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[Jimnymebob]

What games are on the PS4 that are similar to Dragon Quest Heroes, aside from the sequel?

I have Gundam Breaker 3, which is similar enough, but I can't think of anything else.

I'm not looking for Musou though. I want something that's more fighting waves of enemies or defending a base etc. not the Warriors style of "enemies are taking over fort A, regroup with your team and hold off the assault".

Basically something where you just beat up waves of enemies and you can turn your brain off for a bit.

 

[gschmidl]

Sounds like the Forza Horizon games. I think the recent Need For Speed games do it too.

That looks perfect. Too bad about the price for the ultimate edition -- does the Windows 10 MS store ever do sales?

 

[Jigolo]

Switch in charger so black battery = 100%

But do the joy cons ever get there or are they always charging with the lightning next to them?

EDIT: The answer is YES. They Joy Cons do reach 100% and stop charging once they do like the console. Woooooooooooooooooo

 

[Nottle]

What Mario game has toad say momo when you interact with him?

 

[Zoidberg Jesus]

I saw Guitar Hero Live is on sale at Best Buy for $36 after GCU. It's not available online, but a nearby store has it. To anyone here that has played it, is it worth it at that price? I was big into the rhythm game scene back when it was hot.

 

[You Pay This Much]

How long should it be after a game's initial release before doing an LTTP thread?

 

[V1LÆM]

i just bought a switch and it's due to be delivered in the next 4 hours. i was just wondering if most of you turn it off completely or just leave it in sleep mode? i read that turning it off can mess up the battery indicator.

i don't tend to like leaving my devices powered on 24/7 except my smartphone and i make sure to restart that once or twice a day. i know a lot of devices are designed to run 24/7 these days but whenever i'm done with my PS4 or PC i completely power it off and unplug it.

 

[collige]

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a modern version of Test Drive III: The Passion.

That means:

- driving cars in various places
- in an "open world" (not limited to just the track)
- that's available right away (no hours-long mandatory story before the game opens up)
- just let me drive, not only in a race
- ideally also not online

Does any such beast exist? The Crew, Driveclub, and Truck Simulator don't qualify.

On top of Forza Horizon, there's: Burnout Paradise, Test Drive Unlimited 1+2, Midnight Club LA. Last gen, but still "modern" compared to TD3.

 

[You Pay This Much]

i just bought a switch and it's due to be delivered in the next 4 hours. i was just wondering if most of you turn it off completely or just leave it in sleep mode? i read that turning it off can mess up the battery indicator.

i don't tend to like leaving my devices powered on 24/7 except my smartphone and i make sure to restart that once or twice a day. i know a lot of devices are designed to run 24/7 these days but whenever i'm done with my PS4 or PC i completely power it off and unplug it.

I normally power it off completely, but I haven't heard any problems about the battery indicator so I might have to look into that and reconsider just putting it into sleep mode.

 

[mazillion]

i just bought a switch and it's due to be delivered in the next 4 hours. i was just wondering if most of you turn it off completely or just leave it in sleep mode? i read that turning it off can mess up the battery indicator.

i don't tend to like leaving my devices powered on 24/7 except my smartphone and i make sure to restart that once or twice a day. i know a lot of devices are designed to run 24/7 these days but whenever i'm done with my PS4 or PC i completely power it off and unplug it.

I leave my Switch on/standby 24/7. I am pretty sure that the only "damage" that could be done by leaving it on standby is that on standby you use more battery and batteries only last for a certain amount of charge cycles.

The thing is though that the Switch uses like 2% battery A DAY on standby, it's insanely power efficient in standby so the "damage" being done is basically negligible. I say don't worry about it and just leave it on standby all the time. You'll want to too when you see how fast the switch can go from standby mode to in a game. It's incredibly fast, I love it.

Maybe restart it every once and a while in case the system does some automatic maintenance/cleanup on startup like smartphones. But I kinda doubt the Switch needs that, it's nowhere near as complex and task intensive as a modern day phone OS.

