VizionEck's Video Game "Book" Club

[kitler53]

Would anyone here be interested in participating in a "book club" but for video games? 

The idea is that basically there aren't that many of us here and i would say most of us aren't buying games day-1 anyways so that "being there in the moment to talk about our shared experience" doesn't really happen here.  I got the idea reading legend blog about "Vintage Story" thinking about how I'm getting nothing out of this because I've never even heard of this game before.  So in order to promote that spirit of discussion how about we all play the same game so we can talk about it.

so basically:

Step 1: Vote as a group on a game we will all play.

In my opinion older games that are cheap would be best.  We could pay attention to sales as i'm not trying to be a financial burden on anyone.  ..but most importantly it should be a game none of us have played yet.


Step 2: Everyone plays this week's assignment. 

In my opinion play something that has obvious progression so that we can all play the same bits of the game over the same period of time.  Aka a game like uncharted we could easily say everyone plays chapters 1-5 this week where a game like minecraft would be difficult to ensure we are all having a shared experience.  I would like to make small weekly assignments because 1) i'm play games really slowly and 2) i don't want this to monopolize 100% of my video game time in a week.


Step 3:  Everyone is "required" to make at least 1 post with their thoughts about that week's assignment.

"Required" is in quotes because life happens and I get that sometimes we all get too busy to play games.  this is just a way to promote more active discussions.


Anyone want to participate?


BOOK CLUB DISSCUSION THREADS
Game 1: Psychonauts 2
Game 2: The Last of Us 2

[the-pi-guy]

I love the idea, but I don't play consistently enough that I feel like I could participate. 

And I doubt that it will get better with a new born in two months. Even though the other 3 are becoming more self sufficient.  

[Legend]

Love the idea too, but a monthly game would work much better for me than a weekly game.

[kitler53]

Love the idea too, but a monthly game would work much better for me than a weekly game.

lol, not a game a week.  i'd never keep up.  my son is in a book club and it's 2 books a year.   each week he is assigned like 2-3 chapters which for the books he reads may only be like 10-20 pages.

so using Uncharted 4 as an example....   U4 has 23 chapters.

Week 1: chapters 1, 2, 3
Week 2: 4, 5, 6
Week 3: 7. 8. 9
Week 4: 10, 11, 12
Week 5: 13, 14, 15
Week 6: 16, 17, 18
Week 7: 19, 20, 21
Week 8: 22, 23

so like 2 months to play 1 game.   we could go faster or slower as we wish but in general i would expect the games to be played though slowly so this doesn't become all consuming but also so we can discuss each part of the story and gameplay as it is introduced or whatever.

[the-pi-guy]

I'm game I suppose. 

[Legend]

Oh gotcha. Yeah I'd be super down.

I'm game I suppose.

Now we need to figure out our first game...


I'm a cheapskate so I like games on deep discounts and "free" ones on gamepass and free ones on Epic, but I'm happy to buy new games here and there. Anyone else interested in Kingdom Come 2 next month? 

[kitler53]

I love the idea, but I don't play consistently enough that I feel like I could participate.

And I doubt that it will get better with a new born in two months. Even though the other 3 are becoming more self sufficient. 

understandable.

you're more than welcome to join anyways.  like i said to legend i don't want each week to be a huge commitment.  hopefully just a couple hours or so.  and if you end up behind than whatever. 

[kitler53]

Oh gotcha. Yeah I'd be super down.Now we need to figure out our first game...


