Apparently it’s incredible to see. I don’t fully intend to use it just for iMac/computer purposes... kinda interested to see how games run on it too. I don’t have any HDR or 4K capable consoles, but still reckon games will look nice. Mostly looking forward to seeing my photos explode!

 

[44267547]

Yeah the B6 is last year's model so not sure on that one. I bought the C something, which is 2017's. Nothing reported about burn in for that one, everywhere you look it's basically touted as the best you can buy for the money. Just not quite as good as Sony's OLED panel but that's double the price.

I've been so pleased with it since I got it and set it up. It really is an amazing TV.

The only thing that I read about the 2017 C series is some of the HDMI ports were burning out. I believe there's been multiple threads on this on the Internet about it. I know Best Buy has had customers return it because of this, but I have no idea how widespread it is.

 

[Aneres11]

The only thing that I read about the 2017 C series is some of the HDMI ports were burning out. I believe there's been multiple threads on this on the Internet about it. I know Best Buy has had customers return it because of this, but I have no idea how widespread it is.

How interesting, I didn't read anything in the pretty extensive research I did.
But shall keep an eye out, thanks!

Hopefully that doesn't happen...

 

[44267547]

How interesting, I didn't read anything in the pretty extensive research I did.
But shall keep an eye out, thanks!

Hopefully that doesn't happen...

Perhaps @MRU can help with this. I believe he was also discussing this exact Same issue he was aware of with the 2017 model. MRU, can you link those threads with the HDMI ports failing for Aneres11? It's definitely not unheard of and it's been discussed before on various threads unrelated to this site.

 

[Aneres11]

Perhaps @MRU can help with this. I believe he was also discussing this exact Same issue he was aware of with the 2017 model. MRU, can you link those threads with the HDMI ports failing for Aneres11? It's definitely not unheard of and it's been discussed before on various threads unrelated to this site.

You'll have a job getting a response from MRU.
He left the forums.
Not too sure why, but everyone needs their own time and space so I guess he felt he needed to walk away from here for a bit.
He may be back in the future though, lets hope so anyway.

 

[44267547]

You'll have a job getting a response from MRU.
He left the forums.
Not too sure why, but everyone needs their own time and space so I guess he felt he needed to walk away from here for a bit.
He may be back in the future though, lets hope so anyway.

That's unfortunate. He was one The most knowledgeable forum members on this site and one of the most respected too. I did not realize he left. Thanks for letting me know.

 

[mpConroe]

I was playing today with Gran Turismo Sport demo-beta. The game is nice but steering it's not that easy like my last racing game which was NFS:Shift on Xbox 360. Anyway, I ordered pre-order (lol) on amazon in steel case. Can't wait to try out the full version!

 

[Taustin Powers]

You'll have a job getting a response from MRU.
He left the forums.
Not too sure why, but everyone needs their own time and space so I guess he felt he needed to walk away from here for a bit.
He may be back in the future though, lets hope so anyway.

Argh, did not know that! It's a loss for the forums for sure...

 

[Zxxv]

I was playing today with Gran Turismo Sport demo-beta. The game is nice but steering it's not that easy like my last racing game which was NFS:Shift on Xbox 360. Anyway, I ordered pre-order (lol) on amazon in steel case. Can't wait to try out the full version!

Did you use the thumb sticks or the option to tilt the controller like a steering wheel? The latter was far easier for me.

 

[mpConroe]

Did you use the thumb sticks or the option to tilt the controller like a steering wheel? The latter was far easier for me.

No, I went with default settings (thumb). I will try the tilt out, cheers!

 

[BeefCake 15]

I took my son (2) to the local electronics retailer today, in the mood to spend some money.

I left with nothing. Super poor selection, I was interested in Skyrim, Cities Skylines, Elite Dangerous, Resident Evil 7....nothing in stock. The new Uncharted and Dishonored spinoffs were nearly full retail price, way too much for what basically amounts to half a game.

Ah well, back to the backlog with me!

Every time I go to Game Stop and other game stores hoping to buy something, I leave depressed by the abusively expensive pricing compared to online sales...

 

[Taustin Powers]

Elite Dangerous is on sale for €13,99 in the PSN store.

How bad of a timesink is this game? Is it worth the investment (money and time)?

 

[iosuser]

Bought a Logitech G29 steering wheel last week, along with a Playseat challenge rig to mount it onto and sit in. That Playseat is a lot more comfortable than it looks. I had very low expectation buying it, but it far exceeded it. Playing a racing game with a gamepad now feels about as precise as playing on a keyboard lol.

The most unfortunate thing is that there is no universal wheel that works across all 3 platforms. All work with PC, but none works with XB1 and PS4, otherwise I will most likely pickup my XB1X Scorpio edition order. No big loss, as I already have both Forza titles running on my 1080Ti rig Actually there is a Fanatec that works on all 3 provided that you buy the separate wheel itself for your platform of choice, but that setup will be pushing $1k.

 

[itsOver9000]

I ordered a bunch of Xbox 360 games to use up some gift cards I had:
Mass Effect 1, 2, 3
Batman Arkham Origins
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Saints Row IV
Overlord

 

[Sensamic]

Kind of off-topic question.

Just bought a new 2DS XL and was thinking of trying the virtual console to play some old Game Boy and SNES games.

If I do so, are those purchases tied to my Nintendo account or to the console hardware itself?

I still don't clearly understand if Nintendo has fixed this issue they had in the past, or so I've heard.

Thanks!

 

[gkarris]

If I do so, are those purchases tied to my Nintendo account or to the console hardware itself?

Both... and you have to migrate the data if you are putting it on a different machine.

 

[BeefCake 15]

My friend brought in the Nintendo Switch to play over the weekend and I'm really impressed! The game prices are still a bit high now but I might be looking to get it when I start to finish the PS4 games. It seems to me like the Switch is the perfect successor to the Wii with improved sensors (no more IR), better mobility and great game graphics. On top of that, more Apps are coming to the console.

Really happy where Nintendo is going with it!

 

[JohnGrey]

Super Lucky's Tale for my 3D platformer collectathon fix. It's a decent enough but I have to ask the obvious: if Microsoft is publishing things like this, why do they not have someone doing a remake of Banjo-Kazooie? It doesn't even have to be Rare, after all Team Dakota did Conker's Big Reunion for Project Spark and it was passable enough given what it was. It kills me that the B-K and Conker IPs continue to be ignored.

 

[Taustin Powers]

Once again considering Elite: Dangerous on PS4, as it's on sale again.

Does it make any sense to just buy the core game without the "Horizons" expansion? What would I be missing?