/v/ - Video Games

>>16269894

Just get a fat PS2, a network adapter and an IDE HDD. Get FMCB to a memory card or install FHDB to the HDD. Get OPL and the isos and enjoy.

>>16269907

He said non-accessible dipshit.

As far as I'm aware everything that used Snowblind Studios engine and Technology from that era was never ported to PC. In fact there's actually a little-known Dungeons & Dragons game on Xbox that's exclusive and uses a lot of their Tech. If you don't want to emulate then you have to get an old console there's actually a $50 dongle that will run everything through the ethernet Jack on every even the ps2 Slims. And no patching is required you just dump the ISO onto an SD card and go.

>>16269916

He also said no emulators so he is just SOL then.

>hey can I play these games if I don't have the hardware to, also I can't use software that allows me to play them

What, do you want a board game version?

>>16269930

>In fact there's actually a little-known Dungeons & Dragons game on Xbox that's exclusive and uses a lot of their Tech

I remember getting this and kind of liking it.

>>16269894

This series wasn't that good, it got way to repetitive without playing with someone else. I especially got sick of the dark elves section. Without multiplayer it's not really worth it to play much.

That said the first section's final boss is a giant spider with a very predictable and exploitable AI so if you're patient you can do what I did and clear the entire area to the spider with a higher level character then bring in a low level character to fight. Win. Hit max level.

>>16269894

>A link to a solid emulator guide would work, maybe it'll mention something I haven't tried.

<catalog

<ctrl f "emulation"

>>16213073

Just post a letter to Brenton tyrrant n he will reply back telling u what he did with his video games

I've gotten CoN to run on PCSX2 with minor quirks, but it does require particular settings. All games with Snowblind's engine have this issue, including Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance. Give me a few and I might try to recover some links.

>>16269940

>said no emulators

dat reading comprehension

>>16269970

>ctrl+f

You're doing it the retarded way that doesn't always work. Just use the search button.

>>16269894

>hurrr how i do thing without actual thing but also without emulating thing xD

>>16269949

>>16270079

Don't newer consoles have backwards compatibility?

>>16270156

It's selective software based emulation at best. I remember trying to run the MGS collection on the original airplate wing PS3 and it chugged to shit during the sniper wolf cutscene.

Turns out with the help of LaunchBox and PCSX2 Configurator I can manage to not only get games to run but they don't run like utter dogshit. Problem solved.

>>16269960

Imo the game is more enjoyable if you've played EverQuest before. A bit of nostalgia helps too of course. But aren't these types of games generally repetitive? The main purpose is to kill shit and find loot.

>>16269906

I'd be happy with just some remasters

>>16271123

From what I understand CoN takes places either centuries before or after EQ does so it's hardly even connected outside of some names.

Apparently return to arms is play able on the PS3 just some minor audio gltiches. That's if you have a modded ps3

>>16269894

Goddamn do I miss the couch co-op category of games, CoN 1&2 and the Contra games were amazing. PS2 is truly the GOAT console

>>16271123

>But aren't these types of games generally repetitive?

There is just something about everything after the second part killing the Vampire that just comes off as exceedingly dull. I never really got tired of killing goblins.

>parents get CoN

>whole family gets together to start playing it

>mom deliberates over female cleric

>dad says "it's Dolly Parton!"

>female cleric forever ruined for the whole family

>>16269894

Only ever played these two games

How did Dark Alliance 2 and Return to Arms hold up, were they fun?

>>16275095

You know how the first of each series had you traveling across the world, with the town you traded supplies in changing as you progressed though the game? Both sequels, instead, have a single hub area that you return to. Besides that disappointment, Dark Alliance two has five characters to choose from, at the start, and none of them are the three from the first game. Additionally, each of them has their own side-quest involving their backstory, that you can take on. There's also a system for making your own magic weapons at the shop, and dual-wielding. Both Drizzt and Artemis, from R.A. Salvatore's books, are unlockable, if you care for that series.

Return to Arms is a bit of a weird sequel. You have all the same classes, plus two beast races/classes. Right at the beginning, you're given a choice between good guys and bad guys, basically, and it completely changes the maps and missions you end up doing, including what you fight for the final boss. Rather than a bunch of maps that are, at least somewhat, conjoined, your hub is a magical plane where you select the next mission from a menu. It doesn't feel as much as a big, grand adventure as the first Champions, but it's still a good time.

>>16269930

Actually, the Bard's Tale game for PS2 ran on the Snowblind engine and has been ported to multiple different platforms, including mobile, so there's no reason that the rest of the Snowblind engine games can't be ported using the same system. It's most likely a licensing issue.

The PCSX2 dev builds are actually pretty good. If you don't want to use an emulator or a PS2 your best bet within that retarded limitation is a PS3, which has a shit emulator anyway.

>>16269949

This has got to be the most retarded thread I've seen in a while.

>>16270156

The PS3 could play them but OP said no old consoles

>>16271149

champions of norrath is totally newfag shit.

try lower guk when it dropped mask of the deceiver.