I'm a cheapskate so I like games on deep discounts and "free" ones on gamepass and free ones on Epic, but I'm happy to buy new games here and there. Anyone else interested in Kingdom Come 2 next month? 

not sure i want to buy a full priced game..

you don't have ps+ right?   

here are a bunch of games in my backlog or in the ps+ catalog and i'm at least somewhat interested in:

forspoken
control
detroit
undertale
rain world
dead cells
life is strange
inscryption
ghostrunner
death stranding
doom (either one)
scarlet nexus
FF remake (or honestly any FF game at all)
spiderman MM
medevil
days gone
shadow of the colossus
celeste
wolfenstein
deus ex
horizon FW
pheonix wright
cocoon
doki doki literature club
togges
ender lilies
animal well (mostly,.. i kind of started it but i only played for like a hour)
tunic
entropy center
psychonauts 2
alan wake
axiom verge 2
mass effect (1)
outer wilds
crash bandecoot 4
catherine
little nightmares (1 or 2)
creaks
star wars jedi fallen order
ghost of tsushima
TLoU 2
nier (either one)
cuphead
oxenfree
crossing souls
persona 5
cities sylines
valkyria chronicles 4
kingdom hearts
GTA (any)
hitman
rime
sundered

games i don't own but are on my wishlist and currently on sale on psn:
palworld
pepper grinder
arranger
octopath traver (1 or 2)
penny's big breakaway
hades


i'm certain i have more but i'll need to check my backlog once i get home.

[the-pi-guy]

Have you played Batman Arkham games? Those are regularly like $5 for I think all 3 games.

(I've played them all, but I wouldn't mind an excuse to replay them).

[Legend]

dead cells
doom (either one)
scarlet nexus
FF remake (or honestly any FF game at all)
medevil
days gone
shadow of the colossus (played a bit as a kid)
celeste
wolfenstein
deus ex
pheonix wright
doki doki literature club
togges
ender lilies
entropy center
psychonauts 2
alan wake
axiom verge 2
crash bandecoot 4
catherine
little nightmares 2
creaks
star wars jedi fallen order
nier (1)
cuphead
oxenfree
crossing souls
persona 5
valkyria chronicles 4
kingdom hearts 3
GTA (any)
hitman
sundered

games i don't own but are on my wishlist and currently on sale on psn:
palworld
pepper grinder
arranger
octopath traver (1 or 2)
penny's big breakaway

Those are the games on your list I haven't played.

I bought entropy centre on steam last year, just haven't played it yet. A fair few of the rest are on gamepass and/or I got from one service or another through the years.

Have you played Batman Arkham games? Those are regularly like $5 for I think all 3 games.

(I've played them all, but I wouldn't mind an excuse to replay them).

I have not. I also still need to play Bioshock 1 and 2.

A few games on Kitler's list I'd enjoy replaying.

[kitler53]

Have you played Batman Arkham games? Those are regularly like $5 for I think all 3 games.
(I've played them all, but I wouldn't mind an excuse to replay them).

i played asylum and city but not origins or knight. 

looks like i own knight via ps+ but not asylum or city.  pretty sure i played those on ps3.

[kitler53]

Those are the games on your list I haven't played.

I bought entropy centre on steam last year, just haven't played it yet. A fair few of the rest are on gamepass and/or I got from one service or another through the years.I have not. I also still need to play Bioshock 1 and 2.

A few games on Kitler's list I'd enjoy replaying.

okay then to further pare down the list even further here are the titles you quoted i'd be more interested in playing with our club:


doom (either one)
scarlet nexus
FF remake (or honestly any FF game at all)
shadow of the colossus (played a bit as a kid)
celeste
doki doki literature club
psychonauts 2
nier (1)
valkyria chronicles 4
GTA (any)

games i don't own but are on my wishlist and currently on sale on psn:
palworld
octopath traver (1 or 2)
penny's big breakaway

[the-pi-guy]

Finally, I could get Legend to play FFX. 


(He'll be so disappointed) 

[kitler53]

Finally, I could get Legend to play FFX. 


(He'll be so disappointed)

traditionally i've avoided FF like the plague but this holiday sale i bought the final fantasy twin pack (remaster/rebirth).   my co-op buddy raves about them and i just kind of want to be able to talk to him about them.   also it's the menu driven turn based gameplay of FF1-6 that i loath.   the newer more action based gameplay looks much more fun to me.

[nnodley]

I've started psychonauts 2 but have yet to finish. Would be a good way to get me to finish. Lol