 

[Surfside]

i just bought a switch and it's due to be delivered in the next 4 hours. i was just wondering if most of you turn it off completely or just leave it in sleep mode? i read that turning it off can mess up the battery indicator.

i don't tend to like leaving my devices powered on 24/7 except my smartphone and i make sure to restart that once or twice a day. i know a lot of devices are designed to run 24/7 these days but whenever i'm done with my PS4 or PC i completely power it off and unplug it.

I leave it in sleep mode. Because i want to be up to date with notifications an stuff.

 

[V1LÆM]

Thanks for the replies! My Switch has arrived so I will just leave it in sleep mode.

Is it possible to remotely download games while in sleep mode kinda like how you can buy PS4 games online and have it download to the console while in rest mode? Or do i need to go into the store through the console to initialise the download?

 

[Minamu]

How actually useful is reporting players on psn?

 

[dickroach]

How actually useful is reporting players on psn?

you already know the answer

 

[gschmidl]

On top of Forza Horizon, there's: Burnout Paradise, Test Drive Unlimited 1+2, Midnight Club LA. Last gen, but still "modern" compared to TD3.

Thanks! I own Paradise but it just doesn't scratch the same itch. I also have TDU2, which requires online, and frequently doesn't work, but FH3 looks really good.

I'll check out Midnight Club as well.

 

[Minamu]

you already know the answer

Heh, figured as much.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

I don't know if this is the best place but there isn't exactly an OT for Super Metroid...

I just got the high jump boots but now I can't figure out where to go? I seem to be stuck in a fairly small area, and no where in it are the boots I just got useful.

Can I have a hint?

 

[Drain You]

Is it normal that my Gamestop releases games at 9pm the night before instead of midnight? Isn't that breaking the street date by three hours? Maybe I just stopped going to game releases and am just missing something.

 

[emb]

I don't know if this is the best place but there isn't exactly an OT for Super Metroid...

I just got the high jump boots but now I can't figure out where to go? I seem to be stuck in a fairly small area, and no where in it are the boots I just got useful.

Can I have a hint?

My memory is fuzzy... but is there an elevator near there? If you go up the elevator, and check out the wall to the right, you might find a clue.

Is it normal that my Gamestop releases games at 9pm the night before instead of midnight? Isn't that breaking the street date by three hours? Maybe I just stopped going to game releases and am just missing something.

Seems like I've heard of it before for certain games. It's perfectly normal for them to get everyone to go ahead and checkout in the store at 9ish, then just let people go in and pick up their copies at midnight.

 

[Drain You]

Seems like I've heard of it before for certain games. It's perfectly normal for them to get everyone to go ahead and checkout in the store at 9ish, then just let people go in and pick up their copies at midnight.

The bolded is what I'm used to, I was just surprised it was a thing that they hand out the game a 9pm.

 

[emb]

The bolded is what I'm used to, I was just surprised it was a thing that they hand out the game a 9pm.

Yeah, it's definitely less common. It makes a lot of sense to drop the formality and just let everyone get on with their night though. Wouldn't surprise me if, for certain games, some publishers allow the street date to end a few hours early. Sounds like it's everything at your GS now though, so idk. I haven't been to a midnight release in a while, except the Switch. Hopefully doing it early is just a thing now.

 

[2blackcats]

Why does my PS4 suck at charging my phone? Is it because I have an external drive and a headset dock connected too?

 

[TheGamingBox]

Why does my PS4 suck at charging my phone? Is it because I have an external drive and a headset dock connected too?

because the ports dont send enough power, usb ports on computers/consoles send far less power than using a ac charger

 

[Sarcasm]

Wrong thread

 

[Royal_Phalanx]

Made a VN thread and I mentioned that I wanted to buy a Vita. Little did I know it is almost impossible to find new in the West these days. All the european stores are filled with used ones. I found one for a ridiculously overinflated price too. I'm considering either buying one used on Ebay or just importing it from Amazon Japan.

 

[2blackcats]

Made a VN thread and I mentioned that I wanted to buy a Vita. Little did I know it is almost impossible to find new in the West these days. All the european stores are filled with used ones. I found one for a ridiculously overinflated price too. I'm considering either buying one used on Ebay or just importing it from Amazon Japan.

Is that a question?

I don't think they're prone to faults so second hand should be OK. On the other hand one of the Japanese exclusive ones would be cool.

 

[GlassBurrito]

I am still no closer to finding this ad than I was when I first inquired 2 years ago. Any help?

Does anyone know this video game rental commercial? i guess it was a Blockbuster commercial or another game rental location. The commercial is from the late 90's. In it ,a group of friends are sitting on school football bleachers and showing off their "scars" from marathon playing video games over the weekend. Each one shows off blisters and callouses on their thumbs saying how many hours they had played to earn them, when the last kid shows off his thumbs they are giant, swollen, bruised with purple and green marks and pulsating.

I know exactly which one you're talking about. It ended with a cheerleader holding up a needle and they all freak out.

I can't find it anywhere for some reason.

 

[Currygan]

does a UK PayPal prepaid card work on the Canadian eshop Nintendo store? Not sure if it's the right place to ask so bear with me

 

[Noboru Wataya]

Something has been confusing me. Video game images dumped from carts are called ROMs as they are from a read only chip. What about games that allow you to save the game to the cartridge? Are the saves stored on a separate RAM chip?

Not including cartridges with battery backup. For example DS games.

 

[Jezan]

Something has been confusing me. Video game images dumped from carts are called ROMs as they are from a read only chip. What about games that allow you to save the game to the cartridge? Are the saves stored on a separate RAM chip?

Not including cartridges with battery backup. For example DS games.

If they don't use battery backup then it's an EEPROM chip (from "electrically erasable programmable read-only memory"), they are non-volatile, basically a USB.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

So, um, i'm looking into buying Power Bank for my Switch, is this one will be good enough - http://www.mi.com/en/pb10000pro/#params?

 

[Gormless Noodle]

So, um, i'm looking into buying Power Bank for my Switch, is this one will be good enough - http://www.mi.com/en/pb10000pro/#params?

I don't see that it supports USB-C PD, so I don't know if it can keep up with the Switch's power needs. Assuming you want to keep playing while charging that is.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

I don't see that it supports USB-C PD, so I don't know if it can keep up with the Switch's power needs. Assuming you want to keep playing while charging that is.

Yep, I want to charge the console while playing. So I need a Power Bank with USB-C PD support then? Sadly, i can't find any in my country

There's only Anker PowerPort+ 5 USB-C (A2053L11) available which is not a Power Bank and more like a Power Hub which only works when connected to power line.

 

[VulcanRaven]

Should I buy Batman: Return to Arkham on PS4? I have played the games before. Asylum on Xbox 360 and City on PC. Are the remasters worth buying? I have been thinking about it but I'm not a fan of the changes they made. Batman looks really odd:

Also is the framerate in Arkham City good nowdays? I watched some videos when the remaster was released and it didn't look stable.

 

[Gormless Noodle]

Yep, I want to charge the console while playing. So I need a Power Bank with USB-C PD support then? Sadly, i can't find any in my country

There's only Anker PowerPort+ 5 USB-C (A2053L11) available which is not a Power Bank and more like a Power Hub which only works when connected to power line.

Well, PD isn't a necessity, but it is a guarantee it will charge the Switch very quickly. At the very least you'll need one that can do 15v @ 2amp from what I know.
Are these also not available in your country?:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IVMXW7G/?tag=neogaf0e-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071WNWRNC/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[Hotel Security]

I am still no closer to finding this ad than I was when I first inquired 2 years ago. Any help?

I totally remember that ad myself but couldn't find it anywhere. But I had a good time watching old retro Blockbuster ads in the process.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Well, PD isn't a necessity, but it is a guarantee it will charge the Switch very quickly. At the very least you'll need one that can do 15v @ 2amp from what I know.

Any suggestions?

Are these also not available in your country?:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IVMXW7G/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Nope. There is Power Banks available from Aukey and Rombica but F this, i've no desire to spend that kind of money just to charge my Switch while playing.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071WNWRNC/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Only 20000mAh QC model available without USB C PD

 

[red__]

what is the dsi current firmware?

1.4.5

 

[Rodolink]

i just bought a switch and it's due to be delivered in the next 4 hours. i was just wondering if most of you turn it off completely or just leave it in sleep mode? i read that turning it off can mess up the battery indicator.

i don't tend to like leaving my devices powered on 24/7 except my smartphone and i make sure to restart that once or twice a day. i know a lot of devices are designed to run 24/7 these days but whenever i'm done with my PS4 or PC i completely power it off and unplug it.

AFK current lithium batteries live longer if you DON'T let them run out completely, it's ok to leave them connected. So it depends if you turn off the switch until battery runs out, or you turn off the switch with more than 30% charge, or you let the switch turn off after it runs out etc. What messes up the battery might be letting it run out completely. (Just my opinion tho)

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a modern version of Test Drive III: The Passion.

That means:

- driving cars in various places
- in an "open world" (not limited to just the track)
- that's available right away (no hours-long mandatory story before the game opens up)
- just let me drive, not only in a race
- ideally also not online

Does any such beast exist? The Crew, Driveclub, and Truck Simulator don't qualify.

The last good NFS game. (2005, not exactly recent.)

 

[Northeastmonk]

I went to GameStop again today with a copy of Monster Hunter Tri. If anyone remembers this game, it had a pro controller with a bundle. Well, before I leave I check the GameStop app and it says I'll get $3.00 for this game. GameStop currently has a deal where credit is the same as cash.

Before I get into more detail. The app says "Game-Only". I'm thinking that I'll get the $3 for just the game and no case. No case, but a pristine looking disc.

I go up to the cashier and he says I'll get $2.00. I ask "why?". And he says, "because the game has no case". I'm like, "do you mark this game as refurbished and then stick a used sticker on it?". He says, "yes".

I had him call his Store Manager to clarify what "Game-Only" meant. The Store Manager said any game without a case is refurbished. He didn't answer my question.

So I showed the employee the app on my phone because the employee said other games in the Monster Hunter series had their "DLC". I said, "well, Ninja Gaiden 3 doesn't have that and there's Razor's Edge". He said he didn't know what that game was.

Anyway, I don't want to argue about the game anymore. I take the $2, but then there's a catch. The trade has tax, so I get $1.93. He can't get the drawer open for 10 minutes, so I spent more time in the store than I wanted to.

Here are my questions:

1. Is the "Game-Only" referencing the game and no pro controller? - I understand the concept, but I need clarification.
2. Why do they mark games without cases as refurbished? When I printed those stickers in 2007-2008, the disc was going to be sent to GameStop's factory for repair. It isn't refurbished.

Pic for reference:

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Is there anyway i can save and add my credit card info to my Nintendo account without buying currency in eShop? I've zero desire to buy currency in eShop, i want to use only my credit card and available money on it to buy stuff on eShop for my Switch.

Edit: Problem solved.

 

[Ar¢tos]

Is Katamari Damacy on the Ps2 classics for Ps4?
I have a sudden itch to replay the game

 

[Scopa]

Has anyone played Bomb Chicken on Switch? Reviews are pretty good, it looks right up my alley and it is currently 40% off. But? I think the length (it’s a bit short apparently) is putting me off.

Any impressions?

 

[Gormless Noodle]

Did Lanota on Nintendo Switch get removed? Get a "Not available for purchase" message when I look at it on my Wishlist. Anyone else get that?

 

[gspat]

Which has a lower latency?

A USB Keyboard or a PS/2 keyboard?

 

[Will Smith]

any games similar to silent hill 2? I tried SH3 and I was pretty disappointed by the focus on the occult aspect

 

[Domisto]

Is Fap CEO (hentai clicker) counter productive because of repetitive strain injury?

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Is Fap CEO (hentai clicker) counter productive because of repetitive strain injury?

Use your feet

 

[Domisto]

Use your feet

That's not my fetish. Is that even possible???